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im Carsrud is ward two’s new council person. This position became open when Councilman John Opseth was appointed our new mayor by the council. Twelve individuals put in applications to ﬁll this vacant seat. He feels that he was chosen because he is not political and the rest of the council said he, “was a breath of fresh air.” He was shocked to receive the appointment. The past two weeks Carsrud has been going to city council boot camp. Carsrud said he has gone to different city facilities to learn what he can. “So far I don’t have any buyer’s

remorse,” Carsrud chuckled when he said this. As of right now, he plans to run for this ofﬁce when it comes up for election. Carsrud believes that he can stay in touch with the people in his ward by his cell phone. He is also looking into getting a Facebook page. He wants to hear what the people of Gillette have to say on any subject that the city is looking into. He was born and has lived in the Gillette area his entire life. When questioned about permits for locals to sell items out of their home he ﬁrst said that government

should get out of the way and let people sell. But then he back tracked by claiming that he had to get state permission to have a fund raiser for someone in need. The Gillette Street job that has been voted on Carsrud believes that most of the work has to be done under the ground. One business owner told him that he had a sump pump running all day every day. Carsrud couldn’t answer questions about city stafﬁng and appropriateness because he “is just starting to learn about city government.”

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University of Wyoming Fall Semester Dean’s and Dean’s Freshman Honor Rolls

The University of Wyoming lists 61 students from Campbell County on the 2013 fall semester academic Dean’s and Dean’s Freshman Honor Rolls. The honor rolls consist of regularly enrolled undergraduates above freshman standing who earned a 3.4 or better grade point average, and freshmen who have earned a 3.25 or better grade point average. To be eligible, students must have been enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours taken for letter grades. Students are: Gillette: Thomas Jake Andrew, Kylee Kay Ashton, Trey J. Barlow, Michael Barrett, Brianna D. Bowker, Madeline Marie Carlson, Taylor Ann

Chaulk-Pikula, Matthew Jordan Christofferson, Devin Mary Diedrich, Abby Ann Dommer, Corben James Eastman, Anthony Ray Fleak, James Ellis Francis, Jackson Douglas Fry, Amber Marie Gangestad, Ashley Rachelle Golden, Luis GuerreroBarrera, Melanie Rose Hays, William S. Henshaw, Jami Hitt, Leslea Renae Hunt, Koryn Herrera Jankord, Jacoby Daniel Johnson, Melissa Marie Jones, Jordan Michelle Kelley, Dominique Rochelle Kibler, Brandi Lynn Knutson, Alexandria Elizabeth Lang, Talayna Ann Leonard, Grant Thomas Lindblom, Allison Long, Dacia May Lyman, Kyla Dance Mock, Karlyn Jo Morrison, Mitchell Rand Nedved, Cassandra Martha-May Van

Patten, Kelsie Hope Van Patten, Morgan Lynn Pearson, Wesley Edward Richardson, Taylor Tianne Rieniets, Meridian Leigh Riley, Taylor M. Sandvick, Emily Suzanne Schroeder, Lauren Ruth Seamans, Cinnamon Jean Smith, Jamie Smith, Estela Rose Torres, Stephen Michael Wadsack, Callie Marie Wilson, Katelyn Renae Young, and Taylor Young; Recluse: Heather Lynn McBride; Rozet: Ashley Glyn Clark, Blair Vernon Gauthier, Garrett Goose Goostree, and Kody Dawn Knighten; and Wright: Joel Coast, Amber M. Huseth, Amanda Leann Johnson, Heather M. Ogle, and Randi J. Prosenick.

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University of Wyoming President’s Honor Roll

he University of Wyoming lists 30 students from Campbell County on the 2013 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.

Students are: Gillette: Cody Tanner Anderson, Kayla Brianne Byrd, Lindsey Erin Carter, Nicole Lee Clikeman, Audra Jean Destefano, Matthew Patrick Doherty, Cody Allan Friedlan, Kelci Rae Germann, Barbara Rae Gifﬁn, Eric Russell Goodnough, Hannah Mary Gorman, Shane Anthony Hagen, McKenna Elise Hauschild, Elise Herrera Jankord, Megan Michelle Klein, Briana Diane Long,

Alexis Lorraine Lunberg, Deavon Alexander Mauch, Nicole Jean Mehlberg, Jareth Scott Roberts, Jayde Nicole Schelling, Della Catherine Simmons, Jori Ann Smith, Perry Kahlil Smith, Heidi Louise Solomon, Hayley R. Wasserburger, and Dakota Louann Wayne; Rozet: John Downey; and Wright: Schelbi Christine Duff and Nathan Scott Huseth.

School Choice Week Begins in Wyoming This week is School Choice Week in Wyoming and across the country. More than ﬁve events are planned across the Cowboy State, in addition to 5,500 events nationwide. The Week, which is the nation’s largest-ever celebration of educational opportunity, gives students, parents, and teachers in Wyoming a chance to raise awareness of the different types of educational options available to families in advance of the 2014-2015 school year. Events across the state will include rallies, school fairs, roundtable discussions, open houses, and parent information sessions. National School Choice Week spotlights all types of education options for families – including traditional public schools, public magnet schools, charter schools, private schools, online learning and home-

schooling. In addition to raising awareness of school choice options in Wyoming, the Week also provides students, parents and teachers with an opportunity to call on leaders in Cheyenne to expand access to high-quality education environments for children. “Wyoming families know that when parents have the freedom to choose the best schools for their children, great things happen,” said Andrew Campanella, president of National School Choice Week. “Student achievement increases, graduation rates rise, and children are better prepared for real life.” Said Campanella: “We hope families across the state will use National School Choice Week as an opportunity to learn more about the educational options available to their children, and to begin re-

searching schools for the 2014-2015 school year. If families want to switch schools, January is the time to start the search process.” The Week ofﬁcially kicked off at a major rally Saturday night in Houston, Texas. Today, students wearing National School Choice Week’s signature yellow scarves will ring the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange.

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Emergency Road Closure Notice - 12th Street from Green Avenue to Highway 59 closed

The City of Gillette announces that 12th Street from Green Avenue (Squaw Valley Apartments) to Highway 59 will be closed to through trafﬁc until further notice. If you use this section of 12th Street to commute to work or school, please use an alternative route and plan accordingly. Access to Campbell County High School - North Campus and the Squaw Valley Apartments from 12th Street is still open, and access to Prime Rib and the McCann Center is still open from 12th Street at the west end of the closure. The water main break was discovered early in the afternoon on Saturday, January 25th. City crews and a contractor responded immediately and began work to repair the water main; however, the size of the break and winter conditions have made working conditions less than ideal.

Warlow Drive Lane Closure

Both westbound lanes of Warlow Drive will be closed for approximately one block at Pumphouse Lane from Tuesday, January 28th through Saturday, February 1st. Through-traffic will be maintained; however, all traffic will be shifted to two-way traffic in the eastbound lanes. This closure is for the City’s Warlow Drive Transmission project, an electrical project, and drivers will notice large cranes and material stored in the closed lanes. Please observe all traffic control in the area and give the workers a brake.

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Dr. Biggs Re-certified in Surgery r. Rodney Biggs has received recertification in Surgery from the American Board of Surgery (ABS), valid through 2026. The American Board of Surgery is an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1937 to provide board certification to individuals who have met a defined standard of education, training and knowledge in the field of surgery. Surgeons certified by the ABS, known as diplomates, have completed at least five years of residency training following medical

school, met all ABS training requirements, and successfully completed the ABS’ written and oral examinations. Once certified, ABS diplomates must maintain their certification by completing continuing education and assessment activities, including a written examination at 10-year intervals. Since 1976, the ABS has issued time-limited certificates that must be renewed every 10 years. The ABS is one of 24 medical specialty boards that make up the

American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). Through ABMS, the boards work together to establish common standards for physicians to achieve and maintain board certification. The boards were founded by their respective specialties to protect the public by assessing and certifying doctors who meet specific educational, training and professional requirements. The ABMS is an independent, nonprofit organization.

Youth Emergency Services Foundation Names New Executive Director P.J. Burns has been named the new Executive Director of Youth Emergency Services Foundation (YES House Foundation). P.J. will grow the Foundation’s endowment funds for the sustainability of the Youth Emergency Services’ programs, continue the Foundation’s successful Capital Campaign, and oversee the grand opening of the Girls Cottage. According to Barry Hayden, YES House Foundation Board Chairman, the board is conﬁdent that P.J. will play a key role in the future success of Youth Emergency Services for years to come. “P.J.’s wealth of experience and knowledge makes her a key addition to the YES House Foundation,” said Barry. “The Foundation’s Board views this appointment as a sign of our commitment to being a leading

organization in the community. We are pleased that P.J. will be the person to lead us in our mission.” As for P.J., she is excited to be a part of improving the lives of youth and families in Gillette and Campbell County. “I am honored to be named the new executive director and to serve such a respected organization that helps kids when they need it most,” said P.J. “I am dedicated to the Campbell County community, a place that I happily call home, and am excited to lead the YES House Foundation into 2014 and beyond.” P.J. has more than 14 years of fundraising and organizational management experience. P.J. comes to the YES House Foundation from the Campbell County Chamber of Commerce.

About Youth Emergency Services: Youth Emergency Services, Inc. (the YES House) is a private, non-proﬁt agency located in Gillette, Wyo. Services are provided to young people, ages 5-21, and their families. The goal is to keep families together whenever possible. The YES House provides a range of services from prevention to intervention and treatment, and its programs offer support and stabilization for at-risk youth and their families on a 24-hour basis. Youth Emergency Services Foundation’s purpose is to provide funding for the programs, children and families, equipment, building and expansion needs of the Youth Emergency Services, Inc. Visit youthemergencyservices.org for more information.

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Bearlodge Writers to offer Scholarship

The Gaydell Collier Memorial Scholarship (GCMS) -- offered by Bearlodge Writers in memory of Gaydell Collier, a founding member of both Bearlodge and WW, Inc. -- will be awarded for the ﬁrst time at the 2014 WW, Inc., conference to be held in Sheridan, Wyoming June 6-8 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center. The GCMS is open to any writer wishing to apply (BLW members are not eligible) and will include a full conference fee, a one-year membership to WW, Inc., and a $200 stipend. BLW will pay the registration and membership fee directly to WW, Inc., and award the stipend to the recipient at the conference. The recipient’s name will be publicized. To apply for this scholarship, applicants are expected to follow a few simple guide-

lines. In a maximum of 250 words, answer this question, “How will attending the Wyoming Writers Conference propel you forward as a writer?” The author’s response must be typed, double-spaced, with oneinch margins, in Times New Roman font, size 12, on one side of one sheet of 8.5” X 11” white paper. Name, address, email address, and phone number should appear at the top of the page. Submissions should be mailed to Bearlodge Writers, P. O. Box 204, Sundance, WY 82729-0204, and postmarked no later than March 15, 2014. The GCMS recipient and one alternate— chosen should the initial recipient be unable to attend the conference—will be notiﬁed on or slightly before April 21, 2014.

Campbell Co. Fire Dept. January 22, 2014 - At 4:13 a.m. to Country Club Road for an EMS assist. - At 2:19 p.m. to Prairieview Drive for an EMS assist. - At 6:39 p.m. to 12 Independence Dr. for an automatic fire alarm, the alarm was caused by burnt food and the alarm company failed to cancel the response of the fire department. - At 7:27 p.m. to the 5400 block of Gunpowder St. for an EMS assist. - At 9:14 p.m. to Barrel Racing Avenue for an EMS assist. January 23, 2014 - At 11:09 a.m. to Mountain Meadow Lane for an EMS assist. January 24, 2014 - At 2:52 p.m. to E. Lincoln Street for an EMS assist. - At 3:29 p.m. to S. Douglas Highway for an EMS assist. - At 6:45 p.m. to 104 Commercial Dr, Wright, for a semi tractor fire. - At 7:19 p.m. to 921 Mountain Meadow Ln, for an EMS assist. - At 10:31 p.m. to the area of mile marker 122 I-90 for an unknown type of fire, CCSO advised it was a bonfire and CCFD units cancelled their response. January 25, 2014 - At 9:41 p.m. to Cam Plex Park for an EMS assist. January 26, 2014 - At 12:06 a.m. to East Highway 14 16 for an EMS assist, fire was cancelled prior to arrival by CCMH EMS. - At 10:41 a.m. to the 3800 block of B Ln. for an EMS assist. - At 11:04 a.m. to the 3700 block of Triton Ave. for an automatic fire alarm, firefighters arrived on scene to find a blocked dryer vent that had

heated up some trapped lint and set off the smoke detectors. - At 11:42 a.m. to 670 Sioux Ave. for a reported structure fire, firefighters arrived on scene to find moderate smoke in the building and fire above the ceiling. The fire was controlled within 20 minutes, the cause of the fire is under investigation. - At 4:26 p.m. to the 2500 block of Midday Ct. for an EMS assist. - At 7:22 p.m. to 8000 Antelope Valley St. for a reported vehicle collided with a building. Firefighters arrived on scene to find a pick-up truck towing a horse trailer that was unoccupied and ran through a shop building. Firefighters checked the building to ensure none of the utilities were compromised and posed any further hazard. The building sustained significant damage to the structure and interior contents. January 27, 2014 - At 6:26 a.m. to 5903 Hannum Rd. for an automatic fire alarm, the alarm was reset by the time firefighters arrived. - At 06:37 a.m. to area in front of 3000 N. Hwy 14-16 for a reported 2 vehicle head on collision. Firefighters extricated 1 patient from a vehicle and assisted CCMH EMS in treating and transporting a total of 3 patients from the scene. - At 7:00 a.m. to South Highway 59 near mile marker 92 for a two vehicle accident with no injuries. - At 9:49 a.m. to South Highway 59 near the Haight Rd. for a semi tractor trailer hauling oil on fire. The fire was contained to the tractor and did not involve the tank of oil. - At 10:04 a.m. to 1801 Cliff Davis Drive, the Wingate Inn for an automatic fire alarm

activation. - At 3:19 p.m. to 114 Weischedel Rd. for a structure fire. Upon arrival crews found a kitchen area with moderate to heavy smoke and heat damage. Homeowners had extinguished the fire prior to the arrival of fire department units. The cause of the fire was storage of combustibles too close to a wood burning stove; damage is estimated at $10,000. - At 10:36 p.m. to Tyler Ave (Tyler Apartments) for a report of a fire alarm activation, upon arrival it was determined that a resident had pulled a cord indicating the need for assistance on accident. Other residents thought the corresponding noise was a fire alarm. The alarm was reset and no one needed assistance.

January 28, 2014 - At 2:00 a.m. to 4301 S. Highway 59 (Maverick) for an automatic fire alarm; it was determined to be a system malfunction. The alarm company was contacted to perform maintenance. - At 6:48 a.m. to North HWY 14-16 for an EMS assist. - At 12:47 to Stafford Bend for an EMS assist. - At 8:08 p.m. to 610 Carey Avenue for a residential fire alarm. Upon arrival to the scene CCFD found that the house was filled with smoke and the fire alarm was activated inside the residence. Firefighters entered the residence and found a small fire burning on the stove top. It was determined that a burner had been inadvertently turned on and a plastic bag, plastic plate, and plastic pill bottle melted and caught fire as a result. No one was home at the time and total damage is estimated at less than $500.

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Wyoming Ag Leadership Program Chooses New Class Participants ifteen Wyoming producers and agribusiness men and women were chosen from around the state to participate in the Wyoming Leadership Education and Development (L.E.A.D.) program’s Class 13. The 14-month training program, sponsored in part by the Wyoming Business Council’s Agribusiness Division, began in November. Throughout the program, fellows participate in 10 educational seminars in an effort to enhance their leadership skills and understanding of all aspects of agriculture and policy making. Eight seminars take place in Wyoming, one in Washington, D.C., and an international study seminar will be held near the end of the program. Class 13 participants include: • Warren Adams of Baggs, Wyo., is a ranch hand and owner of Adams Livestock. He has worked as an outfitter and briefly as a ranch hand in Australia. • Saige Albert of Casper, Wyo., is the managing editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. She is currently the vice chair of the Natrona County 4-H Foundation, chairman of the Casper Chamber Ag Committee, and is a member of the Casper FFA Alumni Association. • Cody Bainter of Cheyenne, Wyo., is the agricultural marketing specialist at the Wyoming Business Council. She grew up on a commercial cattle operation in Montana and is still involved in the family operation. She has held various ag marketing jobs and been heavily involved in Beefmaster Breeders United. • Brian Boner of Douglas, Wyo., is a former U.S. Air Force officer who recently transitioned to manager of his family’s ranch in Converse County. He is a member of the American Legion, Knights of Colum-

bus and Moose Club. • Dan Henry Hanson of Lusk, Wyo., is vice president of Hanson Livestock and is on the Niobrara County Board of Directors for the Wyoming Stock Growers Association. • Holden Hergert of Thermopolis, Wyo., is a soil conservationist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. He is currently involved in the Western Society of Weed Science and the Soil Science Society of America. • Justin Hesser of Cheyenne, Wyo., is an associate attorney at Dray, Dyekman, Reed & Healey P.C. in Cheyenne and a former law clerk to Judge Thomas Campbell, First Judicial District Court. Hesser grew up on a family farm in western Nebraska and is developing a law practice that focuses on agricultural issues. • Pierson Hodgens of Meeteetse, Wyo., has spent his career in agricultural production and is the ranch manager for Wood River Ranch. He is a member of the Johnson County Cattlemen’s Association. • Riley Hunter of Gillette, Wyo., is an associate broker with Prudential Preferred Properties. He grew up in Wheatland, Wyo., and is a sixth generation rancher. For the past six years, Hunter has been in Gillette working for Prudential Preferred Properties, performing both residential and commercial transactions across the state. • Tyler Lindholm of Sundance, Wyo., is a lead substation electrician for Basin Electric Power Cooperative. He is also a ranch hand and shareholder of his family’s ranch, Jackpot Ranch Corp. He has twice received both the Naval and Marine Corps Achievement Medal and Humanitarian Aid Medal; as well as a Meritorious Unit Commendation all from the U.S. Navy. • Haley Lockwood of

Cheyenne, Wyo., graduated from the University of Wyoming in May 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in agricultural communication. She is the communication and publications director at the Wyoming Stock Growers Association. • JW Rankin of Shawnee, Wyo., is the co-owner of JS Rankin Ranches, Inc. Rankin is a third generation rancher on a commercial Black Angus ranch in Converse and Niobrara Counties. He previously worked for Baker Hughes as the Northern Rockies Station manager, while also staying involved in the family operation. • Summer Schulz of Pinedale, Wyo., is self-employed as a land/conservation consultant and real estate agent for Dusty Spur Consulting, LLC and Real Estate of Wyoming, LLC. • Karley Shepperson of Casper, Wyo., is one of the managers at KS Ranch, a Black Angus beef cattle operation with cows located on several ranches around the Casper area. She is also a storm water drainage inspector for Rangeland Consulting. • Becky Tekansik of Pine Bluffs, Wyo., works for Muddy Creek Ranch and has spent her life working in cattle production. She is a member of the Red Angus Association of America and the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation. “I am always so impressed with the participants we have in this program. The diversity of backgrounds really enhances the L.E.A.D. experience and the leadership potential in each class member is exciting. The skills, knowledge and personal growth they will gain through the L.E.A.D. program will be a great asset to Wyoming agriculture,” said Cindy Garretson-Weibel, Agribusiness Division

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Registration Under Way for Wyoming’s Premiere Business Conference or the 12th year, Wyoming’s business owners and entrepreneurs are invited to attend the GRO-Biz Conference & Idea Expo to network with other business owners, meet economic development professionals, and connect with multiple procurement ofﬁcers to help them start selling their products in the multi-billion dollar federal government contract market. The conference will be held Feb. 18-20 at Little America in Cheyenne, Wyo. Conference partners include Sen. Mike Enzi, Gov. Matt Mead, the Wyoming Business Council, the Small Business Administration, the Wyoming Entrepreneur PTAC and

SBDC, and the University of Wyoming Business Resource Network partners. Enzi is scheduled to open the conference Feb. 19 as the keynote speaker. Register by Feb. 11 for the discounted cost of $165 per registrant; beginning Feb. 12 the registration fee is $185. To see the agenda and to register, visit: www.regonline. com/2014grobizidea. The GRO-Biz Conference & Idea Expo is two events rolled into one. The event provides opportunities to learn from experts presenting innovative workshops that inspire attendees to think about their business in new and exciting ways. In addition,

the conference provides Wyoming’s small businesses the opportunity to better understand state and federal government procurement processes and meet with professionals who can provide valuable information on the bidding process, including topics such as capabilities statements, GSA schedules, working with the state of Wyoming, working with the Department of Transportation and the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program, and a panel discussion with contractors who will discuss the challenges they faced as they got into government contracting.

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Gillette Little League 2014 Season Signups Feb. 3-4 and 19-20. 5:30pm-7:30pm South Campus Highschool Bring a copy of child’s birth certificate Questions call: Tiffany at 660-9483 Terry at 682-9438

What’s Going On? Friday, January 31, 2014 -Campbell County Rockpile Museum Traveling Exhibit “Please Give Us One More Boom”: Oil and Gas in Wyoming Open Now – February 28th -AA Midday Serenity Group 2910 S. Douglas 12pm -AA Out to Lunch Bunch Group 2910 S. Douglas Hwy 12pm -AA Happy Hour Group 2910 S. Douglas Hwy 5:30pm -AA Grupo Nuevo Milenio 6:45pm -AA Hopefuls Group 2910 S. Douglas Hwy 8pm -AA Last Call Group 10pm -Serenity Seekers of Narcotics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 7 p.m. -Wright Alcoholics Anonymous at Park Community Center 6:30 p.m. -Little Tikes at the AVA Community Center 10 a.m. -Heritage Christian School Beneﬁt Dinner & Auction at Cam-Plex Wyoming Center Equality Hall 4:30 p.m. - Sage Valley Jr. High Musical - “Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr” at Cam-Plex Heritage Center 7 p.m. -Furniture Reﬁnishing & Project Workshop and CONSIGNMENT EVENT & SILENT AUCTION Open to the Public at Cam-Plex Central Pavilion 8 a.m.- 9 p.m. -Face Lift at Jake’s Tavern

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-Girl Scout Cookies Sales February 1st - April 13th -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 5:30 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 6:45 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 8 p.m. -Serenity Seekers of Narcotics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 7 p.m. -PALS (People Actively Living Single) at Village Inn 10:30 a.m. -Teen Dungeons & Dragons at Campbell County Public Library 10 a.m. -Teen Open-Play Gaming at Campbell County Public Library 1 p.m. -Wii Play 4th -6th grade Saturday at Campbell County Public Library 1 p.m. -Sage Hopper Radio Control Flying Club at flying field on Boxelder Road (East past Cam-plex, Fox Park and Equestrian Center Call Bob for details 299-8149 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. -- Sage Valley Jr. High Musical - “Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr” at Cam-Plex Heritage Center 2 p.m. -Furniture Refinishing & Project Workshop and CONSIGNMENT EVENT & SILENT AUCTION Open to the Public at Cam-Plex Central Pavilion 8 a.m.- 9 p.m. - UMF Meeting at Jake’s Tavern --Face Lift at Jake’s Tavern

Sunday, February 2, 2014

-Campbell County Rockpile Museum Traveling Exhibit “Please Give Us One More Boom”: Oil and Gas in

Wyoming Open Now – February 28th -AA Morning Spiritual Group 10:15 a.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. Noon -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 5:30 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 8 p.m. -Serenity Seekers of Narcotics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 7 p.m. -Furniture Reﬁnishing & Project Workshop and CONSIGNMENT EVENT & SILENT AUCTION Open to the Public at Cam-Plex Central Pavilion 8 a.m.- 9 p.m.

Monday, February 3, 2014

-Campbell County School District Kindergarten Registration -Girl Scout Cookies Sales February 1st - April 13th -Teen Dungeons & Dragons at Campbell County Public Library 4 p.m. -AA Out to Lunch Bunch 1302 Butcher Court Jacob’s Touch Cabinetry 12 p.m. -Serenity Seekers of Narcotics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 7 p.m. -AA Grupo Nuevo Milenio 6:45pm -Al-Anon at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 8 p.m. -A.M. Lion’s Club Perkin’s Restaurant 7 a.m. -Overeater’s Anonymous 1302 Butcher Court Jacob’s Touch Cabinetry 7 p.m. -GILLETTE JAYCEES at Eagles Lodge downstairs meeting room 6 to 7 p.m. -CIVIL AIR PATROL ADULT at Campbell County Airport. Ages 18 and older. Call Patricia Clark at 4641631 for details. 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. -CELIAC SUPPORT GROUP at Sunﬂower Elementary School. Meets ﬁrst Monday of each month. For details, call Danette at 686-3815 or Mary Waba at 682-8683 7 p.m

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

-Campbell County School District Kindergarten Registration -Campbell County Rockpile Museum Traveling Exhibit “Please Give Us One More Boom”: Oil and Gas in Wyoming Open Now – February 28th -Al-Anon at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 8 p.m. -Serenity Seekers of Narcotics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 7 p.m. -AA Grupo Nuevo Milenio 6:45pm -Gillette Rotary Club at Tower’s West Lodge 6 p.m. -Story Time 3 – 5 years at Campbell County Public Library 10:30 a.m. -Teen Card Club at Campbell County Public Library 4 p.m. -Adult Game Night Age 19 and up at Campbell County Public Library 6:30 p.m. -Razor City ToastMasters at City Hall police entrance Call Rita Mashak at 687-7165 or 682-2054 6:45 a.m. - Gillette Rotary Club at Towers West Lodge 6 p.m.

COMMUNITY

-Pottery Planet at the AVA Community Center 4 p.m. -MEN OF THE MOOSE at Moose Lodge 7 p.m. -CAMPBELL COUNTY COMMITTEE ON DISABILITIES at Campbell County Memorial Hospital classrooms 4 p.m. -Gillette EAA(Experimental Aircraft Association) at the EAA hanger at the GilletteCampbell County Airport. Call Bob Shock for Details 307-682-0933 -Campbell County Humane Society at the Humane Society Ofﬁce 305 Commerce Drive Unit 11S 6:30 p.m. -READY! FOR KINDERGARTEN For Parents of Current 3 or 4 Year Old Students at Lakeway Learning Center 525 W. Lakeway Rd. 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. - CCSD Choir Gala at Cam-Plex Wyoming Equality Hall 7 p.m.

for Teens 910 E. Third St. ,Suite I Call 686-8071 for Details -Doodlers Kid Club at the AVA Community Center 4 p.m. -Toddler Time 18 mos. – 3 yrs. at Campbell County Public Library 9:30 a.m. -Story Time 3 – 5 years at Campbell County Public Library 10:30 a.m. -Teen Minecraft Club at Campbell County Public Library 4 p.m. -Families and Jammies Birth thru 6th grade at Campbell County Public Library 6:30 p.m. -Anime Club at Campbell County Public Library 7 p.m. -Survivors of Suicide Support Group at Gillette College Room 153 and 155 6:30 p.m. - iPhotography Class Learning how to Maximize iPad –iPhone Photograghy Potential . Limited to 15 people, registration set up at photoimagingcenter.com

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Friday, February 7, 2014

-Campbell County Rockpile Museum Traveling Exhibit “Please Give Us One More Boom”: Oil and Gas in Wyoming Open Now – February 28th -Campbell County School District Kindergarten Registration -Girl Scout Cookies Sales February 1st - April 13th -AA Midday Serenity Group 2910 S. Douglas 12pm -AA Out to Lunch Bunch Group 2910 S. Douglas Hwy 12pm -AA Happy Hour Group 2910 S. Douglas Hwy 5:30pm -AA Grupo Nuevo Milenio 6:45pm -AA Hopefuls Group 2910 S. Douglas Hwy 8pm -AA Last Call Group 10pm -Serenity Seekers of Narcotics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 7 p.m. -Wright Alcoholics Anonymous at Park Community Center 6:30 p.m. -Little Tikes at the AVA Community Center 10 a.m. - Team Roping - ACTRA Friday Night Roping at Cam-Plex 6 p.m. -Uncorked Featuring Linda Carey at the AVA Community Center 7 p.m. -M.S. Teddy Bear Auction W/ Lazy L Band at Jake’s Tavern

-Campbell County School District Kindergarten Registration -AA Out to Lunch Bunch 1302 Butcher Court Jacob’s Touch Cabinetry 12 p.m. -AA Happy Hour Group 2910 S. Douglas Hwy 5:30pm -AA Grupo Nuevo Milenio 6:45pm -Gillette Noon Lions Club at Tower’s West Lodge 12 p.m. -Serenity Seekers of Narcotics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 7 p.m. -Gillette Noon Lions Club at Towers West Lodge 12 p.m. -Energy Capital Toastmasters at Campbell County Memorial Hospital Fifth Floor Classrooms 6:45 a.m. -Homeschool Art at the AVA Community Center 1 p.m.

Thursday, February 6, 2014

-Campbell County School District Kindergarten Registration -AA Grupo Nuevo Milenio 6:45pm -Alcoholics Anonymous at the Vineyard 585 Westside Drive 7:30 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 6:30 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 8 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous at 7th and Kendrick 8 p.m. -Serenity Seekers of Narcotics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 7 p.m. -TOPS 104 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) 1000 Commache Ave. 9:30 a.m. -TOPS 285 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 9:45 a.m. -Grief Share Support Group at 631 N. Commercial Drive 10 a.m. For details call Don Wright 682-9553 -Gillette Energy Rotary Club at Tower’s West Lodge 12 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 8 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous at 7th and Kendrick 8 p.m. -Peer Players: A Group

Saturday, February 8, 2014

County Public Library 1 p.m. -Van Gogh Kiddos at the AVA Community Center 10 a.m. - Dog Gathering- “Puppy Love” (Gillette Dog Owner’s Group) at Cam-Plex Barn 3 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. - Wild West Wrestling Tournament at Cam-Plex Wyoming Equality Center 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. -Acting Classes at CamPlex Heritage Center Green Room Call to PreRegister 682-8802 - Lazy L Band at Jake’s Tavern

Sunday, February 9, 2014

-Campbell County Rockpile Museum Traveling Exhibit “Please Give Us One

More Boom”: Oil and Gas in Wyoming Open Now – February 28th -AA Morning Spiritual Group 10:15 a.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. Noon -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 5:30 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 8 p.m. -Serenity Seekers of Narcotics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 7 p.m. - Artist Reception - Will Lopez at Cam-Plex Heritage Center 5 p.m. - Musical - The Fantasticks at Cam-Plex Heritage Center 7 p.m.

GOVERNMENT

Monday, February 3, 2014

-Senior Center Semi Annual Board Meeting in Council Chambers 6 p.m.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

-Commissioners Meeting in Chambers 9 a.m. -City/County/Town of Wright Luncheon at George Amos Memorial Builidng - Cottonwood Room 12 p.m. -Mayor’s Art Council Meeting at City Hall - 3rd Floor Conference Room 5 p.m. -City Council Pre-Meeting at City Hall 3rd Floor Conference Room 6 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. -City Council Meeting at Council Chambers 7 p.m.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

-Joint Powers Lodging Tax Board at George Amos Memorial Building 2 p.m.

Friday, February 7, 2014

- Management Council at Capitol Building Room 302 Cheyenne, Wyoming 1 p.m.

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Campbell County Observer

Northern Rockies Skies for February:

Canis Major and Minor, “The Big and Small Dog” Constellations monthly look at the night skies of the northern Rocky Mountains, written by astronomers Ron Canterna, University of Wyoming; Jay Norris, Challis, Idaho Observatory; and Daryl Macomb, Boise State University. This month, around 9 p.m. on the meridian (the imaginary line running from the north cardinal point through the zenith and down to the south cardinal point), will be two stellar objects that compete in brightness. The more northern object is Jupiter the planet, located in Gemini. The second bright star is Sirius, the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major, the big dog. Sirius also is the brightest star in all of our night skies. North of Canis Major lies Canis Minor and its brightest star, Prycyon, which rivals the brightness of Regulus and Capella, Betelgeuse and Rigel. Canis Major in Greek mythology is associated with the fastest dog in the universe. It follows Orion the hunter. Sirius, the “dog star,” takes its name from the Greek word meaning scorching or burning. Since Sirius would rise in the daytime during the hottest months of July and August, the Greeks thought this extra heat source was due to the presence of the glowing Sirius. Sirius also marked the annual ﬂooding of the Nile for the Egyptians. Today, we know that Sirius is a binary star a little less than nine light years away. Prycyon means “before the dog,” since it rises before Sirius. It is the seventh brightest star in the night sky and is about 11.5 light years from the sun. Other planets for the month: Mars, near Spica, rises around midnight; Saturn rises two hours later; and Venus rises an hour before sunrise. Great Debates: The Scale of the Universe With construction of ever larger telescopes, mapping of distributions of stars

Curtis’ arguments were more detailed and data oriented. Although he used the best and most extensive collection of stellar positions and distances, he incorrectly gauged the position of the sun and the Milky Way’s size because its distant reaches are shrouded by dark dust clouds populating the Galactic Plane (globular clusters can be seen to larger distances since their spatial distribution is spheroidal). Also, Curtis thought the Cepheid periodluminosity relation to be contaminated, which it was -- two kinds of Cepheids

and star clusters -- starting in the 1700s -revealed two grand designs of nature: Our own Milky Way, a galaxy viewed from the inside with not much clarity; and numerous nebulae with obvious spiral structure. Early on, the famous German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) conjectured that these spiral nebulae were “island universes” in their own right, external to our galaxy and lying at great distances. Such fundamental questions -- the shape and size of the Milky Way, and the nature of the spiral nebulae -were considered in the first astronomical “Great Debate” in 1920, between Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis. Both men were professional astronomers who presented at the Natural History Museum to both a general audience and to members of the National Academy of Sciences. Purportedly, Albert Einstein was in attendance. The younger of the two debaters, Shapley, gave a popular delivery geared to the general scientific audience. Shapley’s essential position was that our Milky Way galaxy constituted the entire universe, and that our sun was significantly offset from the center of the galaxy. He inferred the size of Milky Way from the period-luminosity relation of Cepheid variable stars, their periods indicating luminosities and, so, revealing their distances. By mapping the distribution of globular clusters -- spheroidal assemblies of 100,000 to 1 million stars --- Shapley showed that our sun and its solar system lie far from the distribution’s centroid, the apparent center of our Milky Way. Relying on pairs of faulty measurements of several spiral nebulae taken many years apart, Shapley believed the spirals to be internal to our galaxy. If instead external, the pairs of photographs would indicate very rapid rotation of their spiral arms -- nearly as fast as the speed of light -- considered highly unlikely by most astronomers.

were included in Shapley’s data set. Curtis’ main valid point, however, relied on novae occurring in the spiral nebulae, just like the novae occurring in the Milky Way. By calibration of nova distances, he inferred that the spiral nebulae were galaxies external to, comparable to, and at vast distances from our Milky Way Galaxy. Seven years later, Edwin Hubble found Cepheid variables in our sister galaxy, Andromeda, conﬁrming the spiral nebulae to be external galaxies. The scale of the universe, as we understood it at that point in time, increased enormously.

Live Out: The Outdoor Social Network Launches

Live Out Enterprise LLC announces the launch of Live Out: The Outdoor Social Network. The ofﬁcial launch date was January 3rd, 2014, ringing in the new year with with a bang. The site encourages and enables participation in sports and outdoor activities by consolidating various resources into a comprehensive social networking platform that allows people in Campbell and surrounding areas to connect with each other and ﬁnd places and information

based on their interests. With the help of development resources from Atlanta based HC Consulting Group LLC (founders of Daily Deal Builder and Social Network Empire), Live Out launched worldwide on January 3, 2014. Co-Founder Scott McGuire explains, “Live Out is designed to be a central hub for people with sports & outdoor interests - everything from camping, hunting, and ﬁshing, to snowboarding, mountain biking, and skydiving. We make it easy

for people to connect to one another and access information based on the activities they like.” Live Out consolidates a variety of resources into a single, unprecedented platform. One of the main pillars of the site is a comprehensive maps feature that provides information and reviews on locations for different outdoor activities ranging from skydiving, mountain biking, and skateboarding to recreational activities like hiking, camping, and ﬂy-ﬁshing. The site also features

an extensive directory of groups, events, competitions, businesses, classifieds, and forums filtered by interest and location. Members can even bookmark all their favorite online sports & outdoor websites so they can access things like blogs, forums, and news directly from their profiles without leaving the site. In addition to aggregating information and resources, Live Out encourages participation in outdoor activities through a variety of features designed to

reinvigorate people’s enthusiasm for the outdoors. Members can set goals, earn badges, enter competitions, and share their bucket list ideas about things to do and places to go. “We bring the people, places, gear and services to you - so you can spend less time searching, and more time doing the things you love most,” says McGuire. The Live Out Team invites you to join our growing community today at http://www.liveout.org.

Obituaries

George E. Ratcliff A funeral service for George E. Ratcliff was held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday January 28, 2014 at the Family Life Church with Pastor Marty Crump ofﬁciating. Interment followed at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery with Military Honors provided by American Legion Post #42 Honor Guard. George Edward Ratcliff passed away on January 24, 2014 at Pioneer Manor with his family by his side. He was born on April 5, 1932 at his aunt’s house, in Hayden, Colorado to Lee and Ione (Smith) Ratcliff. George was raised in and around Hayden, Colorado. In 1952 he enlisted in the Army and was stationed at Fort Rylie Kansas. This is where George met the love of his life Berdine Hayes. They were married February 20, 1953. He received an honorable discharge in 1954. After his discharge he began working in the oilﬁeld in Craig, Colorado. George and his family lived in various places around Wyoming until they settled in Gillette in 1961.

He worked many positions in the oilfield until his final position as Operations Manager in 1996 when he retired. George could not stay out of the business long and in 1997 became a huge part and great mentor in the Methane boom; while working as a consultant for Western Gas (Anadarko) until he retired in 2006. When George was not working he spent his time golfing, fishing, hunting, snowmobiling, and most important spending time with his family. A devoted husband and father, family was very important to George. He is survived by wife Berdine; four children Bonnie (Lonny) Bartlett, Douglas (Nancy) Ratcliff, Michael (Judy) Ratcliff, and Susan (Denny) Harrison all of Gillette; sister Vivian Bronson and niece Barbara Dowl of Libby, Montana; brotherin-law Donald (Ramona) Hayes of Wichita, Kansas; niece Debra Hayes, nephew Edward (Peggy) Hayes; eight grandchildren Rebecka (Shannon) Coughlin, Bradley (Erica) Bartlett, Dustin(Kim) Harrison, Adam(Amber) Ratcliff, Laura(Brandon) Jacobs, Kyle Ratcliff, Kayla (Eric) Vos, and Jill (Zach) Ratcliff; and ten great-grandchildren. In his later years, George could always be found with one of his greatgrandchildren on his lap feeding them jelly beans or popcorn; they were the joy of his life. George was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers John and Lee

Ratcliff; and a sister Anne Ratcliff. In lieu of ﬂowers, the family requests memorial donations are made to the Shriners or Wounded Warriors. Memorials and Condolences may be sent in George’s name in care of Walker Funeral Home 410 Medical Arts Court Gillette, Wyoming 82716. Condolences may also be sent via our website www.walkerfuneralgillette.com

THOMAS C. HURLEY A Memorial Service for Thomas Christopher Hurley was 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Kingdom of Jehovah’s Witness 1601 Shalom Avenue, Gillette, Wyoming. Thomas C. Hurley, age 65, passed away at his home on January 20, 2014. Tom was born February 20, 1948 to Burton and Genevieve Hurley in Canton, South Dakota. The 2nd of 11 beautiful children. His family left the farm when he was 11, moving to Belle Fourche, South Dakota. He graduated High School in 1966 from

Newell, South Dakota. He attended Black Hills State University for two years studying Business. During that time, he served in the National Guard for 7 years. In 1968, Tom met Terry, and for the next 46 years they would foster the kind of love you only read about in books. They were best friends. In 1980, he moved his family to Gillette, Wyoming to pursue a career with Thunder Basin Coal Mine. His career in mining spanned 35 years. He retired from the mining industry and was currently working for Campbell County School District and Coach America. Tom loved his family with all of his heart and was the best husband, father, brother, and friend anyone could ask for. He always cared about those around him and was always there to lend a helping hand or just listen. We could always depend on him for everything, anytime, anywhere. He will be greatly missed beyond words. Based on a solid hope for the future (John 5:28, 29), Tom had faith that he would be resurrected to perfect health on a paradise earth. His is survived by his wife Terry of almost 46 years, his son Christopher, son Matthew, and daughter Michelle, and six Grandchildren. He was proceeded in death by his son Anthony, his parents, and one brother. Memorials and condolences may be sent to the family in care of Walker

Funeral Home 410 Medical Arts Court, Gillette, WY 82716. Condolences may also be sent via our website: www.walkerfuneralgillette.com.

Dana Kepler Memorial service for Dana Kepler was at 4:00p.m. on Thursday, January 30, 2014 at the Blanche Beck Memorial Chapel at Pioneer Manor with Chaplain Bob Rudichar ofﬁciating. Graveside Service and burial will be at a later date in Pennsylvania. Dana, age 74 passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2014 at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home of natural causes. Dana Kathleen Kepler was born on December 20, 1939 the daughter of Duane and Ruth (Stevens) Shoemaker in Canton, Pennsylvania. She was raised and educated in the Canto area and graduated from Canton High School in 1957. She attended Business school in Elmira, New York. Dana moved to Gillette, WY in 1980 and was

employed by Televents the local cable company before going to work as an aide for Pioneer Manor. Dana became the secretary for Pioneer Manor and worked in that capacity for twelve years. She retired due to health reasons. In her early age she enjoyed bowling and camping. Her favorite past time was playing Bingo with her family and then the Bingo played at Pioneer Manor . Dana enjoyed her time spent with her family and the grandchildren. Her great grandchildren brightened her days at Pioneer Manor and being involved with in the activities at Pioneer Manor the glass work and Jewelry. Dana is survived by her son, Kevin (Bonnie)Perry of Rock Springs, WY, her three daughters, Debby (Vern) Zellers of Jersey Shore, PA, Shelly Glass and Brenda (Tim) Dennis both of Gillette, WY, one brother, Mike (Jan) Shoemaker of Muncie, PA, one sister Sherry (Larry) Jennings of Canton, PA, sixteen grandchildren, ten great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Billy, one grandson, one great granddaughter and one great great grandson. A memorial has been established in Dana’s name and may be sent in care of Walker Funeral Home 410 Medical Arts Ct, Gillette, WY 82716. Condolences may also be sent via our website: www.walkerfuneral gillette.com.

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Public Input Meeting for Gillette Rail Spur Utilization Study

In My Garden... By Kathy Hall Campbell County Master Gardener khgardenhelp@gmail.com hen diving into that seed catalogue, you will see terms that seem very technical. It can all be a bit overwhelming for the beginner. Luckily, many of the larger seed catalogues are including some very detailed explanations of terminology and growth requirements. This is a great wealth of information that is now readily available to the home gardener. Take your time to read this extra information and take note of the growing requirements before you make your purchases. This could save you a lot of disappointment in the end. When gardening and selecting your plants, there are a few terms you might like to know. Several are fairly variety specific, so we will touch on a few more common ones here. Tomatoes are one of the most popular vegetables (yes, some call them fruits) grown and also one of the most confusing. Determinate and indeterminate are the first terms you will come across when perusing the pages of sweet luscious delights. Simply put, determinate tend to be smaller, take less space, and grow/ripen fruit all at once. These are great for small gardens, container growing, or for someone who wants all their tomatoes ready in a short time frame for canning. Indeterminate are a much larger vining plant that will produce fruit throughout the season until frost. These plants can get very large and require support or staking. Beefsteak, roma, cherry, grape, current, many of these terms refer to the ‘type’ or size of the tomato. Beefsteak is usually referring to a large irregular shaped tomato with solid flesh that is great for slicing. Roma, or sauce toma-

toes, are meatier (less seed and pulp) tomatoes that are used for creating sauces and pastes. They are great for eating fresh as well. Cherry, grape, current, and pear are all terms usually referring to small salad tomatoes with the name indicating the size or shape of the fruit. Early, mid, and late season tells you when the plants should normally produce. Peppers are another very popular garden plant. With endless sizes, colors, shapes and flavors there is something for everyone. Sweet peppers are the green peppers you buy at the grocery store. These are unripe sweet peppers. If allowed to ripen on the plant these ‘green peppers’ will turn to brilliant shades of red, yellow or orange and take on a slightly more mild (sweet) flavor. Sweet peppers can be any number of shapes, sizes and colors but the main characteristic is a mild flavor. Hot peppers again have any number of shapes, colors and sizes and most start green then ripen to a different color. These peppers are classified by the hot or spicy flavor they have. Anything from a mild spice to a ‘set your mouth on fire’ flavor can be found so select carefully according to your heat tolerance. Chile peppers are normally associated with Mexican cooking. These peppers can be mild to hot and many can be dried and used as flavorings in your favorite dishes. Onions are an easy to grow cooking staples, but not every onion will produce well here. Onions are the veggie that knowing our latitude can be handy. Bulb producing onions are lumped into one of three classifications: Long day, short day and day neutral.

The Dinner Bell By Holly Galloway Rice is an excellent grain for everyone, especially for those who cannot tolerate gluten. The following is a recipe that I ran across years ago. I modiﬁed it to my tastes. It takes about an hour with prep and cooking time, but if you give it a chance you might just like it.

Creole Jambalaya

2 T. Butter ¾ C. Chopped Celery ¾ C. Chopped Onion ¼ C. Chopped Red Pepper 1 T. chopped parsley 1 Clove Garlic, Minced 1 lb. mild or spicy sausage 1 can diced tomato’s 1 can beef broth ¾ C. water 1 C. Uncooked white or brown rice 1 tsp. sugar ½ tsp. thyme ½ tsp chili powder 2 lbs. large raw shrimp In a large skillet, cook the sausage, remove. Into the drippings, add onion, celery, red pepper, parsley and garlic. Cook the vegetables until the onion is translucent. Add the cooked sausage, tomatos, broth, water, rice, sugar, thyme, chili powder. Cover and simmer until rice is tender, about 25 minutes. Then add the large shrimp and simmer until they are cooked. Serve hot. Enjoy!

Dad and Daughter Ball Dad and Daughter Ball...Tickets on sale now at Top Notch Auto, 1502 West Second, Gillette. Call 660-1798 for more info about this memory making event for dad and their princesses of ALL ages! 450 attended last year’s dance! $60 per dad and daughter. $25 for dads with more than one daughter.

January 31 - February 7, 2014

Day length is what triggers the onion to form the bulb that we eat so getting the proper variety for our part of the country is critical. Long day onions require 14+ hours of daylight to trigger bulb formation so they are what we grow in the north. Short day require only 1112 hours of daylight and are grown in mild winter climates in winter or early spring. Day neutral require only 12-13 hours of sunlight and can be grown most areas. Other terms you may notice when selecting your onions is bunching, green and bulbing. Bulbing of course is the onion that forms the round bulb (onion) that we eat and cook with. Green onions do not produce this bulb remaining slender. These are often eaten in salads or raw but can be used in cooking as well. The term bunching onion is often used interchangeably with green onion and is also an onion that doesn’t produce large bulbs. These onions can be planted closely and you can even leave a few in the garden, letting them spread for next season. Knowing some of the basic terminology can take much of the mystery out of the seed and plant selection process. Enjoy your time this season leaﬁng through the colorful pages of your latest seed catalogue and take the time to learn a little as you go. Soon you will be knee deep in green and dreaming of the quiet days reading about the perfect garden.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Gillette in conjunction with the Campbell County Economic Development Corporation will hold a public input meeting on Thursday, January 30, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. at the 2nd Floor Community Room in City Hall located at 201 E 5th Street to accept public comment on the rail alternative layouts within Energy Park. The study is focusing on site assessments of vacant parcels along the rail spur and ways to improve

rail utilization of existing businesses. In addition, the City and CCEDC are working with BNSF to garner their input on improving rail siding opportunities. The City and CCEDC invite all who are interested to please attend the open house to voice your issues, ideas, and suggestions on the proposed alternatives and recommendations for Energy Park. Local businesses within Energy Park are especially encouraged to attend. KLJ will be conducting a

public open house; with a formal presentation starting at 6:15 PM that will show the conceptual rail expansion layouts and associated costs for improving rail utilization. Light refreshments will be provided. Contact KLJ staff John How (406) 548-5667, (john.how@kljeng.com) or Adrienne Hahn (307) 6829500, (adrienne.hahn@ kljeng.com), for further information or to request an accommodation for a disability.

Healthcare Volunteers Sought to Help Wyoming be Prepared Doctors, nurses, emergency medical technicians and other healthcare providers are encouraged by the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) to register with the recently upgraded Wyoming Activation of Volunteers in Emergencies (WAVE) volunteer management system. “We encourage potential volunteers to register with WAVE prior to emergencies, so that when challenging events happen in Wyoming we will all be better prepared to respond,” said Andy Gienapp, Emergency Medical Services program manager with the

Wyoming Department of Health. “WAVE allows volunteer managers to verify identity, licenses, information and credentials before incidents, which can save precious time.” Gienapp said both medical and non-medical volunteers are sought for local volunteer groups to help during times of crisis and to support community health needs. Activities volunteers might ﬁnd themselves involved with ﬂu clinics, natural disasters and other emergencies, shelter support and local event support. “Registering shows you

are willing to volunteer, but does not commit you,” he said. “When events occur, it will be up to you whether you are able to respond at that time.” Volunteers can also opt in to respond to other state, regional or national events as needed. WAVE replaces the registry previously known as WYeROLL and offers several improvements to help volunteer managers who work with the system. To learn more about WAVE or to register, please visit https://volunteerwave. org or contact Angelyn Mayes at angelyn.mayes@ wyo.gov.

Wyoming Conservation Corps Will be Back at Work This Summer The Wyoming Conservation Corps (WCC) has received one-time funding to complete 18 field projects this summer, the program’s director says. Administered by Residence Life and Dining Services (RLDS) in the University of Wyoming Division of Student Affairs, WCC is a grantsupported program that engages students in conservation-based projects throughout the state, Patrick Call says. In December, project proposals for summer 2014 were put on hold while administrators worked to establish a more sustainable funding system to support the program. WCC has received a loan from the UW Research Office ($41,000) and one-time funding from RLDS (about $200,000) to support the program this summer, including hiring two individuals to lead WCC projects, Call says. In previous years, six crews each worked three 10-day projects, for a total of 36 projects. The plan for this summer calls for three crews to complete 18 10-day projects. Call says nine of the projects will be sponsored by the Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites, traditionally the cooperating agency that supports the most WCC work projects each year. The newly hired program coordinator, Patrick Harrington, already is working to fill the remaining nine projects. The second position that Call plans to fill soon is a field supervisor who will oversee training and scheduling and will obtain essential equipment and supplies. Additionally, advertising for students to fill the work crew positions will take place soon. “Our intent all along was to find a way to continue the program this summer,” Call says. “We have received nothing but positive feedback about the work our student crews do for the state and for the people of Wyoming. Now that the financial concerns appear to be resolved, we’re excited to get back out into the field.” WCC is a grant-funded program that has been supported by the Corporation for National and Community Services’ AmeriCorps program, Wyoming State Legislature and cooperating partners including the Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites, national parks and some industry, corporate and nonprofit organiza-

tions. The grants, plus program costs paid for by the cooperating agencies, will cover the loan repayment, Call says. Looking forward, Call will develop a budget to sustain the WCC for years to come. He says one problem was that the program grew quickly, without the necessary growth in support to sustain the program. “The rates we charged did not keep up with costs of fuel, equipment and other expenses,” Call says. “We are now taking a close look at what our actual costs are, and will determine how much we will need to charge to sustain the program.” To maintain a sustainable program, Call says the WCC likely will continue to offer 18 summer projects before considering expanding to offer more projects. Students gain leadership experi-

ence and skills in projects ranging from maintaining habitat for wildlife and mitigating bark beetle impacts on the forests to creating recreational trail systems and restoring historic sites. “Some students have told me that working on WCC projects has been a life-changing experience,” Call says. “They are able to go out there and connect with the land and the environment, and be able to do things and give back to the greater good.” Founded in 2006, the WCC continues the civil service tradition of the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930s and Youth Conservation Corps of the 1970s. Nearly 300 students have completed more than 200 projects relating to energy, wildlife, recreation, grazing, timber management, property restoration and maintenance, and water and air quality.

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Wyoming Conservation Corps members work to clear a new trail at Curt Gowdy State Park. Plans call for the WCC to work on 18 projects around the state this summer.

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Hope’s Haven Dear Readers, Welcome to “Hope’s Haven”. Hope: to believe, desire, or trust. Haven: any place of shelter and safety; refuge. “Hope’s Haven” is a column that will be ﬁlled with life testimonies from real people just like you. God’s grace, mercy and love will weave through each testimony that is printed in this column. The text of the articles submitted will be left in the writer’s original verbiage (we will spell check and do minimal grammar correction). If you would like to share the good news of how God’s grace has blessed your life please send your testimony to: praiseGod@CampbellCountyObserver.com

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It’s about that time of year, the time to start thinking about preparing the ground for the next crop. Whether you’re a farmer, or a tender of a nursery, or a gardener of vegetables or flowers, your mind is filled with producing a crop. When you till, or rake you begin to plan your days around planting. Timing is important in the process of planting a crop and seeing it come to a successful harvest. Personally I am not much of a gardener. I plant a few seeds in a small patch that I have primed on the south side of my home just under the kitchen window. I have to be careful of what I plant because if it is something that the deer like I will never see it bloom. There isn’t much that they won’t eat. In Luke 8, Jesus uses the parable of the seed to show his disciples how ministering to others multiplies when you use Gods word. I see it this way. God’s word is the seed, and when we speak Gods word we are planting it. Imagine with me that you have a dandelion that has gone to seed, the wind blows and the little seeds on the head of the dandelion fly through the air. Soon there is a new dandelion growing. God’s word is like that. Okay, not too many people want dandelions planted in their yard, but it is a good visual for how Gods word gets planted when we speak. We don’t know where it may take root; we just believe it will because we have faith in the Word. Today is the day to plant God’s word. Plant Gods word in the life of your neighbor (whom ever God brings into your life). When you speak words of encouragement, kindness, hope, and or joy they help lighten the load of that person as they deal with their day to day struggles. As you share Gods word with others you also hear what you’re saying and the Word gets planted in you also. I encourage you now to go out and spread some seed into the lives of others and see what grows, in them and in yourself. ~Darleen B from Ocean Shores, WA

“Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth”. Col 3:2 ON contrast to some of the generations that went before us, present day Christians tend to be very down to earth and pragmatic. We are focussed and like to ‘get the job done’ and carry this attitude with us into the Church. And yet despite this there is a distinct tiredness and lethargy about us and our service to the Lord. What could be the problem? In the ‘Pilgrims Progress’ (a wonderful allegory of the Christian life – and should be read my all believers!) Christian sees the ‘Celestial City’ in Emmanuel’s Land a number of times along the way. Each time he is greatly encouraged and presses forward with all the strength and energy he can muster, since the very purpose of his journey is to reach the Promised Land (i.e. Heaven). It is sometimes said of certain Christians that they are “so heavenly minded they are of no earthly use.” Looking back over Church history we see the truth is that, generally, those Christians who focus most on heaven are the most use here on earth. Churches, hospitals, hospices, orphanages, schools, feeding programs, were mostly started by heavenly minded people. A vision of eternity, gives a much clearer view of the present. Jesus did it, (Hebrews 12:2), Paul did it (Phil 1:23), will you focus your mind on heaven? Blessings, Graham K. from Accrington UK

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Take Steps to Better Manage Your Heartburn eartburn is one of the most common reasons people visit their doctors. If you suffer from a burning feeling in your chest or throat, experts recommend preparing for your next doctor’s appointment by learning more about heartburn and what you can do to manage the condition. “Physicians often use upper endoscopy to diagnose and manage gastroesophageal reﬂux disease, or GERD,” says Dr. Molly Cooke, president of the American College of Physicians (ACP). “But this is not an appropriate ﬁrst step for patients with typical heartburn.” The ACP advises against upper endoscopy for heartburn,

unless other serious symptoms are present. According to the ACP’s recommendations, it can be an expensive test that doesn’t necessarily improve the health of patients, exposes patients to preventable harms, and can lead to unnecessary interventions down the line. “For those whose heartburn is accompanied by difﬁcult or painful swallowing, bleeding, anemia, weight loss, solid food sticking in the esophagus, or recurrent vomiting, an upper endoscopy is appropriate,” advises Dr. Cooke. Sensible diagnosis is just part of the equation. Prevention and management of the condition is important too. The ACP recommends the following steps to

help relieve occasional heartburn as well as GERD: • Make lifestyle changes. Lose excess weight, stop smoking, eat smaller meals, don’t lie down for several hours after eating, wear loose-ﬁtting clothes, and limit how much alcohol you consume. Resist foods and beverages that can trigger your heartburn, such as chocolate, peppermint, coffee (with or without caffeine), garlic, onions, and fried, spicy, fatty or tomato-rich food. • Raise head of your bed. Place wood blocks under your bedposts to raise the head of your bed six to eight inches. • Control acid. Over-the-counter antacids such as Maalox, Mylanta, Rolaids, or Tums may

ease heartburn. For a stronger acid-reducer, try an H2 blocker such as famotidine (Pepcid and generic) or ranitidine (Zantac and generic). • Consider proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). Medicine to reduce gastric acid production is warranted in most patients with typical GERD symptoms such as heartburn or regurgitation. PPIs are a group of drugs that relieve symptoms and heal the lining of the esophagus in almost all sufferers. For best results, take them 30 to 60 minutes before a meal. Omeprazole and lansoprazole are sold over-thecounter as low-cost generics. If symptoms don’t improve after two to four weeks, ask your doc-

tor about taking two doses daily. Free online resources can help you discover the best treatment for you. For example, you can visit www.CRBestBuyDrugs.org and click on “heartburn” for a free drug report on PPIs. Left untreated, GERD can inﬂame the lining of the esophagus, causing a condition known as esophagitis. A few GERD patients develop Barrett’s esophagus, a disorder that can, in rare cases, lead to cancer of the esophagus. Visit http://hvc.acponline.org for more tips on managing your health care, including resources developed in collaboration with Consumer Reports.

Wyoming Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 4.4% in December 2013 The Research & Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reported today that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged from November to December at 4.4%. Unemployment remained below its year-ago level of 4.9% and was signiﬁcantly lower than the current U.S. unemployment rate of 6.7%. Seasonally adjusted employment of Wyoming residents rose slightly, increasing by 1,276 individuals (0.4%) from November to December.

Most county unemployment rates followed their normal seasonal pattern and increased from November to December. Employment tends to fall in December as colder weather sets in and seasonal job losses are seen in construction and professional & business services. Teton County was a notable exception to the statewide pattern. Its unemployment rate fell from 8.3% in November to 6.4% in December as the start of the ski season boosted employment.

Unemployment fell from December 2012 to December 2013 in every county, perhaps suggesting modest improvement in the state’s economy. The largest unemployment rate decreases were seen in Lincoln (down from 7.1% to 5.8%), Crook (down from 5.1% to 4.1%), Carbon (down from 5.2% to 4.2%), and Teton (down from 7.3% to 6.4%) counties. The highest unemployment rates were found in Teton (6.4%), Lincoln (5.8%), Johnson (5.6%), and Park (5.6%) counties. Sub-

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By Holly Galloway curity with each event. Inmates stay in their cell and living area pod the entire time of their stay. Court times are in the morning and afternoon. Inmates are always escorted to court shackled. When technology works, some judges will tele- conference court. Sex offenders who have served their time and are out of jail must come to the Detention Center to be registered. Inmate trafﬁc management is vital inside the facility. Detention is not an easy vocation. The Campbell County Observer respects and is grateful to all who serve this community in this area.

nine ofﬁcers on duty each twelve hour shift. There is no “average” shift, but some of the basics that are done daily are a head count. All inmates stand in the doorway of their cell at six in the morning and they are counted. Three days a week inmates are given razors for grooming. These are counted and checked when grooming is done. Every thirty minutes a watch is done in the tower above the pods of cells. There is no lunch room at the Detention Center. With each pod of cells there is a living area that has chairs and a table. The food is cooked on site and delivered to the pods. There is a great deal of se-

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Campbell County Detention Center Corporal Ed Holden has been in law enforcement for ten years. All ten of those years have been in corrections, seven of those in Campbell County. He earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from Utah State University, yet law enforcement is in his blood, as both parents and some of his siblings all work in the criminal justice system. Holden is in charge of the Special Operations Response Team, which he started at the center a few years ago. This is a team that can quickly respond to a discipline problem within the Detention Center. He has been trained as a hostage negotiator. He is a Taser instructor for the county, a custody control instructor, and he is off the Honor Guard for the sheriff’s office. He also wears the hat of a forced cell officer. If an inmate is being difficult in the booking department of the center, he is called in to help. Currently, there are

lette County reported the lowest unemployment rate (3.2%). It was followed by Converse (3.3%), Albany (3.4%), and Campbell (3.5%) counties. Total nonfarm employment (measured by place of work) rose from 286,400 in December 2012 to 290,000 in December 2013, a gain of 3,600 jobs (1.3%). Research & Planning has scheduled the January employment news release for March 18, 2014.

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Burns Supper at the Sports Bar By Nicholas DeLaat h, Scotland. Many of us can tie our roots to the magical country, and most of us have learned the culture’s greatest stories, thanks to Hollywood of course. But how often do you get the chance to celebrate the culture? If you were at The Sports Bar last Saturday night, you would have had the chance to celebrate the culture right. A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns, author of many Scots poems. The suppers are normally held on or near the poet’s birthday, 25 January, sometimes also known as Robert Burns Day . Burns suppers are most common in Scotland and Northern Ireland however there has been a surge

in Burns’ Night celebrations in the UK events industry seeing the evening being celebrated outside their traditional confines of Burns Clubs, Scottish Societies, expatriate Scots, or aficionados of Burns’ poetry. There is a particularly strong tradition of them in southern New Zealand’s main city Dunedin, of which Burns’ nephew Thomas Burns was a founding father. The first suppers were held in memoriam at Ayrshire at the end of the 18th century by Robert Burns’ friends on 21 July, the anniversary of his death, and have been a regular occurrence ever since. The first Burns club was founded in Greenock in 1801 by merchants born in Ayrshire, some of whom had known

Burns. They held the ﬁrst Burns supper on what they thought was his birthday, 29 January 1802, but in 1803 they discovered in Ayr parish records that his date of birth was 25 January 1759. Since then, suppers have been held on 25 January. Burns suppers may be formal or informal. Both typically include haggis (a traditional Scottish dish celebrated by Burns in Address to a Haggis), Scotch whisky, and the recitation of Burns’s poetry. Formal dinners are hosted by organizations such as Burns clubs, the Freemasons, or St Andrews Societies and occasionally end with dancing when ladies are present. Formal suppers follow a standard format:

Order of the supper

Start of the evening (piping in the guests) Guests gather and mix as in any informal party. Host’s welcoming speech The host says a few words welcoming everyone to the supper and perhaps stating the reason for it. The event is declared open. All of the guests are seated and grace is said, usually using the Selkirk Grace, a well-known thanksgiving said before meals, using the Scots language. Although attributed to Burns, the Selkirk Grace was already known in the 17th century, as the “Galloway Grace” or the “Covenanters’ Grace”. It came to be called the Selkirk Grace because Burns was said to have delivered it at a dinner given by the Earl of Selkirk. The Selkirk Grace Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat, And sae let the Lord be thankit. The supper starts with the soup course. Normally a Scottish soup such as Scotch Broth, Potato Soup or Cock-a-Leekie is served. “Piping” of the haggis Everyone stands as the main course is brought in. This is always a haggis on a large dish. It is usually brought in by the cook, generally while a piper plays bagpipes and leads the way to the host’s table, where the haggis is laid down. He/ she might play “A man’s a man for a’ that”, “Robbie Burns Medley” or “The Star O’ Robbie Burns”.The host, or perhaps a guest with a talent, then recites the Address to a Haggis

The trembling earth resounds his tread. Clap in his wallie nieve a blade, He’ll mak it whistle; An’ legs an’ arms, an’ heads will sned, Like taps o’ thristle. Ye Pow’rs wha mak mankind your care, And dish them out their bill o’ fare, Auld Scotland wants nae skinkin ware That jaups in luggies; But, if ye wish her gratefu’ prayer, Gie her a haggis! At the line His knife see rustic Labour dicht the speaker normally draws and sharpens a knife, and at the line An’ cut you up wi’ ready slicht, plunges it into the haggis and cuts it open from end to end. When done properly this “ceremony” is a highlight of the evening. Supper

Address To a Haggis Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o’ the puddin-race! Aboon them a’ ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm: Weel are ye wordy o’ a grace As lang’s my arm. The groaning trencher there ye fill, Your hurdies like a distant hill, Your pin wad help to mend a mill In time o’ need, While thro’ your pores the dews distil Like amber bead. His knife see rustic Labour dicht, An’ cut you up wi’ ready slicht, Trenching your gushing entrails bricht, Like ony ditch; And then, O what a glorious sicht, Warm-reekin, rich! Then, horn for horn, they stretch an’ strive: Deil tak the hindmaist! on they drive, Till a’ their weel-swall’d kytes belyve, Are bent like drums; Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive, “Bethankit” hums. Is there that o’re his French ragout Or olio that wad staw a sow, Or fricassee wad mak her spew Wi’ perfect scunner, Looks down wi’ sneering, scornfu’ view On sic a dinner? Poor devil! see him ower his trash, As feckless as a wither’d rash, His spindle shank, a guid whip-lash, His nieve a nit; Thro’ bloody flood or field to dash, O how unfit! But mark the Rustic, haggis fed,

called the “Toast to the Laddies” and, like the previous toast, it is generally quite wideranging nowadays. A female guest will give her views on men and reply to any speciﬁc points raised by the previous speaker. Like the previous speech, this should be amusing, but not offensive. Quite often the speakers giving this toast and the previous one will collaborate so that the two toasts complement each other. Works by Burns After the speeches there may be singing of songs by Burns — Ae Fond Kiss, Parcel o’ Rogues, A Man’s a Man, etc. — and more poetry — To a Mouse, To a Louse, Tam o’ Shanter, The Twa Dugs, Holy Willie’s Prayer, etc. This may be done by the individual guests or by invited experts, and

it goes on for as long as the guests wish and may include other works by poets inﬂuenced by Burns, particularly poets writing in Scots. Foreign guests can also be invited to sing or say works from their land. Closing Finally the host will call on one of the guests to give the vote of thanks, after which everyone is asked to stand, join hands, and sing Auld Lang Syne bringing the evening to an end. The haggis was wonderful, the soup was great, and the leader of this event was brilliant. I know that I can speak for both my wife and I when we say “Come join us next year, because this is a yearly event that we will never miss!”

To a Mouse

Old English to Modern English Translation

Haggis platter at a Burns supper in theU.S.

By Robert Burns On Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough, November, 1785

Old English

Wee, sleekit, cow’rin’, timorous beastie,

Haggis served wi tatties an neeps (with potatoes and turnips)

Great chieftain o’ the puddin-race

George Halford, Master of Ceremonies, leads the Campbell County Crowd through a traditional Burns Supper. Mr. Halford is from Scotland and currently lives in Gillette.

At the end of the poem, a Scotch whisky toast will be proposed to the haggis, then the company will sit down to the meal. The haggis is traditionally served with mashed potatoes (tatties) and mashed turnips (A Scottish ‘turnip’ is an English ‘swede’) (neeps). A dessert course, cheese courses, coffee, etc. may also be part of the meal. The courses normally use traditional Scottish recipes. For instance, dessert may be cranachan or Tipsy Laird (whisky triﬂe) followed by oatcakes and cheese, all washed down with the “water of life” (uisge beatha) – Scotch whisky. When the meal reaches the coffee stage various speeches and toasts are given. In order, the core speeches and toasts are as follows. Immortal memory One of the guests gives a short speech, remembering some aspect of Burns’ life or poetry. This may be light-hearted or intensely serious. A good speaker always prepares a speech with his audience in mind, since above all the Burns’ supper should be entertaining. Everyone drinks a toast to Robert Burns. Appreciation The host will normally say a few words thanking the previous speaker for his speech and may comment on some of the points raised. Toast to the Lassies This was originally a short speech given by a male guest in thanks to the women who had prepared the meal. However, nowadays it is much more wide-ranging and generally covers the male speaker’s view on women. It is normally amusing but not offensive, particularly bearing in mind that it will be followed by a reply from the “lassies” concerned. The men drink a toast to the women’s health. Reply to the Toast to the Lassies This is occasionally (and humorously)

Modern English

O, what a panic’s in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi’ bickering brattle! I wad be laith to rin an chase thee Wi’ murd’ring pattle!

Little sleek scared and timid mouse, How full of fear you are. You don’t have to run away so hasty Scolding me. I would be loath to run and chase you Or kill you with a paddle.

I’m truly sorry man’s dominion Has broken Nature’s social union, An’ justiﬁes that ill opinion Which makes thee startle At me, thy poor, earth-born companion, An’ fellow mortal!

I’m very sorry that human power Has broken our natural relationship. And has created the justiﬁed fear That makes you run From me, your earthly companion And fellow creature.

I doubt na, whiles, but thou may thieve; What then? Poor beastie, thou maun live! A daimen-icker in a thrave ‘S a sma’ request I’ll get a blessin wi’ the lave, And never miss ‘t!

I have no doubt that you steal food. So what? Poor little guy, you have to live. One bit of corn from many corn sheaves, It’s not much. I’m still blessed with what is left; I’ll never miss what you took.

Thy wee-bit housie, too, in ruin! Its silly wa’s the win’s are strewin’! An’ naething, now, to big a new ane, O’foggage green! An’ bleak December’s winds ensuin’, Baith snell and keen!

Your little house is ruined. Its silly walls the winds are strewing, And there is nothing growing now, with which to build a new one. No green second-growth. And December winds are coming and they are Both cold and sharp.

Thou saw the ﬁelds laid bare and waste, An’ weary winter comin’ fast, An cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, Till crash! The cruel coulter passed Out-through thy cell. That wee-bit heap o’ leaves and stibble Has cost thee mony a weary nibble! Now thou’s turned out, for a’ thy trouble, But house or hald To thole the winter’s sleety dribble, An’ cranreach cauld But Mousie, thou art no thy lane In proving foresight may be vain: The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men Gang aft a-gley, And lea’s us nought but grief an’ pain, For promised joy. Still thou art blest compared wi’ me! The present only touchect thee: But och! I backward cast my e’e On prospects drear! An’ forward though I canna see, I guess an’ fear!

You saw the ﬁelds were bare and empty, And that tiresome winter is coming soon. Comfortably underneath the wind, You planned to live; Until crash! My cruel plow blade cut Straight through your nest. Your little pile of leaves and dry grass Took lots of nibbles for you to build. Now you are turned out; in spite of all your work, You are without house or home To protect you from winter’s wet snow And icy cold. But Mousie, you are not yourself alone In testifying that planning may be useless. The best-made plans of mice and men often go awry, and leave us nothing but grief and pain, instead of the joy that we expected. Still, you are blessed compared with me. You live only in the present, Whereas -- ouch -- I can look back and remember the disappointments of my past, And look to the future And guess and fear.

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Touch of Gold Tourney No Love, Loveland CO, Saturday, January 25, 2014 6/7 years old Tayce Lake

1st Place

45 lbs

Tayce Lake (wrestling up) Blaize Burrow

2nd Place

1st Place

58 lbs

Isaiah Huus

1st Place

90 lbs

7/8 years old

9/10 years old

Buffalo Outlaws Tournament, Buffalo WY Sunday, January 26, 2014 Peewee (6U) Carson McMillian Tyler Wenzel Channing Wenzel Maximus Johnston Gavin Marty Christian Bailey Makayla Bowman

1st Place 1st Place 1st Place 3rd Place 2nd Place 2nd Place 1st Place

35 lbs 45 lbs 40 lbs 45lbs 40 lbs 45 lbs 40 lbs

Braydan Bucholz Hunter Bailey Landen Wyatt Lance Striefel Landon Hofer Peyton Marty Bill Vialpando Tyler Newman Ashton Leegaard Taycen Enriquez Johnathon Peel Logan Mendoza Cason Loftus Fisher Smith

2nd Place 5th Place 4th Place 4th Place 2nd Place 4th Place 2nd Place 6th Place 5th Place 5th Place 4th Place 1st Place 1st place 4th Place

70 lbs 50 lbs 60 lbs 50 lbs 50 lbs 50 lbs 75 lbs 55 lbs 50 lbs 55 lbs 70 lbs 55 lbs 50 lbs 50 lbs

Devlin Hendrickson Dorion Grams Brodee Hofmeister Keenan Wenzel Bradley Ekstrom

6th Place 3rd Place 4th Place 2nd Place 4th Place

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lbs

Keifer Gossel Dalton Wright Grady Edwards Wyatt Peel Garrett Hadler Logan Loftus

2nd Place 4th Place 2nd Place 4th Place 2nd Place 3rd Place

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Jeric Igo

1st Place

65 lbs

Novice (11/12)

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Dawsen Hayden 3rd Place 98 lbs (wrestled up) Keleb Gossel 3rd Place 84 lbs Jayce Enriquez 1st Place 140 lbs Cadet (14/15) Colter Adams 2nd Place 138 lbs Bryton Peel 4th Place 135 lbs Other participants include Erik Enriquez, Adam Enriquez, Austin Enriquez and Zachary McMillian. Lafayette Centennials, Lafayette, CO Sunday, January 26, 2014

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1st Place

45 lbs

Blaize Burrow

3rd Place

58 lbs

Isiah Huus

2nd Place

90 lbs

7/8 years old

9/10 years old

Gillette Peak Results Buffalo Outlaws Tournament, Buffalo WY Sunday, January 26, 2014 Intermediate Seamus Casey Warren Carr

3rd Place 1st Place

70 lbs 95 lbs

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Friday, Jan. 31, 2014

-Camel Basketball (SO/ JV/V) at Cheyenne Central 4 p.m. / 5:30 p.m. / 7 p.m. -Lady Camel Basketball (SO/JV/V) at home vs. Cheyenne Central 4 p.m. / 5:45 p.m. /7:30 p.m. -Camel Swimming (SO/ JV/V) at Cheyenne Central 4 p.m. / 5:30 p.m. / 7 p.m. -Camels Wrestling (JV/V) at home SC vs. Laramie 5 p.m. -Camels Wrestling (JV/V) at home SC vs. Cheyenne South 7 p.m. -Gillette WILD Hockey at Great Falls 7:30 p.m. -Panther JV/V Basketball at Tongue River 3 p.m. / 6 p.m. -Lady Panther JV/V Basketball at Tongue River 3 p.m. / 4:30 p.m. -Panthers Wrestling at Greybull Memorial Invitational 10 a.m.

Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014

-Camel Basketball (SO/ JV/V) at Cheyenne East 10 a.m. / 11:30 a.m. / 1 p.m. -Lady Camel Basketball (SO/JV/V) at home vs. Cheyenne East 10 a.m. / 11:45 a.m. / 1:30 p.m. -Camel Swimming (SO/ JV/V) at Cheyenne East 10 a.m. / 11:30 a.m. / 1 p.m. -Camels Wrestling (JV/V) at home SC vs. Cheyenne East 10 a.m. -Camels Wrestling (JV/V) at home SC vs. Cheyenne Central 1 p.m. -Panthers Jr. High Basketball at Buffalo for 7th Tournament TBA -Panthers Jr. High Basketball at Newcastle for 8th Tournament TBA -Pronghorn Men’s Basketball at Sheridan College 7:30 p.m. -Pronghorn Women’s Basketball at Sheridan College 5:30 p.m. -Pronghorn Cross Country at Air force in Colorado Springs, CO -Warrior 7th A Basketball at Buffalo Invite TBA -Warrior 7th /8th B Basketball at Sturgis 8:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014

-Camel Basketball (SO/ JV) at Sheridan 4 p.m. / 5:30 p.m. -Lady Camel Basketball (SO/JV) at home vs. Sheridan 4 p.m. / 5:30 p.m. -Camel Swimming (SO/ JV) at Sheridan 4 p.m. / 5:30 p.m. -Camels Wrestling (JV/V) at home vs. Rapid City Central 5 p.m. / 7 p.m. -Eagles 9th Basketball at home vs. Sheridan 4 p.m. / 5:30 p.m. -Lady Eagles 9th Basketball at Sheridan 4 p.m. -Panther Developmental Basketball at home vs. Hulett 5:30 p.m. -Lady Panther Developmental Basketball at home vs. Hulett 4 p.m. -Warriors 9th Basketball at Rapid City Central 4 p.m. / 5:30 p.m. -Warrior 7th /8th B Basketball at Hulett 4 p.m. / 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014

-Pronghorn Men’s Basketball at Miles City Community College, Miles City,

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Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014

-Eagles 9th Basketball at home vs. NC Orange 4 p.m. / 5:30 p.m. -Panther JV/V Basketball at home vs. Moorcroft 4 p.m. / 5 :30 p.m. -Lady Panther JV/V Basketball at home vs. Moorcroft 4 p.m. / 7 p.m. -Panthers Jr. High Basketball at Sundance 4 p.m. / 5 p.m. -Warriors 9th Basketball at N.C. Black 4 p.m. / 5:30 p.m. -Lady Warriors 9th Basketball at home vs. N.C. Black 4 p.m. / 5:30 p.m. -Warrior 7th /8th B Basketball at home vs. Wright 4 p.m. / 5 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 7, 2014

-Camel Basketball (V) at Sheridan 7:30 p.m. -Lady Camel Basketball (V) at Sheridan 5:30 p.m. -Camel Swimming (V) at Sheridan 7:30 p.m. -Camels Wrestling (JV2/ JV//V) at Ron Thon Invite in Riverton, WY 10 a.m. -Gillette WILD Hockey at Bozeman 7:30 p.m. -Panther JV/V Basketball at Upton 4 p.m. / 7 p.m. -Lady Panther JV/V Basketball at Upton 4 p.m. / 5:30 p.m. -Panthers Wrestling at Riverton for Ron Thon Invite 10 a.m. -Warrior 7th /8th A Basketball at home vs. Johnson & Carey 4 p.m. / 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014

-Camel Basketball (SO/ JV) at Natrona in Casper 11 a.m. / 12:45 p.m. -Lady Camel Basketball (SO/JV) at home vs. Natrona 11 a.m. / 12:45 p.m. -Camel Swimming (SO/ JV) at home vs. Natrona 11 a.m. / 12:45 p.m -Camels Wrestling (JV2/ JV//V) at Ron Thon Invite in Riverton, WY 9 a.m. -Eagles 9th Basketball at home vs. NC Black 10 a.m. / 11:30 a.m. -Lady Eagles 9th Basketball at Natrona Casper 10 a.m. -Gillette WILD Hockey at Bozeman 7:30 p.m. -Panthers Jr. High Basketball at Twin Spruce for Holte Tournament TBA -Panthers Wrestling at Riverton for Ron Thon Invite 9 a.m. -Pronghorn Men’s Basketball at home vs. Central Wyoming College 5:30 p.m. -Pronghorn Women’s Basketball at home vs. Central Wyoming College 3 p.m. -Pronghorn Cross Country at Home -Warriors 9th Basketball at N.C. Orange 10 a.m. / 11:30 a.m. -Lady Warriors 9th Basketball at Rapid City Central 10 a.m. / 11:30 a.m. -Warrior 7th /8th A Basketball at home for Holte Invite TBA -Warrior 7th /8th B Basketball at Sheridan Invite TBA

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Gillette Wild Hockey Round-UP By Tony Heidel n the Girls Division the Wild played host to the Laramie Outlaws and turned the two games into shooting practice. Gillette had 54 shots on goal in Saturday’s 9 - 1 win. While scoring the ﬁrst to Wild goals Desiree Downey ended up with a hat trick. The other six goals were by Kylie Shields, Kassi Tennant, Callie Andrew, and the three Johnson’s (Bree, Alyssa, and Jenni). Sunday was Wild as well with 32 shots on goal. In the 7 - 0 shutout, Callie Andrew was top shot with a hat trick. Alyssa Johnson had two goals with Samantha Sturgeon and Bree Johnson with one goal each. The Gillette Wild White team in the Pee Wee Division went to Cody. On Saturday the Gillette won 7 - 3 with Hudson Peterson leading all scorers with ﬁve goals. The other two goals came from Brody Richardson and Ryan Jordan. In Sunday’s game the Ice Cats found a way to hold Hudson Peterson to one goal. The Wild still won 2 - 1 with Dawson Mccuin scoring the other Gillette goal. The Purple Pee Wee team had a couple tough games in Sheridan. Saturday, under the lights, Purple won 3 – 2, with two goals by Tanner Richards and one by Montgomery Haddix. The second game came early Sunday morning where the Wild took a 2 -

1 advantage in “shots on goal” but tied the Hawks 3 - 3. Two of the Wild goals came from Tanner Richards and one from Dillon Sigman. In the Squirts Division the White team also went to Sheridan and showed some marksmanship hitting over 50% on their shots. Saturday mornings game was 8 - 2 with Stratton Kohr leading the Wild with a hat trick. Ian Bullard scored two goals followed by Braxton Bundy, Finn McDonald, and Bryson Apodaca with one each. In the Saturday afternoon game, which was delayed 30 minutes due to “nice weather” the Wild won again 6 - 4. This time the dynamic duo returned to form with Ian Bullard and Braxton Bundy with a pair of hat tricks to account for all of Gillette’s scoring. The Purple Squirts team traveled to Laramie. The weekend started slow with a 2 - 1 win on 19 shots. Carson Mills and Colter Praus each scored goals for Gillette. The Wild gave up a goal early in Sunday’s game before scoring 12 unanswered goals in a 12- 1 win over the Outlaws. Caden Shields and Josh Tays each had hat tricks. Jaedian Neal and Zade Rankin both found the net twice. Brady Tompkins and Caleb Lindberg each scored one goal. The goalie combination of Caden Shields and Rex Mandarich only allowed two goals out of 29 shots.

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The Gillette College men’s basketball team has moved up to the 14th ranked team in the nation in the latest NJCAA National Poll.

Men: Pronghorns 108; Little Big Horn College 93

Twin Spruce Warrior Basketball Results Submitted by Jannie Miller

Women: Pronghorns 65; Little Big Horn College 52

The 8th grade Twin Spruce boys “B” basketball team won their first game of the season on January 16th beating Wright 38-25. Deven Dulany and Joey Storm held their best player to only five points with their tenacious defense. Sheldon Hayter led the team with ten points, five rebounds, four assists, and three steals. Dulany scored nine points, three rebounds, and two steals. Fathan Dixon scored six points, had seven rebounds, five steals, and two amazing blocks. Wesley Brunelli six points, five steals, and was a rebounding machine pulling down 12 rebounds. Corey White had four points, three rebounds, and two assists while Rico Delgrande scored a sweet three-pointer at the end of the game. Franklin Ramirez had four rebounds and three steals. The Warriors defeated Buffalo on January 21st 39-22. Wesley Brunelli led the team with 12 points, seven rebounds, and three steals. Sheldon Hayter scored 11 points, had four rebounds, three steals, and two assists. Jesse Moncada scored six points, had three

rebounds and two steals. Corey White scored three points, four assists, and five steals. Fathan Dixon had six steals, two points, and one assist. Deven Dulany had five rebounds and four assists. Franklin Ramirez and Joey Storm both scored a basket and Rico Delgrande scored a free throw. The 8th grade B boys basketball team moved to 3-0 on the season with a 48-26 win over Sundance. Sheldon Hayter was on fire scoring 18 points. Corey White scored nine points, had eight rebounds, two steals, and one assist. Frank-

lin Ramirez scored eight points, pulled down eight rebounds, had two steals, and one assist. Casey Schreirer made two buckets, had five rebounds, four steals, and one assist. Joey Storm had an incredible defensive game with five steals, five rebounds, and two points. Fathan Dixon had six rebounds, three steals, three blocked shots, and two points. Bryan Charles, Jesse Moncada, and Wesley Brunelli all scored two points as well. It was a good team effort by all. The scrappiness of this team is impressive.

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Hill Responds to Supreme Court Decision uperintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill responded today to the release of the Wyoming Supreme Court ruling that the Legislature acted unconstitutionally in January of 2013 when it stripped her ofﬁce of essentially all responsibility for public education. Hill said the decision in Hill v. Mead (http://www.courts.state. wy.us/Opinions/2014WY15.pdf) upholds the separation of powers in Wyoming’s government and clearly deﬁnes the respective

roles of the executive and legislative branches. “Obviously, Kerry and Clara Powers and I are very pleased with the decision. The Supreme Court afﬁrmed that our vote matters in Wyoming. Today the people of Wyoming get their vote and voice back.” “We made the case that to preserve a true separation of power and to keep the legislative and executive roles in balance, it was necessary for the court to hold that the Legislature had

overstepped its authority. I think the people of Wyoming should celebrate the constitution continues to be a viable limit on the Legislature and clearly protects the role of people in selecting who should head the public education. I trust the Legislature will once again focus on its important work of providing adequate funding for our schools,” Hill stated. Hill went on to say: “I intend to meet with my advisors to see what the Court speciﬁcally held and how soon we can implement

the ruling and when I can resume my elected responsibility at the Department of Education.” Hill said she will continue her efforts to focus the state Department of Education on Wyoming’s students, teachers, parents and communities to further public education. “I am glad that we, the people of Wyoming, have regained leadership in education. This has been a harmful interruption of our work, but I intend to use the remainder of my term to return the

department to one that assists districts and schools in improving education for our students. We were well on our way to converting the agency from a federal paymaster and compliance enforcement agency to one that also works hand in hand with our districts and educators. I will do my best to resume that path with as little disruption as possible. I look forward to returning to work with the committed staff at the department to serve the state.”

Guest Editorial: The Real Reason for School Cameras By Stephanie Rosencranz, Beulah, WY To the citizens of Crook County and especially those with children and grandchildren in school - The week of January 26 –February 1st is National School Choice Week. As it is not widely celebrated in Wyoming I thought I would take this opportunity to inform those unknowing that the controversy surrounding the situation concerning the building of a new school is overshadowing the leviathan already lurking in our schools! It’s called CCSSI, Common Core State Standards Initiative aka Common Core. CCSSI is an effort that attempts to impose on states a set of National K-12 standards. A one size ﬁts all standard curriculum! The society that seeks to equalize the minds of all doesn’t cherish real learning. It has been referred to as education without representation! I refer to it as the Unaffordable Care Act of the Educational System. We will have to implement it to see what’s in it! Political afﬁliations aside, both parties and concerned citizens alike are sounding the alarm all over the U.S. But, the apathy and malaise is deafening in Crook County. They are plowing full steam ahead in our school system!! Currently there are cameras being installed in our children’s schools, under the guise of security, and no one

seems concerned! How can courage and principals be taught if no one stands? When we stand for nothing, we fall for anything! In August, I attended a Common Core Conference held in Rapid City. The keynote speaker was Jane Robbins, an attorney and senior fellow with the American Principles Project in Washington D.C. She outlined the key players and ﬁnanciers of the Common Core Initiative. This alone should give us pause to examine what is behind this. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Microsoft are hugely invested in the grants associated with CCSSI. Everyone always touts the grant money we are receiving without asking where the money is coming from or what it is tied to. The funds for the No Child Left Behind program were exchanged for Race to the Top money instead thus leading to the implementation of the Common Core Standards. A bit of an over simpliﬁcation but, this is the ruse that took us down this road! If the McDonalds Corporation was funding our school lunch program with grant money wouldn’t that be cause for pause? There are all kinds of resources out there to inform us about what your children are in for with the CCSSI. It is an experimental initiative disguised

as standards using your children as guinea pigs in the classrooms. Not to mention the constraints it will put on teachers. Eventually teachers will be required to follow the script provided to them and will not be allowed to deviate from it. This is the real reason for the cameras!! Is this what you want for your children’s education? The devilish details of the collaboration and standards this entails are outlined, sort of, in an MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) called PARCC. PARCC is the acronym for Partners for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. This is where the data mining and testing requirements attached to the standards are outlined. If anyone is buying the mistruth being perpetrated that this is not federally run and that we will retain local control of our curriculum and freedom just look up parcconline.org and look under Governance. It’s been said that “he who controls the Information to the Decision Maker controls the Decision Maker. This seems to be the underlying problem plaguing the school board, the citizenry of Crook County and the State of Wyoming. Where does the authority for this come from? There are great websites and resources to help educate

the public about this monstrosity. Some websites I would recommend taking some time to look at are truthinamericaneducation.com, wyomingcitizensopposingcommoncore. com and a blog written by a mom educator in New York who writes about how Common Core is changing

her child and affecting their lives at mrsmomblog.com. I am pleading with you fellow citizens take some time out of your busy schedules and educate yourselvesit’s a matter of Liberty and Freedom for the next generation! The pathway to prosperity begins with education.

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Nick De Laat’s editorial from a couple papers ago “Wyoming’s Pension Fix January 10th, 2014) acknowledges the source of the information as “… Maureen Bader of Wyoming Liberty Group,” Wikipedia entry for Wyoming Liberty Group: The Wyoming Liberty Group has hosted writers from the ALECconnected Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, which screens potential reporters on their “free market” views as part of the job application process. The Franklin Center funds reporters in over 40 states…. On its website, the Franklin Center claims it “provides 10 percent of all daily reporting from state capitals nationwide. Franklin Center Director of Communications Michael Moroney told the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) in 2013 that the source of the Franklin Center’s funding “is 100 percent anonymous.” So dark money funds an opinion piece that suggests we get retirement funds out of the hands of government into the market. Just think, billions of dollars in pension funds around the nation and big money is not getting much of a cut. They would really like to get this money into their private playground and have no problem hiring bright, articulate people to make their case. Some people have great faith in Wall Street and would prefer to have their money there. I would prefer to have my retirement in the hands of the State of Wyoming to be managed for the beneﬁt of their long time employees. I do not have a great and enduring trust of government but I do have a deep and enduring suspicion of Wall Street. Frank Weston

Stop the Feds’ Common Core for Schools

Dear Editor, If the central planners and progressive bureaucrats get their way, teaching the Constitution to American schoolchildren will be a thing of the past. The Common Core academic standards are unacceptable. This top-down, bureaucratic takeover of local schools must be stopped. If it is not, it will dumb down education, collect data on children and their families, and leave American students behind in the global economy. Since Washington politicians started running our schools, costs have exploded for taxpayers, and students’ test scores have decreased. JIM KARABIN

Superintendent Hill Needs to Evaluate Priorities

Dear Editor,

First of all, let me exclaim that I am very happy that the citizens of Wyoming won the Wyoming Supreme Court battle over SF 104, which stripped the Superintendent of Education of most of her powers and introduced a Governor appointed position with the majority of the power. This bill was a blatant elimination of voter’s rights. Granted, I understand why they did it, as Cindy Hill has lied, deceived, and shown that she truly is a political nutcase. She has been fired many times, her last time as principle. After her firing, she immediately ran for that local school board. Now that she was almost basically stripped from her position (for good reasons), she immediately jumped to running for governor. I am willing to give Mrs. Hill a chance at Superintendent of Public Instruction, just to see what she can actually do. The owner of this newspaper told me once that a letter to the editor is a channel to ask the politicians questions publically…and here they go. Cindy, I hope you can answer all of these. Have you learned from your mistake of re-allocating money without our voted in legislators consent? Do you believe that this Supreme Court Decision is a win for you or the people you are supposed to be representing? Is running for Governor really what is best for the people or is it a vindictive action of revenge, which seems to be a trend in your political career? You have a chance at winning the Superintendent of Public Schools, and you have gotten a second chance to do well in that position. Do you have a plan for when you make governor, or is spite the only word that the voters can think of. There is a great governor’s race here in Wyoming brewing between Matt Mead and Taylor Haynes. Are you selfish enough to ruin any chance that someone may have in putting up a good election against Governor Mead or just splitting the vote. My conclusion, is that Mrs. Hill still needs to be watched closely, but because of the circumstances of why and when she decided to run for Governor is obviously intertwined with her own fight against him, she cannot have my vote. The people that the governor candidate represents are more important than the candidate is him or herself. Cindy, don’t run for governor and make a mockery out of what could be a great race. Show me you can perform the duties of your position first. Chuck Leland

armed churchgoer shot and killed him. In the other instance a shooter came into a theater where no guns were allowed and killed 12 people and wounded many more. Gun control is not, nor has it ever been, about guns or safety. It is about control. CARL LEE,

Pot Experiment Could Cost Lives

Dear Editor,

I emailed the following comment to ABC’s TV show “The View” in response to Whoopi Goldberg’s defense yesterday of legalized marijuana saying that nobody high on pot had ever murdered anyone: Regarding Whoopi’s comment nobody has killed anyone high on pot, she should read about the teenager in Casper run over by a person who couldn’t handle it, and a lot of people can’t. I’m a person diagnosed with a common minor “personality disorder” and my brain corkscrews into the stratosphere with one toke - otherwise you wouldn’t know I’m like this because I am 57 and have worked (no disability) my whole life. But there are millions who might make poor choices with this pot experiment and kill others. She and others who think because it is ﬁne for them should be aware it’s not ﬁne in a lot of cases. I’m also a recovered alcoholic, so I’m skeptical and wary of any kind of recreational use of any kind of drugs and I think the people who shouldn’t do it will be the most likely to. CLARK JONES

Wyoming Schools are in a Tough Position

Dear Editor, Wyoming seems to be in a perpetual state of confusion about its education system. Whether it is who is in charge or what system to use, it is a mess and, unfortunately, this is reﬂected in students’ poor performance. It doesn’t seem to make a difference in Wyoming if it uses a federal or state policy; nothing works. I have no solution, but I have read and believe. Policymakers do not run schools; they merely write laws and regulations telling districts what principals and teachers ought to do. Policymakers can make people do things, but they cannot make them do things well. What happens at the individual level n the level of the teacher and the student n is most crucial. It appears in Wyoming there is often a vast distance between policy and implementation. One would hope the connection between the teacher and student would be like Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam” n something wonderful happening. Many people in the state want the federal government out of the education system but still want the money without accountability. I’m not sure the governor, Legislature, State Board of Education, Secretary of Public Instruction Cindy Hill or Education Director Richard Crandall combined are knowledgeable enough or capable of working together to cowboy this through. Otherwise we would not be in this trouble. The U.S. Department of Education is not going away. Common Core Standards (championed by Mr. Crandall) and older progressive cousin “Center for Civic Education” (although doing good educating students on the Constitution, you should check their socialistic roots) will require a hard bit and a tight rein. Teachers’ unions, school bureaucracies and local school boards must work together. They all talk about accountability and implementation but do nothing. The Legislature did not have enough guts to impeach Ms. Hill, if needed, so the governor created a new position to do what? Have we forgotten the student who doesn’t want to learn and the parents who don’t care? And now we have another legislative session to stir the pot. Help! Bill Foy

Stop Bashing Universal Health Care

Editor, I am tired of professional Republicans and political pundits bashing Obamacare. Virtually every president since FDR wanted to attain universal health care. They just couldn’t get enough agreement on how to construct a bill that would pass. Well, now we have it. What do the naysayers want to bankrupt America and public hospitals, and kill the poor, or make hospitalization a privilege for only the very rich? If they could just devote as much time and intellect in improving the Affordable Care Act as they do in complaining, there is no reason America couldn’t solve all the accessibility, quality, and cost issues to resolve their complaints. Mel Logan

Gun Control Advocates Have no Use for Facts

Dear Editor,

In reference to the University of Wyoming gun-free policy I have the following comments: One thing advocates of gun control have no use for is facts. It is a fact the overwhelming evidence is that the more armed citizens there are in a community, the lower the crime rate. It is a fact that gun-free zones have proven to be some of the most deadly areas in the nation. Almost all mass shootings have occured in these zones. It is a fact that when seconds count the police are usually only minutes away. It is a fact that there are numerous instances where armed students on college campuses have saved lives. It is a fact that the right of self defense is a God-given right and should not end on a college campus. I have personally been on the campus of Liberty University where students with concealed carry permits are not only allowed but encouraged to carry. It is the most peaceful campus I have ever been on. The shootings in Aurora, Colo., about a month apart should be a lesson to us all. In one instance a shooter came into a church and killed one person before an

Stop Accepting the Erosion of Freedoms

Dear Editor, Like Mike Kuzara, I, too, am thankful for the efforts of the Tea Party to reign in government. Reading the Federal Papers (they are on the Internet), not only is it obvious that the Founding Fathers of our country did not trust government, they also never intended, nor relied upon, any level of government to protect and preserve our Constitution. That responsibility fell upon the people. It is not by random selection that the Second Amendment follows the First Amendment. In his address to the first Congress, George Washington stated, “a free people ought to be armed.” Corruption can occur at any level of government (local, state and federal), and the Founding Fathers warned us to be ever vigilant. Few know about the rebellion (Battle of Athens) that occurred in Tennessee on Aug. 1-2, 1946, wherein returning G.I. veterans used force to retake their local government. You can read about it online. Is it any wonder that such politicians (Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Chuck Schumer, and others) as we have in Congress, as well as in state legislatures, are attempting to disarm Americans? I, also, find it ironic that whereas our Founding Fathers specifically fought a rebellion to separate themselves from European-forms of government (aristocrats, kings, despots and tyrants) to establish a republic that Abraham Lincoln in his Gettysburg address aptly referred to as, “A government of the people, by the people, and for the people.” Yet, we have an individual in the Oval Office of the White House today that seems bent on remaking/ transforming our government after European governments steeped in socialism and Marxism. We should all be concerned that we, as a country, not go backwards in history. Forget not the sacrifices made by those early colonists that fought bravely for eight long years, under some of the harshest weather conditions, the most powerful military in the world 237 years ago to gain the liberties and freedoms we have today. Yet today so many Americans seem apathetic as they watch those in government slowly erode our Constitutional freedoms and liberties. As a republic with a constitution (not a parliamentary-form of government), we are an exceptional country. Let us hold onto that exceptionalism and remain an example to the rest of the world. George Walker

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Bold Republic Weekly Getting Organized By Glenn Woods

irst I’d like to thanks everyone who showed up for the Common Core meeting that was held at the Campbell County Library in Gillette last Saturday. It was a packed house. It was an educational meeting on a federal government program that plans to reshape how our children are taught in public schools. It also turns more control of our local schools over to the federal government. Concerned parents and citizens from all walks of life showed up to listen and learn. After the meeting, I was approached by a young couple from Sheridan who asked me about having an educational meeting of the same sort in their town. They had no idea if anyone was interested in setting up an educational meeting of the same sort in their town. But they had no idea if anyone in Sheridan shared their values or who could organize such a meeting. I quickly invited them over to meet the two ladies who had organized the Agenda 21 meeting about a year ago. Since then, they have become experts in how to organize events and start a movement. I then brought

over the two gentlemen who had organized the Common Core meeting. They, too, had never set up anything of the sort until the meeting that we were at on this day. Yet, look at what a success it was. They had packed the library with concerned citizens. Across Wyoming there are many like minded people who do not like the direction that their local towns, or for that matter, the state of Wyoming are headed. But they have no idea what to do about it. You’ve heard me say it before; if you have a concern, don’t wait for someone else to show up and do something about it. Someone else is not coming. It is up to you. I cannot tell you how excited I get to see the good people of Wyoming doing just that. As meetings are held and concerned citizens show up to learn and meet like-minded people, we are ﬁnding ways to communicate and organize across the state. Social media is a big help. Wyoming is so spread out it would be hard for us to coordinate our efforts if it were not for Facebook, Twitter, and Skype. While we stood there taking and exchanging infor-

mation, I was then asked the question, “So, we had this Common Core meeting here in Gillette, now what? “Get organized,” I said. Collecting the E-mail addresses of those who attended the meeting, and saying that they wanted to get involved, was the ﬁrst step. Next, who heads up what? We need to ﬁnd where the talents of the members are and use them. Who are

good speakers? Who are good organizers? Are there any good accountants in the house? Once the group is organized, it’s off to speak to local ofﬁcials on the concerns of the group. Many passionate citizens want to show up and give their elected ofﬁcials HELL! In most cases that is not needed. Just a show of a room full of smiling concerned citizens is often enough to effect the mood and direction of the elected. Here’s a hint, show up more than once. The more you can show up with a crowd behind you the more of an impact it has. Showing up angry often just brings an angry backlash from any-

one that you are talking to. Be kind ﬁrst. Be pushy later, and only if necessary. Decisions are made in our communities by those who show up. As much as I hate to say it, most of us have not been showing up to these all important meetings. I understand that we have jobs, and kids, and bills to pay. That is why getting organized is so important. A well organized group can send out a few people to sit in on meetings and take notes. Then, they can send out the word should something of concern arise at one of those public meetings. That way, the rest of you only have to show up when something important

is happening. Having a well organized group of like-minded people ready to answer the call at a moment’s notice will continually remind our elected ofﬁcials of the mood, direction, and mindset of the people in their community. Finally, we need to keep in touch with our like minded friends across the state and across their region. There is strength in numbers. Social media is the best way to keep in touch with each other. Folks, we are in an election year. This is an important time to get together, get to know each other, and get organized.

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Drillers on Pace to Continue 500 Wells Per Year in Southern Powder River Basin Oil Play Submitted by Dustin Bleizeffer - wyofile.com A federal planning document for the advancing oil play centered in Converse County uses an industry estimate of up to 5,000 new wells over the next 10 years — mostly in Converse County. The current play, which targets multiple formations all known to hold hydrocarbons (the Niobrara, Turner, Frontier and Mowry, among them) spans Converse, Campbell and Johnson counties. The potential scale of up to 500 wells per year for the next 10 years means residents there can expect about the same level of activity as experienced over the past few years. According to Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission data, the three-county region saw an annual average of approximately 540 new wells over the past four years. Local officials, including Converse County Commission Chairman Jim Willox, are hesitant to put too much faith into current estimates for the play, however. When asked about the potential size of the play during a town hall-style meeting in Douglas last week, Willox was aware of the 5,000-wells over 10 years estimate but didn’t share that figure with his constituents during a Q&A session. Instead, Willox said, based on ongoing discussions with state and industry officials, he expects steady growth over the next few years. Later, Willox told WyoFile that the 5,000-well estimate had already been reported in the media, and he described the estimate as a “theoretical number.”

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years do suggest a fair amount of exploration and speculation among operators as they attempt to delineate the most productive ﬁelds. And operators are applying for, and receiving, hundreds of permits that they never act on and allow to expire. During the past four years the Wyoming OGCC has issued a total 1,530 applications for permit to drill (APDs) in Converse County alone, while operators completed only 225 wells during the same period — less than 15 percent of what was approved. The completion rates in Campbell and Johnson counties are slightly higher; 3,800 APDs for 982 completed wells and a completion rate of 25 percent in Campbell, and 3,227 APDs for 956 completed wells and a completion rate of 29.6 percent in Johnson. Stateissued APDs are valid for one year, and most APDs issued so far in this play are allowed to expire. “There aren’t nearly as many wells being drilled and completed as there are being permitted,” Wyoming OGCC supervisor Grant Black told WyoFile. “So, going back to the 5,000 wells in 10 years estimate, it isn’t even that high.” Black added that it’s not uncommon for operators to complete a well then temporarily plug it, giving them the option to return to the well and put it into production at a later date. Black also said that there’s been a rush to collect APDs and drill wells during the past several months, most likely to avoid Wyoming’s new baseline groundwater testing rule, which goes into effect March 1. Today’s advanced drill-

ing and completion methods have unlocked a trove of domestic oil and natural gas, but the keys don’t necessarily unlock every formation, according to a Casper geologist familiar with the play. The new technology changes the game, but how well it can unlock hydrocarbons in the southern Powder River Basin is still a mystery that operators are trying to ﬁgure out. Those close to the play also say that a 2-year planning lead time for federal minerals accounts for the high number of APDs compared to completed wells. Operators tend to apply for drilling locations, roadways, etc., in advance of their understanding of exactly what they are looking for.

Industry and residential conﬂicts

Drilling for shale, or “tightsands,” oil here is a massive industrial endeavor, requiring legions of semi-truck trafﬁc in the construction of each well, which typically span some 2 miles horizontally underground and cost between $5 million and $10 million. So the prospect of a steady 500-wells-peryear pace could spell more conﬂicts — depending on

where operators ultimately decide to focus their activity. At the current pace, oil companies have come into conﬂict with some individual landowners, in addition to complications related to drilling activities near rural neighborhoods, and near the towns of Douglas and Rolling Hills. Willox said operators are currently buying up mineral lease rights under the town of Douglas, although there’s been no drilling within the city limits so far. Several citizens who attended the Douglas town hall last week complained that the state is moving much too slowly to curb ﬂaring (burning natural gas associated with the oil), to step up enforcement of existing rules, to impose stiffer penalties for violations and to review outdated standards such as a 350-feet minimum setback between oil and gas wells and homes, schools and businesses. Citizens noted that the Wyoming OGCC was petitioned last May by the Powder River Basin Resource Council, and at least nine others, to update a host of oil and gas rules they say are outdated and do not provide citizens and

the environment with proper protection in the modern oil play. Black said the petition did compel his agency to launch a comprehensive review of its oil and gas rules, but admitted any resulting updates likely will not come fast enough to satisfy those already impacted by the development. In fact, Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead’s office bristled at the citizens’ petition when it was submitted to Wyoming OGCC last spring. Asked in June for his reaction to the citizens’ petition, Gov. Mead told reporters, “My view is changes in rules and regulations should be driven by the commission (Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission), or by this office.” Mead added that citizens have an opportunity to comment on any rule changes, but stressed that the changes should be driven by state officials. Wyoming OGCC supervisor Black admits that although his office is cranking out high volumes of APDs, it has a difficult time keeping pace with field inspections throughout all of Wyoming. At the Douglas town hall meeting, Black was asked whether, with only 12 field

inspectors statewide, “Do you feel you’re swamped at times?” “There is no question we could use more inspectors,” Black said, adding that 56 percent of the Wyoming OGCC staff is currently eligible for retirement. “Any future inspectors we hire will be boots on the ground.”

Earth-shaking

A handful of citizens say they have experienced multiple episodes of earth movement — a subtle shaking, yet strong enough to produce ripples in a cup of coffee. Converse County resident Kristi Mogen, and her neighbors who live east of Douglas, inquired with Wyoming OGCC staff about what might have caused the episodes — several of which happened in November. According to Wyoming OGCC staff, the shaking episodes were likely related to malfunctioning vapor recovery units on oil well locations. When re-igniting a natural gas ﬂare, gas built up in the system ignites all at once, creating a small explosion that can be felt for long distances, according to staff.

Governor Expresses Condolences on Passing of Representative Sue Wallis Governor Matt Mead issued the following statement on the passing of State Representative Sue Wallis. “Wyoming lost a great voice today. Representative Wallis was a poet and her eloquence was on display whether she was writing or debating on the

floor of the House or in my office. The strength of her convictions was clear as was her commitment to the West and our way of life. I will miss her,” Governor Mead said. Governor Mead orders that the State of Wyoming flag be lowered to

half-staff at the Capitol and in Campbell County starting today from sunrise to sunset until the day of interment to honor Representative Wallis who represented Campbell County since 2007.

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January 31 - February 7, 2014

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Governor Proposes Test Facility for Carbon Research

overnor Matt Mead is proposing Wyoming and private partners invest in a world-class research center to develop and test new uses for carbon captured from coal-based power plants. The goal is to develop new markets for carbon in addition to enhanced oil recovery. As carbon capture technology advances across the country there will be more CO2 than can be used for that process. Wyoming coal is sent to 34 states and not all of them have enhanced oil projects available. “Wyoming and many private companies have invested signiﬁcantly in carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) research. I want to advance the conversation to look at what happens when CCS technology is commercially viable and to try to add value to CO2, which has signiﬁcant potential as a resource,” Governor Mead said. “I am asking the Legislature to look closely at the idea of Wyoming joining with utilities, power plants and other private companies to build a test center - essentially setting up a laboratory for a select group

of scientists to experiment with uses of carbon.” Governor Mead is proposing that the State set aside $15 million to cover some capital costs for the center and for University of Wyoming research to take place there. In Wyoming there is lot of demand for CO2 to be used in enhanced oil recovery. This test center would be complimentary to work on enhanced oil recovery. “Wyoming has an opportunity to make strides in establishing new beneﬁcial uses of CO2,” Governor Mead said. “I believe this would be best suited to occur in a location that incorporates real world conditions – namely, the heart of coal country.” Wyoming is home to the largest coal mines in the United States and provides 40% of the nation’s coal. Coal in turn provides 37% of America’s electricity. There are several private companies that would be involved with this project and they would work with the University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources. Governor Mead recognizes that

this plan is still in its early stages. As a result, he is proposing to set aside the $15 million and it would not be spent until an implementation plan has been reviewed by the Legislature and approved by the Advanced Conversion Technology Task Force and the Governor. “There are many details that need to be worked out on this proposal, but I want Wyoming to maintain a position of leadership when it comes to carbon research,” Governor Mead said. “This is a bold project, but it could position Wyoming and the country well to ensure we have a diverse energy portfolio for generations to come.” The State of Wyoming has been in talks with Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, a not-forproﬁt wholesale power supplier headquartered in Colorado and serving power to Wyoming electric cooperatives, about Tri-State’s pursuit of an inducement prize for research on this issue. The test center could be used by Wyoming researchers and competitors seeking the prize.

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In some areas of the country you could be arrested for carrying a pocket knife even if you are just passing through. Two U.S. senators believe this is unbecoming of a free country and have introduced a bill to protect knife owners. According to U.S. Senators Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Mike Lee, R-Utah, if you’re traveling from point A to point C with a knife that is legal in both locations, you shouldn’t have to worry about being charged with a crime in-between at point B. The senators introduced a bill recently that would provide the same protections to knife owners that already cover gun owners who travel across different jurisdictions. The Knife Owners Protection Act (KOPA) provides safe harbor to Americans travelling with a knife where it is lawful for the knife to be possessed at both the points of origin and destination, so long as the knife is transported in accordance with speciﬁc requirements making them inaccessible during travel. The bill mirrors the protections found in the Firearms Owners Protection Act that Congress passed in 1986 to protect those legally transporting ﬁrearms.

“Knives are an essential tool for hunters and various occupations and the right to carry them with you when you’re on the road is something that should be protected,” said Enzi. “A few overzealous states or cities shouldn’t be in the business of punishing folks for what is legal in most parts of the country just because they passed through their jurisdiction. A sportsman from Wyoming shouldn’t fear they are going to be charged, ﬁned, or arrested because they are lawfully traveling with a hunting or pocket knife across state lines.” “This is a common sense provision that protects responsible knife owners and respects the rules in different jurisdictions. This bill would go a long ways in protecting innocent travelers from governmental overreach,” said Lee. The senators noted that the KOPA legislation is necessary because what is perfectly legal in one place may be a serious crime in another, carrying signiﬁcant penalties including jail time. The bill has been referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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the cistern project. In June 2013, Encana Oil and Gas (USA) Inc. made a grant to the Wyoming Natural Resource Foundation. Governor Mead has identiﬁed these funds to pay for water delivery to those with cisterns. “In Wyoming we recognize the value of water and some of these residents have problems with their drinking water while others are dealing with perceptions about it. Either way I think it is appropriate that we use a portion of these funds to pay for delivery for years to come,” Governor Mead said. Governor Mead is working with the residents outside of Pavillion on the speciﬁcs about how the funds will be used. Of the $1.5

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Mobilehome handyman is the business for all your home maintenance and repairs we do skirting decks windows doors freeze ups re-levels and much more 30 years experience call Rick.@ (307)281-1457 RV Winterization starting at $99.95 at YOUR house. Call Randy at 307-660-3091 (b340-tfnh) Tree Trimming and removal. Certified Arborist! No job too big or small. Experienced, licensed, bonded and insured. Veteran owned and operated for 13 years. Top Notch Tree Service 970-556-5000 Spring Cleaning Special! Any purchase over $200 prior to 5-31-13 Will have the choice of: Free couch cleaning (up tp 8ft. long) or Free 1 year warranty on oil/water based spots. www.pineridgeclean. com 307-660-7856 find us on Facebook Want To Get in Shape?Like to have Fun? Learn The Graceful moves of American Oriental Belly Dancing! The 3rd Sunday of every month. Call Leanna Tabatt 307-6808457 Looking to buy a new computer? Why waste the money? “Your Computer Store” has refurbished towers and laptops rebuilt right here in our store. Plenty of memory, disc space, and advice. Come by and see our inventory at “Your Computer Store,” where YOU come first! 802 E. Third St next to Ice Cream Land “Did you see this? Than it worked. Go to www.campbellcountyobserver.net to list your ad today!” Computers have become like cars, and they need repaired. Want the best quality repair work in N.E. Wyoming? Bring your computer to “Your Computer Store.” Quality work at a quality price. “Your Computer Store,” where YOU COME FIRST 802 E. Third street next to Ice Cream Land. Auto insurance preferred and SR-22’s. Call Elizabeth Jones Agency 307-682-6520 Motorcycle and ATV insurance. Call Elizabeth Jones Agency 307-682-6520

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18v Dewalt tools - sawzall, hammer drill, one battery and one charger. $150 obo. call (307)299-1382 Exterior door with window, interior light ﬁxtures, and computer supplies. E-mail Corsair115@yahoo.com “As the economy worsens, don’t rely on government... rely on us to sell or trade. $0.25 per word per week. Stop in or go to www. CampbellCountyObserver. net. Refrigerator (white) Great condition $100 307-2995918 Blue Dual Reclining Sofa. Good shape $100 Call 6802982. Can text photo if you like. Spyder Semi-auto paint ball gun. cal..68 Special Edition. Only used twice! New $300 For you $175 plus two canisters. Call 680-1302 If you are interested in purchasing Nutrient Rich Ranch Raised Beef grown locally, call 307-340-1108. Great Jerky http://www.rberlinger.jerkydirect.com/ For sale: whirlpool refrigerator, brand new patio propane heater, still in box Cabela’s shower tent, large dining room dark blue/red rooster rug, 10” wet tile saw, treadmill. Call 682-6353. Kojac series One, two and three dvd $65.00 $98 value 307 - 670 - 1887 Two place aluminum snowmobile trailer. $1,600. 307689-0202 Used Engine. FI 1600cc 1975 VW. Complete w/generator. 68K mi., New Heater Boxes $1,000.00. Call Jim at 307-257-3277

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07’ Prowler 5th wheel. 2slides. 32ft with extras. Call 307-672-8766 1994 Southwind by Fleetwood 34 foot Class A Coach Rear Engine Turbo Diesel Cummins, 230 HP, Motor Home in good condition. 180,000 miles on original Cummins Diesel 33H Engine. Three captain’s chairs including driver. Couch makes into a full bed. Full kitchen, stove with oven, microwave. Dining area. Propane or electric refrigerator/ freezer. Lots of storage. Rear bedroom with queen bed. Bathroom with shower. Dish portable satellite TV setup and small ﬂatscreen TV goes with it. Trailer receiver hitch. Lost my husband in December and don’t have any use for it. Would like to sell fast. Make me an offer. 307 682 4808. sue.wallis52@gmail. com http://wyoming.craigslist.org/rvs/3965643910. html Minnows, crawlers, leeches, ﬁshing tackle, boating and camping supplies. Fully furnished cabin rentals, 50 Amp Full Hookup RV sites 5 minutes from Keyhole Reservoir in Pine Haven. Empire Guesthouse & RV Park 307756-3454. www.empireguesthouse.com

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Guns for Sale Wyoming Mountaineers now offers easy payment plans on any in stock firearm. Your debit card is your line of credit. Purchase any firearm that is in stock making 4 payments weekly, biweekly, or monthly. Processing fee and payment plan fee apply. Call Wyoming Mountaineers for more details. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 299-2084 and mention this ad. Get a piece of history. Mosin Nagant Russian M91/30 Surplus Rifle. Very good to Excellent condition 7.62X54 Caliber. These are a very accurate rifle shooting 4” groups at 1000 yards. Open sights are adjustable to yardage with a push of a button. Great gun for hunting deer or elk very cheap ammo available for target practice. Comes with military issue sling, sling pouches, bayonet, and cleaning tools. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 2992084 and mention this ad. 1903 Springfield. 30o6 Cal. U.S. Military. $700 obo. Call (307) 682-7864 A friend of mine called the other day and tells me he has 2 friends that are looking for some AR-15’s do I have any? I told him yes I do, They are M4 style scope ready models and priced at $695.00. Great, he says, They will be right over. They never showed up so a few days later I asked him if his friends were still interested. He told me nope, they bought them online for $1500.00. So, here they come with UPS, I still made my $15.00 for the transfer but while they were there they looked at the rifles I had in stock and discovered they were the same models they ordered with the same features and they could have bought 2 from me for the same price they paid for one they ordered. Don’t let this happen to you, Any gun, Any models, Any features can be ordered or built for a lower cost. Call for a free quote. Call Wyoming Mountaineers (307)299-2084 to get yours today. Before you buy, make a call to get a quote. We can order any gun you are looking at and just may be able to save you a ton of money. Call for a free quote. $15.00 FFL Transfer Fee on all internet purchases. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 299-2084 and mention this ad. Gunsmithing Special of the week. Electrolysis Barrel Cleaning. Increase the accuracy of your firearm, get ready for hunting season or a summer of shooting fun. Most cleanings complete overnight and your gun is ready the next day. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 2992084 and mention this ad. With the current controversy of gun control you can expect changes. One of these changes will be permanently attached low capacity magazines. Make your current guns compliant to this regulation. Call for quotes on all your gunsmithing needs. Call Wyoming Mountaineers (307)299-2084 to get yours today. Chinese Type 53 Carbines 7.62X54R. These guns have been fully restored and are excellent shooters. They are a shorter model of the Mossin Naugant making them easy to carry through the brush and trees. Large caliber with plenty of take down power for the largest and most dangerous game. Ammo is still available and still very reasonably priced. This gun comes with a fold down bayonet permanently attached. Adjustable sights on an elevation ramp rear sight makes this package very versatile. permanently attached floor plate magazine holds 5 rounds with one additional one in the chamber. Call Wyoming Mountaineers (307)299-2084 to get yours today.

Heavy Equipment/ Trailers 6x10 trailer. Great shape, fits your biggest Harley. $1,400 obo. 299-4967. 1981 Circle J 4-horse Horse Trailer. New floor, paint and wiring. $2500 OBO Call 307 - 680 – 2374 1981 Circle J 4-horse Horse Trailer. New floor, paint and wiring done in shop class 2 years ago. No rust only used once since redone. $2500 or OBO Call 307 - 680 – 2374

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‘76 Electra-Glide would consider trade on Pan or Knuck if ya know of anyone, ‘81 sent it to LA-S&S, 11.5to1 and dual-plugged to run regular-gas, had burn-out time at Hog-Jam! Ben 680.7464.

1-5 bedroom units available for rent. Please contact Real Estate Systems of Gillette Inc at 307-682-0964 for all the updated details.

05’ GMC Duramax Extend Cab. 52,550 mi. Call 307672-8766 2008 Dodge Charger AWD Hemi, loaded Black $18,000 books for $22,500 Marlins 685-4452 or 685-8100. 2006 Dodge Mega Cab 4x4 Laramie 102,000 miles $16,000 307-689-7290 2002 Oldsmobile Aurora. Black. Leather interior. Good condition. 87,400mi. Power everything. Front wheel drive. New tires. Call Charlene 307-660-7316. 1993 Chrysler LHS for sale or trade. Needs tie-rod and alignment. Runs good. $1,500.00 OBO. Email KevlarGrease@gmail.com 1994 Plymouth Voyager for sale or trade. Runs/ looks great. 188,000 miles. $2,000.00 OBO. Email KevlarGrease@gmail.com 2004 Yukon Denali XL,6.0 Motor, Loaded $14,000 OBO 660-9351 2008 Hyundai Sonata LMTD, 40,000 mi. $13,500, Call 307-660-2532. 2000 Chevy Silverado 4x4 1/2 Ton Pickup. New tires, ext. cab, long bed. 148,000 mi. One owner. 307-6700858 or 303-250-4096 97’ Chevy Long Box Extended Cab. ¾ Ton, selling for Parts. $1,000 OBO. 307680-7431 1982 Chevy Ventura Van. 350 Engine, 400 Turbo newly rebuilt transmission. Interior in GREAT shape, has a working electric wet bar and built in cooler in back. Carb. needs re-jetted, other than that there are no problems. Must see. Asking $3,500 or best offer. Price:$3,500obo. Contact: 307-670-8980

Wanted to Buy I Buy Militaria. Swords, uniforms, bayonets, medals, guns/parts, ﬁeld gear. 6827864 Wanted: Old Batteries. Call 307-670-1675. D4-30-8P WILL PAY CASH FOR CAMPERS. Call Scott (307) 680-0854.

Homes for Sale 2010 Fairmont 16x80 mobile Home. 3 bed-2 bath. Central Air, 10x10 deck, 500gl propane tank, and all utilities. Excellent condition. $30,000 OBO. Please call after 5pm. 605-209-7584. Home For Sale By Owner. Great Horse Property for sale, in Buffalo Wyoming. 11.5 acres with three bedroom, 3 bath home with 2 car attached garage, afull length covered redwood deck and walk out basement, irrigated pastures, bite corrals, Cleary Barn, and much more.Call 307-684-5844 after 5p.m. for appointment

January 31 - February 7, 2014

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Pets 2 AKC Registered male and female English Bulldogs free to a new good home, They have current shorts and play along with children and other animals. contact (billingsjeff151@yahoo.com) for more information.

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Newspaper Delivery Route 7-days per week. 3am-6am. Gillette Area. Must have own vehicle and vehicle insurance. Pays 23 cents per paper. Good average income per month plus tips. Great supplemental income. Must be able to do route EVERY DAY. Must be reliable. Apply in person at the Campbell county Observer ofﬁce at 1001 S. Douglas Hwy. B-6 (Behind Subway) in Gillette.

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Campbell County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC) CCEDC is a non-profit corporation head quartered in Gillette, Wyoming providing support and guidance to its county, local government and agencies. The ideal candidate for this position will have: • Considerable experience in economic, business and community development. • Ability to communicate effectively to groups and individuals in all areas of business and professional organizations and the general public • Ability to establish working relationships with other organizations and economic development practitioners is vital. • Preferred candidate will have experience in economic development and a combination of education and experience commensurate with a Bachelor’s degree in business or public administration, marketing, or related field. Salary is based on experience and noted successes and ranges from 85k – 115k. Position will be open until filled. When applying please include a list of success with your resume. Please send all inquiries and resumes to: ccedc@ccedc.net. Contact Mary Melaragno for complete job description.

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Our Roots

Pioneer Memories Submitted by Residents of Pioneer Manor This week’s submittal is by Mary Simmons will begin these rambling memories with the ﬁrst memories I remem-

made it through the winter of ‘48 and ’49 without losing any livestock. Dad left January 1, 1949 to go to Rochester to be with Mother while they did the skin grafts and ﬂew back in the middle of February 1949. I attended the Ridge school through the eighth grade. I started my freshman year of high school in Kadoka, S.D. We moved to Newcastle, Wy in November in 1953. I attended high school in Newcastle until my junior year. I attended high school in Broadus Montana my junior and senior year. While in high school in Broadus I met my future husband. He was a ranch hand. We would square dance Friday night and country dance on Saturday nights. Then get up Sunday and go a rodeo somewhere. He team tied and calf roped. You had to tie a square knot on a steers hind legs back then. When I ﬁnished high school I worked as a secretary until November. We were married November 3, 1957. On Christmas day we had to trail calves to water because the well in the corral went dry. It was 80 degrees and dry. This is when my life really began.

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ber. I must have been about three years old and we lived on a ranch in southwestern Montana, we called the Denson place. I remember it was a two-room shack. I remember my dad and Uncle Orville beating each other to a pulp. My mother raised chickens and we had little broodhouses for each setting hen to hatch in and my sister, just older than me (Ethle), crawled in one and watched the ﬁght. We had a black horse we called Target. He had tried to wipe Dad off on a tree and kinda crippled him a bit. Merle Johnson had gone to saddle riding in Belle Fourche at Roundup Days 4th of July and the next day that black horse bucked him off and set him down right beside him. I remember sitting on the creek watching when mother turned them out of the corral and hit a long trot and crossed the creek and headed east of the ﬂat. The most I remember was the long smooth stride of Target. it left an indelible image in my mind to this day.

Some other memories weren’t so good. We carried the water from a spring. I remember playing around one time when Dad was cleaning the spring. I perched precariously on a sand rock on my hands and knees and he nudged me a little and in I went. Scared me to death. We bought the Waloth place in Original Ridge, Montana Post ofﬁce. When I was still pretty young we moved to Ridge into a bigger house which still stands and we still have the place. It was six or seven miles from the Desnon place. We run about a hundred head of cattle. We pastured them on the Denson in summer and fall. We would calve them out at the homeplace in spring and trail them to summer pasture. We had the trail drive every year. In 1948 my mother was severely burned and spent eight months in the hospital in Belle Fourche , South Dakota and three months in Rochester, Minn where they did skin grafts. She was burned in February and I turned nine in July. We learned to stack wood, build fence, etc. We all had to pitch in to survive. We

Campbell County Observer

January 31 - February 7, 2014

Invasion! (Part II) By Jeff Morrison

ar came to Johnson County Wyoming in the early morning hours of April 6, 1892. Fifty-two armed men left their special train on the outskirts of Casper, mounted their horses and rode north. Half of the small army was made up of hired gunfighters, while the other half where a mixed lot of cattle barons, range detectives, a couple of newspaper correspondents, and a physician. They called themselves the “Regulators”, but history has forever dubbed them the “Invaders”. Their plan was to ride north through Johnson and Sheridan Counties, then east and south through western Crook and Weston Counties (present day Campbell County). Along the way they would execute a number of “rustlers” they had specifically targeted. Supposedly, they had compiled a list of over one hundred names. But if such a hit-list existed, it was either destroyed or hidden somewhere along the way, presumably to protect the guilty. As formidable as this force was, the logistical challenges of the proposed campaign required another small army of local collaborators to provide essential support. Telephone and telegraph lines were cut in advance to deny communications in and out of the area of operations. Fresh horses and supplies had been gathered and placed at friendly ranch houses along the route. Secret agents were in the field, keeping tabs on their quarry and the goings-on in Buffalo. All of the careful advanced planning gave the invaders a sense of invincibility as they rode north on their grim mission. One of the key figures the invaders were targeting was Nate Champion. Champion, like most of the cowboys working the range in Northeastern Wyoming during the late 19th Century, came by way of a cattle drive from Texas in the early 1880s.

After working a few years for the Bar C ranch, Champion decided to start his own small herd and go into business for himself. In theory, anyone could run cattle on the open range, as the land technically belonged to the federal government. Champion didn’t actually own or even homestead any land. He would lease or otherwise get permission to occupy a cabin near wherever he happened to be pasturing his cattle. But the Wyoming Stock Growers Association was no more tolerant of a nomadic open-range operator than it was of land owners such as Jack Flagg and his Hat outﬁt. In their view, any cattleman who was not a member of the Association was a suspected rustler. Both Flagg and Champion had been in a perpetual state of black-listing since 1886. Both had several run-ins with Fred Hesse, Frank Canton, Bill Irvine, Bob Tisdale, and Mike Shonsey – all of whom were members of the invading Regulators. In fact, while the main body of invaders was traveling north, Shonsey was busy keeping tabs on Champion, who was currently staying at Johnny Nolan’s KC ranch with his partner, Nick Ray. When Shonsey met up with the advancing column, he reported that Champion was there with a dozen or more of the Rustler faction. This prompted a lengthy debate among the ringleaders of the invasion. Frank Wolcott, manager of the VR ranch on the North Platte, was the ofﬁcial commander of the expedition, but he had been challenged at every turn by Frank Canton, a WSGA stock detective who had been in charge of recruiting the Texans and who had been implicated in all of the murders and assaults connected with the range war to date. Wolcott and Irvine insisted that they deviate from their original plan to advance on Buffalo as quickly as possible, to attack Cham-

pion and his rustlers at the KC. Canton and his two closest allies, Fred Hesse of the 76 ranch and Tom Smith, the leader of the Texans, argued for sticking to the plan. In the end, it was decided to march on the KC ranch and whoever could be caught there. As the army closed on the KC, a spring gale blew up slowing their progress and taking most of the night to ride the 14 miles from the Tisdale ranch (where they had discussed and taken the vote)to the KC ranch. But by daylight on the morning of April 9th, the invaders had effectively surrounded Nate Champion and his “rustlers”. Mike Shonsey’s dozen or so rustlers turned out to be Nate Champion, Nick Ray, and two prospectors who had spent the night with the cowboys to wait out the storm. The prospectors were the ﬁrst to emerge from the cabin. They went to the barn to check on their horses, with the intent of getting some water and returning to the cabin to help with breakfast. They were met in the barn by several armed men, who quietly took them into custody. Eventually, Nick Ray began to wonder what had become of their guests. He announced to Champion that he was going to go look for them and opened the cabin door. He made about two steps before he was shot by half a dozen riﬂes. The dying cowboy crawled on hands and

Nate Champion (standing against wheel second from right) worked as a cowboy at the Bar C Ranch in 1884, as did his friend and ally, Jack Flagg (seated on the ground, first on the right). knees back to the cabin door before another bullet struck him in the back and he collapsed, unable to continue. Nate Champion emerged from the cabin rapid firing his Winchester and dragged Ray back inside. As the morning wore on, the invaders blasted the cabin with gunfire. Champion returned fire whenever he could see something to shoot at, tended his dying friend, and kept notes in a journal so that someone would know what occurred should he be killed. “Nick is dead,” he wrote at one point. “He died about 9 o’clock. I see smoke down at the stable. I think they have fired it. I don’t think they intend to let me get away this time.” Just before 3 o’clock, Champion noted a commotion outside. He would never know it, but his longtime friend and ally, Jack Flagg, nearly shared his ultimate fate that day. Flagg had been chosen as a delegate to the Democrat state convention being held in Douglas. He was riding to the convention with his stepson, Alonzo, driving a wagon. They neared the KC ranch during a lull in the gunfire, and didn’t suspect anything being amiss. As they

were passing, the shout of, “Jack Flagg! Jack Flagg!” rang out. Charlie Ford, the foreman of the TA ranch, took a shot at Flagg and missed. Alonzo whipped his horses into a run and Flagg said, “I threw myself on the side of my horse and made a run for it.” He caught up with Alonzo, retrieved his rifle from the wagon, and held off nine pursuing gunmen while his stepson cut the team loose from the wagon. Once Alonzo was mounted, he and Flagg ran for help. Flagg’s miraculous escape prompted a new note of urgency among the invaders. They knew that it would only be a matter of time before Flagg warned the town of Buffalo. What they didn’t know, is that a passing cowboy, Terrence Smith, had heard the gunfire in the morning and came to investigate from north of the river. He was already well on his way to Buffalo with the news of an attack at the KC. No one from Buffalo would reach the KC in time to help, Champion knew. In his journal he resolved to make a run for it as soon as they attackers got around to firing the cabin. By evening, they

had done just that. Nate Champion wrote his goodbyes in his journal, checked his riﬂe and pistol, and then made his break out the back door of the cabin. Two gunmen were waiting for him and they traded ﬁre. Champion shot high and was immediately struck in the arm by a bullet. Before he could pull out his pistol, he was shot several more times in the chest and died on the spot. Sam Clover, one of the two newspaper correspondents accompanying the invasion, pinned a note to his vest which read: “Cattle thieves beware.” Frank Canton found Champion’s journal and after examining the contents gave it to Clover. By this time the supply wagons had caught up with the expedition from the Tisdale ranch. Rather than pressing on with all haste toward Buffalo, they decided to stop and eat a leisurely supper. They were blissfully unaware that their arrogant dawdling, combined with Nate Champion’s stubborn defense at the KC, had sealed the fate of the entire invasion. The tables were about to be turned on the Regulators. To be continued…

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