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Construction Updates

The City of Gillette’s Engineering Division and Utilities Department announce Road Construction Updates.

7th Street

7th Street from Gillette Avenue to Kendrick Avenue will be closed from Monday, July 22nd through Monday, August 5th to allow crews to install a new water line in the alley behind Twin Spruce Junior High School.

Swanson Road

Swanson Road will be closed to Heavy Truck traffic due to the installation of a 42” waterline. Local businesses are open and one lane of traf-

fic will remain open for business access, and passenger vehicle and light pick truck through traffic. This work is part of the Madison Pipeline project.

Clarion Drive

Clarion Drive from the intersection of Links Lane to the intersection of Clarion Drive and Trail Street will be closed from Friday, August 2nd through Friday, August 16th for miscellaneous concrete repairs, pavement repairs, and asphalt paving.

This work is for the Pavement Management Schedule Project A work and is funded by the Optional 1% Sales Tax.

Enzi Drive The inside lanes of Enzi Drive between West 4J Road and Shoshone Avenue will be closed from Tuesday, July 23rd through Sunday, July 28th in sections to complete planting in medians. This work is part of the Enzi Drive Landscaping project.

Apricot Street Closure extension

The Apricot Street closure has been extended through Wednesday, July 31st. This closure is for the installation of a new water & sanitary sewer main.

Wyoming Makes List of Best States to do Business

yoming ranked fifth in the nation as one of the best places to do business, according to the Pollina Corporate Real Estate’s Top 10 Pro-Business States of 2013 study.

The prestigious annual study of job retention and creation measures a state’s economic development prowess. It is considered to be one of the most comprehensive and unbiased of its type for evaluating and ranking states based on 32 factors controlled by state government, including taxes, human resources, education, rightto-work legislation, energy costs, infrastructure spending, workers’ compensation laws, economic incentive programs and state economic development efforts.

Mark Willis, Wyoming Business Council chief operating

officer, said Wyoming’s ranking is a testament to its probusiness commitment.

“We’ve had several notable economic successes in the last few years and we are committed to even more going forward,” said Willis.

“We’re proud of this ranking.

It recognizes the hard work that the state and local entities have put in to creating an inviting business environment. Our economic development efforts have gained a lot of steam lately and we’re glad Wyoming was recognized again as a top place to do business.”

Brent Pollina, vice president of Pollina Corporate Real Estate, Inc., said Wyoming has ranked in the top 10 states since 2004 when the study began.

“Wyoming does well in the Pollina Corporate

Top 10 largely because of its low total tax burden. The state scored points for having no income tax and for having passed Right-to-Work laws, among other criteria. Governor Mead recognizes that a competitive tax policy encourages businesses to create jobs, innovate and invest,” said Pollina.

Wyoming prides itself on being a Right-to-Work state with an excellent corporate tax structure. The state has a low unemployment rate, and no state budget deficit, and the state has a very excellent high-school completion rate as well as high teacher compensation.

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Crime Stoppers needs your help in solving a hit and run that occurred at the intersection of North Hwy 14/16 and Fourth Avenue on 07/16/2013 at 1:24 PM. At this time a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was traveling northbound on Hwy 14/16 when a dark Green Chevrolet pickup, possibly 1995-1997 with two male occupants traveling southbound made a left turn immediately in front of the motorcycle causing a collision.

After the collision the truck left the area eastbound on Fourth Avenue. Damage to the pickup can be observed on the passenger side of the truck bed, near the rear wheel.

If you have information that can solve this or any other crime please call Crime Stoppers at 686-0400. You can remain anonymous and may earn up to $1,000 in reward.

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EMT Course Begins August 27 Campbell County Memorial Hospital (CCMH)Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the Wyoming Department of Health and Preventive Medicine will offer an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Basic course beginning August 27, 2013. The purpose of the course is to provide the appropriate coursework and skills for the success-

ful completion of the Wyoming EMT Basic Certification.

The course begins Tuesday, August 27, and costs $125; cost includes textbooks. Space for the class is limited to 20 students. Applications are available at the CCMH EMS office at 502 Stocktrail Ave; the Wright EMS Base at 515 Latigo Dr.; and online at

www.CCMH.net/EMTBApp. Applications must be returned no later than Wednesday, July 31 for applicant screening.

For more information about the course, pre-requisites and vaccinations, contact EMT Course Coordinator Barry Shannon, EMT-P, at 307-688-1161.

Lifeguard Training Class in Wright Coming up next month, the Wright Recreation Center will offer a Waterpark Lifeguard Training Class.

In order to participate, you must be at least 15 years old prior to the start

of the class.

You must also be able to swim 300 yards, continuously, using both breast stroke and front crawl with rhythmic breathing; and tread water for two minutes

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Planned Changes to Disability Programs pecific Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) plans for changes to the programs offered for state residents with developmental disabilities are now available for review.

“Our proposals have been crafted to reflect our priority of meeting participants’ needs as well as we can, in addition to being mindful of the requirements placed on us by state and federal law,” said Chris Newman, Behavioral Health Division senior administrator with WDH. A law approved by the Wyoming Legislature and the governor earlier this year called for a redesign of current programs. “The legislative intent was clearly to provide needed services for more of the people who are on our unfortunately long waiting list without increased funding,” Newman said. “We believe what we are proposing is the best possible path to accomplish

our goals and we very much appreciate the input we received from interested Wyoming residents online and during the public forums we held across the state.”

Two new waivers have been developed: a capped “Supports Waiver” and a “Comprehensive Waiver” that will use a combination of state and federal Wyoming Medicaid dollars.

The Supports Waiver is intended to help individuals and their families use both natural supports and paid providers to support participants in their own homes.

The Supports Waiver provides self-directed opportunities for enhanced health, freedom, choice, control and responsibility over services received. Waiver participants may also opt for traditional service delivery or a mix of the two.

The Comprehensive Waiver has similar goals and is intended for individuals with a higher level of service needs, includ-

ing community-based residential care such as group homes.

The new waivers will replace the existing “Adult Developmental Disabilities Waiver” and the “Child Developmental Disabilities Waiver.” Current participants will be transitioned to the new waivers beginning January 2014. “We understand that many people may have concerns about the coming changes. Our staff is planning for extensive outreach and support for those involved during our transition periods,” Newman said.

Newman said another improvement to the overall system requested by the legislature will be a switch to what is known as “conflict-free case management” targeted for July 2014. “Right now case managers assigned to help folks receiving waiver services are often employees of the very same organizations that are getting paid to

support these individuals.

Under conflict-free case management that will not be permitted in most cases,” Newman explained.

Documents describing the new waiver programs, as well as more information about the waiver redesign project, are available online at http://www.health.wyo. gov/DDD/index.html.

Plan Before Buying Leftover Licenses

The draws for Resident Elk, Deer and Antelope, and Nonresident Deer and Antelope licenses was completed in midJune. As is usually the case, a number of areas have licenses remaining, but many of the license types are valid only on private lands and hunters need to do some planning and research before purchasing a leftover license.

“Hunters should be aware that many leftover Type 6 and 7 licenses come with specific limitations that a person should be aware of and plan for,” said Green River Wildlife Supervisor Steve DeCecco. “Some of these areas have restricted portions of the hunt area where people can and can’t hunt, some are private lands only, or there might be other access restrictions to be aware of. A person really needs to plan before purchasing the license and license holders should be very aware of the limitations and then plan for that.”

Full-price leftover licenses have been available to buy via home computer, automated license agents, or at Game and Fish regional offices since July 10. Reduced-price licenses for cow/calf elk and doe/fawn antelope and deer have been

available since July 17. Some of the hunt areas have reasonable public access either through public federal and state lands or the Game and Fish hunter management and walk-in area programs. There are also many licenses remaining in hunt areas that are predominantly private lands where public access is difficult. Hunters are advised to obtain permission from landowners before applying for licenses in private land areas.

A complete listing of the areas with licenses remaining for each species is found on the Game and Fish website wgfd@wyo.gov “Hunters can go to the Game and website and view the status of the leftover licenses, which licenses are already sold out and which are still available,” DeCecco said.”Hunters are reminded that for next year, if you want to draw a doe fawn or cow-calf license you should be applying for those licenses in May and don’t wait for the leftover license sale. At this stage, there are hardly any opportunities for Limited Quota licenses in southwest Wyoming.

Hunters looking for those opportunities will have to focus on eastern Wyoming.”

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The Wyoming Business Council Board of Directors met today via teleconference to review the Business Council’s 2015-2016 biennium budget request.

The board approved proposals to increase the

budgets for the Business Ready Communities and Community Facilities programs to address elevated demand in those areas.

The board also reviewed funding options for administration of the Community

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The budget request will be submitted to the governor’s office Aug. 2.

Burglary Suspect Arrested

On July 17th, at about 1:30 am, the Gillette Police Department responded to Express Drive for a report of car alarms going off. Detective Sergeant Joe Baird said that when officers arrived they made contact with two individuals who matched descriptions provided of the suspects. Baird said the suspects, ages 18 and 17, admitted to entering vehicles and looking for money.

Baird said the 18-year-old was arrested as a felony burglary suspect, the 17-year-old released to his parents.

Baird said the Campbell County Attorney’s Office was contacted about preparing charging documents for the 17-year-old.

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ive Wyoming companies completed last month a customized export training program that provides small businesses with a process for expanding their global markets.

The Wyoming ExporTech program helps small businesses hone their export skills and develop an indepth export marketing plan with the assistance of a variety of resources including a coach to help guide them through the process. The program is for companies that believe they have a product with international sales potential, but don’t know how to fully develop that potential; that have received interna-

tional inquiries but haven’t fully capitalized on them to generate significant sales growth; or that would like to shift from a reactive to a proactive approach to expand international sales.

The Wyoming companies that participated include: AristaTek of Laramie; Crazy Woman Water, LLC, from Buffalo; EMIT Technologies of Sheridan; TIMCO Service and Supply of Gillette; and Tom Balding Bits & Spurs from Sheridan; .

The training included three day-long personalized sessions held in Casper, Wyo. The companies, with assistance from their coaches and other resources, conducted market research and ultimately

developed an export marketing plan which they presented to a panel of experts and their fellow Wyoming ExporTech participants.

The business owner or CEO of the company was required to participate, but more than one person from a company was encouraged to attend at no additional cost. The Wyoming Business Council, through a State Trade Export Promotion grant through the U.S. Small Business Administration, helped offset the cost. The program was conducted in part by the Business Council, Manufacturing-Works and the Wyoming Small Business Development Center.

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The Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) recently released a new interactive map identifying areas in Wyoming where oil and natural gas projects are slated for development.

Viewed through Google Earth, the development map currently includes 20 new projects across Wyoming either in early production or the planning phase.

The map includes information on area boundaries and size, operators, as well as anticipated production from the geologic formations of each area.

“This map provides a single source of information for viewing new development of Wyoming’s oil and gas resources,” says Tom Drean, director of the WSGS. “People may hear about an oil and gas project in the state but not know about it.”

The oil and gas development map provides users with a look into the geographic region where the projects are located.

When clicking or selecting an area on the state map, a window opens with in-

formation on the operator, project size, number and types of wells, the geologic formations targeted, and in many cases the projected production of the project, as well as the estimated life of oil and gas development for that area. A list of references is also provided to assist users with their additional research efforts.

This map is intended as a reference tool to be used by a variety of audiences – from citizens to media, industry leaders to decision makers. “The map is particularly useful because it shows where future significant oil and gas activity is likely to occur in Wyoming,” Drean says.

Data used to create the various layers of information on the map were primarily obtained through the Bureau of Land Management, including from such records as Environmental Impact Statements and Environmental Assessments.

The development map is a main feature on the WSGS oil and gas website, which the agency is working to enhance and up-

date as new data becomes available on Wyoming’s oil and gas resources.

For this project the WSGS is requesting state and public agencies as well as operators to provide suggestions on what to include on the oil and gas development map.

Please email Rachel Toner, oil and natural gas geologist, at Rachel.Toner@ wyo.gov.

“We understand that some of the information is incomplete and may change so we plan to regularly update this map and expand on it as we receive updates and feedback on other things to include,” says Drean.

Wyoming produced more than 57 million barrels of oil from 885 fields in 2012, representing 2.4 percent of the total U.S. crude oil production. The state also accounts for 7.5 percent of U.S. natural gas production. In 2012, the state produced more than 2.25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

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First Lady Raises Funds for New Alcohol Awareness Program In November, First Lady Carol Mead will lead a team of marathon runners in the ING New York City Marathon to raise money for the Wyoming Remember the 8 Endowment.

The endowment is named to honor the memory of the eight University of Wyoming student athletes who tragically lost their lives when their vehicle was struck by a drunk driver in September 2001. The new permanent endowment will support programs that aim to prevent the use of alcohol among high school students and encourage college students who are of legal drinking age and use alcohol to be responsible in their use.

“The opportunity to establish a Wyoming charity team in this year’s ING New York City Marathon will be a good way to build momentum behind some of the efforts and programs to prevent underage drinking in our communities throughout the state,” said First Lady Mead, who continues to emphasize the importance of healthy lifestyles among children, including avoiding risky behaviors like using drugs and alcohol, as part of her children’s issues initiative.

The Wyoming Remember the 8 Endowment will be administered by a partnership that includes the First Lady, the University of Wyoming Foundation, UW AWARE (Alcohol Wellness Alternatives, Research, and Education program), and UW student government. Funds will be disseminated on a competitive basis through mini-grants to individual students and student organizations from the University of Wyoming, community colleges, and Wyoming high schools that are taking leadership roles to prevent the use of alcohol among high school students and to emphasize the responsible use of alcohol for college students of legal drinking age. The permanent endowment will be established with the $3,000 raised by each runner on the team.

“I am pleased to be working with the University of Wyoming on this project,” Mrs. Mead said. “I hope it will have a tangible impact among our young people throughout the state.”

More information about the endowment, the AWARE Program, and how prospective donors can contribute to the cause, can be found at http://

www.crowdrise.com/universityofwyomingf. Runners are actively raising funds through September 15th.

The AWARE program strives to utilize best practices in providing drug and alcohol education and prevention programming for the University of Wyoming campus and community. The AWARE program promotes a standard of wellness in regard to healthy choices surrounding alcohol use and the prevention of illicit drug use by college students.

The UW Foundation enhances excellence and distinction at the University of Wyoming by securing private resources, delivering superior stewardship, and creating enduring relationships with all who share our pride in Wyoming’s university.

The ING New York City Marathon, organized by the New York City Road Runners, is one of the largest marathons in the world and a pre-eminent annual long-distance race in the United States. With the exception of 2012, the race has been run annually since 1970.

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Governor Appoints Interim Attorney General overnor Matt Mead has named Peter Michael as the interim Wyoming Attorney General. Michael replaces the Honorable Greg Phillips who started work on the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of

Appeals today. Peter Michael was Phillips’ Deputy Attorney General.

“I am very proud of my friend Greg Phillips and know that he will be an outstanding judge,” Governor Mead said. “I want to thank

Pete for stepping forward to provide leadership while I look to appoint a new Attorney General. Pete is an excellent attorney and I am confident he will lead that office in a steady and capable manner.”

Campbell Co. Fire Dept.

July 18, 2013 - At 1:39 AM to the 100 block of Gillette Avenue for a medical assist.

- At 10:08 a.m. to the area of 125 North Highway 59 for a grass fire along the rail road track right of way.

The fire was less than a half acre in size and was quickly extinguished by fire crews upon arrival.

- At 10:11 AM to MP63 Hwy 59 South for a grass fire. The fire was less than an acre in size; fire crew extinguished the fire with water and foam.

- At 3:14 PM to the area of 3629 North Garner Lake Road for 3 small grass fires in a field close to the railroad track right of way.

All fires were quickly contained and crews spent a couple of hours on them extinguishing hot spots; the fires totaled 7 acres in size.

- At 4:51 PM to Sunridge Avenue for an EMS assist.

- At 6:27 PM to 4303 Heart X Avenue for a carbon monoxide (CO) detector activation. Upon arrival to the scene no CO was found and CCFD attributed the activation to a malfunctioning detector.

July19, 2013 - At 2:40 AM to Hwy 59 MP76 for a traffic accident.

Fire crews performed extrication and helped with patient care. Two people were transported to CCMH. - At 7:28 AM to 900 West 8th Street (Pioneer Manor) for a fire alarm. Responding fire units were cancelled when it was learned burnt toast caused a smoke detector to activate.

- At 11:20 AM to the 300 block of West 9th Street for a medical assist.

July 20, 2013 - At 1:08 p.m. to Interstate 90 near mile marker 106 for a grass fire less than 1 acre in size, the fire was in the median.

- At 2:49 p.m. to Highway 14 16 near Skyline Dr. for a vehicle accident without injuries, FD assisted with traffic control.

- At 4:00 p.m. to Bicentennial Park near the tennis courts for a 5 year old girl who’s leg was stuck in some playground equipment, crews were able to safely remove her leg without damaging the equipment.

- At 6:14 p.m. to 2610 S. Douglas Highway suite 210 (Sweet Frog Yogurt) for an electrical smell, it was determined to dust from the HVAC unit.

- At 8:23 p.m. to the electrical sub station on Adon Dr. for a report of an explosion and sparks, Pow-

der River Energy was requested to respond. Upon arrival nothing unusual was noted, it was determined to be an issue with a fuse that caused the sparks. All FD units cleared.

- At 8:40 p.m. to Torrey Pines for an EMS assist.

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July 21, 2013 - At 9:37 am to Indian Hills Dr. for an EMS assist.

- At 10:47 pm to Interstate 90, for a report for a report of a one vehicle rollover with a patient trapped between Buffalo and Gillette.

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- At 5:01 PM to 16224 North Highway 59 to standby while Campbell County Sheriff’s Office detonate some dynamite that was found. The detonation did not cause a fire.

- At 8:03 PM to North Highway 14-16 for a medical assist.

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38 SPECIAL With Special Guest Katie Armiger to Perform at CAM-PLEX Heritage Center 38 SPECIAL with special guest Katie Armiger will perform on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 5:45 p.m. at CAM-PLEX Heritage Center Theater. Local band Lazy L Band starts the night out at followed by Katie Armiger and headliner 38 Special! Happy Hour: 2-for-1 drinks at 6:00 p.m After more than three decades together, 38 Special continue to bring their signature blast of Southern Rock to over 100 cities a year. And at each and every show thousands of audience members are amazed by the explosive power of the band’s performance.

Their many Gold and Platinum album awards stand in testament to the endurance of a legendary powerhouse. With sales in excess of 20 million, most associate the band with their arena-rock pop smashes, “Hold On Loosely,” “Rockin’ Into the Night,” “Caught Up in You,” “Fantasy Girl,” “If I’d Been the One,” “Back Where You Belong,” “Chain Lightnin’,” “Second Chance,’ and more- Timeless hits that remain a staple at radio, immediately recognizable from the first opening chord and paving the way to their present-day touring regimen. For more information visit www.38special.com Cold River Recording artist Katie Armiger has charted five singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Since 2009, every video she has released has been voted by fans onto GAC’s “Top 20 Countdown” including “Leaving Home,” which lodged itself in the count- down for an astonishing four-and-a-half months. Fan votes also netted her the No. 1 spot in Country Weekly’s Hottest Bachelorette issue two years

in a row, as well as the No. 3 slot in the magazine’s most beautiful women in country music list. Armiger has opened for some of country music’s biggest artists including Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Little Big Town, Eli Young Band, Darius Rucker, Josh Turner, Rodney Atkins and Kellie Pickler, among others. She also recently completed a 70-date college tour, which she amusingly titled the “Get Smart” tour. The GAC- sponsored run played to sold-out audiences nationwide, and was a tipping point for her career. In 2012, she appeared during a pivotal date on ABC’s hit show “Bachelor Pad.” 2013 kicked off with the release of her current album, Fall Into Me, which became her highest charting album to date. The album includes her current single, “Playin With Fire” which is at Country ra- dio now. The music video has also been released and is currently airing on GAC, CMT Pure and HDNet/AXS. Most recently, she was chosen as the first Country artist to become a brand am- bassador for Pastry, the lifestyle brand focused on producing ‘Sweet, Chic and Unique’ apparel, accessories and footwear for junior girls worldwide. For more information visit www.katiearmiger.com Tickets are general admission. Pre-Sale July 26: The first 250 tickets are only $15. On-sale begins Friday, July 26th on-line and in person Advance $25, Day of Show $35.

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UW Researcher’s Techniques Help Solve Martian Meteorites Mystery

A University of Wyoming research professor has helped solve the question of how old Mars meteorites are and when volcanism actually occurred on the red planet.

Kevin Chamberlain, a research professor in UW’s Department of Geology and Geophysics, used newly developed mineral-dating techniques he created to determine the age of volcanism on Mars at 200 million years ago, as well as the timing of a large-impact event 22 million years ago that launched rocks off the surface of Mars. The rocks eventually fell to Earth as meteorites.

Chamberlain is one of seven co-writers of a research paper, titled “Solving the Martian Meteorite Age Conundrum Using Micro-Baddeleyite and ‘Launch-Generated Zircon’,” that was published in today’s issue of Nature, an international weekly journal of science that publishes peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology.

“The combination of techniques allowed us to determine the magmatic age of the lava on Mars as well as the time that the sample was launched into space by a bolide impact,” Chamberlain says.

“Our results also solved an ongoing debate about the age of magmatism that most Martian meteorites appear to have sampled.”

New frontiers Chamberlain developed the new dating technique at UW with Norbert Swoboda-Colberg, a lab technician in the UW Department of Geology and Geophysics, and Susan Swapp, a senior research scientist, also in geology and geophysics.

The dating technique required the use of a specialized instrument called a secondary ionization mass spectrometer or SIMS, of which only three exist in North America, Chamberlain says. The instrument analyzes a mineral sample by excavating microscopic pits (about 1 micron deep by 20 microns in diameter) in the rock sample and analyzing the isotopic compositions of the excavated material. For scale, the diameter of a human hair is roughly 100 microns, Chamberlain says.

Using a SIMS instrument at UCLA, Chamberlain analyzed 18 different crystals of the minerals baddeleyite and zircon. All 18 were found within a 20-millimeter square (roughly threefourths of an inch) region of a polished surface of the meteorite. Both minerals are major reservoirs for uranium in meteorites.

The large crystals are each less than 15 microns in length, too small to separate physically from the rock. The new dating technique locates the grains using electron beam imaging instruments, and then analyzes them in-situ without needing to break the rock apart.

Using the mass spectrometer, Chamberlain measured the ratio of lead to uranium, which allowed him to calculate the age of the meteorite grains.

“We solve the (age) conundrum by determining the degree of shockinduced strain within the crystals, using in-situ electron nanobeam instruments at the University of Western Ontario,” he says.

“By combining microstructural analysis with uranium/lead isotopic measurements in the same crystals, we established both the age that the rock formed and the time it was launched off the surface of Mars.”

Chamberlain says both techniques are relatively non-destructive, which made their use ideal for meteorite samples. Outside of the excavated pit, the rest of the sample remained intact.

The project was partially funded through a faculty research grant Chamberlain obtained from the Wyoming NASA Space Grant Consortium. Meteorite samples were loaned by the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Scientists from UW, the University of Western Ontario, UCLA and the Royal Ontario Museum collaborated on the project.

Mars attacks To date, 65 samples of Martian meteorites have been discovered on Earth.

Many were found in either Antarctica or the Sahara Desert, Chamberlain says.

In those two places, there are broad plains with no mountains above the ice or sand -- which means that, if any rock is found

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on those surfaces, it had to come from space, Chamberlain explains. There are many different types of meteorites, but these 65 have bits of Martian atmosphere trapped within them, he says.

“The 65 samples are basaltic compositions,” he says, noting it’s the same material found on the ocean floor or on the surface of the moon. “The fact that they’re (meteorites) all so similar in composition begs the question, because a lot of Mars is not basaltic. NASA’s rovers are looking at sandstones for evidence of water and streams, for example. The surface of Mars has a lot of variety.”

However, the large volcano on Mars is basaltic in nature. Other researchers have speculated that many of the Martian meteorites were a result of a few large bolide impacts on a lava flow on the flanks of that volcano.

The 200-million-year age of volcanism from these newest research findings challenges previous research methods that interpret the ages of ejected igneous crust from Mars to be as old as 4 billion years, which would mean that the planet’s volcano would have been extinct

for a long time, Chamberlain says.

“The eruption formed the lava. Rocks crystallized and formed during the volcanic eruption,” he says.

“If we can determine when the rocks crystallized from the lava, we are dating one of the eruptions of the volcano. Having evidence that Mars was geologically active fairly recently is a pretty big deal.”

Chamberlain says the timing of the large-impact event is between 22 million and 2 million years ago.

“It (the meteorite) hit Mars hard enough that part of the planet’s surface escaped and entered interplanetary space,” he says.

“During millions of years, some of it’s been caught by the Earth’s gravity.”

Chamberlain presented results of the group’s research at an invited talk at the Goldschmidt 2012 International Geochemistry Conference in Montreal last summer, and at UW’s Department of Physics and Astronomy colloquium this past spring.

“We plan to apply these techniques to additional meteorites from Mars, the moon and several asteroids to gain a better understanding of the evolution of the solar system,” he says.

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LESLIE HILDEBRAND Funeral services for Leslie (Les) Kaye Hildebrand was held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at Gillette Memorial Chapel with Pastor Marty Crump of Family Life Church officiating.

Leslie Hildebrand, age 88, of Gillette, Wyoming passed away on Monday, July 22, 2013 at Campbell County Memorial Hospital.

Leslie (Les) Kaye Hildebrand was born on July 1, 1925 in Fulton, South Dakota to Claude and Margaret (Parnell) Hildebrand.

In March of 1946, Les volunteered with United States Army to proudly serve his country where he spent time in Japan with the occupational forces. After his military service, Les worked highway road construction including interstates 90, 29, and 94. In 1976, Les moved to Gillette, Wyoming. He then went to work for Exxon in January of 1977 as an equipment operator and then became a supervisor until retiring in 1986.

During hunting season he worked for Mankin Wild Life as a guide.

On February 10, 1990, Les married Jeanette Lorraine (Tobin) Wagner in Gillette, Wyoming. In addition to being a true friend and loved one to so many, Les was a patriot, an avid trap shooter and a hunter. Les was inducted in to the Trap Shooting Hall of Fame in 1992. Les was an active member of the American Legion Post #42, Gillette Gun Club, and Elks Lodge in Gillette, Wyoming.

He leaves behind one surviving sister; Marguerite Riiff of Longview, Washington; three stepsons; Bill (Sandy) Wagner of Brandon, South Dakota; Ken (Vicki) Wagner of Gillette, Wyoming; and Monte (Susie) Wagner of Casper, Wyoming; 10 step-grandchildren, 21 step-greatgrandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Jeanette, brothers: John, Jim, Ed, Archie, Vern, Linton, Duane, and Keith; sisters: Elsie, Ella, Maurine, and Doris, and step-daughter: Marlene Wagner.

Memorials and condolences may be sent in Leslie’s name in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel, 210 W. 5th Street, Gillette, Wyoming 82716 or condolences via the internet at www.gillettememorialchapel.com.

WESTLEY BROTHERS Memorial Services for Westley Eugene Brothers was held at 10:00a.m., Friday July 19, 2013 at Gillette Memorial Chapel with Pastor George Moore of the First Presbyterian Church and Pastor Bill Morel of Family Life Church officiating.

Westley Eugene Brothers Sr., age 78, of Gillette, Wyoming went home with the lord on July 15, 2013 surrounded by his family. Wes was born on August 18, 1934 in Kimball, Nebraska

to Floyd and Hilda (Pieron) Brothers. He was raised and educated in Dix, Nebraska and graduated from Dix High School in 1953.

On April 18, 1955 Wes married the love of his life Sharon Ann Teare, together they raised a family of seven. A hard working man, Wes framed and worked for Arco Oil and Gas of which he retired after 27 years.

He enjoyed many hobbies which included restoring cub cadet tractors, wood working, and spending time with friends, family and his favorite dog Chester.

Wes is survived by his wife of 58 years, Sharon; children: Becky Brothers of Gillette, WY; Mark Brothers of Rock Springs, WY; Laurie (Terrell) Shaw of Potter, NE; Roxann Bunhoff of Bertrand, NE; Wendy Brothers of Fort Collins, CO; Greg (Christy) Brothers of Gillette, WY; his sister Sharon Lee (Ralph) Anderson of Kearney, NE; fourteen grandchildren, ten great grandchildren and Thelma Brothers of Kimball, NE. He is preceded in death by his parents, his sister, Kathryn Killbam, and his son Gene.

In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established for Close to Home Hospice of Gillette, Wyoming. Memorials and condolences may be sent in Westley’s name in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel, 210 West 5th Street, Gillette, Wyoming 82716 or condolences via the internet at www.gillettememorialchapel.com

DENNIS ALBERTS A funeral service for Dennis Alberts was held at 2:00p.m Friday, July 26, 2013 at Christ the King Lutheran Church in New Castle, Wyoming with Pastor John Hopper officiating.

Dennis Alberts, age 61, of Pinehaven, WY died July 20, 2013, at the Sundance Hospital in Sundance, WY. Dennis Anthony Alberts, son of Russell and Mary Catherine (Gross) Alberts, was born November 6, 1951, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Denny grew up in the Monroe/Marion SD area and attended a country school and Marion High School. A man of all trades, he worked in the Sioux Falls area as a carpenter, repairman, HVAC and sales in his early adult years.

On November 29, 1975, he married Georgia Sturdevant and welcomed her three beautiful daughters into his big arms. They started their life together in Lennox, SD, and a few years later were blessed with two daughters of their own. In 1981 they moved to Newcastle, WY where Denny began a 25 year career with True Oil Company. He was rounding out his working life in sales for ESP pumps. Denny was a quiet unassuming man, but never a loner. He formed many close friendships over the years Denny loved to work, whether he was getting paid or not, and play was his reward. As often as possible, all seven (and later any number of grandchildren) loaded up a camper and boat-pulling pick-up to enjoy a week or weekend in the outdoors with the family and sometimes meeting friends along the way. Denny shared his love for fishing and camping with all of them, and taught each one how to love these experiences that saw as important to a great life.

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tired from the road in 2002; where his outgoing personality won him many friends and acquaintances in all ports. This includes having a burger named after him at The Knuckle Saloon in Sturgis SD, called the Tommy Burger and showing the younger generation the art of bull taming in Edgemont, SD. His favorite moments at the end were spent at the Senior Center in Gillette, WY with Becky and table 11. To his last day he prided himself in the art of the cowboy way, continually telling stories of his younger days and teaching the younger generations how to travel through life and appreciate each day as a new beginning.

Tom is survived by his wife Mary Simmons; his children: James Simmons, Dee (Tom) Petrizzo, Phillip (Tammie) Simmons, Iva (Dale) Howard; Lori Simmons; siblings: Marie (Gordon) Scholfield and Carolyn Foran; his grandchildren: Rebel Henderson(Jerry Schwindt), Dusty Henderson, Kyra Simmons (Cody Coyle), Thomas Simmons, Mark Simmons, DouAnn Curtis, Dustin Curtis, Sarina (Frankie) Young, Raychel Ogden, Danny Simmons, LaRissa Starbuck, Miranda Niehoff, Jesse Niehoff, LaShay Hoblit (Jim Hoblit), Shawn (Leah) Hochhalter, Timara Beard, Chandra Beard, Keegan Howard, Andreya Howard, Quinton Howard; Great GrandChildren: Shaylynn Henderson, Tyler Schwindt, Trever Henderson, Alexa Henderson, Jayce Henderson, Jaiden Simmons, Jacey Simmons, Javon Coyle, Trevon Coyle, Tarynn Curtis, Keatyn Curtis, Jaridyn Curtis, Elizabeth Curtis, Xandra Curtis, Bonita Young, Connor Quillen, Elliott Young, Amber Young, Danicia Young, Grayson Alldee, Baily Gross, Ali Beard and his special friends: Deb Vonkenroth, Barb Beatty, Senior Center, Table 11, Becky and numerous others.

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by his parents, one brother, and an uncle.

The family Survivors include his wife, Georgia and children; Amy (Bryan) Martini of Sheridan, WY; Stacey (Jesse) Frank of Spearfish, SD; Sara (Steven) Hofmann of Spearfish, SD; Michelle (Ryan) Switzenberg of Sheridan, WY; and Lisa Alberts (Jason Thompson) of Moorcroft, WY. Also surviving are his grandchildren: Tyler, Zachary, Riley, Turner, Hallie, Caleb, Olivia, Carli, Jordan, Anna, Colton, Emma, and Marley; one brother, Ron (Mary) Alberts of Parkston, SD; one sister, Brenda (Steve) Major of Omaha, NE; sister-in-law, Donna Alberts; aunt, Caroline Gross; nephews, Chris (Kimberly) Alberts; Jason (Renee) Alberts ; Ben Major; niece, Kimberly (Travis) Lee; mother-in-law, Eleanor Sturdevant; and numerous cousins and friends. Last, but certainly not least, his beloved Labrador, Bo. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to benefit New Hope Rehabilitation in Billings, MT, and the Pine Haven Ambulance Service in Pine Haven.

Memorials and condolences may be sent in Dennis’ 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

TOM SIMMONS Tom Simmons saddled up for his final and eternal ride on July 22, 2013, after a full life of adventures. A celebration of his life will be held at 2:00p.m, Saturday July 27, 2013 at the American Legion Hall. Friends are invited to follow the riderless horse procession from Camplex Park to the American Legion Hall beginning at 1:00p.m. on Saturday.

Tom was born on 8/32/34 in Madison, SD, to James and Elizabeth (Beecham) Simmons. He attended Alzada Elementary, and graduated from Hysham, MT high school in 1953. During high school he lettered in Football playing DE and WR as well as in Basketball as a Point Guard. After graduation Tom started working as a ranch hand, most memorably at the Williams, Wilson, Simpson, Nemick and Nefsy ranches, ending at the Hubing Ranch in Biddle, MT. On November 3,1957 Tom married Mary Ferguson. From that marriage they had 4 children; Jim, Dee, Philip and Iva Simmons. They started their family in rural Montana, and then moved to Gillette, WY in 1977. After moving to Gillette he started driving truck for Jim’s Water Service, where he discovered his true career path. In 1988 he started driving truck over the road. He saw this country from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean; Canada to Mexico and everything in between. This included his favorite places: the caves of Kansas City, MO; meat market in Huntspoint, NY; plants in Sanford, FL; produce on the coast of California and the ice rains in Texas. In 1994 Tom and his son, Phil, started Ridge Runner Trucking. This endeavor made it possible for him to continue to see the country as well as provide for his family. He returned to his family in 1997 on a full time basis, by working for Jim’s Water Service as a lease driver, hauling water for the oil industry. He re-

by his parents: Elizabeth D. Beecham and James Gerard Simmons, his brother Jim Simmons; Grandchildren: Kyle Victor Simmons, Amanda Jo Simmons, April Maye Curtis, and those to forever give his eternal ride: White Tail, Barney, Dusty, Black Eagle, Duke, Yeller Joe, Lil’ Red and Sox. In lieu of flowers dona-

tions can be made to the Senior Center in Gillette, WY in Tom’s honor Memorials and condolences may be sent in Toms’s name in care of Walker Funeral Home, 410 Medical Arts Court, Gillette, Wyoming 82716. Condolences may also be sent via our website: www.walkerfuneralhome.com

Clinic Welcomes Robert Lang

obert Lang likes to try and figure things out. The new PA at the CCMH Walk-in Clinic was a firefighter in New Mexico for five years and had an interest in criminal investigation before choosing a career in healthcare.

EMT and technical rescue training sparked an interest in medicine, which led him to a career as a Physician Assistant.

He received his PA training at the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and worked at a Level II Trauma Center for four years. Close to both Chicago and Detroit in Ft. Wayne Indiana, he saw his share of trauma, performed many different procedures and did lots of suturing.

Robert made the decision to move back to the West to spend more time with his family.

“I spent so much time working nights,” he said.

“I wanted to teach my son about the things I did growing up, like backpacking.”

Robert looked at various opportunities throughout the Rocky Mountains, and determined that this was a good fit. He was impressed with the people he met in Gillette and at CCMH, and the sense of community spirit.

“It was difficult to do referrals in my previous position,” said Robert. “I recently had a situation with a

patient here, and Dr. Lawrence just told me to come down to Radiology and we looked at the films together.

I really appreciated that.”

Robert and his wife Dawn have two children; Duncan, age 9 and Sabrina, age 3. Dawn is a Physical Therapist by training, but is currently concentrating on their children, who are home-schooled. In addition to family activities, Robert enjoys hiking, reading and doing home improvement projects.

He believes in trying to understand the patient from their perspective, and helping them understand their condition and treatment options.

“I tell them what I’m doing and why I’m doing it,” he said. “I want them to know that I really do care and that we work together as a team in their care.

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By Rich Sickler As the dog days of summer fall upon us, there’s a group of ladies making the summer a little hotter. The Routa Bout It Betties, one of Gillette’s roller derby teams, sweat away in the Rock Pile Center, practicing for their next bout against the Laramie Naughty Pines, on July 27th.

The Betties practice twice a week, during derby season. While tempers can sometimes fly during practice, this group of ladies is really one big family. They bring their children, some of which hope to one day be a Bettie.

As the music jams during practice, you can hear their coach constantly

giving advice, and making sure they communicate with each other. The action gets intense, even in just a practice setting, as emotions run high; partly due to the heat, part of it due to the extreme competitive nature of the sport.

Now, when Laramie comes to town, which will be the second meeting between the two teams, the Betties will be looking for revenge. Their captain, Allie, refers to this match as a grudge match. The first time these two teams took to the floor was last year, and Laramie had their way with them.

But Gillette is now a different team,

and is defiantly excited to show it.

And if that’s not enough to get you to come watch, they also do a lot of good for the community; donating money to various charities, such as G.A.R.F., the YES house and others.

If you’d like to see the action, come out to the Rock Pile Center on July 27th. The gates open at 5:00 pm, and they skate at 6:00 pm. Tickets are twelve dollars at the door, but if you bring a house-hold item donation, you receive two dollars off the ticket price.

Alien Ink will be sponsoring the bout as well, and beer will be provided by Beverage Brokers.

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Roller Derby Team to Help GARF

“I long for the days when athletes were revered. I want to see the romance return to sports, to see people enjoy the game purely for the game and the players.”

- Mike Piazza

The Rousta Bout It Betties Roller Derby Team will be collecting items for the Gillette Abuse Refuge Foundation this Saturday, July 20th. The team will have a table set up outside and be handing out shopping lists of items that families coming out of the shelter and into their new homes would need to help start their new life. The items will range from toothbrushes to pots and pans to bedding and cleaning items.

Shoppers will be asked to purchase one item off the list and donate it to give to the shelter. The items collected will be presented to the GARF ladies at half-time of the July 27th bout.

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Wyoming Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 4.6% in June 2013 The Research & Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reported today that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.6% (or an estimated 14,086 individuals) in June. It remained significantly lower than both its June 2012 level (5.5%; or an estimated 16,984 individuals) and the current U.S. unemployment rate (7.6%). Seasonally adjusted employment of Wyoming residents grew modestly, rising by 359 individuals (0.1%) from May to June.

Most county unemployment rates increased slightly from May to June. Unemployment sometimes rises in June as large numbers of young people leave school and join the labor force. The largest increases occurred in Albany (up from 3.4% to 4.4%), Platte (up from 4.0% to 4.9%), and Niobrara (up from 3.1% to 3.9%) counties. Unemployment decreased in Teton (down from 6.4% to 3.9%) and Park (down from 4.5% to 4.4%) counties and was unchanged in Lincoln County (5.3%).

Sublette County posted the lowest unemployment rate in June (3.3%). It was followed by Converse (3.6%), Teton (3.9%), Niobrara (3.9%), and Campbell (3.9%) counties.

The highest unemployment rates were found in Fremont (5.8%), Big Horn (5.4%), Goshen (5.3%), and Lincoln (5.3%) counties.

From June 2012 to June 2013, unemployment rates fell in every county. The largest decreases occurred in Lincoln (down from 7.2% to 5.3%), Laramie (down from 6.3% to 4.9%), and Sheridan (down from 6.2% to 4.9%) counties.

Total nonfarm employment (measured by place of work) increased from 298,500 in June 2012 to 300,600 in June 2013, a gain of 2,100 jobs (0.7%).

Research & Planning has scheduled the July employment news release for August 20, 2013.

Enzi on Health Care In the Weekly Republican Address Senator Enzi called for a permanent delay of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for everyone, not just businesses. According to Senator Enzi, the law is so “massive, burdensome, bureaucratic and confusing” that it’s collapsing under its own weight.

“All across the country health insurance rates are skyrocketing. Employees are losing coverage through their employers. Families are struggling to cope with higher costs and less choice. Businesses aren’t hiring full-time employees,” said Enzi. “It’s time to admit that this partisan experiment in government-run health care is failing.”

Enzi believes a solution can be found by giving the failed law’s proponents a way out by searching for positive changes. This could start by dismantling the worst parts of the law first and replacing them with reforms that actually work. This includes focusing on common sense, step-by-step reforms, that protect Americans’ access to the care they need, from the doctor they choose, at a lower cost.

The Obama administration has already decided to delay the implementation until 2015 of the health care law’s employer mandate, the requirement that all firms with 50 or more employees offer health coverage, or pay steep fines. The mandate was supposed to go into effect on January 1, 2014.

“The challenges we face as a country aren’t going to be easy to address and certainly aren’t going away, but if we approach them in a more practical, rather than a political way, we should be able to make things better,” said Enzi.

“Good policy is good politics.”

Civilian Labor Force, Employment and Unemployment--by place of residence Labor Force

Jun COUNTY 2013 (p) Albany 19,560 Big Horn 5,419 Campbell 28,252 Carbon 8,364 Converse 8,384 Crook 3,734 Fremont 20,017 Goshen 6,505 Hot Springs 2,714 Johnson 4,293 Laramie 46,738 Lincoln 8,355 Natrona 44,365 Niobrara 1,417 Park 17,078 Platte 4,288 Sheridan 16,756 Sublette 7,050 Sweetwater 25,925 Teton 15,587 Uinta 11,260 Washakie 4,429 Weston 3,338

May 2013 (r) 20,834 5,304 27,808 8,001 8,303 3,645 19,910 6,545 2,665 4,114 45,805 7,897 43,834 1,418 15,650 4,425 16,330 6,792 25,663 13,334 11,076 4,374 3,370

Jun 2012 (b) 19,777 5,414 28,099 8,364 8,303 3,756 20,164 6,520 2,662 4,256 45,109 8,346 43,938 1,376 17,420 4,258 16,565 7,610 25,301 15,080 11,241 4,505 3,353

Unemployed Employment

Jun 2013 (p) 18,703 5,127 27,149 8,000 8,083 3,578 18,852 6,162 2,593 4,075 44,445 7,912 42,398 1,362 16,320 4,080 15,927 6,817 24,864 14,978 10,715 4,223 3,190

May 2013 (r) 20,135 5,053 26,801 7,672 8,040 3,499 18,887 6,244 2,555 3,914 43,739 7,479 42,108 1,374 14,946 4,247 15,555 6,577 24,745 12,485 10,592 4,180 3,229

Unemployment Number

Jun 2012 (b) 18,748 5,071 26,779 7,899 7,936 3,564 18,821 6,125 2,537 4,006 42,245 7,742 41,691 1,312 16,512 3,999 15,544 7,316 24,068 14,320 10,640 4,264 3,173

Statewide 313,830 307,102 311,416 299,555 294,059 294,312 Statewide Seasonally Adjusted U.S. U.S. Seasonally Adjusted (p) Preliminary, (r) Revised, (b) Benchmarked.

Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.

Jun 2013 (p) 857 292 1,103 364 301 156 1,165 343 121 218 2,293 443 1,967 55 758 208 829 233 1,061 609 545 206 148

May 2013 (r) 699 251 1,007 329 263 146 1,023 301 110 200 2,066 418 1,726 44 704 178 775 215 918 849 484 194 141

Jun 2012 (b) 1,029 343 1,320 465 367 192 1,343 395 125 250 2,864 604 2,247 64 908 259 1,021 294 1,233 760 601 241 180

14,275 13,043 17,104

Jun 2013 (p) 4.4 5.4 3.9 4.4 3.6 4.2 5.8 5.3 4.5 5.1 4.9 5.3 4.4 3.9 4.4 4.9 4.9 3.3 4.1 3.9 4.8 4.7 4.4

Rate

May Jun 2013 2012 (r) (b) 3.4 5.2 4.7 6.3 3.6 4.7 4.1 5.6 3.2 4.4 4.0 5.1 5.1 6.7 4.6 6.1 4.1 4.7 4.9 5.9 4.5 6.3 5.3 7.2 3.9 5.1 3.1 4.7 4.5 5.2 4.0 6.1 4.7 6.2 3.2 3.9 3.6 4.9 6.4 5.0 4.4 5.3 4.4 5.3 4.2 5.4

4.5 4.6 7.8 7.6

4.2 4.6 7.3 7.6

5.5 5.5 8.4 8.2

Wyoming Seasonally Adjusted Statewide Labor Force Estimates June-13 308,233 294,147 14,086 4.6

Total Civilian Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rate

May-13 307,930 293,788 14,142 4.6

June-12 306,101 289,117 16,984 5.5

Change Month Year absolute percent absolute percent 303 0.1% 2,132 0.7% 359 0.1% 5,030 1.7% -56 -0.4% -2,898 -17.1%

Definitions: Employed - All persons who, during the reference week, did any work at all as paid employees, worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in a family business.

Unemployed - All persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, and had made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week.

Labor Force - All persons who meet the criteria given above as either employed or unemployed.

Unemployment Rate - The number of unemployed as a percent of the labor force.

Seasonal Adjustment - A statistical procedure to remove the impact of normal regularly recurring events (such as weather, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools) from economic time series to better understand changes in economic conditions from month to month.

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Guest Editorial - Coal is Part of Our Future This opinion editorial is a portion of an essay Governor Matt Mead authored for the “Energy Perspectives”, a collection of essays by members of the Western Governors’ Association. You can read the essay in its entirety at www.westgov.org In May 2013, Wyoming mined its ten billionth ton of coal. This is a significant milestone. Wyoming has 18 actively producing coal mines, and those mines provide more than 7,000 direct jobs.

Wyoming mines—the most efficient in the nation—produced more than 400 million tons of coal in 2012, with total sales of $5.2 billion. Coal in Wyoming is primarily mined at the surface making it safer to mine. Mines are reclaimed to a natural state with improved, productive soils. Among the great benefits of Powder River Basin coal is its low sulfur content, which is one of the reasons PRB coal is used in 34 states.

In 2012, coal provided 37.4% of U.S. electric generation. In 2010, coal was the primary source of electrical generation in 25 states. The average price of generation in those states was 8¢ a kilowatt-hour. The average cost for states with a primary source of generation other than coal was almost 12¢ - a third again more.

Coal plays a vital role in Wyoming, the United States and around the world. Coal’s uses and contributions continue to evolve, and achievements by the industry continue to astonish us. For example, in 2011, Basin Electric’s Dry Fork Station, a coal-fired power plant near Gillette, began operation. Basin Electric invested more than $336 million for advanced environmental controls at the new plant. Dry Fork exceeds all state and federal permitting requirements. The plant uses one-fifth the water needed for traditional coal-fired power plants and captures nearly all the mercury created from burning coal.

“The Vexing Spread of Hillitis!”

Dear Editor, After reading the recent Casper Star Tribune release of the previously confidential report of employee concerns in the Wyoming Department of Education, one may conclude it’s time to summon the State Epidemiologist to confront this health malady before it metastasizes. The initial results of Governor Mead’s ordered investigation of “employee health concerns” has unearthed very troubling symptoms reported by nearly ravaged “concerned employees.”

They range from “uncomfortably” to “spiking blood pressure” to “delusions of sexual harassment” to “headaches” to “sleeplessness” to “intimidation” and “panic attacks.”

One stricken employee was forced to go to the emergency room after prolonged exposure to this toxic work environment.

If that isn’t bad enough, another worker developed physical problems previously unknown such as “sleeplessness, stomach problems and panic attack.” The severity of this malady resulted in an acute condition, reported by a female, that she “lost some of her top eyelashes.” Thankfully there is Latisse.

It gets worse. The investigative team uncovered allegations of dreaded “Hillitis” manifesting itself in the Superintendent reportedly “touching” an employee who claimed she even would “grab his shoulders.” While there is no “sure cure” for such an attack, there’s a verbal antidote: “Please don’t do that,” “My masseuse does that for me.” It is temporary, but an alternate therapy. The article seemed to infer that “Hillitis” commonly attacks the back, neck, shoulders, and occasionally the arm of some victims. Is it an allergic reaction to the Superintendent?

Superintendent Hill, who most charge with spreading this disease, denies infecting her staff, and claimed there was an apparent “…subculture within the department that I was unaware of.” In the face of a potential widespread epidemic, Governor Mead should have considered an epidemiologist, rather than an attorney, in the event this infection takes on pandemic proportions and spreads like a tinder-box.

The only reported “inoculation” available is via the Human Resources department. Yet only one of the infected employees reportedly availed themselves of this remedy. It is understandable that “inoculations” are often painful, and the paperwork is staggering. Perhaps the disease was not as debilitating as originally reported.

However, one employee, rather than working with “weird and creepy” symptoms decided to report her condition to the Human Resources department after an incident with a “lesser strain” of the infection.

This dissimilar strain was reported to drive a male staff member to a fleeting behavior, wandering aimlessly into the women’s restroom, uninvited. Such symptoms are, however, rare. The CDC in Atlanta has no documented reports of similar incidents.

In fact, accounts of “Hillitis” transcend the Department of Education. Documented reports indicate that the symptoms are random. For example, some cases reported individuals on a chartered flight from Cheyenne to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with apparent memory loss as to why they were even on the plane. Medical experts are unable to say with certainty that these symptoms are linked directly to “Hillitis.”

Some have been so bold as to relegate such manifestations to mass hysteria, for which there is no known cure.

How can one disregard an 1,800 page report that traces such “objective allegations” of health issues of six employees?

If the CST’s summary is the opus of the investigation, it lacks gravitas. However, that’s no reason to not demand a prompt full Legislative inquiry. Plus tasking Gover-

Advances in power plant technology take investment, time and a willingness to use the latest technologies. We are up to the challenges. We will continue to use Wyoming’s extensive coal reserves to meet the energy needs of the nation.

Demand for energy will continue to grow. By 2035, global demand for energy is expected to increase by a third. Energy is fundamental to the basic necessities of life - safety, food, housing, transportation and communication. For America, energy is tantamount to growth, prosperity, security, and quality of life. On a global basis, people everywhere deserve the best life possible, which means access to reliable and affordable energy, and we want that for them as well as for ourselves.

Wyoming is the largest net energy exporter to other states and our economy benefits accordingly. Ten percent of the BTUs consumed in the U.S. come from Wyoming. This equates to one of every two American homes heated and lighted by Wyoming BTUs. Wyoming is grateful for the blessings nature has bestowed on our state and proud of our contribution to the energy needs of the country. We look forward to contributing to global energy needs.

Over the past 40 years, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed measured rules and regulations to improve air quality from coal generation. These regulations have by-and-large worked. The utility industry has made huge investments to reduce emissions. Emissions have dropped by 63% since the 1980s. A new coal-

fueled power plant today emits 70 to 90 percent fewer emissions than the typical plant it replaces.

However, recent regulatory pressure from the EPA is not measured; rather, it is unrelenting and often unachievable in terms of timing, cost and technology. We must work with the EPA and arrive at solutions that account for the time and resources it takes to comply with new regulations. Economic reality must be part of that discussion. In the end analysis federal regulations should not pick energy winners and losers. Coal got our country where it is now, and it will take us into the future. We have it in abundance, and it must not go to waste.

Wyoming and partners around the globe are making strides in furthering coal research, coal conversion and CO2 capture technology. These are advanced coal technologies – ones to build upon. The combination of smaller federal budgets and a federal priority for renewable energy has all but dried up meaningful coal research funds. Coal research benefits the economy and the environment. Environmental strides have been made and we must fund the research to continue the development and commercialization of new, clean technologies.

Coal is part of the energy future. We must have a complete range of energy resources. How well we use all that we have depends, not on luck, but on planning, coordination, determination, research and sheer hard work. In Wyoming, we have rolled up our sleeves and “got going.”

We are laying the groundwork for tomorrow and for 100 years from now – coal will be on the job.

Letters to the Editor

nor Mead appointment, Tom Forslund, Wyoming Department of Health, to instigate a comprehensive environmental scan as to the genesis of this infection. Is it preventable? Perhaps it’s zoonotic, waterborne, airborne, or vector borne. Maybe it’s food borne. Or “Legionnaires Disease.”

It has clustered itself in the Department of Education. One wag pointed out, with experience in institutional food catering, should we wait for the new Director of Education, Richard Crandall, to eradicate this disease, if it’s food borne? Or must we act with haste?

If other symptoms crop up state wide, we may be forced to petition the CDC in the event this “disease” navigates beyond the Wyoming border. The last thing we need is a public outbreak. As a precautionary measure, we must heed the cry of the recently infected before an onset of delirium.

Yet unnamed, this infectious malady has been referred to as “politicus absurdum.”

Where’s Jonas Salk when you need him?

Anyone who has worked more than a month knows that work creates stress.

Depending on the individual, the degree of stress spans a broad spectrum of symptoms. A few stricken employees making the allegations may be unique. There’s a Latin term that may describe this, “ nimis maximus pampinus” “Job-related health problems” plays much better, particularly in the media, than “disgruntled employees” when an attorney orchestrates the investigation.

What shall we to do to combat this vexing dilemma? First, sterilize, and “wash our hands” of this legislative bullying, political posturing, back room deal making, and innuendos over facts. Next, extirpate the Legislature routinely, rooting out the selfserving, arrogant legislators who hang on to their seat with white knuckles, claiming the mantle of superiority. Elect officials who hold to the rule of law and moral principle as their driving force for serving their constituency, removing those who have developed an ineradicable OCD, high on power and avarice. It’s a beginning. Finally, we must adhere to a strict diet of truth.

Avoid an overdose of narcissism and selfserving agendas that institutionalize politics as usual and chronic cronyism. What do you think?

Mike Pyatt Glenrock, WY

Locally Written Editorial From Black Woman’s Point Of View Was Right On!

Dear Editor, What a great opinion piece that Mrs. Candice De Laat wrote in response to the Casper Star Tribune article highlighting Campbell County as a racist community.

I’ve lived in Gillette for almost 35 years, and seen many changes in the community.

It’s been great to see the “racial diversity” developing in the last 20 years. I’ve never considered myself, or our community to be racist. Occasionally, we may be what could be considered “ignorant” or “under exposed” to individuals of different race or culture, but I believe this community to be as open-minded as any other. As Mrs. De Laat stated, there are racists everywhere.

It was good to read her opinion on the community and to have affirmation of what I have seen/believed about the people here.

As for the Casper Star-Tribune, they have always presented a negative picture of Gillette and Campbell County. Giving their opinions any credence is similar to putting stock in the opinions of those “white power” folks mentioned in the above article.

Dave Green (You can read the mentioned editorial online at www.CampbellCountyObserver. net on the public pulse page)

Governor Mead Needs To Re-Think Appointment

Dear Editor, First let me say I love your Paper. It is very refreshing to read something in the print media that doesn’t have a political slant to it. (Other than editorials of course).

I enjoy the ‘just the facts ma’am’ writing.

I once sat in your office with you and Glenn Woods and talked about running for the U.S. Senate and later Wyoming senate. At the time I was disgusted with our senators for voting for the government bailout and was wanting to do something to change it. I opted not to run but I still feel we need people in all our levels of government who truly remember why we voted them there. Most feel that once there they only have to work on their financial and political portfolios and not on the needs or desires of the voting public.

Our Governor Mead needs to be reminded of that. Placing an appointed director over an elected official and giving them most of their powers is not a good precedent to set. We did not vote for this individual and we have no say in what he decides to do with the position.

I think the Governor needs to rethink his appointment. If there are problems, air them out and let the public decide whether or not we need a new superintendent. Personally I think Cindy Hill is doing a good job but that’s just my opinion.

On the other hand we could always just “appoint” a director over the governor.

Hmmm.

Respectfully David J. Davis

To Campbell County, Speaker Lubnau Needs To Speak Up: A Personal Invite

Dear Editor, As I read articles, letters, and emails running across the state I am wondering when the state is going to stop wasting my money (or did they forget it is our money) on the personal vendetta against Superintendant Hill? After wasting over a half million dollars of mine (and your) money, a financial audit (which came back with no finding of wrong-doing) and a witchhunting “investigation” commissioned by the Governor that has shown nothing of any substance, the legislature is now putting together another committee that is stacked with hand-picked members who are part of the lynch mob who stripped her of all her duties in running the Dept. of Education. The end goal is to come up with anything that they can try to justify an impeachment. What could possibly have been done to justify this excessive waste of taxpayers’ money? When you look at the entire situation it is hard to see why the “leadership” in the legislature is so hell bent on destroying Supt Hill.

I guess I can see how some of the employees were upset with some of her actions. Their money wasting boondoggles were cut short and a lot of the fat and waste was trimmed out of the dept. There are a couple of facts that really stand out in my mind about Supt Hill’s term, 1. The Dept. of Education returned over $1 million from the budget to the general fund.

2. Test scores for students rose across the board all across the state.

With these results alone I wish any other area of our government would do so bad.

On the other hand look at others in the state. The governor’s staff between Governor Freudenthal and Governor Mead has more than doubled in members and about 10 times the budget; I really don’t

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think they are doing that much more than Governors before them. The wonderfully conservative legislature we have raised our taxes in this last session (supposedly for the Dept. of Transportation) and now they say we need even more money.

Now to add insult to injury we have hired a Director of Education whose salary is over $200,000 when Supt Hill salary is $92,000 and they are now talking about an assistant for him that they want to pay $160,000. I guess we are really getting a better bang for the buck.

When the State Republican Party Central Committee passed a resolution against the action of the legislature against Supt Hill at the meeting in Apr there was a lot of complaining from the legislature that they did not get a chance to talk to the party before the resolution was passed. This is an untrue statement as anyone can address the committee and legislature members are always welcome.

So Speaker Lubnau I personally would love to have you come and address the party at the committee meeting in Casper on the 27th of July and explain why you are wasting my money (along with every other taxpayer in Wyoming) to try to justify your personal vendetta at a time when we have had to cut budgets at the county level and there are more coming. As I see it there isn’t much difference between the Wyoming state legislature and Washington when it comes to wasting money.

Karl Allred Unita County Republican State Committeeman

H.R.1015 And S.723 Should Pass

Dear Editor, I am writing to strongly urge my Representative, Cynthia Lummis, to cosponsor the Huntington’s Disease Parity Act of 2013 (H.R. 1015) and to my urge Senators, John Barrasso and Mike Enzi, to cosponsor the Senate companion, S. 723. If passed, the Huntington’s Disease Parity Act would make it easier for people with HD to receive Social Security Disability and Medicare Benefits.

Huntington’s disease (HD) is a hereditary, degenerative brain disorder for which there is, at present, no effective treatment or cure. HD slowly diminishes an individual’s ability to walk, talk and reason. Eventually, every person with HD becomes totally dependent upon others for his or her care. HD profoundly affects the lives of entire families -- emotionally, socially and economically.

The father of my niece and nephew has HD. I have watched his symptoms progress to the point where he walks with assistance and eats from a feeding tube. He lives in a full time care facility and is only 31. Not only that, but each of his two kids have a 50/50 chance of getting HD themselves.

By cosponsoring the Huntington’s Disease Parity Act, members of Congress can show their support for not only for my family, but the nearly 1,000,000 Americans who are touched by this terrible disease. I urge my fellow residents all across Wyoming to consider reaching out to our member of Congress and express their support for the Huntington’s Disease Parity Act of 2013. Together we can give those affected

by HD hope for their futures.

Jessica Dyk

Public Pulse

Campbell County Observer

July 26 - August 2, 2013

Bold Republic Weekly Vet Early - Vet Often!

By Glenn Woods

The candidates are already lining up.

The time to vet them is now.

Anyone from Wyoming understands that most of our elections in this state are settled in the primary election. In the general election those on the Democrat ticket, or third party candidates, do not stand a chance.

So that means, as people like Liz Cheney step up to announce their intention to run, we, the people, need to begin the important process of vetting.

As a radio talk show host and as a columnist, I know the importance of asking the real questions - The hard questions. Just ask Tom Lubnau or Cindy Hill.

While they might be at odds with each other, they have both had the experience of sitting across from me in a radio studio and heard me say, just before we went on the air, “Now, understand, it’s nothing personal, but I’m going to have to be hard on you.” It is, after all, my job. I was equally hard on both of them.

Interviewing someone is never a matter of if the host, or reporter, agrees with the person that they are interviewing. The hard questions must be asked.

At times, even uncomfortable and offensive ques-

tions must be asked. That is the job, after all.

Politics is not for the thinskinned. Part of the reason for asking hard questions is to see how the person in the hot-seat reacts.

Do they duck, shuck, and jive? Or do they actually answer the question head-on?

If the politician ducks the question then it is the job of the interviewer to go on the offensive. Letting them get away with it is not only bad journalism, but it is not good for the community as well.

Let me say that again!

Going easy on a politician, or candidate, is NOT good for the community. A reporter, or TV/Radio host, who is making a politician squirm, is not a troublemaker. They are doing their job! The trouble-maker is the person who cannot answer a straight question.

You folks in the general public are counting on people like me to get to the truth. After all, you work for a living and you don’t have time in your day to chase after these people, and someone needs to do it. That is why we have a press. That is why we have talk radio.

Having said that, it is important that I direct back to you what your job is, as a citizen.

Far too many people simply vote straight party

ticket, as if the “R” by the candidates name actually means that they are a conservative. Well, how’s that working for you? How many liberals switched to the Republican Party because they could not win with the letter “D” by their name?

Let’s get back to Liz Cheney for a moment: I had the pleasure of meeting her, just once so far. She’s a very nice lady. But nice or not, real questions need to be asked.

If Liz Cheney were not running for office, would she have moved back to Wyoming anyway? If she loses to Senator Enzi, will she be leaving the state?

That gets to the heart of the carpetbagger question. Will she support the internet sales tax? Where does she stand on the new immigration bill? Will she push for something better than our current tax code, like maybe a flat tax or the Fair Tax? Or are we going to end up with a younger, female, Senator Enzi in the long run? Just exactly why does she want the job? She worked in D.C. as a bureaucrat for many years. So, is she just another Washington insider, or can we count on her to think like a true limited-government patriot?

How she answers the questions, including her body language and vocal inflections, will say a lot.

Let’s move on to state politics. Forget for a moment, if the people that represent you in Cheyenne have a “D” or an “R” by their name, or any other letter.

Have they voted to grow

government while they have been in office, or are they looking for ways to reduce the government burden on the people? Are they looking for ways to bring more influence from Washington D.C. into our state, or are they looking for ways to rid us of it?

We can bring that last question down to the local level with county and city government.

Are the people in office, or running for office, eager to bring more federal money into the community?

Do they see the dollars and salivate, or do they understand that with federal money comes more federal control and more national debt?

Does the candidate have a list of pet projects that will pock mark the state with money holes like craters on the Moon? Do they actually believe that these little pet projects will bring more

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eaders of the Society of Professional Journalists expressed thanks to the Department of Justice for taking steps to tighten rules regarding investigations that involve journalists.

In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, SPJ President Sonny Albarado said “The Society of Professional Journalists commends you and the Department of Justice for taking seriously the concerns of journalists regarding DOJ policies affecting investigations that involve members of the news media.”

The letter, in response to the recent Department of

business to the community? Or do they understand that these pet projects have never helped any community, but rather, have caused nothing but finical ruin?

While Wyoming might be one of the most conservative states, we are slowly losing that status. The idea of limited government is slipping away under the leadership of those we now have in office, and it is slipping away because we, the people, have not taken the time to properly vet those who wish to hold those offices.

Please, start now. Vet everyone in office, and those who seek office. Ask the tough questions. If your line of questioning is uncomfortable or offensive, well, perhaps you’ve found a reason or two that the person in front of you should not be in office.

Justice Report on Review of News Media Policies, also thanked Holder for the department’s continued support of a federal Shield Law. A copy of Albarado’s full letter to Holder can be found below this statement.

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Whom Should Gillette Model After?

Gillette City Council is Always Trying to Model Itself After Major Cities and How They Run Things, Is That The Right Path?

By Nicholas DeLaat responsibilities and operations of the City. Trayvon Martin has nothing to do with Detroit. Do you know what does? The largest bankruptcy in national history by a municipality.

That is right; the city that once defined the manufacturing might of the United States of America and completely re-defined music into a culture has gone bankrupt. This is a city with one of the richest histories in America, dating back to before the Revolution when Fort Detroit existed. This is a city that has original sports teams in every major sport, and people who don’t live there anymore still hold allegiances to them. This is also a city that can boast being the fourth largest city in America, behind N.Y., L.A., and Chicago for more than 60 years.

And the City Council has only themselves to blame. Unions, who fight for the rights of workers (supposedly), have choked both public and private entities to the point of not being able to hire the workers that the unions were formed to protect. As jobs went away, the City (and State of Michigan) couldn’t manage their bloated and costly programs, so the taxes went up, putting more of a burden on the industry that provides jobs and workers. This resulted in a mass decline in population, from people that did not want all the government restrictions and taxes. The government was left with less revenue and forced to perform minimal budget cuts while inducing extreme tax hikes.

Granted, the issue of how Detroit got into the position it is in is much more complicated than what I can write in a paragraph, but there is a definitive trend showing here. What is worse, however, is the fact that the Detroit City Council seems not to care. They would rather waste an entire day’s worth of time on an issue that happened in Florida than in their own back yard.

Now, most of my readers know that I called Detroit home once. I am now embarrassed to call Detroit my old home, as they should no longer even exist as a city. They should be broken up and incorporated into local suburbs, or start fresh. But, never use Detroit again. What once stood as a pillar of greatness is now simply a national shame. And Detroit City Council: It is your fault! It was your actions on certain issues and lack of actions on others that carried the day. Now, you seem to be procrastinating the issue of the largest municipal bankruptcy ever seen because you are either: not smart enough, too political, or too incompetent to deal with the problem.

In retrospect, I hear some City of Gillette officials state that, “this is how

they do it in other cities,” and I cringe.

Please Gillette City Officials, if that thought ever crosses your mind, turn away; because if you look at Detroit, you are looking at Gillette’s old age of bad policies in the mirror.

My wife and I moved from Michigan while Michigan’s economy was in the toilet, knowing that we, just like Detroit’s economy, would never come back. We chose Wyoming for many reasons including the people, the taxes, the freedoms, and the schools.

But, we stayed because of the economy. While Detroit is still failing to prove that more government works, Wyoming proves time and time again that less government works. We prove it by the numbers.

One thing to remember, our recession is not over. The last economic tragedy was not solved with the bailouts, it was just prolonged. Detroit, and then the rest of the state of Michigan, suffered a full depression while the rest of the country was ignorant of what was coming. It all started in Detroit. Now, there is a new trend coming out of Detroit that looks much worse, bankruptcy, and if the nation follows suite this time, can a band-aid be put back on it?

So from now on, I can no longer hold the shame of calling Detroit Home, with the only exception of being a Red Wings, Tigers, Lions, and Pistons sports fan. But, sports really doesn’t matter…and neither does Detroit anymore…to anyone, and especially to the nation.

If the United States does follow suite, well, look at the table below..

International debt comparisons

Gross debt as percentage of GDP Entity 2007 2010 2011 United States 62% 92% 102% European Union 59% 80% 83% Austria 62% 78% 72% France 64% 82% 86% Germany 65% 82% 81% Sweden 40% 39% 38% Finland 35% 48% 49% Greece 104% 123% 165% Romania 13% 31% 33% Bulgaria 17% 16% 16% Czech Republic 28% 38% 41% Italy 112% 119% 120% Netherlands 52% 77% 65% Poland 51% 55% 56% Spain 42% 68% 68% United Kingdom 47% 80% 86% Japan 167% 197% 204% Russia 9% 12% 10% Asia 1 37% 40% 41% Latin America 2 41% 37% 35%

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The Detroit City Council has unanimously approved a resolution supporting a petition calling for the Justice Department to file civil rights violation charges in the shooting death of black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.”

As I read this, I sank down in my chair. “Here is what is wrong,” I thought to myself. “Can’t these people see this?”

So today (Tuesday), as I am writing this article, the Detroit City Council spent the entire day debating over a resolution supporting a petition for the Justice Department to file civil rights violation charges in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

First, let’s tackle that issue.

Anyone who wants the Justice Department to act is in violation of the Constitution under the Fifth Amendment which states: “No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”

Maybe the entire Detroit City Council needs to read this again. I will grant you, the reader, that the U.S. Constitution is no longer followed or even considered law anymore by various levels of government around the country, but does that mean we should completely give up on it? The City of Detroit is asking for double jeopardy over a clear-cut self-defense case that is only popular because of civil rights activists groups that have out-lived their usefulness. I know, the NAACP was a necessary cornerstone of the Civil Rights Movement and was needed at the time, but now it hurts our American Freedoms by bringing race into Constitutional issues just to keep themselves in the spotlight.

But beyond the case of self-defense (Read the Declaration of Independence where it says LIFE, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness), there is another, yet deeper, issue here. We must all ask Detroit a question, “Is this your job?”

If you believe so, then you need to step down from that City Council. As a matter of fact, you all need to because you are apparently not doing the job you were tasked with. You are tasked with running the financial

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Wyoming, Meet Liz Cheney

By Gregory Nickerson - wyofile.com In a video message released July 16 on the Internet, Liz Cheney made clear to the world what many had suspected: She is running for United States Senate.

Her opponent is veteran Republican Senator Mike Enzi. The date for the Wyoming senate primary is August 19, 2014, just 13 months from now.

The race has sent a jolt through Wyoming’s GOP, leaving many voters weighing Enzi’s so lid conservative record against the potential of a woman best known for her connection to her father, former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney.

Liz Cheney may come from Wyoming’s most famous political family, but she’s making her first introductions to Wyomingites in what early signs indicate may be a difficult campaign. The first poll on the race shows Enzi ahead of Cheney with 55 percent support compared to her 21 percent.

That doesn’t discourage the challenger.

“I’m not surprised to be behind,” Cheney told Wyo File. “I think that’s where you start when you are a challenger, and I’m dedicated to spending the next many months here working around the state talking to voters face to face about the issues. I’m excited to be in the race.”

Grassroots support for Enzi has appeared on social media, such as the Facebook page Wyomingites for Mike, which is not endorsed by the Enzi campaign. “We can’t allow individuals to think they can just roll in to Wyoming and buy themselves a spot at the table in DC,” one post read.

Over the next 13 months, Wyoming’s Republican primary voters will have plenty of time to mull over whether they will prefer a younger newcomer with nationwide name recognition, or the seasoned and familiar Senator they first elected in 1996. Whether Democrats will put forward a competitive challenger for the general election remains to be seen.

First Impressions Cheney filmed her announcement in front of a green pasture at her ho me in Wilson. The six minute speech laid out her policy goals to fight against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, increase domestic energy production, push back against Obamacare, and ensure the strength of America’s military.

No where did the candidate mention Enzi, whose announcement earlier on Tuesday that he would seek reelection seemingly gave the green light for Liz Cheney’s campaign kickoff.

Some have seen Cheney’s move as ill-timed. Rather than waiting another six years (or more) for Enzi to retire, she’s challenging him on his ho me turf.

ABC news and others have questioned whether Cheney’s campaign will go “too negative, too soon.” Last week Cheney commented that Enzi was “confused” in thinking that she said she wouldn’t run if he did. Some read her remark as an attack on Enzi’s age. He is 69, while she will celebrate her 47th birthday later this month.

Wyoming politicians U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis (both Republicans) quickly threw their support behind Enzi. Go v. Matt Mead, also a Republican, maintained a diplomatic stance that expressed his loyalty to both candidates.

“Senator Enzi does an incredible job. I count him as a friend, as I do the entire Cheney family,” the governor said.

The term “carpetbagger” came up repeatedly in the first few days of the race.

By definition, a carpetbagger is so meo ne who runs for election in an area where he or she has no local connections.

Cheney’s Twitter account says she arrived in “God’s Country” July 5, 2012, meaning that she’s been living in the state for about a year. The only other time Cheney lived as a resident of Wyoming was for a year or two as a child in the 1970s. However, she regularly visited both sets of her grandparents in Casper each summer and during the holidays.

Liz Cheney was born shortly after her parents moved from Wyoming to Madison, Wis., for graduate school in 1966. From

reading Dick Cheney’s biography, it’s evident that the family lived in places like Annandale, Va., and Bethesda, Md., from 1968- 1977 while he was working his way up into the position of Chief of Staff under President Gerald Ford.

Less than a year after Ford lost the 1976 election to Jimmy Carter, Dick Cheney moved the family to Casper, Wyo., with plans to make a run for office.

His opportunity came late in 1977, when U.S. Rep. Teno Roncalio (a Democrat) announced during a University of Wyoming football game that he would not seek reelection. By December, Cheney had announced his candidacy for that seat. He won handily in November 1978, taking the family back to Washington D.C. Liz Cheney emphasized that her departure from Wyoming was not of her doing.

“When we left when I was 12 it was because my father was elected to represent the people of Wyoming,” Cheney said in an interview on the Cheyenne CBS station. “I tell people it’s not like I woke up one morning and said, ‘Hey, let’s relocate.’”

Cheney lived in suburban Virginia as a teenager. After graduating from high school in McLean, Va., in 1984, she attended Colorado College where she wrote a senior thesis on how presidential powers change during wartime.

In her 20s Cheney attended law school in Chicago, and worked on international finance projects in Eastern Europe, living for a time in Budapest and Warsaw. Through the late 1980s and 1990s she worked for the U.S. State Department, USAID, Armitage Associates, White & Case Law Firm, and the International Finance Corporation.

While that work kept Liz Cheney away from Wyoming much of the time, she has been coming to Jackson Hole, Wyo., since the 1990s to vacation with her parents.

Liz Cheney relocated from the beltway suburb to Wilson, Wyo., last summer, almost immediately raising speculation that the move was politically motivated.

Meanwhile, her husband, Philip Perry, is still a partner working at the powerful D.C. law and lobbying firm Latham & Watkins.

The couple still owns their seven-bedroom house in McLean, Va., just 14 miles from the capitol. Dick and Lynne Cheney also still own a home in McLean.

While Cheney and Perry’s careers and ambitions revolve around D.C., their kids are settling into Wilson. Four of Cheney’s five children enrolled at Teton County public schools this year, and at least one daughter has taken up barrel racing. Another daughter has made a speech at the Wyoming Boys State convention.

Cheney has held volunteer positions in Wyoming for several years. She serves on the International Board of Advisors at the University of Wyoming, and volunteers for Rivers of Recovery, a Wyoming organization that promotes fly-fishing to rehabilitate veterans.

Since moving to Wyoming, Cheney has stepped up her activities to build political momentum across the state. She has made numerous appearances at county Republican dinners and energy industry events during the past year.

While Cheney’s education and career kept her away from the Cowboy State for 34 years, the carpetbagger charge may not turn voters off. She’s already shown on television that she will brush off that term by explaining that her ancestors came here in 1907, and that Wyoming has “always” been her ho me.

“The bottom line is what are your roots, what are you values, what do you believe in, and where is your heart? And my heart has always been in Wyoming,” Cheney told Wyo File.

Over the next 12 months the campaign will work hard to make Wyoming more familiar with Liz Cheney. The candidate’s Twitter account already cultivates her Wyoming image with photos of trout, moose, and the state flag.

Cheney sounds like a local, too: “This is our state and our country, and we don’t have to accept what Washington DC has been doing to us,” she said in the campaign announcement.

Like Father, like Daughter Liz Cheney’s short time as a resident in Wyoming is balanced by the f act that everyone knows her father, Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who is arguably the most powerful politician ever to come out of this state.

Without the Cheney connection, Liz Cheney’s resume might not appeal to Wyoming voters. She is a longtime resident of “Back East,” a D.C.-based Fox News commentator, a former U.S. State Department official, an international lawyer, and a campaign aide married to a high- powered Washington attorney and industry lobbyist.

To date, Liz Cheney’s most notable leadership roles involved two stints as a high- ranking official working at the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, which was responsible for policy and goodwill missions in the Middle East during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

From 2002- 2004, and again from 20052007, Cheney oversaw the spending of budgets in the hundreds of millions of dollars intended to promote pro-American political, educational, and economic reforms in the Middle East.

Cheney left the State Department to work on Fred Thompson’s presidential campaign in 2007. Then in 2009 she founded the non-profit group Keep America Safe, which advocated for neo-conservative foreign policy and a strong American military.

The group’s website was taken down without explanation in the weeks before she announced her candidacy for the Senate seat.

By all accounts, Cheney has a close relationship with her parents, through whom she has received extensive political education and experience. She first hit the campaign trail with Dick Cheney when she was 11. During her father ’s first campaign for Vice President in 2000, she served as both a campaign aide and adviser.

In recent years she has worked to maintain her father ’s legacy by co-writing his biography In My Time. In January 2012 she became a commentator for Fox News, months before buying property in Wilson, Wyo .

Cheney’s political goals are not mysterious or ill-defined. Like her father, she is a strong critic of President Obama on topics ranging from foreign policy to domestic energy production. She’s made an effort to decry Obama’s “war on coal,” which will likely emerge as a key message of her campaign.

“It’s time for new leadership in Washington because I think we need to take this fight to Obama in a way that we haven’t,” she told Wyo File.

Running against Obama — and Enzi, too Cheney’s campaign announcement made clear her opposition against the Obama administration, but didn’t mention Enzi, a former mayor of Gillette whose conservative credentials have earned him broad popularity in the state.

Enzi won his last election in 2008 with 76 percent of the vote, beating Democrat Chris Rothfuss, an engineer and lecturer from the University of Wyoming.

Enzi has Wyoming roots and a locally developed reputation. After graduating from Sheridan High School in 1962, he went on to study accounting and earned a Master ’s Degree in retail marketing at the University of Denver.

In 1969, Enzi moved to Gillette to open a family shoe store. He was elected mayor of Gillette at age 30 during a time when the coal industry boomed and the city doubled in size. He then served in the state legislature as a representative and senator from 1987 to 1996.

Enzi has few critics in Wyoming. The only hint of scandal he’s been associated with comes through his son Brad Enzi’s association with Colorado - based North American Power Group and that company’s failed Two Elk power plant and carbon sequestration projects in northeast Wyoming. Wyo File has reported extensively on these topics, and there is no apparent

Enzi: Confirmations Bad for Wyoming U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., voted against the confirmation of Tom Perez to serve as Secretary of Labor and Gina McCarthy to serve as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He is concerned the nominees would advance an agenda that ignores the values and will of rural states like Wyoming.

Perez nomination

Enzi expressed skepticism that Perez would respect state right-towork laws, given his favoritism toward labor unions and inadequate responses to questions about mine safety regulations.

“Wyoming is a right-to-work state and our state’s laws are not up for debate,” said Enzi. “Since his nomination by President Obama, I have had concerns about his ability to fairly represent the interests of both businesses and labor unions. The Department of Labor has had a definite partisan

tilt under this Administration and been too willing to side with labor unions at the expense of small businesses.”

During Perez’s confirmation hearing in the Senate HELP Committee, Enzi asked the nominee various questions concerning mining regulations that could negatively impact Wyoming.

The responses Enzi received were, “so inadequate that they only reinforced my concerns about this nomination.”

The Senate confirmed Perez by a vote of 54-46.

McCarthy nomination

Gina McCarthy has played a leading role in environmental regulations that seek to ban coal as an energy source and disadvantage other traditional forms of energy. These regulations run contrary to the interests of Wyoming.

“The EPA has been used as a weapon by this Administration

against any industry or entity that does not fit within the Administration’s political agenda,” said Enzi. “It’s been used to institute policies President Obama knows he cannot get through Congress and I believe that Ms. McCarthy will only continue this dangerous trend. The president’s energy agenda is an attack on Wyoming industry and workers, and will result in higher energy bills for our families. I cannot support a nominee that would advance regulations and red tape at the expense of America’s businesses and consumers.”

Enzi was also was concerned by reports that McCarthy contributed to politicizing the work of the EPA, including an active role in settling lawsuits that benefited interest groups over taxpayers, and pushing questionable economic and scientific research as the basis for EPA regulations.

The Senate confirmed McCarthy by a vote of 59-40.

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link to Sen. Mike Enzi and any dealings of North American Power Group.

Wyo File reported that the company received nearly $10 million in U.S. Department of Energy stimulus funds for the Two Elk carbon characterization study, then the DOE suspended the project. It is now under investigation by a fraud specialist at the U.S. Department of Justice.

Wyo File has also reported that Enzi’s position has provided employment for his daughter-in-law Danielle Enzi, whom he paid more than $70,000 as a campaign fund- raising consultant in 2010- 2011.

Those issues have yet to capture the attention of the majority of Wyoming voters.

Enzi is the kind of politician Wyoming voters identify with, precisely because he comes off as humble and unassuming. He has the air of a man who just does his job, and rarely seeks out the spotlight from media outlets.

Casper attorney and state representative Tim Stubson (R- Casper) thinks that’s a good thing. “Part of the reason Senator Enzi gets so much do ne, is that he gets that level of trust, because he is not doing it in a race to the spotlight,” Stubson said.

“It’s because of his low-key background that he gets things done, and it should not be mistaken for lack of aggressiveness on Wyoming issues,” Stubson added.

Enzi’s senate biography states that he has passed 39 bills through the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee since 2005, a record his office considers “productive.” He served as chairman of the committee during the Bush presidency, during which 15 committee bills were signed into law. He also serves on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, and is a senior member on the Senate Budget Committee.

Enzi has seldom appeared on TV, has not fundraised to the same extent as many other senators, or lived a lavish life. In 2010, campaign finance records showed his net worth was between $440,067 and $1,878,000.

Sen. Enzi’s biggest asset may be the three-story Washington D.C. home he bought in 1997 for $360,000, and which D.C. tax authorities valued at $874,000 in 2008.

But in the era of politicians as TV commentators, Enzi faces the threat of being inconspicuous, opening him up to a challenge from the younger, media- savvy Cheney.

If she were to win, Cheney would likely join Senator John Barrasso as a frequent guest on ox News, giving Wyoming one of the most visible congressional delegations in the country, and one with a strong partisan flavor.

“Instead of cutting deals with the president’s liberal allies, we should be opposing them every step of the way,” Cheney said in her announcement.

Enzi, for his own part, has publicly denounced the need for compromise in the usual sense. At the state legislature earlier this year, he said, “Compromise means I give up half of what I believe in and you give up half of what you believe in, and we wind up with something that nobody believes in. What we need to do is find that common ground.”

Will Wyoming vote for a conservative Republican who will stand out on the national scene? Or does Wyoming want a conservative Republican whose demeanor and background resembles the average voter he represents?

So far, Enzi’s 34- point lead in polling shows most Wyoming voters prefer the politician they’ve known for the better part of 40 years.

Though both candidates will highlight their policy differences, they both come from the same side of the spectrum.

That’s led some to wonder why Liz Cheney would take the step of running against a well-liked incumbent like Enzi.

“There’s not significant disagreement on many major issues,” Rep. Stubson said.

“Why would you run against someone who ’s been very eff ective, other than to satisfy some personal ambition?”

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Enzi Against Rule Change As the Senate narrowly avoided an unprecedented vote to strip the right of senators to filibuster nominees, Senator Enzi stressed that the majority’s dangerous decision would have forever changed how the Senate operates, for the worse.

“In the Senate majority’s attempt to weaken the filibuster, they have threatened to weaken the Senate itself. A weak Senate is more susceptible to the demands of a smaller majority and the president,” said Enzi. “The majority leader’s threat to force his will upon the Senate was short-sighted and

dangerous.”

According to Enzi, the Senate was designed by the founding fathers as the deliberative body where legislation was intended to be debated fully, and every Senator has the chance to speak. The filibuster in turn helps protect the rights of the minority from the majority, a right inherent in the creation of our Constitution.

Enzi believes any change to the filibuster would be a major blow against the people of Wyoming and all those who may have different ideas than any given majority of Americans at any given

time. There would be less filibustering if we stopped deal making and started legislating.

According to Enzi, by insisting that the Senate can alter the rules with a simple majority vote, ignoring the existing rules that require a supermajority, Senator Reid could have put the Senate on a path that would lead to total control of this body by the majority, no matter the party.

“The change itself would be less important than the manner in which it would be imposed,” said Enzi.

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Bring your catch by the Empire Guesthouse for photographs which may be published in this newspaper with our fishing reports. Along with that, the Guesthouse staff will be awarding monthly prizes for those that let us photograph them and their catch. It doesn’t have to be a trophy to enter and there will be special prizes for those 12 and under. Carp shooters are also welcome to enter.

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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.

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Ammo is still available and still very reasonably priced.

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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?

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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.

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Weekly Trivia Answer

Who was the LAST person to sign the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas McKean

Thomas McKean, delegate to the Convention from Delaware. Although most of the delegates had signed the Declaration by August 2, 1776, McKean did not get around to it until 1781.

McKean was an American lawyer and politician from County, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution he was a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. McKean served as a President of Congress. He was at various times a member of the Federalist and Democratic-Republican parties. McKean served as President of Delaware, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania.

Weekly Sports Trivia Answer Who invented the modern sport of Roller Derby?

Avenue Mall - Over 30 vendors, come check us out! 217 Gillette Ave. Mon-Fri. 9AM to 7 PM, Sat. 9AM- 5 PM, Sun. 10 AM - 4 PM Computers have become like cars, and they need repaired.

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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.

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Leo Seltzer (1903 - 1978)

Leo Seltzer, a native of Helena, Montana, is generally credited with creating the modern Roller Derby. Sometime in early 1935, Leo read an article in Literary Digest magazine that said ninety-three percent of Americans roller skated at one time or another during their lives. Discussing the article with some of the regulars at Ricketts, a restaurant in Chicago’s Near North Side, Seltzer was challenged to come up with a sport utilizing roller skating participants.

Bicycle races and dance marathons were very popular at the time, and in previous decades there had been successful 24-hour and multi-day roller skating races, at least one of which was called a “roller derby” in the press.

Seltzer began jotting ideas onto the tablecloth, incorporating these popular entertainment forms with a roller skating theme. The name Roller Derby was trademarked on July 14, 1935 (No. 336652), and on August 13, 1935, twenty thousand spectators filled the Chicago Coliseum to see ‘Colonel’ Leo Seltzer’s Transcontinental Roller Derby, a mythical marathon race from one end of the country to the other which incorporated both male and female participants on a banked track.

Notice for the Executive Session of the State Loan and Investment Board and the State Board of Land Commissioners.

This notice is intended to notify the public and media that an executive session is to be held on Wednesday, August 7, 2013, by the State Loan and Investment Board and the State Board of Land Commissioners. The meeting will convene in the Governor’s conference room at 9 a.m. The items for discussion in the executive session will be limited to items appropriate for discussion in executive session as described by Wyo. Stat.

Ann. § 16-4-405.

CONTACT LORRAINE FRESQUEZ AT 307.777.6629, email lorraine.fresquez@wyo.gov

Notice for the State Loan and Investment Board and the State Board of Land Commissioners Meetings

The regular meeting of the State Loan and Investment Board (SLIB) and the State Board of Land Commissioners (SBLC) will be held Thursday, August 8, 2013, at 8:00 a.m. The meetings will convene in the Herschler Building, Room B63 and is open to the public.

Persons requiring special ADA accommodations should contact the Office of State Lands and Investments at 307-777-6629 prior to the meeting date to make arrangements.

For current and updated State Lands and Investments information, including the meeting agendas and board matters please visit our web site at http://slfweb.state.wy.us/. The agendas for the upcoming boards will be posted on the State Lands website by close of business, Friday, August 2, 2013.

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Robert Smalls

By Mike Borda Throughout history, humans have risked their lives for freedom. Whether it be from Kings, Queens, or governments, freedom has been an ideal that has always stood prominent in the hearts and minds of the people. In American history, the Civil War is often cited as a war for freedom. In p a r t i c u l a r, the freedom of one group: the southern slaves. And while by the end of the war the Emancipation Proclamation had outlawed slavery, during those four years from

1861 to 1865 some slaves took matters into their own hands.

Robert Smalls is not a name that sticks out in most minds today. Born into slavery around the year 1839, Smalls grew up in the service of a family in Beaufort, South Carolina.

As slaves went, Robert had a very easy life growing up. His father was most likely his plantation owner’s father (who had previously owned the plantation and had acquired Smalls’ mother). Instead of the field

labor many other slaves endured in the harsh South Carolina climate, Smalls was a house servant - seen as a position for favorites.

He would instead run errands for the family and acted as a personal assistant.

In 1858, Smalls had a child with, and later married, Hannah Jones. He was able to earn money on the side doing odd-jobs, and was eventually able to buy their freedom. One of the odd-jobs he had added to his skills was that of a dockworker in Charleston harbor.

Smalls adapted well to maritime life, and learned quickly. This would soon come in handy.

After the Civil War broke out in April of 1861, Smalls was sent to the CSS Planter, a former cotton-hauling ship that had been converted for military purposes.

Using his sailing experience, Smalls secured the position of pilot, in charge of steering the ship. However, he knew from the out-

set that his goal was not to help the Confederacy. It was to become free. Instead of waiting for the war to end, though, Smalls took matters into his own hands.

In 1862, Union forces had blockaded Charleston Harbor and its five forts - one of which was Fort Sumter, the kick-off point of the Civil War. The Confederate ships were therefore stuck in the harbor, unable to escape. This is when Robert Smalls took matters into his own hands. On May 13, 1862, the three soldiers assigned to the Planter decided to take leave of the ship. Trusting in the slaves loyalty, they left onboard only Smalls and seven other black crewmen.

Smalls took this opportunity to instead make a daring escape. Donning the captain’s uniform, he steered the ship out of the harbor, using his knowledge of maritime signals to make it past all five Confederate forts, and even stopping to pick up more slaves

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(including his wife and daughter). When the ship finally made it to the Union lines, Smalls raised a white flag and surrendered.

This courageous act made Smalls an instant hero among slaves and abolitionists who heard his story, and after reaching the north he went on a speaking tour to promote the cause of the North.

He also served in combat, commanding the Planter in several naval battles.

After the war, Smalls continued to make history.

He was elected to both the South Carolina State

House of Representatives as well as the South Carolina State Senate. In 1884 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, serving a grand total of 5 years.

Robert Smalls died in 1915, but his legacy is not gone. Smalls took it upon himself to find freedom, and did it at a tremendous risk to himself and his family. He showed true courage at a time when it was difficult for men of his race to do so, and set a shining example of what a statesmen should be.

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The Arsenal that Won the West

By Jeff Morrison

While the Winchester Model 1873 repeating rifle has long been heralded as, “The Gun that Won the West”, there were several ground-breaking firearms developed and manufactured in the 19th Century that deserve credit for their contributions in keeping folks safe and fed during the “Wild” days of the West.

Firearms, especially rifles, were an essential survival tool for anyone venturing west of the Appalachians. Not only were they used to provide fresh meat for the cooking pot, but they came in handy when one stumbled onto a grizzly bear, buffalo stampede, or the occasional Indian raiding party. For their part, the American Indian tribes were quick to embrace the White Man’s technology as well.

The American longrifle, more commonly known as the “Kentucky rifle”, and it’s near-cousin, the Lancaster rifle were the first firearms used on the western frontier, and had been in production for many years before Lewis and Clark’s “Voyage of Discovery.” The long barrels of these guns increased the muzzle velocity and provided greater accuracy than their shorter predecessors, making them a favorite among the fur traders of the early 1800s.

By 1823, two gunsmith brothers, Jacob and Samuel Hawken, began producing a rifle specifically designed for the western frontier they called, the “Rocky Mountain Rifle,” but better known as, the “Hawken.” Each Hawken rifle was custom made in the brothers’ St. Louis, Missouri shop, and featured a large caliber bore of .50 or more, and a barrel length of between 30” to 40”. This combination made the rifle more maneuverable without sacrificing range or accuracy. The gun also utilized a two-trigger firing system, where the back trigger set the action of the front trigger so that it could be fired with a light touch. Although introduced late in the fur trading era, the Hawken quickly became the weapon of choice on the frontier and was widely used in the 1840s and 50s.

Just as the Hawken rifle was reaching its full popularity among westerners, a Connecticut born inventor, Samuel Colt, introduced the world to possibly the single biggest innovation in weaponry during the 19th Century. Colt did not actually invent the revolving pistol; he improved on the design of a revolving flintlock, first patented by Elisha Collier in 1814. Unlike Collier’s flintlock, Colt’s revolver became the standard by which all future pistols would be judged for the next two centuries.

For the western frontiersman, the six-shot revolver was a natural complement to the single shot, muzzle-loading rifle. In a time when cultural differences between migrating new-comers and the native populations they

encountered often became violent, the ability to shoot several rounds before reloading was an important asset. Since pistols were easier to carry than a large rifle, westerners often carried more than one, thus increasing the duration of continuous fire.

In 1848, the rifle that would eventually surpass the Hawken as the premier heavy caliber, long range rifle, was developed

by Christian Sharps. Like the Colt revolver, the Sharps rifle expanded on an earlier innovation – breach loading in this case. A breach loading mechanism allowed bullets and powder to be inserted directly to the firing chamber rather than being forced down the front of the barrel with a ramrod. This technology, along with the eventual introduction of the paper cartridge, and later the metallic cartridge, meant faster and more reliable loading. The shorter carbine version of the rifle became the standard cavalry issue firearm at the close of the Civil War. The Sharps rifle began with a good design and was updated and revised as needed over the years.

One of the most remarkable shots ever recorded was accomplished with the 1874 version of the Sharps buffalo gun.

A large force of Comanche, under the leadership of Quanah Parker, laid siege to Adobe Walls, a trading post in the Texas Panhandle. During a lull in the fighting, on the second day of the siege, a party of warriors was seen on a distant bluff, about a mile away. One of the defenders, buffalo hunter Billy Dixon, borrowed a Sharps and shot one of the Indians off his horse, causing the others to depart for safer ground. A team of Army surveyors later measured Dixon’s shot at 1,538 yards (nine tenths of a mile).

Red Cloud’s War in Powder River Country introduced the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne to two major innovations in weaponry. In December of 1866, during the engagement known as the Fetterman Massacre, the Indians were armed mostly with bow and arrows, but were able to exploit an inherent weakness in the muzzle-loading rifles used by the soldiers.

A few warriors goaded the soldiers into firing a volley, and the rest stormed the ridge while the soldiers were busy reloading.

This was very effective except for one cluster of rocks on the most exposed section of the soldier’s line, where it seemed two defenders not only didn’t need to reload their rifles, but were firing so fast the warriors were unable to do much more than stay under cover.

Two civilians from the fort had accompanied Captain Fetterman’s ill-fated detail, armed with what the Confederates called “that damned Yankee rifle that they load on Sunday and shoot all week!” It was the

Gamechangers of the Frontier

The Hawken, Sharps .50, and Henry .44 were all ground-breaking in their own right as each made their debut on the frontier during separate decades.

Henry .44 lever-action, repeating rifle, the precursor to the Winchester 1866 – the first of many Winchester repeater models. Eventually the Henry’s ran out of bullets and the two riflemen were overwhelmed, but they had inflicted more Indian casualties than most of the soldiers who died with them, combined.

That summer, the Indians were in for another nasty surprise during the Hayfield Fight and the Wagon Box Fight. The Army had replaced the obsolete muzzle-loaders with the Springfield Model 1866 trapdoor breach-loader. The trapdoor loading mechanism was even faster to reload than the dropblock mechanism used on the Sharps carbines. This allowed for a much faster reload time, which proved lethal to the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne.

The Winchester Repeating Arms Company improved on the Henry .44 design with the Winchester Model 1866 rifle, and the Winchester ’73 was a further refinement of the same basic design. In the 1873 version the rifle was chambered for a .44-40 cartridge, and was mass-produced on a large scale, making it one of the most attainable rifles in the West, and thus one of the most widely used. Adding to its popularity was the introduction of the Colt “Frontier Model” single-action revolver that was chambered for the same ammunition. The well-armed plainsman could

now load both his rifle and his pistol from one ammunition pouch.

In 1872, a military board was convened to find a replacement for the popular Sharps .50 cavalry carbine. The board was supervised by General Alfred H. Terry, Commander of the Seventh Cavalry. One of the officers selected to the board was Major Marcus Reno, also of the Seventh Cavalry. The board settled on a new version of Springfield carbine, based on the successful trapdoor design. Meanwhile, the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne were acquiring Henry and Winchester repeaters.

In 1876, on the banks of the Little Big Horn River, two opposing forces squared off for an unofficial “field-test” of western firearms. One opponent, the Seventh Cavalry, under the command of Colonel George A. Custer, was armed with the Springfield 1873 .45-70 trapdoor carbine. The other opponent, a confederation of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho, was armed with a wide variety of weaponry, including many Henry .44 and Winchester repeaters. It was not a good day for the Springfield.

Nearly half of the Seventh Cavalry lost their lives, including Col. Custer and the five companies under his command. It was the single biggest defeat of the U. S. military at the hands of American Indians, and much of the blame was cast on the Springfield 1873 carbine. It was

found that the trapdoor mechanism tended to get jammed when the rifle heated up from frequent and continuous firing.

Ironically, much of the blame was also levied against Major Marcus Reno, who commanded the other half of the Seventh Cavalry, whose lives were saved, thanks, in large part, to the Springfield 1873 carbine.

As it turns out, the problem with jamming was not the fault of the weapon or its trapdoor mechanism. It was the ammunition – more specifically the copper shell casing. Copper expands when hot, and the cheaper, thinner copper shells the military had purchased expanded in heat more than usual. This flaw was later addressed with the issuance of brass-cartridge ammunition.

The Springfield 1873 .45-70, and its later revisions and modifications, saw continuous use with the U. S. cavalry for many years after the Little Big Horn, including the Spanish American War. Eventually it was replaced by bolt-action rifles in the early 20th Century.

Firearms, both for hunting and for personal protection, continued to be essential tools on the High Plains well into the 20th Century. While the Winchester ’73 was undoubtedly a very popular weapon of the West, it was no more instrumental in the “winning” of the West than any of the other firearms listed here.

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