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March 25, 2015

Governor to Mark Wyoming’s 5th Veterans Welcome Home Day

This Week’s Highlights

• Norovirus Not Just for Cruise Ships ............................. Page 2 • First Sage Grouse Conservation Bank .................. Page 3 • Explore Night at Gillette College......................... Page 4 • PRC: Count No Account Rides Again .............................. Page 5 • Bold Republic: Hoping Lawsuit Fails ............... Page 8 • Cole Sports Report .............. Page 14

On Friday, March 27, Governor Matt Mead will travel to events in several areas thanking veterans for their service and welcoming home veterans who did not receive a proper reception after serving. From the start of his time in office, Governor Mead has joined the Wyoming Veterans Commission to commemorate “Wyoming Veterans Welcome Home Day.” The day of welcoming was added to state law in 2011.

All Wyoming veterans are invited to attend. Military personnel, surviving spouses of veterans and family members are also invited.

“I look forward to this day each year – Wyoming cares deeply for its veterans and these events provide an opportunity to show we care,” Governor Mead said. “Our veterans deserved to come home to a supportive nation. I am proud to be able to take part in this welcome home.”

• Ceremonies in Evanston will begin at 8:30 am at 1440 Main Street • Ceremonies in Pinedale will begin at 11:00 am at the Sublette

Photo by Clint Burton

Casper College cowboy Garrett Reid attempts to wrestle his steer at the Gillette College Rodeo.

Open House for Proposed Aquatic Park he City of Gillette’s Engineering Division is holding a Public Open House on April 1st, 2015 at 6pm.

The purpose of this open

house is to inform the public about the possibilities for the design of an outdoor aquatic facility in Gillette. The Public Open House will be held at the

City West Facility at 611 N. Exchange Avenue.

For more information contact the City of Gillette Engineering Division at (307) 686-5265.

Lower Taxes on April 1st - It’s No Joke

By Dan Ekberg Gillette’s 1% sales tax that began in October of 2011 will be coming to an end on April 1st 2015. No, this isn’t an April Fool’s Day joke. The multi-million dollar project has been collecting money in the county since October 2011 as a 1% excise tax to pay back a loan obtained for the Madison Pipeline Project.

This county sales tax

"Crushing The Competition"

is “sun-setting” a full 18 months before the scheduled loan payment is required which will drop the sales tax from 6% to 5%.

This is also six months ahead of the original four year estimated time frame for collecting the amount.

Geno Palazzari, the City of Gillette’s new Communications Manager recalled, “Of the different funding sources that were used to fund the Madison Pipeline and Gillette Regional Water Supply Project, we had a 1/3 cash match, that we had to fulfill. And that is why we put to vote for the capital facilities tax.”

The excise tax is to sunset at the nearest quarter after the amount of $110 million, the total amount required for all projects, had been collected. The loan will be paid once the Madison pipeline water project has been completed. “That’s what our obligation as Gillette/ Campbell County had to come up with to pay for it,” Palazzari said.

Tom Pitlick, the City’s Finance Director commented that any additional money gathered from the interest on the excise tax, “… will have to be used for the intended purpose of the tax, and go back to the

water project.”

The Gillette water project is scheduled to be completed in December of 2016. With Campbell County’s portion having been collected, there are currently no plans to reinstate the sun-setting sales tax. Palazzarie said, “If another project comes along, the city, the county both entities, whomever, and they feel it’s needed and that the constituency wants it, then once again it would be put to a vote by the citizens of Gillette and Campbell County, if they want it. Once this is done, it’s done.”

Palazzari said that the City is very happy we were able to collect the needed amount from the excise sales tax so early. “We certainly want to thank everyone for shopping locally, that’s how this happened, and we thank everybody for doing that!”

So, on April first, as you notice a less taxes on your purchases, you can give a sigh of relief, knowing that you’re not being pranked but your local shopping has benefited the city and the county by bringing another clean water source to Gillette and Campbell County

County Library, 155 S. Tyler Avenue • Ceremonies in Rawlins will begin at 2:30 pm at the Jeffrey Center at 3rd and Spruce This year’s ceremonies will feature remarks by Governor Matt Mead, Major General Luke Reiner, the Adjutant General of Wyoming, and Veterans Commission Vice Chairman Lee Alley, a Distinguished Service Cross recipient of the Vietnam War. Local officials and veterans from the community will also be speaking. Receiving lines will be formed so Wyoming residents can join the effort to thank our veterans.

“Wyoming veterans who served and sacrificed will be thanked for their efforts and welcomed home. It is never too late to say ‘thank you,’” said Al Ellefson, Chairman of the Wyoming Veterans Commission.

All Wyoming communities are encouraged to host celebrations to honor Wyoming veterans who may not have been thanked for their service or properly welcomed home.

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Goshen County Economic Development Executive Director Joins Business Council isa Johnson, a 22-year economic development professional, is the Wyoming Business Council’s new Southeast Wyoming regional director.

Johnson will work on the front lines with businesses, local governments and local economic development organizations in Goshen, Laramie, Albany and Platte counties. She will assist in business retention, expansion and recruitment, and deliver the many Business Council programs and services.

She replaces Tom Johnson (no relation), who was promoted to the Business Council’s newly created chief performance officer position in February.

Lisa Johnson worked closely with the Business Council while serving as executive director of the Goshen County Economic Development Corporation since 2008. She spearheaded various industrial, entrepreneurial, rural development and main street strategies. Goshen County realized 861 new jobs in 2008-13.

“I am excited to join the team at the Wyoming Business Council,” Johnson said. “Our state has a lot to offer, and I hope to help communities in Southeast Wyoming reach their full potential.”

Johnson has worked in communities of 400 to 40,000 people and is equally skilled at planning urban and rural economic devel-

opment projects.

“Lisa brings invaluable experience to this position,” Business Council Chief Executive Officer Shawn Reese said. “She has an incredible performance record in helping develop rural areas and cities alike. She has been a leader amongst Wyoming’s economic development professionals. We are very excited to have Lisa as part of the Business Council team.”

Johnson earned a bachelor’s in communications, magna cum laude, from Eastern New Mexico University, and graduated from the University of Oklahoma’s Economic Development Institute. She worked in economic development

at the director level in Clovis, New Mexico, and Fort Morgan, Colorado, prior to marrying a Wyoming rancher and moving to LaGrange in 2003. Johnson ran her own public relations and organizational development consulting firm before joining the Goshen County Economic Development Corporation seven years ago.

She served as president of the Wyoming Economic Development Association in 2014. She is also a 2014 graduate of Leadership Wyoming.

Johnson will be based out of Torrington. She is scheduled to join the Business Council in midApril.

Speech and Debate State Results

The Speech and Debate State Competition was held in Buffalo, with 34 schools attending. The event had competitions running for three days, March 12-14.

Lucas Davis won first place of

55 contestants in Lincoln Douglas Debate. Taylor Mowery won first place of 46 contestants in Original Oratory. Lucas Davis won fourth place of 59 contestants in Extemporaneous Speaking.

Rebecca Gray made it into the top 12 of 40 for Humor. Alajandro Lorea and Rebecca Gray were in the top 12 of 46 duet teams. In all, this year, 13 kids of the team totaling 40+ chose to complete

the requirements for a chance to compete in the State Tournament.

Lucas Davis and Taylor Mowery were awarded All States for their year in review.

Norovirus Not Just for Cruise Ships

Norovirus, a common but sometimes misunderstood stomach bug, is circulating in several communities around the state, according to reports received by the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH).

Norovirus, also sometimes described as the “cruise ship virus,” is spread when people eat or drink contaminated food and beverages, touch surfaces contaminated with the virus or through close contact with someone who is already sick. “This virus is very contagious and can survive for a long time,” said Tiffany Lupcho, WDH surveillance epidemiologist.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes norovirus is the nation’s most common source of gastrointestinal illness. An estimated 19-21 million people get sick with norovirus each year. WDH currently has reports of increased norovirus activity in Wyoming “But it’s not just limited to cruise

ships,” Lupcho said. “Norovirus can spread in many different settings, including in our homes.”

Lupcho said about half of foodborne illness cases are due to norovirus. “Many people automatically assume their symptoms are due to ‘spoiled food’ from the last restaurant they visited,” she said. “What happens more often is people get sick when they eat food or drink beverages that have been contaminated by someone else who is ill whether at home or in a restaurant, school or assisted living facility.”

“If an ill food handler, for example, touches food, utensils or even just a door knob after experiencing diarrhea or vomiting, we may see a restaurantrelated outbreak,” Lupcho said.

“Norovirus also spreads easily in settings where a lot of people are concentrated together.”

“While illness caused by norovirus can happen any time of year, it is seen in Wyoming most often

during winter and spring,” Lupcho said.

People who are sick with norovirus may experience nausea, vomiting, watery diarrhea, stomach cramps, fatigue and dehydration. A rapid onset of illness often begins between 12 to 48 hours after a person has been exposed to the virus. The symptoms usually last from one to three days and go away without causing long-term problems. However, this illness can be serious in those who become severely dehydrated. Infants, young children, immune compromised persons, and persons who are unable to care for themselves, such as the disabled or elderly, are at higher risk for dehydration and may need hospitalization.

Steps to help prevent illness recommended by WDH include: • Frequently wash hands, especially after using the restroom, after changing diapers, and before eating or preparing food.

• If ill, stay home from work and school, especially if employed in food-handling, healthcare, or child care.

• Thoroughly clean and disinfect contaminated surfaces immediately after an episode of vomiting or diarrhea by using a solution of one cup household bleach per 1 gallon of water and letting the solution sit for one minute. Always follow the manufacturer’s safety precautions.

• mmediately remove and wash clothing or linens that may be contaminated with the virus after an episode of illness (use hot water and soap).

• Flush or discard any vomit and/or poop in the toilet and make sure the surrounding area is kept clean.

• Ill persons should take extra care to avoid the possible spread of the virus to others, by minimizing contact with other persons while ill and practicing good hygiene.

Flushing Flows Improve Trout Habitat in North Platte and Bighorn Rivers Flushing flows designed to maintain and improve important trout habitats on the North Platte River near Casper and the Bighorn River near Thermopolis are now underway.

During the flushing flow period, the North Platte River below Gray Reef Reservoir and the Bighorn River below Boysen are subjected to increases and decreases in the amount of water released from these two reservoirs. The increased flows have the effect of removing fine sediments from fish spawning areas with a direct benefit to fish spawning habitats.

Sediment removal also increases the production of invertebrates that fish depend on for food.

Flushing flows are accomplished thanks to the Bureau of Reclamation who is responsible for flow variations during the flush-

ing flow time period. These flows have taken place on the North Platte River since 1995 and on the Bighorn River since 2005.

“Data show these flows are important to trout spawning and to the numbers of trout in the North Platte,” said Matt Hahn, fisheries biologist for the Casper region. “In the past, the trout population has fallen to less than 400 trout per mile, even with stocking. Since annual flushing flows began in 1995, the trout population averages over 3,500 per mile and stocking has been eliminated upstream of Casper.”

This year flows on the North Platte began on March 16 and will continue for 10 days. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department cautions sportsmen to be aware of sizeable increases in water

flows during this period.

Flows will increase from approximately 500 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 4,000 cfs and will then gradually decrease back to 500 cfs each day, with the maximum flow occurring between 3-9 a.m. The schedule will be repeated through March 25. Those using the river during the flushing flow should consider the fluctuating water levels and be aware that areas that can be waded effectively at 500 cfs may not be safe at 4,000 cfs.

After March 25, the flows below Gray Reef Dam will then be stabilized at approximately 500 cfs for the remainder of the month.

Biologists will be collecting spawning habitat data pre-flush, after five cycles, and post-flush. The data will be used to evaluate the value of five and 10 cycles to determine if the

additional cycles provide additional benefits.

On the Bighorn River, flushing flows will take place March 24-26. The Bureau of Reclamation will begin releasing additional water from Boysen Reservoir causing flows in the river below Boysen Dam to fluctuate from 925 cfs to 5,000 cfs. Beginning March 24 at 2 a.m., flows released from the dam will increase to 3,000 cfs and further increase to 5,000 cfs at approximately 7 a.m.

Flows will remain at 5,000 cfs for 10 hours before being gradually reduced to 925 cfs by approximately 11 a.m. March 25. Those wading or floating the river at this time should be aware of the potential dangers related to flushing flows. Areas that can be waded effectively at 900 cfs may not be accessible at 5,000 cfs.

As with the North Platte River, flushing flows on the Bighorn have dramatically improved wild rainbow trout recruitment in the river.

Flushing flows are normally scheduled for completion in March to avoid any impacts to spawning rainbow trout.

Wyoming Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.0% in January 2015 The Research & Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reported today that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell significantly from 4.2% in December 2014 to 4.0% in January 2015 (the estimated number of unemployed individuals decreased by 578). Wyoming’s unemployment rate was lower than its January 2014 level of 4.3% and significantly lower than the January 2015 U.S. unemployment rate of 5.7%. Seasonally adjusted employment of Wyoming residents increased very slightly, rising by an estimated 340 individuals (0.1%) from December to January.

Most county unemployment rates followed their normal seasonal pattern and increased from December to January. Unemployment often increases in January

because of seasonal job losses in many sectors, including construction, retail trade, and professional & business services. The largest over-the-month unemployment rate increases occurred in Johnson (up from 4.8% to 6.2%), Lincoln (up from 5.3% to 6.4%), and Weston (up from 3.1% to 4.1%) counties.

Teton County’s unemployment rate fell from 5.0% in December to 4.3% in January.

From January 2014 to January 2015, unemployment rates fell in 20 counties and rose slightly in three counties. The largest decreases were seen in Big Horn (down from 6.1% to 4.9%), Uinta (down from 6.0% to 5.1%), Washakie (down from 5.7% to 4.9%), Teton (down from 5.1% to 4.3%), and Natrona (down from 5.2 to 4.4%) counties.

Unemployment rates increased

slightly in Sublette (up from 5.2% to 5.4%), Johnson (up from 6.1% to 6.2%), and Weston (up from 4.0% to 4.1%) counties.

Lincoln County (6.4%) posted the highest unemployment rate in January. It was followed by Fremont (6.2%), Johnson (6.2%), Park (5.6%), and Sheridan (5.6%) counties. The lowest unemployment rates were found in Converse (3.5%), Niobrara (3.6%), Goshen (3.8%), Campbell (3.8%), and Albany (3.8%) counties.

Total nonfarm employment (measured by place of work) rose from 281,600 in January 2014 to 286,800 in January 2015, a gain of 5,200 jobs (1.8%).

Research & Planning has scheduled the February employment news release for March 31, 2015.

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Celebrate National Arbor Day by Planting Trees ational Arbor Day is Friday, April 24, this year, and the Arbor Day Foundation is making it easy for anyone to celebrate the annual tree-planting holiday. Join the Foundation in April and receive 10 free shade trees.

By joining the Foundation in

April, new members receive the following trees: red oak, sugar maple, weeping willow, baldcypress, thornless honeylocust, pin oak, river birch, tuliptree, silver maple, and red maple.

The free trees are part of the Foundation’s Trees for America campaign.

“These trees provide shade in the summer and vibrant colors throughout the fall,” said Matt Harris, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “Through the simple act of planting trees, one person can make a difference in helping to create a healthier and more beautiful

planet for all of us to enjoy.”

The trees will be shipped postpaid with enclosed planting instructions at the right time for planting in April or May. The 6to 12-inch trees are guaranteed to grow or they will be replaced free of charge.

To become a member of the

Foundation and receive the free trees, send a $10 contribution to TEN FREE SHADE TREES, Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Avenue, Nebraska City, NE 68410, byApril 30, 2015, or visit arborday.org/april.

Nation’s First Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Bank Governor Matt Mead, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Sweetwater River Conservancy announced the launch of the nation’s first conservation bank for greater sage-grouse today. The bank will consist of an expanse of land in central Wyoming that contains key sage-grouse habitat and robust sage-grouse population. The bank provides conservation credits allowing energy development and other activities to proceed on lands elsewhere in the state.

The conservation bank is located on private Wyoming ranchland, including a 55,000acre working cattle ranch - the Pathfinder Ranch. As the demand for credits grows, the bank could expand to 700,000 acres using lands owned, or managed by the Sweetwater River Conservancy.

“We continue to lead the nation, demonstrating that energy, the environment and the economy working together can complement each other.

Private landowners, industry

and conservationists along with state and federal agencies have worked together on this innovative conservation plan. It conserves habitat while facilitating oil and gas, mining and other economic drivers in Wyoming,” Governor Mead said. “I thank the Sweetwater River Conservancy and all the groups that took part.”

In 2010, the Service determined that the greater sagegrouse warranted protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), but was precluded

by higher priorities. Since then, a remarkable, broad-based coalition of different disciplines has come together across the bird’s 165 million-acre, 11-state range to address threats and prevent the need for a listing. Market-based mitigation tools, for example, conservation banks - and the financial incentives they provide - are valuable for conserving the habitat required for abundant, well-distributed sage-grouse populations.

Most of the Sweetwater River

Conservancy Greater SageGrouse Conservation Bank is classified as a sage-grouse core area by the State of Wyoming.

“For this effort to work, the BLM, Forest Service and other land managers must be a full partner allowing the credits to be used and establishing clear guidelines for projects to proceed. Using credits as an offset paves the way for effective management of sage-grouse and other species,” Governor Mead said.

Superintendent Balow Announces Additions to Team State Superintendent Jillian Balow announces the final three members of her executive leadership team. Kari Eakins will be joining as Division of Communications Director; Lisa Weigel will be the Division of Individual Learning Director, and Rob Bryant returns to the Department to be the Division of School Support Director.

“In addition to promoting from within and stabilizing the Department’s existing workforce, one of my primary goals upon taking office was to recruit the best and brightest from our Wyoming school districts and private sector to

work at the Department.

These three individuals are the final piece of that puzzle and I could not be more excited to welcome them on board. Their collective expertise in media, business, and education leadership is invaluable to our efforts at the Department,” said Superintendent Balow.

Kari Eakins leaves her post as Assistant News Director for the Cowboy State News Network in Cheyenne where she hosts and produces programming, serves as a local and state government policy analyst, and manages business responsi-

bilities. Eakins is a native of Lingle and holds a B.A. in Media Communications from Bethel University. In 2014 Eakins was recognized by the Wyoming Association of Broadcasters as one of the Best News Reporters in Large Market Radio Reports.

Lisa Weigel leaves her post as Special Education Director for Converse County School District #1. She holds a B.S. in Elementary/Special Education from Chadron State College and a M.A. in Special Education from the University of Wyoming. She also has an Administrative Endorsement

in K-12 and Education Specialist Superintendent Endorsement from Chadron State College. Active in the educational community and recognized as a leader, Weigel’s school was named Wyoming Title 1 Distinguished School for 2014-2015 from the Wyoming Elementary and Middle School Principals Association.

She has served on the Wyoming Child and Family Board of Directors for 12 years, Boys and Girls Club of America Board of Directors for three years, the Governor’s Early Intervention Council, and was a two-time President of the

Wyoming Association of Special Education Administrators.

Rob Bryant will return to the Department, leaving his current post of Business Services Director for Laramie County School District #2. Bryant holds both a Masters and Bachelors of Science in Finance from the University of Wyoming. His past service at the Department was as the School Foundation Program Supervisor where he oversaw annual distributions in excess of $700 million annually. Bryant has also worked at the Wyoming Department of Audit and

bell and Mike Campbell.

Edmond enjoyed camping, fishing, barbequing and spending time with his family and his grandchildren who live in Wyoming, Texas and Colorado.

He also enjoyed watching football, Western shows, and taking naps.

Edmond is survived by his siblings, Dorothy Campbell Thompson of Lebanon, Oregon and Katherine Campbell Desjarlais of Calgary, Alberta; his children, Becky (Dewayne) Stout of Andrews, TX, Bobby (Michelle) Campbell of Gillette, WY and Mike (Tracy) Campbell of Greeley, Colorado; grandchildren, Amanda (Reggie) Schrank of Gillette, Becca Stout of Andrews, Texas, Brittany Campbell of Gillette, and Dalton Campbell of Greeley Colorado.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Edmond and Wauneta (Sherrill) Campbell; and his brother, Roy Campbell.

The family requests that memorials be made to Close to Home Hospice House in Edmond’s name.

Memorials and condo-

lences may also be sent in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel 210 West 5th Street, Gillette, WY 82716 or via website: www.gillettememorialchapel.com

managed a small business in Laramie.

“I want to commend Montgomery Broadcasting, Laramie County #2, and Converse County #1 for sharing their talented staff members with the rest of the state. I am pleased to have Kari, Lisa, and Rob join my administration and work shoulder to shoulder with me to move education forward in Wyoming,” added Balow.

Obituaries

Jacqueline Troups

Funeral Services for Jacqueline R. Toups were held Thursday, March 19, at Blanche Beck ChapelPioneer Manor, Vickie Kissack officiating. Jacqueline R. Toups, age 80, passed away on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at Close to Home Hospice House.

Jacqueline R. (Robbins) Toups was born on May 19, 1934 in Aspermont, Texas to Myrtie Mae (Coleman) and Jack Allen Robbins. Jacqueline attended school in Aspermont, Texas, graduating from Aspermont High School in 1950. She married the love of her life, Harry J. Toups on August 15, 1950.

Jacqueline graduated from cosmetology school shortly after graduating from high school. Jacqueline and Harry had one daughter, Susan. Jacqueline worked in retail cloth-

ing at an exclusive boutique in Fort Worth, Texas.

She was a member of the Handley Baptist Church in Fort Worth. After Harry’s passing in 2008, Jacqueline lived a year longer in Texas and then decided to move to Gillette in 2009 to be closer to her sister.

She was a resident of the Pioneer Manor, where she enjoyed playing Bingo and the live music that was provided by the manor.

Jacqueline is survived by her daughter, Susan (Benjie) McKinely; grandsons, Hunter and Colton McKinley; sister, Wanda (Frank) Rambin; nieces, Jackie (Ken) Adair, Judy (Dan) Fritzler; nephew, Jed Rambin; along with numerous great- neices, great-nephews and cousins.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Harry J. Toups; her parents, Jack Allen Robbins and Myrtie Mae Robbins; brother, Bill W. Robbins; and half-sister, Billie Franklin.

The family requests that memorials be made to Pioneer Manor Activities Fund or Close to Home Hospice in Jacqueline’s name. Memorials and condolences may be sent in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel 210 West 5th Street, Gillette, WY 82716 or via website: www.gillettememorialchapel.com

Ed Campbell

Funeral Services for Ed Campbell were held Wednesday, March 18, at Gillette Memorial Chapel, Pastor Bill Morel officiating. Edmond Jr. Campbell, age 75, of Gillette died on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at Close to Home Hospice, due to years of health complications.

Edmond Jr. Campbell was born on July 10, 1939 in Cascade, Idaho to Edmond and Wauneta (Sherrill) Campbell. He was raised in Lebanon, Oregon. Edmond married Sharon (Townsend) Campbell on June 8, 1970. The couple had three children, Becky Stout, Bobby Camp-

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Veteran of the Month

Petranek was born in in White River and attended college at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, and received his BS degree in 1942.

At graduation, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant with the R.O.T.C. program. He was then assigned to the 34th Infantry Division. His first assignment was at Oran, Algeria, in Africa for about a month.

Then on to Bizerte, Tunisia, and then on to Naples, Italy where he was assigned to the 36th division as a platoon leader.

The 36th pushed to San Pietro with full combat against the Germans. In January 1944, Patranek was fighting with General Mark Clark’s 5th Army. He was with Company B of the 143rd Regiment on January 20th and 21. Those were two terror-packed days of bloody attempts to cross the treacherous Rapido River. This fight decimated the 141st and the 143rd Infantry Regiments.

On February 10, 1944, near Monte Cassino, Patranek was hit by mortar fragments in his left shoulder and returned to Naples for hospitalization.

After three weeks, he returned to his same unit and reorganized for the Anzio

Beachhead assault.

May 18, 1944, was the breakout attack where they engaged in artillery, tank, and infantry warfare at the last German defense before Rome.

Rome fell to our forces the day before D-Day, June 5th, 1944, and Patranek was among those who marched into the city. After that, they pushed northward to Grosseto where they were relieved and they moved back to Naples to prepare for the invasion of France.

Early in 1945, the 36th Division began to move again, with Patranek now a First Lieutenant and Company Commander of CO. B. Patranek could see the Rhine River near Oberhoffen,

when he was wounded for the fourth time on February 10, 1945. His right hip was shattered, his hearing permanently impaired from close cannon fire. He was at Barnes until October 12, 1945. He was then assigned to limited active duty as a company executive officer at Camp Roberts, CA, from October 1945 to July 1946 when Ed received a medical discharge.

Medals received include: •The Silver Star •The Purple Heart with 3 oak leaf clusters •The Bronze Star with cluster for meritorious service •Infantry Combat Badge •The Victory

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Medal •European Theater Combat Ribbon with 4 stars •Invasion Arrowhead •American Campaign Medal •Infantry Combat Medal •He also received the French Legion of Honor medal on behalf of the government of France in recognition for his “valorous action during World War II.” After his honorable discharge, he went home to Gillette and Sundance for a time, then was hired as a high school principal and coach at Colome, SD. He and his wife then moved to Vermillion where Petranek worked toward his master’s degree at the University of South Dakota, and their son, Rodney, was born there in 1950. Petranek taught until retirement in 1979.

Gillette College to Host Explore Night for Public The public is invited to Gillette College’s upcoming Explore Night for Arts and Sciences, Thursday, March 26.

The event will start in the Main Building at 6 p.m. Attendants will have the opportunity to learn more about Gillette College’s academic programs, particularly

arts and sciences.

It is free and open to the public.

“Explore Nights are a great way for people in the community to come see our campus and learn more about our careerfocused programs,” said Micah Olsen, Gillette College director of admissions. “Graduates of our

arts and sciences programs have gone on to a variety of careers, ranging from biologists, teachers, business associates and probation officers. We encourage the public to come see what we have to offer.”

Gillette College will host an additional Explore Night for Health

Sciences on Thursday, April 30.

On Feb. 26, the college hosted Explore Night for Career and Technical Education programs.

For more information, contact GC admissions officials Micah Olsen at 686-0254, ext. 1450, or Kristen LaDuke, at ext. 1457.

Yard Waste Facility Opens Early he City of Gillette’s Utilities Department opened the Yard Waste Drop-Off site on Saturday, March 21st. The recent warm weather has resulted in a large number of citizen requests to drop off their yard waste at the facility sooner than anticipated. It was originally slated to open on April 6th. The Yard Waste Drop-Off site is located at the Waste Water Treatment Facility at 3101 S. Garner Lake Road. There is no cost

to drop off yard waste.

Drop-Off Center Guidelines: Customers are responsible for unloading their vehicles.

Yard waste only; NO TRASH. Please place materials in their designated areas.

Place plastic bags in one of the dumpsters located on-site.

No sod, dirt, sand or stones.

Exercise caution when driving in the drop-off center.

The City’s Curbside Collection Program for Yard Waste will begin Monday, April 13th and will run through Friday, November 13th. The fee for this program is $9.60 per month. If you would like to participate in the Curbside Collection Program, contact Customer Service at (307) 686-5206.

Joke of the week

Featured Crime Arson (March 14)

Crime Stoppers needs your help in solving an arson that occurred on 03/14/2015 at 0840 hours, in the alley of the 800 block between East 3rd and East 4th Streets.

At this time Unknown suspect(s) started a fire in the cab of a white 1988 Ford Pickup. Several items were located outside of the vehicle that leads investigators to believe the fire was intentionally set.

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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Three Scots and three Irishmen are traveling by train to a conference. At the station, the three Irishmen each buy tickets and watch as the three Scots buy only a single ticket.

“How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?” asks an Irishman. “Watch and you’ll see,” answers a Scot.

They all board the train. The Irishmen take their respective seats but all three Scots cram into a bathroom and close the door behind them. Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor comes around collecting tickets. He knocks on the bathroom door and says, “Ticket, please.” The door opens just a crack and a single arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on. The Irishmen see this and agree it was quite a clever idea.

So after the conference, the Irishmen decide to copy the Scots on the return trip and save some money (being clever with money, and all that). When they get to the station, they buy a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the Scots don’t buy a ticket at all.

“How are you going to travel without a ticket?” says one perplexed Irishman. Watch and you’ll see,” answers a Scot.

When they board the train the three Irishmen cram into a bathroom and the three Scots cram into another one nearby. The train departs.

Shortly afterwards, one of the Scots leaves his bathroom and walks over to the bathroom where the Irishmen are hiding. He knocks on the door and says, “Ticket, please.”

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Up, Up, and Away with Vertical Planting

By Sandra Aberle hen your garden space is limited and your aspirations are high, simply look up! Double or triple your growing capacity by adding vertical gardening to your limited area by using fences, stakes, trellis’ and more. Open the possibilities by stepping out of the two-dimensional garden space and think 3D, view your garden as a cube verses and linear plane. Look for extra spaces around your yard where you could add vertical gardening. If you only have an apartment balcony, how much cubic feet do you have verses square feet for growing? Can a square foot of garden space turn into six cubic feet? Yes. You are probably using vertical gardening to a small extent and do not even realize. How do you grow your tomatoes, peas, or cucumbers? Most gardeners grow them vertically to save space and to keep the vegetables off the ground.

Some of the benefits of growing up are: 1. Weeding is easier 2. More sunlight and air flow through plants.

3. Easier to find pests.

4. More produce and easier to collect.

5. Less disease and fungus.

When you grow up there are many things to remember. First, the soil must be healthy. Add compost to your soil, water wisely, mulch after the soil has warmed up and make sure what you use to hold up your vertical plants is strong enough for the plant and the produce.

Wood, metal, plastic, and bamboo are great materials for growing up. Add string, twine or rope. Use ties, clips and slings to support both the plants and its

produce. Use items you have in your house. Why buy ties when you have that old tee shirt in the rag bag. Cut it into strips and tie your plants up with that.

Grow your peas up an old bicycle or garden gate. Use your old nylons to hold up melons on your trellis. As the melons grow the nylon stretches.

Take Bamboo or tree limbs to make a teepee. Stacked cinder blocks can make an interesting vertical herb garden. Use homemade upside down planters out of a 5 gallon buckets for tomatoes, peppers, and strawberries. A cloth shoe bag attached to a fence can grow herbs and edible flowers. Window boxes can be used to grow veggies instead of flowers.

When you hang baskets, double stack them.

Raised beds can help your back and warm the soil up earlier in the year.

Grow your potatoes in a tater tower that is 4x4x4 feet. A large plastic garbage can works for this also. A 55 gallon plastic drum can be purchased with holes in the sides for growing your own salad bar. Rain gutters can be used to grow strawberries.

Some of the vegetables that can be grown up are beans, peas, tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, squash, gourds, sweet potatoes, regular potatoes, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, grapes, kiwis, and salad green. In containers grow, beets, broccoli, cabbage, eggplants, garlic, lettuce, herbs, onions, leeks, peppers, radish, spinach, and Swiss chard, along with edible flowers.

Well talk with you next week and good gardening.

The Dinner Bell

By Holly Galloway

With Spring still deciding what it wants to do temperature wise, I still want a good bowl of soup in the evening. The following is easy and delicious.

Toscana in a Crockpot

1 lb. Sausage (spicy or mild) 2 Cloves of Garlic, minced 1 Large Onion, chopped 16 ounces Chicken Broth 1 C. Heavy Cream 3 Medium Potatoes, cut into bite size pieces ½ C. Bacon Bits 2 C. Kale or Swiss chard, chopped 1 Quart Water Brown the sausage in a skillet.

Place the cooked sausage, broth water, garlic, potatoes and onion into a slow cooker. Cook on high for 5 hours.

Turn to low, keep warm and add the kale.

Replace the lid for 5 minutes.

Stir in the cream and warm.

Enjoy.

Now for a wonderful cake recipe that is good at any time of the year!

Pumpkin Bars

4 Eggs 1 2/3 C Sugar 1 C. Cooking Oil 1 Can of Pumpkin 2 C. Flour (I use Grandpa’s Kitchen Gluten Free) 2 tsp Baking Powder 2 tsp. Cinnamon 1 tsp Salt 1 tsp Baking Soda Mix the eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin well. Then carefully add the rest and combine. Pour into a 9x13 baking pan and bake for 60 minutes at 350 degrees.

The cream cheese frosting that you can put on this cake is delicious.

1 Package of Cream Cheese ¼ C Butter 1 tsp. Vanilla 2 C. Powdered Sugar Blend well. Frost the cake when it has cooled.

Most people who lived through the era we call the “Old West” acquired plenty of adventurous exploits to fascinate younger generations for hours on end. But Charles De Rudio (1832-1910) had more adventures than any t e n m e n c o m bined, a n d m o s t h a p pened before he ever set foot w e s t of the Mississippi River.

T h e tales that De Rudio told his grandchildren (and anyone else who stood still long enough to get into a conversation with him) seemed too fantastic to be believed. And indeed, most of his colleagues, as well as a great deal of modern historians, did not.

But, unlike the “authentic” autobiographies of notable westerners such as Calamity Jane, Bill Hickok and Liver Eating Johnston (Jerimiah Johnson), written by fiction writers and filled with half-truths and outright lies, most of what De Rudio claimed turned out to be essentially true.

Carlo Camillo Di Rudio was born in Belluno, located at the foot of the Dolomites in northeastern Italy in 1832. Being the younger son of Count Aquila di Rudio, Carlo was born into aristocratic privilege. At this time, Italy was divided into vassal states under the control of various European powers. Belluno was in the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia, controlled by Austria-Hungary. Carlo was educated at a prestigious Austrian military academy in Milan.

The year 1848, which became known as the Spring of Nations, saw armed upheaval through much of Europe, including an effort to oust the Austrians from northern Italy. Fifteen-yearold Carlo left the Austrian academy to fight for the cause of his homeland.

Carlo participated in the defense of Rome and Venice, but the revolution was quelled within the year, and De Rudio was forced to flee the country, as did many of his compatriots.

While attempting to sail to America, De Rudio was shipwrecked off the coast of Spain. His survival proved to be the first in a long string of lucky escapes

from certain death for the young Italian.

He served on the staff of the notable Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi for a time, and was briefly imprisoned in France, where he discovered he was a wanted fugitive back in his native country for both desert i o n from the Austrian military acade m y , and for participation in the recent revolution. De Rudio m a n aged to escape the French and eventually found asylum in England with the help of another infamous Italian revolutionary leader, Giuseppe Mazzini.

In London, De Rudio married Eliza Booth, an ill-educated working-class girl many years his junior.

This marriage survived De Rudio’s many absences, and the couple eventually raised three daughters and two sons.

De Rudio, like many Italian exiles living in London, kept himself involved in the cause for Italian unification and independence. De Rudio had become devoted to the cause of his benefactor, Mazzini, who led the most extreme faction of the unification movement – terrorists, by today’s standards.

The Mazzini faction focused most of their pent-up hostility on France’s Napoleon III, seeing the emperor as a traitor to the cause.

But not every Italian emigre shared the sentiments of Mazzini’s La Giovine Italia movement, and in 1856, political intrigue between revolutionary factions took a deadly turn one night during a confrontation in which Carlo De Rudio found himself in the middle.

Carlo was among a party of expatriates frequenting the restaurant of fellow Italian, Louis Stucchi.

Among De Rudio’s party was a man named Rossi, who was, unknown to De Rudio, suspected of being a spy among the Mazzini faction. The group was joined by Henri Foschini, a known enforcer among the Italians. Rossi and Foschini left the restaurant together, but Rossi soon burst back through the door with Foschini close behind, stabbing Rossi repeatedly in the back with a stiletto. De Rudio and his companions

attempted to intervene, and three of them, including De Rudio found themselves lying on the floor with multiple stab wounds. Foschini escaped unharmed. Once again, De Rudio cheated death, although he was hospitalized for some time.

In 1858, Felice Orsini, Giuseppi Pieri, Antonio Gomez, and Carlo De Rudio tried unsuccessfully to assassinate Emporor Napoleon III as he and his wife were attending the Paris Opera. Three bombs were thrown at the royal carriage, killing eight people and wounding over 140.

The four would-be assassins were quickly arrested, tried, and convicted. Orsini, Pieri, and De Rudio were sentenced to death by guillotine, while Gomez was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Once again, luck intervened, and De Reudio’s death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

Although it’s highly doubtful that the reprieve came while De Rudio was being marched up the guillotine steps, as he later retold the episode, or that the petition for clemency was signed by “many members of the highest English nobility”, it is clear that some political strings had been pulled. De Rudio was now to spend his remaining years doing hard labor on the infamous penal colony in French Guiana, known as Devil’s Island.

Being sentenced to Devil’s Island was a form of prolonged execution, as the combination of hard labor, cruel guards, tropical

diseases, and the virtual impossibility of escape all but assured that no one ever left the island alive.

But against all odds, De Rudio did leave the island alive. On his second escape attempt, he and 12 other prisoners stole a boat and navigated over 1,000 miles of ocean to an English colony, where he was granted political asylum, and returned to England in 1860.

At this time, he officially changed his name from Carlo di Rudio to the anglicized “Charles De Rudio.”

He went on to exploit his gift of gab by entering the lecture circuit, where he gave highly embellished recounts of his many adventures. It’s doubtful that he had any inkling that his most notorious adventure on the plains of southern Montana was still to come.

De Rudio’s political and criminal past began to catch up to him. The failed assassination attempt was politically embarrassing for England and De Rudio was technically a wanted fugitive. Worse, he was making a living by bragging about it publicly. De Rudio was convinced by his associates that he needed a change of climate, far, far away from Europe. And so, in 1863, Charles and Eliza De Rudio immigrated to America. Charles enlisted in the Union Army, rightly thinking that the U.S. would be reluctant to extradite a political refugee serving in the military during a time of war.

De Rudio saw action with the 79th Highlander New

York Volunteers at the Battle of Petersburg. He later earned a battlefield promotion, and was transferred as a 2nd Lt. to the 2nd U.S. Colored Troops Infantry in 1865. He was honorably discharged in 1866, and attempted to reenlist in 1867, but was turned down after failing a physical. The military had also learned of his involvement in the assassination attempt by this time.

Having failed at reenlistment in the infantry, De Rudio chose to do what many other infantrymen had done before him when rejected.

He applied for enlistment in the U.S. Cavalry. In 1869, De Rudio was accepted into the 7th U.S. Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Colonel George A. Custer.

As gregarious and wellspoken as De Rudio was, he found himself as a perpetual outsider among the officers of the 7th Cavalry.

Most of the core officers had seen plenty of action during the Civil War, and a few, like Irishman Myles Keogh, had also fought in various European conflicts.

But most of them regarded De Rudio’s many exploits as being too fantastic to believe. Captain Fredrick Benteen dismissed De Rudio’s claims as utterly preposterous, and quickly nicknamed him the “Count of No Account.”

But Charles De Rudio would have one more story to add to his many adventures. This one would make most of the others pale in comparison.

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Opinion Governor Mead Hopes Obamacare Lawsuit Fails

By Glenn Woods

Glenn Woods is a newspaper columnist and Radio Talk Show Host.

You can find him back on the air LIVE on 103.1 FM or 1450 AM. Can’t listen right away or not in the signal range?

Go to BoldRepublic.com to watch the show live or listen after! s Obamacare faces yet another lawsuit at the United States Supreme Court, our own Wyoming Governor Matt Mead told The Wyoming Tribune Eagle that he hopes the lawsuit fails and Obamacare remains law.

His comments are contradictory. While on the one hand he said that he opposes Obamacare, he then went on to explain the importance of the subsidies coming to the state, by way of the federal government, though Obamacare.

The governor said that ending these subsidies would leave the states in “a lot of turmoil” and “scrambling.”

First let’s point out the obvious.

Governor Mead cannot have it

both ways. He either wants the law or he does not.

When you get right down to it, what Governor Mead really wants is the money. This is the Governor who wants Common Core in our schools because of the money it brings in to our state.

This is the Governor who wanted Medicaid expansion because the federal government dangled hundreds of millions in front of him.

There are a lot of arguments I can offer to Mr. Mead. But I would have to write a book, and this is just a weekly newspaper. So let’s make this as short and as simple as possible for everyone, including Governor Mead, to understand. $18,160,000,000,000.

The number above is from the National Debt Clock at the time that I was writing this article.

Monday March 23rd. Just one look at that number should explain everything and settle all arguments.

Washington D.C. is beyond broke and will take down the entire nation with that number.

They toss out even more government programs to the states and saddle the states with more debt than they can handle.

But wait. I can make a better argument than that. $95,640,000,000,000.

That is the total estimated U.S. debt including Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Unfunded Liabilities; the list goes on. And

we don’t even know how much our federal government keeps “off the books”.

Governor Mead is well aware of these numbers. Yet, like most big government thinkers, he pretends they do not exist.

Next time we elect a governor for our state let’s pick one who understands that the money currently coming our way from the federal government is borrowed on the backs of people who are not even born yet. Let’s find someone who understands that, if we don’t put a stop to this insanity --- well, --- if you thought The Great Depression was bad….

Weekly Weigh-In

“Wedding Gifts Made Easy”

By Trinity Lewis - Lewis Media Consulting

ith so many issues happening in the news I’m sure the last thing I should be writing about is weddings.

If your life is anything like mine this is the time of year when the outside door of your refrigerator fills with wedding announcements for nearly every summer weekend.

In conversations with my senior family members, I am often asked what some good ideas for wedding gifts are, thus: 5 Ideas for a unique wedding gift: 1. Buy a mailbox and personalize it with the couple’s new last name on the sides. Stuff the mailbox with blank envelopes, thank you cards and stamps. Every couple is going to be writing numerous thank you cards for the wedding as well as for the bridal shower (some-

times showers) as well as thank you cards for those who helped with the wedding. Alleviating some of that cost is a huge favor!

2. On almost any “build a picture book website” (I use Mixbook.com) personalized books of all kinds are available. I like to collect recipes from the parents of both the bride and groom, preferably family recipes, and then compile them into a book with a bunch of pictures of the couple. If you are more creative than am I, which doesn’t take a whole lot, you can put the recipes and photos into a photo book or scrapbook. Very personal, affordable and something that will make the couple know you didn’t just grab a gift off of a store shelf.

3. A kit that fits the couple! Some of the neatest gifts we received for our

wedding were an assortment of items that our friends and family knew we would use. One was a cooler full of grilling items and meat knives (for our hunting habit) as well as some board games.

Another was a basket with two wine glasses a bottle of sparkling cider (of course you could use champagne or wine) a gift card to a fancy order out restaurant and a couple’s devotion book. Another friend filled a decorative basket with all of the ingredients for a particular recipe. She included a brand new cookbook opened to the page with the recipe for the meal the items would make! A great way for a new bride to have a delicious meal ready in a jiff! These are fun gifts to put together because you can custom build them to the couple’s hobbies and

needs.

4. I LOVE practical gifts.

One of my sisters gathered all of the supplies to make homemade laundry soap (email me for recipe lewismediaconsulting@ gmail.com) and put them in a cute tote. She pasted the recipe to the side of the tote and even gave me one batch already mixed.

Practical, useful and good for the couple that has everything already! Another spin on this; get a laundry basket and fill it with cleaning supplies. In every walk of life getting a basket full of useful supplies is a blessing (especially if they DON’T come from your hubby on Valentine’s Day).

5.

I am fully convinced my mother is to credit (or blame) for my love of practicality. If you don’t have time to get a well thought out gift here

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Governing By Crisis Isn’t Governing At All

Editor: After Congress came a hair’s breadth from shutting down the Department of Homeland Security a few weeks ago, members of the leadership tried to reassure the American people. “We’re certainly not going to shut down the government or default on the national debt,” Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” Congress, he said, would not lurch from crisis to crisis.

I wish I could be so confident. Because if you look at the year ahead, the congressional calendar is littered with opportunities to do just that, with deadlines for the Highway Trust Fund, Export-Import Bank, debt ceiling, and the Treasury’s borrowing power all approaching. My bet is not on smooth sailing.

This is a huge problem. Great democracies do not veer from one

doomsday moment to the next, nor do they fund government on a week-to-week basis. Yet that is precisely the habit Congress has developed. It’s embarrassing.

During the weeks Congress held Homeland Security hostage, the department had to get ready for roughly 30,000 employees to be furloughed, ask crucial employees to be willing to work without pay — we’re talking the border patrol, Coast Guard, screeners at airports, cargo inspectors...the people on the front lines — and prepare to shut down ongoing research and planning on making the country safer.

Terrorism overseas was consuming the attention of our national security agencies, but the department charged with protecting the nation at home had to be consumed with shuttering its operations.

We need a Congress that can address its problems before a crisis comes up. What will it take?

Members need to work at legislating every day — not just the three days in the middle of the week. Congressional leaders need to move legislation through in an orderly fashion.

The so-called “Hastert Rule” — that the Speaker of the House will not allow a vote on a bill unless he has a majority of his own party behind it — needs to be jettisoned for good, not just in extreme circumstances.

And perhaps most important, the tactic of tying two unrelated issues together in order to force an opponent’s hand needs to be rejected.

The parade of make-or-break issues that Congress faces this year presents myriad opportunities for legislative mischief. If all we see before us is one governmentshutdown threat after another, the remaining faith Americans hold in our chief lawmaking body could disappear altogether. And deservedly so.

Lee H. Hamilton

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are some simple go-to’s that are always a win: A fire extinguisher for their new house, vaporizer, outdoor thermometer, blanket for cuddling on the couch, even a personal note and a bag of coffee made us excited!

Although gift cards and purchasing from a couple’s registry are easy to do and very useful, if you’d like your gift to be just a little bit different this wedding season here are some ideas to consider. If you have a great wedding gift idea I’d love to hear it!

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What’s Going On?

Government Governor Opposes New BLM Fracking Rules overnor Matt Mead issued the following statement today in response to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) announcement of new fracking rules: “Wyoming created safe, responsible standards for hydraulic fracturing years ago. It was the first state to require

disclosure and these rules have been in place for decades. BLM is not only late to the game, it proposes a rule that establishes a separate process for drilling and complicates compliance. I do not believe BLM has the authority to promulgate this rule and I have asked the Attorney General to evaluate a legal challenge.”

State’s Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness Governor Mead announced the release of the state’s initiative to end homelessness. The plan contains steps to identify where the homeless are located and what the state can do to remedy those things that contribute to homelessness.

The Department of Family Services and the Wyoming Homeless Collaborative - a 125 member private-public partnership of government agencies and providers - devel-

oped the plan, entitled “A Home for Everyone.” The plan will be used to address homelessness in Wyoming over the next 10 years.

“There is no single cause or characterization for homelessness.

Families, those who suffer mental health issues, veterans, an individual who made bad choices or just had bad luck are numbered among the homeless,” Governor Mead said. “‘A Home for Every-

one’ is a plan to systematically identify and address the problem. I thank those involved for their work.”

The annual Homeless Point-in-Time Count conducted in January, 2014, tallied 757 people without a home in Wyoming - a figure the state believes is representative of a larger number.

“A Home for Everyone” is a first step in Wyoming’s effort to ensure all its citizens have a safe, secure place to call home.

Campbell Co. Fire Dept.

March 15, 2015 - At 10:47 a.m. to Sierra Dr. for an EMS assist.

March 16, 2015 - At 7:30 a.m. to 200 Fitch Road for the report of a grass fire. Fire department personnel extinguished a .2 acre fire that was caused by an electrical line failure.

- At 9:31 a.m. to Buckskin Drive for an EMS assist.

- At 4:08 p.m. to Boxelder Road in front of Old Chicago for a two vehicle collision.

Fire department personnel placed floor dry on leaking fluids from the vehicles.

- At 5:50 p.m. to Shoshone Avenue for an EMS assist.

March 17, 2015 - At 12:37 a.m. to Country Club Road for an EMS assist.

- At 8:14 a.m. to 30 Night Train Rd. for a structure fire in a shop building. The owner had the fire contained prior to the arrival of the fire dept. The structure suffered moderate damage after a heat lamp was knocked down by livestock and ignited combustible materials in the area. Firefighters extinguished hot spots in the shop and checked for fire extension throughout the building.

- At 10:36 a.m. to the intersection of 4-J and Lakeway Rd. for a 2 vehicle accident, firefighters checked both vehicles for hazards and leaks prior to clearing the scene.

- At 12:37 p.m. to 606 Osborne Ave. for an automatic fire alarm, firefighters cancelled their response prior to arriving on scene.

- At 1:50 p.m. to Gabriel Dr. for an EMS assist.

- At 2:43 p.m. to Brahma for an EMS assist.

- At 7:53 p.m. to 2112 Westover Rd. (McDonalds) for an automatic fire alarm, it was determined that an employee was cleaning a fryer and did not have the fan on which set off the smoke detector.

March 19, 2015 - At 1:19 a.m. CCFD was requested to respond to a reported structure fire at 911 North Fir Avenue. Upon arrival a camper parked in the yard between 2 houses and near a rear shed was fully involved in fire. The sleeping occupant did escape and was transported by ambulance to CCH for medical treatment.

- At 12:31 p.m. to Adon Rd. for a single vehicle accident, fire units were cancelled prior to arriving on scene.

- At 2:34 p.m. to Four J Road for an EMS assist.

- At 6:53 p.m. to Raven Street for an EMS assist.

- At 8:37 p.m. to 7th Street for an EMS assist.

- At 11:15 p.m. to the intersection of Boxelder Road and Garner Lake Road for the report of a natural gas smell in the area. The cause of the smell was a 6 inch gas line that was leaking.

- At 11:32 p.m. to Eagles Nest Circle for an EMS assist.

March 21, 2015 - At 4:43 to the 100 block of West Timothy Street for an automatic fire alarm.

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There was no fire upon arrival; the resident had fallen asleep with a pot on the stovetop. No further assistance was needed.

- At 6:59 a.m. to Quacker Drive for the report of a carbon monoxide detector activation. The cause of the alarm was due to a malfunction.

- At 7:51 p.m. to 4005 S. Douglas Highway, Tractor Supply Co. for the report of an automatic fire alarm activation. The alarm was the security system and not the fire notification system.

- At 8:48 p.m. to Triton Avenue for the report of an unknown fire in the backyard of a residence. The fire was discovered to be a fire pit.

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WRIGHT BRANCH LIBRARY • WBL Adult Movie Discussion March 24, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM @ 305 Wright Blvd • WBL Storytime March 25, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM @ Wright Branch Library CAMPBELL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY • CCPLS Board Meeting March 23, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM @ Public Library • Gillette Adult Hobby Gaming Group March 24, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM @ Public Library Pioneer Room 1 • CCPL Storytime March 24, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM @ Public Library Children’s Department • CCPL Toddler Time March 25, 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM @ Public Library Children’s Department • CCPL Storytime March 25, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM @ Public Library Children’s Department • CCPL Toddler Time March 26, 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM @ Public Library Children’s Department • CCPL Storytime March 26, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM @ Public Library Children’s Department • CCPL Families & Jammies March 26, 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM @ Public Library Children’s Department • CCPL WiiPlay Saturday March 28, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Public Library Children’s Department • CCPL Teen Dungeons & Dragons Club March 23, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM @ Public Library Computer Lab • CCPL Teen Card Club March 24, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM @ Public Library Computer Lab • CCPL Teen Minecraft/Robotics Club March 25, 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM @ Public Library Computer Lab • CCPL Teen Anime Club March 26, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM @

Government Public Library Computer Lab • CCPL Teen Dungeons & Dragons Club March 28, 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM @ Public Library Computer Lab • CCPL Teen Open-Play Gaming March 28, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Public Library Teen Room

PAINT YOUR CANVAS • MAR 23 Mosaic Monday 1-3 Kids Mosaic 4-5 pm Mosaic Monday 6:30 Crochet Class 6:30 • MAR 24 Multi-Media Morning 10-12 am Glass Fusing1-4 pm Kids Fusing 4-5 pm Tole painting TBD Glass Fusing 6:30-8:30 • MAR 25 Painting Class 10 am-12 pm Open Studio 1-3:30 pm After School Art 4-5:00 • MAR 26 Felting Classes 10-12 am Painting Classes 1-3 pm Kids Craft Class 4-5 Kids Multimedia 4 • MAR 27 Painting Classes 10:00 am-12:00 pm 2:00-4:00 pm 6:30-8:30 pm Mixed Media 6-9:00 • MAR 28 Parent and Child 10:00-11:00 Glass Fusing 10:00 Painting Classes 2:00-4:00 pm 2 Paintings 6:30-8:30 pm • MAR 29 Closed Sunday

WRIGHT • Council Meeting Monday, March 23, 2015 at 7:00 PM Court Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 10:00 AM GILLETTE • Library Board Quarterly Meeting March 23, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM @ Library • Children’s Developmental Services Quarterly Meeting March 25, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ CDS Board Room • Local Emergency Planning Committee Meeting March 24, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM @ 412 S. Gillette Ave. • Childhood Immunization Clinics March 25, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM @ 2301 S. 4-J Road • City/County/CC Public Land Board & Cam-Plex Staff Pre-Budget Meeting Date: 3/23/2015 5:30 PM Location: Cam-Plex Heritage Center Theatre Lobby • City/County/Town of Wright/CC Joint Powers Fire Board & Staff Pre-Budget Meeting Date: 3/24/2015 6:00 PM Location: Fire Training Center • Planning Commission Meeting Date: 3/24/2015 7:00 PM Location: Council Chambers • Parks & Beautification Board Date: 3/26/2015 5:30 PM Location: City West • March 25, 2015 07:00 PM Children’s Developmental Services Quarterly Meeting DateMar 25—Mar 25Time7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Government The Federalist 51 The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments Hamilton or Madison from the New York Packet - Friday, Feb. 8, 1788 o the People of the State of New York: TO WHAT expedient, then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in the Constitution? The only answer that can be given is, that as all these exterior provisions are found to be inadequate, the defect must be supplied, by so contriving the interior structure of the government as that its several constituent parts may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places. Without presuming to undertake a full development of this important idea, I will hazard a few general observations, which may perhaps place it in a clearer light, and enable us to form a more correct judgment of the principles and structure of the government planned by the convention. In order to lay a due foundation for that separate and distinct exercise of the different powers of government, which to a certain extent is admitted on all hands to be essential to the preservation of liberty, it is evident that each department should have a will of its own; and consequently should be so constituted that the members of each should have as little agency as possible in the appointment of the members of the others. Were this principle rigorously adhered to, it would require that all the appointments for the supreme executive, legislative, and judiciary magistracies should be drawn from the same fountain of authority, the people, through channels having no communication whatever with one another. Perhaps such a plan of constructing the several departments would be less difficult in practice than it may in contemplation appear. Some difficulties, however, and some additional expense would attend the execution of it. Some deviations, therefore, from the principle must be admitted.

In the constitution of the judiciary department in particular, it might be inexpedient to insist rigorously on the principle: first, because peculiar qualifications being essential in the members, the primary consideration ought to be to select that mode of choice which best secures these qualifications; secondly, because the permanent tenure by which the appointments are held in that department, must soon destroy all sense of dependence on the authority conferring them. It is equally evident, that the members of each department should be as little dependent as possible on those of the others, for the emoluments annexed to their offices. Were the executive magistrate, or the judges, not independent of the legislature in this particular, their independence in every other would be merely nominal. But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments of the others.

The provision for defense must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate to the danger of attack. Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions. This policy of supplying, by opposite and rival interests, the defect of better motives, might be traced through the whole system of human affairs, private as well as public. We see it particularly displayed in all the subordinate distributions of power, where the constant aim is to divide and arrange the several offices in such a manner as that each may be a check on the other that the private interest of every individual may be a sentinel over the public rights.

These inventions of prudence cannot be less requisite in the distribution of the supreme powers of the State. But it is not possible to

give to each department an equal power of self-defense. In republican government, the legislative authority necessarily predominates.

The remedy for this inconveniency is to divide the legislature into different branches; and to render them, by different modes of election and different principles of action, as little connected with each other as the nature of their common functions and their common dependence on the society will admit. It may even be necessary to guard against dangerous encroachJames Madison ments by still further precautions.

As the weight of the legislative authority requires that it should be thus divided, the weakness of the executive may require, on the other hand, that it should be fortified. An absolute negative on the legislature appears, at first view, to be the natural defense with which the executive magistrate should be armed. But perhaps it would be neither altogether safe nor alone sufficient. On ordinary occasions it might not be exerted with the requisite firmness, and on extraordinary occasions it might be perfidiously abused. May not this defect of an absolute negative be supplied by some qualified connection between this weaker department and the weaker branch of the stronger department, by which the latter may be led to support the constitutional rights of the former, without being too much detached Alexander Hamilton from the rights of its own department? If the principles on which subject must particularly recomthese observations are founded be mend a proper federal system to all just, as I persuade myself they are, the sincere and considerate friends and they be applied as a criterion to of republican government, since it the several State constitutions, and shows that in exact proportion as to the federal Constitution it will be the territory of the Union may be found that if the latter does not formed into more circumscribed perfectly correspond with them, the Confederacies, or States oppressive former are infinitely less able to bear combinations of a majority will be such a test. There are, moreover, facilitated: the best security, under two considerations particularly the republican forms, for the rights applicable to the federal system of of every class of citizens, will be America, which place that system in diminished: and consequently the a very interesting point of view. First. stability and independence of some In a single republic, all the power member of the government, the only surrendered by the people is other security, must be proportionsubmitted to the administration of a ately increased. Justice is the end of single government; and the usurpagovernment. It is the end of civil tions are guarded against by a society. It ever has been and ever division of the government into will be pursued until it be obtained, distinct and separate departments. or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.

In the compound republic of In a society under the forms of America, the power surrendered by which the stronger faction can the people is first divided between readily unite and oppress the two distinct governments, and then weaker, anarchy may as truly be the portion allotted to each subdisaid to reign as in a state of nature, vided among distinct and separate where the weaker individual is not departments. Hence a double secured against the violence of the security arises to the rights of the stronger; and as, in the latter state, people. The different governments even the stronger individuals are will control each other, at the same prompted, by the uncertainty of their time that each will be controlled by condition, to submit to a government itself. Second. It is of great imporwhich may protect the weak as well tance in a republic not only to guard as themselves; so, in the former the society against the oppression state, will the more powerful factions of its rulers, but to guard one part of or parties be gradnally induced, by a the society against the injustice of like motive, to wish for a governthe other part. Different interests ment which will protect all parties, necessarily exist in different classes the weaker as well as the more of citizens. If a majority be united by powerful. It can be little doubted that a common interest, the rights of the if the State of Rhode Island was minority will be insecure. There are separated from the Confederacy but two methods of providing and left to itself, the insecurity of against this evil: the one by creating rights under the popular form of a will in the community independent government within such narrow of the majority that is, of the society limits would be displayed by such itself; the other, by comprehending reiterated oppressions of factious in the society so many separate majorities that some power altogethdescriptions of citizens as will er independent of the people would render an unjust combination of a soon be called for by the voice of majority of the whole very improbthe very factions whose misrule had able, if not impracticable. The first proved the necessity of it. In the method prevails in all governments extended republic of the United possessing an hereditary or States, and among the great variety self-appointed authority. This, at of interests, parties, and sects which best, is but a precarious security; it embraces, a coalition of a majority because a power independent of the of the whole society could seldom society may as well espouse the take place on any other principles unjust views of the major, as the than those of justice and the general rightful interests of the minor party, good; whilst there being thus less and may possibly be turned against danger to a minor from the will of a both parties. The second method major party, there must be less will be exemplified in the federal pretext, also, to provide for the republic of the United States. Whilst security of the former, by introducing all authority in it will be derived from into the government a will not and dependent on the society, the dependent on the latter, or, in other society itself will be broken into so words, a will independent of the many parts, interests, and classes society itself. It is no less certain of citizens, that the rights of than it is important, notwithstanding individuals, or of the minority, will be the contrary opinions which have in little danger from interested been entertained, that the larger the combinations of the majority. In a society, provided it lie within a practifree government the security for civil cal sphere, the more duly capable it rights must be the same as that for will be of self-government. And religious rights. It consists in the one happily for the republican cause, the case in the multiplicity of interests, practicable sphere may be carried to and in the other in the multiplicity of a very great extent, by a judicious sects. The degree of security in both modification and mixture of the cases will depend on the number of federal principle. interests and sects; and this may be presumed to depend on the Brought to You by: extent of country and number of people comprehended under the same government.

This view of the

Governor Criticizes ATF’s Proposed Ammo Ban Governor Criticizes ATF’s Proposed Ammo Ban Governor Matt Mead criticized a proposal by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to ban certain types of ammunition.

The ban would have limited widely available, inexpensive ammunition commonly used in rifles, including a popular home defense and recreational rifle known as an AR-15. The proposed ban was temporarily withdrawn by the ATF earlier this month.

“This was, in my mind, an attempt at gun control through ammunition control” said Governor Mead.

“ATF’s suggestion that only weapons with limited ammunition capacity are for sporting, is incorrect. Even if that were the case, Second Amendment rights exist regardless of a specific purpose for bearing arms.

The ATF allows AR-15’s to be classified as pistols.

This classification opened the door for the proposed ban on ammunition that could be fired from an AR-15.

“I am pleased the ATF withdrew this proposal but I remain concerned about its introduction. Executive branch actions that attempt to supersede the role of Congress or ignore Constitutional freedoms cannot go unchallenged,” Governor Mead said.

The ATF withdrew their proposal - citing a need for further study and to analyze the largely negative comments they received.

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

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J&G General Construction, home improvement company is looking for a temporary construction laborer. Experience preferred but not necessary. Could turn into full time position depending on devotion, responsibility, and skill. Call James (307) 2574441 to set up an interview.

Hiring Newspaper Sports Writer. Must be able to attend Campbell County Sports games at all levels and various sports. Can write in a bias/home team manner. Must also be able to take photographs of covered games, get information from coaches, and retrieve stats. Much of the work is performed Home. Pays per article/Part Time position.

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Help Wanted- Office/Clerical, PT Clerical Person needed from, MondayFriday, $900.00 weekly.

Computer skills are a must.

Need to be detail oriented, possess good customer service skills, some cash & items handling skills,Must be able to do Lil errand.

Apply @ Robert lewis Link ahead, Email: Robertlewis81@hotmail.com Professional flooring installers wanted. Edperience with carpet, tile, laminate, wood, and vinyl installation a plus. Looking for reliability, honesty, and good workmanship. Must have own tools, reliable transportation, and liability insurance.

Please respond with your contact information and skill set. We pay good rates, and we pay weekly. Email us at Sales@CarpetExpressDirect.com or call Amber at 307-257-4205 Are you a motivated animal lover? Gillette’s newest veterinary hospital is in need of a fabulous part-time (with potential full time) receptionist to join our TEAM! We love upbeat attitudes, big smiles, and a willingness to please the client while keeping all of the important details in check. Inquires please e-mail your cover letter and resume to info@ redhillsvet.com Please have these items submitted by January 26, 2014.

Looking for CDL to work in North Dakota full time. Call 307-670-3629.

Transportation assistants NEEDED! Up to $25/hr. For a complete job description & application, please apply via e-mail: lori.delucia.hr@ rsithr.info

HD Supply - Excellent opportunity, great pay & benefits.WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATE I – GILLETTE WY, Responsibilities include tasks such as loading, unloading, sorting, picking, stocking, staging, fabrication, and transportation of goods. Apply at jobs.hdsupply.com Job #5144. Reference this ad when applying Buffalo Wild Wings is coming to town and we are hiring all positions for our grand opening on August 4, 2014. We are a full service sports bar where you can bring your entire family to have a fun and exciting time watching your favorite team, playing trivia and enjoying great food. We have a full menu featuring our famous wings with your choice of sauces, a full bar and 30 beers on tap. We have the best happy hour in town and 54 HDTV’s along with the best team members in town! Know what it is like to to be in a stadium on game day? Then you know what it’s like to work at Buffalo Wild Wings. It’s fun and fast paced. The money is good and BDUBS is a great place to work! Please apply on line @www.pleaseapplyonline.com/screaminhot We are Screamin’ Hot Wyoming LLC a franchisee of Buffalo Wild Wings and we are an equal opportunity employer.

Wonderful/Well Paid Job Opportunity ADMIN/ CUSTOMER CARE REP. NEEDED. Kindly contact: rickymoore44@outlook. com on how to proceed.

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Summer Job - Age 14 and up. Newspaper Subscription Sales. Pays $5.00 for every 6-month subscription sold and $10.00 for every year subscription sold. Perfect for summer money. Extra bonuses for 100 subscriptions sold (Pizza Party at Godfathers with friends/ family) and more. Email the Campbell County Observer at CampbellCountyObserver@gmail.com Mac Tools, a division of Stanley Black & Decker Has an opening in Gillette for:Distributor/Route Sales Management -Full TrainingLearn more about taking the first step toward Becoming Your Own Boss with a Mac Tools Franchise! -No experience necessary -No Cold Calls -Initial inventory included -Routes with existing customers available in your local area -Well established brand with a long history -Hear about our top-notch training -Explore available financing options -Find out about our “no obligation” Discovery Day. Contact: Mac Tools, ab.hackim@ sbdinc.com, Cell: 541-3014496

Firewood Dry Split Firewood $175.00 a cord. Call Pat 605-6416334

For Rent Office and Retail space for rent Marlins 685-4452 or 685-8100 For Rent Single Bedroom House in Silver Hills 307680-8838. C2-12-4h Room for Rent. Nice Room for Rent for one responsible person. $480.00 per month.

689-9358.

Wanted to Buy Military Items From WW2 and Vietnam, 307-778-6493 I Buy Militaria. Swords, uniforms, bayonets, medals, guns/parts, field gear. 6827864

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

2 Bedroom apartment $650 per month, $650 security, $650 last months. Above Gillette Cheese House. No pets, no smoking, laundry facilities available 685-6449 Criminal background check and renters insurance Required Immaculate 1-2 bedroom apartments, fresh paint, and new flooring. (no pets). Call for move-in special starting at $595 307-686-6488 Apartment for Rent in WindRidge Appts.

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Air and Heat. 3bs/2bth. Must qualify for low income housing. $740.00/mo. Call 307685-8066 Foothills View Apartments Hot Move In Special! Cool, Clean, Quiet Apartments.

A/C, 2 Bdrm. $695 1Bdrm. $595. Showing anytime Call 307-686-6488 C3-28-2v Apartments for rent. Foothills View Apartments.

Clean and Quiet. One and Two bedroom units starting at $595.00. Call for showing andmove in special 307686-6488 (c3-42-3v) 2 bedroom apartment $675 per month, $675 security, $675 last months rent.

Above Gillette Cheese House no pets, no smoking laundry \facilities available 685-6449 Criminal Background check and renters insurance required.

Spacious & new, 1, 2, &3 bdrm affordable apartments available now! Call 6858066. Washer and dryer in every unit. Private sunny patio or balcony. Special move-in rate, 1 bdrm: $694, 2 bdrm: $777, 3 bdrm: $888.

Move in now and deduct $ 200 off first month while special lasts. Call Konnie or Celeste at Highland Properties 685-8066.

Toys (ATV’s Boats, Etc.) 1981 Harley Davidson FXBSturgis, 1st dual-belt drive to commemorate Hill-Climb @ Sturgis, Jack-Pine Gypsies rally started in ‘41, 50th anniversary model. 12K on straight-up original paint, new Moetzler’s driven-by beefed Shovel, 102hp at wheel. Perfect in every aspect, serious inquiries only, loan is $15K and value of over 25K. Ben 680.7464, 3-other older bikes and this has to go to the right person!

2011 Polaris 500 - Green with Camo Hood, Has Winch. Recently added Top, Window, doors, gun rack, Windshield Wipers. Very good condition. 362 hours. $6,000. 307-217-0745 International Tractor 300 Utility For Sale. $2000 Artic Cat 4X4 2001For Sale. $2000 Call Bill 307 - 660 – 8563.

12’ Aluminum boat & trailer 1968 Model. $700.00 Firm.

303-775-0875 Chopper - Custom built frame, s&s engine, carb, etc. 80ci. Evolution engine.

Wide glide front end. Low. Torn apart down to frame.

Have all parts, could be built in two days with under $200.00. Asking $5,500 or best offer. Price:$5,500obo.

Contact: 307-670-2733 2013 Custom Harley Hardtail Bobber all new $9,500.

Marlins 685-4452 or 6858100 2010 Polaris 550 eps with less than 100 miles, books for $8,000. make and offer.

Call Steve Terry at 307-2992992 16ft Sea Nymph Fishing Boat, 50 hp outboard Merc, trolling motor, just serviced at wyoming marine $2,000 O.B. O 307-299-4662 or 307-622-0825

Wanted: Old Batteries. Call 307-670-1675. D4-30-8P

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WILL PAY CASH FOR CAMPERS. Call Scott (307) 680-0854.

1903 Springfield. 30o6 Cal. U.S. Military. $700 obo.

Call (307) 682-7864

Services Homeowners and renters insurance for house, trailer, or apartments. Call Elizabeth Jones Agency 307682-6520 Let me clean for you - Holidays are around the corner and there is no time to clean for company. Let me give you a free estimate. Reasonable rates for residential or commercial. Call Cindy, 307-257-7948 Mobilehome handyman is the business for all your home maintenance and repairs we do skirting decks windows doors freeze ups re-levels and much more 30 years experience call Rick.@(307)281-1457

$3,000 OBO, 96 Ford Explorer AWD, Runs & Drives Great!, 180,000 Miles, Moon Roof, Fully Loaded, No Rust, $3,000 in front end parts, 231-420-3495 $6,000 OBO, 2003 F150 4x4 Extended Cab, Runs & Drives Great!,113,200 Miles, Roll-up Tongue Cover, New Battery/Starter, Extra winter tires w/rims, Compass & Outside temp gauge, Many new parts, 231-420-3495 2008 Dodge Charger AWD Hemi, loaded Black $18,000 books for $22,500 Marlins 685-4452 or 685-8100.

2006 Dodge Mega Cab 4x4 Laramie 102,000 miles $16,000 307-689-7290 2002 Oldsmobile Aurora.

Black. Leather interior.

Good condition. 87,400mi.

Power everything. Front wheel drive. New tires. Call Charlene 307-660-7316.

Two energetic women are looking for homes to clean.

Reasonable rates. If interested call (307) 299-4660 or (307) 257-4816

1993 Chrysler LHS for sale or trade. Needs tie-rod and alignment.

Runs good. $1,500.00 OBO. Email KevlarGrease@gmail.com

RV Winterization starting at $99.95 at YOUR house.

Call Randy at 307-6603091 (b3-40-tfnh)

1994 Plymouth Voyager for sale or trade. Runs/ looks great. 188,000 miles. $2,000.00 OBO. Email KevlarGrease@gmail.com

Tree Trimming and removal.

Certified Arborist! No job too big or small. Experienced, licensed, bonded and insured. Veteran owned and operated for 13 years. Top Notch Tree Service 970556-5000 Spring Cleaning Special!

Any purchase over $200 prior to 5-31-13 Will have the choice of: Free couch cleaning (up tp 8ft. long) or Free 1 year warranty on oil/ water based spots. www. pineridgeclean.com 307660-7856 find us on Facebook Want To Get in Shape?Like to have Fun? Learn The Graceful moves of American Oriental Belly Dancing!

The 3rd Sunday of every month. Call Leanna Tabatt 307-680-8457 Looking to buy a new computer? Why waste the money? “Your Computer Store” has refurbished towers and laptops rebuilt right here in our store. Plenty of memory, disc space, and advice.

Come by and see our inventory at “Your Computer Store,” where YOU come first! 802 E. Third St next to Ice Cream Land “Did you see this? Than it worked. Go to www.campbellcountyobserver.net to list your ad today!”

Computers have become like cars, and they need repaired. Want the best quality repair work in N.E. Wyoming? Bring your computer to “Your Computer Store.”

Quality work at a quality price. “Your Computer Store,” where YOU COME FIRST 802 E. Third street next to Ice Cream Land.

Auto insurance preferred and SR-22’s. Call Elizabeth Jones Agency 307-6826520 Motorcycle and ATV insurance. Call Elizabeth Jones Agency 307-682-6520

Scams THESE ARE KNOWN SCAMS GOING THROUGH NEWSPAPERS AT THE MOMENT. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THESE ADS IN ANY NEWSPAPER. HONDA 1988 GL1500 MOTORBIKE FOR FREE IF INTERESTED CONTACT:(petermaris@ live.com) if interested AD TEXT : Free 2007 Suzuki Hayabusa GSX1300RZZ GSX-R Sport Bike , It is in excellent condition with no dents or dings, 100% mechanically okay .If interested please contact me for pictures,I bought the Motorcycle for my grandson as his birthday gift last year august and am giving it out to a good home contact me at johnstark227@yahoo.com Help Wanted- Office/Clerical; PT Clerical Person needed from 11:00AM To 3:00PM, Monday-Friday, $900.00 weekly.Computer skills are a must. Need to be detail oriented, possess good customer service skills, some cash & items handling skills,Must be able to do Lil errand. Apply @ nicoledevlin Linkahead,Email: nicoledevlin150@gmail. com

2004 Yukon Denali XL,6.0 Motor, Loaded $14,000 OBO 660-9351 2008 Hyundai Sonata LMTD, 40,000 mi. $13,500, Call 307-660-2532.

97’ Chevy Long Box Extended Cab. ¾ Ton, selling for Parts. $1,000 OBO. 307-680-7431 1982 Chevy Ventura Van. 350 Engine, 400 Turbo newly rebuilt transmission. Interior in GREAT shape, has a working electric wet bar and built in cooler in back. Carb. needs re-jetted, other than that there are no problems.

Must see. Asking $3,500 or best offer. Price:$3,500obo.

Contact: 307-670-8980

Camping/ Fishing Camper spot for rent $300 per month in Silver Hills 307-680-8838 05’ 32 foot fifth wheel, Wildcat, sleeps 10, 1 slide, bunks, self contained, no generator 307-680-6625 Looking for a bumper pull camper that someone wants off of their property. I will remove it for free in the Campbell/Crook County areas. Would prefer a tandem axel longer than 10 ft. Call 307-299-1382 07’ Prowler 5th wheel.

2slides. 32ft with extras.

Call 307-672-8766 1994 Southwind by Fleetwood 34 foot Class A Coach Rear Engine Turbo Diesel Cummins, 230 HP, Motor Home in good condition.

180,000 miles on original Cummins Diesel 33H Engine. Three captain’s chairs including driver. Couch makes into a full bed. Full kitchen, stove with oven, microwave. Dining area.

Propane or electric refrigerator/freezer. Lots of storage. Rear bedroom with queen bed. Bathroom with shower. Dish portable satellite TV setup and small flatscreen TV goes with it.

Trailer receiver hitch. Lost my husband in December and don’t have any use for it. Would like to sell fast.

Make me an offer. 307 682 4808. sue.wallis52@gmail. com http://wyoming.craigslist.org/rvs/3965643910. html Minnows, crawlers, leeches, fishing tackle, boating and camping supplies. Fully furnished cabin rentals, 50 Amp Full Hookup RV sites 5 minutes from Keyhole Reservoir in Pine Haven.

Empire Guesthouse & RV Park 307-756-3454. www. empireguesthouse.com

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

Miscellaneous Have you heard the Buzz lately?

Bring your catch by the Empire Guesthouse for photographs which may be published in this newspaper with our fishing reports.

Along with that, the Guesthouse staff will be awarding monthly prizes for those that let us photograph them and their catch. It doesn’t have to be a trophy to enter and there will be special prizes for those 12 and under.

Carp shooters are also welcome to enter. Check with the Guesthouse for more details.

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Christian Daycare/PreSchool is now open. Oneon-one Pre-School and crafts. Group circle time, Spanish, songs, phonics, counting, American Sign Language, and more. PreSchool, Kindergarten and older school children welcome. An all Christian environment. Reasonable rates.

685-6610. (4.10x4) Need a Babysitter? Call Brittany 257-3345 available Monday thru Friday 6am to 6 pm. $25 per day one child, two children same family $35 per day!

Licensed daycare now open. Spots available fulltime and before and after school.

Close to Rozet school and the post office.

Monday through Friday 6:30am to 6pm. Ages 3 and up. Call 307-299-1915 In a Pinch?? Back up Daycare service call 307-6807948

Heavy Equipment/ Trailers 1981 Circle J 4-horse Horse Trailer. New floor, paint and wiring. $2500 OBO Call 307 - 680 – 2374 1981 Circle J 4-horse Horse Trailer. New floor, paint and wiring done in shop class 2 years ago. No rust only used once since redone. $2500 or OBO Call 307 680 – 2374

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Personal Assistants Needed

We are seeking for personal assistants, We need someone that can work Monday through Friday, also be reliable, responsible and organized.

Basic computer skills needed good with organization. Salary/Weekly Rate: $430, Interested person should contact: fransayre85@hotmail.com for more info and wages.

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Solutions from this week

Merchandise 1939 HA Selmer Trumpet $750 OBO. 687-1087 Percussion plus drum set.

New $550, asking $250.

Call: 605-360-2385.

36” Craftsman Tow Behind Universal Tiller, 6.5 HP Briggs & Stratton Engine, New 2010 used 3 times $900 OBO, 686-6299 4- 17” Aluminum rims fits 6 bolt, Chevy or GMC $150; 4- 16” Aluminum Rims 5 bolt, fits Chevy or GMC $100; 2-18” Firestone tires 80% tread left $150. Call 307-622-0825 Large Underground Fuel Tank. 307-680-8838 Large and Small Band Saws call for info. 307-680-8838 18v Dewalt tools - sawzall, hammer drill, one battery and one charger. $150 obo. call (307)299-1382 Exterior door with window, interior light fixtures, and computer supplies. E-mail Corsair115@yahoo.com “As the economy worsens, don’t rely on government...rely on us to sell or trade. $0.25 per word per week. Stop in or go to www.CampbellCountyObserver.net.

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Exciting career available Now! No weekends, holidays, or nights. Unlimited income potential. 20% commission plus gas allowance selling print advertising. Call Anne Peterson (advertising manager) at (307) 299-4662 or email AnnePeterson@ CampbellCountyObserver. com

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Who was the first team from the Rocky Mountains to win a NCAA basketball championship?

Where was the westernmost battle fought in the War of 1812?

Campbell’s Island, Illinois (Battle of Black Rock Rapids)

Campbell’s Island was the site of the Battle of Rock Island Rapids, one of the westernmost battles of the War of 1812, when a band of approximately 500 Sauk warriors allied with the British Army clashed on July 19, 1814 with an American force led by Lieutenant John Campbell of the 1st U.S. Regiment of Infantry. Campbell was leading three gunboats along the Mississippi River to carry military supplies to Fort Shelby, located at the present site of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. One boat carried 42 people – soldiers of the 1st U.S. Regiment of Infantry and members of their families. The other two boats carried 66 U.S. Rangers. The British-allied Indians attacked the flotilla in their canoes and forced Campbell to turn back.

The American loss was 8 men of the 1st Regiment killed and 16 wounded; 4 Rangers killed and 8 wounded. This victory helped to enable the Sauk to maintain their control over the Quad area for almost 20 more years. The Campbell’s Island State Memorial, dedicated in 1908, commemorates this battle.

However, the movement of Euro-American militiamen and families into northwestern Illinois continued, and in the Black Hawk War of 1832 the Sauk were decisively defeated. The Quad Cities area was “opened to settlement,” and Campbell’s Island was named in honor of the loser of the 1814 battle, John Campbell.

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University of Wyoming - 1943

The Cowboys won the Mountain States Conference championship and were the first basketball team from the Rocky Mountains to win an NCAA Basketball Championship. Kenny Sailors of Hillsdale, Wyoming averaged 15.5 points per game and Milo Komenich averaged 16.7 points per game in leading the team to the championship.

Despite playing just nine home games during the year, the Cowboys won 32 games.

In the fourth game of the regular season, the Cowboys lost to Duquesne. It would be the last game the Cowboys lost to a college team during the season. Their only other loss was to the Denver Legion team.[3] The Cowboys outscored their opponents by an average of over 20 points per game and that 1942–43 squad became the first Wyoming team to score over 100 points in a game, by beating Regis 101–45.

St. John’s won the National Invitation Tournament that same year and claimed it was better than Wyoming and that the NIT was a better tournament than the NCAA. Ev Shelton talked Ned Irish, the promoter at Madison Square Garden, into hosting a showdown game, with proceeds going to the Red Cross. Two days after winning the NCAA Championship, Wyoming played NIT Champion St. John’s in a Red Cross benefit game for the war effort. Wyoming beat St. John’s in overtime by a score of 52–47, in Madison

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Pronghorns’ Season Ended at National Tournament

he Gillette College Pronghorns were defeated by Hill College (TX) 85-83 in the opening round of the NJCAA National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas.

The Pronghorns tied the game 83-83 with 12 seconds left in the game but were whistled for a foul with :01.

Hill made both free throws.

The (RV) Pronghorns finished the season with a 27-8 record and (3) Hill College 29-3 advances to the round of 16.

Sophomores, Lorenzo Bonam, Sarp Gobeloglu, Ben Glover, Quinton Everett (one year), Renard Suggs, and Rickey Suggs finished their careers as Pronghorns with a total of 56 wins (27 and 29), first ever national tournament appearance for our program, national ranking as high as #9 in the country, sub-region regular season champion, back-to-back region IX tournament championship game appearances, and numerous individual and team records.

What’s Going On In Sports?

GILLETTE GATORS SWIM TEAM

Photo by Owen Kimberling

The Gillette Blue Stars 4th grade girls’ team took third place at the Casper Invitational Tournament this weekend. The team was led by coach Felipe Padilla. Team players were Vanessa Padilla, Summer Aguirre, Emma Kimberling, Alexis Cates, Halley Angelos, Katylyn Kaul, Connie Hall, Brooke Carroll, Jory Medrano, and Lauren O’Laughlin.

• tue mar 24, end season potluck/elections, 5:30-7pm

PRONGHORNS

CC • Thursday, March 26, 2015 Black Hills State tba Spearfi sh, SD

EAGLES

TRACK • 3/28/15 Sat. 8:00 Twin Spruce Invitational Campbell County Rec Center

CAMELS

BOYS SOCCER • Saturday 3/28/15 TBA East vs West Jamboree (V) Casper • Saturday 3/28/15 TBA East vs West (JV) Gillette GIRLS SOCCER • Saturday 3/28/15

Photo by Clint Burton

College rodeo athletes compete at Cam-Plex to qualify for the College National Finals to be held in Casper Wyoming later this year.

“I have warned many times about the guaranteed dangers of betting with your heart instead of your head - big darkness, soon come - but every once in a while you get a fair chance to have it both ways, and the annual NCAA basketball Tournament is one of them.”

-Hunter S. Thompson

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TBA East vs West Jamboree (V) Casper • Saturday 3/28/15 TBA East vs West (JV) Gillette TRACK • Saturday 3/27/15 TBA Natrona Invite Casper (NC) • Friday 3/28/15 9 : 0 0 a.m.

Jerry Campbell Invite Buffalo

Weekly Sports Trivia Question Who was the first team from the Rocky Mountains to win a NCAA basketball championship?

Look on Page 13 for the answer