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he grounds of the Wyoming Honor Farm were abuzz following the Bureau of Land Management–Honor Farm spring wild horse adoption, as happy adopters discussed the variety of plans they have for their new charges. Some of these versatile horses will carry their owners when they hunt, trail ride or work on the ranch. Others will be used by outﬁtters or to teach students how to ride. Attendance was at a near record high— 122 potential adopters and interested onlookers gathered Saturday morning at the Honor Farm. The adoption kicked off with the high bid of the day—$600 for 4-year-old Luna. Luna is a blue roan gelding from the Crooks Mountain Wild Horse Herd Management Area southeast of Sweetwater Station. Luna’s winning bid was followed by bids on 18 saddle-started horses, 2 halter-started horses and 2 burros. Stephen Lynn has been attending Honor Farm adoptions on and off for 25 years and adopted a gray mare from the Adobe Town Herd Management Area named Bridgette. “This is a great program,” said Lynn. “The guys are doing a better job training than ever before.” Lynn will take Bridgette hunting, where she will lead a pack string of mules

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and help keep them together at hunt camp. Rancher Pete Arambel of Rock Springs, who adopted four saddle-started wild horses, had never been to an Honor Farm adoption before. Arambel is a BLM grazing permittee who ranches in the same area where many of the horses came from and never thought he would be adopting a gentled wild horse. “The ground work they do is a big beneﬁt,” said Arambel. “This is a super deal. I noted three other horses that I will come back and look at in September if this works out.” Two adoptions are held at the Honor Farm each year and the next one is scheduled for September 12. There are several other opportunities to adopt a wild horse in Wyoming this year. The Honor Farm will be offering saddle and halter-started horses at the Wyoming State Fair Mustang Days Event August 15. The complete adoption schedule can be found by visiting http://blm.gov/hvld. As Lynn was ﬁlling-out his paperwork following the adoption, an Honor Farm employee familiar with Bridgette’s skills, training and popularity among the trainers told Lynn, “You got the deal of the century.” “That’s what everyone’s telling me,” said Lynn. “I got lucky.”

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Principal Rory Williams gets ready to get dunked as students lob baseballs and try to hit the target.

Charity Relay Hits Home Run By Elizabeth Richards Starting at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 22, students and faculty of the Prairie Wind Elementary School participated in their 3rd annual ‘Relay For Recess’ where students ran laps on an outdoor track to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The relay began at 10 p.m. On a track lined with decorated luminaries where students competed to see who could raise the most money and earn the largest number of beads. The small beads were hand-

ed out beads for every lap that the runners completed. Gloomy skies and dreary cold winds gave way to bright smiles and happy hearts as those attending raced the day away to raise money for their charity. Students gathered together in the auditorium after the relay where the day’s winners were announced. The ﬁrst place winner for the most money raised was Hailey Karol at $622.00. The second place winners were brothers Chris and Devon

Eischeid having raised $550.00 and 575.00 respectively. The day’s top class is that of Mrs. Olsen having won over $1330.60 total from their running laps. As a prize, Olsen was given a $100.00 gift certiﬁcate to the Teachers Corner on Main Street. Principal Rory Williams was dunked outside as the students completed their goal for the year, the school having raised over $7000.00 for charity.

Officers in northeast Wyoming shot and killed a 39-year-old woman armed with a knife after other means to stop her, including a stun gun, failed. The shooting occurred on a rural road just east of Gillette after the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office received a call of someone trespassing at a coal mine. Authorities say a woman exited the vehicle and threatened officers with a knife. On May 20, 2015, the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by Dryfork Mine in reference to a suspicious vehicle. Law enforcement responded, located the vehicle and a pursuit was initiated. Deputies deployed spike strips on Garner Lake road. The suspect drove thru the spike strips and the vehicle ultimately was stopped near the intersection of Vaquero and Garner Lake. An officer involved shooting took place. The shooting has left one suspect dead at the scene. No officers were injured. The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation has been notified and is in charge of the investigation. All parties involved in this incident have been accounted for. There are no suspects at large. No details regarding the suspect or officers involved were released as of May 21. The names of the officers and suspect will be released at the discretion of the County Attorney’s Office.

News Briefs True Oil Accused of Discrimination

A federal complaint charges Casper-based True Oil and associated companies discriminated against female employees by paying them less than men for equivalent work. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ﬁled a complaint in U.S. District Court in Wyoming against True Oil and nine associated companies that operate in 12 states. Utah Joins Lawsuit Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says Utah will join three other states in a lawsuit challenging new rules for oil and gas drilling on federal land. The Obama administration announced in March that it will require companies that drill on federal lands to disclose the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing. The rule takes effect in June. Herbert says Utah will join Wyoming, North Dakota and Colorado in the lawsuit.

Avalanche claims Second Victim

A second Jackson Hole man has died of injuries suffered in an avalanche in northwest Wyoming. An Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center spokesman says 42-year-old Stephen Adamson Jr. has died. The Jackson Hole News and Guide reports that the avalanche on Sunday also claimed the life of 39-year-old Luke Lynch, of Jackson.

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Murder Suspect Gets Public Defender

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Lucas Foster, Aidan Door, and Sage Aars hold their token beads up high with pride.

One of three suspects in the death of a 30-year-old man found decapitated in northern Wyoming is getting a public defender. The Cody Enterprise reports the body of Juan Guerra-Torres was found in Park County decapitated, shot several times and missing his left arm in January of last year. Three defendants are charged in the case including 51-year-old John Marquez, who made his initial court appearance last week.

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Abigail Toscana welcomes family and friends to Sundays CCHS graduation ceremony.

Jonathon Plush recognizes his father for his service in the Armed Force as he gets ready to enter the Armed Forces himself.

Westwood and CCHS students celebrate their long journey as they look into the future CCHS students celebrate with glitter (left) as they have ﬁnally graduated. All Photos by Clint Burton

Tips to Make History Come Alive for Your Family Submitted by StatePoint Media It may have been many years since you picked up a history textbook. And if so, who can blame you? History can seem dull when told as a listing of facts and dates. But learning about times gone by can be a worthwhile pursuit -- whether you want to be better prepared to help your kids with homework or to beef up your own store of knowledge. Luckily, there are much more fascinating and engaging ways to become a history buff than by reading a standard textbook. To make history come alive for you and your family, consider the following:

Historical Fiction

Revisit and rethink historical fact with inventive ﬁctional novels inspired by true events. Historical ﬁction can be a fascinating way to get acquainted with history. Check out one such new read, “The Lusitania Conspiracy,” which explores events surrounding the infamous sinking of the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner, and at the time, one of the world’s fastest and most luxurious passenger ships. In time for its 100th anniversary, history buff and author Ron Walters details

a series of intense events involving mystery, murder, and perhaps even crimes against humanity, offering one possible explanation as to what occurred so long ago on May 7, 1915. According to Walters, the truth behind the sinking, which involved the loss of 1,200 lives is “the greatest story never told.” “The story of the Lusitania has been overshadowed by the Titanic’s sinking for nearly 100 years, even though it’s far more interesting and intriguing,” says Walters. Though it is fiction, the book is based on real events and features historical figures. After enjoying the novel, you can look forward to a film version, currently in the works. For more information, visit www.thelusitaniaconspiracy.com. Take a Vacation The next time you travel, take an opportunity to get more deeply acquainted with your destination by learning about its history. Were any battles fought there? Did important figures spend time there? Almost every location has an interesting story behind it and seeing where an event took place can help

bring facts to life and shed light on a story. Consider planning a family vacation around an historical site like Gettysburg, site of one of the largest battles of the Civil War and President Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address. Or you can visit a place like Los Alamos, home to the Manhattan Project during World War II. There are many destinations with historical meaning that can be explored by your family. Make it Personal History extends beyond the famous and infamous. Everyday people have interesting stories to tell as well -- including your ancestors. Delving into your own family’s past is now easier than ever, as there are online services that can help you search historical records and documents to piece together your story far into the past. Supplement your research by conducting interviews with relatives and record the sessions for posterity. History is not meant to put you to sleep. By seeking out more vivid interpretations and retellings of the past, you can make it come alive.

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The Outsiders By Clint Burton OW – What a way to kick off this year’s summer concerts in Northeastern Wyoming and the Black Hills. Friday night I attended Eric Church’s The Outsiders Tour at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. SOLD OUT, that’s right the show was Sold Out and it’s easy to see why, Church had the fan’s on their feet for the whole night as he opened the night with his title cut from The Outsiders and played songs from all of his previous albums and then ended with his super hit Springsteen, off his Grammy award winning album Chief. I for one was very impressed with Eric’s performance; he had a stage show that matched some of the biggest rock bands of the past such as KISS, Def Leppard and ZZ Top. The stage changed so much

it was like watching a Transformer and he even had a giant inﬂatable devil that reach up to the rafters. Hats off to Tait Towers for designing such a cool stage. Those of you who don’t know who Eric Church is, he is a Country music artist from North Carolina and has had multiple chart topping albums that have been nominated and won many ACM, CMT,CMA, AMA, Billboard and Grammy awards. I have had the pleasure of photographing or watching almost every Entertainer of the Year for the past 10 years and folks this man should be on that list. It is a shame that Church hasn’t been considered, by the people that nominate for these award shows. Maybe this year is the year he ﬁnally gets the recognition he deserves.

Those of you that were at Friday’s at show and are not one of his fan’s or didn’t really know what to expect, well I’m sure you left the arena a Eric Church fan. Those of you that didn’t make it to the show, next time pack up the whole family make your way to the arena and get ready to be amazed. Great job Eric and I look forward to the next time you’re in this area. Music fans don’t forget that this area has some major concerts this summer with Keith Urban, The Band Perry and Toby Keith at BIG Horn Country USA, REO Speedwagon and Bret Michaels at Rockin the Railroad in Sheridan, Gary Allan in Gillette, Miranda Lambert in Rapid City and many more in Deadwood and Sturgis. So this summer catch a concert and enjoy the music.

Suspect Pleas No-Contest

An Arizona man charged after a ﬁght at a Casper hotel that left a New Mexico man dead has pled no contest to reckless endangerment and being an accessory after the fact. The Casper Star-Tribune reports David Watson Jr. is not expected to

serve prison time for his role in the Nov. 9 ﬁght that led to the death of Gary Jefferson. Watson’s co-defendant, Dwayne Bahe, pleaded guilty in March to two counts of aggravated assault. He acknowledged wearing steel toed boots when he kicked Jeffer-

son and Jefferson’s son-in-law in the head during the scuffle. A plea agreement in Bahe’s case calls for a three- to five-year prison sentence. Watson and Bahe claimed self-defense, and investigators say it appeared Jefferson threw the first punch.

Bob Rohan is a cartoonist in Houston, Texas and has been drawing “Buffalo Gals” since 1995. He was awarded “Best Cowboy Cartoonist” in 2009 by The Academy of Western Artists Will Rogers Awards out of Gene Autry, Oklahoma.

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Community Health Centers of Central Wyoming Receives National Rating for Quality he Community Health Centers of Central Wyoming (CHCCW) recently received a level two Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition by the National Committee of Quality Assurance (NCQA). This signiﬁes that CHCCW ensures

that health care provided by the organization is patient-focused by meeting additional requirements outlined by the NCQA. PCMH is a health care model focused on the organization and delivery of primary care. The PCMH process provides relationship-based health care

services to encourage patients to take more ownership of their health and medical care. “We are delighted with this recognition. This enables us to provide more frequent and relevant care for our patients,” said Daniel Meyers, CEO of CHCCW. To achieve a level two

recognition, CHCCW offers team-based care with patientcentered access. “PCMH is a more proactive approach to health care. The program is a collaborative approach with a professional care team. It puts patients in the driver’s seat for their health care,” said Joy

Shain, Director of Quality at CHCCW. CHCCW is continuing to advance the PCMH model. Meyers shared, “We are already at work designing multi-disciplinary care teams to help empower patients with their health care.”

Casper Couple Sues Vapor Cigarette Dealer

Casper couple Joshua and Allison Seel are suing a local vapor cigarette company after the battery in one of the devices allegedly exploded in Joshua’s, burning his leg and genitals, according to the lawsuit ﬁled last Tuesday.

“These batteries are extremely dangerous, made in China and should not be sold to members of our community,” said Jason Ochs, a Casper attorney representing the couple, in a news release. “Can you imagine if one of these batteries were to

get in the hands of a child?” No one available at Straight Line Vapors in Casper could comment. The explosion caused second- and third-degree burns to his left thigh, leg, scrotum and genital area. He received emer-

gency treatment at Wyoming Medical Center. The lawsuit is alleging vapor cigarette dealer Straight Line Vapors, which has stores in Cheyenne and Casper, was negligent because it failed to warn Joshua that the battery

could explode. The Seels are seeking an unspeciﬁed amount of money in compensation for injuries, mental suffering, economic losses and the loss of companionship and intimacy.

Reduced Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic

The City/County Animal Shelter and No Place Like Home Rescue will be hosting a reduced cost Spay/Neuter Clinic on Friday, June 5th and Saturday, June 6th at the City/ County Animal Shelter at 950

W. Warlow Drive. June 5th will be MALE DOGS ONLY. The cost is $65.00 each, and it includes vaccinations. The criteria for dogs: - Male - Under 1 year of age

- Small breeds only (under 30 pounds) June 6th will be CATS ONLY - MALE & FEMALE. Litters are welcome and they can do kittens as early as 2 to 3 weeks of age. The cost is $45.00 each

and it includes vaccinations. This is CASH ONLY and you need to make an APPOINTMENT. Please call the Gillette Animal Shelter at 686-5249 during shelter hours (1 - 6 PM Monday - Friday, Saturday 11

AM - 3 PM). Volunteers are also needed so if you can volunteer some time either day, please call the Shelter. For more information, call the City/County Animal Shelter at 686-5249

Roller Derby Bout Fundraiser Beneﬁts Local Pets The Powder River Rousta Bout It Betties take on the Wild West Wreckers from Sheridan in a fundraising roller derby bout where the proceeds beneﬁt Fur Kids Foundation. Enjoy a night of hard hitting, fast-action, girl on girl roller derby on Saturday, May 30 at 6 pm at the Rockpile

Ice Arena, 121 4-J Rd. This is the second fundraising bout the Betties have hosted for Fur Kids Foundation. Doors open at 5 pm for ticket sales. Tickets run $10 in advance and $12 at the door; kids 12 and under are free. Participants may also purchase

tickets before the event at Alien Inc., 2701 Powder Basin Ave., Suite B. The halftime show, starting at around 6:30 pm, features dogs from a local nose-work course – where dogs use their noses to search for hidden scents. Music is provided by Blackout

Entertainment and drinks are available from Beverage Broker. About Fur Kids Foundation: Created in November 2011, the Fur Kids Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) nonproﬁt organization that provides education and aid to promote the well-being of families with animals in Camp-

bell County, Wyoming. Since September 2012, Fur Kids Foundation has helped more than 170 families and granted more than $26,200 in aid. For more information, visit www. furkidsfoundation.org.

Click It or Ticket: Campbell County Law Enforcement Will Show Zero Tolerance

Once again, The Campbell County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce, Gillette Police Department, and the Wyoming Highway Patrol is reminding motorists to Click It or Ticket. As part of the national seat belt enforcement campaign, law enforcement agencies around the country will be stepping up enforcement May 18th through the 31st , including one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. According to the National Highway Trafﬁc Safety Administration, nearly half of the 21,132

passenger vehicle occupants killed in crashes in 2013 were unrestrained. At night from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., that number soared to 59 percent of those killed. That’s why one focus of the Click It or Ticket campaign is nighttime enforcement. Almost twice as many males were killed in crashes as compared to females, with lower belt use rates, too. Of the males killed in crashes in 2013, more than half (54%) were unrestrained. For females killed in crashes, 41 percent were not

buckled up. In 2014 there were 5 fatal crashes and 8 fatalities on Wyoming Highway 59 between Douglas and Gillette. Participating Converse and Campbell County Law Enforcement and the Wyoming Highway Patrol will be taking a no-excuses approach to seat belt law enforcement, writing citations day and night. Motorists should anticipate receiving a citation for trafﬁc violations over the Memorial Day weekend. This should act as a

warning to all motorists. If you have friends or family traveling to or through our jurisdiction during this time frame please warn them, as this is their warning. Over Memorial Day Weekend 2014, there were no crash fatalities in Wyoming. Let’s all work together to do this again in 2015. This project is funded with assistance from the Wyoming Department of Transportation Highway Safety Program and the National Highway Trafﬁc Safety Administration.

First Lady Mead Donates Books First Lady Carol Mead and Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, have donated 500 books to Wyoming elementary schools through the 2015 Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge. Mrs. Mead has participated as a Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge “Reading Ambassador” for ﬁve years. This year, books were given to Kemmerer Elementary School (Kemmerer), Coffeen Elementary School, Woodland Park Elementary School, and Sagebrush Elementary School (all in Sheridan), and Tongue River Elementary School (Ranchester) to encourage kids to read over the summer. First Lady Mead has championed early childhood literacy as part of her children’s issues initiative for the last

ﬁve years. “I want to see Wyoming children reading over the summer with their families and caregivers,” said Mrs. Mead. “Reading with a child for just 20 minutes each day promotes social and emotional wellbeing and keeps their skills sharp over the summer months.” The Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge is a free online reading program that motivates children to read all summer long by logging their reading minutes in an attempt to set a new summer reading world record. Last year, the students of Wyoming were instrumental in setting the worldwide summer reading world record of over 304 million minutes; this year promises to be an even greater success. Teachers and parents can register

children for the free summer reading program by visiting www.scholastic. com/summer. From May 4 through September 4, 2015, kids can log their reading minutes, unlock stories written by 13 favorite children’s authors, and help set a new reading world record. The site also offers free resources for parents and teachers including summer reading booklists, daily tips from parenting experts, and sweepstakes and giveaways. For more information about Scholastic or the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge, please visit the media room or contact Sara Sinek at(212) 343-6899 or ssinek@ scholastic.com, or Michael Barrett at (212) 343-6570 or mbarrett@ scholastic.com.

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Obituaries

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Daniel Bonine plays dungeon master for a group of young players as they begin their next game.

Fate on Dice By Elizabeth Richards very Monday from 4 p.m. onward, a number of young players gather after school in the library to play “Dungeons and Dragons”, a table-top game marked by dice and limited only by one’s ability to create and the rules they want to follow. They get together in the basement computer lab in the back of the library where they set up a row of tables to play on. A dungeon master, the more experienced player with a solid understanding of the games rules, owner of several guide books and a sometimes gifted orator, narrates the story and decides how the rules of the world play out as the players progress. Those players who meet here at the local library play older additions of the game and rule sets. As they wait for their

dungeon master to arrive they will bide their time playing card games. The room is all smiles and jests as people create their characters and decide on which game to play, to what rules and story. Reaching back through memory and pencil and paper they remember their character’s statistics, last whereabouts, and inventory. Everything comes down to the story, from what race your character is to the god they worship, and the world they walk in. Players build characters from set rules and garb them accordingly. As a role playing game the player crafts the characters personality and assumes their role in mind and body. Players may choose to be good, evil, or something in between as they charge headlong through the story line.

An adventure can be bought pre-made or handcrafted by an aspiring writer. The sky’s the limit in this game. A far cry from the blood and gore of today’s video games and a great leap forward from the mindless button mashing and sexual innuendo, though some do have the imagination for it, table top games are a lesser known but much more engaging form of entertainment. Theirs is a world where a player’s greatest fear is a dungeon master holding your fate in his hands with a sense of humor. Players trade stories of their previous exploits as they laugh over dice rolls and strange outcomes. Last week’s adventure took place in a city of druids, characters that do not abide the unnatural or what they perceive as unnatural. This has created a

dilemma for several players as their race choice is intolerable to the druids. Several players work their way through the sewers and underground tunnels beneath the city, others are simply lost. A failed dice check has one of them tumbling down ﬂights of stone stairs. Players shop, gossip, and sew discord as they try to unearth the cities secrets. Several players eventually come across a gargantuan magical beast suffering in torment at the bottom of a chasm of stone and stairs. Impaled with spears and chained in a pit it writhes and lashes out in anger. What does this creature look like? For what purpose is it bound to the dungeons beneath city? You will just have to play to ﬁnd out.

NWCCD Honors Master Distance Educator of the Year

Nikki Smiley, Health and Human Performance instructor for the Northern Wyoming Community College District, has been selected as the 2015 NWCCD Master Distance Educator of the Year, college ofﬁcials announced recently. Smiley will be recognized at the 13th annual WyDEC Distance Education Conference awards banquet Tuesday, May 19, in Douglas at Eastern Wyoming Community College’s branch campus. “Nikki is an extremely passionate and enthusiastic professional in her ﬁeld and is highly

respected by her colleagues and students,” said Dr. Erin Nitschke, NWCCD Director of Health and Human Performance. “She believes that by helping her clients and students ﬁnd motivational and creative ways to engage in physical activity and adopt healthy lifestyle practices, each individual will be able to live his or her ‘best life.’” Since 2009, Smiley has been a valued instructor in the college’s Health and Human Performance department. She holds a bachelor’s of science in Fitness Management and her master’s in Health and

Physical Education from Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Smiley also possesses certifications as an ACE Certified Personal Trainer and ACE Fitness Nutrition Specialist. “Nikki has successfully managed to develop the majority of online course offerings for her department, thus elevating the department’s ability to recruit students for a variety of programs and certificates, including Exercise Science, Athletic Training, Physical Education, Athletic Coaching and Personal Trainer Education,” said Dr. Nitschke. Smiley’s commitment to ex-

panding online course offerings at Sheridan College and Gillette College is outstanding, said Stoney Gaddy, NWCCD Director of Distance and Distributive Learning. “Nikki’s creative ﬂare and commitment to excellence has allowed her to develop online course offerings that utilize a variety of technological tools, information delivery methods, and academic assessment activities,” Dr. Nitschke said. “She also approaches her online course creation with the learning community in mind.”

Approximately 8 to 10 parking spots on both sides of Gillette Avenue between 4th Street and 5th Street will be closed through Thursday, May 28th. Through trafﬁc will be maintained in both directions. This closure is to allow for repairs to existing water valves. It is not related to the Downtown Public Facilities Enhancement Project (public restrooms).

Boxelder Road and Highway 59 - Lane Closures

There will be lane closures on Highway 59 and Boxelder Road. One left turn lane on Highway 59 South will be closed. This lane will be closed as part of the traf-

ﬁc control plan for multiple lane closures on Boxelder Road from Highway 59 to just past Home Depot. These lane closures will be through Tuesday, June 30th. The reason for the lane closures is to allow for sanitary sewer and road improvements. Access to all businesses on Boxelder Road will be maintained throughout the project. Eastbound and westbound trafﬁc will be maintained as well, but will be limited to one lane in each direction. This is a part of the 2015 Pavement Management Schedule A project, funded by the Optional 1% Sales Tax.

Alley between Jack Plane Lane and LA Lane from

Hogeye Drive to Flying Circle Drive

The alley between Jack Plane Lane and LA Lane from Hogeye Drive to Flying Circle Drive will be closed through Friday, May 29th. This closure is for the removal and replacement of the alley surface as a part of the 2015 Alley Pavement Management Schedule. This project is funded by the Optional 1% Sales Tax.

Maple Avenue

Maple Avenue will be closed between East Redwood Street and Walnut Street. It will be closed through Friday, May 29th. This closure is to replace the culvert and repairs associated with installing the culvert.

Another Scam Alert It has come to the attention of the Campbell County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce over the weekend, that phone calls have been placed to Gillette residents from individuals claiming to be conducting a phone survey for Blue Cross Blue Shield. During this survey they may ask for account information and personal identiﬁcation information. These callers are

reported to be pushy and have placed as many as four calls to the same individual until they get the information they are looking for. A quick scam search on the internet by local law enforcement shows it appears this particular scam has been going on for a number of years all over the country. The payoff is they get

the account information and can use that as a defrauding device. The local ofﬁce has no knowledge about the survey. If members of the public are contacted in reference to this survey they should neither talk to the caller nor return any calls to the caller. People should be reminded to never give out personal information to people they do not know.

Sharon C. Holm A memorial service for Sharon C. Holm was held

Saturday May 16 at the Vineyard Church in Pine Haven. Sharon passed away Saturday May 9, 2015 of natural causes. Sharon was born January 29, 1940 to Vernon and Corinne (Varner) Miller, and raised with her 3 siblings (Ronald, Robert and Duane) in Newcastle where she graduated from high school in 1958. In 1959 Sharon married Walt Soper and had two beautiful daughters, (Joni and Sheryl). They later divorced. Sharon had several jobs throughout her life. In 1981 she moved to Gillette and was hired on at the Campbell County Landfill where she met the love of her life Dennis Holm. They married in September of 1989. In 1996 they moved to Pine Haven. She retired from the Campbell County Landfill in 1997 and began to work part time at the golf course in the club house, but being the outdoor gal she was, she started mowing the greens. Sharon enjoyed spending time with her husband and traveling. She also enjoyed camping, golfing, fishing, western art, had many craft projects, loved her many pets, and loved spending quality time with her friends and adopted family (everyone called her mom). Sharon will be missed deeply by both family and friends. Sharon C. Holm is survived by her devoted husband, Dennis Holm; brothers, Ronald and Robert; daughters, Joni Brown of Newcastle, Sheryl Santistevan of Gillette; six grandchildren, six greatgrandchildren; many cousins, nieces and nephews. Sharon is preceded in death by her parents, and brother, Duane. In lieu of flowers donations can be sent in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel 210 West 5th Street, Gillette, WY 82716 condolences may also be sent via website: www.gillettememorialchapel.com

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Virgil Erwin Hilkemeier Memorial services for Virgil Hilkemeier were held May 23, at 2:15 in Moorcroft, at the First Presbyterian Church. Virgil Erwin Hilkemeier, 80 of Moorcroft passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 20, 2015. He was born June 24, 1937 in Atkinson, Nebraska, to Fred and Dorothy (Schroder) Hilkemeier, the first of four children. At the age of nine, the family moved to Kimball, Nebraska, where he went to school through his eighth grade year. He went to work immediately after to help the family. He worked for Flint Rig, Lyle Brown Well Service, and he started his own business “Virg’s Well Service” all in Kimball. Virgil and Lois (Story) met through his brother, Donald, and a year later was married on July 10th, 1955, in Kimball. Virgil was drafted to the Army in March 1957 and received honorable discharge in June of 1959. He was PFC Crew Chief, 57th Transportation First Edition. While in the Service, he received his GED, and became daddy for the first time to a daughter, Rhonda, with four more children to follow, Dan, Donna, Connie, Perry. They raised their children in Kimball until 1967 and moved to Belle Creek, Montana, and worked for Webb Resources for two years. While in Belle Creek, he received his Pilot license to fly. They moved to Moorcroft in July 1969, where he made his home and went to work for Green Electric. While working for Green Electric in Gillette, he went to school and received his Master Electrician License. Virg started Virg’s Electric in 1978 and sold the business in 1996. He had other numerous jobs since retiring. After his wife Lois’s passing in 1998, he and Barbara Jeffres were married on July 3, 1999. They enjoyed a life of traveling and going to Deadwood, SD. Virg also loved his scratch tickets and the lottery. Virg’s greatest hobby was fishing, especially with his sons, son-in laws, and his grandchildren. Virg received his

nickname “Mr. Terrible”, when he was asked how he was doing, he would tell them terrible and then explain that there is only one way to go and that was up. If he told you he was fine you knew he was not. Virgil also loved the Christmas holiday, with lots of decorations and playing Santa Clause. Virgil is survived by his wife, Barbara JeffresHilkemeier; and five children, Rhonda Smith of Moorcroft; Perry (Lisa) of Lake Preston, South Dakota; two step children, Charlene Jeffress of Sterling, Virginia; Mike (Susan) Jeffress of Evergreen, Colorado; 21 grandchildren and 19 greatgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by parents, Fred and Dorothy; wife, Lois Story; son-in law, Robert (Bill) Smith; granddaughter, Patty Hilkemeier; brother and sister-in-laws, Donald, Joan and Anita Hilkemeier. In lieu of flowers the family request that donations be made to Sharon’s Home Health in Moorcroft, WY or charity of your choice. Memorials and condolences may also be sent in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel 210 West 5th Street, Gillette, WY 82716 or via website: www.gillettememorialchapel.com

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City/State

WYOMING CATTLEWOMEN INC TORRINGTON, WY WYOMING CATTLEWOMEN INC TORRINGTON, WY WYOMING SOCIETY OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS CHEYENNE, WY CHEYENNE KENNEL CLUB CHEYENNE, WY SPECIAL FRIENDS OF CHEYENNE INC CHEYENNE, WY WYOMING OUTFITTERS & GUIDES ASSOCIATION CASPER, WY HARRY AND THELMA SURRENA MEMORIAL FUND SHERIDAN, WY ONE SHOT ANTELOPE HUNT FOUNDATIONLANDER, WY FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES 3096 AUX WORLAND, WY BENEVOLENT PATRIOTIC ORDER OF DOES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 29 CODY DROVE CODY, WY CITIZEN-VOLUNTEERS LIMITED CHEYENNE, WY KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 801 BISHOP PATRICK A MCGOVERN COUNC CHEYENNE, WY NORTHERN BIG HORN MOUNTAIN RECREATION ASSOCIATION DAYTON, WY NORTHERN BIG HORN MOUNTAIN RECREATION ASSOCIATION DAYTON, WY WYOMING CREDIT UNION INS TR MATT JOHNSON TTEE CASPER, WY WAMSUTTER COMMUNITY INC WAMSUTTER, WY TETON COUNTY SHERIFFS AUXILLARY JACKSON, WY CC WAVES SWIM CLUB INC DOUGLAS, WY COWBOY WRESTLING CLUB A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION LARAMIE, WY COWBOY WRESTLING CLUB A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION LARAMIE, WY KD FOUNDATION FOR SWEETWATER COUNTY DIABETES ROCK SPRINGS, WY JACK AND EILEEN ROUTSON SCHOLARSHIP OUNDATION A WY NON-PROFIT CORP LARAMIE, WY INSIGHT RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL INCMILLS, WY INSIGHT RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL INCMILLS, WY WYOMING EARLY CHILDHOOD PARTNERSHIP CASPER, WY WYOMING EARLY CHILDHOOD PARTNERSHIP CASPER, WY DAN AND KIM HUISH FOUNDATION PINEDALE, WY WYOMING POWER PRODUCERS COALITION CHEYENNE, WY J ORIN EDSON FOUNDATION JACKSON, WY J ORIN EDSON FOUNDATION JACKSON, WY WHMI STRONG FAMILIES STRONG WYOMING CHEYENNE, WY BUFFALO DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION � BUFFALO DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION BUFFALO, WY REACH 4A STAR RIDING ACADEMY INC CASPER, WY THE JOSEPH J SCOTT FOUNDATION CASPER, WY RIVERTON CARES INC RIVERTON, WY CHEYENNE COMPETITIVE BASEBALL ASSOCIATION CHEYENNE, WY JOANNIDES FAMILY FOUNDATION CHEYENNE, WY WILSON PARENT-TEACHER ORGANIZATION WILSON, WY AQUINAS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SACRED DOCTRINE AQUINAS INSTITUTE LANDER, WY WYOMING CATHOLIC COLLEGE FOUNDATION LANDER, WY WYOFILE CASPER, WY WYOFILE CASPER, WY WYOMING 211 CHEYENNE, WY DONKEY CREEK FESTIVAL GILLETTE, WY DONKEY CREEK FESTIVAL GILLETTE, WY K GILL FOUNDATION CHEYENNE, WY BOLE & KLINGENSTEIN FOUNDATION CODY, WY DEPARTMENT OF WYOMING LADIES AUXILIARY VFW EVANSVILLE, WY L H S RODEO CLUB OF WYOMING LARAMIE, WY IMIG FAMILY FOUNDATION CHEYENNE, WY JACKSON HOLE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND MATH FOUNDATION JACKSON, WY JC BRADLEY FOUNDATION CASPER, WY CASPER FAMILY CONNECTIONS CASPER, WY LARSEN CHARITABLE TR POWELL, WY LARSEN CHARITABLE TR POWELL, WY DOUBLE 4 FOUNDATION DAVID L & MELANIE TRUE TTEE CASPER, WY VERDAD FOUNDATION H A III & KAREN TRUE TTEE CASPER, WY POWELL VALLEY RECYCLING POWELL, WY CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC WYOMING CHAPTER GLENROCK, WY KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL INC K05523 THERMOPOLIS THERMOPOLIS, WY HANWAY PROJECT INC WORLAND, WY WYOMING PROJECT LEARNING TREE ALCOVA, WY BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLOYEES UNIFIED SYSTEM DIVISION LYMAN, WY CENTRAL WYOMING CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE CASPER, WY SKILLING FOUNDATION SARATOGA, WY NATIONAL BENCH REST SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION INC SHERIDAN, WY NATIONAL BENCH REST SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION INC SHERIDAN, WY DAVID MYERS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND JACKSON, WY THOMAS A & DIANN G MANN FOUNDATION JACKSON, WY WYOMING FARM BUREAU FEDERATION INC HOT SPRINGS COUNTY LARAMIE, WY JAQUITH FAMILY FOUNDATION WILSON, WY JIM AND AUDREY BAILEY FOUNDATION CASPER, WY ROTARY INTERNATIONAL LARAMIE SUNRISE WY LARAMIE, WY WYOMING HEALTH INFORMATION ORGANIZATION WYHIO CHEYENNE, WY VALENTINE SPEEDWAY ASSOCIATION INC GLENROCK, WY HEARING HEART MISSION TETON VILLAGE, WY HEARING HEART MISSION TETON VILLAGE, WY SAM R RATCLIFF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION GILLETTE, WY MACHASEH CHILDRENS RANCH INC PAVILLION, WY FOUNDATION FOR NORTH AMERICAN WILD SHEEP CODY, WY HEALTHMAP EL PUENTE JACKSON, WY SNAKE RIVER FUND JACKSON, WY WINDY RIDGE FOUNDATION LARAMIE, WY TOMS PAYEE SERVICE INC SHERIDAN, WY

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Org. Fiscal Type Year Ending 501(c)(6) June 2011 501(c)(6) June 2012

Total Total Functional Total Revenue Expenses Assets $47,136 $86,354 $131,080 $22,741 $29,835 $107,917

501(c)(6) 501(c)(7) 501(c)(3)

April 2012 Dec. 2011 Dec. 2011

$390,756 $31,437 $100,538

$376,145 $30,180 $78,539

$487,937 $26,540 $190,256

$92,783 $0 $0

501(c)(6)

Dec. 2012

$134,984

$147,492

$47,827

$957

501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

Oct. 2012 Dec. 2011

$302,225 $57,809

$277,850 $49,501

$4,167,683 $859,679

$12 $0

501(c)(10)

May 2011

$15,349

$22,306

$8,750

501(c)(10) 501(c)(3)

Dec. 2010 Dec. 2012

$0 $0

501(c)(8)

June 2012

$57,624

$56,442

$63,628

501(c)(4)

March 2011

$19,291

$7,887

$56,622

501(c)(4)

March 2012

$7,670

$9,291

$55,001

501(c)(9) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

Dec. 2012 June 2011 Dec. 2012 Aug. 2010

$2,577,425 $188,115 $71,493 $25,661

$2,425,393 $326,454 $85,641 $27,230

$1,452,026 $414,958 $358,702 $7,601

$481,395 $0 $0 $0

501(c)(3)

Dec. 2011

$43,196

$39,486

$72,934

$1,929

501(c)(3)

Dec. 2012

$62,552

$28,986

$104,883

$311

501(c)(3)

Dec. 2011

$46,454

$26,392

$62,455

501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

Dec. 2011 Dec. 2011 Dec. 2012

$20,638 $125,918 $97,606

$13,029 $127,141 $82,111

$238,724 $10,102 $25,597

$1 $0 $0

501(c)(3)

Dec. 2011

$29,174

$177,788

$232,959

501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

Dec. 2010 Dec. 2011

$162,416 $57,047

$272,496 $52,377

$381,573 $890,264

$0 $0

501(c)(6) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

Dec. 2012 Dec. 2011 Dec. 2012

$67,500 $700,532 $1,509,976

$75,126 $695,740 $1,700,471

$97,600 $17,065,864 $16,875,369

$0 $0 $0

501(c)(3)

Dec. 2011

$317,675

$315,862

$4,799

501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

Dec. 2011 Dec. 2011 Dec. 2011 March 2013

$44,179 $129,161 $230,676 $1,686

$69,914 $92,408 $242,988 $1,943

$98,904 $274,362 $4,792,389 $50,105

$40,000 $6,080 $1 $0

501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

Aug. 2011 Dec. 2011

$56,092 $122,000

$54,145 $117,819

$15,699 $11,920

$137 $0

501(c)(3)

Aug. 2010

$15,984

$18,338

$20,498

501(c)(3)

Dec. 2012

$166,580

$43,972

$566,443

$442,750

501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

June 2012 Dec. 2011 Dec. 2012 Dec. 2011 Dec. 2011 Dec. 2012 Dec. 2012 Dec. 2011

$250 $277,309 $159,381 $399,711 $71,941 $85,083 $31,207 $11,835

$56 $218,027 $290,739 $253,428 $56,917 $89,163 $21,814 $70,804

$403 $176,212 $46,170 $261,390 $18,612 $14,532 $24,638 $158,889

$0 $3,556 $4,872 $77,994 $0 $0 $0 $1

501(c)(19) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

June 2012 June 2013 Dec. 2011

$33,709 $48,848 $46,500

$29,321 $55,025 $45,044

$67,924 $8,382 $2,456

$0 $0 $0

501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

June 2012 Dec. 2012 June 2013 Dec. 2011 Dec. 2012

$133,369 $5,188 $185,842 $15,702 $41,643

$50,628 $3,228 $138,426 $8,335 $67,780

$88,505 $12,863 $82,097 $861,294 $859,207

$623 $0 $1,367 $0 $0

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501(c)(3)

June 2012

$1,051,676

$56,848

$2,942,618

501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

June 2013 June 2012

$1,018,932 $199,847

$116,109 $163,269

$3,790,732 $366,083

$0 $126,419

501(c)(3)

Dec. 2011

$166,939

$161,682

$31,071

$2,101

501(c)(4) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

Dec. 2012 June 2012 Dec. 2012

$21,060 $34,530 $31,135

$24,345 $40,251 $37,361

$30,913 $85,165 $26,058

$0 $10,905 $0

501(c)(5)

March 2013

$2,750,355

$2,983,229

$3,178,482

$216

501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

Dec. 2011 Nov. 2011

$186,902 $87,289

$138,642 $164,463

$127,150 $775,001

$0 $672

501(c)(4)

Dec. 2011

$88,301

$117,537

$125,651

501(c)(4)

Dec. 2012

$97,413

$122,842

$100,222

501(c)(3)

Dec. 2010

$2,099

$1,500

$23,470

501(c)(3)

Dec. 2012

$11,431

$23,487

$335,140

501(c)(5) 501(c)(3)

Dec. 2011 Dec. 2011

$42,782 $150,694

$40,569 $138,362

$22,161 $1,548,492

$0 $0

501(c)(3)

Dec. 2011

$1,769,677

$61,267

$3,371,856

501(c)(4)

June 2010

$15,548

$17,358

$17,658

501(c)(3)

Dec. 2011

$113,687

$145,063

$39,422

501(c)(4) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

Dec. 2011 Dec. 2011 Dec. 2012

$12,234 $113,705 $133,685

$10,759 $118,107 $130,901

$25,545 $9,671 $12,455

$0 $0 $0

501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

Dec. 2011 Dec. 2012

$3,615 $60,208

$4,350 $44,010

$103,778 $222,797

$1 $0

501(c)(3)

June 2012

$3,729,978

$3,999,520

$7,656,035

$917,387

501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

Sept. 2012 Dec. 2012 Dec. 2011 Dec. 2011

$308,228 $240,195 $153,856 $67,312

$307,640 $267,712 $299,955 $68,152

$5,473 $332,763 $4,256,572 $3,495

$4,350 $89,786 $1 $0

501(c)(3)

Dec. 2011

$73,673

$19,436

$197,895

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Org. Type

Fiscal Year Ending

$18 $123,096 $535,326

Total Assets

$1,849,982 $458,413 $27,783

Total Liabilities

March 2012 Dec. 2012 July 2011

$1,850,000 $578,191 $543,337

501(c)(3)

Dec. 2011

$75,622

$54,946

$471,444

$412,774

501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

Dec. 2012 Dec. 2012 Dec. 2011 Dec. 2012 Dec. 2011 June 2013 Dec. 2012 Dec. 2012 Dec. 2012 Dec. 2012

$124,660 $15,408 $150 $0 $335 $3,335 $134,673 $1,000 $5,000,438 $65,421

$119,298 $819 $0 $0 $0 $62,367 $13,576 $0 $4,012 $4,454

$572,283 $29,032 $150 $0 $335 $0 $1,734,440 $1,000 $5,000,438 $60,967

$508,251 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $12,818 $0 $4,012 $0

501(c)(6)

Dec. 2011

$345,464

$351,872

$77,595

501(c)(3)

Dec. 2012

$7,033

$13,603

$421,773

501(c)(6)

Sept. 2011

$1,766,239

$1,791,204

$570,951

$99,065

501(c)(3)

Aug. 2012

$200,772

$133,024

$343,773

501(c)(4) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

Aug. 2013 Dec. 2012 Dec. 2012

$124,571 $73,346 $124,331

$100,562 $21,820 $119,756

$368,504 $576,021 $34,256

$0 $0 $412

501(c)(8) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

June 2012 Dec. 2011 March 2011

$43,144 $355,954 $441,281

$52,049 $387,162 $412,921

$252,778 $51,923 $1,864,040

$0 $0 $63,938

$52,511

$65,075

$325,758

$267

$34,872 $17,910

$31,195 $18,200

$19,425 $39,995

$0 $0

$217,332

$111,445

$670,957

$73,608

$51,580

$35,982

$49,173

$104,590

$1,385,115

$74,688

$104,175

$108,845

$1,380,220

$74,463

$430,796

$93,909

501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

SARATOGA HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC SARATOGA, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2012 CARPENTERS VACATION FUND OF WYOMING CASPER, WY 501(c)(9) Dec. 2011 FRIENDS OF SOUTH PASS LANDER, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2011 SHRINERS INTERNATIONAL KOREIN SHRINERS GROUP RETURN RAWLINS, WY 501(c)(10) Dec. 2011 4-H CLUBS & AFFILIATED 4-H ORGANIZATIONS CAN DO 4-H CASPER, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2010 MARY BYRD WYMAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION OF BALTIMORE CITY JACKSON, WY 501(c)(3) May 2012 MARY BYRD WYMAN MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION OF BALTIMORE CITY JACKSON, WY 501(c)(3) May 2013 ASSOCIATION OF FILM COMMISSIONERS INTERNATIONAL CHEYENNE, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2011 MARINE VENTURES FOUNDATION INC JACKSON, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2011 MARINE VENTURES FOUNDATION INC JACKSON, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2012 THERMOPOLIS COWBOY RENDEZVOUS RODEO THERMOPOLIS, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2012 WITH EAGLES WINGS ARAPAHOE, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2010 GEORGE B STORER FOUNDATION INC JACKSON, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2012 BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CARBON COUNTY RAWLINS, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2011 CENTER OF WONDER JACKSON, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2012 KELLY SCHREIBEIS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION SHERIDAN, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2012 CASA OF LARAMIE COUNTY CHEYENNE, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2011 I-REACH 2 LIFESTYLES EVANSVILLE, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2011 I-REACH 2 LIFESTYLES EVANSVILLE, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2012 CHILDREN HORSES & ADULTS IN PARTNERSHIP FOR THERAPEUTIC RIDING CHAPS SHERIDAN, WY 501(c)(3) Sept. 2011 HIGH COUNTRY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AFTON, WY 501(c)(3) June 2012 NORMAN HIRSCHFIELD FOUNDATION JACKSON, WY 501(c)(3) Nov. 2012 LITTLE RASCALS PRESCHOOL BAGGS, WY 501(c)(3) June 2013 NICKELSON LITTLE FARMS WATER COMPANY GILLETTE, WY 501(c)(12) Dec. 2012 WESTON COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION NEWCASTLE, WY 501(c)(3) June 2012 WESTON COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION NEWCASTLE, WY 501(c)(3) June 2011 LARAMIE JUBILEE DAYS INC LARAMIE, WY 501(c)(4) Dec. 2012 OLDER & BOLDER CLUB INC CODY, WY 501(c)(3) Sept. 2013 TETON VILLAGE ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE TETON VILLAGE, WY 501(c)(4) Dec. 2010 SHERIDAN COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAM INC SHERIDAN, WY 501(c)(4) Dec. 2011 BIG HORN EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC SHERIDAN, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2011 NORTHERN ROCKIES CONSERVATION COOPERATIVE JACKSON, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2010 WYOMING HERITAGE FOUNDATION CASPER, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2012 UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING RESEARCH CORPORATION WESTERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE LARAMIE, WY 501(c)(3) June 2012 $3,670,045 UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING CAMPBELL COUNTY 4-H COUNCIL GILLETTE, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2011 HOSPICE OF LARAMIE LARAMIE, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2012 SHERIDAN COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC SHERIDAN, WY 501(c)(3) June 2012 LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA 0319 NATIONAL POSTAL MAIL HANDLERS CHEYENNE, WY 501(c)(5) Dec. 2012 CENTRAL WYOMING RESCUE MISSION CASPER, WY 501(c)(3) Sept. 2011 CASPER CHILDRENS INCORPORATED CASPER, WY 501(c)(3) June 2011 WYOMING PLANNING ASSOC CITY OF GILLETTE GILLETTE, WY 501(c)(4) Dec. 2010 UNITED FUND OF WESTON COUNTY NEWCASTLE, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2011 WYOMING WESTERN NEBRASKA SHEET METAL WRKRS JNT APPNTCSHP & TRNG C CASPER, WY 501(c)(5) Dec. 2011 HOMER A SCOTT AND MILDRED S SCOTT FOUNDATION SHERIDAN, WY 501(c)(3) Feb. 2012 TOWN OF DUBOIS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DUBOIS, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2011 TOWN OF DUBOIS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DUBOIS, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2012 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES 1560 ROY EATON POST SHERIDAN, WY 501(c)(19) Dec. 2011 WYOMING HEALTH FAIRS CASPER, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2012 THE WEBB WRIGHT BASEBALL FOUNDATION OF SHERIDAN QUARTERBACK CLUB INC SHERIDAN, WY 501(c)(3) Dec. 2010 CARBON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION RAWLINS, WY 501(c)(6) June 2012 CARBON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION THE CODY CUPBOARD OF CODY WYOMING PROJECT SAFE INC

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Total Total Functional Revenue Expenses

$1,745,631 $1,816,113

$0 $0 $0

$195,251

$239,282

$3,069,542

$193,133

$187,255

$3,075,420

$67,199 $288,870

$60,292 $278,253

$17,540 $93,381

$0 $17,958

$63,370,684

$2,056

$2,752,840 $4,366,509 $332,885 $412,778

$267,883 $206,739

$201,118 $300,530

$0 $29,618

$27,790 $164,406

$31,562 $181,387

$39,083 $54,303

$0 $3,343

$1,392,846 $1,380,698

$616,468

$143,947

$1,379,115 $1,417,894

$548,511

$114,769

$124,158 $158,324 $5,292,495 $4,805,422 $173,994 $329,499 $170,205 $109,924

$45,120 $21,507 $3,645,330 $200,245 $5,283,760 $0 $131,089 $235

$55,690

$73,677

$215,483

$36,174

$68,756

$243,658

$50,436 $263,845 $56,753

$35,690 $254,819 $34,420

$276,345 $1,936 $1,409,832

$0 $0 $0

$2,417

$8,589

$37,782

$10,112

$159,059

$166,196

$394,632

$1,205

$428,146 $608,475

$402,726 $607,955

$427,351 $2,034,532

$3,855 $16,414

$16,107,952 $15,713,653

$7,183,016

$53,178 $451,598

$56,018 $496,904

$87,596 $930,193

$0 $135,519

$344,310

$207,719

$2,238,897

$31,178

$30,745

$22,470

$654

$1,415,874 $1,448,179

$1,058,452 $185,215 CHORALE $46,846 $0

$90,049

$87,554

$24,530 $27,691

$24,520 $24,927

$21,464 $25,738

$0 $0

$77,424

$31,921

$245,791

$987

$22,446,647

$1,524,597 $1,039,408 $52,479

$55,583

$428,770

$448,426

$58,357

$67,735

$417,821

$446,855

$140,787 $902,038

$2,020 $213,868

$107,054 $95,111 $4,408,151 $4,214,153 $1,861

$2,171

$68,844

$118,468

$84,665

$138,447

$56,143

RAWLINS, WY

501(c)(6)

June 2013

$125,585

$79,143

$117,053

$29,828

CODY, WY WHEATLAND, WY

501(c)(3) 501(c)(3)

June 2012 June 2011

$64,836 $224,560

$50,525 $230,200

$135,118 $122,124

$0 $37,552

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Propagation This Summer: Part II By Sandra Aberle ast week we began to talk about propagation this summer and we are continuing on that same lines this week. Let’s talk about dividing hardy perennials first. Before you lift the perennial out of the ground, take some time to dig around the root system with a spade or border fork. Lift the plant and then divide it by pulling the plant apart with your hands. Some common plants that have fibrous root systems that can be divided this way are: coneflowers, Shasta daisy, cranesbills, lady mantles, and lamb’s ears. Perennials with fleshy root systems should be lifted in the same manner but should be divided with a knife or a sharp spade. Examples of these perennials are: canna, daylily, red hot poker, hellebore and astilbe. Rhizomes such as iris, Solomon’s seal or elephant ears should be sliced with a very

shape knife, leaves trimmed in half and reburied at the same level as before. Dahlias are tubers can be divided by slicing the tuber in half as long as both halves have growing shoots before replanting. Begonias are divided the same way. Bulbs and corms increase in size over time and produce smaller bulbs and corms that are attached to the parent. When the plant dies back and becomes dormant, the bulbs and corms can be broken off with your hands or a knife and replanted in a different area. These small bulbs may take several years before they ﬂower. Many plants can be propagated by a technique called “Layering”. By taking young shoots and burying part of the shoot in the ground. Remove all but the top leaves, wound the stem/shoot to aid in rooting and bury the wound in the ground. Kiwi fruit, smoke

bush, forsythia, currents, gooseberries, grapes, blueberries and lilacs can be layered. A wire can be bent to hold the stem/shoot in place. Grafting is a way to propagate fruit trees. As there are many different types of grafting, we will have to save that for another time. Whip and Tongue grafts, side grafts, spliced side-veneer grafts, apical wedge grafts, whip and bud grafts are a few types. There are many articles, videos and books about propagation. As you become more familiar with propagating you will have more success but really it is an easy task. Propagation is a great way to ﬁll your new or existing gardens at little or no price at all and a way to save old or dying plants. Try some of these techniques this summer. Talk with you next week and good gardening.

One Smooth Little Car By Larry Larson Whenever two or three guys get together their conversation usually turns to automobiles. They might talk about the ones which they wish they still had-that ’57 Chevy hardtop, the 1963 Galaxy convertible with four on the floor. Why did I sell that 1950 Mercury Coupe with suicide doors for the fabulous sum of thirty five dollars? My dad was the Ford dealer in Guernsey, Wyoming a small town you could walk across in nine minutes. I knew everyone there and some of the front yards were rows of big cabbages and tomato plants. Every years Dad gave my mom a new car to drive. It was called the “demo” and was usually brown. In the fall of 1955 Mom was handed the keys to a blue and white station wagon. She did the books at the garage and this was one time she hated the yearly demonstrator. I liked the car.. We drove that station wagon everywhere. On Sundays we drove to Douglas to have chicken dinner with Grandma. When it rained on the way home that little car’s one speed windshield wipers whacked a beat similar to the thump of our four ply tires on the wet road. Lighting flashed and it was always three counts away-one, one thousand mile, two, one thousand mile, three, one thousand mile. I loved the sound of cars swooshing by in the rain and when a truck passed it sounded like the, “darut, darut.” Safe in that car, I didn’t care if we ever got home. Bobby Briner lived across the street next to a vacant lot where we played basketball on hard dirt. He was two years older than my sister and not nearly as tall. He was well known around the neighborhood for freckles and frequent flatulencies. He rode along on one of our Sunday trips. Somewhere near Glendo a foul smell emanated from the back seat where I sat on the left side. Dad had had about enough. He yelled out, “Who did that?” Bobby, now sitting taller than

my sister, replied proud as punch, “I did.” I sat with my feet barely touching the ﬂoor of that Ford wondering what would happen next. It was dead quiet. I cranked down my window. We never took Bobby Briner again. We drove that car to church on Easter Sunday, everyone wearing hats. We went to the lake and I thought it was the coolest car on those pine lined curves. White sidewall tires, Fordomatic transmission, and window vents that popped out to let in the air conditioning. Coolers ﬁlled with ham and butter sandwiches, piles of ragged edge beach towels, and quart sized water jugs full of sweet tea teetered in the back of the station wagon where I often rode just to get away from my sister. Everyone else at the lake drove two door sedans or pickups that were barely paid for but we had a chrome lined station wagon. I loved the way the back end opened up and everything could be grabbed and pulled out like it was brand new. Sitting on the spare tire in the back I watched the world pass by. I was surrounded by three picture show windows. Out those windows the trees were bigger and the dogs watched with slow motion eyes. You see a lot of odd things in small towns. A man built a porch on the front of his house. It had solid rails and a small roof. Trouble was there was no door into the house. It was a well-built porch which led nowhere. On Saturday mornings you might see someone walking to the mail in pajamas. Mom reluctantly drove that station wagon on errands around town. Most of the time it sat under large elm trees lining the street in front of our green yard. A picture would have made a slick advertisement. Dad had the bright idea to go to Missouri and Iowa to visit relatives in that little car. We had a bunch down there and we were going to see all of them. It was late fall. We assembled at Grandma’s. Mom and Dad, Judy and I, Cousins Bernard and

Alice, Aunt Bertha with her new Hawkeye brownie camera, and Grandma, not as pleasant was you might think for someone about to go on a trip to a far off place. We had one dog named Skipper, a bunch of luggage, a Coleman stove, food, and clean wool blankets to lay on the borrow ditch grass to spend the night somewhere in Kansas. I don’t know how we all ﬁt. The spare tire hid under the suitcases. Before we headed out Dad sat a medium sized bowl upside down on my head and clipped me what you might call a haircut. Cousin Bernard had a decent haircut but I looked awful. I looked in the speckled mirror on the wall of Grandma’s porch and swore Dad would never touch my hair again. We were loaded for bear. Out on Highway 26, Alice and I scooted around the stuff in the back while Bernard and Aunt Bertha irritated Grandma in the back seat. She bent forward and stared with grey austerity at the back of Dad’s seat. Aunt Bertha talked and snapped pictures, Mom didn’t say much, Judy sat in the front middle, and Dad stared hard at the pavement ahead. There were eight people in that tiny Ford. Somewhere in Nebraska I forgot about my half a haircut. I thought that station wagon was pretty cool. It served a small family well, and sparkled in the sunlight. It got us back in one piece from that awful trip which I thought was the best time ever. It never took us on a trip again. Dad sold it a short time later. The next car had seat belts but still no air conditioning or padded dash. That smooth little car was one in a million. Today it would probably be worth a mint. I can see myself driving it in a parade. It might be rusting in a junkyard in say, Kansas or Montana. Mom never missed that 1956 Ford station wagon. I loved it. It wasn’t a Mercury Coupe but at least it wasn’t brown.

re you wanting to get away this weekend? Are you looking for something outdoors, fun and possibly educational? For those with an interest in history, northeast Wyoming offers a bonanza of things to see and places to go; most of them within a couple hours of downtown Gillette. Finding some of these historic places can be a challenge. Some of the more interesting ones do not have tourist brochures strategically placed in rest stops or information kiosks. And planning a history tour so that you get to see as many sites and/or museums in one trip as possible can be a hassle if you’re not already aware of their existence or location. Fear not, intrepid History-Trekker, In preparation for this article, I made out a list of all the museums, historic landmarks, forts and battleﬁelds I could think of within 200 miles. The list was huge. Naturally, it would be impossible to see them all in one road trip. So I decided to present one weekend’s worth of historical sightseeing along with a few tips for getting the most enjoyment out of your tour. On this trip, we’ll be going west, from Buffalo, and travelling north, ending in Sheridan. Sure, the fastest way to Buffalo is to get onto I-90 and drive west, but we are going to make the trip via Highway 14-16 - a longer, but much more historically interesting route. You might recall from a previous article that Highway 14-16 was part of the old Black and Yellow Trail, established in the early 1900s for travel from Chicago to Yellowstone Park. If you think it’s a narrow, lonely road now, try to imagine it was ninety years ago – a twenty foot wide, gravel and dirt path, marked every few miles with a black and yellow striped post. Beginning at Clearmont and running along the north side of the highway from there to Buffalo you can see the remains of a rail bed which is all that remains of the Wyoming Rail. Built in 1913, the railroad connected Buffalo to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad at Clearmont, 29 miles from point to point. The railroad eventually went bankrupt and was abandoned in 1952. South of the highway at Ucross you can see Big Red, once the headquarters of the Pratt and Farris Cattle Company, a large ranching operation established in 1878. The house and barn date from 1882 and are now the home of the Ucross Foundation. The Foundation’s art gallery, located in the barn, is open to the public free of charge from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In Buffalo, be sure to spend some time at the Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum, located at the corner of Main Street and Fort Street. Named in honor of a local pharmacist and veterinarian, Gatchell operated his business in the early 1900s. Gatchell, who spoke Lakota, had many Native American customers who often paid for his services with collectable artifacts in lieu of hard to come by cash. He built up quit a collection over the years and displayed it in the back room of his store. Today, his collection, and much more, is housed in the old Johnson County Museum, which is of historic interest in itself. It is one of the many libraries built by wealthy steel magnate and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie between 1886 and 1919. No History Tour trip to Buffalo would be complete without stopping at the Occidental Hotel on Main Street, made famous by Owen Wister in his novel, The Virginian. Established in 1880 the original hotel was built of logs, with a hip-roof that made the building look like a converted barn. The building that exists today was built in three stages from 1903 to 1910 and literally brought back from the

brink of destruction in the 1990s. ranching on a large scale. Between Buffalo and Sheridan turn Another early rancher to the area of f at Piney Creek and follow the was John Kendrick, who first rode roadside directions to Fort Phil Kearnorth from Texas, trailing a herd of ney. Established in 1866 to protect the longhorns to Wyoming in 1879. He growing stream of gold seekers using lived the American Dream, rising from the Bozeman Trail to reach Virginia the humble beginnings as a drover City Montana and the surrounding to becoming a United States Senator areas, the fort became the focus of and Governor of Wyoming. He also Sioux war chief Red Cloud’s campaign became quite wealthy along the way. to close the road. There is an interpreHe named his Sheridan Wyoming tive center with a very good museum home, Trail End, and the mansion and and a few “mock-up” buildings as well grounds are now a museum located at as a self guided tour of the grounds. If the end of Clarendon Avenue off 5th you want to see the fort itself, howevStreet. er, you’ll need a good imagination. The Also off 5th Street, across from Indians burned it to the ground after the railroad tracks is the Sheridan the army abandoned it in 1868. Inn, built in 1892-1893. Shortly Not far away, you can visit the site after it opened its doors, the Inn was of the Fetterman Massacre of 1866. purchased by the W.F. Cody Hotel This battle, which in reality was a Company. W. F., better known to us as well-planned, well-executed ambush Buffalo Bill, was not only an owner, but by Red Cloud’s warriors, was an probably the Inn’s most frequent guest eerie foreshadow of the Little Big as well. Taking up semi-permanent Horn, fought ten years later. Many residence, he used the front lawn as facts surrounding the Fetterman fight an audition area for aspiring performget confused and intermingled with ers for his Wild West show. The hotel, those of the Little Big Horn, as do the drawing guests from the nearby train personalities of Captain William Fetterstation, also became the last stage man and Lieutenant Colonel George stop for the W. F. Cody Transportation A. Custer. The site is also one of the Company, which ran stages between few places where the Bozeman Trail Sheridan and Deadwood. Like the Occan be plainly seen. Wear some good cidental Hotel, the Sheridan Inn nearly hiking shoes and bring along some became extinct in the 1960’s but was water because the trail along the battle restored and revitalized, not just once, site is unpaved and fairly long. but twice. Today, it continues with a Also nearby Fort Phil Kearney is the restaurant and bar on the ground floor. site of the Wagon Box Fight of 1867, You can even sit in Buffalo Bill’s favorwhere about two dozen soldiers and a ite seat. It’s the third barstool from the few civilian contractors were attacked left. by over 1,000 Sioux. They took shelter I hope you have enjoyed this History in a corral made of the wagon boxes Tour. Yes, I realize there are many that had been removed from wagons more places to see and things to do used to haul logs to the nearby fort. along that same route, but you can Using a new version of military rifle only see and do so many things in that made reloading much faster than one weekend; these are the ones I previous rifles, the besieged party held recommend. However, if you feel I off several assaults and inflicted heavy have neglected an important historical casualties on their attackers before site that should have made my list of being rescued by soldiers from Phil stops, or have suggestions for other Kearney. There is a self guided walkhistorical tours in a different direction ing tour around the site (much shorter out of town, please e-mail me at jefthan Fetterman) and a mockup of the fmorrison@campbellcountyobserver. wagon boxes to illustrate just how com. small and vulnerable their impromptu fort really was. Continuing along Highway 87 north, “What is the use of being then turning west elected or re-elected, unless you on 335 to Big Horn, stand for something?” follow the signs to the Bradford Brinton Me-Grover Cleveland morial and Museum. Built in 1892, it was the ranch head801 Carlisle • 682-9451 quarters of William Moncreiffe. Born into nobility in Scotland in 1863, Moncreiffe was one of the early ranchers in the area, and fought with Teddy Roosevelt’s Roughriders during the Spanish American War. Shortly before his death in 1923, Moncreiffe sold the ranch to Bradford Brinton who renovated the buildings and expanded the ranch. The ranch has been preserved as it was in Find the Solution on Page 15 its prime, an example of early 20th century

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Government The Federalist 60 The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members) Hamilton from the New York Packet - Tuesday February 26, 1788 o the People of the State tion apprehended would never be administration to the of New York: attempted. For what inducement landed class? As there WE HAVE seen, that could the Senate have to concur is little likelihood that an uncontrollable power over the in a preference in which itself the supposition of such elections to the federal governwould not be included? Or to a bias will have any ment could not, without hazwhat purpose would it be estabterrors for those who ard, be committed to the State lished, in reference to one branch would be immediately legislatures. Let us now see, of the legislature, if it could not injured by it, a labored what would be the danger on the be extended to the other? The answer to this question other side; that is, from confiding composition of the one would in will be dispensed with. the ultimate right of regulating its this case counteract that of the It will be sufficient to own elections to the Union itself. other. And we can never suppose remark, first, that for It is not pretended, that this right that it would embrace the apthe reasons elsewhere would ever be used for the exclupointments to the Senate, unless assigned, it is less sion of any State from its share in we can at the same time suplikely that any decided the representation. The interpose the voluntary co-operation partiality should prevail est of all would, in this respect of the State legislatures. If we in the councils of the at least, be the security of all. make the latter supposition, it Union than in those of But it is alleged, that it might be then becomes immaterial where any of its members. employed in such a manner as to the power in question is placed Secondly, that there promote the election of some fawhether in their hands or in those would be no temptavorite class of men in exclusion of of the Union. tion to violate the others, by confining the places of But what is to be the object of Constitution in favor election to particular districts, and this capricious partiality in the of the landed class, because that rendering it impracticable to the national councils? Is it to be exerclass would, in the natural course citizens at large to partake in the cised in a discrimination between of things, enjoy as great a prechoice. Of all chimerical supposithe different departments of ponderancy as itself could desire. tions, this seems to be the most industry, or between the different And thirdly, that men accustomed chimerical. On the one hand, no kinds of property, or between the to investigate the sources of rational calculation of probabilities different degrees of property? public prosperity upon a large would lead us to imagine that the Will it lean in favor of the landed scale, must be too well convinced disposition which a conduct so interest, or the moneyed interof the utility of commerce, to be violent and extraordinary would est, or the mercantile interest, inclined to inflict upon it so deep imply, could ever find its way into or the manufacturing interest? a wound as would result from the national councils; and on the Or, to speak in the fashionable the entire exclusion of those who other, it may be concluded with language of the adversaries to would best understand its interest certainty, that if so improper a the Constitution, will it court the from a share in the management spirit should ever gain admittance elevation of ``the wealthy and the of them. The importance of cominto them, it would display itself in well-born,’’ to the exclusion and merce, in the view of revenue a form altogether different and far debasement of all the rest of the alone, must effectually guard more decisive. society? it against the enmity of a body The improbability of the attempt If this partiality is to be exerted which would be continually impormay be satisfactorily inferred in favor of those who are contuned in its favor, by the urgent from this single reflection, that cerned in any particular descripcalls of public necessity. it could never be made without tion of industry or property, I I the rather consult brevity in causing an immediate revolt of presume it will readily be admitdiscussing the probability of a the great body of the people, ted, that the competition for it preference founded upon a disheaded and directed by the State will lie between landed men and crimination between the different governments. It is not difficult to merchants. And I scruple not to kinds of industry and property, conceive that this characteristic affirm, that it is infinitely less likely because, as far as I understand right of freedom may, in certain that either of them should gain an the meaning of the objectors, turbulent and factious seasons, ascendant in the national counthey contemplate a discrimination be violated, in respect to a particcils, than that the one or the other of another kind. They appear to ular class of citizens, by a victoriof them should predominate in all have in view, as the objects of ous and overbearing majority; but the local councils. The inference the preference with which they that so fundamental a privilege, will be, that a conduct tending endeavor to alarm us, those in a country so situated and to give an undue preference to whom they designate by the enlightened, should be invaded either is much less to be dreaded description of ``the wealthy and to the prejudice of the great mass from the former than from the the well-born.’’ These, it seems, of the people, by the deliberate latter. are to be exalted to an odious policy of the government, without The several States are in pre-eminence over the rest of occasioning a popular revolution, various degrees addicted to their fellow-citizens. At one time, is altogether inconceivable and agriculture and commerce. In however, their elevation is to be incredible. most, if not all of them, agricula necessary consequence of the In addition to this general reture is predominant. In a few of smallness of the representative flection, there are considerations them, however, commerce nearly body; at another time it is to be of a more precise nature, which divides its empire, and in most of effected by depriving the people forbid all apprehension on the them has a considerable share of at large of the opportunity of subject. The dissimilarity in the influence. In proportion as either exercising their right of suffrage ingredients which will compose prevails, it will be conveyed into in the choice of that body. the national government, and the national representation; and But upon what principle is the still more in the manner in which for the very reason, that this will discrimination of the places of they will be brought into action in be an emanation from a greater election to be made, in order its various branches, must form variety of interests, and in much to answer the purpose of the a powerful obstacle to a concert more various proportions, than meditated preference? Are ``the of views in any partial scheme are to be found in any single wealthy and the well-born,’’ of elections. There is sufficient State, it will be much less apt to as they are called, confined to diversity in the state of property, espouse either of them with a particular spots in the several in the genius, manners, and habdecided partiality, than the repreStates? Have they, by some miits of the people of the different sentation of any single State. raculous instinct or foresight, set parts of the Union, to occasion a In a country consisting chiefly of apart in each of them a common material diversity of disposition in the cultivators of land, where the place of residence? Are they only their representatives towards the rules of an equal representation to be met with in the towns or citdifferent ranks and conditions in obtain, the landed interest must, ies? Or are they, on the contrary, society. And though an intimate upon the whole, preponderate scattered over the face of the intercourse under the same govin the government. As long as country as avarice or chance may ernment will promote a gradual this interest prevails in most of have happened to cast their own assimilation in some of these the State legislatures, so long it lot or that of their predecessors? respects, yet there are causes, must maintain a correspondent If the latter is the case, (as every as well physical as moral, which superiority in the national Senate, intelligent man knows it to be [1]) may, in a greater or less degree, which will generally be a faithful is it not evident that the policy of permanently nourish different procopy of the majorities of those asconfining the places of election pensities and inclinations in this semblies. It cannot therefore be to particular districts would be as respect. But the circumstance presumed, that a sacrifice of the subversive of its own aim as it which will be likely to have the landed to the mercantile class will would be exceptionable on every greatest influence in the matter, ever be a favorite object of this other account? The truth is, that will be the dissimilar modes of branch of the federal legislature. there is no method of securing to constituting the several compoIn applying thus particularly to the rich the preference apprenent parts of the government. the Senate a general observation hended, but by prescribing qualiThe House of Representatives suggested by the situation of the fications of property either for being to be elected immediately country, I am governed by the those who may elect or be electby the people, the Senate by the consideration, that the credulous ed. But this forms no part of the State legislatures, the President votaries of State power canpower to be conferred upon the by electors chosen for that purnot, upon their own principles, national government. Its authority pose by the people, there would suspect, that the State legislawould be expressly restricted to be little probability of a common tures would be warped from their the regulation of the times, the interest to cement these different duty by any external influence. places, the manner of elections. branches in a predilection for any But in reality the same situation The qualifications of the persons particular class of electors. must have the same effect, in the who may choose or be chosen, As to the Senate, it is imposprimative composition at least of as has been remarked upon sible that any regulation of ``time the federal House of Representaother occasions, are defined and and manner,’’ which is all that is tives: an improper bias towards fixed in the Constitution, and are proposed to be submitted to the the mercantile class is as little to unalterable by the legislature. national government in respect be expected from this quarter as Let it, however, be admitted, for to that body, can affect the spirit from the other. argument sake, that the expediwhich will direct the choice of its In order, perhaps, to give counent suggested might be successmembers. The collective sense tenance to the objection at any ful; and let it at the same time be of the State legislatures can rate, it may be asked, is there equally taken for granted that all never be influenced by extranenot danger of an opposite bias in the scruples which a sense of ous circumstances of that sort; a the national government, which duty or an apprehension of the consideration which alone ought may dispose it to endeavor to danger of the experiment might to satisfy us that the discriminasecure a monopoly of the federal inspire, were overcome in the

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to deep-water ports for exports to Asian markets. Wyoming is the nation’s leading coal-producing state. Lower natural gas prices and stiffer federal

breasts of the national rulers, still I imagine it will hardly be pretended that they could ever hope to carry such an enterprise into execution without the aid of a military force sufficient to subdue the resistance of the great body of the people. The improbability of the existence of a force equal to that object has been discussed and demonstrated in different parts of these papers; but that the futility of the objection under consideration may appear in the strongest light, it shall be conceded for a moment that such a force might exist, and the national government shall be supposed to be in the actual possession of it. What will be the conclusion? With a disposition to invade the essential rights of the community, and with the means of gratifying that disposition, is it presumable that the persons who were actuated by it would amuse themselves in the ridiculous task of fabricating election laws for securing a preference to a favorite class of men? Would they not be likely to prefer a conduct better adapted to their own immediate aggrandizement? Would they not rather boldly resolve to perpetuate themselves in office by one decisive act of usurpation, than to trust to precarious expedients which, in spite of all the precautions that might accompany them, might terminate in the dismission, disgrace, and ruin of their authors? Would they not fear that citizens, not less tenacious than conscious of their rights, would flock from the remote extremes of their respective States to the places of election, to voerthrow their tyrants, and to substitute men who would be disposed to avenge the violated majesty of the people?

Recently U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., joined Senator Roy Blunt, R- Mo., in introducing legislation which would prohibit the federal government from requiring Americans to disclose their race or ethnicity in connection with the purchase of a firearm. In 2014, it was reported that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) implemented a change to Form 4473, requiring firearm purchasers to disclose both their race and ethnicity. “The ATF does not need to know your race or ethnicity. The right to own firearms is an individual right guaranteed to Americans by the Second Amendment,” said Enzi. “This bill would protect that fundamental right by ensuring that the federal government could not require you to disclose your race or ethnicity in connection with the purchase of a firearm.” The FIREARM Act reaffirms that the right of lawabiding citizens to own firearms is an individual right guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. The bill explicitly prohibits the federal government from requiring race or ethnicity to be disclosed in connection with the transfer of a firearm,

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while reinforcing the principle that the constitutional right of a citizen to own a ﬁrearm has nothing to do with race or ethnicity. The Freedom From Intrusive Regulatory Enforcement of Arbitrary Registration Mandates Act (FIREARM Act)was also cosponsored by Senator Joe Manchin (W.Va.). Last month, U.S. Representative Diane Black (Tenn.) introduced a House companion version of the bill. The FIREARM Act is supported by the NRA and endorsed by Gun Owners of

America. “The right of law-abiding citizens to own ﬁrearms is an individual right guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, and that has nothing to do with race or ethnicity,” said Blunt. “I thank my colleagues for joining me to introduce this bipartisan bill to stop the Obama Administration from imposing its unnecessary requirements on law-abiding citizens, and I’ll continue ﬁghting to protect Americans’ Second Amendment rights.”

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Government No Major Cases Cracked With Patriot Act Snooping By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times (Re-printed by permission) BI agents can’t point to any major terrorism cases they’ve cracked thanks to the key snooping powers in the Patriot Act, the Justice Department’s inspector general said in a report Thursday that could complicate efforts to keep key parts of the law operating. Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz said that between 2004 and 2009, the FBI tripled its use of bulk collection under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which allows government agents to compel businesses to turn over records and documents, and increasingly scooped up records of Americans who had no ties to official terrorism investigations. The FBI did finally come up with procedures to try to minimize the information it was gathering on nontargets, but it took far too long, Mr. Horowitz said in the 77-page report, which comes just as Congress is trying to decide whether to extend, rewrite or entirely nix Section 215. Backers say the Patriot Act powers are critical and must be kept intact, particularly with the spread of the threat from terrorists. But opponents have doubted the efficacy of Section 215, particularly when it’s used to justify bulk data collection such as in the case of the National

Security Agency’s phone metadata program, revealed in leaks from former government contractor Edward Snowden. The new report adds ammunition to those opponents, with the inspector general concluding that no major cases have been broken by use of the Patriot Act’s records-snooping provisions. “The agents we interviewed did not identify any major case developments that resulted from use of the records obtained in response to Section 215 orders,” the inspector general concluded — though he said agents did view the material they gathered as “valuable” in developing other leads or corroborating information. The report said agents bumped their number of bulk-data requests under Section 215 from seven in 2004 to 21 in 2009 as a result of technological advances and legislative changes that the intelligence community believed expanded the reach of the law. Increasingly, that meant scooping up information on those who weren’t targets of a terrorism investigation, Mr. Horowitz said. He said that while Section 215 authority allows the government to do that, the FBI needed more checks to make sure

it was using the power properly. “While the expanded scope of these requests can be important uses of Section 215 authority, we believe these expanded uses require continued significant oversight,” he concluded. The report was an update to a previous study done in 2008 that urged the department to figure out ways to minimize the amount of data it was gathering on ordinary Americans even as it was targeting terrorists. In Thursday’s report Mr. Horowitz said the administration finally came up with procedures — five years later. He said it never should have taken that long but that he considers that issue solved. The report was heavily redacted, and key details were deleted. The entire chart showing the number of Section 215 requests made from 2007 through 2009 was blacked out, as was the breakdown of what types of investigations they stemmed from: counterintelligence, counterterrorism, cyber or foreign intelligence investigations. Section 215 of the Patriot Act is slated to expire at the end of this month. The House, in an overwhelming bipartisan vote, passed a bill to renew it but also to limit it

so the government could no longer do bulk collection such as the NSA phone data program. That legislation is known as the USA Freedom Act. But Senate Republican leaders have balked, insisting the NSA program and Section 215 should be kept intact as is. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is leading the ﬁght to protect the NSA program, is counting on his opponents not being able to muster the 60 votes needed to pass the bill, leaving them with the choice of either extending Section 215 or seeing all of the powers expire — including those that would go after speciﬁc terrorist suspects. Mr. McConnell believes that, faced with that choice, enough of his colleagues will vote to extend all of the powers. FBI Director James B. Comey asked Congress this week to make sure Section 215 and two other parts of the Patriot Act, also slated to expire at the end of the month, are preserved. Those other powers include the ability to target lone wolf actors and to switch wiretaps if suspects switch their phones. As for Section 215, Mr. Comey said Congress should at least preserve the power to go after individu-

als’ records. “If we lose that authority, which I don’t think is controversial with folks, that is a big problem,” he said Wednesday at a forum at the Georgetown University Law Center. But most of the Section 215 debate has revolved around bulk collection. Earlier this month a federal appeals court ruled that the Patriot Act does not envision the kind of phone program the NSA has been running, which gathers and stores ﬁve years’ worth of records of the numbers, dates and durations of calls made in the U.S. For anti-bulk surveillance advocates, Thursday’s report further undermines Section 215. “This report adds to the mounting evidence that Section 215 has done little to protect Americans and should be put to rest,” said American Civil Liberties Union Staff Attorney Alex Abdo. Bulk data collection creates false leads, ties up investigative resources and, essentially, undermines national security, said Stephen Kohn, an attorney at Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, LLP and advocate for government whistleblowers. Also, increased FBI dependency on that bulk data collection indicates that the agency is lacking the appropri-

ate resources for conducting successful counterterrorism operations, Mr. Kohn said. “They have a large amount of agents who are working counterterrorism that have no human resources, no leads, no inﬁltrations, so they have nothing else to do,” he said. “In other words, when they staffed up and made [counterterrorism] a major priority, these agents need to do something. And they’re doing what they know to do, and that’s electronic surveillance.” But former FBI agents said opponents wanted to callously cripple one of the government’s investigative agencies by depriving it of a critical data collection tool at a time of new terror threats. “ISIS is singing a siren song, calling people to their death to crash on the rocks — and it’s the rocks that ISIS will take credit for,” said Ron Hosko, president of Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund and former assistant director of the FBI. “They’re looking for those who are disaffected, disconnected and willing to commit murder. So if we’re willing to take away tools, OK, congressman, stand behind it [and] take the credit for putting the FBI in the dark.”

Assessment Task Force to Convene in Casper The Wyoming Assessment Task Force will be meeting Monday, June 1st at the WCA Regional Training Center located at 2220 Bryan Stock Trial in Casper, Wyoming. The Wyoming Assessment Task Force will have multiple meetings to study options for future statewide assessments and to make a recommendation

to the Wyoming State Board of Education and legislative committees. A draft agenda for the ﬁrst meeting can be found here: http://edu.wyoming.gov/downloads/board/2015/atf-agendajun-15-draft.pdf The task force is comprised of representatives of small and large school districts and schools from all geographic re-

gions of the state and includes representatives from district and school administration, school district assessment and curriculum program administrators, elementary and secondary school teachers, school district board members, state higher education representatives, a member of the Wyoming business community and parents of children

enrolled in Wyoming public school. The Wyoming State Board of Education requested interested parties submit an expression of interest survey. A committee of Board members reviewed all surveys and chose the task force members, and the State Board conﬁrmed the members of the Assessment Task Force on April 1, 2015. A

list of members can be found here: http://edu.wyoming.gov/ downloads/board/2015/assessment-task-force-members.pdf All Wyoming Assessment Task Force meetings are open to the public. For further information, contact Chelsie Oaks at (307) 777-6213 or by e-mail Chelsie.oaks@wyo.gov

Campbell Co. Fire Dept. May 18, 2015 - At 9:04 a.m. to E. Walnut St. for an EMS assist, fire unit cancelled prior to arriving. - At 10:24 a.m. to Inexco Dr. for an EMS assist. - At 4:54 p.m. to Sako Drive for the report of an automatic fire alarm activation. The cause of the alarm was burnt food. May 19, 2015 - At 2:10 a.m. to 3195 Dogwood Avenue for the report of a possible structure on fire. Fire department units arrived on scene to find a 36’ x 20’ storage building on fire. Fire department personnel extinguished the fire. The fire caused seven thousand dollars damage to contents of the building and the structure. The fire currently remains under investigation.

- At 5:09 p.m. to 4813 Pumpkin Ct. for an automatic fire alarm activation, units were cancelled prior to arrival. - At 8:32 p.m. to Nepstad Dr. for an EMS assist. - At 8:53 p.m. to Harvest Moon Dr. for an EMS assist. - At 11:11 p.m. to 208 Sequoia Dr. for a reported structure fire, upon arrival crews found heavy smoke originating from the basement. Crews were able to quickly bring the fire under control. The cause of the fire was determined to be a failure of an electrical component, damage is estimated at $7,000. The occupants of the house were all sleeping at the time of the fire and were alerted to the fire due to the presence of a working smoke detector. Damage was also limited due to the

homeowner closing the door in the room of origin. May 20, 2015 - At 1:22 a.m. to E. 6th St. for an EMS assist. - At 1:39 a.m. to N. Gurley for an EMS assist. - At 7:36 a.m. to the Schoonover Road to assist as mutual aid with Johnson County Fire for a structure fire. - At 9:49 a.m. to W. Shoshone Ave. for an EMS assist. - At 11:30 a.m. to 921 Mountain Meadow Lane for an automatic fire alarm, fire units cancelled prior to arriving. The alarm was activated due to maintenance work on the system. - At 4:10 p.m. to Alberta Dr. for an EMS assist. - At 9:47 p.m. to 2501 Dogwood Avenue for an automatic fire alarm. It was determined that a

pull-alarm was activated by a child. - At 9:59 p.m. to Sunflower Lane for an EMS assist. - At 11:40 p.m. to Garner Lake Road for an EMS assist and Agency assist. May 21, 2015 - At 2:36 a.m. to 2201 S. Douglas HWY for leaking fluids from a vehicle. Crews applied floor dry to ground around the vehicle where the fluids had leaked. - At 12:02 p.m. to Crestline Circle for a fire alarm activation. Units were cancelled en route, there was no fire. - At 1:12 p.m. to E 2nd St. for an EMS assist. - At 2:28 p.m. to Sierra Circle for an EMS assist. - At 9:04 p.m. to W. 4J Rd. for an EMS Assist. - At 11:28 p.m. to 3409

Cameo Ct. for a report of a fire alarm activation , units were cancelled en route. May 22, 2015 - At 08:56 a.m. to W 8th St for an EMS assist. - At 11:26 a.m. to the Fairfield Inn on Douglas Hwy for an automatic fire alarm activation. CCFD cancelled after management determined a 2nd floor pull station had been activated accidentally. - At 6:31p.m. to Stone Crest Drive for an automatic fire alarm activation. CCFD was cancelled while enroute due to unintentional activation by the homeowner. May 23, 2015 - At 8:15 a.m. to L Court for an EMS assist. - At 9:54 a.m. to Silver Hills Court for an EMS assist.

- At 12:45 p.m. to 2577 S. Douglas Highway, the Fairfield Inn for the report of an automatic fire alarm activation. The cause of the alarm was construction inside of the building. May 25, 2015 - At 3:53 p.m. to 1801 Cliff Davis Drive, Wingate Inn, for an automatic fire alarm and sprinkler alarm. Upon arrival an activated sprinkler head in a room flowing water was located. It is unclear what caused the sprinkler head to break or malfunction. The system was shut down until repairs could be made. Estimated cost for water damage and repairs are unknown at this time.

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Crime Stoppers needs your help in solving an arson that occurred at the 3000 block of West 4J Road between 05/17/2015 at 1245 hours and 05/20/15 at 1300 hours. During this time frame unknown suspects(s) entered the building and set ﬁre to a decorative ﬂower pot and an American Flag. 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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• Reiki 1 & 2 Training May 27, 9:00 AM - May 28, 5:00 PM @ CAMPLEX Energy Hall Conference Rooms • Thunder Basin Coal Co. May 28, 5:30 PM - May 29, 9:00 PM @ CAMPLEX Wyoming Center PRIVATE EVENT • Campbell County Cowboys/Cowgirls May 28, 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM @ CAM-PLEX Wrangler Arena & Little Levi Arena • Live 2 Dance Recital May 29 - May 30 @ CAM-PLEX Heritage Center Theater • Quinceanera - Medina May 30, All Day @ CAMPLEX Central Pavilion PRIVATE EVENT • 4-H Horse Clinic May 31, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM @ CAM-PLEX Wran-

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• Libraries Closed for Memorial Day May 23 - May 25 • Gillette Adult Hobby Gaming Group May 26, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM @ Public Library Pioneer Room 1 • CCPL Teen Card Club May 26, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM @ Public Library Computer Lab • CCPL Teen Minecraft/ Robotics Club May 27, 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM @ Public Library Computer Lab • CCPL Teen Anime Club May 28, 6:30 PM - 8:30

Government PM @ Public Library Computer Lab • CCPL Teen Last-Dayof-School Party May 29, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Public Library Teen Room • CCPL Teen Dungeons & Dragons Club May 30, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM @ Public Library Computer Lab • CCPL Teen Open-Play Gaming May 30, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Public Library Teen Room

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• Solid Waste Strategic Study Meeting May 26, 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM @ Chambers • Parks and Recreation Quarterly Board Meeting May 26, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM @ Parks & Rec • Children’s Developmental Services Quarterly Meeting May 27, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ CDS Board Room • City Council Work Session Date: 5/26/2015 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Location: 3rd Floor Conference Room • Planning Commission Meeting Date: 5/26/2015 7:00 PM Location: Council Chambers • Parks & Beautiﬁcation Board Date: 5/28/2015 5:30 PM Location: City West

Joke of the week A little boy was standing in front of a mirror in the restroom at John F. Kennedy Airport, when in walked a Marine staff sergeant, dressed in his dress blues. The little boy turned to the Marine and said, “Wow! Are you a Marine?” The Marine replied, “Why, yes I am, young man. Would you like to wear my hat?” “Boy, would I!,” said the little boy. He took the hat and placed it on his head and turned to admire himself in the mirror. As he was looking in the mirror, he heard the door open and through a ray of bright light, a man entered the room. But, this was not just a man — he was more than a man. He was an Airborne Ranger. The little boy turned and went over to the soldier. As he approached him, he could see the reﬂection in his boots. His eyes widened as he stared up at the soldier’s chest full of medals and combat ribbons. He tried to speak, but he couldn’t. Finally, he took a deep breath, and managed to say, “Excuse me, Sir. Are you an Airborne Ranger?” The Ranger replied with a thunderous voice, “Why yes, I am!! Would you like to shine my boots?” Joke of the Week provided by

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Government Senate Panel Clears Bipartisan Bill to Protect Knife Owners he Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee passed a bipartisan measure that would ensure people who are traveling with a secured knife are not prosecuted under local or state laws. The measure is led by U.S. Senators Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore.

“With this legislation passing out of committee, we are one step closer to providing the protection that knife owners need to ensure they can travel without fear of prosecution,” said Enzi. “With thousands of knife laws across the country, this common sense bill would defend the rights of knife owners.” “The bill that Senator Enzi and I intro-

duced and the Commerce Committee passed today takes a commonsense approach by allowing knife owners who follow the rules to transport their property between places where it’s legal to own knives,” Wyden said. “Our bill requires travelers to keep knives inaccessible during the journey, maintaining public safety and respecting

state laws.” The Knife Owners Protection Act would provide safe harbor to Americans traveling with a knife where it is lawful for the knife to be possessed at both the points of origin and destination, so long as the knife is transported in a closed container. This legislation is based on the Firearms Owner

Protection Act of 1986 which provides the same protection to law-abiding gun owners. The legislation, S. 1315, is also cosponsored by Senators Mike Lee, R-Utah, Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., John Thune, R-S.D., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. Passage by the Commerce Committee sets the measure up for consideration by the Senate ﬂoor.

Senators Introduce Legislation to Bring Cuba Into 21st Century U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) introduced bipartisan legislation that would enable U.S. telecommunications and Internet companies to provide their services and devices in Cuba. Cuba is one of the least wired countries in the western hemisphere, leaving many Cubans unable to access the Internet for things like business development, political discourse and personal communications. The Cuba Digital and Telecommunications Advancement Act — or Cuba DATA Act — will allow American companies to help

Cuba build the 21st-century telecommunications infrastructure necessary in today’s global economy and empower Cubans to realize their full potential. The Cuba DATA Act provides the certainty that businesses and investors require to connect Cuba to the world by removing barriers for U.S. and international businesses looking to invest in Cuba, and helping open the door to further change. “One of the best ways that the U.S. can support change in Cuba is by encouraging better and more open communications, and

improvements in infrastructure will do that,” said Enzi. “Because Cuba is one of the least wired countries in the western hemisphere, this legislation will provide the opportunity and assurances needed to help cultivate telecommunications services that will deliver new perspectives and information to a people who have been severely limited, as well as opportunities for economic growth.” Smartphones are also unusable in Cuba, and the few Cubans who do have access to cellular technology are limited to voice and some text services. As the United States begins to normalize diplomatic relations with

Cuba, the world needs to be able to engage with Cubans, and encourage renewed connections through unfettered access to telecommunications technologies. The Cuba DATA Act has the support of Engage Cuba, the Latin America Working Group, #CubaNow, the National Foreign Trade Council, Center for Democracy in the Americas and the Council of the Americas. The Cuba DATA Act will: • Allow U.S. companies to export consumer communications devices and telecommunications services to Cuba. • Codify the Obama administration’s policy

of utilizing Internet and telecommunications technology to engage with Cubans. Encourage financing and market reform by repealing outdated policies that prevent American businesses from investing in Cuba, including provisions that prevent financing, indirect financing, and assistance to Cuba from the U.S. and other countries. • Empower international organizations to work with Cuba by repealing outdated provisions that prevent multilateral organizations from investing in the country and engaging in important diplomatic efforts.

NOTICE Act to Ensure Seniors Know Hospital Status Before Bills Arrive U.S. Senators Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), both members of the Senate Finance Health Care Subcommittee, announced they have introduced S. 1349, Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility (NOTICE) Act. The legislation is designed to save seniors under Medicare Part A the sticker shock that comes after they are discharged from the hospital. Medicare will not cover the cost of post-acute care in a skilled nursing facility, simply because their overnight stays in a hospital were classified as outpatient observation instead of inpatient admissions. This no-cost legislation would require hospitals to notify Medicare beneficiaries of their outpatient status within 36 hours after the time of their classification or, if sooner, upon discharge. Outpatient status affects a patient’s ability to receive Medicare cover-

age for post-acute care in a skilled nursing facility after discharge from the hospital. “This bill is about helping seniors understand when their treatment after a hospital stay will be covered by Medicare and when it isn’t,” said Senator Enzi. “With this little bit of information we can help people feel a little bit more secure in their medical care.” “Common sense would say that if you are kept overnight for multiple nights in a hospital that you are most likely being treated as an inpatient. The reality is very different and seniors and their families, at a vulnerable time in their recovery, are being hit with exorbitant bills with no warning,” said Senator Cardin. “Seniors have a right to know when their overnight stays in the hospital are classiﬁed as something other than an inpatient admission and what that means for Medicare coverage of any post-acute care

needed after they are discharged from the hospital.” Under current law, Medicare will only cover post-acute care in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) if the beneﬁciary had three consecutive days of hospitalization as an inpatient -not counting time spent in the Emergency Department or the day of discharge. Many hospitals, however, are not admitting beneﬁciaries as inpatients, but instead classify them under “outpatient observation” for billing purposes, even though these patients may spend multiple nights in the hospital and receive the same type and level of care as inpatients. This means that Medicare will not cover post-acute SNF care for these “outpatient observation” patients after they are discharged from the hospital, which can result in thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs for those Medicare

beneﬁciaries. Under S. 1349, the NOTICE Act, hospitals must notify patients to • Explain the individual’s status as an outpatient under observation (or any similar status) and not as an inpatient; • Explain the reason for that classiﬁcation; • Explain the implications of that outpatient status on the individual’s eligibility for Medicare SNF coverage as well as cost-sharing requirements; • Include appropriate additional information; • Be written using plain language and available in appropriate languages; and • Be signed by the individual (patient) or his or her representative to acknowledge receipt, or if the individual or representative refuses to sign, it must be signed by hospital staff.

The House version of the NOTICE Act, H.R. 876, was introduced by Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas-35) and recently passed the House unanimously by a vote of 395-0. An Ofﬁce of Inspector General (OIG) report found that the average out-of-pocket cost for SNF services not covered by Medicare was more than $10,000 per beneﬁciary. A study published in Health Affairs found that the ratio of hospital observation stays to inpatient admissions increased by 34% between 2007 and 2009. The same study also found that the number of observation stays exceeding 72 hours has increased by 88%.

Obamacare Plan Premiums Increasing Again - Maybe a Lot • The largest insurers in Maryland, Oregon, South Dakota, and Tennessee are seeking average premium increases of between 25 and 43 percent. • Insurers have enrolled a relatively older and sicker population than they anticipated. • Young, healthy, and middle class people appear to be shunning Obamacare plans and the law’s reinsurance and risk corridor program subsidies for insurers are disappearing. One of Obamacare’s central effects on health care was creating new mandates and regulations on insurance offered through the individual market. These mandates caused premiums to skyrocket,increasing individual market premiums by nearly 50 percent between 2013 and 2014. Premiums would have increased even more if not for Obamacare’s $10 billion subsidy of insurers through its reinsurance program. Through the reinsurance program, insurers get payments from Washington to cover most of the cost of their enrollees who have high annual claims. By offsetting the cost incurred by expensive enrollees, the program allowed insurers to charge lower rates for Obamacare plans. One insurance law expert estimated that the reinsurance program reduced Obamacare plan premiums by about 11 percent on average last year. Moreover, several insurers priced their plans expecting that the administration would allow for a large taxpayer bailout if insurance companies generally underpriced plan premiums. As insurers begin to submit premium changes for 2016, several factors appear

to be pushing premiums higher. The ﬁrst is that insurers overall have enrolled a relatively older and sicker population than they anticipated. The second is that Obamacare’s reinsurance program backstop declines to $4 billion in 2016. The third is that Congress has signaled that it will prohibit the administration from forcing taxpayers to bail out insurers who lose money on Obamacare plans. As relatively young, healthy, and middle class people shun Obamacare plans and the reinsurance and risk corridor subsidies disappear, premiums will undoubtedly rise. This paper summarizes early rate ﬁlings in states where insurers have already submitted them. Connecticut ConnectiCare, the largest insurer in the state with a 45 percent market share, has proposed a six percent average premium increase for next year. Anthem, the second largest insurer with a 33 percent market share, has proposed a seven percent hike on Obamacare plans for next year. Healthy Connecticut, Connecticut’s co-op, with a 14 percent market share, proposed a 14 percent premium increase for next year. Overall, the weighted average of the proposed premium increases for Obamacare plans is about eight percent in Connecticut. Iowa Earlier this year, the state’s co-op, CoOportunity Health, was liquidated despite receiving government loans totaling more than $145 million. Taxpayers will likely lose most, if not all, of that money. According to a January 23 article in the Wall Street Jour-

nal, “the amount owed on medical claims exceed[ed] CoOportunity’s cash on hand.” Coventry Health Care was the only other insurer offering plans on the state’s exchange last year. Wellmark, the largest insurer in the state, refused to offer coverage through the exchange in 2014 and 2015; and it recently announced that it would not offer exchange plans next year either. However, Wellmark still has about 30,000 customers who purchase Obamacare plans off the exchange and it isseeking to raise premiums by an average of 28 percent for these plans. According to Wellmark, the company lost money on that group, mainly because they used more services than expected. Maryland CareFirst, the largest insurer in Maryland’s individual market with a 79 percent market share of exchange-based enrollments, has ﬁled an average premium increase of 30 percent for next year. Last year, CareFirst CEO Chet Burrell pleaded with Valerie Jarrett for the administration to use taxpayer dollars to aid insurers who underpriced exchange plans in 2014. He threatened that insurers would have to increase premiums by 20 percent or more if the administration did not allow taxpayer money to ﬂow through Obamacare’s risk corridors. Although Valerie Jarrett told him that the administration delivered insurers 80 percent of what they wanted on risk corridors, Burrell indicated it was not good enough. Without the bailout, CareFirst has made good on its promise to substantially raise rates.

Kinner Sworn In to Represent House District 29 Mark Kinner of Sheridan was sworn in as a member of the 63rd Wyoming Legislature on Monday in the House Chambers of the Wyoming Capitol in Cheyenne. Wyoming Supreme Court Chief Justice E. James Burke administered the oath of ofﬁce. Rep. Kinner was joined by members of the Wyoming Legislature, legislative staff and family members at the brief ceremony. Following the administration of the oath of ofﬁce from Justice Burke and fellow legislators welcomed Kinner to the Wyoming Legislature.

Kinner addressed the well-wishers during the ceremony stating that he looked forward to serving the people of Wyoming. “It’s a bitter sweet day, because we’ve lost John [Patton] but he would want us to go on. I’m very honored and proud to represent the people of HD 29, the people of my area and the State of Wyoming.” Kinner said. Kinner was appointed by the Sheridan County Commissioners to serve the residents of HD 29 on April 20 to ﬁll the vacant seat left by former Rep. Patton who passed

away April 5. Speaker of the Wyoming House Kermit Brown has made the following changes to the House Committee assignments, as a result of Kinner’s appointment: Kinner will serve on the House Revenue and Education Committees, while Rep. Northrup has been appointed to serve as Chairman of the House Education Committee, Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration and the Select Committee on Statewide Education Accountability.

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Michigan

The two largest insurers in Michigan’s individual market have proposed signiﬁcant rate hikes for their Obamacare plans next year. Blue Care Network, which sells 36 percent of products on the individual market, has proposed a 10 percent increase for 2016. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, with a 29 percent market share, has proposed an 11 percent increase for 2016. Overall, the weighted average of the proposed premium increases for Obamacare plans is about 10 percent in Michigan.

Oregon

Moda Health Plan, which enrolls about half of all individual market enrollees in Oregon, is seeking a premium increase of 25.6 percent for next year. According to regulatory filings, Moda expected its 2014 claims on Obamacare plans in 2014 would be about 76 percent of premiums and it would earn a one percent profit. It turns out that those assumptions were wildly optimistic, as Moda’s actual claims were 140 percent of premiums and it had a 62 percent loss on those plans. Some of this loss is offset by Obamacare’s reinsurance subsidy program, which Moda estimates will amount to an average of $1,100 per enrollee in 2014. LifeWise Health Plan, with about 17 percent of the individual market, wants to raise premiums by 38.5 percent. PacificSource Health Plans, with about four percent of the individual market, wants to raisepremiums by nearly 43 percent. One consumer advocate said that the proposed rate hikes in Oregon are the highest he has seen since 2010.

South Dakota

Wellmark announced late last week that it is proposing a 43 percent premium increase for Obamacare plans in South Dakota for next year. In 2014, Wellmark enrolled 67 percent of people covered in South Dakota’s individual insurance market. According to the company, this rate hike is necessary because of: an “increase in the number of large claims”; a “substantial increase in the volume and cost of prescriptions”; and a “number of members who cancelled their coverage after receiving costly health services.” Utilization was more than three times what the company expected.

Tennessee

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, the state’s largest insurer, which currently sells about 70 percent of exchange plans in the state, has ﬁled for an average premium increase of 36.3 percent for 2016. This request is on top of last year’s 19 percent increase. Humana has requested a 15.8 percent increase on its exchange plans in the state.

Vermont

Citing increasing costs from federal and state government requirements, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont requested an average rate increase of eight percent and MVP Health Care requested an average rate increase of three percent for 2016 individual plans. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont has about eight times more exchange enrollees than MVP Health Care. Overall, the weighted average of the proposed premium increases for Obamacare plans is about eight percent in Vermont.

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Opinion A View from the Inside - Looking Out “Of Parliaments, Assemblies, the Senate and Congress” By George Halford After my articles on the UK election and Heads of States, you will be relieved to know that this is the third, and final, installment. I was asked how the governance of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland differed from England. I explained how, in the election, 650 constituencies each elected a Member of Parliament (MP) to form the House of Commons and the leader of the largest party becomes the Prime Minister for a five year term. So, the House of Commons is a bit like the House of Representative here, except that the largest party in the UK generally forms the government. A small aside, the UK takes care to ensure that political parties have practically no influence on the process of determining electoral district boundaries The UK, like the USA, has a bicameral legislature with a second chamber. Here the Senate, and in the UK the House of Lords. Unlike the House of Commons, most members of the House of Lords are appointed. The number of people entitled to sit in the Lords is not fixed and, currently, stands at 780, with another 46 absent or disqualified (some may have been naughty!). Members of the House of Lords receive no salary but are entitled to an allowance for each attendance. The established Church of England provides 26 bishops (called the Lords Spiritual) while the remainder are the Lords Temporal. The great majority of these latter are life peers (Barons and Baronesses) who are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister of the day, or on the advice of an Appointments Commission. Life peerages are awarded to those that have excelled in their field, thus representatives of many professions are selected from business, medicine, the arts, other clergy, and so on.

However, they also include some hereditary peers. Membership was once an entitlement for all hereditary peers, except those with an Irish peerage, but since 1999 has now been restricted to 92. Since the vast majority of hereditary peerages can only be inherited by men, very few of these are female. This is where the Dukes, Earls, Viscounts and Marquesses (and their female equivalents) appear. Additionally, there are also 12 members who are senior judges to carry out the judicial functions of the House of Lords. Members of the House of Lords can be linked to a political party, or not. Just because the Conservatives or Labour has formed a government, with a majority in the House of Commons, does not mean that that party necessarily has a majority in the Lords. Thus, like the USA, there can be different parties in control of the two chambers. At one time this could cause major problems with the unelected Lords blocking legislation from the elected Commons. However, since then their powers have been trimmed. Now, they can amend legislation and return it to the Commons, where their amendments can be either accepted or reversed, or delay it, but cannot effectively block legislation. Effectively they have became an advisory chamber that can warn, advise and amend proposed laws, but not block them. Between them the two chambers are involved in UK wide legislation such as taxation, customs and excise, defense, legislation to implement European Union policy, etc. So we have dealt with the two chambers at Westminster and Washington, what of the UK’s four constituent nations in comparison to the USA’s 50 states? Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland each has their own single

chamber parliament or assembly with separately elected representatives, governments, Ministers, etc., to deal with such powers as have been devolved. Scotland has always had a separate legal system from England and Wales so new laws are now passed at Holyrood, Edinburgh, instead of Westminster. Northern Ireland laws are usually different from those elsewhere so, again, legislation has passed from Westminster to Stormont, Belfast. Have you spotted the discrepancies yet? What does the Welsh assembly at Cardiff have to do if legislation passed at Westminster covers both nations? If each of the other nations has their own parliament, why not England? And what business do MPs from Scotland and Northern Ireland have in participating in Westminster debates and legislation which does not apply to their countries? All good questions, and I can only tell you that it is work in progress. Parallels with US states? Well some similarities, such as non involvement in nationwide affairs. Some differences, such as single chamber assemblies, no tax raising powers (so far). Below state level in the USA and national level in the UK comes local government. You have your counties and we did too, once. We actually had a two level arrangement with District Councils below County (or Regional) Councils but that was all streamlined some years back into a single tier system. At the same time many amalgamations took place so counties which had existed as administrative bodies for the best part of a thousand years were swept away and often only exist now as an entity on a map. The affect this has had on policing arrangements is the topic for next week. One major difference, it appears

to me, between the two countries is that the UK has been evolving and changing its government arrangements quite signiﬁcantly over the past 50 years or so, while I am not aware of a similar process in the USA. That may be because everything here is just hunky dory, but do you think it is? The prime drivers in the UK have been to streamline administrations, lower costs, and thus ease local taxation. I can tell you it was no easy process. Howls of anguish from those locally elected councilors that lost their positions, many redundancies (in the short term), etc. In short, when you think of the UK as a quaint anachronism with its monarch and hereditary aristocracy, bear in mind that actually it has been evolving quite rapidly. We haven’t reached perfection yet, but we are working on it. Give us time.

Let’s Modernize That By Glenn Woods

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couple of years ago, I wrote about the useless waste of money that would be the new visitor center in Wright, Wyoming. It is now built, at the cost of over a million dollars, plus costs to maintain the center, and it is doing absolutely nothing to benefit the little town of Wright. Yes, that was me, also criticizing the new multimillion dollar visitor’s center near the WyomingSouth Dakota border as yet another money pit. Please don’t misunderstand; I am all for promoting Wyoming as a place to come for vacation and business. What I have been complaining about is what is now an obsolete way of achieving that goal. Just last week, Mary Silvernell, of the Gillette Convention and Visitors Bureau, was quoted as saying that she thinks the Gillette Visitor’s Center could use an upgrade. To be clear, if the Gillette Visitor’s Center is to be upgraded it will not be happening any time soon, based on reaction from the city and county. Rather than an upgrade, I would like to recommend something entirely different. Visitor’s Centers are obsolete. They were never that effective in the first place. They are nothing but a financial drain now that folks passing through, or coming to, Gillette, have the internet. In today’s world, travelers head toward our town with their cell phones, or navigation devices displaying a map. On those maps are billboards that

show what is ahead: restaurants, hotels, events, and more. Long gone are the days when anyone might pull in to a visitor center and ask. A little over a year ago, I was filling my gas tank at the Flying J in Gillette, which is right next to the Gillette Visitor’s Center. I watched a young couple filling at the pump next to me. They were discussing a fishing trip in Sheridan. While he pumped gas she leaned up against the car and fiddled with her phone. The Gillette Visitor’s center was right there in front of her. All she had to do was walk across the parking lot. But, instead, she just clicked away on her phone while talking to her husband. She booked a hotel, found a good restaurant, and a fly fishing shop in downtown Sheridan. Those things used to be the job of a visitor’s center - but not anymore. Now everything is available at the touch of an app. Often, while I talk about bulldozing obsolete visitor centers, I am accused of being anti-growth and anti-business. Nothing could be further from the truth. I am not “anti” any such thing. I am talking about discarding the promotion

and advertising methods of the past and shifting our recourses to keep up with the times. Look to the internet, look to those cell phones. Look to modern ways of advertising our town that actually work in today’s world. Rather than reaching the few people who might actually walk into the Gillette Visitor’s Center, why not reach tens of thousands of people, every day? In today’s world, people plan their trips by looking up information online. Then, while on their trip, they continue to look up information on their phones. Very few travelers these days stop and ask at the ofﬁcial visitor’s center. When such a stop is made it is usually just to use the restroom. But using a visitor center’s restroom means that they are not using the restrooms at local gas stations and restaurants, where they would spend money. For every person using the restroom at a visitor’s center, that is one more person that did not leave money behind in our community as they drove away. I was also given a good suggestion regarding modern day billboards. Today, a town like Gillette can put up a nice electron-

ic sign on the highway that can operate at a profit as it makes advertising dollars from area businesses that want people to stop in Gillette on their way through. Can you imagine that? Making a profit from advertising our city? Gillette could also advertise our own attractions, like The Rock Pile Museum, or how businessfriendly our town is. Imagine all of that flashing on a sign as folks drive by. There is more to advertising than that, I realize. We need to make sure our town is in the proper trade magazines and specialty TV shows, like travel and business shows. Shifting our money away from a standing building that draws very little traffic to high profile forms of advertising for a pluggedin society will bring to Gillette, and the rest of Wyoming, what we have been looking for. BUSINESS! It’s time to step away from old ideas that are no longer working and turn our attention to how information is decimated today. Let’s quit wasting money on what does not work. Close those visitor centers around Wyoming. Let’s modernize.

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Weekly Weigh-In By Trinity Lewis - Lewis Media Consulting

ue to my submission of this letter very near Memorial Day, I first want to send a genuine and sincere thank you to each person that has lost a loved one while fighting for our freedom. I am so blessed to live in the United States, even more blessed to live in one of the very best states in America and thank God regularly that I am in the county I am. I can’t imagine even sending a loved one away to war and, listening to the stories my grandpas and others have relayed to me about fighting makes me

shutter. I am in awe of the mission God lays on some hearts to protect and serve – again, thank you! I will remain brief this week. Do you recall only a few short weeks ago when this very column suggested Agenda 21 would soon be implemented in a very obvious way in our America? Well, it seems that on a daily basis a new threat continues to be laid out with plans of the ﬁrst stage of implementation on July 15th of this year. Be it some sort of theory or possibly absolute truth, as part of the “thinking class” I

encourage you to begin researching for yourselves the Joint Assistant for Development and Execution along with Homeland Eradication of Local Militants or JADE HELM 15. My goal isn’t to be a radical yelling in the streets but there are things we must remain aware of at the very least. If you ﬁnd the information on JADE HELM alarming and worth pursuing, as I have done, I encourage you to inform your friends and family.

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Letters to the Editor

Current Coal Royalties Work

Editor: As a Sheridan County School District 2 board member, Hollis Hackman may know something about education. But he clearly knows nothing about the subject of his May 16 letter to the editor: coal royalties. While parroting the claims of coal mining opponents, Hackman is embarrassingly unaware that the US government’s own Energy Information Administration shows that he and his anti-coal allies are absolutely wrong. According to EIA data in the “2015 Coal Report,” 42-percent of coal sales in Wyoming in 2013, the most recent year for which data is available, were made via sales to affiliated companies, classified by EIA as “captive sales”. The average price of coal sold by coal companies to their affiliates was $14.25 per ton. The average price of coal sold to third parties in “open market” sales was $13.90. Therefore, sales by coal companies to their affiliates yielded higher royalty revenue for the federal government and state of Wyoming than did open market sales. Simple facts readily available to the public from the federal government. Here’s how it works: the coal companies report to the Energy Information Administration how each coal sale is made via EIA Form 7A. Coal companies report the value of each coal sale to the Office of Natural Resource Revenue. Therefore, the federal government knows the value of every sale made and to whom the sale was made. There is no loophole. There are however patently false allegations being made by pressure groups who want the coal to stay in the ground and repeated by Hackman. The draft ONRR rule on coal royalties released on January 6, 2015, is effectively an attempt by anti-coal pressure groups and their Obama administration allies to inhibit coal mining on federal land. For a School District board member who claims to “know how important federal mineral royalty funds are to our kids and families here in the Cowboy State” to be regurgitating the misleading statements of groups entirely opposed to coal mining is disturbing. The federal royalty rate for surface mined coal is 12.5-percent. Here’s some math that Hackman may wish to consider. 12.5% of 0 = 0. The ONRR rule is designed to keep the coal in the ground. Coal that doesn’t get mined yields no revenue for the federal government or Wyoming. Meanwhile, coal sales to affiliates delivered higher prices and more revenue than did sales to third parties. It might be time for Hackman to go back to school

himself. Richard ReaveyVice President Public Affairs Cloud Peak Energy

Memorial Day Non-Observance

Editor: I come to this special day every day with mixed emotions. We started out with a good idea to commemerate all those who gave their lives to protect this Country and keep it the land of the free. For a number of years it was observed on the 30th of May and people, for the most part, honored it for the holiday it was. Then up jumped the Capitalists and decided to make it just another three-day week-end so we can make it a money-making occasion. Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems like Congress established it in 1968 and Tricky Dicky Nixon pushed the envelope and made it Nationwide in 1971. It has been off to the races and let’s make money and have fun every since. How sad to watch a great American Tradition come crashing down to beneﬁt leisure and the mighty dollar. An old sage once said that those who forget the past are bound to re-visit it. It is my fervent prayer that this Country will come to its’ senses and restore this Holiday to its rightful place and bring back the true meaning of the day and remember it for what it truly is. FAT CHANCE!!! Service, Suffering and Sacriface don’t stand a chance of a snowball in hell against the almighty dollar and fun and leisure. I guess I’m just a gruochy old vet crying out in the wilderness. Duffy Jenniges

WLC is Accountable to State Legislature

Editor, The word integrity has been trending for the last several months. Whether it’s talk about politicians, Tom Brady’s “deﬂategate”, or the Wyoming Lottery Corporation (WLC), integrity is important. It is the quality of being honest and upholding moral and ethical principles. So it is no surprise that the media, state legislators, and the public are upset with the WLC’s lack of integrity in REFUSING to disclose salary information for the CEO and other individual employees after a request from the Casper Star Tribune. Love it or hate it, I believe the legislature was smart in how it set up the lottery. Not a penny of taxpayer dollars were used to set up the WLC. They secured their own loan and argue that they are their own private organization, able to refuse

to disclose individual pay. Yet the legislature made the WLC a “public body, corporate and politic”, which simply means that it is a public corporation invested with powers and duties of government. As such, it is accountable to the legislature and public to maximize revenues and to be subject to a system of audits and reports (W.S. 9-17-102). The WLC is required to keep and maintain public records according to the provisions in W.S. 16-4-201 through 16-4-205. They are authorized to determine what information is confidential. However, W.S. 9-17120(a) clearly states that employee personnel information related to compensation is not confidential. To ensure the financial integrity of the lottery, the WLC is required by statute to submit quarterly and annual reports that include operating expenses (W.S. 9-17-128(a)(i)). While they have no problem with complying with quarterly reports, they only partially comply with disclosing operating expenses. Operating expenses means all costs of doing business, including personnel costs (W.S. 9-17-103(x)). As reported, when the WLC first hired CEO Jon Clontz they agreed to pay $165,000. Nearly $30k more than Colorado’s lottery CEO and more than $80k than South Dakota’s CEO! In a state that arguably has the smallest lottery system, this is troubling. What’s worse is that we don’t know if Clontz’s salary has increased or decreased. Is the WLC maximizing revenue for the state, or is it maximizing revenue for their own personnel? We don’t know because the WLC won’t release the individual information. When those who have ties to government refuse to obey the law, the fragrance of scandals fills the air. The right of inspection of public records by any person, and the access of media to public records, is promulgated in W.S. 16-4203. And Just for good measure W.S.16-4-203(d)(iii) clearly states that employment contracts, etc., shall be open for public inspection. If the WLC was a truly private corporation without these statute provisions, I agree that they could withhold compensation information they wanted. However, the WLC is not truly a private corporation. The WLC is bound to these statutes and accountable to the public. As the situation stands, I believe the lottery commission is breaking the law in withholding individual employee compensation information from media requests. If they are truly committed to their success, will WLC cease from doing those things that mar their image and contribute to their failure? Scott Clem

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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 Two energetic women are looking for homes to clean. Reasonable rates. If interested call (307) 299-4660 or (307) 257-4816 RV Winterization starting at $99.95 at YOUR house. Call Randy at 307-6603091 (b3-40-tfnh) Tree Trimming and removal. Certiﬁed Arborist! No job too big or small. Experienced, licensed, bonded and insured. Veteran owned and operated for 13 years. Top Notch Tree Service 970556-5000 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

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. I buy gold/Silver Bars or coins. No jewelry. (307) 682-7684 What are you looking at? Others could be looking at your ad for only $0.25 per word per week. Go to www.campbellcountyobserver.net ACE will reduce your appetite and give you energy. The natural way to lose weight.www.facebook.com/ AcePill 660-2974

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. Water/ Trash/Washer/Dryer. 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

$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 1993 Chrysler LHS for sale or trade. Needs tie-rod and alignment. Runs good. $1,500.00 OBO. Email KevlarGrease@gmail.com 1994 Plymouth Voyager for sale or trade. Runs/ looks great. 188,000 miles. $2,000.00 OBO. Email KevlarGrease@gmail.com 2004 Yukon Denali XL,6.0 Motor, Loaded $14,000 OBO 660-9351 2008 Hyundai Sonata LMTD, 40,000 mi. $13,500, Call 307-660-2532. 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

Child Care Nanny Needed applicants with an excellent child Care experience.Part time Mon -Fri 8:30-3pm no weekends.Car provided for work & personal use Pay starts at 350$. Send your cover letter via email sawana. liz210@gmail.com or Text me at 412-397-8291 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

Homes for Sale 2010 Fairmont 16x80 mobile Home. 3 bed-2 bath. Central Air, 10x10 deck, 500gl propane tank, and all utilities. Excellent condition. $30,000 OBO. Please call after 5pm. 605-209-7584. FSBO 5 bed, 2 bath, 2 car and 1 car garages detached, 2112 sq. ft. home, 7000 sq. ft. lot. $185,000. Call 307-622-2201 Home For Sale By Owner. Great Horse Property for sale, in Buffalo Wyoming. 11.5 acres with three bedroom, 3 bath home with 2 car attached garage, afull length covered redwood deck and walk out basement, irrigated pastures, bite corrals, Cleary Barn, and much more.Call 307684-5844 after 5p.m. for appointment

Wanted to Buy Military Items From WW2 and Vietnam, 307-778-6493 I Buy Militaria. Swords, uniforms, bayonets, medals, guns/parts, ﬁeld gear. 6827864 Wanted: Old Batteries. Call 307-670-1675. D4-30-8P WILL PAY CASH FOR CAMPERS. Call Scott (307) 680-0854.

Merchandise 1939 HA Selmer Trumpet $750 OBO. 687-1087 40 pus Reminisce Magazines. Call; 307-689-5753 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 Tank. 307-680-8838

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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. Blue Dual Reclining Sofa. Good shape $100 Call 6802982. Can text photo if you like. Spyder Semi-auto paint ball gun. cal..68 Special Edition. Only used twice! New $300 For you $175 plus two canisters. Call 680-1302 If you are interested in purchasing Nutrient Rich Ranch Raised Beef grown locally, call 307-340-1108. Great Jerky http://www.rberlinger.jerkydirect.com/ For sale: whirlpool refrigerator, brand new patio propane heater, still in box Cabela’s shower tent, large dining room dark blue/red rooster rug, 10” wet tile saw, treadmill. Call 682-6353. Kojac series One, two and three dvd $65.00 $98 value 307 - 670 - 1887 Two place aluminum snowmobile trailer. $1,600. 307689-0202’

Camping/ Fishing 05’ 32 foot fifth wheel, Wildcat, sleeps 10, 1 slide, bunks, self contained, no generator 307-680-6625 2009 Starcraft Autumn Ridge SE DLX Series 32’ bumper pull travel trailer. Has some sun fading on exterior stickers, otherwise beautiful condition. Sleeping capacity:10. Arctic package. Two power slide outs, 18-21’ Electric awning. Two flat screen tvs, am/fm/cd entertainment system. Bunkhouse version, you will find bunk beds and a loft bed in the back of the trailer. Excellent for a family or hunters. Gently used. Average retail books for $28,310. Asking $20,000. Call or text 3077517352. 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 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

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

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

Business Opportunities Looking for investor in local business. Call for Details. 307-257-2306. Free Tuition Tax Course - Earn Extra Income after taking course or start a new career. Flexible schedules! Register Now! Courses start 9/15/14. Call 307-685-6801. *small fee for books and supplies 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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For Rent Ofﬁce and Retail space for rent Marlins 685-4452 or 685-8100 1 bedroom travel trailer on lot. $675 month, all utilities included. $325 deposit. Call Marie; 303-916-7446 or James;406-221-6299 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.

Guns for Sale 1903 Springﬁeld. 30o6 Cal. U.S. Military. $700 obo. Call (307) 682-7864

Looking for Rent/Lease Looking for Rent/lease. 1,500 square foot minimum warehouse space for my expanding businesses.. Call Chris at 670-1830 if you have space available.

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Solutions from this week Donald & Donna Adamson

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Where is this picture answer At Foothills Movie Theater

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Weekly Trivia Answer

What future American President gave a speech at Arlington National Cemetery at the ﬁrst Memorial Day (Declaration Day) ceremony?

Weekly Sports Trivia Answer What athlete, who played both professional baseball and football, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in World War II?

Jack Lummus Jack Lummus was an outstanding athlete who played both professional football and baseball. He is one of only two professional baseball players to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Andrew J. “Jack” Lummus was an outstanding athlete who played both professional football and baseball, and he is one of only two professional baseball players to be awarded the Medal of Honor during World War II. On March 6, 1945 he was given command of the third rifle platoon in Second Battalion’s E Company at Iwo Jima. Two days later they were spearheading a final assault on an objective east of Kitano Point in the north of the island. Lummus led an assault on three concealed Japanese strongholds and despite minor wounds received from grenade shrapnel, he singlehandedly knocked out all three positions. The following day, there was a huge explosion and Lummus was mortally wounded. “We had been under artillery fire for 36 hours,” related Captain Donald H. O’Rourke,” and we were just about to move out when Lummus stepped on a landmine. Both his legs were blown off. They got him on a stretcher and as they started back with him he smiled at me and said: ‘The Giants sure are losing a mighty good football player.’” Lummus was transferred to the 5th Division Field hospital where he underwent surgery and blood transfusions, but died on the operating table the following day. He was one of 6,821 Marines killed on Iwo Jima before the island was secured on March 26, 1945.

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Regardless of the exact date or location of its origins, one thing is clear – Memorial Day was borne out of the Civil War and a desire to honor our dead. It was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11. “The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land,” he proclaimed. The date of Decoration Day, as he called it, was chosen because it wasn’t the anniversary of any particular battle. On the first Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, and 5,000 participants decorated the graves of the 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried there.

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Sports Around Wyoming

Local Fight Promotor Sues NABC A Wyoming bare-knuckle ﬁght promoter is suing the National Association of Boxing Commissions and its president, claiming they’re encouraging the City of Riverton to outlaw unsanctioned ﬁghts.

The Riverton City Council has set a final vote next month on an ordinance to make participation in unsanctioned fights a crime. Track and Field Fifteen Wyoming track and field student-athletes have qualified for the

NCAA West Preliminary on May 28-30 in Austin, Texas. The 10 Cowboy and ﬁve Cowgirl athletes tie last year for the program’s highest total ever to qualify for the event

2015 Sports Screening Program Announces Dates

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Racers barrel through hairpin turns to take the lead.

Quick Run Fun at the Speedway By Elizabeth Richards hunder Speedway lived up to its name, Saturday (May 23), as high powered engines blazed down the track to tear up the earth with a shake rattle and roll. The smell of fuel and exhaust still hangs in the air as the machines made their laps and the mud hit the skies. Last week, drivers raced across the dirt track to complete as many laps as possible, as quickly as possible, so as to maintain a solid lead for the win. Cars bunched up dangerously close as they ran through hairpin

turns and kicked up a trail of dust and dirt. Thunder Speedway is known throughout the Gillette racing community for a number of community races and events that draw spectators and competitors from miles away. Events range from traditional dirt track races to the seemingly absurd Budweiser sponsored event where cars try to weave through the course to ﬁrst place with as few collisions as possible. Prizes vary by event from bragging rights to beer and more. Thunder Speedway is the place where cars, dirt, and

adrenaline fueled fun meet head on. If you want to keep up with current events and scores, be sure to visit their website for more information or follow them on their Facebook page. The next big race is set for the sixth of June; the Pepsi Sprints- car shoot out, and I’m sure we’re all looking forward to the mayhem. Gates open at 5 p.m. and spectators are allowed in at 6 p.m. with the race itself starting at 7 p.m. tickets are $12.00 per adult.

Local physicians are volunteering their time again this year to provide Sports Screenings for junior and senior high school athletes and grade 3-6 junior football participants in Campbell County. Screenings will be held in the Campbell County Health (CCH) Rehab Services department, located in the upper level of the WORI building at 508 Stocktrail Ave. Athletes must have an appointment in order to be screened. Appointments will be taken beginning Monday, June 1. Appointments can

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The barrel race is punctuated with sharp turns that racers have to work through successfully before they run full speed for the ﬁnish.

Barrel Race at Cam-Plex Makes Good Times By Elizabeth Richards On May 23rd at 10 a.m. The Gillette Cam-Plex community center hosted the WYO Wild Ride and Ranch Rodeo, a qualiﬁer event for the WSRRA. Contestants gathered at the East Pavilion of the Cam-Plex to participate in the timed barrel race event. The event was sponsored in part by KOHR Quarter Horses. The ground shakes with the pounding of hooves against the arena’s dirt ﬂoor. Horses bay and stamp at the starting gates while the riders wait for their turn to tear up the track. Champing at the bit these horses are built like a race car, sleek muscle diving into sharp

turns and circles, prancing down the aisles with ease, and groomed for success. Decorative riding gear glimmers in the spotlights as they take off like a bolt of lightning on down the track, the thunder of hoofbeats rattling through the bones of every spectator and contestant. The crowd becomes a storm of cheers and applause as onlookers jeer at the competition and root for friends and family members. The chambers echo with the heavy breathing of huge animals. They call these lands the Great Plains and on the back of a horse and a tall hill one can truly appreci-

ate the view of the roiling landscape. Here in the East Pavilion show room and race track these animals race through the dirt, kicking up clods of sandy earth as they run. Some of the best runs include several 15 second laps through the course that was sure to catch the crowd’s attention with every horse that blazed through to the coveted time spots. Watching beast and rider cut through the sharp turns is an awe inspiring sight. A number of booths were open to shoppers looking for apparel or riding gear and a rafﬂe was held during the proceedings.

forms may be ﬁlled out at the time of the appointment or are available at the hospital’s Main Lobby Information Desk. The cost is $25 per screening, and the proceeds fund the Sports Screening Scholarship Fund and the Campbell County High School Activities Fund. The Sports Screening Program is a project of the Campbell County Healthcare Foundation, Campbell County Health and Campbell County School District.

What’s Going On In Sports?

“Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over again. That’s the way life is, with a new game every day, and that’s the way baseball is.” -Bob Feller

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be made Monday through Friday from 9 am-4 pm. Call 688-1539 to schedule an appointment. If your child has identiﬁed medical problems, see your healthcare provider for a complete physical examination. Sports Screenings are scheduled from 6-8 pm. Dates are: Tuesday, June 9 Thursday, June 25 Tuesday, June 30 Thursday, July 9 Please have your child wear shorts and a t-shirt to keep the screening on schedule. Screening

GILLETTE PREP • May 23-25 BILLINGS MT MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT TBA •May 30 At Cheyenne Prep 1:00/3:00 RIDERS • May 22-25 SPRING CLASSIC TOURNAMENT- Gillette, WY TBA RUSTLERS • May 22-25 SPRING CLASSIC TOURNAMENT- Gillette, WY TBA • May 30/31 BOB STEVENS TOURNAMENT-

Casper, WY (*Conf w/ Casper) TBA JR RIDERS • May 30th Black vs Billings Chuckers 1:00 pm/ 3:30 pm CAMELS BOYS SOCCER • Thursday 5/28/15 – Saturday 5/30/15 State (V) Rock Springs GIRLS SOCCER • Thursday 5/28/15 – Saturday 5/30/15 State (V) Rock Springs

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