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October 31 - November 7, 2014

This Week’s Highlights • Invest in Trees this Fall ............................. Page 2 • G&F Thanks Public for Help ............................ Page 4 • Bold Republic: What they Want ............... Page 8 • UW’s Debate on Non Resident Trustees ..... Page 9 • Cole Sports Report ...... Page 11 • Powder River Country: Bill’s Wild West .............. Page 14 Photos by Dan Ekberg

Pumpkin Patch at the Senior Center

Gillette Girl Scouts to Hold Fall Carnival

Gillette Senior Center got into the Halloween spirit, and started a new tradition all at the same time; Pumpkin Painting! This year, there were 14 participants that showed off their artistic abilities by painted a pumpkin, some of the seniors used stencils while others painted freehand, and they all brighten up the entry way at Gillette’s Senior Center where they have been on display. The pumpkins were donated

by Buckskin Mine and discounted by Wal-Mart. They will be moved for the Halloween Dance on the 31st but hopefully will last long enough to be displayed at the 32nd annual Hobby Harvest at the Senior Center on Friday November, 7th from 8-3pm. There will be Raffles, Crafts, Bake Sale, food and more. Lunch from 11:30-1pm $3.50 for seniors and $7.00 for non-seniors.

The Gillette Girl Scouts will be holding a Fall Carnival that will include games and a chance to meet McGruff the Crime Dog. The event will take place on Saturday, November 1, 2014 from 2-4 pm at Lakeview Elementary, 1017 Gabriel Drive, Gillette, WY. Admission is free to the public but folks are encouraged to bring a canned food item to support the Council of Community Services and be entered to win a turkey!

For more information, contact Jessica Sanchez at flamepixie@gmail.com or Mackenzie Ivie at mackenziei@gmsw.org.

If you aren’t already a member of Girl Scouts and are interested in joining, please visit www.gsmw.org or call 800-736-5243

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By Jeff Morrison “God put a million, million doors in the world for His love to walk through. One of those doors is you,” according to Jason Gray in his number one single, “With Every Act of Love”, from his latest album, “Love Will Have the Final Word”.

On Friday, November 7, at the New Life Wesleyan Church, Jason will bring this message, along with guest artists (also from Centricity Music), Unspoken, Lindsay McCaul, and Carrollton, for a night of uplifting Christian music. “It’s a concert that, if I attended it, I would love it,” Gray explains. “It’s great for us, great for the record label, and makes for a great night too.”

Gray’s latest album, Love Will Have The Final Word, became a record-breaking project for the talented singer/songwriter, as it debuted on Billboard’s Christian Albums chart at No. 10. This is the highest album debut for Gray, and at the same time the first single from the record, “With Every Act Of Love,” became his first No. 1 on Billboard’s AC Indicator chart, and the second No. 1 song of his career. “Nothing Is Wasted” reached the top of the Soft AC chart in

May 2013, and is from his 3rd project for Centricity Music, A Way To See In The Dark. The project’s previous singles, “Remind Me Who I Am” and “Good To Be Alive,” reached Top 5 on the charts and the latter song earned Gray his second ASCAP Performance Award. In 2009, Gray released Everything Sad Is Coming Untrue to critical acclaim, with the No. 4 single, “More Like Falling In Love,” earning Gray his first ASCAP Performance Award.

Gray’s debut project for Centricity Music in 2007, All The Lovely Losers, was his first national release and became heralded as one of the top albums that year.

Although this tour, which began in September, is the first he’s headlined, Gray is a 14 year veteran of Christian music. “I remember years ago when I was a kid watching an interview with Huey Lewis,” Gray said of his career thus far, “They asked him ‘How does it feel to be an overnight success?’ and he answered, ‘It was a long night!’”

God’s redemption, even through adversity, is a recurring theme in Gray’s music.

“Even the worst things that we experience… they don’t

get to have the last say over our lives,” he explains. “I think we’ve all experienced how when we go through difficulty; through painful seasons; though it’s awful, we come through on the other side and feel wiser. And if we allow it to, it gives us a greater capacity to love others and be compassionate and to judge less.”

“The worst things we go through, whether it’s a divorce, or depression or addiction or failure or whatever it might be – these things don’t have to make us bitter, they don’t have to define us, but if we keep bringing them

to the Lord he is able to make something beautiful out of it, he’s able to make us into better human beings because of it,” Gray said in a recent interview. “That to me embodies a verse in the Bible that says God is able to work all things together to the good of those who love him.”

The concert starts at 7 p.m. at the New Life Wesleyan Church (1000 Comanche Ave.)on November 7. Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the door. For more information contact: newlife@newlifegillette.com, or call 307682-5642.

AT&T has activated three new 4G mobile Internet cell sites near Gillette that will enhance coverage for area residents and businesses and provide speeds up to four times faster than 3G.** These sites provide new coverage: · At Highway 387 and Highway 50, south of Gillette · Along Highway 50 and Clarkelen Road · In Buffalo at TW Road and Green Trees Road AT&T invested more than $50 million in its wireless networks in Wyoming between 2011 through 2013, driving a wide range of upgrades to enhance speed, reliability, coverage and performance for residents and business customers.

“Demand for wireless speed is growing rapidly, and we are excited to bring these super-fast speeds to residents and businesses in Campbell County,” said Cheryl Riley, Director of External Affairs, AT&T Wyoming.

This launch is part of AT&T’s Project Velocity IP (VIP), a multi-year plan to invest for growth, announced in 2012. Through this investment, AT&T is supporting its customers’ growing desire for high-quality, fast wireless and wired services. As part of Project VIP, AT&T is deploying small cell technology, macro cells and additional DAS, which will increase the density of our wireless network. The wireless network densification will further improve network quality and increase spectrum efficiency.

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Campbell County Observer

Preparation is Key to Dealing with Winter Weather ith the winter season approaching, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reminds individuals to be prepared for winter storms and extreme cold.

While the danger of severe winter weather varies across the country, everyone can benefit by taking a few easy steps now to prepare for emergencies. A first step, regardless of where you live, is to visit the Ready.gov website to find preparedness ideas you can use all year long.

“In our part of the country we make the most of winter,” said FEMA Region VIII Acting Administrator Tony Russell. “However, severe storms and blizzards can create major problems and residents need to take winter weather seriously by taking ap-

propriate steps to prepare.”

Severe winter weather can include snow or subfreezing temperatures, strong winds and ice or heavy rain storms. An emergency supply kit both at home and in the car will help prepare you and your family for winter power outages and icy or impassable roads.

Both kits should include a battery-powered or hand-crank radio, extra flashlights and batteries. In addition, your home kit should include a three day supply of food and water. Thoroughly check and update your family’s emergency supply kit and add the following supplies in preparation for winter weather: • Rock salt to melt ice on walkways, • Sand to improve traction on

driveways and sidewalks, • Snow shovels and other snow removal equipment, • And adequate clothing and blankets to help keep you warm.

When traveling in winter weather conditions, be sure to contact someone both before your departure and when you safely arrive. Always travel with a cell phone and ensure the battery is charged so you can contact someone in the case of a road emergency. If dangerous conditions are forecast, it’s often best to delay travel plans.

Finally, make sure to familiarize yourself with the terms that are used to identify a winter storm hazard and discuss with your family what to do if a winter storm watch or warning is issued. Terms used to describe a winter storm

hazard include the following: • Freezing Rain creates a coating of ice on roads and walkways.

• Sleet is rain that turns to ice pellets before reaching the ground. Sleet also causes roads to freeze and become slippery.

• Winter Weather Advisory means cold, ice and snow are expected.

• Winter Storm Watch means severe weather such as heavy snow or ice is possible in the next day or two.

• Winter Storm Warning means severe winter conditions have begun or will begin very soon.

For more information and winter preparedness tips, please visit: www.ready.gov/winter-weather orwww.nws.noaa.gov/om/winter/ or www.fema.gov/about-regionviii/winter-weather-readiness.

Autumn’s Colorful Reminder -

The Importance of Investing in Our Street Trees Submitted by Arbor Day Foundation President Dan Lambe Autumn is upon us. This time of year, we experience the arrival of fall, and we take comfort in the crisp evenings and enjoy the splendor of autumn color. Walking or driving through town is a delight for the senses. This benefit of trees – this experience – provides warm feelings and emotions, and creates fond memories that are priceless.

We all have fond memories of traveling along a boulevard lined with grand street trees that formed a welcoming natural archway of tree canopy above.

As the leaves begin to show glorious color, let’s pause to ask ourselves: Are we investing enough time and money in our street trees? Street trees – those trees planted between the sidewalk and the road – are perhaps the most valuable city trees, and it is vitally important that local communities manage them well. Street trees are a valuable community asset. The most visible swath of any community forest is its street

trees.

We all have experienced a neighborhood with abundant, well cared-for street trees. In these places of resplendent natural beauty, we are calmed, we are refreshed. These positive emotions are brought forth by a healthy tree canopy and the benefits it provides – higher property values, decreased energy costs, cleaner air and water, reduced stormwater runoff, and more beautiful environments...all because of trees.

Before 1976, when Tree City USA was launched by the Arbor Day Foundation with our National Association of State Foresters and U.S. Forest Service partners, community forestry across our nation was haphazard at best.

Today, more than 140 million Americans call a Tree City USA home. Our experience growing the Tree City USA program into more than 3,400 communities during the past 40 years leads us to conclude that larger cities with a professional staff, and

smaller towns with a qualified, committed volunteer citizen tree board, are able to take an effective, efficient and comprehensive approach to municipal tree care.

Forward-looking communities are taking notice and continuing to make needed investments in tree planting and care.

“Given a limited budget, the most effective expenditure of funds to improve a street would probably be on trees,” wrote Allan Jacobs, a professor of city and regional planning at the University of California, Berkeley, in his book Great Streets.

Indeed, the value of a dollar invested in street trees is far-reaching. U.S. Forest Service scientists have found that for every dollar spent on planting and caring for a street tree, the benefits that it provides are as much as five times that investment.

The need for effective community tree care and management is more important today than ever due to greater threats of

drought, storms, and insects. In this increasingly challenging time, proper pruning, careful selection and proactive planting, replacement, and maintenance of our street trees is paramount to the continued success of our nation’s urban and community trees.

The overall care and management of our street trees has proven time and again to be an excellent investment with high returns. Investments in our urban and community forest are worthy of the strong support of our elected and appointed officials, of the community at large, and of each and every one of us. It is to our benefit to encourage our elected and appointed officials across the nation to continue to give high priority to critical investments in our urban and community forests on behalf of our local municipalities.

As we experience the arrival of fall, as the leaves change and we celebrate the joy of bright autumn colors, let’s commit our-

selves to appreciating the trees for all they give us and to recognizing their importance. Please join me and thousands of others as we continue to encourage appropriate investments of time and money in our communities so that we may plant trees whose benefits will be enjoyed for many seasons to come.

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Could Federal Protection Mire Sage Grouse Conservation?

Submitted by Angus M. Thuermer Jr. - wyofile.com s federal officials mull whether to protect the greater sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act, some conservationists say a federal takeover would undermine support from states, agriculture interests and hunters.

Putting the species under federal management, which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has to decide on by the end of September, 2015, could result in a backlash from states that have invested heavily in grouse conservation, several key players say.

A listing would also cut funding from sportsmen and could undermine the Endangered Species Act itself, they say.

Among those holding such opinions are an architect of Wyoming’s Sage Grouse Core Area Program and the former head of Nevada’s Department of Wildlife. Their opinions are not universally embraced, however they point out that the 11 western states where the greater sage grouse still struts have spent about $200 million in grouse conservation since 2000.

State contributions amount to a 21 percent share of the projected $85 million annual sage grouse conservation budget nationwide, according to one research paper. If grouse were managed from Washington, D.C., states would be less inclined to pony up, said Audubon Wyoming director Brian Rutledge.

Rutledge has worked extensively with Wyoming and other states’ governors and said he’s taken their temperatures.

“It would certainly reduce the investment in the grouse,” he said of federal protection. The Endangered Species Act is better used to negotiate with states for improved local grouse conservation, than it is to impose federal management, he said.

Some of the 11 governors would be reluctant to cooperate with their major landowner should the grouse be listed, Rutledge said.

“What’s the state going to say, ‘we’ll help you with that because it’s our favorite thing to do,’” he said.

“It’s a federal problem,” he said of potential attitudes.

“Why would we pay for a problem with your bird?”

States have contributed $200 million From 2000 to 2012, the 11 western states spent at least $132 million in grouse conservation, said Ken Mayer, former director of the Nevada Department of Wildlife who helped author a 2012 white paper on the topic. That sum is closer to $200 million to-

day, he said.

“When a species gets listed, people start walking away,” he said. Among those would be sportsmen and state game and wildlife agencies.

If the grouse were listed, state wildlife administrators would have trouble justifying use of sportsmen and women’s money for a species that can’t be hunted, Mayer said.

“Sage-grouse management and conservation projects in some states are funded largely with earmarked revenue generated from the sales of upland game bird licenses or stamps,” according to a different paper by Mayer’s Western Agencies Sage and Columbian Sharptailed Grouse Technical Committee that was penned in 2010. “It would be difficult to justify the use of such hunter dollars for managing an unhunted species, especially if the sage-grouse populations can support harvest.”

When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service contemplates adding the grouse to the threatened or endangered list, it also should remember the potential loss of that financial support, Mayer said. However, the Endangered Species Act is not supposed to take economic impact into account, according to a brief prepared by a University of Wyoming law professor.

“Economic impact is not a factor considered in a listing decision,” Temple Stoellinger wrote in June for the National Agricultural and Rural Development Policy center (download the pdf).

“Some have speculated that the negative economic impacts associated with listing the Sage-Grouse are so great that the FWS cannot, for political reasons, list the SageGrouse,” she wrote in the brief titled “Implications of a greater sage-grouse listing on Western energy development.”

“Alternatively they argue that if it is listed, Congress will provide a remedy to reduce the negative economic impact,” Stoellinger wrote. “I disagree with both.

“Economic impact is not one of the five factors listed under the ESA that the FWS must consider when making a decision to list a species, they simply are precluded from considering the economic impact in their decision-making process.”

Hunters critical to conservation

Hunters have been crucial to the conservation of big game in North America for generations, but their contributions would evaporate if grouse are

listed and hunting prohibited, said Ed Arnett, director of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership’s Center for Responsible Energy Development. Hunters want hunting opportunities in return for their contributions to conservation.

“We will continue as long as we have an opportunity to harvest the species,” he said of some hunters’ views of their aid.

If Fish and Wildlife can’t consider the potential loss of states’ financial support, it must at least figure out how it would staff a federal recovery program operated under the Endangered Species Act, Audubon’s Rutledge said. Today, for example, Wyoming has a statewide Sage Grouse Implementation Team and eight local working groups that strive to improve grouse habitat and the bird’s survival.

With a listing, instead of having 11 states and 11 game departments working on grouse conservation, “you would instead have half a dozen Fish and Wildlife Service employees,” Rutledge said. Their time would be spent writing regulations and waivers, not improving habitat and saving grouse.

Fish and Wildlife itself would rather not list the grouse, director Dan Ashe said during a recent trip to Sublette County where he lauded ranchers’ conservation practices at a ceremony at Trappers’ Point.

“It is our hope we can conserve the sage grouse such that listing of the sage grouse under the Endangered species Act will not be necessary,” he told a group that included stockmen and women, Gov. Matt Mead and Ashe’s boss, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell.

States’ talk of backing away from conservation efforts isn’t blackmail any more than the threat of listing is, Rutledge said. The threat of listing the grouse “is encouraging the states to manage their primacy so the feds don’t have to take it over,” Rutledge said.

Other conservationists disagree

Not everybody embraces the views of Rutledge, Mayer, Ashe and Arnett.

Some conservation groups have heavily criticized Wyoming’s grouse plan and a new BLM framework for the Lander area based on it. In September, six conservation groups gave the BLM an F for its Lander plan, considered to be a model for upcoming management revisions across the agency’s western domain.

BLM didn’t meet 24 of 33 grouse conservation stan-

dards, said the groups, which include the American Bird Conservancy and the Center for Biological Diversity. The groups asked Jewell to rescind the Lander document.

The impact of a grouse listing would be sweeping, characterized as seven times broader than the controversial protection of the Northern Spotted Owl in 1990. Fish and Wildlife has already determined listing of the sage grouse is warranted, but it did not add the bird to its lists, saying such action was precluded by higher priorities. Settlement of a court case set the 2015 deadline for making a decision.

Federal management is expected to result in restrictions on agricultural and energy activities in grouse sagebrush country.

“They’re figuring on taking a huge hit economically by (potential) new restrictions going into place,” Rutledge said of Western states.

That assertion is backed

by David Willms and Anne Alexander who calculated some potential costs in an article in Wyoming Law Review, (2014 Vol. 2).

“Designation of a species’ critical habitat under ESA can lead to great expenses for people or industries wishing to do business in those identified areas, if they can continue doing business at all,” they wrote. “Listing the sage grouse could have catastrophic impacts on Wyoming’s economy by severely limiting Wyoming’s agricultural and energy industries.”

They calculate that more than 1,600 energy jobs and almost another 4,000 associated jobs would be lost if the oil and gas industry were stopped from working in core grouse areas. “The state could lose $135 million in direct labor income and over $255 million in total labor income,” the article says.

Another $30 million could be lost in severance tax revenues and more than $3.6 million in sales and use taxes each year, the two said. Not included in those figures are lost county and municipal taxes and more, the article says.

Although the listing of the Northern Spotted Owl resulted in the loss of some 30,000 jobs in the timber industry in Washington state, “it likely pales in comparison to the negative impacts a sage grouse listing would have on Wyoming,” the article states.

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) said in February that a sage grouse listing would cost his state $41 billion in oil and gas economic production, the Deseret News reported.

Business Council Agribusiness Director Receives Award Cindy Garretson-Weibel, director of the Agribusiness Division for the Wyoming Business Council, received the 2014 Outstanding Leadership Program Director Award at a national conference for the International Association of Programs for Agricultural Leadership (IAPAL) in Lexington, Ky. Garretson-Weibel, the director for the Wyoming L.E.A.D. program, was presented the award by Rob Black of the Rural Ontario Institute and Dr. Joe Waldrum, executive secretary of IAPAL. “Garretson-Weibel received this honor for her vision, leadership and extraordinary commitment to excellence which has shaped the lives of many agricultural leaders as they serve Wyoming and the nation for the challenges ahead.” Waldrum said. “She is highly respected by her peers in leadership development in this country and internationally and we are proud to recognize her talents and impacts with this prestigious award.”

The Outstanding Leadership Director Award was begun by Dr. Bill and Polly Pope in 1999. Dr. Pope began the Texas Agricultural Lifetime Leadership Program in the late 1980s at Texas A & M University and was its first director. After his

retirement from the university, he became the executive secretary of IAPAL and held this position until his death in 2010. He and his wife Polly felt that directors of these statewide leadership development programs were not being recognized for their efforts in these unique positions.

The Popes believed that innovative directors who were good teachers and whose programs were producing effective leaders for agriculture and rural areas should be showcased by this annual award.

Garretson-Weibel is a native of Saratoga and grew up on the One Bar Eleven Ranch. She graduated from the University of Wyoming with a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural communications in 1986.

Before coming to the Wyoming Business Council, she worked for the Wyoming Stock Growers Association for over 12 years where she edited the monthly Cow Country magazine and served as the executive director for five years. GarretsonWeibel’s areas of expertise include livestock marketing, international agriculture, leadership development, organizational management and agricultural income diversification.

IAPAL is a consortium of leadership programs in the USA, Canada and several other countries. Most

IAPAL member programs have a two-year curriculum designed for up to 30 key leaders selected through application processes.

Wyoming L.E.A.D. (http://www. wylead.org/) was established in 1984 with a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to establish a rural leadership program. Twelve classes totaling 204 men and women have graduated from the L.E.A.D. program since its creation. L.E.A.D. is sponsored by the Wyoming Business Council’s Agribusiness Division and the Wyoming Agricultural Leadership Council (WALC).

Up-front federal engagement

Meantime, states are scrambling to convince Fish and Wildlife their plans are credible. Fish and Wildlife, in turn, is advising the states about what to do.

“In this case, they’re actively helping with what needs to be done and how to do it,” Rutledge said.

“It’s telling you how you’re doing at the midterm so when the final comes you can get an A. “This is the first time it’s been done this way with a full-blown engagement ahead of time,” he said.

“It’s very responsible — the feds are addressing the entire ecosystem in one fell swoop instead of addressing it piecemeal.

“If we don’t cope with this opportunity to get it right on sage grouse, we will have to deal with this being seen as a direct affront by the Endangered Species Act and we will see the enemies of the act and those frustrated trying to take on the act and see it dismantled or destroyed,” Rutledge said. “They’re already at it.”

Wyoming’s U.S. Rep Cynthia Lummis (R) has the act in her sights, but she denies intentions to weaken it. She is cochairman of a GOP ESA working group along with U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings of Washington.

Their proposal to change the act seeks, among other things, to reduce the number of lawsuits that are filed in efforts to enforce endangered species laws, according to a statement from the group.

One of those suits, filed

by WildEarth Guardians, led Fish and Wildlife to agree to decide about the grouse’s fate by September 2015.

In an Oct. 18 letter to Jewell, Lummis, Hastings and others complained about “mega-settlement deadlines negotiated behind closed-doors.”

U.S. Sens. Mike Enzi (R) and John Barrasso (R), with Lummis, this year cosponsored other legislation that would delay sage grouse listing for a decade.

The goal is to allow state management plans to produce results, a statement from Enzi’s office said.

Despite these actions, it’s unlikely the Endangered Species Act would be dismantled, UW profes-

sor Stoellinger wrote.

“Congress has been discussing ESA reform since nearly the day after the Act was passed in 1973, succeeding to pass only minor amendments,” she wrote. “Congress did not step in and provide relief when the Northern Spotted Owl was listed, nor is there any reason to hold out hope that a bipartisan solution would be provided for Sage-Grouse given our current political climate.”

As various interest groups make their cases in the run-up to the Fish and Wildlife decision, agency director Ashe and his staffers are not necessarily looking for numbers, but threats, Nevada’s Mayer said. Among those are wildfire and invasive plants, particularly cheatgrass, which dramatically increases the probability that fire will ravage sagebrush habitat to the detriment of the grouse.

Rutledge wants numbers — lots of greater sage grouse — too. Many more than the 535,452 that Willms and Alexander estimate remain.

“My objective is to see the bird recover to a significantly greater number than what we have now,” he said. “That can only be done by restoring and reclaiming what habitat we have left.”

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Wyoming Waterfowl Hunting Looking Good for 2014

uck numbers are up this year by an average of eight percent in key waterfowl nesting areas and goose numbers are about the same as last year which should mean good opportunities in the coming months for Wyoming waterfowl hunters.

Game and Fish Waterfowl Biologist Larry Roberts said counts indicate that numbers are up for Wyoming’s most popular duck species. The increase from 2013 to this year includes a five-percent bump for mallards, 18-percent increase for widgeon, 14 percent for gadwall and more than 10 percent for teal in the traditional nesting areas of

Alberta, Montana and the western Dakotas.

“The good water year Wyoming experienced in 2014 in most of the state was also good for resident duck and goose production,” Roberts said. “We did get some cold wet weather during the key nesting period this year, but many of the birds renested and we still had good production. In addition to an increase in water in ponds and marsh areas, the good moisture conditions provided improved cover, which was very beneficial to nesting birds.”

Goose hunters should also see good hunting opportunities this year. According to Roberts, goose

production is about the same as last year. “There are lots of young birds which is good for hunters,” Roberts said. “Our resident goose production is about average, but there should be good numbers of geese around both for early hunters and later on when the northern marshes freeze up.”

Ice-up in the northern marshes in Canada, the Dakotas and Montana, is still some time away, but resident birds, as well as early migrants like teal, should provide decent hunting opportunities for Wyoming hunters.

“It is difficult to predict the weather a month in advance,” Roberts said.

“But the icy water conditions and snows that typically occur in Canada and Montana in November will eventually push the birds our way.”

Another plus of the good water year is that both resident birds and migrating birds are likely to stay in Wyoming longer. Birds tend to stay in Wyoming as long as the state has an abundance of open reservoirs and ponds.

This year the added moisture in the state and improved habitat conditions are giving Wyoming a better chance of keeping resident birds longer and holding migrant birds.

“But, the importance of the weather cannot be

overlooked,” Roberts said.

“The ideal situation for us would be harsh weather and an early freeze-up in the states to the north and Canada and more mild conditions here that would keep the birds in the state once they enter Wyoming.”

In general, the birds are distributed quite well across the state around waterways.

Wyoming’s most popular waterfowl hunting areas are the Bighorn Basin and Goshen County. Both are expected to be good again this year.

Seasons vary depending on the flyway and zone, but most hunts for ducks and geese run into early to mid January. Hunters are advised to check the

Game and Fish Appreciates Public’s Help With Poaching Investigations The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) is actively seeking information from the public about poaching crimes this fall. The help game wardens receive from people across Wyoming is extremely beneficial in solving crimes against the state’s wildlife.

Game and Fish’s increased outreach on poaching incidents has raised questions through social media and other channels as to whether there has been an increase in wildlife crimes.

The Game and Fish Department does not believe that is the case this year.

“Through the Stop

Poaching tip line and through direct communication with wardens, Wyoming hunters, anglers and people who recreate in the outdoors are valuable sources of information for the Game and Fish Department in many ways,” said Brian Nesvik, WGFD chief game warden. “We appreciate the help and know we couldn’t do our jobs without this partnership.”

2014 poaching report figures will be available in coming months, but it is believed there is not an increase in poaching this year.

“So far in 2014, we have had several incidents that

we need help from the public to solve, so we have been more active seeking tips,” Nesvik said. “We are also using additional ways to communicate, like social media and direct emails to the public. I think it is more noticeable that we are looking for assistance and that is good news. In past years, several of these poaching incidents were successfully prosecuted and probably would have gone unsolved without the public’s help.”

Nesvik adds that typically there are more reports of poaching when rifle hunting seasons get rolling each September and October – due to an influx

of hunters afield.

“The vast majority of hunters are law abiding and have tremendous respect for wildlife,” said Nesvik, who has 20 years of wildlife law enforcement experience.”There are unfortunately a few folks who display bad judgment and ethics and violate Wyoming’s hunting laws and regulations.

Sometimes that is done unintentionally, while other times it is done with disregard for Wyoming’s wildlife resource and proud hunting heritage.”

Wyoming Game and Fish encourages anyone with information about potential wildlife crimes,

Every Child has the Right to a Loving Relationship with Both Parents One of the most alarming facts in this world is that millions of children suffer from child abuse, neglect or are subject to domestic violence in their homes. Instead of being cared for with hands that nurture and love, they are shattered by fists of iron.

However, we cannot let the horror stories stop us from trying to break the cycle of violence that traps too many children. There is nothing more powerful than an army of people willing to support and encourage children who come from challenging homes, families or neighborhoods.

It’s easy to be discouraged by the facts and statistics, and we wonder if anything can be done to help our children. The answer to this challenging question is a resounding yes. CASA for the Sixth Judicial District provides several opportunities to assist children and families.

CASA provides an Advocate Program as well as Access Visitation and Exchanges. The Access Visitation provides several opportunities for parents to develop healthy relationships with their children in a safe environment. Supervised visitation refers to a contact between a non-custodial parent and their child or children in the presence of a third party and are often times court ordered. Monitored exchange refers to a supervised transfer of the child from one parent to the other in a safe setting. CASA believes that every child has the right to a loving and nurturing relationship with both parents. We also believe that the best parent is both parents.

Children all across the country are suffering from a hidden epi-

demic of child abuse and neglect.

Every year more than 3 million reports of child abuse are made in the U.S. alone. Statistics show that there is a report of child abuse made every ten seconds and that more than four children die every day as a result of this abuse. You can help lower those statistics by becoming a CASA Advocate. CASA Advocates are Volunteers who are appointed by judges to ensure the safety and permanency for children whose lives are in turmoil. These Advocates are honest, ethical and supportive and are committed to keeping the best interest of the child as a goal. CASA has been recruiting, training and supervising volunteers who advocate for these children since 1999. The Advocate Program provides abused and neglected children with an adult voice in court. Volunteers attend 30 hours of training, visit the children on their case and report their findings directly to the court. They also spend 2-5 hours per month, at their discretion, on advocacy work.

We welcome volunteers from all cultures, professions, ethnic and educational backgrounds.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our current Advocates for their time and generosity: Betty Martinez, Carol Renner, Charlene Penfold, Dave Ebertz, Denise Guy, Jaime Reynolds, Jen GauthierFelion, Laura Mayo, Letty RamirezJones, Linda Wegher, Lisa Johnson, Michelle English, Shirley Schafer, Teresa Ferrigno, Laura Crowe, Shawn Rice, Tammy Okray, Terrina Ross, Hoby Bruhn, Janet Huff, Liz

Morgan, Michelle Vandersloot, Diamond Shipp, Nadine Decker, Sonja Ferguson, Aurora Rau, Janelle Martin, Taryn Duff, Pam Rucki, Vettie Morsett, Vicki Carpenter and Becky Terry. We are so fortunate and blessed to have you.

CASA has been blessed to receive generous funding from the City, County, United Way, Eagles, WYCF and WYDVS, as well as from several private businesses and individuals in order to provide support for our children and families. From January 1, 2014-October 1, 2014 there have been 46 child abuse and neglect cases referred to CASA. CASA for the Sixth Judicial District’s mission is to strive to provide a voice and programs for the protection, care and welfare of these children.

The CASA staff would like to thank the Community for all of their support!

CASA Advocate Classes

Where: Fire Department Training Center- 701 Larch St. When: November 3, 5:00 PM-8:00 PM November 4, 5:00 PM-8:00 PM November 8, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM November 10, 5:00 PM-8:00 PM November 13, 5:00 PM-8:00 PM November 15, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM If you are unable to attend a class, please let us know and you can make it up at a later time.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Becky Terry or Vicki Carpenter at 687-9440

even if it is second hand, to please call the Stop Poaching Hotline at (877) WGFD-TIP or text keyword WGFD and message to TIP411 or report the violation online. Anyone who reports a poaching incident may be eligible for a cash reward through the Wyoming Wildlife Protectors Association.

waterfowl regulations for seasons and bag limits for the different zones and the various species they will be hunting. Complete waterfowl regulations are available at Game and Fish license agents and on the Game and Fish website http://wgfd.wyo.gov.

Campbell County Observer

Campbell County Observer

October 31 - November 7, 2014 • Page 5

Flu Season’s Approach Means Vaccination Time s influenza cases begin to appear across the state, Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) officials are touting annual vaccinations as the best way to avoid becoming ill with the flu.

Dr. Wendy Braund, state health officer and WDH Public Health Division senior administrator, said almost everyone who is six months or older should get a seasonal flu vaccine each year to help prevent influenza. “Getting a flu vaccine is safe and is the first, the most important and the most effective

thing people can do to help prevent getting ill with influenza and passing it on to others.”

Each year, influenza leads to hospitalizations and deaths. “Healthy people can get the flu. They typically get better in a few days but miss school or work. They can also infect others who may not easily recover and are especially vulnerable to flu and its effects,” Braund said.

Reggie McClinton, a WDH epidemiologist, said the 2013-14 influenza season was considered to be moderately severe. “Unfor-

tunately, 12 seasonal influenza-associated deaths were reported in Wyoming.

This is a high number for our state.”

McClinton noted the median age for the residents who died was 54 and only three of the deaths occurred in people older than 65; no deaths were reported among children. “We generally see a higher percentage of deaths among our older adults. Some strains of flu, including the one that was dominant last season, do affect other age groups more severely.”

Braund said it takes

about two weeks for flu vaccines to offer protection. “We don’t want people to wait to get vaccinated until folks around them are ill. If you’re exposed to the flu virus before the vaccine has had the time it needs to start protecting you, you may still become ill with influenza.”

McClinton said last season’s peak of reported activity in early to mid January.

Influenza (flu) is a contagious respiratory illness caused by a virus. Symptoms include fever, headache, extreme tiredness,

dry cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose and muscle aches.

Influenza vaccines are available in many locations, including local public health offices, workplaces, doctors’ offices and retail stores. “Flu vaccines are not expensive and many insurance policies reimburse patients for the costs,” Braund said.

In Wyoming, the cost of the vaccine itself is covered for many children by federal funding and the vaccine program for those eligible is managed by WDH. Children who qualify

include those covered by Medicaid, uninsured children, American Indian or Alaska native children and some children considered to be underinsured.

Basic common-sense measures can also slow the spread of influenza and other respiratory diseases.

These steps includecovering your mouth and nose with your sleeve or a tissue when you sneeze and cough; frequently washing your hands; and staying home from work, school, day care and errands when ill.

Country Gospel Concert at Journey Church When was the last time you heard “I’ll Fly Away, In the Sweet By and By or Just A Closer Walk with Thee” sung with good harmony? How about a lively “New Orleans style” rendition of “When the Saints Go Marchin’ In?” If it’s been awhile and you enjoy such music, then don’t miss the Country Gospel Concert, featuring gospel duo “Paul & Troy” this Sunday Evening, November 2, at 6:30 pm at Journey Church that currently meets in the Fire Training

Center off Warlow and south of the BMX Track. Everyone is invited!

“Paul & Troy” are Paul Aamot who hails from Beresford, South Dakota, and Troy Mader who lives north of Gillette, Wyoming. The duo will be singing songs from their gospel CD “This Little Light of Mine.”

The CD was years in the making. Troy suggested Paul think about recording a CD. “Paul’s got a great voice so I told him he should record a CD.” Paul was

hesitant, but Troy was persistent.

Persistence paid off so Paul and Troy sent a Demo CD to Gaither Studios in Alexandria, Indiana.

They were invited to come record “This Little Light of Mine” CD. “We like to call our concerts a “Blast from the Past” or a “Trip Down Memory Lane,” says Mader. “Many of us grew up singing hymns and gospel so we take folks back to those days. It’s truly an enjoyable experience in music.

“This is the music that stays with

you,” adds Paul Aamot. “Often it’s been years since our concert attendees have heard these songs.

Yet the minute they hear it again, they sing right along with us.”

Don’t miss this “This Little Light of Mine” Gospel Concert this Sunday Evening, November 2, 6:30 pm at Journey Church. Journey Church currently meets in the Fire Training Center off Warlow and south of the BMX Track. For more information, go to www.ptlightofmine.com

Wyoming’s 2014 Blue Ribbon Schools Superintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill announced that three Wyoming schools are receiving the National Blue Ribbon award.

The three exemplary schools are Glenn Livingston Elementary in Cody, Highland Park Elementary in Sheridan, and Southside Elementary in Powell.

“Congratulations on receiving this award and well deserved recognition. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to your students,” Hill said. “All schools across Wyoming strive for excellence in education, and many face struggles along the way. It is a joy to recognize these few schools and commend them for their perseverance in achieving excellence for their students.”

Sheridan County School District #2 Superintendent Craig Dougherty attributes the success of Highland Park to the collaborative team there that focuses on each child. “Through their collaborative grade level teams and phenomenal instruction, each child achieves at the highest levels.

Student learning is the number one focus of the Highland Park staff.”

Glenn Livingston Principal, Mike Wood, describes much of his school’s success as a product of the local community. “At Cody, students in general value education and are dedicated toward learning. That attitude is crucial to achievement. By receiving instruction from a skilled and dedicated staff and coming from

homes with very supportive parents, the students at Glenn Livingston continue to excel at the highest levels.”

Mrs. Jones, a fourth grade teacher at Southside says the success of her school comes from the hard work put forth by everyone. “We work very hard to make sure the students are challenged and that they enjoy learning. Our system of intervention ensures that every child receives remediation and enrichment for her or his individual needs based on formative data. We appreciate the progressive attitude and support of our district leadership to ensure the highest quality of education possible.”

The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program sets a standard

of excellence for all schools striving for the highest level of achievement. Each year since 1982, the U.S. Department of Education seeks schools where students attain and maintain high academic goals. This program honors public and non-public elementary, middle and high schools whose students achieve at very high levels or have made significant progress and helped close gaps in achievement, especially among disadvantaged and minority students.

Each school will be honored with a ceremony in early November.

• Highland Park, Sheridan - November 5: 9:00 am • Glenn Livingston, Cody - November 6: 9:00 am • Southside School, Powell - November 6: 2:00 pm

Business Council Seeks Public Comment on Use of Funds A public review and comment period began Oct. 26, 2014 to collect feedback on how U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds are utilized in the state.

HUD requires states that receive certain HUD funds to prepare an Annual Action Plan. The state has prepared a draft Action Plan for 2015.

The purpose of the plan is to describe resources expected to be available to address the needs identified in a larger consolidated plan; describe the method for and geographic distribution of funds; describe the activities the state

plans to undertake to address housing, homelessness and other special needs activities, and community and economic development activities; as well as describe other actions it intends to take during the next year.

In Wyoming, the Annual Action Plan applies to the Community Development Block Grant program (CDBG), the HOME Investment Partnerships program (HOME), the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), the Continuum of Care (CoC), and the Housing for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program.

A webinar will be held Nov. 10

from 1:30-3 p.m. in Cheyenne at the Wyoming Business Council office located at 214 W. 15th St. Representatives from the Business Council, the Wyoming Community Development Authority, the Wyoming Department of Health and the Wyoming Department of Family Services will make presentations about the plan during this time.

The plan may be accessed via the Wyoming Business Council website at http://www.wyomingbusiness.org/program/cdbg-public-information/3290, the Wyoming Community Development Authority at www.wyomingcda.

com, or the Wyoming Department of Health at http://health.wyo.gov/ phsd/howpa/index.html.

For more information on registering for the webinar contact Sandy Quinlan at 307-777-2825 or sandy.quinlan@wyo.gov, or Stephanie Horton at 307-7772813 or Stephanie.horton@wyo. gov. People requiring special formatting, assistance or non-English accommodations should contact Quinlan or Horton to request alternative formats. Wyoming Relay Service is also available during regular business hours at 711.

Crislip Named WEA Professional of the Year Campbell County School District is proud to announce that Liz Crislip has been named by the Wyoming Education Association (WEA) to its highest honor. Liz was chosen as the 2014 WEA Education Support Professional of the Year. Liz is a para-educator at Cottonwood Elementary in Wright. The WEA recognizes that it takes everyone in our schools to provide the best education possible for all children.

Kathy Vetter, President of WEA, said, “Liz epitomizes the dedication that so many of our non-certified school employees give every day in our schools.”

Liz was nominated for the award

by Mrs. Stephanie Neely, a parent and fellow educator who works closely with her at Cottonwood Elementary. Mrs. Neely teaches fourth grade at Cottonwood and recognizes the outstanding work that Liz does every day with kids.

During the award ceremony, Stephanie passionately explained what a major influence Mrs. Crislip had on her child’s education.

Liz has been working at Cottonwood Elementary for the last seven years. She has worked as a special education para-educator at all levels, kindergarten through sixth grade, at the school for six of those years. Liz said that the best part of her job is seeing students mature and grow, and when they start to blend in with other students

as they mainstream into the regular classroom means the most to her.

Liz said that she absolutely loves summer school because the learning is project based and she gets to work individually with the students.

She said that she loves her school, loves her students and loves her fellow co-workers.

Liz said the greatest honor in her life was being nominated by her fellow co-worker and parent at the school, Mrs. Stephanie Neely. Liz was really emotional about how neat it was to be recognized by a

fellow teacher and to have the opportunity to work daily with the children at Cottonwood. Liz will travel to New Orleans for the National Education Association’s (NEA) educational support professional conference in March. At the national conference, NEA will announce the national support professional of the year and Liz has completed all her paper work for that honor. Congratulations to Liz, and CCSD wishes you the best of luck! Have a great time in Norlins! You deserve it for a job well done!

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Campbell County Observer

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Eat, Read and Grow ampbell County Public Library, Campbell County Extension Services, Department of Family Services, Campbell County Commissioners, United Way, Campbell County School District Nutrition Services, First United Methodist Church, Vineyard Christian Fellowship, Blessings in a Backpack, YES House High Five Group, Future Farmers of America, Campbell County Teen Volunteers, and Sunflower Elementary along with various churches sponsored the first “Eat. Read. Grow.” meeting at Sunflower Elementary on Tuesday, October 21, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. The idea for the event was started

by First Lady Carol Mead last May at a meeting in Gillette. The First Lady invited several faith-based groups and governmental agencies to attend the meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to challenge the community to work together to offer a program to encourage reading together as a family in elementary schools. The idea of First Lady Mead was to host a dinner, have a celebrity reader, each child would choose a book to take home with them, and the family would get a bag of groceries that provided a meal for the family and a recipe for the meal. First Lady Carol Mead hoped to convince parents to influence the success of their child in school by modeling the joy of reading and spending time together at school and at the dinner table.

Deb Rehder, from the Vineyard Christian Fellowship, decided to volunteer and take the project on and became the lead person for the “Eat. Read. Grow.” at Sunflower Elementary. The volunteer group met throughout the summer to prepare and organize the event.

The vision statement for the volunteer group is: Working together to strengthen families in Campbell County. The mission statement the group wrote is: “Eat. Read. Grow.” It is an opportunity for families in Gillette to get together for a hot meal, good conversation, games, and books.

The volunteers hosted the first event at Sunflower Elementary. Rita Lubnau, a social worker at the school, has been the lead person for Sunflower, a Title I school. A Title I school is a school that has a student population of over 50% students on free or reduced lunch. The money for Title I is provided to each state by the federal government. Funding for Sunflower Elementary requires the principal, Mr. Troy Claycomb, to work with teachers to identify students

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who need the most educational assistance based on criteria that the school has chosen. Students do not have to be from low income families to receive Title I services. The staff sets achievement goals for students in the academic areas that they qualify for and measures the progress of the students to determine the success of the Title I program.

Title I programs generally offer additional support personnel to work individually with the students in reading, writing and math.

When Mrs. Lubnau and Mrs. Rehder approached the county commissioners on the idea, the county commissioners donated $5,000 to the Library Foundation. The money for the program came from Optional 1% Sales Tax. Sue Knesel, with the Library Foundation, agreed to became the fiduciary agent for the charity event. Sue Knesel said that the best part of all the hard work was achieving a goal with other volunteers and seeing the joy and smiles on the people’s faces that came to Sunflower school to enjoy the dinner and books together as a family. Lori Jones, Campbell County Extension Services, helped plan and serve the meal for 400 parents and students at the school, and the gym was packed with people having a great time. They were served barbequed pork sandwiches, chips, fruit, vegetables, and a soda donated by CocaCola. The Library Foundation donated over 500 books for K-12 students who attended the “Eat. Read. Grow.” event at the school. The Foundation donated another $250 of books for preschoolers, too. School supplies for the charity event were donated by Office Depot and WalMart.

Janet Tharp, who volunteered for the

event and works at Campbell County Public Library, said, “ I help organize “Wyoming Reads” in our community and saw “Eat. Read. Grow.” as a way to extend the opportunity to provide books and food to families and give them the opportunity to spend time together at school.” Later, Janet was the celebrity reader at the event and read a book to the younger children at the event.

Brandi Eliason, a student volunteer, said that she thought it was important to ensure families know what it is like to enjoy a hot meal and a book together while spending quality time together at school. Brandi said, “I feel that reading is very important to a child’s development. It helps you become a more wellrounded individual.”

Ashley Fullenwider did not know exactly what she was getting into when she signed up to attend “Eat. Read.

Grow.” but she and her daughter, Haevyn, went to the event. “I hadn’t heard much about, it but we decided to go, and it was great! The event was very cool, and we got some nice goodies too!”

Burry Bessee, Pastor at First United Methodist Church, ordered the food for the meal sent home from Rocky Mountain Food Pantry. Pastor Randall Weinzierl, with Blessings in a Backpack, provided the storage space, and the YES House High 5 Club packed the grocery bags with the meal and the recipe for the family dinner at home.

The volunteers estimated that over 250 families attended the event at Sunflower Elementary and each family received a grocery sack of food to take home with them. The “Eat. Read.Grow.” activity had door prizes given out on Tuesday, October 21, 2014, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Bernard Garinger Memorial Services for Bernard Garinger were held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at Gillette Memorial Chapel. Bernard Garinger passed away on Monday, October 27, 2014 at Pioneer Manor of natural causes.

Bernard Garinger was born on January 3, 1928 to Flora (Wilson) and Orla Garinger in Marion, Indiana. Bernard grew up in Marion where he attended school and graduated from high school in 1946. After graduation he enlisted in the Army and served in Germany during World War II before becoming injured and was honorably discharged.

Bernard married the love of his life Lucille Ament on April 29, 1957. Together they raised three children together. Bernard and Lucille moved to Gillette in 1977.

He had many jobs during his life including working for; True Oil, Crude Co., Wyoming Casing, L & H Welding, and Black Hills Trucking. His interests outside of work were his family and he also enjoyed being a big game guide to hunters.

Bernard is survived by his wife Lucille; son Brad Garinger of Brighton, Colorado; daughters, Brenda (Bill) Andrews of Brighton, Colorado, and Vikki Strande of Gillette; along with four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his parents, brother Bud Garinger, and sister Nadine Dye. The family asks in lieu of flowers that donations be made in Bernard’s name to Close to Home Hospice House in Gillette,

Katrina Crowder Funeral services for Katrina Marynik Crowder will be at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at the Family Life Church with Pastor Martin Crump officiating. Katrina, age 35 passed away at her home in Gillette on Sunday, October 26, 2014. Her cause of death at this time is undetermined.

Katrina Maria Crowder was born on July 18, 1979, the daughter of Steve and Gayle (Brockelsby) Marynik in Lewistown, Montana. She grew up in Sidney, Montana and later in Gillette, Wyoming. Katrina attended Conestoga Elementary, Sage Valley Junior High and Campbell County High School. While in school she participated in High School Volleyball.

She married Kevin Crowder on July 13, 2013 at the Family Life Church in Gillette. Katrina belonged to the Family Life Church.

Her interests and activities where fishing, camping, gardening and learning how to sew. Nothing made her happier than seeing one of her boys catch a fish. Her greatest passion was spending time with her family and she loved being a stay at home mother.

Katrina is survived by her husband Kevin Crowder of Gillette; her two sons, Tyler and Tanner; her father Steve and step-mother Jayne Marynik of Gillette; her four brothers Matthew (Charmaine) Marynik, Michael (Brandi) Marynik, Chris and Ben Olivas, all of Gillette; two sisters, Krystie Marynik of Gillette and Patricia Olivas of Tucson, Arizona; six nieces, nine nephews and numerous aunts and uncles.

She was preceded in death by her mother Gayle Marynik.

A memorial has been established in Katrinas name and can be sent in care of Walker Funeral Home 410 Medical Arts Ct, Gillette, WY 82716. Condolences to the family can be submitted online to walkerfuneralgillette.com

Eleanor “Pat” Reusser Eleanor M. “Pat” Reusser passed away on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at Close to Home Hospice of natural causes.

Eleanor M. (Rich) Reusser was born on July 13, 1920 to Luvie (Fowler) and Ray Rich in Hanover, New Hampshire. She graduated from high school in 1938, and attended college in Moundridge, Kansas where she received her teaching degree.

Eleanor was a school teacher in Kansas, Wyoming, New Hampshire and Guam. She served in the Navy WAVE during WWII at NATTC Norman, Oklahoma and NAS Hutchison, Kansas from December 1942 until September 1944 as an Aviation Machinist Mate 3c. She married Daniel Reusser on August 5, 1944. Eleanor was a volunteer for many years at the Campbell County Library after she moved to Gillette in 1993. She also enjoyed swimming, skiing, reading and traveling.

Eleanor is survived by her four sons, one daughter, 14 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.

Eleanor was preceded in death by her husband, one greatgrandson, and two brothers.

A private memorial service will be held the summer of 2015.

Memorials may be made to the scholarship fund for Trevor Essen for Battle Creek Lodge. Memorials and condolences may also be sent in Eleanor’s name in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel 210 West 5th Street, Gillette, WY 82716 or via website: www.gillettememorialchapel.com

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• Campbell County Jr. Football Association November 3 - November 4 @ CAMPLEX Central Pavilion Banquet for Jr. Football Participants • Martin’s Multi-Track Land Auction November 3, 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM @ CAM-PLEX Energy Hall • General Elections November 4, 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM @ CAM-PLEX Equality Hall • Wuthering Heights November 6, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM @ CAM-PLEX Heritage Center Theater Play • Ladies Night Expo November 7, 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM @ CAM-PLEX Central Pavilion Open to the Public • Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Banquet November 7, 6:00 PM @ CAM-PLEX Energy Hall Campbell County Chamber of Commerce • Thar’s Ranch Sorting November 8 - November 9 @ CAMPLEX East Pavilion • Stock Dog Trials November 8, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM @ CAM-PLEX Barn 3 Wyoming Stock Dog Association • Youth Rally November 8, 4:00 PM - 10:00 PM @ CAM-PLEX Equality Hall Gillette Church of Christ • The Very Hungry Caterpillar & Other Storybooks November 9, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM @ CAM-PLEX Heritage Center Theater Puppet Theater

WRIGHT BRANCH LIBRARY

• WBL Storytime November 5, 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM @ Wright Branch Library Intended for preschool children

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• Gillette Adult Hobby Gaming Group November 4, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM @ Public Library Pioneer Room 1 Ages 18 and Up • Jerry Barlow, Celtic Fingerstyle Guitarist November 9, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM @ Public Library • CCPL Teen Dungeons & Dragons Club November 3, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM @ 2101 S. 4J Road • CCPL Teen Card Club November 4, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM @ Public Library Computer Lab • CCPL Teen Robotics Club November 4, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM • CCPL Teen Minecraft Club November 6, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM @ Public Library Computer Lab • CCPL Teen Anime Club November 6, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM @ Public Library Computer Lab • CCPL Teen Dungeons & Dragons Club November 8, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM @ Public Library Computer Lab • CCPL Teen Open Play Gaming November 8, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Public Library Computer Lab X-Box & Wii Gaming

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COUNTY COMMISIIONERS

• Elected Officials Luncheon November 3, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Chambers • Elected Officials Luncheon November 3, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Chambers • Directors Meeting November 3, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Chambers • Board Briefing November 4, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Conference Room • Commissioner’s Meeting November 4, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Chambers

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Opinion

Some Thoughts on Governing

They Want You to Think You Need Them

By Glenn Woods

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

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

Go to BoldRepublic.com to watch the show live or listen after! ast week, Hillary Clinton actually said, “Don’t let anyone convince you that corporations create jobs.” Like everyone else, my first thought was, “Well, who does she think creates them?”

But then I remembered she is with the same group of people that tried to convince us that if you own a company, you did not build that.

A few days later (over the roar of laughter heard across America), Hillary tried to backtrack on her statement. “I short-handed this point the other day,” said Hillary, “so let me be absolutely clear about what I’ve been saying for a couple of decades. Our economy grows when businesses and entrepreneurs create good-paying jobs here in America and workers and families are empowered to build from the bottom up and the middle out — not when we hand out tax breaks for corporations that outsource jobs or stash their profits overseas.”

Sorry Hillary, we heard you the first time, and your second statement has nothing to do with what you said the first time.

I began to wonder if these people, who are trying to convince you that you did not build that, or that you did not create those jobs, actually believe what they are saying. Or are they trying to convince you of something else?

I’m sure that they believe some of what they are saying. But after thinking about it long and hard it seems to me that they are trying to convince you that human existence, as we know it, could not exist without our overlords in government.

It is not uncommon for me to have a debate with my liberal friends and have them try to convince me that the interstate highway system would not exist without government.

The fact of the matter is, for-profit superhighways like the American

interstate system can be found all over the world. These are beautiful roads that were not built by government and are doing just fine. Communist China even has such a forprofit highway. The first highways for cars, built in America, where either built by private companies or were government and private sector cooperatives.

In most cases when I bring this up, the next thing I hear out of people’s mouths is that we would not have had a rail system that connected East and West, here in America, were it not for the federal government’s involvement. This is simply not true. There was plenty of private money to have finished the first transcontinental line. The federal government got involved late, and when they did get involved they did their usual fine job of screwing everything up.

After the construction of the first transcontinental rail line several others were built with private money only. Lines were also built going north and south, with private money only. Rail lines that left the Deep South and went all the way up and into Canada were built. All with private investor money only.

For that matter, cities and towns across America have private roads, private schools…

Wait, let’s talk about schools for a moment. You are led to believe that there would be no education in America if it were not for government schools or government involvement in the school system.

But study after study shows that privately schooled and home schooled kids get far better grades (and do far better in job performance) than those educated in government run institutions.

You are told by the “You didn’t build that” crowd that you would not have healthcare were it not for

government. They try to convince you that healthcare costs are too high and without government only the rich would be able to afford to see a doctor.

As I’ve shown in past articles in this newspaper, the most affordable healthcare comes from paying your doctor in cash, as often as you can.

If you insist on going through the government because you think it is “FREE” I would advise that you take a look at your paycheck, to see how much is being deducted, and take a look at the national debt to see how much your current healthcare is costing your grandkids.

Paying the middleman always drives up the cost. The biggest “middleman” there is would be the government bureaucrats across that nation. As well as their ever-growing numbers, big salaries, and massive pensions that you are paying for, every time you go through the government to get “FREE” healthcare.

Let’s step off the planet for a moment: Private companies like SpaceX are showing that, as impressive as NASA has been, the private sector can get us into space more efficiently, and at a cheaper cost.

Let me wrap this up by reminding you that the places on earth that are the most prosperous are the very places that have the least government involvement in the lives of the citizens. Notice I did not say no government, I am saying very little government.

America was once that place.

We were once that successful. We are loosing ground to other nations as our government grows out of control.

Next time someone in government tells you, “You didn’t build that,” just tell them, “I would have, but government got in the way.”

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Weekly Weigh In

Publisher Has Wrong Opinion on 1% Optional Tax

UW President Should Step In

By Nicholas DeLaat ecently, there were reports that made national news about how a veteran was barred from saying the pledge of allegiance at a student meeting. Many of those reports were put out wrongly by FOX News and Wyoming newspapers but there was wrong on both sides. The Main Wyoming Daily newspapers printed the story as fast as they could with false accusations and heresay, while the national idiot news picked it up with the headline: “Vet barred from saying Pledge of Allegiance.”

I know, after a hard slamming article like last week, ripping on the weakness of our “new agenda” state government, I usually follow up with something a little more light humored and funny. Not this week, however, as a situation presented itself I just had to share. This is only my second editorial on the University of Wyoming, which is pretty good of them to stay out of my crosshairs. The first one I remember was about three years ago when they paid six figures to an artist to make a campus sculpture representing how bad coal is for the environment (coal based tax dollars to good use there). Since then, their statist policies have been kept to a minimum.

Various news reports said Cory Schroeder, a first-time representative in the Associated Students of the University of Wyoming, was barred from reciting the pledge because it might offend international students.

Schroeder, a student veteran from Wright, ap-

peared on Fox News on Wednesday morning and said the group’s leadership told him that reciting the pledge might be offensive to international students.

Instead of reciting the pledge, the group reads its mission statement at the start of meetings. Changing that practice would require a vote of the full Senate, said Ahmed Balogun, president of the student group.

“There wasn’t any talk of a ban,” Balogun said.

Schroeder told the StarTribune that he disagrees that a vote should be required to allow students to say the Pledge of Allegiance at meetings but that he respects the organization’s process.

He wrote a proposal to add the pledge to the group’s meeting agenda and plans to submit it at the next meeting this fall.

“I don’t think the Pledge of Allegiance is an agenda item that should be passed by two-thirds votes,” Schroeder said. “I don’t think 15 seconds for a couple patriots to say the pledge disrupts anything.”

An article from the website The Daily Caller said

university leaders had denied Schroeder’s request to say the pledge.

Ricardo Lind-Gonzalez, the group’s vice president, said he talked with Schroeder in April about why the group did not recite the pledge before meetings but did not tell Schroeder it was because the practice could offend international students, as Schroeder alleged.

“I told him it could very well do that, but that’s not why it’s not happening,” Lind-Gonzalez told the Star-Tribune.

He said the group’s leadership is willing to work with Schroeder.

Balogun, a native of Nigeria and an international student at UW, said he told Schroeder it was irrelevant whether he would be offended if the Pledge of Allegiance were recited during meetings. As president, Balogun does not vote on legislation.

“If you want to see this done, you should just do it,” Balogun said. “If there’s something you’re passionate about and want to do, do it.”

UW President Dick McGinity, a Vietnam War veteran, said in a statement that he personally would

Editor: I have been working in or around government for over 50 years, and if you asked me to boil down what I’ve learned to one sentence, it is this: Governing is much harder work than most people imagine. This doesn’t excuse its lapses or sluggish rate of progress, but it does help explain them.

Why is it so hard? Partly it’s the country we live in. There were 130 million Americans when I was in high school. Now we number over 300 million, with a diversity and cultural complexity that were impossible to imagine when I started out. We have governments at the federal, state, and local levels, and they in turn have branches — executive, legislative and judicial — and a cornucopia of massive agencies.

And the American public often wants contradictory things: we want to shrink the deficit, for instance, without any cuts in defense spending or entitlements.

Our diversity, complex structure, and difficulty settling on coherent policies make the hardest part of governing even harder. Building a consensus is the most important and most difficult part of political leadership. If politics is ultimately about the search for a remedy, then you have to be able to get a consensus around that remedy. In a divided country with a government specifically set up to divide powers, we need to follow this process — not because we want to but because we have to.

Don’t get me wrong. The clash of ideas is important. In a dynamic system, with competing power centers and a panoply of interests trying to use their power to achieve their objectives, better policy — a policy that more nearly reflects the will of the American people — can emerge from this debate. Playing one side against the other, or merely stating the problem in order to rile up listeners — these are easy. Moving ahead to reach a solution: that’s the hard part.

Which is why our system works so slowly. It’s unwieldy, messy, and often very noisy, but most of the time, it gets there.

Yet there are no guarantees. Our system is not self-perpetuating.

There is no automatic pilot. The question Abraham Lincoln asked at Gettysburg 151 years ago is as fresh today as it was then: Can a nation so conceived and so dedicated long endure? We’re still finding out, but we know one thing: It will take hard work.

Lee H. Hamilton

like all student government meetings to begin with the Pledge of Allegiance.

“But this is not up to me,” McGinity said in the statement. “ASUW is an independent student organization with its own procedures and rules of conduct, and these elected student leaders make their own decisions. I respect that.”

So before everyone gets in an uproar, here is how the situation sounds.

This student president did probably make the remarks and is now covering, most likely rooted in the reasoning that he is not American and therefore could care less if the Pledge is said, nor does this foreign student even probably knows what it represents. President McGinity is wrong simply because he can force this: “The pledge will be presented before any student or faculty body meeting.

Those not wishing to say the pledge donot have to, but no organization shall deny time used for the pledge before any organizational meeting while attending an American Taxpayer Funded School.”

There, was that so hard?

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“Only when you are truly lost can the way be set forth so clear.”

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Editor: I watched the “so-called” debate with Mr. Nicholas De Laat and former Gillette Mayor Evenston. I thought Mr. De Laat grossly misrepresented the opposing view point in both his article and his speech, when he began by stating how he finds it hard to not support the “optional 1% tax”. This is an open letter in response to the Publisher.

Mr. De Laat: The video showed your lack of knowledge on the 1% or taxes in general and you failed to even make an coherent explanation for any point you attempted to bring forth.

Maybe you should next time begin by pointing out that a tax is theft of the minority taking from the majority. So, this tax may appear to be optional but for the poor and those who are not allowed to vote it is theft and involuntary. You might say its optional b/c one can travel to another town, or state and not pay the 1%, maybe, if they have the

means to do so.

It is also quite apparent you have zero understanding for the actually rate of inflation as compared to the CPI. It is also quite evident that you lack the knowledge of a dollar and how many products consumed by Americans are actually subsidized

by Government to keep products affordable to lower income persons.

Let me also point out that America exports nearly 70% of its inflation {the dollar} to other countries using the dollar as a reserve currency.

Which means as countries become less dependent upon the dollar {B.R.I.C.S} that inflation returns home in the form of increased prices for goods and services i.e.

THE HIDDEN TAX. One might also point out that many of the so-called benefits of this 1% “optional tax” do not fully fund nor support all the services or infrastructure improvements provided by local Government.

Today it may just be only 1% but as demand on government to provide for its populous swells. So to the need for the rate of taxation to increase. Sure, one can argue that its in the Constitution to keep taxes at a minimum, however as you see now, the great demand to change that document so an appointed board can nominate 3 persons to go before the Governor and he alone picks the one person to serve as the next SOPI. Which is why that said document must be preserved from the nefarious minorities.

I could spend the rest of the night pointing out leadership failings when it came to the expansion of the Madison. For example the City of Gillette (Government) had a 25yr master plan which projected by the yr 2025 Gillette would have a population of 50,000 plus persons.

Now if you are projecting such an increase do you not think water is going to need to be addressed? I tend to believe it was discussed.

However instead of collecting a good chunk of money through tap fees and putting them in an account for future expansion the City and

Mayor Evenson decided to nearly bankrupt the coffers and depend far to much on the 1% “optional tax”.

Maybe you read this maybe you dont, I do not give one hoot but I finally had to vent since you brought it up again... IGNORANCE, THE GREATEST WEAPON GOVERNMENT HAS. Chris Smity – Campbell County Republican Party Chairman

Abortion has Reduced Number of Democratic Voters

Editor: Regardless of the scant news about abortion these days, this “social issue” will have a significant impact on the election — owing to two factors. The 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision gave every pregnant woman the right to continue her pregnancy or to abort her unborn child. Therefore, with the exception of children born to women without access to abortions, every child born in the United States after 1973 has been the result of a pro-life decision by his or her mother. The simple fact that most Americans under age 41 were born only because their mothers chose life should encourage them to be pro-life.

Census Bureau data shows that approximately 10 million abortions were performed on black women prior to 1996. If those babies had been allowed to live and were still alive today, there would be 10 million additional black people eligible to vote, quite probably for Democrats. And since most Democrats are “pro-choice” and Republicans are pro-life, it is likely that most of the other abortions performed took the lives of future Democrats, thereby reducing their number of potential voters.

ROBERT BOUDREAUX

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Submitted by Gregory Nickerson - wyofile.com hen Wyoming voters go to the polls Nov. 4, they will consider a proposed amendment to the constitution asking whether outof-state residents should be allowed to serve on the University of Wyoming board of trustees.

Proponents say it would open up the prospective trustee pool to non-Wyoming residents with connections to the university.

That could help represent the interests of alumni who have left the state.

“I think it is an effort to enhance the board and bring some outside perspective,” said Sen. Tony Ross (R-Cheyenne), who first proposed the ballot initiative in 2013. “We tend to be rather provincial in Wyoming.”

Opponents say it is a measure seeking to change the constitution without meeting a pressing need. Former trustee Ann Rochelle said the state should consider opening up trustee seats so students or faculty could be voting members, rather than looking to create spots for out-of-state trustees.

“Would adding a voting faculty member as other state colleges be the better approach?” Rochelle said. “I don’t see what’s broken and I don’t see the clear justification when it is a constitutional amendment and when there are other groups that have been asking to be board members. Should they be part of the discussion too?”

According to a 2010 survey of the Association of Governing Boards, 50.3 percent of public colleges and universities nationwide include at least one student as a voting member of the board of trustees.

Boards included a faculty member as a voting trustee at 13.3 percent of public institutions. At least one staff member served as a voting trustee at 7.2 percent of public colleges and universities.

Meanwhile, almost all public universities in states neighboring Wyoming have boards made up entirely of residents in those states. That includes the Montana State University system, the Colorado State University system, and the universities of Colorado, Nebraska and Utah. The Colorado School of Mines is an exception, having one out-of-state trustee — a Chevron executive from Houston — on its sevenmember board.

Going further afield, top ranked public schools like the University of Michigan and engineering powerhouse Texas A&M also had boards made up of instate residents.

“What is it that non-residents bring to the table to justify a constitutional amendment?”

Rochelle said. “If the goal is to get CEOs of businesses (on the board of trustees), we have some great CEO residents of Wyoming. …

I am truly ambivalent on this issue and I am struggling with ‘why’ I am asked to vote ‘yes’ for a constitutional amendment, when I have not heard a clearlyenunciated reason for the change and a demonstration of a problem to be corrected.”

Rochelle also noted that land-grant institutions were created under the Morrill Act primarily to serve the needs of the state — not non-Wyoming alumni or other constituencies. “Do out of-statepeople know the state?“ she asked.

Origin of the ballot measure The measure comes from a 2013 legislative resolution and bill proposed by Sen. Ross. If it

were to pass, the board of trustees would increase in size from its current 12 members to 13, and the governor would have the option of choosing at least 20 percent of the board (two trustees) from outside Wyoming.

“The (University of Wyoming) Foundation board does not have a resident requirement, and through it I became quite acquainted with a number of very loyal members of the foundation board who are not residents but have a lot to offer to the university,” Ross said. “It would be wise to tap into some of that national presence to help UW advance nationally and globally.”

More than half of University of Wyoming alumni live out of state, he said.

Though Ross said he didn’t have anyone specific in mind as a prospective trustee, he mentioned UW Foundation trustees Eric Marsh and Greg Hill, two members of the UW engineering task force, as examples of the kind of people who might be attracted as an out-of-state trustee.

Hill, a UW donor and executive for Hess Oil, may already be eligible as a university trustee through his residence in Jackson.

University spokesman Chris Boswell says the ballot measure did not originate at the university.

“This is something that Sen. Ross asked (former) President Buchanan about, if he had any objections to it,” Boswell said.

“He did not. This wasn’t something developed as a university initiative.”

University trustees have not taken an official position on the proposed amendment, though they discussed it at a recent meeting.

This wasn’t something developed as a university initiative” — Chris Boswell “There was support among trustees for the amendment but they didn’t think it was appropriate to take a position as a board,” Boswell said.

At least one former trustee agreed with Ross’ premise. “The advantage of having out-of-state trustees in the mix is to give the governor a broader pool of potential candidates,” said former trustee Rita Meyer.

Other former trustees had reservations about amending the constitution for this purpose.

“I think it’s a horrible idea,” said Pete Jorgensen, a former trustee from Jackson. He says the current board is dysfunctional with many decisions being made by just a few dominant members. “I would hesitate to add any outside influence.”

Ross said he’s heard only one, minor complaint.

“The only drawback, or negatives that I have

heard about it is ‘don’t we have good enough people in state of Wyoming?’”

Ross said. “The answer to that is yes, but adding one or two new members to a board I think would only enhance the board, and certainly the expertise they would bring to the board would be helpful. If it is contrary to the benefit of the state of Wyoming and the university I think the board and the senate can vote them down. I don’t see it as a big problem.”

“This ballot initiative doesn’t have a constituency,” Ross added. “There is no money being spent on it.”

Faculty and student representatives showed tentative support for the measure. Faculty Senate president and education professor Ed Janak says his group hasn’t addressed the issue in any official way, but he has seen a mix of strong opinions for and against the idea. “I do not want to give a statement representing that body,” he said.

At the same time, Janak worried about the priorities of non-Wyoming trustees.

“The humanities and liberal arts in particular are taking a back seat at UW in ways that will prove to be counterproductive to the mission of the university, and the well-being of the state, in the long term,” he said. “Bringing in two more members of industries that do not understand this could harm UW.” “Personally, I acknowledge the concern some folks have about who might get nominated to serve,” Janak said. “I believe that having outside opinions from those somewhat removed from the immediate political climate of the state could be a strength, and thus am personally in favor of the amendment.”

Ahmed Balogun, a senior mechanical engineering major from Abuja, Nigeria, and president of the Associated Students of the University of Wyoming, called the measure “a good initiative that would open up room for diverse experiences among the trustees.”

In the past faculty have sought greater voice with the trustees. Representatives from the faculty and staff senate were granted permission to attend trustee meetings just a few years ago.

“When I started on my first go-round on the senate back in 2005, neither Faculty Senate nor Staff Senate were even allowed in the room,” Janak said.

“Past chairs Mark Sunderman, Hannelore Mundt, and Larry Hubbell worked hard to get us in the room at all, and those of us who remember that are grateful to be there. That was

a strong first step, but at the time we considered it a first step.”

Janak said he would like faculty and staff representatives to be named ex-officio members of the trustees, which would enable them to participate as non-voting observers in executive sessions.

Currently the student representative from ASUW is allowed to observe executive sessions, while faculty and staff presidents are not.

While Janak said that faculty had pressed for a voting position on the trustees board in the past, that was not a unanimous view, and many considered it more politically expeditious to seek ex-officio status instead.

Current qualifications of trustees Wyoming statute mandates that the university trustees be selected from the seven different judicial districts in the state, with no two trustees coming from the same county.

There is no stipulation that trustees be alumni of the university. No more than seven trustees may be members of the same political party, a law which received attention after a Casper Star-Tribune article noted it was not being followed.

Statute specifically states that no faculty member may serve on the board of trustees, though that could be changed through legislative process. By contrast, voters must pass a statewide referendum to change the constitutional provision that all university trustees must be eligible to vote in Wyoming. The relevant section is found in Article 6 Section 15 of the Wyoming constitution: “No person except a qualified elector shall be elected or appointed to any civil or military office in the state.”

The proposed constitutional amendment adds language to Article 7 section 17 of the constitution to remove the restriction that appointees to the civil office of university trustee (and no other office) must be a qualified elector — a resident eligible voter — in Wyoming.

The proposed new language would state: “Not more than twenty percent (20%) of the appointed trustees may be nonresidents of the state, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 6, Section 15 of this Constitution.”

Other ways out of state interests are represented at UW Many boards related to UW have representation from people who live outof-state. Ten of the 13 UW Foundation board members are from outside Wyoming, including the board

chairman Scott Neu, a UW alum who lives in Georgia.

A number of advisory boards have representation from out-of-state.

The College of Engineering has an advisory board made up largely from non-Wyoming members.

Twenty-three out of 42 members of the College of Business advisory board are from out of state.

Other university boards have higher representation from Wyoming residents. Only six out of 24 members of College of Agriculture advisory board are from out of state.

Twelve out of 16 members of the Haub School advisory board are from Wyoming.

Residence status was not listed for College of arts and sciences board of visitors.

What Wyomingites think While the measure hasn’t been debated significantly by the general public, a number of media outlets have taken a stand on the ballot measure.

None of the newspapers mentioned below has contemplated adding faculty or students as voting trustees, according to a WyoFile search.

The Laramie Boomerang editorial board came out in favor of the amendment. “Primarily because it opens the door to even more accomplished individuals who could bring substantial expertise to UW. Many UW alumni have gone on to great success in various fields, but no longer are Wyoming residents. Under the current rule, none of them could be eligible to serve as a trustee.”

“One advantage to broadening the pool of potential trustee candidates is that it would serve to strengthen the overall competitiveness of UW graduates. These young men and women will be competing globally for professional advancement and growth. Anything that broadens the expertise on the board of trustees will increase the stature and respect for the university nationwide, and that can only add to the value of a diploma from UW.” The Casper Star-Tribune also came out in favor. “The state’s flagship institution has much to gain from adding the two board positions and nothing to lose. … It’s worth adding that sometimes such graduates would be valuable additions from a fundraising perspective, too. At the moment, such graduates could live 65 miles away in Fort Collins, Colorado, and that would eliminate them from consideration as a board member.”

Jorgensen said he disagrees with the idea of adding a trustee member

because of his or her role as a donor to the university, saying the UW Foundation board is a better fit for such people. “Why should we bring in people who would be picked for their fundraising ability rather than their knowledge of university management?” he said. “That’s why the foundation is there.”

The Riverton Ranger advised voters to learn about the amendment and ask candidates questions.

“Like several other pieces of the Wyoming Constitution, this requirement reflects the past, when there were fears that outof-state meddlers would try to get their fingers into the state’s only university and take advantage of our inexperienced university and government leadership. Today, however, Constitutional Amendment A is intended to recognize that there might be concerned citizens with ties to the university who would be of useful service to UW if they sat among the trustees. That seems a fair proposition.”

The Casper Star-Tribune published a report by Joan Barron with quotes from Rep. Mike Madden (R-Buffalo) and UW history professor Phil Roberts speaking against the amendment. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle published a report in which Sen. Kermit Brown (RLaramie) and Sen. Ross supported the amendment (they both sponsored it) while Sen. Larry Hicks (RBaggs) opposed it.

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Campbell County Observer

City of Gillette Releases Online Map for 1% Projects

Government

The City of Gillette’s GIS Division has created an online map that highlights major City 1% projects from the last five years.

The 1% projects online map was created to identify major projects that have been funded with proceeds from the Optional 1% Sales Tax over the last five years.

The Federalist 30 Concerning the General Power of Taxation Hamilton for the New York Packet - Friday, December 28, 1787

o the People of the State of New York: IT HAS been already observed that the federal government ought to possess the power of providing for the support of the national forces; in which proposition was intended to be included the expense of raising troops, of building and equipping fleets, and all other expenses in any wise connected with military arrangements and operations. But these are not the only objects to which the jurisdiction of the Union, in respect to revenue, must necessarily be empowered to extend. It must embrace a provision for the support of the national civil list; for the payment of the national debts contracted, or that may be contracted; and, in general, for all those matters which will call for disbursements out of the national treasury. The conclusion is, that there must be interwoven, in the frame of the government, a general power of taxation, in one shape or another.

Money is, with propriety, considered as the vital principle of the body politic; as that which sustains its life and motion, and enables it to perform its most essential functions. A complete power, therefore, to procure a regular and adequate supply of it, as far as the resources of the community will permit, may be regarded as an indispensable ingredient in every constitution.

From a deficiency in this particular, one of two evils must ensue; either the people must be subjected to continual plunder, as a substitute for a more eligible mode of supplying the public wants, or the government must sink into a fatal atrophy, and, in a short course of time, perish.

In the Ottoman or Turkish empire, the sovereign, though in other respects absolute master of the lives and fortunes of his subjects, has no right to impose a new tax. The consequence is that he permits the bashaws or governors of provinces to pillage the people without mercy; and, in turn, squeezes out of them the sums of which he stands in need, to satisfy his own exigencies and those of the state. In America, from a like cause, the government of the Union has gradually dwindled into a state of decay, approaching nearly to annihilation. Who can doubt, that the happiness of the people in both countries would be promoted by competent authorities in the proper hands, to provide the revenues which the necessities of the public might require?

The present Confederation, feeble as it is intended to repose in the United States, an unlimited power of providing for the pecuniary wants of the Union.

But proceeding upon an erroneous principle, it has been done in such a manner as entirely to have frustrated the intention.

Congress, by the articles which compose that compact (as has already been stated), are authorized to ascertain and call for any sums of money necessary, in their judgment, to the service of the United States; and their requisitions, if conformable to the rule of apportionment, are in every constitutional sense obligatory upon the States.

These have no right to question the propriety of the demand; no discretion beyond that of devising the ways and means of furnishing the sums demanded.

But though this be strictly and truly the case; though the assumption of such a right would be an infringement of the articles of Union; though it may seldom or never have been avowedly claimed, yet in practice it has been constantly exercised, and would continue to be so, as long as the revenues of the Confederacy should remain dependent on the intermediate agency of its members. What the consequences of this system have been, is within the knowledge of every man the least conversant in our public affairs, and has been amply unfolded in different parts of these inquiries. It is this which has chiefly contributed to reduce us to a situation, which

affords ample cause both of mortification to ourselves, and of triumph to our enemies.

What remedy can there be for this situation, but in a change of the system which has produced it in a change of the fallacious and delusive system of quotas and requisitions? What substitute can there be imagined for this ignis fatuus in finance, but that of permitting the national government to raise its own revenues by the ordinary methods of taxation authorized in every well-ordered constitution of civil government? Ingenious men may declaim with plausibility on any subject; but no human ingenuity can point out any other expedient to rescue us from the inconveniences and embarrassments naturally resulting from defective supplies of the public treasury.

The more intelligent adversaries of the new Constitution admit the force of this reasoning; but they qualify their admission by a distinction between what they call internal and external taxation. The former they would reserve to the State governments; the latter, which they explain into commercial imposts, or rather duties on imported articles, they declare themselves willing to concede to the federal head. This distinction, however, would violate the maxim of good sense and sound policy, which dictates that every power ought to be in proportion to its object; and would still leave the general government in a kind of tutelage to the State governments, inconsistent with every idea of vigor or efficiency. Who can pretend that commercial imposts are, or would be, alone equal to the present and future exigencies of the Union? Taking into the account the existing debt, foreign and domestic, upon any plan of extinguishment which a man moderately impressed with the importance of public justice and public credit could approve, in addition to the establishments which all parties will acknowledge to be necessary, we could not reasonably flatter ourselves, that this resource alone, upon the most improved scale, would even suffice for its present necessities. Its future necessities admit not of calculation or limitation; and upon the principle, more than once adverted to, the power of making provision for them as they arise ought to be equally unconfined. I believe it may be regarded as a position warranted by the history of mankind, that, in the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation, in every stage of its existence, will be found at least equal to its resources.

To say that deficiencies may be provided for by requisitions upon the States, is on the one hand to acknowledge that this system cannot be depended upon, and on the other hand to depend upon it for every thing beyond a certain limit. Those who have carefully attended to its vices and deformities as they have been exhibited by experience or delineated in the course of these papers, must feel invincible repugnancy to trusting the national interests in any degree to its operation. Its inevitable tendency, whenever it is brought into activity, must be to enfeeble the Union, and sow the seeds of discord and contention between the federal head and its members, and between the members themselves. Can it be expected that the deficiencies would be better supplied in this mode than the total wants of the Union have heretofore been supplied in the same mode? It ought to be recollected that if less will be required from the States, they will have proportionably less means to answer the demand.

If the opinions of those who contend for the distinction which has been mentioned were to be received as evidence of truth, one would be led to conclude that there was some known point in the economy of national affairs at which it would be safe to stop and to say: Thus far the ends of public happiness will be pro-

moted by supplying the wants of government, and all beyond this is unworthy of our care or anxiety. How is it possible that a government half supplied and always necessitous, can fulfill the purposes of its institution, can provide for the security, advance the prosperity, or support the reputation of the commonwealth? How can it ever possess either energy or stability, dignity or credit, confidence at home or respectability abroad? How can its administration be any thing else than a succession of expedients temporizing, impotent, disgraceful? How will it be able to avoid a frequent sacrifice of its engagements to immediate necessity? How can it undertake or execute any liberal or enlarged plans of public good?

Let us attend to what would be the effects of this situation in the very first war in which we should happen to be engaged.

We will presume, for argument’s sake, that the revenue arising from the impost duties answers the purposes of a provision for the public debt and of a peace establishment for the Union.

Thus circumstanced, a war breaks out. What would be the probable conduct of the government in such an emergency?

Taught by experience that proper dependence could not be placed on the success of requisitions, unable by its own authority to lay hold of fresh resources, and urged by considerations of national danger, would it not be driven to the expedient of diverting the funds already appropriated from their proper objects to the defense of the State? It is not easy to see how a step of this kind could be avoided; and if it should be taken, it is evident that it would prove the destruction of public credit at the very moment that it was becoming essential to the public safety.

To imagine that at such a crisis credit might be dispensed with, would be the extreme of infatuation. In the modern system of war, nations the most wealthy are obliged to have recourse to large loans. A country so little opulent as ours must feel this necessity in a much stronger degree. But who would lend to a government that prefaced its overtures for borrowing by an act which demonstrated that no reliance could be placed on the steadiness of its measures for paying? The loans it might be able to procure would be as limited in their extent as burdensome in their conditions. They would be made upon the same principles that usurers commonly lend to bankrupt and fraudulent debtors, with a sparing hand and at enormous premiums.

It may perhaps be imagined that, from the scantiness of the resources of the country, the necessity of diverting the established funds in the case supposed would exist, though the national government should possess an unrestrained power of taxation. But two considerations will serve to quiet all apprehension on this head: one is, that we are sure the resources of the community, in their full extent, will be brought into activity for the benefit of the Union; the other is, that whatever deficiences there may be, can without difficulty be supplied by loans.

The power of creating new funds upon new objects of taxation, by its own authority, would enable the national government to borrow as far as its necessities might require. Foreigners, as well as the citizens of America, could then reasonably repose confidence in its engagements; but to depend upon a government that must itself depend upon thirteen other governments for the means of fulfilling its contracts, when once its situation is clearly understood, would require a degree of credulity not often to be met with in the pecuniary transactions of man-

“The City of Gillette has placed advertisements out in a local newspaper every year for the past four years that list our 1% Projects; however, we continue to hear a call for more transparency with regards to Optional 1% funds. This online map has been created with project locations and financial information,

and we will continue to update it on a quarterly basis. The City’s GIS Division did a phenomenal job making this happen very quickly,” said Public Information Officer, Joe Lunne.

The map can be viewed at http://gis.gillettewy.gov/ onepercentprojects/

Governor Appoints New First Judicial District Circuit Court Judge Alexander Hamilton kind, and little reconcilable with the usual sharp-sightedness of avarice.

Reflections of this kind may have trifling weight with men who hope to see realized in America the halcyon scenes of the poetic or fabulous age; but to those who believe we are likely to experience a common portion of the vicissitudes and calamities which have fallen to the lot of other nations, they must appear entitled to serious attention. Such men must behold the actual situation of their country with painful solicitude, and deprecate the evils which ambition or revenge might, with too much facility, inflict upon it.

Governor Matt Mead has selected Antoinette L.M. Williams-Healy as the new Circuit Court Judge for the First Judicial District in Laramie County.

Williams-Healy replaced replaces Judge Roberta Coates who is retiring.

“During her career ‘Toni’ has prosecuted tough criminal cases including those dealing with crimes against children. I know she has the expertise and professionalism to perform her duties with integrity,” Governor Mead said.

Williams-Healy is a graduate of University of South Dakota law school. She served as Deputy County and Prosecuting Attorney in Sheridan County and currently serves as the Chief Deputy District

Attorney for the First Judicial District in Laramie County. Additionally, Williams-Healy was a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming.

“I am deeply honored by the trust and confidence Governor Mead and the Judicial Nominating Commission have shown in me. I sincerely appreci-

ate all who have supported me professionally and personally through this process, and all of the judges in Laramie County who have set such a fine example for me,” Williams-Healy said. “I am dedicated to serving the people of Laramie County and to ensuring fair and prompt resolutions to their legal matters.”

“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.”

- Edward Abbey

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Gillette Wild Hockey Round-Up

By Tony Heidel he 2014-2015 hockey season began on the 24th with the Bantams going to Casper winning the first game 7 - 3. Joey Hyne led the way with two goals. Parker Delong, Calvin Sturgeon, George Stilson, Christopher Mingus, and Hunter Peterson each scored for the Wild. In the Saturday game they tied the Oilers 5 - 5. In this one Hunter Peterson had two goals with Christopher Mingus, Brady Rivenes, and George Stilson following with goals.

The high school team traveled to Casper for two games against a strong Oilers team. The Wild lost 12 - 1 and 12 - 3 with goals from Brady Rivenes, Baylee Burton, and two by George Stilson.

The Gillette girls hosted the Jackson Lady Moose losing two close games. Saturday’s game was 3 - 2 despite the Wild jumping out to a 2 - 0 lead in the first period. Scoring for the Wild were Desi Downey and Jenni Johnson. In Sunday’s game Gillette got one goal from Callie Andrew with a final score of 3 - 1.

Photo by Clint Burton

George Stilson scores one of his two goals.

What’s Going On In Sports?

GILLETTE GATORS SWIM TEAM

• 11/3/2014 gillette gator chomp • 11/8/2014- 11/9/2014 Sheridan swim team salute to veterans invite

PRONGHORNS BOY’S BASKETBALL

• Friday, November 7, 2014 Williston State College 8:00pm Williston, ND • Saturday, November 8, 2014 Malstrom Air Force Base 4:00pm Williston, ND

WOMENS BASKETBALL

• Friday, November 7, 2014 Williston State College 8:00pm Williston, ND • Saturday, November 8, 2014 Malstrom Air Force Base 4:00pm Williston, ND

EAGLES 7TH GIRLS BASKETBALL

• 11/04/14 4:00 Newcastle Newcastle B • 11/07/14 4:00 Wright Invite Wright B • 11/07/14 4:00 & 6:00 Carey/Johnson Sage Valley A • 11/08/14 TBA G a r y Merriam Invite Twin Spruce A

8TH GIRLS BASKETBALL

• 11/04/14 4:00 Newcastle Newcastle B • 11/07/14 4:00 & 6:00 Carey/Johnson Sage Valley A • 11/07/14 TBA Wright Invite Wright B • 11/08/14 TBA G a r y Merriam Invite Sage Valley A

WRESTLING

• 11-04-14 4:00 SV, TS, Hulett, Sundance Valley • 11-6-14 4:00 Dual Buffalo A & B • 11-07-14 3:00 Fourche Tourney Belle

From the Grand Canyon, to Where the Buffalo Run

QuadS a g e Buffalo B e l l e Fourche

HS • 11-08-14 8:00 Buffalo Clear Creek Invite Buffalo HS A&B

WARRIORS 6-7-8 WRESTLING

• 11/4 Tues. 4:00, Quad-(Sundance, Hulett, SageValley, Twin Spruce, Sage Valley, ALL • 11/6 Thurs. 6:00, A.M. PracticePT Conferences, Twin Spruce • 11/7 Fri. 6:00, A.M. Practice- PT Conferences, Twin Spruce • 11/7 Fri. 4:00, Hill City Invite, Hill City, ALL • 11/8 Sat. 8:00, Buffalo Invite, Buffalo, A

7-8A GIRLS BASKETBALL

• 11/4 Tues. 5:15, Buffalo, Buffalo, 7/8A (7th at CPES 8th at CCMS) • 11/7 Fri. 4/6:00, Merriam Invite, Twin Spruce, 7/8A (Gym 1 & 2) • 11/8 Sat. TBA, Merriam Invite, Twin Spruce, 7/8A (7th at Twin Spruce 8th at Sage Valley

7-8THB GIRLS BASKETBALL

• 11/4 Tues. 4:00, Buffalo, Buffalo, 7/8B (7th at CPES 8th at CCMS)

WRIGHT PANTHERS HS FOOTBALL

• fri nov 7, semi finals, TBA, TBA

HS VOLLEYBALL

• thu/fri/sat nov 6-8, state, casper, TBA

JH WRESTLING

• tue nov 4, moorcroft/upton, wright, 4pm • sat nov 8, moorcroft invite, moorcroft, 9am JH GIRLS BASKETBALL • mon nov 3, huelett, wright, 4-5pm • fri/sat nov 7-8, wright invite, wright, TBA

CAMELS FOOTBALL • N/A Friday 11/7/14 nal (V) TBD

VOLLEYBALL

• N/A Thursday 11/6/14 – Saturday 11/8/14 State (V) Casper

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Player Profile for the Gillette Wild Junior Hockey Team

By Misty Kindt Please help us in welcoming Brett Kramer, a left defenseman from Phoenix, Arizona. Previously playing high school at Willow Canyon, he is now attending Campbell County high school as a senior but will return home

to graduate with his class.

When Kramer is not working with the learn to skate kids, working out with the boys, or doing regular practice, he enjoys eating lime chicken, and watching Anchor Man 2.

Brett’s favorite profes-

sional team is the Edmonton Oilers, and though this is his first year playing juniors, he hopes to move up into the NA to play at higher levels.

Welcome to Gillette, Brett!

Weekly Sports Trivia Question What MLB team has lost the most World Series?

Look on Page 13 for the answer

22nd Annual Campbell Co. Predator Callers Competition This year’s competition will be held for 24 hours. It begins on the 21st of November at the Campbell County Wool Barn. Registration starts at 6:00 p.m. and will close at 7:00 p.m.

This time will be for late registration sign up, distribute numbered blocks, and a review of the new rules. All competitors will

be released at the same time. There will be no Calcutta this year. The competition ends at 6:00 p.m.

Saturday evening. Only four coyotes will be used for official weigh-in. Total weight of the four coyotes will determine placement for awards. We will then proceed to the Moose Lodge to end the compe-

tition and congratulate the winners at the banquet.

This year’s banquet will include a chili feed, raffles, and plenty of exceptional door prizes. Early registration fee is $150.00 and all registrations after November 8th increase to $175.00, so sign up early.

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Autos, Trucks and Vans ‘76 Electra-Glide would consider trade on Pan or Knuck if ya know of anyone, ‘81 sent it to LA-S&S, 11.5to1 and dual-plugged to run regular-gas, had burnout time at Hog-Jam! Ben 680.7464. $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 05’ GMC Duramax Extend Cab. 52,550 mi. Call 307672-8766 2008 Dodge Charger AWD Hemi, loaded Black $18,000 books for $22,500 Marlins 685-4452 or 685-8100.

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

Black. Leather interior.

Good condition. 87,400mi.

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

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

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

2000 Chevy Silverado 4x4 1/2 Ton Pickup. New tires, ext. cab, long bed. 148,000 mi. One owner. 307-6700858 or 303-250-4096 97’ Chevy Long Box Extended Cab. ¾ Ton, selling for Parts. $1,000 OBO. 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

Homes for Sale 2010 Fairmont 16x80 mobile Home. 3 bed-2 bath.

Central Air, 10x10 deck, 500gl propane tank, and all utilities. Excellent condition. $30,000 OBO. Please call after 5pm. 605-209-7584.

Home For Sale By Owner.

Great Horse Property for sale, in Buffalo Wyoming.

11.5 acres with three bedroom, 3 bath home with 2 car attached garage, afull length covered redwood deck and walk out basement, irrigated pastures, bite corrals, Cleary Barn, and much more.Call 307684-5844 after 5p.m. for appointment

For Rent Office and Retail space for rent Marlins 685-4452 or 685-8100 For Rent Single Bedroom House in Silver Hills 307680-8838. C2-12-4h Room for Rent. Nice Room for Rent for one responsible person. $480.00 per month. 689-9358.

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

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If so, this is the career for you! We have openings that provide print, website, and radio advertising as well as marketing solutions to businesses. We focus primarily on smaller communities, providing personalized, indepth information specific to each coverage area. It is our goal to ensure that every customer has a positive experience, from the initial sale to final publication. We are looking for a few highly motivated and passionate individuals that will provide exemplary customer service and sales expertise to keep our clients happy and keep our company growing!

If interested, please email cover letter and resume to CampbellCountyObserver@gmail.com for an interview.Full Time Flooring Installers wanted. Must have experience. Bring resumes in to Carpet Express Direct on Hwy. 59 next to the Prime Rib Restaurant.

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

DATA ENTRY POSITIONS - Will Train, Full & Part time Available, Flexible Schedules, Friendly work environment, Call (307) 685-6801 APPLY NOW!!! CLERICAL PERSONNEL NEEDED. candidates that are ambitious and career motivated should please contact {bervelyscoot@outlook. com} HD Supply - Excellent opportunity, great pay & benefits.WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATE I – GILLETTE WY, Responsibilities include tasks such as loading, unloading, sorting, picking, stocking, staging, fabrication, and transportation of goods. Apply at jobs.hdsupply.com Job #5144. Reference this ad when applying.

Hiring Newspaper Journalist.

Government/Politics.

Work at Home. Must be able to perform advanced research, and write unbias.

Must be able to attend government meetings and conduct interviews professionally. Pays per article/Part Time. Please send Cover Letter, Resume, and Writing Sample to CampbellCountyObserver@gmail.com.

Rocky Mt Merchandising is looking for dependable, outgoing person to execute four in store demos in Sept showing the features and benefits of the Straight Talk Cell phone. Must commit to all four Saturdays from 10:00-4:00. Email Jackie@ rockymm.com or call 800723-9008 Temporary Help Wanted.

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

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

Please send Cover Letter, Resume, and Writing Sample to CampbellCountyObserver@gmail.com.

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

Computer skills are a must.

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

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

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

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

Buffalo Wild Wings is coming to town and we are hiring all positions for our grand opening on August 4, 2014. We are a full service sports bar where you can bring your entire family to have a fun and exciting time watching your favorite team, playing trivia and enjoying great food. We have a full menu featuring our famous wings with your choice of sauces, a full bar and 30 beers on tap. We have the best happy hour in town and 54 HDTV’s along with the best team members in town! Know what it is like to to be in a stadium on game day? Then you know what it’s like to work at Buffalo Wild Wings. It’s fun and fast paced. The money is good and BDUBS is a great place to work! Please apply on line @www.pleaseapplyonline.com/screaminhot We are Screamin’ Hot Wyoming LLC a franchisee of Buffalo Wild Wings and we are an equal opportunity employer.

Mac Tools, a division of Stanley Black & Decker Has an opening in Gillette for:Distributor/Route Sales Management -Full TrainingLearn more about taking the first step toward Becoming Your Own Boss with a Mac Tools Franchise! -No experience necessary -No Cold Calls -Initial inventory included -Routes with existing customers available in your local area -Well established brand with a long history -Hear about our top-notch training -Explore available financing options -Find out about our “no obligation” Discovery Day. Contact: Mac Tools, ab.hackim@ sbdinc.com, Cell: 541-3014496

Wonderful/Well Paid Job Opportunity - ADMIN REP. NEEDED. Kindly contact: michealalex18@outlook. com on how to proceed.

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

Summer Job - Age 14 and up. Newspaper Subscription Sales. Pays $5.00 for every 6-month subscription sold and $10.00 for every year subscription sold. Perfect for summer money. Extra bonuses for 100 subscriptions sold (Pizza Party at Godfathers with friends/ family) and more. Email the Campbell County Observer at CampbellCountyObserver@gmail.com

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

Apartments for Rent

Business Opportunities

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

Looking for investor in local business. Call for Details.

307-257-2306.

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.

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

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

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

Close to Rozet school and the post office.

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

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

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Guns for Sale AR-15, K98k Mauser, Win Mod 12-12, Ruger Blackhawk, PA-63, 307-778-6493 Wyoming Mountaineers now offers easy payment plans on any in stock firearm. Your debit card is your line of credit. Purchase any firearm that is in stock making 4 payments weekly, biweekly, or monthly. Processing fee and p≠≠ayment plan fee apply.

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Get a piece of history. Mosin Nagant Russian M91/30 Surplus Rifle. Very good to Excellent condition 7.62X54 Caliber. These are a very accurate rifle shooting 4” groups at 1000 yards. Open sights are adjustable to yardage with a push of a button. Great gun for hunting deer or elk very cheap ammo available for target practice. Comes with military issue sling, sling pouches, bayonet, and cleaning tools.

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1903 Springfield. 30o6 Cal. U.S. Military. $700 obo. Call (307) 682-7864 A friend of mine called the other day and tells me he has 2 friends that are looking for some AR-15’s do I have any? I told him yes I do, They are M4 style scope ready models and priced at $695.00. Great, he says, They will be right over. They never showed up so a few days later I asked him if his friends were still interested. He told me nope, they bought them online for $1500.00. So, here they come with UPS, I still made my $15.00 for the transfer but while they were there they looked at the rifles I had in stock and discovered they were the same models they ordered with the same features and they could have bought 2 from me for the same price they paid for one they ordered. Don’t let this happen to you, Any gun, Any models, Any features can be ordered or built for a lower cost. Call for a free quote.

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Most cleanings complete overnight and your gun is ready the next day. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 2992084 and mention this ad.

With the current controversy of gun control you can expect changes. One of these changes will be permanently attached low capacity magazines. Make your current guns compliant to this regulation. Call for quotes on all your gunsmithing needs.

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Chinese Type 53 Carbines 7.62X54R. These guns have been fully restored and are excellent shooters. They are a shorter model of the Mossin Naugant making them easy to carry through the brush and trees. Large caliber with plenty of take down power for the largest and most dangerous game.

Ammo is still available and still very reasonably priced.

This gun comes with a fold down bayonet permanently attached. Adjustable sights on an elevation ramp rear sight makes this package very versatile. permanently attached floor plate magazine holds 5 rounds with one additional one in the chamber. Call Wyoming Mountaineers (307)299-2084 to get yours today.

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

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

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

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

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Weekly Sports Trivia Answer What MLB team has lost the most World Series?

Weekly Trivia Answer

The same team that has won the most World Series: the New York Yankees. The Yankees have appeared in 40 series and currently have a winloss record of 27-13.

“Kilroy was Here” graffiti became commonplace during World War II. Who was Kilroy?

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Joke of the week Submitted by Janet Grayling This is the true story of George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi, who was going to bed when his wife told him that he’d left the light on in the shed. George opened the door to go turn off the light but saw there were people in the shed in the process of stealing things.

He immediately phoned the police, who asked “Is someone in your house?” and George said no and explained the situation.

Then they explained that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be there when available.

George said, “Okay,” hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again.

“Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don’t have to worry about them now because I’ve just shot them all.”

Then he hung up. Within five minutes three squad cars, an Armed Response unit, and an ambulance showed up. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed.

One of the policemen said to George: “I thought you said that you’d shot them!”

George said, “I thought you said there was nobody available!”

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One theory identifies James J. Kilroy (1902– 1962),] an American shipyard inspector, as the man behind the signature. The New York Times indicated J.J. Kilroy as the origin in 1946, based on the results of a contest conducted by the Amalgamated Transit Union to establish the origin of the phenomenon. The article noted that Kilroy had marked the ships themselves as they were being built—so, at a later date, the phrase would be found chalked in places that no graffiti-artist could have reached (inside sealed hull spaces, for example), which then fed the mythical significance of the phrase—after all, if Kilroy could leave his mark there, who knew where else he could go?

During World War II he worked at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, where he claimed to have used the phrase to mark rivets he had checked. The builders, whose rivets J.J. Kilroy was counting, were paid depending on the number of rivets they put in. A riveter would make a chalk mark at the end of his or her shift to show where he had left off and the next riveter had started. Unscrupulous riveters discovered that, if they started work before the inspector arrived, they could receive extra pay by erasing the previous worker’s chalk mark and chalking a mark farther back on the same seam, giving themselves credit for some of the previous riveter’s work. J.J. Kilroy stopped this practice by writing “Kilroy was here” at the site of each chalk mark. At the time, ships were being sent out before they had been painted, so when sealed areas were opened for maintenance, soldiers found an unexplained name scrawled. Thousands of servicemen may have potentially seen his slogan on the outgoing ships and Kilroy’s apparent omnipresence and inscrutability sparked a legend. The slogan began to be regarded as proof that a ship had been checked well, and as a kind of protective talisman. Afterwards, servicemen began placing the slogan on different places and especially in newly captured areas or landings, and the phrase took on connotations of the presence or protection of the US armed forces.

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Features The Dirt ...

Over Wintering Vegetables

By Sandra Aberle

Powder River Country...

The Great Showman of the Plains Part III: Cody’s Wild West

By Jeff Morrison

As a child on Grandma Reichert’s farm, fruits and vegetables were stored in the root cellar that my Grandfather had dug by hand. The cellar was filled with shelves of canned sauces, fruits, jams and vegetables, along with baskets full of potatoes, squash, pumpkins, apples, onions and garlic. Eggs from my Grandmother’s chickens were also stored in the root cellar. The temperature and humidity was relatively the same all year round so the fruits and vegetables stored well.

As I didn’t want to dig a 16 x 10 hole 10 feet deep, I needed to figure how I could store my vegetables. The more I read the more ideas I came across. The perfect place for root vegetables is the ground but how could that work?

I read an article about a family that buried an old chest freezer to use as a root cellar. They vented the lid and placed gravel in the bottom of the freezer.

Then the root vegetables such as potatoes were placed in wooden boxes. The carrots were in wooden boxes filled with moist sand. What a fabulous idea.

There are gardeners that dig holes and place garbage can in the holes and place there root vegetables in the cans. Gravel in placed in the cans that have been drilled for drainage. The vegetables are

then placed in between layers of damp sand.

I like to leave my potatoes, carrots, and beets in the ground. I place bales of straw on top of the vegetables and I can easily dig the vegetables as I need them.

In the spring I use the bales of straw as much around my vegetables as mulch.

The straw bales keep the ground from freezing but the soil is very cool.

Mother Earth News has a great article about making a root cellar in your basement. I like this idea also. http://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/ build-a-basement-root-cellar-zmaz04djzsel.aspx#axzz3HTkqG8sb Many vegetables can be stored in an unheated-insulated garage or in a cool basement. I have stored onions and garlic in wire baskets on the floor of our basement. These will last through to the next spring, unless of course you eat them all before then.

One thing to remember when storing vegetables through the winter is to check your vegetables for spoilage. As the saying goes “One bad apple can spoil the whole bunch”.

Talk with you next week and good gardening.

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By Elizabeth Richards Squirreled away within the recesses of my home, in one of the most secure areas available, is something very important. It’s a kit, I call it my zombie kit. In it I have everything I need in case of a zombie outbreak; there are water purification tablets, a gallon of regular bleach, a first aid kit, and even basic survival gear and medical supplies.

Why is this? I think it goes without saying that the threat of a zombie pandemic is more than a little far-fetched of an idea.

However, I have other names for this small store of supplies as well. I call it my storm kit. Others all over the world have their own kits as well and they have many names; an earthquake kit, a hurricane kit, or even a blizzard kit. Simply put, this small box has a variety of things that could save my life should something go horribly wrong. Be it a natural disaster or a manmade catastrophe, this box allows me a fighting chance.

Regular bleach can disinfect wounds and purify water. Fire starters and candles keep people warm and their vision clear. Ice treads for shoes, bandages and splints for wounds, anti-emetics for the ill - I even have aspirin to buy pre-

cious seconds for EMS to arrive, should either of my parents show signs of a heart attack.

Living far from the more heavily populated areas and medical specialists or, at times, even basic emergency care, it can be said that some of us like to push the envelope. But what happens when that isolation and rural nature we love so much turns against us? What if a loved one is having a heart attack? What if you are out hunting and break an ankle?

What if a storm blows through (or worse a tornado) and you are left without electricity for days, or even homeless?

We call our energy our power for a reason, without it basic human needs become a luxury. They say forewarned is forearmed and it is wise to take such things to heart. Watch, wait, listen, and learn. It may save someone’s life.

So I joke with my father that we will not be caught unprepared when the zombies come and mother chuckles when I ferret supplies away. When the Wyoming weather turns violent or a family member becomes ill, we will not be joking, we will not be laughing, we will be surviving.

Where will you be?

The Dinner Bell

By Holly Galloway

Beef and Guinness® Stew

Ingredients: 4 slices bacon, cut into small pieces 2 1/2 pounds boneless beef chuck, cut into 2-inch pieces 1 teaspoon salt, or more to taste Freshly ground black pepper to taste 2 onions, coarsely chopped 1/2 teaspoon salt 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 (14.9 ounce) can dark beer (such as Guinness®) 1/4 cup tomato paste 4 sprigs fresh thyme 3 carrots, cut into 1-inch pieces 2 stalks celery, cut into 1-inch pieces 1 teaspoon white sugar 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste 2 1/2 cups chicken stock, or as needed to cover 4 cups mashed potatoes(optional) 1. Cook and stir bacon in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat until bacon is browned and crisp, 3 to 4 minutes. Turn off heat and transfer bacon into a large stew pot, reserving bacon fat in the skillet.

2. Season beef chuck cubes generously with 1 teaspoon salt and black pepper to taste. Turn heat to high under skillet

and sear beef pieces in the hot fat on both sides until browned, about 5 minutes.

Place beef in stew pot with bacon, leaving fat in skillet. Turn heat down to medium; cook and stir onions in the retained fat in the skillet until lightly browned, 5 to 8 minutes; season with a large pinch of salt.

3. Cook garlic with onions until soft, about 1 minute; pour beer into skillet and stir with a wooden spoon, scraping up and dissolving any browned bits of food into the liquid. Pour cooking liquid from skillet into the stew pot. Stir in tomato paste, thyme sprigs, carrots, celery, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, and enough chicken broth to cover.

4. Bring stew to a gentle simmer, stirring to combine; reduce heat to low and cover pot. Simmer stew until beef is fork-tender, about 2 hours. Stir stew occasionally and skim fat or foam if desired.

5. Remove cover and raise heat to medium-high. Bring stew to a low boil and cook until stew has slightly thickened, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove and discard thyme sprigs and adjust salt and pepper to taste.

6. Arrange mashed potatoes in a ring in a serving bowl; ladle stew into the center of the potatoes.

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y the early 1880s, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody had become a living icon of the American West. But his real-life exploits, although impressive, might well have gone unnoticed by the general public if not for the successful efforts by dime-novelists Ned Buntline, Prentiss Ingraham, and Cody, himself, to transform Buffalo Bill into a legendary western hero in print, and on stage.

As a result, Cody was able to do something rarely accomplished by his frontier colleagues – convert his notoriety and fame into cash.

The success of his stage show, “Scouts of the Plains”, had already earned enough profit that Cody was able to start his first ranch in northern Nebraska in 1876.

“Red Right Hand”, Cody’s dramatization of the Battle of Warbonnet Creek, began performances that same year. In 1878, Cody “spiced up” his stage show by hiring Indians as extras. In 1879, he published his autobiography, “The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout, and Guide”, which is the sole source for much of what is known of his early life and experiences. Because of this, many historians now question the accuracy of some of the accepted “facts” of Buffalo Bill’s life. Not that Cody had any reason to lie, but he would have been the first to explain that one should not let the truth get in the way of a good yarn.

In 1882, Cody was asked to organize a Fourth of July Celebration in North Platte, Nebraska, which he called the “Old Glory Blowout.”

This led to the creation of his most lucrative and best known entertainment production: “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West.”

One part circus, and one part cultural exhibit, the “Wild West” began entertaining audiences in 1883.

Since the production included things such as staged shoot-outs, cavalry charges, stage-coach robberies, trick-riding, and shooting exhibitions, it was presented outdoors, and attracted large enough audiences to require the special construction of facilities, much like modern rodeo arenas.

The show also employed over 100 people. The logistics required to move, house and book the show were staggering, and Cody enlisted the aid of partners at various times, including, Major John Burke, Nate Salsbury, and William “Doc” Carver to keep the Wild West running smoothly behind the scenes.

The name “Buffalo Bill” was synonymous with incredible feats of marksmanship, and trick-shooting was, naturally, the backbone of the show. Cody did much of the shooting himself, but he surrounded himself with many other highly talented marksmen, including Frank Butler and his wife, Annie Oakley, who toured with the Wild West from 1884 to 1901. Most of the famous shooters of the day spent time with the Wild West, including: Captain A. H. Bogardus, who toured with his three young sons (ages 9, 11, and 13) who

were accomplished shooters as well; Doc Carver, one of Cody’s early partners; and Johnny Baker, Cody’s adopted son, who toured with the show for 35 years and eventually inherited the Wild West.

Cowboy riding, roping and wrangling were features of the Wild West. In addition to demonstrations of horsemanship and trick-roping, audiences were introduced to many of the events that became the standard fare of rodeos, including: calf roping, bull dogging, and bronc riding.

In a day and age where a large gathering of Indians was a rare sight outside of a reservation, Cody employed a small army of them – nearly half his cast. Reminiscent of the displays given to Grand Duke Alexis of Russia in 1872, Wild West audiences were treated to glimpses of the fast-vanishing way of life: war dances, mock buffalo hunts, feats of bow shooting, and a display of Indian women setting up an Indian village. The Indian performers were also essential actors in the various melodramatic mock-fights.

In 1885, the most famous Native American to join the Wild West, Sitting Bull, toured with the company for four months. Cody paid Sitting Bull $50 per week, plus a signing bonus of $125. In addition, the Lakota chief retained exclusive rights to his photograph and autograph (which netted him $1.50 per signature). By 1880s standards, Sitting Bull received a fantastic salary.

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West was not only toured across the United States, but toured internationally as well. Between 1887 and 1906, the show, which became “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Congress of Roughriders of the World” in 1893, toured Europe eight times. As a result, Buffalo Bill, who was given the honorific title of Colonel by the governor of Nebraska in 1887, was the most recognizable celebrity in the world at the dawn of the 20th century.

Being a natural-born entrepreneur, Colonel Cody found many new ways of capitalizing on his famous name. Over the years he acquired three more ranches, including the large TE Ranch near present day Cody, Wyoming. Knowing that tourism to Yellowstone would increase with the arrival of passenger trains to the Big Horn Basin, he was instrumental in the founding of Cody, and improvements to the road between there and the national park.

Beginning with the purchase of the Sheridan Inn in 1893, the W. F. Cody Hotel Company would eventually include three other Wyoming hotels: the Wapiti Inn, Pahaska Tepee, and the Irma Hotel in Cody (named after his youngest daughter). The W. F. Cody Transportation Company gave tourists scenic trips from Deadwood, South Dakota, to Sheridan, Wyoming, and from Cody, Wyoming to Yellowstone Park. The transportation line also gave the showman a way to make money in the offseason from the many

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Unfortunately, not all of Buffalo Bill’s business ventures were successful. Although among the first to recognize the potential of irrigation in the Big Horn Basin, his own canal building venture could not raise enough funding for completion. A mining venture in Arizona began bleeding the profits from the Wild West, and eventually the costs associated with the giant production began to take a financial toll as well. In a last-ditch effort to save the Wild West, he merged the production with a similar show, “Pawnee Bill’s Great Far East” in 1908. But “The Two Bills” show, as it was called, only delayed the inevitable. The show as foreclosed on during its performance at Denver, Colorado.

Unable to retire, due to his financial difficulties, Cody continued to tour with other productions until his death.

His last business venture was a series of short films about the Indian Wars, made in 1913. He died of kidney failure in 1917, at the age of 71.

The echoes of his legend continue today. The popularity of the Wild West spawned many similar types of shows that flourished in the early 20th century (although none matched the scope of the original), and was a major influence in establishing the “Western” as the most popular genre of moving picture for many decades to follow. Many of the trick-shots that are standard in shooting exhibitions today were first introduced

by Buffalo Bill and his fellow sharpshooters. Most modern-day rodeos begin with a “Grand Entry” which is a direct descendant of the parade that was featured at the start of every Wild West performance.

Buffalo Bill’s contributions to early Wyoming tourism are incalculable.

From his many personally guided hunting expeditions and excursions through Yellowstone and other scenic areas, to instigating impromptu performances on the lawn in front of the Sheridan Inn, and presiding over horse races from the Inn to Arvada for the viewing pleasure of passengers aboard passing trains, Cody probably did as much as anyone to promote the Cowboy State in his lifetime.

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