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Cemetary Staff Honored to This Week’s www.campbellcountyobserver.net June 17 - 24, 2011 Help Bring Closure to Family “If it doesn’t have to do with Campbell County, we don’t care!” Highlights

n June 18th this year, the University of North Texas Health Science Center notified the Campbell County Sheriff’s office that an association was noted between the genetic data obtained from an unidentified female discovered in Campbell County in 1983 and DNA samples submitted by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The DNA samples came from the parents, sister and daughter of Mary Lynn Andersen who was reported missing in 1986. Andersen’s family had last heard from her in 1982 while she was living in Gillette. Next week Andersen’s remains will be reunited with her family. “For the staff this is a big deal for us. She was unidentified since 1983 and to

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finally be able to put a name to her and get her back where I think she belongs” ---Campbell County Cemetery district sexton Darin Edmonds. Edmonds said his staff is honored to be working with the Campbell County Sheriff’s office in helping bring Andersen’s family some closure. “Her family has probably been desperately looking for closure since 1983. We take a lot of pride in being able to help with that closure. Early next week we are, after getting all the necessary permits, going to disinter Mary Andersen’s remains and return them to the family in Minnesota”. --- Edmonds Mary Andersen sometimes went by her married name Mary Shondel. Her death remains under investigation. The Campbell County Sheriff’s office requests that anyone with any information about Anderson or her death please contact the Sheriff’s office. On August 10, 1983, the body of an unidentified female homicide victim was discovered in the state gravel pit on North Highway 59 by state highway department employees. The female’s remains were sent to the Wyoming Cleaning State Crime Lab, where & it was estimated that the Restoration female’s death had occurred approximately one year prior to the discovery of her body. On June 18, 2014, the University of North Texas Health Science Center notified the CCSO that an association was noted between the genetic data obtained from the unidentified female discovered in Campbell County in 1983 and DNA samples submitted by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which came from the parents, sister, and daughter of Mary Lynn Andersen, who was reported as a missing person by the Becker County Sheriff’s Office in

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Mary was age 23 when her body was found. She is pictured above with her daughter. Her daughter is now 34. Detroit Lakes, Minnesota in 1986. Mary’s family last heard from her in 1982, when she was living in Gillette. Mary traveled frequently and had occasional contact with her family. She wasn’t reported missing until her family hadn’t heard from her for several years. Mary had epilepsy and had grand mal seizures as often as once a week. She did not drive or hold down a job because of her epilepsy. Mary was 5’6”, weighed about 120 pounds and had brown hair and brown eyes. Mary spent about a week in the hospital in Gillette in October of 1982, and she may have arrived in Gillette as early as May of 1982. The CCSO is working with Mary’s family to learn as much as possible about her associations and the places she may have frequented in Gillette. Mary was killed sometime after October 18, 1982 and buried in a shallow grave in the gravel pit where her body was found in August 1983. Mary sometimes used her married name, Shondel, and may have come to Gillette with her husband, Herb Shondel. Herb passed away in 2002. The CCSO requests that anyone with any information about Mary or her death please contact the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce.

Campbell Co. School District First Day Enrollment Statistics

First Day Enrollment School as of 10 a.m. Buffalo Ridge 490 Conestoga 441 Cottonwood 264 4-J 37 Hillcrest 434 Lakeview 465 Little Powder 27 Meadowlark 274 Paintbrush 422 Prairie Wind 492 Pronghorn 455 Rawhide 226 Recluse 33 Rozet 356 Sunﬂower 418 Wagonwheel 409 CCHS 1609 Sage Valley 1025 Twin Spruce 901 Westwood 120 Wright Junior/Senior High 220 Campbell County Virtual School 31 TOTAL 9149

Gonorrhea Case Reports Spiking in Wyoming With a signiﬁcantly increased number of reported gonorrhea cases this year, especially in Campbell County, the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is reminding residents that preventing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases remains important. “So far this year 19 cases of gonorrhea have been reported just in Campbell County with 56 cases reported across Wyoming,” said Courtney Smith, communicable disease surveillance manager with WDH. “Because approximately 60 cases of gonorrhea are typically reported statewide each year, we think this level of activity is something to

be concerned with.” Tai Cooper, communicable disease prevention manager with WDH, said gonorrhea is transmitted through unprotected sexual activity. “If left untreated, gonorrhea can cause serious health complications such as pelvic inﬂammatory disease and infertility in women. It’s essential that anyone infected get tested and properly treated.” “If you are at risk of infection from a sexually transmitted disease it is important that you get tested because many people who have gonorrhea or other STDs do not show or feel symptoms,” Cooper continued. To learn more about the risk factors for

gonorrhea infection, please visitwww. knowyo.org or discuss with a medical professional. WDH offers free gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis B and C and HIV laboratory testing and treatment for those at risk of infection. To get a voucher for free testing, visit www. knowyo.org or text “know” to 91011. Vouchers can be printed from the website (text vouchers can be shown on phones) and taken to local clinics. “If someone ﬁnds out they are infected, it’s important to ensure their partners are also tested and treated,” Cooper said. “We realize that may not always be easy. There is help available to get through that task.”

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Northeast Wyoming’s Largest Pet Festival Comes to Gillette Sept. 13

n Saturday, September 13, the Fur Kids Foundation hosts PetA-Paloozaat CAM-PLEX Park, Shelter No. 5 from 10 am-3 pm. The event is free to the public; some activities have entrance fees. Fur Kids Foundation is the only organization in Northeastern Wyoming that provides families with pets access to veterinary care when they cannot afford it. Since September 2012, Fur Kids Foundation has helped more than 65 families and granted more than $12,500 in aid. Pet-A-Palooza is the Fur Kids Foundation’s signature event and largest fundraiser every year. “More than $4,000 was made in 2013 to help keep pets healthy in Campbell County, Wyoming—and this year our goal is to raise $6,500,” says Mary Melaragno, Fur Kids Foundation president. “We’ve nearly doubled the case-load from the previous years, and we want to make sure that we can continue to help families in a tight spot care for their pet. For many, pets are family members, and we are here to make sure your family stays healthy and happy.”

Schedule of Pet-A-Palooza Events • Agility, 10 am-3 pm: Take your pooch through tunnels, over jumps and weave through poles and more with the Campbell County 4-H Agility Course! All dogs and handlers, from those just beginning agility training to those with expert skills, are welcome. $5 with 50 percent of the proceeds returning to the Foundation! • Ask a Vet Booth, 11:15 am-3 pm: New to Pet-A-Palooza this year! If you want to learn more about caring for your pet or have a general question about pet care that you’d like answered, stop by the Ask a Vet Booth for free advice from local veterinary experts. • Dunk Tank, 10 am-3 pm: New to Pet-A-Palooza this year! Dunk a variety of people in the tank throughout the day! One throw, $1; six throws, $5. • Pet Fashion Show Contest / Adoptable Dog Red-Carpet Walk, Noon-1pm: If your dog is a fashion junkie that loves to strut her stuff, the Pet Fashion Show Contest offers a runway for your pet to prance. Fur Kids Foundation even has a few costumes available for you to use! $5 entry fee per person for the Pet Fashion Show, or enter for free with Mutt Strut registration ($10). After the Fashion Show Contest completes, the Adoptable Dog Red-Carpet Walk begins. This event will feature all of the adoptable dogs from the Take Me Home Corner. • K-9 Demonstration, 1-2 pm: A crowd favorite, Casper’s Sit

Mean Sit dog trainer Garret Neuﬁeld will show a K-9 demonstration. • Mutt Strut, 2:15-2:45 pm: Get some exercise with your pet - walk a half a mile, or one mile, you pick! $10 registration per person; entrance to the Pet Fashion Show Contest included! • Pet Blessing, 3 pm-3:15 pm: Participants may release balloons in memory of their pets. Free! This event is sponsored by Forever Faithful Pet Crematory.

volunteers,” says Melaragno. “They are the only way we can help people in our community care for their pets. If you have some time to donate, please join us.” Learn more atwww. furkidsfoundation.org. And that’s not all: Dog Eat Dog Roller Derby Bout! Following the event, join Fur Kids Foundation at the Rockpile Ice Arena, 121 4-J Rd., at 6 pm for a night of hard hitting, fast-action, girl on girl roller derby with the Powder River Rousta Bout It Betties. The Betties are taking on the Prairie Fire Roller Girls of Laramie County and the proceeds from the Dog Eat Dog bout will go to Fur Kids Foundation. Doors open at 5 pm. Cost is $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Kids 12 and under are free. Purchase tickets at http://betties-dogeatdog. bpt.me/. For more information about Pet-A-Palooza or the Dog Eat Dog Roller Derby Bout, contact the Fur Kids Foundation at furkidsfoundation@gmail.com or (307) 363-1131. Both events are on Facebook.

Pet-A-Palooza Attractions • Looking to adopt your next four-legged family member? Then check out the Take Me Home Cornerfeaturing adoptable dogs from ﬁve regional pet rescues—Black Dog Animal Rescue; Friends of Gillette Animal Shelter; Herding Rescue Dogs of Wyoming, Inc.; There’s No Place Like Home No Kill Pet Rescue; and Wyoming Basset Hound Rescue. • Pet Supply Drive for the rescues in the Take Me Home Corner—items requested include bedding, collars and leashes, Find the Solution on Page 19 food, litter, toys, treats, and towels • Silent Auction with goodies from businesses and individuals • Vendors featuring arts and crafts, dog trainers, pet groomers, pet products and services, veterinarians, and more Announced by Masters of Ceremony, PetA-Palooza is supported by: Animal Medical Center of Wyoming; Basin Electric Power Cooperative; Biers FamBob Rohan is a cartoonist in Houston, Texas and has been drawing “Buffalo Gals” since 1995. He was awarded ily; Cloud Peak Energy; “Best Cowboy Cartoonist” in 2009 by The Academy of Western Artists Will Rogers Awards out of Gene Autry, Oklahoma. First Interstate Bank; First National Bank of Gillette; Flightline; Forever Faithful Pet Crematory; Gaspers Family; Gillette Pet CampbellCountyObserver.net Veterinary Clinic; Inde(307) 670-8980 pendent Oil & Gas; In1001 S. Douglas Hwy. B-6 • Gillette, WY 82716 dependent Automation and Control; Knotty Sa(PP-1) lon; Lynde Family; M&K Volume 4 Issue 36 Oil Co., Inc.; Billy MontThe Campbell County Observer is published gomer; Powder River by Patriot Publishing L.L.C. in Gillette, WY every Friday. Heating & Air Condi1001 S. Douglas Hwy. B-6 • Gillette, WY 82716 tioning; Rich’s Auto Postmaster: Send address changes to Repair; Security State 1001 S. Douglas Hwy. B-6 • Gillette, WY 82716 Bank; Sulzer; Thunder Basin Veterinary Clinic; Candice De Laat - Owner/Publisher White’s Frontier MoWriters CandiceDeLaat@CampbellCountyObserver.com tors; and Worsley InGlenn Woods - Bold Republic Weekly spections. Nicholas De Laat - Owner/Publisher GlennWoods@CampbellCountyObserver.com Want to Help? NicholasDeLaat@CampbellCountyObserver.com Fur Kids FoundaHolly Galloway - Writer/Government tion seeks volunteers Jeff Morrison - Editor (Local History Columnist) H.Galloway@CampbellCountyObserver.com to work throughout the JeffMorrison@CampbellCountyObserver.com day. Interested people Tony Heidel - Writer/The Cole Sports Report Dan Ekberg - Ofﬁce Manager should contact the Sports@CampbellCountyObserver.com DanEkberg@CampbellCountyObserver.com Foundation at (307) Rachel Sullivan - Writer/Community 363-1131 or volunteerRachelSullivan@CampbellCountyObserver.com fkf@gmail.com. Advertising Representatives “Fur Kids Foundation Diane Gilmore-Bushor - Calendar of Events Anne Peterson - Advertising Sales Manager is staffed completely by Calendar@CampbellCountyObserver.com AnnePeterson@CampbellCountyObserver.com

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Business Council Board Reviews Grant Requests at Powell Board Meeting he Wyoming Business Council Board of Directors reviewed Business Ready Community (BRC) grant requests at its board meeting in Powell, Wyo. The board evaluated 12 applications totaling $1,802,892. The Business Council’s directors of the Agribusiness and Business and Industry divisions and the Northwest Regional Office also reported on their recent work. BUSINESS READY COMMUNITY GRANT APPLICATIONS The board recommended the State Loan and Investment Board (SLIB) approve 12 applications totaling $1,802,892. Business Council staff reviews each application, conducts site visits or conference calls in the case of planning grants, and makes presentations to a board subcommittee before making the final recommendations to the full board. The board’s recommendations will be presented to the SLIB at its Oct. 2 meeting held at 8 a.m. in room B-63 of the Herschler Building in Cheyenne. ABOUT THE PROGRAM: The Business Council administers the Business Ready Community Grant and Loan Program, which provides financing for publicly owned infrastructure that serves the needs of businesses and promotes economic development within Wyoming communities. The Business Council board is required by statute to forward BRC grant recommendations to the SLIB for final approval. The SLIB

is comprised of the five statewide elected officials: Gov. Matt Mead, Secretary of State Max Maxfield, State Treasurer Mark Gordon, State Auditor Cynthia Cloud, and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill.

BRC Community Readiness applications

• Riverton requested a $1,445,217 Community Readiness grant for the purchase of land located north of Federal Boulevard between Webbwood and Honor Farm roads to be developed for future community growth.(Recommended to the SLIB in full)

BRC Planning applications

• Albany County requested a $25,000 BRC Planning grant to study the feasibility of an Albany County Events Center. (Recommended to the SLIB in full) • Buffalo requested a $24,338 BRC Planning grant for a feasibility study related to the Eastern Corridor Technology Park. (Recommended to the SLIB in full) • Dubois requested a $25,000 BRC planning grant to study the feasibility of marketing Dubois as a destination for adventure and education-based tourism. (Recommended to the SLIB in full) • Guernsey requested a $22,500 BRC Planning grant to develop options and costs for Rollins Road from U.S. Highway 26 to the South Guernsey Highway (1.2 miles of gravel road). (Recommended to the SLIB in full)

BRC Award Revision

• Kaycee-Buffalo-Johnson County Economic Development Joint Powers Board requested a $20,212 BRC Planning grant for a feasibility study related to the Eastern Corridor Industrial Park. (Recommended to the SLIB in full) • Laramie requested a $50,000 BRC Planning grant for a retail leakage analysis and strategic plan. (Recommended to the SLIB in full) • Laramie County requested a $25,000 BRC Planning grant to study the effects of fees and regulations linked to economic development and whether those are an impediment in Laramie County. (Recommended to the SLIB in full) • Platte County requested a $50,000 BRC Planning grant to develop an energy and transmission plan for southeast Wyoming. (Recommended to the SLIB in full) • Thayne requested a $46,875 BRC Planning grant to develop an economic and community development plan targeted at attracting technical industries such as data centers. (Recommended to the SLIB in full) • Upton, in cooperation with the Weston County Development Board (WCDB), requested an $18,750 BRC Planning grant to study the feasibility of a multipurpose community facility in the city park. (Recommended to the SLIB in full) • Wheatland requested a $50,000 BRC Planning grant to address the 16th Street reconstruction project.(Recommended to the SLIB in full)

Laramie County was previously awarded a $13 million grant from the Governor’s BRC Large Business Infrastructure Fund for the purchase and renovation of an existing 67,096 squarefoot facility and construction of a new 108,000 square-foot manufacturing facility for the recruitment of Magpul Industries. • Laramie County requested a reduced award of an $8.3 million grant to acquire an existing building in the Cheyenne Business Parkway. (Recommended to the SLIB in full)

WDE Seeks Public Comment on Chapter 10 Rule Promulgation The Wyoming Department of Education would like to remind everyone that the public comment period for revisions and documents for Wyoming Content and Performance Standards is open until Sept. 11. Per state statute (W.S. 21-2-304(a)(iii)), the Wyoming Content and Performance Standards are reviewed every ﬁve (5) years, and revisions are approved by the State Board of Education. At its meeting on April 11, 2014, the State Board of Education approved for public comment new standards in the content areas of social studies, physical education, and career and vocational education. On July 1, 2014, the State Board of Education also approved for public comment additional supporting documents for the July 2012 standards in English language arts and mathematics, adding performance level descriptors as well as standards extensions for students with severe cognitive disabilities. As required by statute, the WDE is now seeking public comment on the proposed changes/additions to the content standards. The proposed Chapter 10 rules, which outline a timeframe for district implementation, along with all seven (7) accompanying documents can be viewed at http://edu.wyoming. gov/educators/standards/ chapter-10-rules. Each document has its own link for comments. Please take sufﬁcient time to review these documents. Public comment on the proposed changes have been open online and by mail from July 21 and will remain open until Sept. 11, 2014. Comments can be submitted online at http:// edu.wyoming.gov/educators/standards/chapter-

10-rules or mailed to: Wyoming Department of Education Attn: Laurie Hernandez 2300 Capitol Avenue Hathaway Building 2nd Floor Cheyenne WY 82002 In addition to the online format, the WDE will be holding public hearings to receive comments. Below is a list of locations and times for the hearings throughout the state. • September 8, 2014 Jackson, Jackson Hole Library, 125 Virginian Ln. 6-8 p.m. • September 8, 2014 - Powell, Park County School District 1 offices Board Room, 160 North Evarts St. 6-8 p.m. • September 10, 2014 - Rock Springs, Sweetwater County School District 1 central office - Board Room, 3550 Foothill Blvd. 6-8- p.m. • September 10, 2014 Thermopolis, Hot Springs County Museum and Cultural Center, 700 Broadway St. 6-8 p.m. • September 10, 2014 Casper, Natrona County School District 1 Central Services Office, 970 N. Glenn Rd. 6-8 p.m. • September 11, 2014 - Cheyenne, Hathaway Building - room 126, 2300 Capitol Ave. 6-8 p.m. Additionally, a teleconference public hearing will be held via the Wyoming Equality Network (WEN).

Local WEN sites hosting the teleconference hearing are listed below. • September 9, 2014 Pinedale, Pinedale High School, 101 Hennick St. 6-8 p.m. • September 9, 2014 Sheridan, Sheridan College, Grifﬁth Memorial Bldg. - Room 164, 6-8 p.m. • September 9, 2014 - Rawlins, Cooperative School, 615 Rodeo St. 6-8 p.m. • September 9, 2014 - Riverton, Centeral Wyoming College, Health & Science Bldg. - Room 100, 2660 Peck Ave. 6-8 p.m. • September 9, 2014 Laramie, UW College of Education - Room 2, 1000 E. University Ave. 6-8 p.m. • September 9, 2014 Wheatland, Wheatland High School, 1350 Oak Street. 6-8 p.m. • September 9, 2014 Gillette, Gillette College, Technical Education Center - Room 213, 300 W. Sinclair.6-8 p.m. • September 9, 2014 - Cheyenne, Hathaway Building - Room 126, 2300 Capitol Ave. 6-8 p.m. All public comments will be recorded verbatim, including the submitter’s name and city of residence. If comments are mailed in, please specify which rule change the comment is concerning.

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What’s Going On? Community AVA

• Local Color Exhibition Mon, September 8, 9:00am – 5:30pm Tue, September 9, 9:00am – 5:30pm Wed, September 10, 9:00am – 5:30pm Thu, September 11, 9:00am – 5:30pm Fri, September 12, 9:00am – 5:30pm Sat, September 13, 9am – 4pm • Pottery Planet Tue, September 9, 4pm – 5pm • Homeschool Art Wed, September 10, 2:30pm – 4:00pm • Super Sculptor Series Wed, September 10, 4pm – 5pm • Creative Canvas Thu, September 11, 4pm – 5pm • Inspired Essences Thu, September 11, 6:00pm – 8:30pm • Little Tikes Fri, September 19, 10am – 11am • Uncorked Featuring Janice Hamilton Fri, September 12, 7pm – 9pm • Wanda Sanders Watercolor Workshop Sat, September 13, 9:30am – 3:30pm Sun, September 14, 9:30am – 3:30pm

JAKE’S TAVERN

• Face Lift September 12-13 • UMF meeting September 14

CAMPLEX

• Kellen’s Baby Shower September 9, All Day @ Equality Hall Conference Rms, PRIVATE EVENT • Wedding - Edlund September 9, All Day @ CAM-PLEX Frontier Hall, PRIVATE EVENT • Fizz Bomb Futurity September 11, 8:00 AM - September 14 @ CAM-PLEX East Pavilion Barrel Race • First National Bank Customer Appreciation Party September 11, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM @

CAM-PLEX Energy Hall • Stalkup’s RV Sale September 12, 4:00 PM - September 14 @ CAM-PLEX Central Pavilion • Jehovah’s Witnesses Assembly September 13 - September 14 @ CAM-PLEX Heritage Center Theater • Emotional Clearing with Essential Oils September 13, 9:00 AM - September 14, 5:00 PM @ Equality Hall Lobby PRIVATE EVENT • Metal Detectors Prospecting Club September 13, 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM @ Reata Campground

WRIGHT LIBRARY

• Town Council Work Session Monday, September 08, 2014 at 7:00 PM to Monday, September 08, 2014 at 7:30 PM • WBL Storytime September 10, 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM @ Wright Branch Library

GILLETTE LIBRARY

• Gillette Adult Hobby Gaming Group September 9, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM @ Public Library Pioneer Room 1 Ages 18 and Up • CCPL Used Book Sale September 10 - September 15 @ 2101 S 4-J Rd • Author Megan Gebhart September 13, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM @ Public Library Author and Gillette Native to Speak at CCPL • CCPL Storytime September 9, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM @ Public Library Children’s Department Intended for ages 3-5 years • CCPL Toddlertime September 10, 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM @ Public Library Children’s Department Intended for ages 18 months-3 years • CCPL Storytime September 10, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM @ Public Library Children’s Department

Government Intended for ages 3-5 years • CCPL Toddlertime September 11, 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM @ Public Library Children’s Department Intended for ages 18 months-3 years • CCPL Storytime September 11, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM @ 2101 S. 4-J Road Intended for ages 3-5 years • CCPL Families & Jammies September 11, 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM @ Public Library Children’s Department Intended for ages birth-6th grade • CCPL WiiPlay Saturday September 13, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Public Library Children’s Department • CCPL Tween Saturday September 13, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ 2101 S 4-J Rd • CCPL Teen Dungeons & Dragons Club September 8, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM @ Public Library Computer Lab • CCPL Teen Card Club September 9, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM @ Public Library Computer Lab • CCPL Teen Robotics Club September 9, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM @ Public Library Computer Lab Students grade 7-12 • CCPL Teen Minecraft Club September 11, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM @ Public Library Computer Lab Students grade 7-12 • CCPL Teen Amime Club September 11, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM @ Public Library Computer Lab • CCPL Teen Dungeons & Dragons Club September 13, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM @ Public Library Computer Lab • CCPL Teen Open Play Gaming September 13, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM @ Public Library Computer Lab X-Box & Wii Gaming

• Board of Examiners, Date: 9/9/2014 12:30 PM, Location: Community Conference Room • City Council Special Meeting, Date: 9/9/2014 6:00 PM 7:00 PM, Location: 2nd Floor Community Room • Planning Commission Meeting , Date: 9/9/2014 7:00 PM , Location: Council Chambers • Campbell County Joint Powers Fire Board , Date: 9/10/2014 6:00 PM , Location: Fire Department’s Community Room, Station 1 • Parks & Beautiﬁcation Board , Date: 9/11/2014 5:30 PM , Location: 3rd Floor Community Room • Campbell County Public Land Board , Date: 9/11/2014 7:00 PM , Location: CAM-PLEX Board Room • 4-H Council Meeting, September 8, 7:00 PM @ Sheriff’s Ofﬁce • CARE Board Quaterly Meeting September 9, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM • Morning Workshop September 11, 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM @ Commissioner’s Chambers • September 11th Ceremony September 11, 7:00 PM - 7:45 PM @ Fire Training Center

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First Presbyterian Church 682-7264 511 Carey Ave Gillette, WY Sun. Sun. 10am Wed 6pm Adult Bible Study & P-K – 7th, 8th – 12th 6:30pm

First Church Of The Nazarene 682-2562 3010 W 4J Rd Gillette, WY Sun. School 9:30am Worship: Sun. 10:45am Wed. Bible Study 6:30

Prairie Wind Unitarian Universalists 686-4812 10am 2nd & 4th Sun at Lakeway Learning Center

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church 682-4296 804 Emerson Gillette, WY 10am Sunday

Roadway Alliance Church 687-7738 811 Hemlock Ave Gillette, WY Sun. Service: 10:15 am Living Rock Church “Life of the Rock” 670-1518 1001 S. Douglas Hwy Bld B Sun. Service 9am & 10:45am

Family Life Church 687-1083 480 State Highway 50 Gillette, WY Sun. 9am

Open Door Church 685-3337 111 E 2nd St Gillette, WY Sun. Worship 10am Wed. Worship 6:30pm www.gillette-church.com

First United Methodist Church 686-7339 2000 W Lakeway Rd Gillette, WY Sun. Contemplative Service 8am Sun. Blended Service 9:15-10:15 Sunday School 10:30

Grace Bible Church 686-1516 4000 Collins E Rd Gillette, WY Sun. School 9:00 Worship 10:00am Evening Service 6:00 PM

Westside Baptist Church 682-3505 604 W 10th St Gillette, WY Sun. Worship 8am Sunday School 9:30 Sun. Worship 10:45 Hispanic Service 6pm

Hope for the Heart Biker Church Meets at Calvary Community Church 631 Commercial Drive Gillette, WY Seventh-day Adventist Church 682-8465 901 Apricot St Gillette, WY Sabbath School: 09:30A Worship Service: 11:00A Vineyard Christian Fellowship 686-2485 585 Westside Dr Gillette, WY 9 am - Men’s Study/Fellowship, 10 am - Vineyard Cafe Opens (Coffees/ Pastries), 10:30 am - Worship and the Word, 6 pm - Various Activities First Baptist Church 682-4816 501 S Gillette Ave Gillette, WY Sun. 10:45am Sunday School for All Ages at 9:30am Mike Morrison Ministries 685-2272 2 W McKenzie Rd, 82716 Gillette, WY Tuesday night Bible Study 7:00 - 9:00 Saturday Night 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Gillette Christian Center 686-6680 6201 Swanson Rd Gillette, WY Sun. 7am Men’s Bible Study 9:30 Coffee Café Sun. Worship 10am 11:15am Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran 686-4080 1010 W Beaver Dr Gillette, WY Service 9am Antelope Valley Baptist Church 682-1602 2801 Antler Rd Gillette, WY First Assembly Of God-family 682-3308 601 Carey Ave Gillette, WY Sun. School 9:30 Sun. Worship 8am, 10:30am 6pm

Central Baptist Church 682-2543 1170 Country Club Rd Gillette, WY Sun 7:00 AM Men’s Bible Study 9:30 Worship Service 10:00am 11:15am

St Matthew’s Catholic Church 682-3319 1000 Butler Spaeth Rd Gillette, WY Sat 5:00pm Sun 9:00am & 11:00am Sun 5:00pm Spanish Mass

New Life Wesleyan Church 682-5642 1000 Comanche Ave Gillette, WY Sun. 9:15 & 10:45

Emanuel Southern Baptist Church 686-4132 1851 Chara Ave Gillette, WY

Church Of Christ 682-2528 1204 T-7 Ln Gillette, WY Sun. Bible Study 9am Sun. Worship 10am & 6pm

High Plain Community Church 685-0044 3101 W Lakeway Rd Gillette, WY Sun. Worship 9am and 11am 7pm. Wed. Worship

Calvary Missionary Baptist Church 682-9779 600 Longmont St Gillette, WY Sun. School 10am Worship 11am 6PM

Trinity Lutheran Church 682-4886 1001 E 9th St Gillette, WY Sun. School 9:15am Sun. 8am and 10:30am

Christian Church 682-3316 100 E Flying Circle Dr Gillette, WY Sun 10:30am

Jericho Baptist Church 686-5626 211 S Brooks Ave Gillette, WY 10am Sun. School 11am Sun. Worship 6pm Sun. Worship 7pm Wed. Worship

St Francis on-the-Prairie 464-0028 357 Willowcreek Dr. Wright, WY 82732 Sun. 10am Wed. 5:30

Jesus Christ of LDS 555 Wright Blvd. Wright, WY 9am Sun. Worship Jesus Christ of LDS 2903 Aqllen Avel Gillette, WY 9am Sun. Worship 11am Sun. Worship Jesus Christ of LDS 1500 O’Hera Gillette, WY 9am Sun. Worship 11am Sun. Worship Westside Baptist Church 682-3505 604 W 10th St Gillette, WY Sun. Worship 8am & 10:45 Sun. School 9:30 Bible Study 6:00pm Abundant Life United Pentecostal Church 687-0074 1612 E Us Highway 14-16 Gillette, WY 82716 Sun. 10 to 11:30 Wed. 7pm to 8:30 pm Calvary Community Church 682-9553 631 N Commercial Dr Gillette, WY 82716 Sunday School 9:15 10:30 Worship 6:00pm Foundations Class Faith Community Church 682-7333 177 American Rd Gillette, WY 82716 Sunday School 9:45am Service 10:45am Wed Evening Study 7pm Wright Baptist Church 464-0464 225 Ranchero Dr Wright, WY 82732 Sun 9:30am Bible Study 10:45am Worship Service 6:00pm Evening Prayer & Discipleship Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church 682-3319 624 Wright Blvd Wright, WY 82732 Sun 5:30pm

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New Administrator Named for Wyoming Life Resource Center

Adam Merrell has joined the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) as the new administrator for the Wyoming Life Resource Center (WLRC) in Lander. Merrell has worked in skilled

nursing for the past 17 years with a focus on regional oversight. “Adam is clearly familiar with the Wyoming landscape and healthcare system and is passionate about the clients he’s

served,” said Chris Newman, senior administrator of the WDH Behavioral Health Division. Merrell grew up in Cheyenne and said he is excited to work for WLRC and to return to Wyoming

with his family. “This is a welcome professional opportunity,” he said. Merrell replaces Rich Dunkley, who served as interim superintendent since December 2013.

WLRC provides a residential program for adults with developmental disabilities and is one of ﬁve state healthcare facilities operated by WDH.

Young Entrepreneurs Academy

he Campbell County Chamber of Commerce’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) is gearing up to teach local middle and high school students the ropes when it comes to starting and running their very own legal and real businesses! We are in the thick of student recruitment for YEA! classes starting

this fall! The YEA! Program is also looking for bright college students and area business professionals to get involved and inspire the students in the class. These individuals may get involved by being business mentors, guest speakers, business plan reviewers, Investor Panel Judges, and more!

For more information on the different opportunities to get involved, please contact Teresa atTeresaL@ gillettechamber.com. For interested middle and high school students who are interested in applying to the YEA! program, our local YEA! application can be downloaded at GilletteChamber.com.

Principal Assists in Fire Rescue Wednesday afternoon’s residential fire in the area of Westover Road and Overdale Drive caused plenty of excitement on the first day of classes at Prairie Wind Elementary School in Gillette. Principal Rory Williams noticed smoke from the fire, and was soon sprinting towards the blaze. Williams said he noticed two adult females struggling to escape the burning residence with two children. Williams was able to assist in getting

the four people to the safety of the school’s parking lot. The principal then returned to the scene after he saw the blaze was spreading to a neighboring residence. Williams tried the door and began running through the house and shouting a warning about the imminent danger. Williams found nobody at home, but he was able the get several dogs to safety. Williams noted his entire staff,

CCSD bus drivers, students and parents did a tremendous job keeping a hectic situation under control during a very unusual ﬁrst day of school. “I was glad that our building was safe. We did go into a ‘Shelter In Place’ status. It was business as usual but without any kids being allowed outside before dismissal. Staff and parents did a great job among the ﬂashing lights and excitement as we dismissed,” William said.

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Obituaries

ROSEMARY THOMPSON Devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend

Rosemary Thompson passed away August 20 at Campbell County Health after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Her family was by her side as she made her way to heaven. Memorial Services were held Thursday, August 28th at Walker Funeral Home in Gillette with Ernie Bishop ofﬁciating. Rosemary was born April 19, 1935 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Garnon and Edna Taylor. As a young girl she enjoyed spending time with her cousins and her best friend for life Mary Curtis. After graduating from Southeast High School in Oklahoma City. She worked and spent a summer semester studying Psychology, Business Administration and Hula Dancing classes in Hawaii. She also worked at the Hosford Dude Ranch in Birney, Montana. She enjoyed pulling pranks on the ranch hands with brownies topped with chocolate covered moths! She met her loving husband Charles William Thompson in Sheridan in 1968. They married on November 26, 1968 in Oklahoma City. Charles and Rosemary lived in Utah and Colorado. In November 1972, Rosemary and Charles brought home their two week old adoptive daughter Juliana. Two years later Rosemary gave birth to Cherilyn. In 1977, Charles was transferred to Gillette, where the family resides today. Rosemary was a stayat-home mother until the girls were in Junior High. She then got a job at AuntChillottas to get out of the house and meet new people. She also stayed busy taking care of her mother Edna after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. In 2001, Rosemary and her husband became a part of We Care Ministries. They traveled all over the United States sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Rosemary loved being a part of We Care. She forged deep relationships with an overwhelming number of people and she touched

hundreds of lives. Rosemary had an amazing memory and loved to tell about her life adventures. When you ask her family and friends what they love most about her they will always say her loving heart and her wonderful stories. When Rosemary made a friend, she made a friend for life. She made sure she kept in touch with everyone no matter how long ago she met them or how far away they lived. Rosemary had an incredibly strong will to live and that kept her going. Her doctors always commented on how strong she was and that she was a ﬁghter. She went through so much but never lost her faith, her strength, her wisdom or her smile. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and friend and she will be deeply missed. Rosemary is survived by her husband Charles Thompson of Gillette; daughters, Juliana and Cherilyn Thompson of Gillette; and three wonderful grandsons. She is preceded in death by her father Garnon, mother Edna, and one granddaughter. Memorials and Condolences may be sent to the family in Rosemary’s name in care of Walker Funeral Home 410 Medical Arts Court Gillette, WY 82716. Condolences may also be sent via website at www. walkerfuneralgillette.com

DIANA LEA TOOLEN

Memorial service for Diana Lea Toolen, was held on Wednesday, August 27 at Gillette Memorial Chapel with Pastor Aaron Remington of Wright Baptist Church ofﬁciating. Diana Toolen, age 56, passed away on Saturday, August 23, 2014 at her home in Wright due to a heart attack. Diana was born in Elkhart, Kansas on September 14, 1957 to Ed and Elaine (Patterson) Scroggins. In 1968, the Scroggins family moved to Gillette, Wyoming. Diana attended Junior and Senior High school in Gillette. While in High school Diana met and married John Toolen in October 19, 1974. To this union, four children were born. Diana will be remembered

ried. Together the couple had three children: Ashley, Kassandra, and Logan. Nicci was a stay-at-home mother and enjoyed being involved in her children’s activities and hearing how their days had gone. One of her favorite hobbies was spending time motorcycle riding with her husband. Nicci loved to spend time with her family and friends always joking and laughing with them. Nicci is survived by her husband Kevin Guedesse of Gillette; daughters, Ashlee Layton of Gillette, Kassandra (Skylar) Clarke of Gillette; one son, Logan Guedesse of Gillette; sisters, Krista and Stacey; her stepsons, David Guedesse and Travis Guedesse; one aunt, and many nephews and cousins. She is preceded in death by her parents. Memorials and condolences may be sent in Nicole’s name to the family in care of Walker Funeral Home 410 Medical Arts Court Gillette, WY 82716. Condolences may also be sent via website at www. walkerfuneralgillette.com.

for her love, kindness, determination and her unwavering love for Jesus Christ. Diana is survived by her husband John of Wright; four children, Angelia Toolen of Austin, Texas, John Jr. (Sandra) Toolen, of Douglas, Jacob (Kathleen) Toolen, of East Lansing, Michigan, and Isaac (Taylor) Toolen, of Gillette; six grandchildren, Zachary, Lighe, Michaela, Annon, Grayson, and Madalyn; mother Elaine Scroggins, of Gillette; sister Shirley (Earl) Manous, of Gillette; and numerous other aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, and friends. Diana was preceded in death by her father, two brothers, and a sister. Memorials are suggested to beneﬁt a charity of one’s choice. Memorials and condolences may be sent in Diana’s name to: Gillette Memorial Chapel, 210 W. 5th St., Gillette WY 82716, or via website at www.gillettememorialchapel.com

EMELIA ANDREGG

Memorial services for Emelia Andregg, will be held on Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 1:00 p.m., at Gillette Memorial Chapel. Emelia Andregg, age 13 months, died Thursday, August 28, 2014 at Close to Home Hospice House.

NICOLE RENEE GUEDESSE

Memorial services for Nicole R. Guedesse were held Saturday, August 23, at the Walker Funeral Home with Uncle Leo Kelhi ofﬁciating. Nicole Guedesse, age 40 of Gillette passed away at her home on August 15, 2014. Nicole Renee Guedesse, known to her family and friends as Nicci, was born to Dennis and Connie Layton on March 5, 1974 in Sheridan. She grew up in Missoula, Montana and Sheridan. She moved to Gillette in the early 90’s. She met Kevin Guedesse and later the coupled mar-

Joke of the week An engineer dies and goes to hell. He’s hot and miserable, so he decides to take action. The A/C has been busted for a long time, so he fixes it. Things cool down quickly. The moving walkway motor jammed, so he unjams it. People can get from place to place more easily. The TV was grainy and unclear, so he fixes the connection to the Satellite dish and now they get hundreds of high definition-channels, although they still cannot watch Breaking Bad on AMC. One day, God decides to look down on Hell to see how his grand design is working out and notices that everyone is happy and enjoying umbrella drinks. He asks the Devil what’s up? The Devil says, “Things are great down here since you sent us an engineer.” “What?” says God. “An engineer? I didn’t send you one of those. That must have been a mistake. Send him upstairs immediately.” The Devil responds, “No way. We want to keep our engineer. We like him.” God demands, “If you don’t send him to me immediately, I’ll sue!” The Devil laughs. “Where are You going to get a lawyer?” Joke of the Week provided by

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Average Wyoming ACT Scores Increase

erformance results on the ACT for the 2014 graduating class were released today by the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) and the ACT. Statewide, the average composite score for the graduating class of 2014 rose from a year ago, increasing from 19.8 in 2013 to 20.1 in 2014. This increase is noteworthy because more Wyoming students than ever are participating in the ACT – over 6,000 students in 2014 – since the ACT is required for state and federal accountability in grade 11. In contrast, most of the students across the nation who take the test intend to go to college, so they are typically a higher achieving subset of all high school graduates.

Although the statewide average remains below the national average, the Wyoming increase of 0.3 exceeded the national increase of 0.1. The attached table shows ﬁve year trends of test participation and performance for Wyoming as well as the nation. The ACT is a college entrance test that predicts a student’s likelihood of success in college in four content areas, including English, math, reading, and science. Performance rose for the 2014 Wyoming graduating class in all four content areas, with the largest increase observed in English (18.6 to 19.3). National increases were observed in three of the four content areas, but they lagged behind the larger improvements made by Wyoming students.

Campbell Co. Fire Dept. August 26, 2014 - At 7:01 a.m. to Independence Dr. for an EMS assist. - At 7:41 a.m. to 205 E. Flying Circle Dr. for an automatic fire alarm, CCFD cancelled while en-route. - At 2:40 p.m. to E-Z Street for a report of a structure fire. Upon arrival crews found burnt popcorn had caused the smoke in the house. Crews ventilated the building before clearing from the scene. - At 3:13 p.m. to 702 S. Osborne Ave. for a CO investigation. CO was found in the home and Source Gas responded, it was determined that the source of the CO was the cooking stove. - At 5:26 p.m. to 114 4J Rd. for an automatic fire alarm, the cause of the alarm was unknown. - At 7:01 p.m. to the 1000 block of Church Ave. for an EMS assist. - At 8:02 p.m. to 114 4J Rd. for an automatic fire alarm, the cause of the alarm was unknown and the occupant was requested to have it serviced immediately. August 28, 2014 - At 1:03 a.m. to Harder Drive for an EMS assist. - At 8:32 a.m. to Dawn Dr. for an EMS assist. - At 9:30 p.m. to 3416 Decoy Ave. for an automatic fire alarm, the cause of the alarm was overcooked food. - At 9:38 A.M to Raven Street for an EMS assist. - At 2:40 p.m. to the area of Westover Road and Overdale Drive for a Structure fire in a single residential building. By the time firefighters arrived on scene the fire had progressed to the outside of the neighboring residence to the south. Firefighters quickly knocked down all of the flames on both structures and the vehicle which sat in front of the first residence but not before the attached garage was consumed on the first residence. There were no injuries to any of the animals that were inside any of the buildings. The cause of the fire is still under investigation and the total dollar loss has not been completed at this time. - At 5:47 p.m. to the in-

tersection of Union Chapel Road and South Highway 59 for a two vehicle accident with no injuries.

450 for a fire at a well location 2 mi east of Highway 59. Reported fire was a flare on the location.

August 29, 2014 - At 11:35 a.m. to Camel Dr. for an EMS assist. - At 12:57 p.m. to 3729 Miranda Dr. for an automatic ﬁre alarm, it was determined to be a malfunctioning system. - At 3:37 p.m. to Sassick for an EMS assist. - At 4:28 p.m. to Four J Rd. for a two vehicle accident, no injuries with antifreeze leaking.

August 31, 2014 - At 7:23 a.m. to an area 2.5 miles south of Rawhide Mine for a train locomotive ﬁre. Upon arrival crews found and extinguished a wheel motor ﬁre. Damage was limited to the wheel motor, the scene was released to BNSF Railroad.

August 30, 2014 - At 10:55 a.m. to MM 46 on Highway 50 for a single vehicle rollover MVA. Pt self extricated, no assistance need from CCFD. - At 6:47 p.m. to Sunflower Ln. for an EMS assist, CCFD was cancelled enroute per CCMH EMS. - At 11:22 a.m. to Hwy 14-16 near Village Inn for a motorcycle accident, CCFD assisted EMS with patient care and oil on the roadway. - At 11:55 a.m. to 801 E. 4th to assist city animal control with a cat on a sign. - At 7:10 p.m. to 4813 Pumpkin Ct. for an automatic fire alarm, CCFD was cancelled en-route by alarm company. - At 8:05 p.m. 1719 Moonshiner Ln. for an automatic fire alarm, the alarm was activated when the homeowner set off a bug bomb in the residence. - At 9:52 p.m. to 1009 Granite St. for an automatic fire alarm, the alarm was activated due to overcooked food in the residence. - At 10:12 p.m. to Highway

September 2, 2014 - At 3:30 a.m. to K Ct. for an EMS assist. - At 4:04 p.m. to 11 miles west of Wright on a semi hauling production that rolled over blocking the west bound travel lane. - At 4:36 p.m. to the area of 16180 North HWY 59 for a single vehicle crash. CCFD responded to the scene and upon arrival assisted with care of the injured occupant in the vehicle. - At 5:07 a.m. to the area of Timber Creek Road for a fire along the railroad tracks. CCFD responded to the scene and found railroad ties and coal dust on fire. The fire was caused by a switch heater. - At 10:54 a.m. to Foothills Blvd. for an EMS assist. - At 11:00 a.m. to Greenough Road for a report of smoke smell in the building. Upon arrival crews investigated building and no emergency was found. Building was found safe to reoccupy. - At 2:08 p.m. to Running W. Drive for an EMS assist. - At 5:45 p.m. to the area of east 2nd St. for a hazmat investigation of a strange odor, crews could not locate the source of the faint odor.

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Former Gillette Resident to be Honored in DC for Adoption Advocacy ouglas resident Kim Hansel, formerly of Gillette, has been selected as a 2014 Angels in Adoption™ awardee for her outstanding advocacy of adoption and foster care issues as editor of Adoption Today and Fostering Families Today magazines. The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI), which orchestrates the Angels in Adoption™ program, will honor Hansel at an awards ceremony on September 16 and gala on September 17 in Washington, DC. Hansel is being honored for her work as editor of Adoption Today and Fostering Families Today, as well as editor of The Foster Parenting Toolbox and the soon-to-be released The Kinship Parenting Toolbox. For more than 13 years, Hansel has worked to positively impact the lives of adoptees, children in foster care and their families through helping to create publications that uniquely address the parenting needs of foster and adoptive parents. Hansel works with the conviction that continuing education and training for foster and adoptive parents is essential to the safety and well-being of the children they care for and those has dedicated her time to creating multiple quality resources for families. The Angels in Adoption™ program is CCAI’s signature public awareness campaign and provides an opportunity for all members of the U.S. Congress to honor the good work of their constituents who have enriched the lives of foster children and orphans in the United States and abroad. Each year, more than 140 Angels are honored through the Angels in Adoption™ program. “The Angels in Adoption™ program is a unique annual opportunity in the Nation’s Capital to spotlight the power of adoption and the unspoken heroes who have made the dream of a family a reality for children. Since the program’s inception, over 2000 “Angels” have come to Washington to share their ﬁrsthand adoption experience with Members of Congress, highlighting its joys, as well

Declercq Retires From Patrol After 30 Years of Service aptain Len DeClercq retired September 1st from the Wyoming Highway Patrol after serving with the Patrol since May of 1984. Captain DeClercq grew up in San Diego, California and earned his Bachelor’s degree in Administration of Justice from the University of Wyoming in 1982 and received his Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Wyoming in 1994. Captain DeClercq was initially stationed as a trooper in Evanston before promoting to sergeant in Evanston. Captain DeClercq promoted again to the supervising lieutenant of Division N in Cody before earning his captain’s bars in Safety and Training at headquarters. A ﬁnal transfer as the District 5 Captain back to Cody marked Captain DeClercq’s ﬁnal assignment with Patrol. Captain DeClercq was active in establishing the Patrol’s crash team and con-

tinued to be active with the crash team up to his retirement as pictured at “Ham and Jam” on August 6th, 2014. Troopers can thank Captain DeClercq for reinstituting the Patrol’s wellness program, bringing a fitness program to the organization, championing e-citations, being instrumental in the development of the MPS system and for many of the stringent requirements for the Report Beam crash reporting system. Captain DeClercq is far from being done in law enforcement as he will be assuming his new duties as the Director of the Wyoming Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission (P.O.S.T.). Colonel Butler congratulated Captain DeClercq on his retirement stating “Len has served the citizens of Wyoming well and with distinction”. Captain DeClercq will be missed in Patrol but his knowledge and expertise will continue to benefit Wyoming in his new role as the Director of P.O.S.T

Construction Updates 6TH Street

6th Street will be closed between Rockpile Avenue and Richards Avenue as well as between Ross Avenue and Warren Avenue from Friday, September 5th through Tuesday, September 9th. This closure is for asphalt pavement repairs and part of the 2013 Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Project - which is funded by the Optional 1% Sales Tax.

9th Street

The closure for 9th Street on the west and east side of the Rohan Avenue/9th

Street intersection for approximately 70’ each way has been extended through Tuesday, September 9th. Rohan Avenue will remain open to through trafﬁc. This closure is for asphalt pavement repairs and part of the 2013 Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Project - which is funded by the Optional 1% Sales Tax.

Ross Avenue

Ross Avenue from the intersection of 12th Street heading north through the cul-de-sac will be closed fromFriday, August 29th through Saturday, Septem-

ber 13th as part of the 2013 Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Project which is funded by the Optional 1% Sales Tax.

Alley Closures

The street closure for the alley between 11th and 12th Street from Ross Avenue to Dalbey Avenue has been extended through Tuesday, September 9th. This work is for installation of sanitary sewer main and water main as part of the 2013 Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Project - which is funded by the Optional 1% Sales Tax.

as the barriers encountered in the process,” said Becky Weichhand, interim director at CCAI. “The Members of Congress are then able to use their inﬂuence to create changes in policy to better support these children and the families that open their hearts and homes to them.” In addition to the more than 140 Angels from around the country, several “National Angels” will be recognized at the gala for their dedication and commitment nationally and internationally to child welfare on a grand scale. This year’s honorees are Shonda Rhimes, creator of Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, and Scandal, and Dr. Jennifer Arnold and Bill Klein of TLC’s show The Little Couple. Former National Angels include Korie and Willie Robertson, Deborra-Lee Furness Jackman, First Lady Laura Bush, Patti LaBelle, Jane Seymour, Muhammad Ali, the late Dave Thomas, Steven Curtis Chapman, Bruce Willis, Alonzo Mourning, Rhea Perlman and Kristin Chenoweth.

The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) is a 501(c)3 nonpartisan organization dedicated to raising awareness about the tens of thousands of orphans and foster children in the United States and the millions of orphans around the world in need of permanent, safe, and loving homes through adoption. CCAI’s goal is the elimination of the barriers that hinder these children from realizing their basic right of a family. CCAI was created in 2001 by the active co-chairs of the bicameral, bipartisan Congressional Coalition on Adoption to more effectively raise Congressional and public awareness about adoption. The Angels in Adoption™ program was established in 1999 as a Congressional press conference to honor outstanding individuals. Since then, the program has developed into a yearlong public awareness campaign culminating in an extraordinary awards gala and celebration in Washington, DC.

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Community Paramedicine/Mobile Integrated Healthcare Meeting Set The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is inviting interested residents to attend a stakeholder meeting August 14 to introduce a healthcare approach known as “community paramedicine and mobile integrated healthcare.” The meeting will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Cheyenne’s Little America Hotel and Resort in conjunction with the 44th Annual Wyoming Trauma Conference. Meeting speakers will present the

national and international history of community paramedicine and mobile integrated healthcare programs and discuss how to integrate public and private partnerships for improved health outcomes. “In rural areas, access to some essential healthcare services can be tough,” said Andy Gienapp, WDH Ofﬁce of Emergency Medical Services manager. “Potentially using emergency medical services volunteers and professionals in non-traditional

roles may offer some help.” The meeting is hosted by the WDH Office of Emergency Medical Services and the WDH Office of Rural Health. For more information or to register, please contact Beth Hollingworth in the WDH Office of Emergency Medical Services at 307777-7955 or 1-888-228-8996. While there is a fee to attend the trauma conference, there is no cost to attend the August 14 stakeholder meeting.

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Crime Stoppers needs your help in solving a theft that occurred in a storage lot located at 507 Commercial Dr. between the dates of 08-01-14 and 08-24-14. During this time frame unknown suspect(s) stole a 2005 9.9 horsepower Mercury Outboard motor off of a Trophy Pro ﬁshing boat. If you have information that can solve this or any other crime please call Crime Stoppers at 686-0400. You can remain anonymous and may earn up to $1,000 in reward.

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Opinion Why Medicaid Expansion is Bad for Wyoming PART 2 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! ecently, Wyoming Governor Matt Mead directed the legislators of the state to look into the options for expanding Medicaid for the state. In the past he has had reservations. Very understandable reservations, I might add. Chief among them is the fact that the federal government does not have the money to keep its end of the bargain. Those who are calling for Medicaid expansion in the state point to the tens of millions of dollars promised by the feds and wonder why we would turn it down. Simple answer, the feds don’t have the money, and Medicaid is going broke, as it is. But there are many more

problems with expanding Medicaid that those who are calling for it either have not thought about or they turn away from and refuse to acknowledge. While researching this article I came across a study, examined in Forbes Magazine that showed that just less than half of doctors surveyed over 15 major cities are accepting Medicaid patients. The study showed that the average rate of acceptance among doctors, from various specialties, was just 45.7 percent. (Merritt Hawkins Medicaid and Medicare Acceptance Rates Study). The reason given by doctors for the low rate of acceptance is largely due to how onerous the reim-

bursement process has become. The government continually increases the amount of paperwork and continually challenges the doctor’s procedures. Then, when the government ﬁnally pays, it is slow to pay, or they underpay, (if they pay at all). So, for the doctor it’s just not worth it to take Medicaid patients. But that is just scratching the surface of the issues that will face the state, and the industry, if Wyoming chooses to expand Medicaid. Across the nation, ObamaCare, as well as Medicaid expansion, is causing a drain on the medical industry as doctors grow increasingly pessimistic and leave the profession.

A survey of 13,575 doctors released in September by the Physicians Foundation found that 77 percent were pessimistic about the future of medicine. The main reason for the pessimism included “Medicare/Medicaid/government regulations,” “reimbursement issues” and “uncertainty/changes of health reform.” But there is more. Something that, still, is not being considered: Once a state reforms Medicaid, that state is ﬂooded, and overwhelmed, by new patients

pouring in from around the nation, who are seeking free care. Oregon is one example. Recently the Associated Press reported an unexpected rush of Medicaid enrollees into Oregon that has overwhelmed their system. In one year Oregon added nearly 360,000 people to its health plan through Medicaid expansion. Ofﬁcials in Oregon say that the ﬂood has hit the ER the hardest, fueled by newly covered Medicaid patients. Simply put, Or-

egon is only one example in many, and they can’t handle the load. Opening Wyoming to Medicaid expansion will invite the same ﬂood that has occurred elsewhere and is overwhelming and crashing the medical systems in many other states. The last thing we need, in a state with such a small population, is for our medical system to be overwhelmed by outsiders, and for our doctors to become frustrated and throw in the towel.

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The Mystery: Who Did I Vote for in the Primary Election? By Nicholas DeLaat I do understand the unfortunate need for people to discover who their respected piers are voting for in an election, as that information will help those Uninformed decide who to vote for themselves. There are good and bad things about this kind of social voting behavior. The bad part is that this behavior usually persuades the vote that is lesser informed. That persuasion can also turn into a good thing, as the people who do not do the research on the candidates can be informed by the people who have. Many people have come into my newspaper office during this election season asking whom I am going to vote for. I don’t mind, as there probably aren’t too many people in Campbell County that have personally met every candidate and interviewed most, while also paying close attention to the various state and local races. Most of these people left my office with the disappointment of non-disclosure from me. This is because of the business practice that I adopted for my newspaper during the last election and continue on through this one. Most newspapers around the country and the state will take tons of advertising money from candidates, then turn around and let their editorial department endorse one of the candidates in the race. Just about every newspaper does this. The News-Record allows guest columns by only certain candidates or public figures during election season, which doesn’t allow for rebuttal by candidates fighting for something different. When I ran for State Representative in 2010 there was a guest column featured in that newspaper with the headline: “Watch out for Political Sirens”, which was about me and some of the policies I had been pushing for. That same guest columnist was recently in multiple newspapers around Wyoming discounting the taking back of Federal Lands, which seems to be a trend for campaigning on by the conservatives in many current races. This article, using history, law, and the State Constitution told the

public of the inability to get those federal lands back; and basically that all the conservative candidates, by pushing this, are not smart enough for office…in not so many words. In the coming week’s editorial, I will be contradicting these articles, but that will have to wait. The Casper Star Tribune and Wyoming Tribune Eagle take a different and more direct approach by directly letting their editors endorse a candidate (and why) in their opinion section. Have you ever heard the phrase “You don’t mess with someone who buys ink by the barrel?” The reason that this statement holds true is that a good newspaper is still the most influential source of material on government policy and public persuasion there is. When politicians speak, the people in the room are listening. When newspapers speak, thousands are. Covered under the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, the freedom of the press allows people like me to not just report the news, but spread our own word as well. Don’t let them fool you, ALL news sources and ALL newspapers understand this, they just usually hide it under the guise of business or non-partisanship. Inevitably, newspapers have the most influence over an election. The candidate can buy signs, advertising, and even walk door to door and not have the power over the vote that a newspaper does. People don’t believe politicians when they are speaking as there is always that American rebellious attitude of questioning authority. But when a newspaper speaks, people not only listen but retain what we say. After reading these papers in depth during the last couple elections, I thought that they were acting in the wrong. Not ethically, as it is their newspaper and they can do what they see fit. After all, the only people who have the freedom of the press are the people who own one. The thing is with that, or any other freedom we are guaranteed (or supposed to be) in the Constitution, is that with every freedom comes responsibility - and I am not

quite sure if it is responsible to use the awesome power of the newspaper to directly influence the voting masses. So, I decided to do something different with my newspaper. I decided to have the Observer do a public service for our great community and county residents. Recently, you should have seen the 2014 Election Guide. What we did was write a pre-approved biography about all the candidates, let them submit a pic (or bio if they wanted to), and answer 5-7 questions that had to do with the office they are running for. This last part was important to me, as many of the terrible local forums hosted by various special-interest groups are either targeted to help certain candidates, or ask questions that have nothing to do with the office they are holding (and therefore a waste of time). Now, we make our money from advertising. In the case of the 2014 Election guide, we did not sell any advertising. We only equally charged the candidates to be in it. This way we could print 20,000 copies and distribute them for free for everyone in Campbell County. The cost was minimal, and we intentionally did not sell advertising so that the public could have the best read possible without any extra influence for the election. If a candidate did not buy in or pay on time, they were not in the guide. On the flip side, I promised that our columnists would not support nor endorse any candidate over another, and that we would come out with this equal guide and let the public decide on voting day. And it worked. The candidates that really cared about their candidacy and the people they represent were in the Guide, and I am using a cross between this guide and the interviews I performed with many candidates to decide myself. The good thing is, this editorial is coming out after the primaries, but the bad news is I am still not telling you who I voted for. I can tell you what I look for in a candidate, and you may choose from here. My candidates that I supported don’t say “it can’t be done”, but “how can we do

it.” They want to cut spending (and there is a ton of unnecessary spending) before they raise taxes. I do not want someone legislating based on the morals of their church, but the overall morals of what is right and wrong for their community and country, and because every church has separate beliefs taking a singular church’s moral side is against American Freedom. I look for someone who has a history of leadership…was this person in the military, were they an officer? Have they managed people, and were they just a manager or a leader? I look for candidates who will follow the State and Federal Constitution, or work to change it if necessary instead of tiptoeing the lines of interpretation. I do not vote for anyone who believes that the ends justify the means. I’m looking for candidates who are very transparent, will take the time with their constituents, and work hard for a very small and limited government. Now this last one may seem strange to you, but I am looking for someone that is selfish. Well, let me clarify, everyone is inherently selfish; I just want someone honest about it. We have two types of paid elected officials in this state, full time like our Judicial and Executive branch, and part time (legislators). When you see candidates dumping hundreds of thousands (sometimes millions) of their own money for a 135K per year job, there are selfish reasons behind it. When you see someone spending 20K and tons of time for a job that pays 17K per year, there are selfish reasons. Not that I mind selfish reasons, I just want to know them. I am not under the illusion that people aren’t inherently selfish, I study history and philosophy as one should. Being selfish is usually considered a vice, but can also turn into a virtue if used right, and with honesty. The politician I am truly looking for did not exist in this election (or any other thus far in my voting career of 16 years). For every candidate I asked the question “why are you running for office,” and got the same ba-

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sic responses from almost everyone; serving community, for the people, yadda yadda yadda. I know this may come off bad, but here is what I basically want to hear: “I am running for me and my own. I see this country going down the tubes. I see this state slowly adopting policies that have put our nation and other states on the wrong track. I see our basic freedoms getting stripped away from us and I see our children and grand-children living in a semi-socialist society with zero property or personal rights allowed by a government that does not follow its own laws and a people powerless to stop it. I see tyranny on the horizon and I need to nip it in the butt right now. “I believe that I am right for this elected position because I can’t trust anybody but myself to decide on these issues. I believe that I will push the right issues, and that I can do it better than anyone. I really don’t care about the masses, but about my family. I care about my children and their children. I care about the people close to me and their families. I believe, though ﬁghting for the right reasons, that most people are part of the problem and I am part of the solution.

“I refuse to lose my rights, and the rights of my kids. I am running so that I don’t lose those liberties, while also to gain some lost rights back. I am running for me and my own, which should tell you, the voter, two things. First I will fight harder because I am only caring and fighting for the people I love, and secondly you get to benefit off that fighting because when I gain rights for myself, my friends, and family everyone gets to benefit. I am running for me and my own, I’m not going to lie, but you get too benefit the most. You get to exercise the Freedom I fight for. You get to piggyback on my efforts. You get too reap the harvest from the tree of Liberty that I take the time to sow.” Granted, being selfish is a turn off in today’s “proper” society, but most of the people in our society are not philosophers. But hey, more important than being selfish (which every human is naturally to some point) is honesty by our elected officials. I would vote for the candidate who said the above statement, because though it may be a turnoff…It would be something that most candidates can’t present: Honesty in the answer.

Weekly Constitution Study

Every week, the Observer prints one article, paragraph, or section of either the U.S. or State Constitution for your information. Wyoming State Constitution, Article 3, Section 1 Compsition and name of legislature.

The legislative power shall be vested in a senate and house of representatives, which shall be designated “the legislature of the State of Wyoming.”

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Opinion For a Modern Labor Day: American Apprenticeships Submitted by Thomas E. Perez, US Secretary of Labor hen you hear the word “apprenticeship” what comes to mind? Blacksmiths and candlestick makers? Ben Franklin apprenticed as a printer before opening a print shop of his own, and we are still reaping the benefits. George Washington apprenticed as a land surveyor before his military and political career, a fitting skill for the “father of our country.” To be sure, apprenticeship has played a vital role in the history of our economy and our country, the foundation of our manufacturing and construction strength. But we’ve got to start thinking about apprenticeship as a critical part of our present . . . and vital to our future. And no, Donald Trump has nothing to do with this. Today, the average starting wage for apprenticeship graduates is over $50,000 a year, and apprentices will earn an average of $300,000 more over their lifetime than their non-apprentice peers. The benefits of apprenticeships reach all of us, and not just in better goods and services: for every taxpayer dollar invested in apprenticeship programs, we see $27 in returns. For businesses on the cusp of growth, apprenticeships are an effective and efficient way to hire and train workers while increasing their profits. UPS, the world’s largest package delivery company, trains apprentices as delivery drivers and plans to expand their apprenticeship program to logistics, operations and automotive repair. They have committed to sending 2,000 people through their apprenticeship program by 2018. Electronics and electrical engineering powerhouse Siemens is building high speed trains using the apprenticeship model. CVS uses apprenticeship to train its pharmacy technicians. Blue Cross/Blue Shield has developed a talented IT workforce through its innovative apprenticeship program; and the Centers for Disease Control prepares MDs and PHDs in Public Health Informatics through an apprenticeship program.

Here in Wyoming, organizations like Sulzer Equipment Maintenance Services in Gillette and Wyoming Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee in Casper employ state-of-the-art “learn while you earn” apprenticeship programs in both traditional and renewable energy sectors. As in other places around the country, these Wyoming programs continually update their curriculum to meet the needs of employers and apprentices. Some of our global neighbors have long made apprenticeship a core component of both workforce development and their economy. Germany, for example, has about 1.8 million apprentices, working with 500,000 sponsoring companies. Here in the United States, we have about 375,000 apprentices working with approximately 200,000 employers – clearly there’s room to grow our own uniquely American apprenticeship system. As part of his efforts to encourage our ongoing economic recovery, President Obama has set a goal of doubling the number of apprentices over the next ﬁve years. To help make that happen, this fall we’ll be announcing a $100 million grant competition to promote apprenticeships in high-growth industries. Meanwhile, through the Registered Apprenticeship College Consortium, we’re making it easier to earn college credit for what you learn on the job, and to take those credits with you no matter where you live. The president has also called on Congress to create a $2 billion training fund to be used to reach his ambitious apprenticeship goals. Labor Day is often looked on as an old fashioned holiday, and like apprenticeships, a thing of the past. Let’s look at both with fresh eyes. Labor Day is our unique moment to celebrate the contributions of the men and women who contribute to the strength and prosperity of our country. And that has and will always include our apprentices.

Letters to the Editor Time to Think Salvation: Army That Is

Editor: While you are at home and have nothing to do why not try and clean out your closets so you can give everything you don’t need to the salvation army, a unit that relies on donations to help the poor, but they run out sometimes and have to turn people back, even when it’s the most basic of essentials.so please give today because what you don’t want is exactly what they need. Christian Bowen

Fanning the Flames of Racism

Editor: A lot of shootings go on in the world. People are killed all the time. Rarely do these shootings cause riots and escalating destruction. It takes idiots to burn down stores and wreck a generally peaceful community. Yes, a cop shot Michael Brown. Criminals shoot the Michael Browns of the world every day. You don’t see riots when a criminal shoots someone, but criminals are our worst enemy. You’d think the mob might protest against them instead of the cops who spend most of their day trying to protect children, old ladies and the defenseless. I wouldn’t want people rioting over my death. I’d be embarrassed by the dopes who wanted to turn my death into a cause celebre. I wouldn’t want to be used as the reason for wanton destruction and injuries. Instead of a riot I would want a digniﬁed ceremony where my friends and family mourned me. I blame these riots on liberals including President Obama, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Rev. Al Sharpton. They have used unfortunate circumstances to combust the racial divide so they can pretend they’re leading the races back to acceptance. In fact they are stoking the ﬁre. DAVID LAWRENCE

frustrations that I have bottled up inside me, so I could be judged as a bad person by some which is a negative thing, or I could be judged as a good person expressing my thoughts through letter writing in the local paper, which is a positive thing. GLEN MILLIS, Lander

Police are ‘Militarized’ for a Reason

Editor: In The Washington Times editorial “When cops play soldier” (Web, Aug. 15) the writer proclaims, “[P]olice departments don’t need the arms of an army.” This sweeping statement comes as a reaction to events inFerguson, Mo., but ignores the truths about violent crime in the United States. In an infamous bank robbery in Los Angeles in 1997, two men armed with automatic rifles and Kevlar vests fired on police and civilians. The incident ended with two dead and multiple gunshot victims. The reason it took so long to stop these heavily armed robbers was that the police were outgunned. Police officers had to go to a gun shop nearby in order to find weapons that could penetrate the body armor that the robbers were wearing. Police departments across the country paid attention to this case and began to equip their officers with appropriate weapons to face these types of situations. Fast-forward to 1999 in the well-known Columbine High School shooting. Two heavily armed shooters killed 12 fellow students indiscriminately before killing themselves. Police officers arrived on the scene, but did not enter the school for an extended period of time owing to a lack of experience with these types of violent scenarios

Does 80 mph Mean 80 mph?

Editor: Does 80 mean 80? It’s a very good question indeed, as when the new speed limit was put in place on Interstate 25 between Casper and Cheyenne back around July 4 and the news story was told on radio and television stations across the state that if caught going 85 or 90 that there would be severe ﬁnes. Well on July 21, after the new limit was changed on I-25, when heading to Cheyenne I thought that there was going to be motorists pulled over all over this section of freeway between Casper and Cheyenne because I decided to go 80 since the news outlets were saying you better just go 80 in these new limit sections. Well I had ﬁve, then 10, then 20, then 30 and after this I couldn’t keep count anymore the number of motorists that passed me on the 80 mph stretch of I-25 and didn’t see a single highway patrol vehicle between Casper and Cheyenne, and no one was pulled over in this section of the Interstate on this Monday afternoon July 21. The same thing happened on July 24 when coming back from Cheyenne to Lander on this stretch of I-25. Now a friend of mine mentioned to me just last week that there are 24 openings for the highway patrol in Wyoming, so I hope that with these openings that this section of I-25 can still be patrolled by the highway patrol since I mentioned it in this letter. In closing, I write letters to the editor to get out my

and insufficient tactical readiness. This was another wake-up call for police departments and law-enforcement leaders, who realized it was time to ensure that not only SWAT teams, but first-responder patrol officers, too, were properly equipped and trained to handle the most violent incidents. Police departments have evolved in their tactics and equipment in response to the ever-changing tactics used by the criminal elements of society. This involves updating weapons, training and tactics. Sadly, these tactics and heavy equipment have been needed repeatedly in numerous active-shooter incidents across our country. Therefore, when we see police officers with helmets, rifles and armored vehicles, it is not a reflection of their supposed innate desire to be armed and scary, but rather a reflection of the unfortunate, violent reality that they must defend against within our own society. A call to “demilitarize” the police is an overreaction with dire consequences. If we see the rifles and armored cars disappear, the ability of police to safely respond to terrible violent episodes will also disappear. If your child were a student at a school shooting, would you prefer that the police stand outside and wait for it to quiet down, or would you prefer that the police officers have the appropriate equipment to make entry, risk their lives and confront the threat? If you want the latter, then you should stop complaining, because the “militarized” capabilities may very well be what save innocent lives one day. If your complaints are about how police responded to protests in Ferguson, then please limit your critique to Ferguson. BURKE BROWNFELD

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Government Governor to Build on Broadband and Technology with Third Summit overnor Matt Mead continues to focus on growing a technology sector and increasing access to broadband in Wyoming. He is hosting the third annual Wyoming Broadband Summit on October 21st in Cheyenne. This event brings together leaders from technology and related sectors to discuss opportunities and challenges. This year Wyoming experienced incredible growth in broadband connectivity and expects more with the creation of the Unified Network. The Unified Network creates a 100 gigabit backbone of internet connections across Wyoming. “Momentum is building in Wyoming’s technology sector. This year we saw companies expand their operations here and we started work on the Unified Network. All of this bodes well for the future – a future with more jobs and a diversified

economy,” Governor Mead said. “I look forward to the summit this October where we can hear what is up and coming for the remainder of 2014 and into 2015.” The summit is co-sponsored by the State of Wyoming, the Wyoming Business Council and LinkWYOMING. This year’s summit features discussions about the way broadband impacts the economy; information on mobile, wireless and other communications; and success stories from different sectors in Wyoming. The summit will take place at Little America in Cheyenne from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. There is no charge to attend. “Broadband is recognized as an essential utility for the general public and for private businesses,” said Broadband Enterprise Architect Troy Babbitt. “Broadband is the underlying

infrastructure that allows Wyoming citizens to get connected to the internet. Citizens have the opportunity to live and work in our great state, as well as compete in the global economy. The Governor’s Summit is a great event that showcases all of the broadband initiatives taking place across the state to help attract new high tech industries, while increasing capacity for existing companies and individuals.” Initiatives from last year’s summit include the Governor’s Easement Task Force, which advises ﬁber construction projects within highway right-of-ways. To register for the summit, visit www.broadbandwyo.com. For more information on summit registration, contact Troy Babbitt, Broadband Enterprise Architect at troy.babbitt@ wyo.gov or 307.777.5648.

SW-WRAP Awarded $3.4M for SSVF Program SW-WRAP, receives $1.4M for the renewal of its Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program by the U.S. Veterans Administration which has covered 48% of Wyoming since October 2013. SW-WRAP also has received a second award in the amount of $2M for the remainder of Wyoming and an expansion into areas of Nebraska and South Dakota. SW-WRAP’s Founder and CEO, Cathie Hughes, has been active in procuring funding to assist vulnerable populations to become self-sustaining throughout Wyoming since 2007. During the past several years she has recognized the need, and been vigorously involved in, identifying solutions to address veteran homelessness in Wyoming. In 2010, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reported that 13 percent of impoverished individual Veterans become homeless at some point during the year. In 2009, the American Community Survey estimated that 1,356,610 Veterans lived in poverty. Additional statistics have shown that 23% of Wyoming’s homeless population are veterans. In March 2014 Hughes applied for the renewal of the current SSVF Program project, which she initially procured in October 2013, plus an additional SSVF Project. She received notice of the multiple awards in August. SWWRAP is the only Wyoming entity to receive the award for 2014-2015. The SSVF Program provides supportive services to very low income Veteran families in or transitioning to permanent housing. It supports a partnership between community nonprofits and the VA to prevent at-risk Veterans from becoming homeless as well as to rapidly re-housing those who have fallen into homelessness. SW-WRAP will provide a range of services to eligible Veteran families, such as outreach, case management, and assistance in obtaining VA and other beneﬁts, which may include:

less or at risk of becom• Health care services ing homeless throughout • Daily living services • Personal financial plan- Wyoming. The renewal of the grant funded program ning services • Transportation services is slated to serve an ad• Fiduciary and payee ser- ditional 275 veterans, and the new expansion project vices aims to reach 465 addi• Legal services tional veteran households. • Child care services • Housing counseling Focusing on a “Housing First” approach, these vetservices In addition, SW-WRAP erans and their families will may also provide time-lim- be able to avoid homelessited payments to third par- ness or be placed into safe, ties (e.g. landlords, utility stable housing, while adcompanies, moving com- dressing the root causes of panies, and licensed child homelessness. Hughes states: “Through care providers) if these payments help Veterans’ the VA SSVF Program, families stay in or acquire our goal is simple: putting permanent housing on a and keeping a roof over the heads of our Vetersustainable basis. SW-WRAP’s mission is ans and their families. We to provide coordinated, are a team of professional collaborative services veterans, counselors and throughout the continuum citizens that understand of care-from social services our servicemen and womto behavioral health and en’s sacrifice and want to health care systems. “Em- show our appreciation. In ploying a centralized intake essence, we are serving methodology and wrap- those who have served and around case manage- their families in Wyoming. SW-WRAP currently ment,” Hughes, remarked, “we are able to provide a serves Veteran families no-wrong-door approach to in the State of Wyoming veteran families throughout from offices in Green River, our state. We will be able Cheyenne, Sheridan, Rito quickly connect them to verton and Casper. The the services and supports expansion will create adthey need to live a healthi- ditional Wyoming offices er, happier and sustainable in Cody, Gillette, Buffalo, as well as Hot Springs, life.” SW-WRAP is the also Idaho and Scotts Bluff, Nethe service provider for the braska. The entire State of statewide Wyoming Aging Wyoming will be covered, & Disability Resource Cen- as well as 3 counties in ter (WyADRC). The Wy- South Dakota (Custer, Fall ADRC is a no-wrong-door River, and Shannon), and program that assists adults 8 counties in Nebraska living with a disability and (Sioux, Dawes, Box Butte, seniors aged 55 and older Scotts Bluff, Morrill, Banwith quick connections to ner, Kimball, and Cheylong term care services and enne). SW-WRAP will also supports. One of the key be providing Central Intake initiatives of the WyADRC, & Screening services for which opened in March these areas. 2011, is to keep people in their homes and communich.com ties at the most appropriate g-Ran Rockin ww.EZ w level of care, for as long as possible. Hughes states “the WyADRC and SSVF Free information on programs are a perfect example of a collaborative approach to providing services for our vulneroods cal F Beef able populations Loincluding e F s d orses Gras aft dishomeless and at-risk r H D d n aVeterans.” site abled and agingwww.EZRocking-Ranch.com r web to ou our ll Come for aSWcts. u During its first year, d ro m ble p nch.co our other vaila a a -R See g WRAP had an aggressive in ZRock www.E goal to serve 275 very lowlocal locally-produced foods at cher. ed by Own unty Ran income veteran www.WyomingGrassFed.com families’ o C ell mpb households who areCahome-

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Government The Federalist 23 The Necessity of a Government as Energetic as the One Proposed to the Preservation of the Union Hamilton for the New York Packet - Tuesday, December 18, 1787 o the People of the State of New York: THE necessity of a Constitution, at least equally energetic with the one proposed, to the preservation of the Union, is the point at the examination of which we are now arrived. This inquiry will naturally divide itself into three branches the objects to be provided for by the federal government, the quantity of power necessary to the accomplishment of those objects, the persons upon whom that power ought to operate. Its distribution and organization will more properly claim our attention under the succeeding head. The principal purposes to be answered by union are these the common defense of the members; the preservation of the public peace as well against internal convulsions as external attacks; the regulation of commerce with other nations and between the States; the superintendence of our intercourse, political and commercial, with foreign countries. The authorities essential to the common defense are these: to raise armies; to build and equip fleets; to prescribe rules for the government of both; to direct their operations; to provide for their support. These powers ought to exist without limitation, because it is impossible to foresee or define the extent and variety of national exigencies, or the correspondent extent and variety of the means which may be necessary to satisfy them. The circumstances that endanger the safety of nations are infinite, and for this reason no constitutional shackles can wisely be imposed on the power to which the care of it is committed. This power ought to be coextensive with all the possible combinations of such circumstances; and ought to be under the direction of the same councils which are appointed to preside over the common defense. This is one of those truths which, to a correct and unprejudiced mind, carries its own evidence along with it; and may be obscured, but cannot be made plainer by argument or reasoning. It rests upon axioms as simple as they are universal; the means ought to be proportioned to the end; the persons, from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected, ought to possess the means by which it is to be attained. Whether there ought to be a federal government intrusted with the care of the common defense, is a question in the first instance, open for discussion; but the moment it is decided in the affirmative, it will follow, that that government ought to be clothed with all the powers requisite to complete execution of its trust. And unless it can be shown that the circumstances which may affect the public safety are reducible within certain determinate limits; unless the contrary of this position can be fairly and rationally disputed, it must be admitted, as a necessary consequence, that there can be no limitation of that authority which is to provide for the defense and protection of the community, in any matter essential to its efficacy that is, in any matter essential to the formation, direction, or support of the national forces. Defective as the present Confedera-

tion has been proved to be, this principle appears to have been fully recognized by the framers of it; though they have not made proper or adequate provision for its exercise. Congress have an unlimited discretion to make requisitions of men and money; to govern the army and navy; to direct their operations. As their requisitions are made constitutionally binding upon the States, who are in fact under the most solemn obligations to furnish the supplies required of them, the intention evidently was that the United States should command whatever resources were by them judged requisite to the ``common defense and general welfare.’’ It was presumed that a sense of their true interests, and a regard to the dictates of good faith, would be found sufficient pledges for the punctual performance of the duty of the members to the federal head. The experiment has, however, demonstrated that this expectation was ill-founded and illusory; and the observations, made under the last head, will, I imagine, have sufficed to convince the impartial and discerning, that there is an absolute necessity for an entire change in the first principles of the system; that if we are in earnest about giving the Union energy and duration, we must abandon the vain project of legislating upon the States in their collective capacities; we must extend the laws of the federal government to the individual citizens of America; we must discard the fallacious scheme of quotas and requisitions, as equally impracticable and unjust. The result from all this is that the Union ought to be invested with full power to levy troops; to build and equip fleets; and to raise the revenues which will be required for the formation and support of an army and navy, in the customary and ordinary modes practiced in other governments. If the circumstances of our country are such as to demand a compound instead of a simple, a confederate instead of a sole, government, the essential point which will remain to be adjusted will be to discriminate the objects, as far as it can be done, which shall appertain to the different provinces or departments of power; allowing to each the most ample authority for fulfilling the objects committed to its charge. Shall the Union be constituted the guardian of the common safety? Are fleets and armies and revenues necessary to this purpose? The government of the Union must be empowered to pass all laws, and to make all regulations which have relation to them. The same must be the case in respect to commerce, and to every other matter to which its jurisdiction is permitted to extend. Is the administration of justice between the citizens of the same State the proper department of the local governments? These must possess all the authorities which are connected with this object, and with every other that may be allotted to their particular cognizance and direction. Not to confer in each case a degree of power commensurate to the end, would be to violate the most obvious rules of prudence and propriety, and improvidently to trust the great interests of the nation to hands which are

disabled from managing them with vigor and success. Who is likely to make suitable provisions for the public defense, as that body to which the guardianship of the public safety is confided; which, as the centre of information, will best understand the extent and urgency of the dangers that threaten; as the representative of the whole, will feel itself most deeply interested in the preservation of every part; which, from the responsibility implied in the duty assigned to it, will be most sensibly impressed with the necessity of proper exertions; and which, by the extension of its authority throughout the States, can alone establish uniformity and concert in the plans and measures by which the common safety is to be secured? Is there not a manifest inconsistency in devolving upon the federal government the care of the general defense, and leaving in the State governments the effective powers by which it is to be provided for? Is not a want of co-operation the infallible consequence of such a system? And will not weakness, disorder, an undue distribution of the burdens and calamities of war, an unnecessary and intolerable increase of expense, be its natural and inevitable concomitants? Have we not had unequivocal experience of its effects in the course of the revolution which we have just accomplished? Every view we may take of the subject, as candid inquirers after truth, will serve to convince us, that it is both unwise and dangerous to deny the federal government an unconfined authority, as to all those objects which are intrusted to its management. It will indeed deserve the most vigilant and careful attention of the people, to see that it be modeled in such a manner as to admit of its being safely vested with the requisite powers. If any plan which has been, or may be, offered to our consideration, should not, upon a dispassionate inspection, be found to answer this description, it ought to be rejected. A government, the constitution of which renders it unfit to be trusted with all the powers which a free people ought to delegate to any government, would be an unsafe and improper depositary of the national interests. Wherever these can with propriety be confided, the coincident powers may safely accompany them. This is the true result of all just reasoning upon the subject. And the adversaries of the plan promulgated by the convention ought to have confined themselves to showing, that the internal structure of the proposed government was such as to render it unworthy of the confidence of the people. They ought not to have wandered into inflammatory declamations and unmean-

City to Stand by Jewelry Store Decision By Holly Galloway At a Tuesday evening pre-meeting of the City Council, Mayor John Opseth, stated that he is not going to change his vote on allowing the Marshall Jewelry store to not have to install a Knox Box. Opseth said, “We are in the process of looking at how we want to re write the ordinance. I am not going to change my mind at this point in time.” On August 7, the mayor and council voted unanimously to overturn a Board of Examiners decision that would have forced Marshall to place a key to the store in a “Knox Box.” In case of a fire during non-business hours, the fire department could use the key to gain access to the store. “It was immediately apparent to me that you guys might not have done your homework,” said Steve King, who is a member of the Board of Examiners. King was given some time to speak to the council on Tuesday evening. “A responsible reading of the documents would have shown you that the Marshalls never intended to comply with the city ordinance,” said King. He believes that this business “thumbed their nose” at the building and fire depart-

ments of the city. King told the council that they did not challenge the Marshalls’ evidence they presented at the August 7 meeting. “You allowed our Fire Marshall to be blind-sided in a public meeting,” said King. “Your decision seriously undermines the credibility of the Board of Examiners in this community.” City Council member Tim Carsrud said, “I have wanted to know what other towns in the state do for this, and how they write it into an ordinance.” Council member Ted Jerred said, “The insurance company doesn’t see this as another layer of protection.” “We had plenty of material beforehand,” said council member Forest Rothleutner. “I didn’t take it lightly and I do believe that the Board of Examiners was very thorough. We look at things at a case by case basis when we get to this point.” “Something will be re-written, it is on our agenda,” said Opseth. Council member Robin Kuntz said, “I have had small business owners tell me that they would not want one of those on their business, and they see this as government over-stepping.”

Alexander Hamilton ing cavils about the extent of the powers. The powers are not too extensive for the objects of federal administration, or, in other words, for the management of our national interests; nor can any satisfactory argument be framed to show that they are chargeable with such an excess. If it be true, as has been insinuated by some of the writers on the other side, that the difficulty arises from the nature of the thing, and that the extent of the country will not permit us to form a government in which such ample powers can safely be reposed, it would prove that we ought to contract our views, and resort to the expedient of separate confederacies, which will move within more practicable spheres. For the absurdity must continually stare us in the face of confiding to a government the direction of the most essential national interests, without daring to trust it to the authorities which are indispensible to their proper and efficient management. Let us not attempt to reconcile contradictions, but firmly embrace a rational alternative. I trust, however, that the impracticability of one general system cannot be shown. I am greatly mistaken, if any thing of weight has yet been advanced of this tendency; and I flatter myself, that the observations which have been made in the course of these papers have served to place the reverse of that position in as clear a light as any matter still in the womb of time and experience can be susceptible of. This, at all events, must be evident, that the very difficulty itself, drawn from the extent of the country, is the strongest argument in favor of an energetic government; for any other can certainly never preserve the Union of so large an empire. If we embrace the tenets of those who oppose the adoption of the proposed Constitution, as the standard of our political creed, we cannot fail to verify the gloomy doctrines which predict the impracticability of a national system pervading entire limits of the present Confederacy.

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CAMPCO Classic Fall Tournament Submitted by Audra Stumbauh illette Soccer Club hosted the CAMPCO Classic Fall Soccer Tournament the weekend of August 23 and 24,with 40 teams from across the state and Rapid City in attendance. Of the 13 teams Gillette Edge had playing, two teams came away with the Championship and ﬁve with second place! Games where held at Bicentennial Fields and South Campus. Luckily, the weather held long enough for the games to be played in cool temperatures, but little rain. The U10 boys won their ﬁrst four games and took second place in the tournament against a great Casper team. Head Coach Nick Ulrich stated, “The boys played hard and had a blast!” The U10 girl’s gold went into a shootout with the Razor City Renegades, it was an intense game and the girls came out with second place as well. The U14 girls also went into a shootout against the Black Hills Rapid team and won second place. Both the High school boys and High School girls won second place as well. U12 girl’s gold had an impressive weekend winning the championship and not giving up one goal all weekend. The U14 Gillette Edge Co-Ed team is made up of some very great boys and girls. The team consists of: Kennedy Ayers, Dillon Cole, Cameron Durgin, Luke Hladky, Isaac Howell, Emma Jarvis, Nathan King, Zachary Milliron, Aron Molina, McKenzee Nuzum, Colton Pilon, Tyler Schroyer, Tanner Smolick, Alyssa Stumbaugh, and Bryson Thomas. The Head

coach is Randy Milliron with Alex Ayers and Justin Roswadovski as the assistant coaches. In the toughest match of the tournament so far, they took on the U13/U14 Casper Blade boys. Casper is a highly skilled team who has played together for many seasons. The intensity of this game was only matched by the aggressiveness played by both teams. Gillette scored first when a shot from the right side by McKenzee was misdirected off of the goalie and Bryson was in the perfect spot on the far post side to tap the ball past the goalie. Casper answered the Gillette goal within moments to notch the game at one goal apiece. With the game still tied 1-1 in the second half, Casper scored a goal over the leaping outstretched hands of Dillon. However, with less than two minutes left in the match, Gillette was pressing deep into Casper’s zone when McKenzee sent a quick pass to Emma who was showing for the ball at the top of the penalty box area. She turned to her left and sent a great cross pass to a hard charging Colton who blasted the ball past the Casper goalie. The game ended in a 2-2 tie, with both teams advancing to the Championship game. For the Championship game, the Gillette Edge players marked Casper very tight in coverage and fought very hard for many of the 50/50 balls. Early in first half, Gillette was awarded a penalty kick due to an infraction by a Casper player. Isaac slammed his penalty kick past the Casper goalie to lead the game 1-0. As the first half game to an end,

Casper was able to get a shot into the net on a ball that Gillette failed to clear inside the box. Midway through the second half, Gillette utilized the quick speed of two players to score their final match deciding goal. McKenzee took a pass from the middle of the field and raced down the touch line arcing towards the goal. At just the right time, she sent a crossing pass to the speedy Dillon who smashed the ball into the back of the net. With over 10 minutes left to play in the match, neither team could mount much of an attack with most balls being challenged quickly and cleared off the field. The aggressiveness in this match was even more apparent than in the first time they faced. At the final whistle, it was the Gillette Edge CoEd team earning the Championship in their 2-1 victory. “This is the first time I’ve had the opportunity to coach U14 boys and girls together on one team,” Head Coach Randy Milliron remarked. “I mean we (the boys) have scrimmaged the girl’s team many times over the last few years and those were always fun matches to be a part of. But to be able to coach them as a team was so much fun and they are an amazing group. With only a few practices together as a team, they came together quite nicely. By adding the group together, this is the highest skilled team I have ever coached. I’m so very proud of everyone on the team because they all contributed throughout the whole weekend.”

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School Board Considering Athletics Change t this week’s Campbell County School Board Meeting, trustees heard information from activities director Cliff Hill. Hill talked about conversations taking place surrounding a possible transition of ninth grade athletics to high school. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Boyd Brown said the proposal will receive a lot more

analysis and discussion before any change is made. “I know that Mr. Hill is going to have some public meetings where people can come in and talk about what they feel would be the positive effects as well as possibly drawbacks of bringing ninth grade activities to the high school,” Brown said. Brown said conversations

about personnel, teams and practice locations, and also transportation needs will be among the topics discussed with staff and the public before any decision is made. Brown said board members want to make sure no opportunities are limited. “Mr. Hill has addressed that concern and said that we would have the same number of teams

if the kids go up to the high school as they would at ninth grade. Being able to have all of those teams practice at the same time was a concern that we had. I think coaches and Mr. Hill have looked at that and feel like they could accommodate those ninth grade students at the high school except for in rare occasions,” Brown said.

Both Brown and Hill also noted that ninth graders are presently participating at the high school in all individual sports. “So for golf, tennis, cross country, girls swimming, boys swimming, wrestling, indoor track and regular track the ninth grade students already participate with our high school students,” Brown said

The Camels Take Second at Gillette Relays Swim Meet Submitted by WyoPreps.com Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay 1 Campbell County High School ‘A’ 1:52.21 1:55.07 1) Schiefelbein, Taylor SO 2) Waldum, Annie JR 3) Carsrud, Katie JR 4) Pilon, Rylie SO 30.29 30.78 28.53 25.47 7 Campbell County High School ‘B’ 2:30.53 2:11.95 1) Jewell, Emily SR 2) McClure, Sydney SR 3) Cada, Casey JR 4) Knez, Traelyn FR 33.02 34.71 37.31 26.91 18 Campbell County High School ‘C’ NT x2:46.45 1) Colson, Sydney SO 2) Thompson, Britney FR 3) Geer, Karson JR 4) Lewis, Jasmine SR 41.54 41.19 44.47 39.25 Girls 500 Yard Freestyle Relay 2 Campbell County High School ‘A’ 5:02.55 5:04.56 1) Carsrud, Emmalee JR 2) Mills, Jillian JR 3) Steiger, Rachael SO 4) Carsrud, Katie JR 26.61 27.61 32.08 28.90 32.66 33.06 27.59 31.23 32.04 32.78 10 Campbell County High School ‘B’ 6:15.00 6:30.42 1) Geer, Karson JR 2) Knez, Traelyn FR 3) Colson, Sydney SO 4) O’Dell, Natalie SO 38.03 32.10 37.74 36.78 43.86 43.97 33.66 40.53 42.50 41.25 11 Campbell County High School ‘C’ NT x6:53.88 1) Clyde, Olivia FR 2) Sullivan, Sarah FR 3) Danko, Madylin FR 4) Thompson, Britney FR 38.13 34.27 40.08 35.37 45.63 38.76 45.79 48.09 45.33 Girls 400 Yard Medley Relay 2 Campbell County High School ‘A’ 4:32.79 4:35.91 1) Carsrud, Emmalee JR 2) Jewell, Emily SR 3) Kimery, Averyonna SR 4) Schiefelbein, Taylor SO 31.62 1:08.76 30.53 1:08.19 15.54 11 Campbell County High School ‘B’ 5:08.91 5:41.16 1) Cada, Casey JR 2) Danko, Madylin FR 3) Ruen, Breanna FR 4) McClure, Sydney SR 36.29 1:25.83 37.33 1:27.60 42.71 1:33.29 36.46 1:14.44

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay 1 Campbell County High School ‘A’ 1:48.65 1:44.36 1) Carsrud, Sani FR 2) Waldum, Annie JR 3) Mills, Jillian JR 4) Pilon, Rylie SO 24.96 26.42 27.20 25.78 15 Campbell County High School ‘B’ 2:25.74 2:16.85 1) Ruen, Breanna FR 2) Steiger, Rachael SO 3) Geer, Karson JR 4) Sullivan, Sarah FR 37.27 28.37 38.66 32.55 Girls 200 Yard Butterﬂy Relay 1 Campbell County High School ‘A’ 2:00.72 1:55.97 1) Carsrud, Katie JR 2) Carsrud, Emmalee JR 3) Carsrud, Sani FR 4) Schiefelbein, Taylor SO 29.53 29.61 28.29 28.54 11 Campbell County High School ‘B’ 2:31.54 2:35.93 1) Cada, Casey JR 2) Ruen, Breanna FR 3) O’Dell, Natalie SO 4) Colson, Sydney SO 33.60 43.29 37.12 41.92 Girls 13-14 200 Yard Freestyle Relay 6 Campbell County High School ‘A’ 2:02.65 2:13.60 1) Danko, Madylin FR 2) Knez, Traelyn FR 3) Thompson, Britney FR 4) Sullivan, Sarah FR 33.37 30.80 36.21 33.22 Girls 100 Yard Freestyle Relay 1 Campbell County High School ‘A’ 53.46 51.01 1) Mills, Jillian JR 2) Jewell, Emily SR 3) Kimery, Averyonna SR 4) Carsrud, Emmalee JR 26.02 24.99 9 Campbell County High School ‘B’ 1:00.96 1:00.07 1) Danko, Keely SR 2) O’Dell, Madison JR 3) Steiger, Rachael SO 4) Geer, Karson JR 29.72 30.35 Girls 200 Yard Backstroke Relay 1 Campbell County High School ‘A’ 2:05.85 2:01.70 1) Schiefelbein, Taylor SO 2) Jewell, Emily SR 3) Kimery, Averyonna SR 4) Carsrud, Sani FR 30.58 30.30 31.86 28.96 -- Campbell County High School ‘B’ 2:53.78 DQ 1) Cada, Casey JR 2) Knez, Traelyn FR 3) Colson, Sydney SO 4) O’Dell, Natalie SO 36.98 38.84 39.58 35.41

Zero Week Football Schedule, Scores Submitted by John Gabrielsen - WyoPreps.com Zero Week Football kicks off the 2014 season this weekend across the state. Here is a look at games around the state this weekend. 4A games count against their record for the season while the rest are just warm ups for next weekend. Kick off times are to the best of our knowledge and the links to listen live are the responsibility of the station doing the play by play. 4A: #1 East 34 Rock Springs 15 #2 Natrona 48 Central 20 #3 Gillette 54 #5 Kelly Walsh 0 #4 Sheridan 49 Laramie 6 Evanston 21 South 17. Friday Scrimmages and Zero Week Games DAY CHANGE Burns @ Lusk 5 pm Big Horn vs Lander at Casper 6 pm Big Piney at Pinedale 4 pm Worland 24 Riverton 21 Meeteetse 60 Midwest 7 Jackson 52 Teton, ID 27

Lyman 18 Altamont, UT 6 Custer, SD 30 Newcastle 8 Miles City, MT 43 Powell 7 Greybull, Shoshoni and Thermopolis at Thermopolis Kemmerer, Riverside, and Tongue River at Riverton 4 pm Torrington 30 Wheatland 7 Saturday Bridgeport, Nebraska 30 Southeast 14 Laurel, MT 13 Cody 0 Cokeville 27 Bear Lake, ID 6 Glenrock @ Rawlins 11 am Lovell @ Buffalo 12 pm Rock River @ Little Snake River 2 pm Saratoga @ Pine Bluffs 10 am Upton-Sundance @ Wright 10:30 am Dubois, Farson and HEM at Lander 10 am Lingle vs Wind River at Casper KW CANCELLED Green River vs Douglas at Laramie 10 am Guernsey, Ten Sleep and Kaycee @Kaycee 12 noon

Apply Now for Pheasant Hunts Bird hunters are reminded that the application deadline for the Springer and Glendo Special pheasant hunts is 5 p.m. on Sept. 15. Applications must be made online through the Game and Fish website http://wgfd. wyo.gov. The Springer hunt begins Oct. 16 and will run through Oct. 31. Two of the hunt days, Oct. 18 and 26 are reserved for youth under 18. Pheasants are stocked each day for the special 16-day season. Even though a hunter may not draw a permit on a particular day, openings may be available and hunters can also access the unit by signing up on the walk on list posted at the check station. All hunters must check in and out at the Springer Check Sta-

tion during the dates of the Springer special pheasant hunt. Springer hunters should be aware that the Game and Fish is phasing out traditional paper license books and stamps. Hunters are advised to have appropriate licenses and stamps in advance of coming to the check station. Season for the Glendo hunt is Nov. 1 through Dec. 31. Glendo permits are required to hunt each Friday, Saturday, and Monday in November. Permits are not required to hunt pheasants on other days during the open season. Youth only hunts are held on all Sundays in November. There is no check station at the Glendo hunt, but hunters must have the proper permit in their possession

during permitted days. Pheasants are periodically stocked at Glendo during the hunting season. Additional information on the Springer and Glendo hunts can be found on pp. 15-17 in the Upland Game Bird Regulations or online at wgfd.wyo.gov or hunters can call the Game and Fish at 307-777-4600 for more information. Hunters are reminded that in addition to appropriate licensing, the $12.50 pheasant special management permit is required for all ages for the Springer and Glendo hunts. A state park permit is also required for the Glendo hunt locations other than the County Line area.

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Girls 200 Yard Breaststroke Relay 1 Campbell County High School ‘A’ 2:16.57 2:13.73 1) Pilon, Rylie SO 2) Carsrud, Katie JR 3) McClure, Sydney SR 4) Waldum, Annie JR 32.95 34.40 35.05 31.33 12 Campbell County High School ‘B’ 3:05.00 3:05.52 1) Sullivan, Sarah FR 2) Thompson, Britney FR 3) Danko, Madylin FR 4) Ruen, Breanna FR 45.28 43.89 50.52 45.83 Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay 1 Campbell County High School ‘A’ 3:57.54 3:49.62 1) Carsrud, Sani FR 2) Mills, Jillian JR 3) Waldum, Annie JR 4) Pilon, Rylie SO 57.78 8 Campbell County High School ‘B’ 4:32.33 4:24.06 1) Kimery, Averyonna SR 2) McClure, Sydney SR 3) O’Dell, Natalie SO 4) Steiger, Rachael SO 30.16 1:03.47 1:33.84 34.13 1:07.94 1:47.25 29.79 1:02.97 Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 11 1. Laramie High School Swim/Dive 328 2. Campbell County High School 282 3. Cheyenne Central High School 258 4. Cheyenne East High School 241 5. Sheridan High School 162 6. Cheyenne South 147 7. Buffalo Lady Bison 84 8. Newcastle Dogies 79

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Camels cruise to a 54-0 victory against Kelly Walsh Brandon Shelstad (above, left) punishes the Trojans quarterback. Trojan defense (above, right) can’t contain Camels running back Dalton Suchor. Talon Nelson (left) ﬁght for another camel ﬁrst down. Photos by Clint Burton

Wyoming High School Volleyball Standings Submitted by Kevin Koile - WyoPreps.com he ﬁrst weekend of the 2014 Wyoming High School Volleyball season was a busy one, for most teams. Here are the standings for games played up to and including August, 31, 2014. Some scores are still missing! Updates will be posted, when the missing scores are reported in. Anyone with any information on a missing score is asked to email: scores@ wyopreps.com. We can’t post that Team A beat Team B, without an actual score to back it up. Click here to see volleyball scores from August 2830. Click on various team names, to go their respective page, so you can see their schedule.

4A East:

Cheyenne East 5-1 Cheyenne Central 2-3 Sheridan 2-4 Cheyenne South 1-4 Laramie 1-5 Gillette 0-0 (no scores reported from Cokeville Invitational)

4A West:

Kelly Walsh 6-0 Natrona 5-1 Evanston 3-2 Riverton 2-4 Rock Springs 2-4 Green River 0-0 (no scores reported from Cokeville Invitational)

3A Northeast:

Douglas 5-1 Newcastle 4-2 Worland 3-3 Buffalo 1-3 (no scores reported from 8/30 vs. Lander and from 8/30 vs. Pinedale)

3A Southeast:

Torrington 3-2 (no scores reported from 8/30 vs. Pinedale) Wheatland 2-4 Rawlins 0-0 (no scores reported from Cokeville Invitational) Glenrock 0-5 (no score reported from 8/30 vs. Lander)

3A Northwest:

Lovell 6-0 Cody 5-1 Powell 5-1 Lander 1-2 (no scores reported from 8/30 vs. Buffalo, Tongue River, and Glenrock)

3A Southwest:

Jackson 3-3 Pinedale 1-3 (no scores reported from 8/30 vs. Buffalo and from 8/30 vs. Torrington) Mountain View 0-0 (no scores reported from Cokeville Invitational) Star Valley 0-0 (no scores reported from Cokeville Invitational)

2A Northeast:

Big Horn 5-0 Wright 5-1 Sundance 2-3 Tongue River 1-4 (no score reported from 8/30 vs. Lander) Moorcroft 0-0 (no scores reported from Custer, SD Invitational)

2A Southeast: (Conference Record listed ﬁrst, then Overall Record) Southeast 1-0, 5-1 Burns 0-0, 4-1 Saratoga 0-0, 1-2 Lusk 0-0, 0-0 Pine Bluffs 0-1, 4-2

2A Northwest:

Greybull 3-3

Shoshoni 3-3 Thermopolis 3-3 Rocky Mountain 2-4 Riverside 0-0 (no scores reported from Columbus, MT Invitational)

2A Southwest: (Conference Record listed ﬁrst, then Overall Record) Big Piney 1-0, 1-0 Kemmerer 0-0, 4-2 Lyman 0-0, 3-3 Wind River 0-0, 3-3 Wyoming Indian 0-1, 0-2

1A Northeast:

Hulett 1-0 (3 scores missing from 8/30 at Gillette Sophomore Invitational) Kaycee 2-3 Upton 2-3 Arvada-Clearmont 0-4 Midwest 0-5

1A Southeast:

H.E.M. 1-0 (no score reported from 8/29 vs. Encampment) Lingle-Ft. Laramie 1-4 Rock River 1-4 Glendo 0-0 Guernsey-Sunrise 0-0

1A Northwest:

Burlington 1-5 Dubois 0-0 St. Stephens 0-0 Ten Sleep 0-0 (no scores reported from 8/29 and 8/30 at Rocky Mountain) Meeteetse 0-6

1A Southwest: (Conference Record listed ﬁrst, then Overall Record)

Little Snake River 1-0, 1-0 Encampment 0-0, 1-0 (no scores reported from 8/29 vs. H.E.M.) Cokeville 0-0, 0-0 (no scores reported from Cokeville Invitational) Farson-Eden 0-1, 0-1

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LATE MODELS - Main Event Driver Eric Mass Jeremy Keller John Bey Mike Stadel Hank Berry Kelly Hample Dan Henrikson Brent Nielson Chris Larsen Mindy Mccord Morris Oberle Randy Dolberg Mike Mccord Paul Jones Rick Weight Lyndon Bolt Jason Snyder

Hometown Rapid City, Sd Mandan , Nd Sturgis , Sd Rapid City, Sd Sidney , Mt Billings , Mt Rapid City, Sd Rapid City, Sd Rapid City, Sd Molt , Mt Lead , Sd Mills , Wy Molt , Mt Casper , Wy Gillette , Wy Rapid City, Sd Gillette , Wy

IMCA THUNDER STOCK - Main Event Driver Alan / Mcneil Thomas Martell Chad Horst Duane Haines Bree Jordan Don Holman Dave Yahnel Dillion Johnson Brittini Snyder Skylar Marynik Josh Vandom Brian Delaney Francis Robertson Sean Clubb Donivan Burback Seth Cavanaugh Andrew Lahr

Hometown Rapid City, Sd Rozet , Wy Gillette , W Gillette , Wy Dickinson , Nd , Sd , Wy Gillette , W Gillette , Wy Gillette , Wy , Wy Casper , W Gillette , Wy Gillette , Wy

IMCA MODIFIEDS - Main Event Driver Justen Yeager Eddie Kirchoff Eddie Belec Hank Berry Jeff Hunter Brian Brennan Paul Jones Rick Fierro Chris Clark Josh Robinett Mitch Leone Darin Tarrell Kenny Bell Scotty Fischer Bert Beech Erik Elmer Brent Schlafmann Randy Sandvick Tracy Domagala Jeremy Keller Travis Peery Dan Aune Peter Bradley David Berry Randy Dolberg Anthony Miller Don Robertson

Hometown Greenriver , Wy Gillette , Wy Lakewood , Co Sidney , Mt Rozet , Wy Casper , Wy Wilson , Wy Mill , Wy Rapid City, Sd Gillette , Wy Gillette , Wy Byron , Wy Buffalo , W Bismarck , Nd Bismark , Nd Mandan , Nd Sidney , M Mills , Wy Rozet , Wy Casper , Wy

MIDWEST MOD - Main Event Driver Kyle Harkin Allan Locken Marty Erivez Shawn Reed Rob Hoffman Greg More Rex Conrad Doug Pudwill Alex Sheesley Wyatt Smith Perry Bennett Rick Chorniak Kim Horn Nathan Slocum Trevor Bennett Mark Hansen Shawn Pudwill

Hometown Hermosa , Sd Gillette , Wy Gillette , Wy Casper , Wy Gillette , Wy Gillette , W Rapid City, Sd Piedmount , Sd , Sd Gillette , Wy Gillette , W Casper , Wy Gillette , Wy Gillette , Wy Gillette , Wy Bar Nunn, W Rapid City, Sd

MOD FOUR - Main Event

Driver Justin Williams Wade Manning Glen Asmus Robert Harley Dave Dilley Eddie Adams Brian Welch Albert Spence Steve Schickentanz Alexis Kuhnel Michael Mccoy Shelli Dowdy Steven Swingle

Hometown Gillette , Wy Gillette , Wy Evansville , Wy Casper , Wy Billings , Mt Casper , Wy Casper , Wy Casper , Wy Gillette , Wy , Wy Gillette , Wy Evansville , Wy

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CAMELS CROSS COUNTRY • TBA Saturday 9/13/14 Michelle Ludwig Invite VA Hospital, Sheridan TENNIS • 4:00 p.m. Tuesday 9/9/14 Spearﬁsh (JV/V-G) Gillette • 4:00 p.m. Thursday 9/11/14 Sheridan (JV/V) Sheridan • 3:00 p.m. Friday 9/12/14 Riverton (V) Gillette • 5:00 p.m. Friday 9/12/14 Laramie (V) Gillette • 10:00 a.m. Saturday 9/13/14 Gillette JV Invite (JV) Gillette • 9:00 a.m. Saturday 9/13/14 Cheyenne East (V) Gillette • 12:00 p.m. Saturday 9/13/14 Cheyenne Central (V) Gillette FOOTBALL • 3:30 p.m. Friday 9/12/14 Cheyenne Central (SO) Gillette • 7:00 p.m. Friday 9/12/14 Cheyenne Central (V) Gillette • 1:00 p.m. Saturday 9/13/14 Billings (JV) Sheridan (Tentative) GIRL’S SWIMMING • 4:00 p.m. Friday 9/12/14 Central Cheyenne • 8:00 a.m. Saturday 9/13/14 Cheyenne Invite Cheyenne/South VOLLEYBALL • 4:00 (S0) 5:15 (JV) 6:00 p.m. (V) Friday 9/12/14 Cheyenne South (SO/JV/V) Cheyenne South • 10:00 (SO) 11:00 a.m. (JV) 12:00 p.m. (V) Staurday 9/13/14 Laramie (SO/JV/V) Laramie EAGLES 7TH WHITE FOOTBALL • 9-09-14 4:00

Sundance Sage Valley 7TH RED FOOTBALL • 9-13-14 11:00 Dean Morgan Natrona 8TH FOOTBALL • 9-06-14 10:00 CY CY A • 9-13-14 10:00-A /11:30-B Sheridan Sage Valley A&B 9TH FOOTBALL • 9-08-14 4:00 Twin Sage Valley B • 09/11/14 04:00:00 AM Sheridan Sheridan A 9TH VOLLEYBALL • 09/11/14 4:00 & 5:00 Twin Spruce Sage Valley A&B 8TH VOLLEYBALL • 9-09-14 4:00 (B) & 5:00 (A) T w i n Spruce Sage Valley A&B • 9-11-14 5:00 Sundance S u n dance B 7TH VOLLEYBALL • 9-09-14 4:00 (A) & 5:00 (B) T w i n Spruce Sage Valley A&B • 9-11-14 4:00 Sundance S u n dance B • 9-13-14 9:00 Wright Invite Wright B CROSS COUNTRY • 9-13-14 TBA Sheridan Sheridan VA PANTHERS GOLF • MON SEPTEMBER 9 SUNDANCE JV 9AM • FRI/SAT SEPTEMBER 13-14 LOVELL/THERMOPOLIS TBA

PRONGHORNS RODEO • Sep 14th 12:00 AM, Central Wyoming College , Riverton, WY,, Mens team: 1st Womens team: 2nd CROSS COUNTRY • Sep 14th, 12:00 AM, Chadron State College Invitational, Chadron, NE, Men 1st, Women 2nd WARRIORS 9TH FOOTBALL • 9/8 Mon. 4:00, Sage Valley, Sage Valley, B • 9/11 Thurs. 4:00, Buffalo, Twin Spruce, ALL • 9/13 Sat. 12:00, N.C. Orange vs.Twin Spruce, ALL, Rapid City Central (Natrona Host) 8TH FOOTBALL • 9/9 Tues. 5:30, Buffalo, Twin Spruce, A/B • 9/11 Thurs. 5:00, Wright, Wright, B • 9/13 Sat. 11:30, Douglas, Douglas, A/B(High School) 7TH FOOTBALL • 9/9 Tues. 4:00, Buffalo, Twin Spruce, Gold • 9/13 Sat. 10:00, Douglas, Douglas, Blue (High School) 9TH VOLLEYBALL • 9/9 Tues. 4/5:00, Buffalo, Twin Spruce, B • 9/11 Thurs. 4/5:00, Sage Valley, Twin Spruce, A/B 7-8TH A VOLLEYBALL • 9/9 Tues. 4/5:00, Sage Valley, Sage Valley, 7/8A (7A @ 4:00 8A @ 5:00) • 9/13 Sat. TBA, Wright Invite, Wright, 7A 7-8TH B VOLLEYBALL • 9/9 Tues. 4/5:00, Sage Valley, Sage Valley, 7/8B (8B @ 4:00 7B @ 5:00) • 9/11 Thurs. 4/5:00, Wright, Twin Spruce, 7/8B • 9/13 Sat. 10/11:00, Sundance, Sundance, 7/8B

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Apartments for Rent 1-5 bedroom units available for rent. Please contact Real Estate Systems of Gillette Inc at 307-682-0964 for all the updated details. 2 Bedroom apartment $650 per month, $650 security, $650 last months. Above Gillette Cheese House. No pets, no smoking, laundry facilities available 685-6449 Criminal background check and renters insurance Required Immaculate 1-2 bedroom apartments, fresh paint, and new ﬂooring. (no pets). Call for move-in special starting at $595 307-686-6488 Apartment for Rent in WindRidge Appts. Water/Trash/ Washer/Dryer. Air and Heat. 3bs/2bth. Must qualify for low income housing. $740.00/ mo. Call 307-685-8066 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 307-6866488 (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.

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 burn-out 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. 307680-7431 1982 Chevy Ventura Van. 350 Engine, 400 Turbo newly rebuilt transmission. Interior in GREAT shape, has a working electric wet bar and built in cooler in back. Carb. needs re-jetted, other than that there are no problems. Must see. Asking $3,500 or best offer. Price:$3,500obo. Contact: 307-670-8980

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Guns for Sale

Help Wanted

Merchandise

Pets

AR-15, K98k Mauser, Win Mod 12-12, Ruger Blackhawk, PA-63, 307-778-6493

Help Wanted. Warehouse Manager. Monday-Friday, ﬂexible schedule. Inventory management and warehouse upkeep. $10/hr, doe. Apply at Carpet Express Direct on Hwy. 59.

Full Time Flooring Installers wanted. Must have experience. Bring resumes in to Carpet Express Direct on Hwy. 59 next to the Prime Rib Restaurant.

1939 HA Selmer Trumpet $750 OBO. 687-1087

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.

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

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.

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) 257-4441 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, Monday-Friday, $900.00 weekly.Computer skills are a must. Need to be detail oriented, possess good customer service skills, some cash & items handling skills,Must be able to do Lil errand. Apply @ Robert lewis Link ahead, Email: Robertlewis81@hotmail.com Are you a motivated animal lover? Gillette’s newest veterinary hospital is in need of a fabulous part-time (with potential full time) receptionist to join our TEAM! We love upbeat attitudes, big smiles, and a willingness to please the client while keeping all of the important details in check. Inquires please e-mail your cover letter and resume to info@redhillsvet.com Please have these items submitted by January 26, 2014. Looking for CDL to work in North Dakota full time. Call 307-670-3629. *Immediate Openings!* Are you looking to join a fast paced, growing company? Are you ready to earn the income you know you’re worth? Are you outgoing and enjoy meeting new people? Do you enjoy sales and have sales experience? Do you enjoy leading and helping others to succeed? 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, in-depth 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.

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: 541-301-4496 DATA ENTRY POSITIONS - Will Train, Full & Part time Available, Flexible Schedules, Friendly work environment, Call (307) 685-6801 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. 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 Transportation assistants NEEDED! Up to $25/hr. For a complete job description & application, please apply via e-mail: lori.delucia.hr@rsithr. info 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

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

36” Craftsman Tow Behind Universal Tiller, 6.5 HP Briggs & Stratton Engine, New 2010 used 3 times $900 OBO, 686-6299 4- 17” Aluminum rims ﬁts 6 bolt, Chevy or GMC $150; 4- 16” Aluminum Rims 5 bolt, ﬁts Chevy or GMC $100; 2-18” Firestone tires 80% tread left $150. Call 307-6220825 Large Underground Tank. 307-680-8838

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Large and Small Band Saws call for info. 307-680-8838 18v Dewalt tools - sawzall, hammer drill, one battery and one charger. $150 obo. call (307)299-1382 Exterior door with window, interior light ﬁxtures, and computer supplies. E-mail Corsair115@yahoo.com “As the economy worsens, don’t rely on government... rely on us to sell or trade. $0.25 per word per week. Stop in or go to www. CampbellCountyObserver. net. Blue Dual Reclining Sofa. Good shape $100 Call 6802982. Can text photo if you like. Spyder Semi-auto paint ball gun. cal..68 Special Edition. Only used twice! New $300 For you $175 plus two canisters. Call 680-1302 If you are interested in purchasing Nutrient Rich Ranch Raised Beef grown locally, call 307-340-1108. Great Jerky http://www.rberlinger.jerkydirect.com/ For sale: whirlpool refrigerator, brand new patio propane heater, still in box Cabela’s shower tent, large dining room dark blue/red rooster rug, 10” wet tile saw, treadmill. Call 682-6353. Kojac series One, two and three dvd $65.00 $98 value 307 - 670 - 1887 Two place aluminum snowmobile trailer. $1,600. 307689-0202

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.

Miscellaneous Have you heard the Buzz lately? Bring your catch by the Empire Guesthouse for photographs which may be published in this newspaper with our ﬁshing reports. Along with that, the Guesthouse staff will be awarding monthly prizes for those that let us photograph them and their catch. It doesn’t have to be a trophy to enter and there will be special prizes for those 12 and under. Carp shooters are also welcome to enter. Check with the Guesthouse for more details. What are you looking at? Others could be looking at your ad for only $0.25 per word per week. Go to www.campbellcountyobserver.net ACE will reduce your appetite and give you energy. The natural way to lose weight. www.facebook.com/AcePill 660-2974

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September 5 - 12, 2014

Services Homeowners and renters insurance for house, trailer, or apartments. Call Elizabeth Jones Agency 307-682-6520 Mobilehome handyman is the business for all your home maintenance and repairs we do skirting decks windows doors freeze ups re-levels and much more 30 years experience call Rick.@ (307)281-1457 Two energetic women are looking for homes to clean. Reasonable rates. If interested call (307) 299-4660 or (307) 257-4816 RV Winterization starting at $99.95 at YOUR house. Call Randy at 307-660-3091 (b340-tfnh) Tree Trimming and removal. Certified Arborist! No job too big or small. Experienced, licensed, bonded and insured. Veteran owned and operated for 13 years. Top Notch Tree Service 970-556-5000 Spring Cleaning Special! Any purchase over $200 prior to 5-31-13 Will have the choice of: Free couch cleaning (up tp 8ft. long) or Free 1 year warranty on oil/water based spots. www.pineridgeclean. com 307-660-7856 find us on Facebook Want To Get in Shape?Like to have Fun? Learn The Graceful moves of American Oriental Belly Dancing! The 3rd Sunday of every month. Call Leanna Tabatt 307-6808457 Looking to buy a new computer? Why waste the money? “Your Computer Store” has refurbished towers and laptops rebuilt right here in our store. Plenty of memory, disc space, and advice. Come by and see our inventory at “Your Computer Store,” where YOU come first! 802 E. Third St next to Ice Cream Land “Did you see this? Than it worked. Go to www.campbellcountyobserver.net to list your ad today!” Computers have become like cars, and they need repaired. Want the best quality repair work in N.E. Wyoming? Bring your computer to “Your Computer Store.” Quality work at a quality price. “Your Computer Store,” where YOU COME FIRST 802 E. Third street next to Ice Cream Land. Auto insurance preferred and SR-22’s. Call Elizabeth Jones Agency 307-682-6520 Motorcycle and ATV insurance. Call Elizabeth Jones Agency 307-682-6520

Clothing Closet Saturday 11:00am-- to 1:00 pm, Summer Clothing Clearance, All sizes available even plus sizes. ALL YOU WANT FOR FREE! 2nd Blessings Clothes Closet at Open Door Church Downtown between NAPA & Braccettos, Park on side - use front door

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. 307-2170745 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 685-8100 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 307-6220825

Child Care Christian Daycare/PreSchool is now open. One-onone Pre-School and crafts. Group circle time, Spanish, songs, phonics, counting, American Sign Language, and more. Pre-School, 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 full-time 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

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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 307299-1382 07’ Prowler 5th wheel. 2slides. 32ft with extras. Call 307-672-8766 1994 Southwind by Fleetwood 34 foot Class A Coach Rear Engine Turbo Diesel Cummins, 230 HP, Motor Home in good condition. 180,000 miles on original Cummins Diesel 33H Engine. Three captain’s chairs including driver. Couch makes into a full bed. Full kitchen, stove with oven, microwave. Dining area. Propane or electric refrigerator/ freezer. Lots of storage. Rear bedroom with queen bed. Bathroom with shower. Dish portable satellite TV setup and small flatscreen TV goes with it. Trailer receiver hitch. Lost my husband in December and don’t have any use for it. Would like to sell fast. Make me an offer. 307 682 4808. sue.wallis52@gmail. com http://wyoming.craigslist.org/rvs/3965643910. html Minnows, crawlers, leeches, fishing tackle, boating and camping supplies. Fully furnished cabin rentals, 50 Amp Full Hookup RV sites 5 minutes from Keyhole Reservoir in Pine Haven. Empire Guesthouse & RV Park 307756-3454. www.empireguesthouse.com

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September 5 - 12, 2014

Campbell County Observer

Features The Dinner Bell

The Dirt ... Garden Bounty By Sandra Aberle

When I close my eyes, I can still see the white curtains with soft yellow ﬂowers moving as the breeze tried to cool down the hot August afternoon. My Grandmother standing next to her wood ﬁre kitchen stove in her blue dress with a print apron around her tiny frame, her hands lifting out a hot jar of apple sauce from the canner. Jars and jars of canned goods to go to the root cellar. Unlike my other Grandmother that lived in the city, Grandma Reichert didn’t have a freezer, she didn’t even have running water in the house until 1970 and then only cold water in the kitchen. She canned her vegetables and fruits in pint and quart mason jars. She stored potatoes in bushel baskets and winter squash on shelves down in the cool root cellar just outside the kitchen door. Today, I preserve my fruits and vegetables by canning, freezing, and dehydrating them. By the end of September, my freezer will be full, I will have pint and quart jars stuffed on every shelf and nook and cranny in my house. I will have zip lock bags full of dried vegetables. I will make soups and prepare meats that I will can or freeze for the winter. I have canned butter, bacon, chili, V8 juice, ketchup, BBQ sauce, spaghetti sauce, oranges, grapefruit and a hundred other things. Why, because I can……lol.

By Holly Galloway From your garden, Farmers’ Market, or organic section of the grocery store, you can provide wonderful preserved fruits and vegetables for yourself and your family throughout the winter. I have an Excalibur dehydrator, it has nine shelves and this time of the year I could use it every day. Mushrooms to watermelon, meats to carrots, you can dehydrate almost everything. I love dehydrated mushrooms, I eat them like candy. If you are considering purchasing a dehydrator I would not recommend a round one, I have had them in the past. They don’t dry evenly and you can’t dry as much at one time. Our Campbell County Library has many, many great books on perserving not only jams and jellies but fruits, vegetables, and meats. They have books on dehydrating and freezing our produce also. I love to check them out and when I ﬁnd a really good book, I purchase it in town or on the internet. The CC Extension Ofﬁce occasionally offers canning classes for both pressure canning and water bath canning. They also have many free booklets on perserving and you can pick up. Different fruits, vegetables and meats need to be preserved in different ways and different temperatures so you need to know what you are doing. See you next week and good gardening.

It is getting towards the end of the growing season for vegetable gardens. I hope we can go the month of September without a freeze, but I know a freeze will come this month, then hopefully a beautiful October after that. If you have been growing tomatoes, you are probably starting to enjoy eating them. But when a freeze warning comes, you might be wondering what to do with all of the green tomato’s left on your plants. A dear friend gave me this recipe decades ago, and I make it when I get a chance. If you don’t grow tomatoes, some of the vendors at the Farmers Market held every Saturday in front of the Tech Center at Gillette College have green tomatoes.

Green Tomato Salsa

¼ C. Olive Oil 4 Quarts chopped green tomato’s

3 green peppers, chopped 3 onions, chopped 8 cloves garlic, chopped 3 T. Salt 1 T. Cumin 2 C. Jalapeno peppers, chopped 3 T. Brown Sugar 3 C. Apple Cider Vinegar Heat the olive oil in large stock pot. Add the vegetables a few at a time and sauté’ until all are sautéed. Add all of the spices, sugar and vinegar. Bring this to a boil, and then let it simmer for 3 hours. The texture and color will change. Sterilize pint jars, and then put the green tomato salsa into the jars. Clean the rim off well then place the lid on rubber side down. Water-bathe these jars for 25 minutes. Remove from the boiling water and let the jars cool and seal. Put these on the pantry shelf for three months before enjoying. This is delicious with chicken wrapped in a tortilla.

Powder River Country... The Mystery of Henry Doose By Jeff Morrison round 9:00 p.m. on the night of December 12, 1904, Burlington train No. 45 was rumbling west at about 22 miles per hour. Engineer L. I. Meserve and Fireman T. M. Colson were making a return run to Sheridan after a short turn around in Gillette. About two miles east of Felix, Meserve, who had been ringing the bell non-stop since leaving Gillette, spotted something ahead and blew the whistle in alarm. He then informed Colson, who had been looking out the other window, that they had struck a man. The water stop of Felix, roughly fifteen miles northwest of the Gillette depot, would be considered the middle of nowhere by today’s standards and even more so in 1904. “The first I saw of him,” Meserve reported later, “he came up over the running board and rolled down the dump.” He did not stop the train, however. “Owing to orders I had I went on to Felix and reported the matter to the Superintendent and asked for instructions.” Although a man on the tracks was about the last thing one expected to see in the middle of the night near Felix, both engineer and fireman suspected they had seen this man before. Later, when a party was sent to recover the body, their suspicions were confirmed. Earlier that same day, on their journey to Gillette from Sheridan, this time about 3 miles west of Felix, Meserve had called Colson’s attention to a man wandering up the tracks. Meserve blew the whistle several times to get the man to step off the track. According to Meserve, he “seemed to either be intoxicated or off mentally. After he did step off the track,” the engineer added, “and the train had partially passed him he stepped up to [the] train and acted as if he were going to try to get on, and then suddenly stepped back into the ditch as if badly scared.” The victim appeared to be a man in his 40s, about 5’10” tall and weighing about 160 pounds. He was wearing a new blue checked suit and hat, with about fifteen cents, a comb, a pocket watch, a couple of keys and a Pabst beer bottle opener in his pockets. Also found among his possessions were a conductors hat check and two business cards for restaurants in Omaha Nebraska. On one of these cards,

written in lead pencil were the words: “John Grosjean, 714 So. 17th Ave.” Dr. Oftedal, who had been with the recovery party, examined the body. “Deceased had one leg broken, badly bruised about the face and internally injured,” he reported at the coroner’s inquest. “He was apparently struck on the feet and thrown in the air. His death apparently being instant. There was no evidence to show that his death was caused otherwise than being struck by a train.” The doctor also noted that his hands showed evidence of him being a laborer. The body was brought to Gillette the night of the 14th, and the coroner sent for. In 1904, Gillette was part of Crook County, so the coroner, Dr. David Darlington, had to come from Sundance. He arrived on the 16th and promptly formed a coroner’s jury and held an inquest. After taking the statements of Meserve, Colson, Dr. Oftedal and another witness who helped recover the body, the coroner concluded the stranger had apparently been a passenger on a west-bound train, had somehow left the train, became disoriented and began wandering the tracks, where he was accidently struck by No. 45 and killed instantly. A brief funeral was held and his body was buried in the cemetery. But several unanswered questions remained. Who was he? What was he doing walking on the tracks in the middle of nowhere? The conclusion by the railroaders who had seen him when alive was that he was “mentally unbalanced” but was he really? One of those questions was answered just after the New Year, when two gentlemen arrived from Elk Horn Nebraska, identifying themselves as the deceased’s father and brother. The body was exhumed and identiﬁed as Henry Doose, who had, indeed, been a passenger aboard a train bound for Sheridan Wyoming from Omaha Nebraska. Doose’s family had read the description published in newpapers and realized who it must be. According to the elder Mr. Doose, his son Henry was a hard worker who had no bad habits, nor did he ever show any signs of being mentally unbalanced. The only explanation he could offer for why his son would be wandering alone along the tracks was that

he may have been drugged and robbed. At the time of his departure, Henry had $60 and a train ticket to Sheridan, neither of which were found on his body. The Doose’s returned to Nebraska with Henry’s remains, where he was once again laid to rest – this time with a name for his headstone. Everyone concerned was relieved at the conclusion of the affair. But the rest of the mystery remains to this day. Of all the plausible ways Henry Doose could have found himself wandering in a disoriented state on the afternoon of December 12, 1904, probably the least likely was that he was “mentally unbalanced.” Even the coroner’s report mentioned that “he had every appearance of being a respectable hard working man.” Although his actions on the afternoon of the 12th where erratic and strange, that is hardly conclusive evidence of the man’s mental condition. One explanation that jumps to mind is intoxication. Certainly that might account for his behavior that Meserve and Colson observed that afternoon west of Felix. One might even speculate that Doose, being drunk while on board the Sheridan passenger train, mistakenly stepped off the train while it was stopped at Felix and missed its departure. He then may have wandered in the direction of the west bound train, where Meserve and Colson passed by him around 1:30 p.m., then decided to head toward Gillette, making it two miles east of Felix by 9:00 p.m. where he was struck and killed. A similar incident had actually occurred in the 1890s when the Gillette to Buffalo stage accidently ran down one of the company’s remount wranglers who was wandering the hills in a blind drunk. However, there are a few holes in this theory. For one thing, no alcohol was found in his possession by the recovery party, as it was not reported at the inquest. The bottle opener found in his possession would have been a common enough item for anyone to be carrying about their person in those days. Drunkenness would have been highly suspected as a contributing factor in Doose’s death and although Dr. Oftedal couldn’t perform a drug/alcohol screen in the middle of nowhere

Wyoming in 1904, he would have at least been able to smell it on the body, even a day later. Also, his father specifically mentioned that his son had “no bad habits”, inferring no doubt that Henry was not given to strong drink or drugs. But, if Doose wasn’t drunk, then what happened? There is a more sinister possibility - Henry Doose may have been mugged and tossed from the train by a person or persons unknown. Dr. Oftedal catalogued Doose’s extensive internal injuries and considerable facial bruising; coming to the understandable conclusion that they were received as a result of being hit by a freight train. But what if some of those injuries had already been sustained as the result of a beating and/or a fall from a moving train? From the time Meserve and Colson first passed Doose at 1:30 p.m. to the time the train struck and killed Doose on the return trip at 9:00 p.m., 7 ½ half hours later, Doose had only managed to walk five miles. Although he may have spent a considerable amount of that time waiting for a train to arrive at Felix, it is also possible that he spent that entire time wandering in a daze, especially

if he had suffered a concusion. The fact that Henry Doose was found dead with no train ticket, no money and no luggage would lead to the obvious conclusion that he did not intentionally depart from his train. The mystery, now 107 years old, is unlikely to ever be solved. The Gillette News, in reporting the positive identiﬁcation of Doose’s body made a point of mentioning that the Burlington railroad “did everything in their power for the comfort and convenience of the bereaved ones during their stay and sad labors

here, clearly demonstrating their usual courteous and generous dealings in such unfortunate and deplorable affairs.” Apparently said dealings did not include investigating the possibility of foul play occurring on one of their trains. Nor is there any evidence that the law, beyond the initial inquest, looked into the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Henry Doose any further. Any investigation into the matter ended when Mr. Doose and son claimed Henry’s body and returned to Nebraska.

“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” -Thomas Jefferson

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