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This Week’s June 17 - 24, 2011 Highlights “If it doesn’t have to do with Campbell County, we don’t care!”
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Campbell County Rockpile Museum Antique Appraisal Fair September 14th - 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Did you make a great antique find this year? Discover a long lost treasure in your attic? Have a strange item with no clue what it is? If so, you don’t want to miss this year’s Rockpile Museum Antique Appraisal Fair! This is your chance to have antiques, collectibles, and novelties identified and appraised by experts from around the region. Doors open at 9:00 a.m. and the fair ends at 3:00 p.m. There is no appraisal fee other than a voluntary donation for the appraisers’ services. Guests are encouraged to bring only a few items that they can easily carry themselves. Also, please bring any firearms or weapons into the museum unloaded and in a case if possible. We will have experts on general antiques as well as glassware, furniture, Native American artifacts and beadwork, coins and paper money, bits and spurs, Boy Scout materials, American paintings and drawings, American illustrative material, jewelry, timepieces, firearms, musical instruments, license plates, and much more. [A complete list of the appraisers is attached.] Appraisers: • Fred Taraba from Taraba Illustration Art of Casper - Fred will appraise printed American illustrative material and vintage American paintings and drawings. For sixteen years he was the Director of Illustration House, Inc.
a New York City gallery and auction house specializing in the artform. Prior to that he spent eight years with The Society of Illustrators in New York as their Assistant Director/ Curator and Librarian. Mr. Taraba is a Member of the Appraisers Association of America. • Chris Johnson, Trevor Johnson, and the crew from The Clockshop and Presidential Pawn in Rapid City - Chris and Trevor will appraise a variety of items including antique timepieces, jewelry, firearms, coins, musical instruments, and novelties. The Johnson family has been in business in downtown Rapid City for more than a decade. • Bruce Marshall from Marshall Jewelry in Gillette - Bruce can give fair market value on jewelry and precious metals. Bruce and family moved to Gillette in 1987 and managed Zane’s Jewelry downtown. They bought the business in 1997 and moved it to its present location in 2001. • Jeb Taylor from Jeb Taylor Artifacts of Buffalo - Jeb will be glad to appraise any Native American projectile points, artifacts, and beaded items that you may have. Taylor is the author of Projectile Points of the High Plains and is a member of the Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association. • Byron Oedekoven of Campbell County - Byron has a tremendous knowledge about makers of bits and spurs from Wyoming and the American
West. A third generation resident, Byron has more knowledge of the makers from Gillette than anyone else that has ever come into the museum. • John Stalick of Cowboy State Plates in Gillette (1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ONLY) - John is an expert in the history and value of Wyoming license plates and is the President of the Wyoming License Plate Society. • Fred Harvey of Gillette - Fred will be on hand to appraise U.S. currency (coins and paper), Boy Scout memorabilia, and glass insulators. He is a longtime collector and friend of the Museum. • Bruce Smith of Casper - Bruce has been in the antique business for many years and can appraise almost any antique item that comes before him. He has a specialty in glassware. He is a member of the Casper Antique and Collectors Club. • Garey and Ann Herman of Gillette The Hermans can also appraise general antiques and have a vast knowledge of furniture. As furniture is often heavy and difficult to move, they will take a look at photographs and do their best to help you value your family treasures. Garey and Ann have operated an antique and furniture restoration business in Gillette since 1989. For more information please call CCRM at (307) 682-5723.
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Campbell County Observer
Obituaries
RONALD BAILEY
Funeral Services for Ronald Everett Bailey, age 69, was at 1 p.m. Wednesday September 4, 2013 at Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery in Casper, Wyoming with Pastor Dan Holden of the First Assembly of God Church officiating. Full Military Honors provided by Wyoming National Guard – Natrona County United Veterans Council with burial following. Ron passed away August 27, 2013 at Pioneer Manor in Gillette, Wyoming following a battle with Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s. Ron was born on January 22, 1944 to Howard and Erma Dell Bailey in Casper, Wyoming. He grew up in Casper and Glenrock. He graduated from Glenrock High School in 1961 and continued his education in Laramie, Wyoming at the University of Wyoming. In 1965 he graduated with his Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Administration. In 1979 he graduated from the Colorado Graduate School of Banking. Ron served in the United
States Army from 19661968 as a Captain, including 18 months served in the Republic of Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne Brigade and 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne). He earned the following awards: Bronze Star, two Army Commendation Medals, Senior Parachutist Wings, Jump Master qualified, and Vietnamese Parachutist Wings. In 1977 Ron married Robin VanDeventer. Together they had two sons Derek and Ryan. They lived in Cheyenne, until he took a job that took him to Rock Springs. In 1988 the family made the move to Gillette and made it their permanent home. He went on to be president and vice president for several banks. He retired from Security State Bank in Gillette, Wyoming in 2009 after being President for ten years. Ron held many offices and titles in his 69 years including: former Chairman of Wyoming Community Development Authority (WCDA), member of Wyoming Banker’s Association Government Relations Committee, Abandoned Mines Land Board for State of Wyoming, Recipient of U.S. Small Business Administration’s Financial Services Advocate of the Year Award, former member of Economic Development and Stabilization Board (EDSB), member of Gillette Chamber of Commerce and former chairman, among several other titles and offices. Ron had many interests
but the one he loved the most was their mountain cabin south of Douglas. He enjoyed spending time there with his family and friends. He also enjoyed working on and restoring military vehicles, as well as working on Cushman tracksters and becoming the nation’s largest parts dealer. His other interest was woodworking. Most of all he enjoyed and loved his family and felt so blessed to have two wonderful sons and daughter-in-laws and three precious grandchildren. Ron is survived by his wife of 36 years Robin Bailey of Gillette, Wyoming; his sons Derek (Nicole) Bailey of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Ryan (Desiree) Bailey of Gillette, Wyoming; three grandchildren Payson, Samuel and Abigail; and his cousin Bob Bailey of Casper, Wyoming. He is preceded in death by his parents Howard and Erma Dell Bailey. A memorial has been established to benefit University of Wyoming College of Business and/ or Gillette Rotary Club. Memorial and condolences may be sent in Ron’s name in care of Walker Funeral Home 410 Medical Arts Court Gillette, Wyoming 82716. Condolences may also be sent via our website www.walkerfuneralgillette.com
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Crime Stoppers needs your help in solving a burglary that occurred at a storage unit located at 2201 E. Boxelder sometime between 08-16-13 and 08-24-13. Unknown suspect(s) forced entry into the storage unit and stole the following items. An 18 inch Husqvarna Chainsaw in an old orange case, an 18 inch Jonarude Chainsaw with a red blade cover, a green gas powered weed eater, and a Ryobi Tile Saw. 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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UW to Mark Opening of Energy Innovation Center Sept. 12 he University of Wyoming will unveil one of the nation’s most advanced energy research facilities with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday, Sept. 12. The Energy Innovation Center (EIC), home of the School of Energy Resources, is a state-of-the-art research and collaboration facility that represents a major step forward in efforts by Wyoming and its university to work in public-private partnerships to solve the nation’s energy challenges. “We’re excited for people to get a look at this fabulous facility where so much important work will take place to benefit our state, the nation and the world,” UW President Bob Sternberg says. “Building a sustainable energy future is such an important objective, and the Energy Innovation Center represents the kind of public-private partnership that is essential for the university to fulfill its mission of teaching, research and service.” The Sept. 12 ceremony begins at 11 a.m. in the EIC, located on the north side of the Laramie campus at Lewis and 10th streets. Scheduled speakers include Gov. Matt Mead, Sternberg, UW Board of Trustees President Dave Bostrom and School of Energy Resources Director Mark Northam. School of Energy Resources staff members will provide tours of the facility following the ribbon cutting. The $25.4 million Energy Innovation Center, built with private donations and state matching dollars, includes nearly 27,300 square feet of highly technical research space, offices, classrooms and meeting rooms. The
EIC provides students, researchers and academic professionals the opportunity to actively engage in, observe and support advancements in sustainable energy technologies. Encana provided the largest private donation for the EIC -- a $5 million commitment in 2007 -- that was matched by the state. Encana gifted another $2 million to UW for three new engineering research laboratories. The Encana Research Laboratory and the Encana Integrated Simulation Data Center are located in the nearby College of Engineering and Applied Science Building. Neilson and Associates, BP America, Shell, Peabody Energy, Arch Coal, Anadarko, Marathon, Ultra Petroleum, Questar, Hess Corporation and ConocoPhillips are other major EIC and SER funding contributors. The building’s features include: • The Shell 3-D Visualization Laboratory, a threedimensional visualization lab where scientists and engineers can visualize and interact with highly complex data sets. One of the lab’s many capabilities is the ability to model oil, gas and water movements in the Earth’s subsurface. • The Hess Digital Rock Physics Laboratory, the world’s most modern lab for experimental investigation of multi-phase fluid flow through porous media. UW’s researchers are leading this field of study, which helps producers recover oil and gas from conventional and unconventional reservoirs. • The Enhanced Oil Recovery Research Laboratory, where researchers test and observe the fea-
sibility and stability of various enhanced oil recovery methods with reservoir rock and fluids. The lab helps producers recover more oil from Wyoming fields, specifically those considered mature, where more than half of the state’s oil reserves remain stranded. • The Peabody Energy Advanced Coal Technology Laboratory, where researchers explore converting low-value fossil resources such as gas and coal into higher-value products including liquid fuels and manufactured products. • The WPX Drilling Simulator Teaching Laboratory, which provides students and educators with a fully visualized and interactive simulation experience of drilling rigs. • The BP Collaboration Center, an innovative, reconfigurable space that includes technology to connect UW researchers, academics and industry stakeholders with associates anywhere in the world. • The Encana Auditorium, an easily configurable classroom fully equipped with state-of-the-art audiovisual technology. • The Arch Coal Research Offices, equipped with office space for visiting professionals and researchers from other universities and industry. • The Cordillera Energy Partners Reception Area, which serves as a sitting room, study area and gathering space for visitors, students and in-house professionals. • The Ultra Petroleum Corporation Student Area, providing students with space to study and interact. • The Marathon Oil Research Offices, equipped with office space for visit-
ing professionals and researchers from other universities and industry. • The ConocoPhillips Collaboration Room, designed to bring researchers, industry stakeholders, faculty and other professionals together to coordinate research projects conducted in the Hess Digital Rock Physics Laboratory. • The Questar Conference Room, equipped with a long conference table, cameras and audio for video-teleconferencing. For more details about the EIC, go to http://www. uwyo.edu/ser/building/index.html. The School of Energy Resources was created by the Wyoming State Legislature in 2006 to enhance the university’s energy-related education, research and outreach. The school features nine centers of excellence dedicated to the study of enhanced oil recovery, carbon management, advanced coal technology, wind energy and other fields of energy research.
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Construction Updates The City of Gillette’s Engineering Division and Utilities Department announce the following road construction updates:
Swanson Road
Swanson Road will be limited to one lane traffic from August 26th through Friday, September 6th. This work is part of the Madison Pipeline Project and is for rehabilitation of the asphalt roadway. Two lanes of traffic will be open at night.
3rd Avenue
3rd Avenue from Beech Street to Apricot Street will be closed from Tuesday, September 3rd through Friday, September 6th while crews install a new water main in 3rd Avenue. This work is part of the 2012 Water and Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Project and is funded by the Optional 1% Sales Tax.
Beech Street
Local Jobs and Payroll in Wyoming: Mining Sector Contracts in 2012 he Research & Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reported today that total unemployment insurance (UI) covered payroll increased by $127.7 million (4.0%) in fourth quarter 2012. Employment rose by 866 jobs (0.3%) and average weekly wage increased by $32 (3.7%). In fourth quarter, total wages, employment, and average weekly wage grew slightly faster than their five year averages. However, large job losses in the mining sector (including oil & gas; -1,278 jobs, or -4.5%) caused overall job growth to slow to its lowest level in more than two years. Additionally, employment at temporary help agencies fell by nearly 400 jobs. Temporary employment is often cited nationally as a leading economic indicator, so this decrease may suggest continued weakness in the state’s economy. In terms of dollars, UI covered payroll repre- sents approximately 91.5% of all wage and salary disbursements and 43.8% of personal income in the state (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2013). Analysts have noted that “minerals related employment is one of the key predictors of sales and use tax revenue” in Wyoming (CREG 2010). Despite the recent growth, overall employment remains approximately 8,600 jobs (3.0%) below its fourth quarter 2008 level. In short, the state has yet to make up all the job losses of 2009 and 2010. Employment rose in 11 counties and fell in 12 counties (see Table). Total payroll increased in 19 counties and decreased in four counties. Visit our website at http://doe.state.
wy.us/LMI/12Q4_QCEW/toc.htm for a complete set of tables. Natrona County added 1,372 jobs (3.4%) and its total payroll rose by $43.4 million (8.7%). The largest job gains occurred in construction, accommodation & food services, wholesale trade, and transportation & warehousing. Employment in Laramie County grew by 753 jobs (1.7%) and its total payroll increased by $51.0 million (11.4%). Construc- tion added 172 jobs (6.2%) and growth was also seen in local government (including public schools, colleges, & hospitals), wholesale trade, and retail trade. Employment fell in manufacturing, federal government, and professional & technical services. Teton County added 534 jobs (3.4%) and its total payroll rose by $21.9 million (12.9%). Accommodation & food services add- ed more than 300 jobs, while smaller gains occurred in administrative & waste services, professional & technical services, and real estate, rental, & leasing. Employment in Converse County rose by 283 jobs (4.9%) and its total payroll grew by $7.2 million (11.0%). The largest job gains occurred in mining (including oil & gas), local government, and transportation & warehousing. Carbon County gained 268 jobs (4.1%) and its total payroll increased by $0.4 million (0.6%). Construction added more than 150 jobs and modest gains were seen in retail trade and professional & technical services. Sublette County lost 939 jobs (-15.2%) and its total payroll fell by $11.4 million (-12.3%). Large job losses were seen in min- ing (includ-
ing oil & gas; approximately 500 jobs) and construction (approximately 200 jobs). Employment fell by 346 jobs (-5.7%) in Lincoln County and its total payroll decreased by $3.4 million (-5.1%). Construction lost approximately 150 jobs and employment also fell in mining (including oil & gas), accommodation & food services, and transportation & warehousing.
Preview—First Quarter (January through March) 2013 Covered Employment & Wages
According to preliminary data, job growth remained weak in first quarter. Total payroll rose by $31.4 million (1.1%) and employ- ment increased by 460 jobs (0.2%). The largest job gains occurred in accommodation & food services (approximately 600 jobs), construction (approximately 450 jobs), local government (including public schools, colleges, & hospitals; approximately 450 jobs), and health care & social assistance (approximately 200 jobs). Large job losses were seen in mining (including oil & gas; approximately 1,700 jobs) and administrative & waste services (approximately 400 jobs). Detailed covered employment and wages data for 1st Quarter 2013 are scheduled to be released on November 8, 2013.
Campbell Co. Fire Dept. August 28, 2013
- At 07:48 a.m. to a gas well on fire off of McKenzie Rd. Firefighters assisted with shutting down the gas flow and extinguishing the fire. A small well building was destroyed and damage was estimated at $3,000.00. The cause is still under investigation; - At 2:23 pm to N. HWY 14/16 for an automatic fire alarm. It was a false alarm and Fire personnel were cancelled en route; - At 7:33 p.m. to N. Hwy 59 near MM 158 for a motor vehicle crash with injuries; - At 8:21 p.m. to Brorby Blvd for an EMS assist; - At 9:52 p.m. to 2711 S. Douglas Hwy for an automatic fire alarm. It was a false alarm and Fire personnel assisted with resetting the alarm; - At 10:44 p.m. to Adon Rd for an EMS assist; - At 11:17 p.m. to E Walnut St for an EMS assist; - At 11:56 p.m. to E Third St for an EMS assist;
August 29, 2013
- At 1:10 PM to S. Gillette Ave. for an EMS assist. - At 2:01 PM to Mountain Meadow Lane for an EMS assist. - At 3:50 PM to Harvest Moon for an EMS assist. - At 6:23 PM to 16080 N. Highway 59 for a pile of logs on fire, the fire was controlled and contained within two hours. - At 11:39 PM to Running W Dr. for an EMS assist.
August 30, 2013
- At 4:15 a.m. to Adon Road for an EMS assist; - At 9:08 a.m. to Mountain
Meadow Lane for an EMS assist; - At 7:57 p.m. to a possible vehicle fire at 1810 S. Douglas Hwy. All units were cancelled en route. Apparently the smoke was from a diesel truck engine starting. - At 9:01 p.m. to a gas smell in a home in the 200 block of West Hills Loop. Natural gas was not found. A dry floor drain trap was suspected as a possible cause of the odor so water was poured into that.
August 31, 2013
- At 01:27 AM to the 200 block of West Warlow Drive for a medical assist. - At 10:32 AM to 390 Stewart Road for a grass fire. An individual mowing the grass knocked a power pole over causing the power lines to arc and catch the grass on fire. The fire burned 10.6 acres. The fire did not damage any homes in the area. - At 10:58 AM to 4605 Triple T Court for a residential fire alarm. Responding fire units cancelled when it was learned to be a false alarm. - At 12:36 PM to 2577 South Douglas Highway (Country Inn & Suites) for a fire alarm. Responding fire units cancelled when it was learned to be a false alarm (sanding in pool area). - At 7:36 PM to 4025 North Garner Lake Road for a timber fire. Firefighters contained the fire to less than half an acre in size. The fire is believed to have been started by smoking materials. - At 9:41 PM to 3201 Echeta Road, Lot 48 (Westview Mobile Home Park) for a natural gas odor. Firefighters
found a small leak at the gas meter piping. Source Gas the natural gas supplier was notified and a service technician made the repair.
September 1, 2013
- At 11:25 p.m. to a structure fire on Black Hills St. When Fire units arrived the house was fully engulfed in fire and a utility trailer, travel trailer and siding on a home to the north of the fire were beginning to burn. At least 4 other nearby homes were damaged by the heat. Damage was estimated at $300,000.00. The cause is still under investigation.
September 2, 2013
- At 4:24 AM to the 300 block of West Lakeway Road for a medical assist. - At 10:11 AM to 800 South Butler Spaeth Road for a fire alarm. No fire found and the alarm panel was reset without incident. - At 10:25 AM to Four J Rd. for an EMS assist. - At 10:41 AM to Stone Trail Avenue for a medical assist. - At 2:32 PM to North Highway 59 (approximately 1 mile north of Little Powder River Road) for a one vehicle rollover accident. The vehicle came rest on its wheels and there were no injuries. - At 3:53 PM to the 1100 block of East Boxelder Road for a medical assist. - At 5:24 PM to 3011 Goldenrod Avenue for a residential fire alarm. Responding fire units were cancelled when it was learned to be a false alarm. - At 10:23 PM to Doe Ct. for an EMS assist.
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Beech Street from 2nd Avenue to 3rd Avenue will be closed from Thursday, September 5th through Thursday, September 12th while a contractor installs new water and sanitary sewer main in Beech Street. This work is part of the 2012 Water and Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Project and is funded by the Optional 1% Sales Tax.
Warlow Drive (Lane Closure)
The westbound lane of Warlow Drive from the Animal Control Shelter to approximately 50’ west of the Shelter will be closed from Tuesday, September 3rd through Friday, September 6th. This work is to install Sanitary Sewer Main along Warlow Drive. This work is part of the 2012 Water and Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Project and is funded by the Optional 1% Sales Tax.
Spc. Jurkowski Receives Promotion
During a promotion ceremony held at Camp Guernsey, Wyo., on Aug. 18, Alpha Battery 2nd Battalion, 300th Field Artillery, based out of Gillette, promoted one of their Soldiers. Henry Jurkowski, of Cheyenne, was promoted to the rank of specialist in the Wyoming Army National Guard. Jurkowski is a driver for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) for A Battary, 2-300th, stationed in Gillette. He has been a member of the National Guard for 2 1/2 years; he is a full time student at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. “Specialist Jurkowski has been promoted due to his ability to accomplish any given task and doing it in a timely manner. He is a solid Soldier, who in time, will make an excellent Sergeant,” said Jurkowski’s platoon sergeant, Sgt. 1st Class Bryan Taylor.
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Hess Digital Rock Physics Lab Brings World-Class Focus to Oil and Gas Recovery ore and more, oil and gas companies are faced with extracting precious minerals from unconventional reservoirs that are difficult and costly to access. They have an ally in Mohammad Piri, a University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources associate professor of chemical and petroleum engineering, who heads the Hess Digital Rock Physics Laboratory in UW’s new Energy Innovation Center (EIC). “This lab provides UW scientists with huge scientific advantages in performing multi-scale, multi-phase fluid flow in porous media research with applications in oil and gas recovery from unconventional and conventional reservoirs where extremely complicated flow and transport physics are encountered,” Piri says. “The establishment of improved understanding of flow and transport in these systems will lead to the development of new hydrocarbon recovery techniques.” Wyoming is the No. 3 producer of natural gas and No. 8 producer of crude oil nationally, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. However, enhanced recovery techniques are needed to retrieve a high percentage of hydrocarbons that are stranded in the state’s mature or older fields, Piri says. For example, about 50 percent to 70 percent of the original oil in place remains stranded in Wyoming’s aging fields, and enhanced oil recovery methods are needed to retrieve 5 percent to 15 percent of that oil and extend the commercial life of those fields 20-30 years. This lab, part of the EIC’s Reservoir Characterization Suite, is the “world’s most innovative for advanced reservoir characterization,” says School of Energy Resources Director Mark Northam. “It’s a combination of the facilities being state of the art with research instruments that don’t exist anywhere else for this application,” Northam says. “To have the full range of (equipment) for this application is unique. Clearly, (Piri) is one of the world’s leaders in combining the experimental and computational aspects of advanced reservoir characterization. His record speaks for itself.” “To the best of my knowledge, there is no petroleum engineering research group in academia, in the world,
that has integrated these three laboratories, and is covering such a wide range of scale ( i.e., macro, micro and nano) in their research,” Piri says. Lab Logistics The Hess Digital Rock Physics Laboratory includes the most advanced high-resolution 3-D X-ray microscope available, making UW the world’s first university to put this stateof-the-art tool in the hands of faculty and researchers to increase understanding of underground oil and natural gas reservoirs. The X-ray machine produces ultra-high-resolution images of reservoir rock on the nano-scale. Piri compares it to seeing more topographic details on a Google Earth map. For example, if the nano-scale were applied to a Google Earth map, Piri says the details in a small alley would represent the nano scale, while the outline of a large highway would represent the microscale level. “We can recreate underground flow, temperature and pressure conditions -- real things that are encountered underground in real reservoirs,” Piri says of what can be accomplished with core samples using the advanced equipment. Piri’s existing Phase II 3-D X-ray machine (which can produce reservoir rock images on the micro-scale level) also is housed in the laboratory. The first phase of Piri’s research lab facility, which opened in 2008, will remain in the Encana Research Laboratory, which is located in the UW Engineering Building. Equipment there includes a medical CT scanner, much like the type used in hospitals. It can view core samples at the macro- level, Piri says. The new 3-D Visualization Lab, which includes a 3-D CAVE™ (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment), will complement his lab’s work. Researchers will be able to use core sample data they’ve modeled and view it in multiple dimensions to better understand how multi-phase fluids flow in conventional and unconventional reservoirs. In addition, Piri says a hybrid Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)-Computer Processing Unit (CPU) computer cluster he built -which will serve as a satellite cluster for UW’s Mount Moran computing cluster -- is currently being used for computational modeling
cal compounds that can be used for a wide range of applications. In addition, Piri says the lab will be used to instruct senior-level undergraduate students and graduate students in two of his courses: Flow Through Porous Media and Fundamentals of Enhanced Oil Recovery. Experience in this lab will give UW students a better insight on where and how to obtain the reservoir properties they need to assess the success of a given recovery process, Piri says. Such insight can be translated into relaying on-the-job knowledge when talking about the subject with petrophysicists, geologists, geochemists and geophysicists. “When they (students) understand these properties and their behavior under various reservoir flow conditions, they can talk to these professionals. They will be well prepared to contribute to the discussion,” Piri says. “Properties measured in the lab are absolutely essential for accurate assessment of the performance of various oil and gas recovery techniques for conventional and unconventional reservoirs.” Assisting the Industry Hess Corporation, which donated $4.4 million for construction of the lab, has shale assets in North Dakota, France and China. The company hopes to benefit from the lab’s research, says Piri, who also is director for UW’s Center for Fundamentals of Subsurface Flow. In addition, the U.S. Department of Energy; Total, a French energy company; Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia; and Encana Corp. are other entities that will use these labs or benefit from research conducted there, Piri says. And there’s a possibility for even more entities to use and/or collaborate in the lab.
of porous media and reservoirs. Rock Solid Unconventional reservoirs are composed of a rock matrix that consists of pore networks with very small pore connections that share very poor fluidflow characteristics. Oil or gas, in abundant amounts, can be stored in these rock types, which include shale and tight sandstone. Often, the rock is high in organic content and is the source of the hydrocarbon. But, because of marginal rock matrix quality, these reservoirs generally require both natural and induced fracturing to enable economic recovery of the hydrocarbon. Some unconventional reservoirs aren’t suitable for fracturing because the rock deforms and fractures close up soon after they are created, Northam says. The Green River shale in southwestern Wyoming and down into Colorado is a prime example of an unconventional reservoir that cannot easily be fractured and where very little production has occurred to date. “There’s probably 1 trillion barrels of oil in place there,” Northam says. “We currently don’t have the technology to produce economically from the Green River shale. (Solving that dilemma) is potentially one of the things we hope to accomplish with this lab.” In an Aug. 16, 2012 column, Peter Glover, European associate editor for the U.S. magazine Energy Tribune, notes that, at current levels of American oil consumption -- 19.5 million barrels a day -- Green River, alone, could supply domestic U.S. oil needs for the next 200 years. Tapping such an oil supply would make the U.S. less reliant, and perhaps completely independent of, the Middle East for a percentage of its oil supply. Beyond Unconventional Piri stresses the new lab will benefit academia and industry beyond the study of physics of fluid flows in unconventional reservoir rock. The lab also can be used to study, for instance, fluid flows in conventional reservoirs; porous material research, including modeling of displacement processes; carbon dioxide sequestration (capturing carbon dioxide and storing it long-term in geologic formations deep underground); catalysis (the chemical reactions enhanced by a catalyst); and polymers, which are chemi-
insight becomes available, one can engineer a (recovery) technique that is successful.” The Reservoir Characterization Suite includes the Marathon Oil Research Offices and the ConocoPhillips Collaboration Room. The research offices are equipped with office space for visiting professionals and researchers from other universities and industry. The collaboration room offers a space designed to bring researchers, industry, faculty and other professionals together to coordinate and discuss the various research projects being conducted within the Reservoir Characterization Suite.
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Peabody Energy Advanced Coal Technology Laboratory Focuses on Coal Conversion
aohong Fan wants to help solve an energy puzzle that will ensure Wyoming’s coal production remains viable for decades to come. Finding catalysts, or new materials that can be used for processing Wyoming coal, may be the key. Fan, a School of Energy Resources (SER) associate professor of chemical engineering in the University of Wyoming’s Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, is using the new Peabody Energy Advanced Coal Technology Laboratory to conduct coalconversion research. Specifically, his group, including Professor Brian Towler, a UW professor of chemical and petroleum engineering, wants to develop new catalytic coal gasification technologies, which can produce a desired syngas (a gas mixture that mainly contains carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and methane) for producing chemicals, including ethylene glycol. Syngas, short for synthesis gas, is created from a process known as coal gasification. “Ethylene glycol, currently produced from petroleum resources, can be produced from coal in a costeffective manner,” says Fan, who specializes in advanced coal technologies, low-emission energy production and syntheses and applications of new materials, including catalysts and sorbents. Ethylene glycol is an organic compound that has a number of uses, including as antifreeze in heating and cooling systems, in hydraulic brake fluids and as a solvent, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It also is an important raw material for polyester fiber production. Wyoming is the nation’s leading coal producer, and most of the commodity is shipped out of state and used for power generation, Fan says. Coal-fired power plants, in the state and elsewhere, face increased costs due to strict environmental regulations, a scenario that is challenging to Wyoming’s coal economy. The university, through investment by the state of Wyoming and industry partners, is pursuing research and development to create
new products and diversify the state’s coal market by using advanced coal-conversion technologies. Ideally, creating higher-value use of coal via the production of ethylene glycol in a low-cost and low-emissions manner will reshape Wyoming’s coal economy. Fan’s research group includes post-doctoral students, graduate students and undergraduate students. Each team member works on certain aspects or steps associated with the coal-conversion process, Fan says. David A. Bell, a UW associate professor of chemical and petroleum engineering, and Towler are the primary colleagues who work with Fan on his coalconversion research. Peabody Energy contributed $2 million, matched by the state of Wyoming, to build the Energy Innovation Center, with the expectation that a portion of the facility would house research directed at advanced coal technologies, says SER Director Mark Northam. “The Peabody Advanced Coal Technology Laboratory was named to recognize Peabody Energy’s contribution and support of research at UW,” Northam says. “The conversion of low-value fossil resources into higher-value products is a key component of our strategic plan, and we now have top-notch facilities to do this important research.” “Peabody Energy is a global leader advancing clean coal solutions and has low-carbon projects and partnerships on three continents,” says Greg Boyce, chairman and chief executive officer for Peabody Energy. “We are proud to partner with the University of Wyoming to advance projects that transform coal into multiple necessary products.” Arch Coal contributed $750,000, also matched by the state, for the research offices that support the advanced coal technology research. The Arch Coal Research Offices supply equipped office space for visiting professionals and researchers from other universities and industry, and are a vital component to the success of this specialized research.
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which is managed out of West Virginia University. Bell’s project concentrates on improving a process currently being carried out by the Shenhua Group at its coal-to-liquid fuel plant in Yulin, Shaanxi Province, China. The plant gasifies coal to produce diesel, but part of the coal is left unconverted. The center at West Virginia University wants to use the unconverted coal to make hydrogen and then use the hydrogen in the coal-to-liquids plant, Bell explains. If such a coalto-liquids fuel plant can be established in the United States, Powder River Basin coal could be used. To prepare that possibility, Bell intends to measure gasification characteristics of Powder River Basin coal to aid in optimizing gasifier design. “We’re trying to develop better science regarding coal gasification,” Bell says. “The better science, in turn, can lead to better design of coal gasifiers, better operation of coal gasification and better coal gasification economics. Our research is aimed at lowering costs and making it more economically feasible in this country.” If coal can be converted to various products here, Bell says, it would be more profitable for Wyoming to ship such finished manufactured products -- rather than raw materials -- to other countries. For example, if you convert coal to liquid fuels, you’ve created a smaller package and less volume to ship, Bell says. “Coal technology development is still very important and necessary. At this point, Wyoming can hopefully use new coal-conversion technology to provide a boon to the economy,” Fan says.
Fan says the key to coalconversion technologies is the development of new catalysts to make the processes faster. “Hopefully, we can develop some new catalysts for syngas-to-ethylene glycol production,” he says. “We need something that is not only cost-effective, but readily available here or made from Wyoming materials.” Fan explains that China is the only country, currently, that has facilities to commercially produce ethylene glycol from coal. In 2012, China built five such industrial plants for a total annual production capacity of 1 million metric tons of ethylene glycol, Fan says. The United States produces ethylene glycol from petroleum resources, but none currently from coal. “Right now, coal-conversion technology in the U.S. does not move as fast as other countries in the world,” Fan says. “The SER’s new facility could be a game changer.” Towler, meanwhile, is focused on coal gasification and the Fischer-Tropsch process, which is a collection of synthesis reactions that convert a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen into liquid hydrocarbons. “One of our primary concerns is to improve the gasification process,” Towler says. Towler and Bell explain that most gasifiers are designed for bituminous or black coal, which has a high heating (energy) value but often contains significant amounts of sulfur and other contaminants that are not desirable in gasification. However, Wyoming coal is sub-bituminous, which has a lower heating value but significantly lower amounts of sulfur and other contaminants. “Gasifiers are not designed for that type (subbituminous) of coal,” Bell says. “We have to come up with better designs.”
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Five Signs You Need to Insulate Your Home This Winter Submitted by StatePoint Media - reprinted by permission he average family spends more than $1000 annually -nearly half a home’s total energy bill -- on heating and cooling costs, according to the U.S. government’s Energy Star program. Unfortunately, a large portion of those expenses are wasted due to poor home insulation. Homeowners prepping for winter can stop the energy waste cycle by taking a closer look at their insulation. As one of the fastest and most costefficient ways to reduce energy waste and lower bills, insulation traps warm air inside a home’s walls -- similar to how a fleece sweater does for the body -- to regulate a home’s temperature. But how do you know if your home is properly insulated? “Fortunately, there are telltale signs that can alert any homeowner that it’s time to add to or replace their home’s insulation -- before the temperature plunges and the energy bill rises,” says Mike Benetti, segment manager at Roxul, a leading manufacturer of stone wool insulation. The experts at Roxul advise any homeowner with a do-it-yourself
mentality to run through the following checklist to determine whether their home has adequate insulation: • Vintage home: Prior to consistent building codes, most homes built before 1980 were not insulated. If your home has no materials trapping heat, energy conservation is an uphill battle. Walls, ceilings and floors are the most important areas to add insulation for an immediate, positive impact on a home’s energy usage and bills. • Non-stop furnace: Does your furnace seem to run non-stop in the winter? Adequate insulation leads to less maintenance on your heating system, as it lasts longer, runs less and will require less maintenance for long-term cost savings. • Temperature inconsistency: If you feel cold spots coming from the walls or attic, or one room of your home is drafty and another one warm, you may need to beef up your insulation. The fireplace, walls and attic are prime spots for drafts. Look for insulation that can fit snugly in rafters and other tight areas. For example, Roxul ComfortBatt insulation made from re-
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Governor Appoints Peter Michael as Attorney General overnor Matt Mead has named Peter Michael as his Attorney General. He replaces the Honorable Greg Phillips who was appointed to the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. Michael served as Chief Deputy Attorney General under Judge Phillips and he was interim At-
torney General. “Pete is an outstanding attorney, an outstanding individual and it has been a pleasure to work with him over the last two and a half years. I am pleased to have him as Wyoming’s next Attorney General,” Governor Mead said. He also praised the work of the Judge Phil-
lips and of Peter Michael in recruiting high caliber lawyers to work for the State of Wyoming. Michael is a graduate of the University of Wyoming law school and received a bachelor’s degree from Yale University. He clerked for the Wyoming Supreme Court, was in private prac-
tice in Cheyenne for more than two decades and worked in the Wyoming Attorney General’s office for the last seven years. “I am immensely excited about the opportunity to do this job. In Wyoming this is a job that requires a lot of dexterity because Wyoming is a massive energy
First Lady to Participate in Women’s Antelope Hunt Wyoming’s First Lady Carol Mead will join the First Annual Wyoming Women’s Antelope Hunt. This event celebrates women hunters, and it will also raise money for efforts dedicated to the economic self-sufficiency of women in the state. The hunt is not only a Wyoming first, it is the first event of its kind for women in the nation. The hunt will take place October 3-6, 2013 at the Ranch at Ucross in northeastern Wyoming. The event will provide a guided antelope hunt for 50 women with a strong emphasis on safe,
responsible hunting and mentorship. “Being able to hunt in breathtaking landscapes is part of Wyoming’s heritage. We are very proud of this heritage and want to see it continue for future generations. Efforts like this hunt encourage more women to learn to hunt safely, while at the same time enjoying Wyoming’s natural beauty,” said First Lady Carol Mead. The First Lady is a runner, an outdoor enthusiast and a strong advocate for healthy lifestyles for youth. “I look forward to the hunt and am pleased to have the oppor-
producer for the nation and world while also dealing with the challenges other Attorneys General around the rest of the country face,” Michael said. “I hope that I can live up to the standard set by Wyoming’s previous Attorneys General and do the quality of work that the people of Wyoming
are entitled to.” Michael argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2011 defending Wyoming’s water rights in a case brought by the State of Montana. That case is now going to trial in mid-October before a special master appointed by the Supreme Court.
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tunity to support the Wyoming Women’s Foundation in its worthwhile mission.” According to research by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, hunting is on the rise among women, growing 25 percent from 2006 to 2011. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department says 16 percent of resident hunters in Wyoming are women. Overall, including resident and non-resident hunters, women make up 11 percent of hunters in Wyoming. This is consistent with the percent of women hunters nationally.
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Playtime Encourages Motor Skill Development Submitted by StatePoint Media - reprinted by permission rom playing basketball to painting a picture to cutting with scissors, motor skills are at the basis of all of our movements. And while these abilities may be innate, fine motor skills must be developed and refined through practice. Experts say it’s crucial for parents to offer children opportunities to reinforce these vital skills. “From school work to play time, a mastery of motor skills will make a child’s experiences more productive and enjoyable,” says Dr. Helen Boehm, psychologist and consultant for VTech, a maker of age-appropriate and developmental stage-based electronic learning products for children. “Parents can play a role in helping their children learn these skills.” And while it may sound like work, motor skill development can be fun, says Boehm. Here are some helpful hints for parents on how play and motor skill development can go hand in hand: • Play Music: Whether it’s the piano, flute or violin, playing a musical instrument requires the use of
fine motor skills. Remind children how much work it takes to become proficient, and encourage them to practice every day. Aside from being a fun, potentially lifelong hobby and improving self-discipline, playing music can improve coordination as well. • Play Sports: Throwing a baseball, catching a football, doing a cartwheel -- all these athletic feats require great motor skills. Even if children are too shy or are unwilling to join an official team sport, encourage them to spend time outdoors and play a game of catch or tag. The exercise and fresh air is important for good health and the movements made during free play outside will support large-motor skill development. • Play with Toys: Educational toys can prove very useful toward improvements in motor skills. Look for toys that encourage problem-solving and visual awareness, but are also fun. For example, VTech’s Switch & Go Dinos provide good opportunities to enhance motor learning while combining two of children’s favorite
playthings – dinosaurs and vehicles. From a helicopter that turns into a velociraptor to a construction crane that turns into a tyrannosaurus rex, the transformation feature encourages the development of perceptual and motor skills. Jagger the T-Rex also emits dinosaur sounds, moves forward and backward on his own and even responds to 20 voice commands. More information can be found at www.vtechkids.com/switchandgodinos. • Play with Paint: Don a smock and get messy! Make sure the house is well-stocked with crayons, paper, markers and paint so children can express themselves creatively while honing fine motor skills. “Play is the ‘job description’ of childhood, helping to build the fundamentals for a lifetime of learning,” says Boehm. “Make the most of playtime with your children.” From indoor fun to outside adventure, offer children opportunities to build valuable motor skills.
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More Red Tape Against Gun Rights Submitted by Steve Klein - Wyoming Liberty Group ate last week Vice President Joe Biden announced two new executive orders from the Obama Administration on top of the 23 it issued early this year following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. The new orders supposedly focus on crime, and certainly expand gun control. According to Biden, the new orders (1) will close a “loophole” that felons have used to evade background checks by registering firearms with a trust or corporation and make provisions for (2) “denying requests to bring militarygrade firearms back to the United States for private entities.” Like the 23 executive orders before them, and the failed attempt to reinvigorate the “assault” weapons ban in the (Democrat- controlled) U.S. Senate, these policies will do nothing but add red tape to constitutional firearms ownership. For the first order, the administration offered no data to establish the supposed loophole for trusts and corporations. Biden mentioned there were 39,000 requests to transfer arms to such en-
tities, implying that many of these were made by individuals who were restricted from “ownership.” However, there are numerous legitimate reasons to keep firearms in a corporation or trust, be it for firearms research (or related research into everything from ammunition to bulletproof glass) or simply for a gun club to have a shared collection. Regardless, Biden obscured the issue by focusing on ownership. Ownership is irrelevant: federal law (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)) restricts certain people from possession of firearms, and even ammunition. Plenty of attorneys have tried the “but it wasn’t my gun!” defense, although it’s never worked once. The second order, a ban on re-importation of “military-grade” firearms, is couched in even more deceptive language. Some commentators, like James Melton at the Detroit News blog, believe individuals are re- importing machine guns and other “military” sounding items (you can see my engagement with Melton in the comments section of the article). Assuming foreign countries have an interest in selling
off modern military surplus in the first place, fully automatic weapons and the like are already tightly controlled under the National Firearms Act (26 U.S.C. § 5844). Furthermore, no civilian in the United States can even possess a fully automatic weapon that was not legally registered before 1986 (18 U.S.C. § 922(o)). So, as
Wyoming’s Rep. Cynthia Lummis pointed out, this order basically serves to sever the market for surplus M1 Carbine and M1 Garand rifles, designs that date back to World War II. You might imagine my surprise that I was shooting a “military- grade” weapon attractive for crime on the “street” the other week:
(I leave it to our progressive friends in Colorado to wince at the scary-looking magazine.) Naturally, some commentators swallowed the White House rhetoric hook, line and sinker. Melton’s blog piece was particularly silly, buttressing ignorance with arrogance by claiming to speak to “the adults in the room” who don’t “be-
lieve efforts to curb illegal gun sales are part of a stealth attempt to destroy freedom.” Since these orders will add red tape to legitimate firearms ownership while doing nothing to address violent crime, I’ll give Melton this much: they are, in fact, an overt attempt to destroy freedom.
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Monday, September 9, 2013
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-Camel Tennis at Spearfish (JV/VG) 4 p.m. -Eagles 7th Volleyball (A+B)at home vs. Twin Spruce A @ 4p.m. / B @ 5 p.m. -Panthers High School Drama State Auditions 7:30 -9 p.m. -Panthers Jr High Drama Musical Auditions 6 p.m.- 7:30m p.m. -Panthers Junior High Football at home vs. Newcastle 4:30 p.m. -Panthers Junior High Volleyball at Newcastle 4/5 p.m. -Warrior 7th Football Blue at home vs. Buffalo 4 p.m. -Warrior 8th Football at home vs. Buffalo 5:30 p.m. -Warrior 9th Volleyball (A+B) at Buffalo 4 p.m. / 5 p.m. -Warrior (7-8 A) Volleyball at Sage Valley 7A @ 4 p.m. / 8A @5 p.m. -Warrior (7-8 B) Volleyball at Sage Valley 8B@ 4 p.m. / 7B @ 5 p.m.
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Finish 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Start 1 6 3 2 9 12 13 11 14 10 7 17 16 15 8 5 19 4 18
Car 52X 9 82 18 12S 25 97 4 E5K 11M 44 36 01 71 33K 27J 183 11K 8K
Driver David Mcdonald Kent Arment John Bey Curt Gelling Tony Leiker Hank Berry Dan Henrikson Chris Larsen Eddie Kirchoff Paul Mueller Eric Mass Kelly Hample Jason Snyder Morris Oberle David Karst Chris Johnson Roy Speilman Jeremy Keller Ed Kirchoff
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Start 4 5 9 3 7 11 8 1 2 13 12 10 6
Car Driver 33C Alan / Mcneil 2 John Produit 23 Josh Vandom 81 Jake Bosch 01 Brittini Snyder 2M Skylar Marynik 08 Thomas Martell 25R +rick Weight 80 Chad Horst 48 Brain Delaney 99 Francis Robertson 7 Derric Culey 55 Vanessa Hathaway/mckinley
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Start 3 2 8 4 1 6 7 5 10 9
Car 7L 88 502 50 70 146 55 27 10 41
Hometown Huron , Sd Aberdeen , Sd Sturgis , Sd Aberdeen , Sd Gillette , Wy Sidney , Mt Rapid City, Sd Rapid City, Sd Gillette , Wy Bismark , Nd Rapid City, Sd Billings , Mt Gillette , Wy Lead , Sd Mills , Wy Rapid City, Sd Mills , Wy Mandan , Nd Gillette , Wy
Race Points 35.00 33.00 32.00 31.00 30.00 29.00 28.00 27.00 26.00 25.00 24.00 23.00 22.00 21.00 21.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
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Hometown Race Points Rapid City, Sd 40.00 Gillette , W 39.00 Gillette , Wy 38.00 Casper , Wy 37.00 Gillette , W 36.00 Gillette , Wy 35.00 Rozet , Wy 34.00 Gillette , Wy 33.00 Gillette , W 32.00 Glenrock , Wy 31.00 Casper , Wy 30.00 Gillette , Wy 29.00 Rocksprings , Wy 28.00
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Driver Tyler Larson Glen Asmus Brian Welch Wade Manning Steve Schickentanz Dave Dilley Shelli Dowdy Gene Eckman Todd Mccoy Tom Manning
Hometown Race Points Pennock , Mn 35.00 Evansville , Wy 33.00 Casper , Wy 32.00 Gillette , Wy 31.00 Casper , Wy 30.00 Billings , Mt 29.00 Gillette , Wy 28.00 Casper , Wy 27.00 Gillette , Wy 26.00 Gillette , Wy 0.00
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Start 6 3 4 5 8 10 9 7 1 13 12 11 17 16 15 2 14
Car 66 31 1M 3 5 14 54 2 34H 67 2S 62 13 8 37 7 51
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Car E5K 7 89B 17 18 89 33 27 71X 8 13 X3 00B 45W 2D 8C 18J 85JR 55M 45 20 44 11K 715 53 81 3B 51
MIDWEST MOD - Main Event Driver Allan Locken Kyle Harkin Matt Sheesley Lorin Johnson Justin Williams Kenny Bell Tom Manning Marty Erivez Rob Hoffman Curtis Wood Nick Slocum Kim Horn Seth Cavanaugh Kyle Anton Tim Barber Danny Allen Chris Warner
Hometown Race Points Gillette , Wy 35.00 Hermosa , Sd 33.00 Rapid City, Sd 32.00 Miller , Sd 31.00 Gillette , Wy 30.00 Gillette , Wy 29.00 Gillette , Wy 28.00 Gillette , Wy 27.00 Gillette , Wy 26.00 Gillette , Wy 25.00 Evansville , Wy 24.00 Gillette , Wy 23.00 Gillette , Wy 22.00 Gillette , Wy 21.00 Gillette , Wy 20.00 Gillette , Wy 19.00 Casper , Wy 18.00
Driver Eddie Kirchoff Marlyn Seidler Hank Berry Matt Sheesley Tony Leiker Tim Perkins David Karst Scotty Fischer Brent Schafmann Randy Dolberg Randy Sandvick Shawn Reed Benjie Bayne Kirk Wojahn Lenny Makowski Chris Clark Paul Jones Shawn Pudwill Anthony Miller Tim Dower Nick Leiker Darin Tarrell Jeremy Keller Josh Robinett Duane Manning Wyatt Dinius Brian Brennan Ed Kirchoff
Hometown Race Points Gillette , Wy 40.00 Underwood , Nd 39.00 Sidney , Mt 38.00 Rapid City, Sd 37.00 Gillette , Wy 36.00 Bismark , Nd 35.00 Mills , Wy 34.00 Gillette , Wy 33.00 Bismarck , Nd 32.00 Mills , Wy 31.00 Killdeer , Nd 30.00 Casper , Wy 29.00 Casper , Wy 28.00 Gladstone , Nd 27.00 Belfield , Nd 26.00 Wilson , Wy 25.00 Casper , Wy 24.00 Piedmont , Sd 23.00 Rozet , Wy 22.00 Riverton , Wy 21.00 Gillette , Wy 20.00 Dickinson , Nd 19.00 Mandan , Nd 18.00 Mill , Wy 0.00 Gillette , Wy 17.00 Dickinson , Nd 0.00 Rozet , Wy 0.00 Gillette , Wy 0.00
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ave you seen the Liberal anti war protesters pouring out into the streets over possible military action in Syria? NO? Neither have I. Did you see John Kerry testify before congress in an impassioned plea against yet another war? Funny, I heard him testify in favor of it. Funny, when our allies step aside and say that they have no intention of backing the United States if we should try to take action, the President and fellow Democrats come out and say that we should “go it alone.” But weren’t these the same people who accused President Bush of going it alone in Iraq and Afghanistan, despite the fact that we brought 48 allies with us? So, Hillary Clinton will pound her fist on the table and scream during the Benghazi hearings, “WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?” Yet, we have to take immediate action in Syria because that was a travesty? Will no liberal call her out on this? This past Tuesday, Democratic Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton appeared on the Bill Press Radio Show and said that she would vote for the attacks on Syria. Not because he was for the idea but because Mr. Obama was President and she wanted to support him. So, if Obama is president you support war, but if a Republican is president you don’t? My favorite Liberal, Debbie Wasserman Schultz (I call her “Debbie POO”), came out this past week and claimed that there were dozens of nations that stand in support of President Obama on military action on Syria. But when Wolf Blitzer pushed on exactly WHO, she said
that she was not allowed to say who. So, my Liberal friends, what if Bush was president and Debbie Poo was a Republican? Let’s go back for a moment and remember what Debbie POO said about George Bush over these same issues. Even John Kerry, speaking before congress this past week, said that there was a broad and growing collation of nations supporting the United States and that they will join us. But Mr. Kerry, at the time, was not able to produce any evidence of this. Mr. Kerry even tossed out the possibility of “boots on the ground,” meaning that we can’t rule out sending in troops if things in Syria get bad enough. Wait, what did Mr. Kerry say about our invasion of Iraq? The group known as Code Pink, an anti-war group who protested President Bush at every turn has only offered words of concern to President Obama over Syria. To those concerns, John Kerry said to them, “I used to feel like you, back when I was 27 years old.” But, Mr. Kerry, you felt like you were 27 when you went after George Bush for his War onTerror. Funny, how the press lambasted President Bush over his War on Terror. Yet, it does not say much about President Obama’s drone attacks, or his actions in Libya. Funny,how it’s ok to protest President Bush over these things, but criticize President Obama and you’ll be called a racist. I’ve asked this question before in many different contexts. I’m asking it again: Are you defending the truth, or are you defending your side? Which is more important to
you? Which is better for the nation? Isn’t it better that the truth wins? So now we come to the point of constancy. I have no problem with anyone’s evolving opinions. We all change our minds as we learn and grow (for those of us who are able to learn and grow). But, if you are defending your side just because you don’t want to see any damage done, then you are truly not interested in the truth. President Obama made his first mistake when he said that there would be a price to pay if chemical weapons were used in Syria. Well, they have been used. Now what? Mr. Obama needs to learn the lesson that one must never make an empty threat. Democrats must learn to admit when their president has made a mistake. When it turned out that we did not have a collation of nations ready to support us in Syria, Democrats should have called Mr. Obama out on it, right away. They would have called Bush on it. When President Obama said that he did not need the approval of Congress, Democrats should have called him out on it. Funny, that they called Bush out on it, even though Bush had the approval of Congress. Then, when President Obama backed off and said that he would do the right thing and go through Congress, it was not pointed out by Liberals that he was being hypocritical, and passing the buck. To my Liberal friends, I plead once again with you, do not sacrifice your core beliefs just to defend your side, or to try and do damage to the opposition. Truth matters. Reality matters.
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masters. And your mayor Murphy wants very badly to be able to follow in their footsteps. First he had the arrogance to forge ahead with his “Field of Dreams” even after the citizens of the community told him “not now”. And now this. Is this man a mayor or a king? He obviously thinks there is no limit to your money. Even though we are losing the top money jobs and taxpayers of the area (mining), he doesn’t believe we are in a bad economy or that it has the potential to get worse. How much more of this are you going to put up with? Are you going to wait till he has bankrupted the city? Don’t think it can happen? Look at Detroit. Look at Stockton, California. Since January 2010, a total of 28 municipalities and utility districts across the country have filed for bankruptcy. How did they get there? Profligate spending. Sound familiar? When are you going to get mad enough to tell mayor Murphy to stop his spending spree? If I have raised your blood pressure enough to make you do something, won’t you consider going to the council workshop on Monday and letting the mayor know how bad of an idea you think his pay raise is? Cathy Raney
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Dear Editor, According to an article on the Basins Radio website dated August 29th, Gillette city mayor Murphy thinks he deserves a raise in the amount he is paid to serve as mayor of the city. When did an elected office become a job? Does serving on the city council comprise the sole source of income for the council members? Or do they have other, full time jobs besides the service of representation of the city’s citizens? Mayor Murphy wants to have a discussion about raising compensation rates for council members, specifically his, at the next council workshop on Monday, September 9th. I can’t complain to the city council since I am not a citizen of Gillette. But I think the people who can complain need to let the council know this is a bad idea. In fact, I think mayor Murphy’s “salary” should be cut from $18,000 to the $6,000 that all the rest of the council members receive. They should only receive a compensation to reimburse them for expenses they incur in the performance of their duties. People who run for elected positions should look at their service as our founding fathers did. It was a duty to their fellow citizens to make sure that the services (clean streets) and protections (safe streets) of government were maintained on behalf of the citizens. They were supposed to serve for a limited time and then, once their obligation was fulfilled, they went home to their real jobs. Citizens of Gillette, the fact that politicians have been able to vote themselves pay raises while creating laws that benefit the highest campaign contributor is how we ended up with an entitled, elite, group of out of touch “representatives” in Washington, DC. They have evolved from the servants of the citizens of the republic to their
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Homes for Sale
Camper spot for rent $300 per month in Silver Hills 307680-8838
Home For Sale By Owner. Great Horse Property for sale, in Buffalo Wyoming. 11.5 acres with three bedroom, 3 bath home with 2 car attached garage, afull length covered redwood deck and walk out basement, irrigated pastures, bite corrals, Cleary Barn, and much more.Call 307-684-5844 after 5p.m. for appointment
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
Business Opportunities Looking for investor in local business. Call for Details. 307-257-2306. Exciting career available Now! No weekends, holidays, or nights. Unlimited income potential. 20% commission plus gas allowance selling print advertising. Call Anne Peterson (advertising manager) at (307) 299-4662 or email AnnePeterson@ CampbellCountyObserver. com Health problems? Try doTERRA certified pure essential oils. 307-680-0363. www. myvoffice.com/healingisbelieving
For Rent 2 Bedroom Duplex, with one car garage, washer/dryer, no pets. $700rent/$700deposit. 307-689-0202 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.
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Solutions from this week
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. 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
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.
2004 Yukon Denali XL,6.0 Motor, Loaded $14,000 OBO 660-9351
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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
ACE will reduce your appetite and give you energy. The natural way to lose weight. www.facebook.com/AcePill 660-2974
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
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September 6 - 13, 2013
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*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.
Child Care in Sleepy Hollow. Room for 2 children. $20 per day per child. Call 307-2572306.
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.
Homeowners and renters insurance for house, trailer, or apartments. Call Elizabeth Jones Agency 307-682-6520
I Buy Militaria. Swords, uniforms, bayonets, medals, guns/parts, field gear. 6827864
RV Winterization starting at $99.95 at YOUR house. Call Randy at 307-660-3091 (b340-tfnh)
Wanted: Old Batteries. Call 307-670-1675. D4-30-8P
Personal Assistant needed to organize and help. Computer skills needed,job experience and good with organization. We are ready to pay $570 per week interested person for more info contact: darenboot@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 Looking for CDL to work in North Dakota full time. Call 307-670-3629. 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. 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. 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 PERSONAL ASSISTANCE NEEDED: We are looking for an Office Assistant. Duties include greeting clients, answering phones, and routing mail, data entry and retrieve,scheduling and calender maintenance,Ideal candidates will have proven customer service skills in an administrative setting and experience with Microsoft Office applications email resumes to akeelahanderson001@gmail.com IF INTERESTED Personal Assistant needed to organize and help. Basic computer skills needed, must be good with organization. I am ready to pay $600.00 per week. Interested person should contact: deans995@ gmail.com Bl-32-2V Full Time Flooring Installers wanted. Must have experience. Bring resumes in to Carpet Express Direct on Hwy. 59 next to the Prime Rib Restaurant. State Wide Sales people. Print Advertising Sales for new State-wide newspaper. Call 307-299-4662
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
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.
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! International Tractor 300 Utility For Sale. $2000 Artic Cat 4X4 2001For Sale. $2000 Call Bill 307 - 660 – 8563. 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 $2,500 O.B. O 307-299-4662 or307-6220825
Produce for Sale Fresh local “Free Range” eggs. All natural, no animal by-products. No antibiotics. $3/Doz. 257-9049
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. 1903 Springfield. 30o6 Cal. U.S. Military. $700 obo. Call (307) 682-7864 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. 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. 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.
Heavy Equipment/ Trailers
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
WILL PAY CASH FOR CAMPERS. Call Scott (307) 680-0854.
Home For Sale By Owner
Great Horse Property for sale, in Buffalo Wyoming. 11.5 acres with three bedroom, 3 bath home with 2 car attached garage, afull length covered redwood deck and walk out basement, irrigated pastures, bite corrals, Cleary Barn, and much more.Call 307684-5844 after 5p.m. for appointment
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!” Powder River Mechanics. We have the cheapest labor rates, but the best quality repairs in town. We offer full services on Foreign and domestic vehicles, ATV’s, Snowmobiles, motorcycles, jet ski’s, boats, and more. Let us put you on a Preventative maintenance schedule so your vehicles run miles past your warranty. Call for an appointment. 307-6967713. Avenue Mall - Over 30 vendors, come check us out! 217 Gillette Ave. Mon-Fri. 9AM to 7 PM, Sat. 9AM- 5 PM, Sun. 10 AM - 4 PM
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Where is this picture taken? The Cam-Plex
Weekly Trivia Answer
Former Mexican General and President Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana was inadvertently responsible for what American snack food?
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
Merchandise 1939 HA Selmer Trumpet $750 OBO. 687-1087 Chest freezer 21 cu. ft. commercial heavy duty. $300. Call 307-696-3869 Large Underground Tank. 307-680-8838
Fuel
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. Refrigerator (white) Great condition $100 307-2995918 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
Chewing Gum
In 1869, 74-year-old Santa Anna was living in exile in Staten Island, New York. He was trying to raise money for an army to return and take over Mexico City. During his time in New York City, he is credited with bringing in the first shipments of chicle, the base of chewing gum. He failed to profit from this, since his plan was to use the chicle to replace rubber in carriage tires, which was tried without success. Thomas Adams, the American assigned to aid Santa Anna while he was in the United States, experimented with chicle in an attempt to use it as a substitute for rubber. He bought one ton of the substance from Santa Anna, but his experiments proved unsuccessful. Instead, Adams helped to found the chewing gum industry with a product that he called “Chiclets”.
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Weekly Sports Trivia Answer Who holds the record for the most Olympic individual medals ever won?
If you are interested in purchasing Nutrient Rich Ranch Raised Beef grown locally, call 307-340-1108. Great Jerky http://www.rberlinger.jerkydirect.com/
6x10 trailer. Great shape, fits your biggest Harley. $1,400 obo. 299-4967. 1981 Circle J 4-horse Horse Trailer. New floor, paint and wiring. $2500 OBO Call 307 - 680 – 2374 1981 Circle J 4-horse Horse Trailer. New floor, paint and wiring done in shop class 2 years ago. No rust only used once since redone. $2500 or OBO Call 307 - 680 – 2374
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
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Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina
Between 1956 and 1964 she won 14 individual Olympic medals and four team medals. Her total of 18 Olympic medals was a record for 48 years until surpassed by American swimmer Michael Phelps on July 31, 2012. Although Phelps broke her total medal count record, her record for individual event medals (14) still stands. She is credited with helping to establish the Soviet Union as a dominant force in gymnastics.
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September 6 - 13, 2013
Campbell County Observer
Liberty Law Offices, P.C.
Early Scandals
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
By Mike Borda
J. Craig Abraham Attorney at Law
hile many of us think of political scandals as a modern invention, looking back to events like Watergate and IranContra, the actual history of controversial political acts goes back as far the beginning of our country. As long as men have had politics in fact, there have been scandals. In America, though, we need to look no earlier than the Revolution to find our own reprehensible political actions. The American Revolution was one of independence - of freedom. However, not everyone was willing to sacrifice all for that freedom. Some men that even managed to rise to political prominence within our forming country did their best to renege on their civil promises and hinder the rest of the country. One such man was William Blount. Blount was a United States Senator from Tennessee as
well as being an original signer of the Declaration of Independence. Blount’s family, seeing the Revolution as a chance to gain land and money, bought large amounts of land west of the colonies in order to sell later. However, the prices of those lands fell in the 1790s, and Blount was faced with the drastic realization that he would be saddled with a large amount of debt. To help his situation, he contacted America’s only real threat: Great Britain. The western lands had belonged mostly to Spain at that point, with whom the Americans did not have bad relations. However, the French had just defeated Spain in a European war, and American businessmen worried that France would soon occupy the west and cut off trade routes, forcing the U.S. to pay large tariffs. Blount thought the solution
to this problem would be through the British. In his plan, Blount would give the British control of Louisiana and Florida, giving America other trade routes. To enact this strategy, Blount wanted to have local militias team up with British regulars and local native tribes to attack certain Spanish strategic outposts in the region, eventually starting a war that would give Britain control of the key Gulf ports. Unfortunately for Blount, though, his correspondences regarding the plan were intercepted, eventually ending up in the hands of President John Adams. Blount was quickly forced to resign his seat in the Senate, and later fled to Tennessee. While he remained popular in certain areas of his former state, Blount’s reputation was ruined forever in the minds of most. The beginning of America was not without it’s troubles. Political scandals such as the Blount Conspiracy show that while the United States was founded on freedom, that idea does not mean the same thing to everyone - and keeping the country on the right track is a responsibility we all share.
Guns That Didn’t Win the West problematic and, in the case of the Cochran revolver, hang fire could be fatal to people standing to either side of the shooter and the shooter himself as one cylinder was always pointed at his face. Because Colt’s revolving pistol was such a ground-breaking and hugely reliable design, it was only a matter of time before someone decided to incorporate the revolver into larger weapons. This was done by none other than Samuel Colt, himself, in the mid-1830s. An early version of the revolving rifle was used in the Seminole War of 1838, but the most produced version of the Colt Revolving Rifle was introduced in 1855, along with a revolving shotgun, which utilized the same basic design as the Colt pistols. It became the first repeating rifle adopted into service by the United States Military. But inherent design problems with the rifle quickly surfaced. Reloading the capand-ball cylinder proved to be a slow and awkward process, and hang fire often resulted in serious injuries to the hand and arm that was used to stabilize the weapon. These issues resulted in an early retirement of the weapon as soon as a suitable replacement could be found. Samuel Colt wasn’t the only famous firearm manufacturer to produce a dud, either. In 1854, Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson (of Smith and Wesson fame) produced the Volcanic Repeating Pistol, which utilized a lever action and fired an early version of self-contained ammunition. One of their principal investors was Oliver Winchester. The pistol design fell victim to its experimental ammunition. The Volcanic cartridge was basically a hollowed out bullet that was filled with black powder and capped with a primer. But the powder load was severely limited by the size of the bullet, resulting in a very weak firearm. The Volcanic Repeating Arms Company was soon dissolved, with Oliver Winchester retaining the rights to the lever mechanism. A few years later, one of his employees, Benjamin Tyler Henry, was working on improving the Volcanic design by modifying it to use rimfire brass cartridges. The result was the Henry .44 repeating rifle, which became the basis for not only all future Winchester repeating rifle designs, but all of the leveraction designs by other manufactures as well. Winchester Repeating Arms proved that anyone can take
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Guns that were Almost as Dangerous to the Shooter as they were to the Target: the Colt revolving rifle (above), the Cochran revolver (left) and the pepperbox (below).
By Jeff Morrison s discussed in previous articles, the western frontier of the 1800’s functioned as a convenient test lab for developing firearms. Successful designs captured the hearts and imaginations of westerners so thoroughly that those same designs are still produced by modern manufacturers. But, for every successful firearm design produced, there were a host of flops and failures that didn’t make their way into the Saturday Matinees of the 20th Century. Most of these firearms faded from the pages of history so quickly they exist today as strange curiosities in museums. In an effort to develop multishot firearms during the late 1700s and early 1800s, many imaginative, albeit flawed, designs were produced. One of the earliest attempts to make a multi-shot pistol resulted in the Pepperbox. A pepperbox was a muzzleloading, cap-and-ball revolver. But instead of using a multichambered cylinder, the pepperbox used multiple barrels that were most commonly rotated by hand. The original design began in the 1700s, and by the 1830s several manufacturers were producing pepperbox pistols. Unfortunately, the pepperbox proved to be wildly inaccurate when fired at anything beyond point-blank range. Added to that, the flash of the percussion cap had a tendency to ignite the percussion caps on the other barrels causing them to fire simultaneously. This phenomenon, called hang-fire, became the downfall of many other would-be revolutionary firearms. The 1830s also saw the brief production of one of the ugliest firearms ever developed. Cochran B. Allen of Springfield, Massachusetts introduced a unique version of a revolving ammunition cylinder, which he installed in both a pistol and a rifle. Much like the revolving cylinder introduced by Samuel Colt, the Cochran cylinder was loaded with loose powder and a lead ball and ignited by a hammer striking a percussion cap which flashed a spark into the firing chamber. Unlike Colonel Colt’s design, the Cochran cylinder spun horizontally, with the firing chambers bored into the side. The hammer mechanism was installed under the cylinder. Needless to say, the machinery was complicated and required a high degree of precision workmanship. As with the pepperbox, hang fire proved
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a great idea too far when it introduced the 1887 lever-action repeating shotgun. This design, developed by John M. Browning, utilized the same lever action that had made Winchester the household name it is today, and was offered in 10 and 12 gauge. But working a shotgun shell with a lever action requires strong arms, and the shells often jammed in the mechanism. The resulting product was a five-shot shotgun with a slower rate of fire than a double barreled coach gun. Worse yet, the introduction of smokeless gunpowder shells a few years after the shotgun was introduced presented a new problem for the gun, when it was discovered that the lever mechanism soon fell apart when using the more powerful ammunition. Both Winchester Repeating Arms and John Browning rebounded from the failure with the introduction of the iconic pump action shotgun in 1893. Some weapons that were utilized successfully during the Civil War never made much of an impact west of the Mississippi. The LeMat revolver, invented by a New Orleans doctor who was a first cousin of Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard, featured a nine-shot cylinder that revolved around a 16 gauge shotgun barrel. The cap-and-ball weapon began production in Philadelphia but was later produced in France after the outbreak of the Civil War. It was intended for use by mounted cavalry, but was more popular among the Confederate
officers. The pistol was heavier that most sidearms and difficult to load. The loading bar, used by most cap-and-ball pistols to ram the bullets into the cylinder, was prone to breaking on the LeMat, due to its location on the side of the pistol barrel. Production of the pistol ended in 1865 and it was never successfully converted to fire cartridge ammunition. As a result, few of these pistols ever saw action on the High Plains. Of all the guns that never made an impression on the Wild West, the Spencer repeating rifle deserves more recognition than it receives from modern historians. Patented in 1860 by its developer, Christopher Minor Spencer, the .52 caliber, magazine fed, repeating rifle and carbine was a very competent weapon utilized primarily by Union cavalry regiments during the Civil War. On the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, General John Buford’s 1rst Division cavalry, armed with Spencers, were able to repulse a superior number of Confederate troops and hold them at bay long enough for the rest of the Union forces to arrive on the scene. Nor was Gettysburg the only battle in which the Spencer played a significant role. The design of the weapon was sound and reliable. The carbines were the primary cavalry weapon used during Red Cloud’s War fought in Powder River Country during the late 1860s and other engagements on the frontier. The ammunition was fed
through a tube which was accessible through the butt-plate. The elongated trigger-guard served as the lever mechanism, which ejected the spent shell while simultaneously seating the new cartridge. Unlike many of the cavalry carbines that succeeded the Spencer, it was not prone to jamming. The only complaint that could be made about the Spencer rifle was… It wasn’t a Henry. Although the Henry had a higher rate of fire (due to the lever cocking the hammer while ejecting spent cartridges, while the Spencer required the shooter to cock the hammer separately) the Spencer was less prone to accidental discharges when the weapon was jarred. True, the Henry carried 16 cartridges to the Spencer’s seven, but the muzzle velocity of the Spencer was superior to that of the Henry. The popularity of the Henry over the Spencer most likely came about by the Army’s reluctance to adopt new repeating rifles. Both rifles entered production at the same time. But unlike the Spencer, the Henry did not receive a contract with the military until very late in the war. In the meantime, the Henry was marketed directly to civilians. And so, while the Spencer was making a name for itself on the fields of Gettysburg, the Henry was making a name for itself among prospectors, pioneers, and plainsmen from Fort Laramie to San Francisco.
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