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Carrying The Right News...To The Right Places Volume #3: Issue #3
Sunday, July 12, 2009
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ALL QUIET ON THE HOMEFRONT Jessica Smith - Staff Reporter
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Although the jor issues happening that evening, 4th of July Sheriff Becker was pleased with holiday is a the way things progressed on the celebration of holiday. “Overall…it was a pretty our indepenreasonable weekend,” he stated. dence and a time for family Glenrock Police Chief Tom and friends, it Sweet also reported no major isalso--unfortusues for the holiday weekend. nately--usualThe Glenrock Police Department ly turns into also had no extra manpower on an excuse to duty that evening, but did have drink and drive people available and ready to go for some….. at a moment’s notice, if needed. but not so this “We had a couple of complaints year. Accordon fireworks and…one DUI aring to area rest and that was pretty much it,” law enforceChief Sweet explained, “It was ment, all was very quiet--I thought it was a very quiet in Glengood weekend.” rock and Converse county Fireworks display Rolling Hills - Photo © Jessica It’s good to know that the major( r e l a t i v e l y Smith - HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONNY! (Pssst... it was ity of people in the area exercised speaking, of Donny Smith’s birthday on the 4th too!) their responsible natures during course…it was the celebrations, just as it is good to breathe a bit easier. “It wasn’t as the 4th of July, after all!) to know that our law enforcement big a threat having a fire with the departments were watching out for Sheriff Clint Becker of Converse wet weather,” he said. The Con- us….just in case. County expressed concern that peo- verse County Sheriff’s Department ple would forget to take care with didn’t have any extra manpower on fireworks because of our unusually duty that evening, although there wet spring, but also admitted that the were people available in case they wet spring allowed the department were needed quickly. With no ma-
MAIN STREET COMMITTEE CLEANS WALKWAY
Jessica Smith - Staff Reporter On Monday, July 6th, the later through Aspiring Main Street Com- c o m m u n i t y mittee went to work on the service, and next phase of the Centen- now the group nial Walkway located be- is beginning tween Hardware Hank and the planning the Masonic Lodge build- process for ing. The group, consisting the rest of the of Kathy Patceg, Anna landscaping Huffman, and Jessica and other adSmith, along with volun- ditions to the teers Mayor Steve Cielins- walkway. Stay ki and his lovely wife Mel- posted to The anie (Thanks you two!), Bird for upset about cleaning up what dates and the was left of the weeds, ant- next time you hills, and trash between the are downtown, sidewalk and the respective go by and see the progress buildings’ walls. The rock for yourself! was placed along the edges of the sidewalk a few days
THE POWER BEHIND THE POWER Amanda Smith - Editor Co-written with Jessica Smith © Staff Reporter
Rocky Mountain Power President visits The Glenrock Bird - Paleon Museum - en route to discuss disputed Gateway Transmission Line.
Rocky Mountain Power President Richard Walje stands beneath Glenrock’s Paleon Museum’s Allosaurus after a visit to the offices of the Glenrock Bird. Photo © Amanda Smith
Anna Huffman, Melanie Cielinski, and Mayor Steve Cielinski work on the Centennial Walkway on Monday, July 6th. Photo © Jessica Smith
On Thursday, July 9th, The Glenrock Bird received a group of special guests at its office. Richard Walje, the President of Rocky Mountain Power, along with RMP's Communications Specialist Jeff Hymas and Political and Community Affairs Manager Matt Grant came to The Bird specifically to discuss the much disputed and upcoming Gateway West Transmission Line project. Due to some misinformation floating around the
public arena, along with some missing information about the project, Walje thought it best to visit Converse County himself, aiming to set things right on an information level with landowners that will be affected by the line. "We can't take anything off the plate, but we can try to accommodate the concerns of those affected by the line" stated RMP's President. The threesome were en
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Community MARQUETTE TAKES OVER DEER CREEK
fare such as burritos, chili, salsa, and bar pizzas. For the upcoming Deer Creek Days and to celebrate Glenrock’s 100th year, the Deer Creek Lounge will have live music Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights (the 30th and 31st of July and the 1st of Aug.) at 8:00 p.m. performed by Dave Rogers and the Chugwater Band (out of Chugwater). There will also be a beer garden and outdoor barbecue for sale on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (July 31st, August 1st and 2nd). The beer garden and barbecue will be up at noon each day, with food ready to eat by 4:00.
BAR A HOPPIN’ JUST IN TIME FOR DEER CREEK DAYS Jessica Smith - Staff Reporter
When Dale Marquette took over ownership of the Deer Creek Lounge in early June, he wasn’t exactly sure what he wanted to do with it. Fortunately, Mr. Marquette is a proprietor with an eye for moving forward. Since taking over the Dale Marquette - New owner of Glenrock’s Deer Creek Bar lounge, Mr. Marquette, and Lounge - Photo Jessica Smith in conjunction with two other bar owners in town, at 7:00 p.m., and consists will begin later in the year has begun an in-town dart of 6 teams that alternate for the Fall season. league and an in-town pool between the Deer Creek The Deer Creek Lounge is league. The dart league Lounge, The Shoreliner, a place offering many actakes place on Wednesdays and The Four Aces--two tivities. Besides pool and at 7:00 p.m., and consists teams in each bar each darts, there is karaoke evof eight 2-man teams that week. This keeps busi- ery other Friday, dancing, alternate weeks between ness flowing through each and according to Mr. Marthe Deer Creek Lounge business, while keeping it quette, “We’re going to try and The Shoreliner--four interesting for the league to have live music every teams in each bar each players. The leagues are other Friday night (alterweek. The pool league closed to new teams at the nating with the karaoke).” takes place on Thursdays moment, but new leagues The lounge also serves bar
100 YEAR GLENROCK FAMILY STORIES THE SLICHTER FAMILY
“In 1884, John and Sarah Slichter with their children, Jesse, Ida and Charles, took the train to Cheyenne, Wyoming from Ringgold, Iowa. They traveled by team and wagon from Cheyenne to Box Elder Creek, near the Platte River in Converse County. The family settled there for a while, then moved a few miles east, where they established a hay ranch, with horses and cattle. The ranch was located on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and the "river road" which was a for runner to a major road between Douglas and Glenrock. The Inez coal mine named after Deforest Richards daughter, was located south of the ranch.
There was already a post office at the ranch house, but when the mines came in, it became known as the Inez Post Office. Sarah Slichter was the postmistress for a time and then her daughter, Ida, took over the job.
It was about this time that Dick Burks came to Wyoming on the train in 1907 from Rockville, Indiana. He was on the train when it stopped at the Inez Post Office. The wind blew his hat off and Ida retrieved it and brought it back to him. They met that day, but did not marry until 1912. Dick and Ida Burks children were Beatrice, born 1913 and Richard born June 13, 1917. Richard married Ruby
Vitek on December 8, 1947. They have two daughters, Shirley Baker and Cindy Reynolds. Richard graduated from Glenrock High School in 1936. He served on the Converse County Soil Conservation Board for 29 years. He was on the ASC board from 1947 until 1972. In 1972, he was elected Converse County Commissioner and served two terms. In 1965, Richard became a member of the Deer Creek Grazing Association and the family ranch is still a member. Richard lived on and operated the family ranch all his life. He died in his home on July 30, 2004 of Leukemia.” -As submitted by the Slichter Family.
To honor Glenrock’s 100 Year Birthday Celebration, The Glenrock Bird will be printing “100 Year Family Stories” throughout the yearlong celebration of our town. Stay tuned to The Glenrock Bird for more articles on the familes of Glenrock who have been here for 100 years. HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY GLENROCK!
JUSTICE CENTER IN THE NEWS Jessica Smith - Staf Reporter
The fact that Converse County is looking to build a new Justice Center in Douglas is no great surprise, but some of the facts about the proposed center may not yet be well known. According to the Converse County website’s Justice Center downloadable file, the ‘needs’ assessment that was performed decided that, due to current standards, capacity issues, and the safety of employees and inmates, the current jail is inadequate. The jail, which is required to accept detainees from all agencies in the County--not just the Sheriff’s office, is not feasible to remodel or enlarge and statistics indicate a serious current and future bed shortage. The current safety issues include: Inadequate space in the booking unit creating an officer safety problem; the linear design of the facility creates blind spots making it harder to monitor and control activiSunday, July 12, 2009
ties; the men’s main housing dorm currently poses a higher risk of inmate to inmate assaults due to the number of inmates housed in the rooms; and the female housing unit has blind spots creating safety issues. The statistics on the website document show a steady increase of arrests, the average daily population of the current facility, and the amount of inmates that have to be housed outside the facility due to the bed shortage. The average daily population in 2000 was approximately 25 inmates which had grown to approximately 72 in 2008. The number of arrests (not including weekends) has risen from approximately 700 in 2000 to around 1,100 in 2008. The number of inmates which have had to be held at other facilities has gone from 0 in 2000 to around 38 in 2008. Clearly, something needs to be done to fix the current
situation, but what are the options? According to the document, the options are: to change nothing, which will continue to house inmates in other facilities thus causing a negative economic impact of dollars leaving the county to pay for the inmates’ housing and also causing a huge liability, or to build a new facility which will require voters to approve a new sales tax. Either way will, no doubt, be unacceptable to some, but it is clear that something will eventually have to be done to address the problem. For more information on the Justice center including proposed sites, different schematics, and to see where your property tax dollars go, view the document yourself on the Converse County website at http://conversecounty. org .
From daily Happy Hour drink specials to the package liquor drive-through to the many activities to take part in, the Deer Creek Lounge truly has something for everyone. The lounge is open 7days each week from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. For more information about the pool and dart leagues, or to see what interesting activities are happening each week (last week there was a Jim Beam Pucker Party), call the Deer Creek Lounge at 436-9909.
GLENROCK LIBRARY NEWS Rita Heath - Librarian
Salve! Hello in Latin from the library! We have a very busy week at the library. Our summer reading program is as follows: We will have family movie night on July 14 at 6:30 P.M. Our feature presentation will be Prince Caspian. Peter, Susan, Edmond and Lucy revisit the kingdom of Narnia and meet Prince Caspian. Come enjoy the continuing adventures from the wardrobe. Our juvenile program July 15 starts at 10:30. Carolyn Eitel and company will bring their enthusiasm and imagination to captivate the audience. Let the drama side in you escape for a while and enjoy the show! This is your chance to meet Hobart. He is the Casper Ghosts mascot. The Casper Ghosts are a minor
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route to a meeting in Douglas, Wyoming regarding the Gateway Transmission Line. Matt Grant stated "We have an obligation to the State of Wyoming, finding a balance to keep everyone happy isn't easy." On a lighter note, The Staff of the Glenrock Bird requested that our visitors take a gander at what RMP's $5000 donation to the Paleon Museum in Glenrock was being utilized for. The Museum's newest addition, the great meat eater, the Allosaurus, (thanks to the grant from RMP) received a permanent home in Glenrock's famed museum, complete
league baseball team out of Casper. He will be here reading to the kids on July 16th at 10:00. This will be open to everyone. Moonstone productions will entertain our adult audience on Thursday evening at 7:00. Keith Eitel will do his rendition of Jim Bridger. You’ll be able to listen and actually talk to the greatest trapper, mountain man and scout of our times. What is that noise coming from on Saturday, July 11? The mad mob is again plucking away at the beat of Guitar Heroes! Think you have what it takes to make some music. Come join us at 11:00 for food, fun and music! Good way to start your week end. Read Me A Story for July 11 ~ 18 is read by Mara. She will be reading The Unicorn and the Moon by Tomie DePaola. Dial 4362353 and listen to a good story. Our summer reading program is coming to a close. It’s hard to believe that it’s
with fixed body parts and a looming sharp toothed head. It was the first time Walje and his crew experienced the newly reconstructed dinosaur, and all three were pleased to witness first hand, how the grant was put to use. "This is good, its good to see the process" stated Walje, clearly proud of being a substantial part in the construction of the dinosaur that was found in the Glenrock area. Stay tuned next week for the full article on the Rocky Mountain Power visit with The Glenrock Bird, and highlights from the Douglas meeting between the landowners and Walje, Hymas and Grant.
almost over. Reading Log books need to be in by July 18. So does the books that all of you have been diligently working on. Remember that every book gets to be bond nicely, thanks to the 4-H who have generously donated their machine. Shunta Brinkley will be at the library July 18 to get the Kids Care Club off the ground. Come join an energetic group that focuses on community. It’s open to all ages. It part of the Americorp Vista program. On July 21 at 10:30, Marki Scholz, who is founder of Dragons Are Too Seldom Puppets out of South Dakota will be performing with her puppets in hand. She will entertain and amuse us to bring our summer reading program to an end. We will hand out awards and close with an
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Clear your calendars and ready yourself for the amazing weekend of July 31st, August 1st and August 2nd as Deer Creek Days celebrates Glenrock‘s 100th birthday! From the Library’s book sale and the Paleon Museum’s yard sale to the Antique Tractor viewing and mud volleyball tournament, Streetside Horse Sale and Ranch Rodeo Calcutta! There promises to be something for everyone the weekend of July 31st, August 1st and August 2nd--and don‘t forget the parade on Saturday! If you haven’t yet registered for events or reserved booth space at one of the wonderful shows, don’t panic-there’s still time. Contact Mary Kay Kindt at the Glenrock Chamber of Commerce for event scheduling or to sign up! 436-5652
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THE HAT DOES NOT A COWBOY MAKE “The Nighthawk” Column by Susan R. Stoltz I moved to Wyoming several years ago after a disastrous relationship with a man who claimed to be a real cowboy. He had all the right accoutrements for the job, the hat and boots, and the big truck, the ranch, the guns and the horse. He knew the lingo. What he didn’t possess was the ethics of a cowboy. I digress this week from the specific ‘Cowboy Ethics’ theme of this column to a subject more general in nature. Why has the icon of the cowboy lasted for over 150 years and what, exactly, does the cowboy stand for in today’s society? Cowboys are heroic, not because they do heroic deeds but because they represent honor, loyalty, truthfulness and courage. They stand for what is good and honorable. Cowboys are a source of inspiration from our history that still speaks to us today. We can’t, however, legislate morality. Beware the impostor. In a world where it’s relatively easy to mimic that which we admire, it’s easy to be duped by those cowboy wanna-be’s who wear the hat and the shiny dime store buckle. Let’s face it; little boys still want to grow up to be cowboys and women still want to marry them. So how do we tell the real deal from the phony baloney? Actions speak louder than words. Be certain the image has some depth.
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NEWS FROM THE NEST CAP & TAX = NATIONAL ENERGY TAX Enzi vows to push back against similar legislation Washington, D.C. – Following a week traveling in Wyoming and listening to constituents, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., heard time and again the concern many people have with the energy bill recently passed by the House. Enzi said the bill is a national energy tax disguised as a program to decrease carbon emissions when in reality the cap and tax program included in the bill is like a Ponzi scheme. “Cap and tax is designed to take money from business and their customers, plain and simple. It does hardly anything to stop carbon emissions. The plan is for the government to print a bunch of certificates, not backed by anything, then give away and auction them among energy companies. Once the companies get the certificates they will pass the increased price of their energy products down to you and me, the consumers. Companies don’t pay taxes, consumers do. Then when energy and gas bills get more expensive, the government will take the money from certificates and give a small portion of the money back to who political leaders see fit. If you are in the favored group then maybe you can pay your increased utility bill that the government
caused in the first place. I call this a Ponzi scheme,” said Enzi. “The House passed the bill by buying votes with pork projects. There are hundreds of pages in the bill that have nothing to do with energy legislation and everything to do with securing pet projects. That type of vote trading is a felony in Wyoming and it should be a felony in Washington. Our country can’t afford expensive and detrimental legislation.
WASHINGTON TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE: THE DEVILISH DETAILS Senator John Barrasso (R- Wyo.) made the following statement on the Senate floor:
WASHINGTON, D.C. -When it comes to health care, Democrats and Republicans all agree we need and we want health care reform. Having practiced medicine for over “Not only is cap and tax two decades, I know that bad domestic policy it doing nothing is simply would hinder U.S. global not an option. competitiveness by increasing the cost of doing But let me tell you from business. Subjecting U.S. experience – the devil is companies to a national always in the details. We energy tax is like dropping anchor on a sailboat at the must be careful, thoughtstart of a race. It doesn’t ful, and deliberate about make sense unless you the changes we make. Health care is a very comwant to lose,” said Enzi. plex and intensely perThe Senate Finance sonal issue. It deserves a Committee held a hear- serious, open, and transing today to consider the parent national debate. international trade consequences a cap and tax Still at issue is whether system would have on the Congress will act withU.S. economy. out sacrificing our health care system’s greatest Yesterday the Senate strengths: The freedom Committee on Environ- to choose your own docment and Public Works tor and the freedom to held a hearing on clean en- choose the hospital you ergy and reducing global want. warming and the impacts that could have on AmeriI travel home to Wyocan competitiveness. ming every weekend. The House passed the Many families worry they American Clean Energy will lose the health coverand Security Act of 2009, age they currently have. H.R. 2454, by a vote of Still others cannot afford 219-217on June 26. The health insurance. This is Senate is expected to take what is wrong with the up energy legislation be- current health care sysfore August.
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tem. That is what we need to fix. Wyoming families want to purchase health insurance coverage at an affordable price. They do not want to be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. They do not want to lose coverage if they change jobs. But most of all, these families do NOT want Washington telling them who they have to see for medical care. Everyone should have the freedom to choose the doctor, the hospital, and the health care plan they want. No Washington bureaucrat should ever be allowed to deny that right. Democrats in Congress want to create a “government-run” health care plan. Their plan creates a government-run insurance model that could limit patient choices, eliminate personal freedoms, and decrease the quality of care. According to the Lewin Group, 119 million Americans would lose the private coverage they currently have – if we have a government run system. As a doctor, I can tell you
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from personal experience that the government will never compete on a “level playing field” with private business. Washington will never let its health care plan go bankrupt. It will lose money. It will hide costs. And ultimately taxpayers will pay the difference. So what does all this mean for you – the patient? It means politicians making health care decisions, not patients. It means Washington bureaucrats deciding if you can have the hip and knee procedure you need. It means the government saying you cannot have lifesaving medical treatments because it is too expensive – or because you are too old. The Senate HELP Committee has been debating a health reform plan put forth by Senators Kennedy and Dodd. Last week, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office told us the Kennedy-Dodd plan increases spending by more than $1.3 trillion in the first 10 years.
reduces the number of uninsured by 17 million. That leaves approximately 37 million Americans without health insurance coverage. The Democrat plan suffers from what I call the three “C’s”. It costs too much. It covers too few. And it causes too many Americans to be thrown off the health policy they currently like and want to keep. Some in Congress believe that unless we completely dismantle the current health care system – and build it up in the image of “Big Government” – then reform is simply not worth doing. I disagree. Americans do not want the same government bureaucracy that invented the Department of motor Vehicles controlling their medical decisions! They want simple, practical, and affordable changes now.
That number is staggering. Even more disturbing is that the plan is incomplete. So ten years and trillions of dollars later, CBO also tells us the Democrat plan only
Happy Birthday this week to Sid Applegate, Jim Hiser, Shirley Phipps, Iva Keller, Billie Kennaugh, Barb Larson, Virginia Rienhardt, & Cookie Walker. Be sure to stop in anytime this month for a free lunch courtesy of Deer Creek Drug. Please contact the Center if you would like your birthday or anniversary added to our list. Our Picnic at Natural Bridge is Thursday, July 16, 2009. The seats on the van are full, but if you would like to drive up on your own to join us we would be happy to have you! If you are interested in going, please contact the Glenrock Senior Center to sign up. Our annual Deer Creek Days Pancake Breakfast is scheduled for Sunday August 2, 2009 from 8am-1pm. The cost for breakfast this year is $3.00 for seniors, $5.00 for non-seniors, & kids 5 & under are free. The Bargain Basement Thrift Store is in desperate need of Clothes Racks! Applications for the Elderly and Disabled Tax Refund are available at the Center. Please call Nancie Fink at 436-9442 to schedule an appointment to apply, or to see if you qualify. The Commodities are in. This month’s items are Macaroni and Spaghetti Sauce. You may pick your commodities up at the Glenrock Senior Center. Page 6
Converse County & Beyond Located on the edge of Converse County, just northeast of Casper, the Campbell Hill Windpower Project is underway and moving forward at a rapid pace. Owned by Duke Energy out of North Carolina, the project will ultimately consist of 66 wind turbines which will generate 99 megawatts of energy once completed. This makes it one of Duke Energy’s larger wind power projects. The turbines are 275 feet from the ground to the ‘nacelle’, which is the
gear box that the blades and rotor connect into. Add to that the blades at nearly 126 feet each and you have a turbine that is approximately 400 feet tall when the blade is at it’s apex! Although there is some confusion as to what the project’s name actually is, a representative of Duke Energy, Greg Efthimiou, explained the difference between the Campbell Hill Windpower Project and Three Buttes, LLC. While Duke Energy is the ultimate owner of the project, a ‘subsidiary’ company of their creation will be in charge of the project locally. Named for the geographical attribute in the area, Three Buttes, LLC was created to take
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WYOMING’S LACK OF CHILDCARE COSTS MONEY FOR THE STATE AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES Equality Initiatives (EI), the advocacy project of the Wyoming Women’s Foundation (WYWF), is pleased to announce the receipt of a $25,000 grant from the Rockefeller Family Fund to launch an educational campaign and grassroots movement around improving Wyoming’s workforce, economy and women’s economic self-sufficiency with greater access to childcare. According to Sarah Mikesell Growney, Program Director for the Wyoming Women’s Foundation and Equality Initiatives, “Receiving the Rockefeller grant is recognition that this is a major issue in Wyoming. Business recruitment and retention would increase with stronger access to quality childcare, and families would be better equipped to work and earn a livable wage. We will use these funds to demonstrate that expanding quality childcare in Wyoming would improve the entire economy.” Citing research compiled by Dr. Cathy Connolly with UW graduate students in her Gender and Public Policy class, Growney continues, “We know that employers across the state report that the lack of childcare hinders their ability to recruit and retain employees. Expanding childcare to meet anticipated need would not only increase business retention and recruitment, but would also generate $107 million in revenue and create at least 1,866 jobs by the year 2016. More childcare enables families and women to work and increase their chances of obtaining economic selfsufficiency.” In 2007 there were only 17,564 licensed childcare slots available for the more than 40,000 children who needed childcare in Wyoming. Sunday, July 12, 2009
on this role of overseeing the Campbell Hill Windpower Project (The name ‘Campbell Hill, LLC’ was already taken, so the group had to come up with another name). How does a company decide where to put a wind farm anyway? Mr. Efthimiou answered, “We basically took wind readings in the area and at the same time we were talking to land owners in the area who possibly were interested in leasing out their land for the purpose of creating a wind power project, and everything came together very smoothly and that’s how we arrived a the Campbell Hill Windpower Project.”
is we knew how important it was at the outset of announcing the project to work hand-in-hand with local, regional, and state officials as well as our prospective neighbors… local businesses, and community leaders.” At the Campbell Hill site, Duke Energy is wasting no time getting things done. “Construction is going on right now and we actually have turbines
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Mr. Efthimiou is also very happy with the support the company received during the process of getting the wind project going. “We’ve had a very supportive and encouraging experience as we’ve gone through the permit process and the construction process for the Campbell Hill Project,” he said gratefully, “The reason we’ve been fortunate in that regard
The lack of childcare causes a domino effect in Wyoming. The absence of affordable, quality childcare forces mothers to accept lower paying part-time jobs or to leave the workforce entirely. Inadequate childcare not only impacts women, but also impacts Wyoming’s businesses since it leads to increased employee turnover and reduced productivity. Challenged by childcare, mothers are more likely to be late, absent or distracted at work than they would be if they were confident about their childcare arrangements.
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The data suggests that childcare negatively impacts the gender wage gap in Wyoming— the largest gender wage gap in the nation (women earn 63 cents for every dollar earned by men). When women accept lower paying jobs, part-time positions or exit the workforce entirely due to inadequate childcare, their wage growth throughout their career is then impacted, along with their pension benefits and their advancement opportunities. Contributing to the gender wage gap in Wyoming is the number of hours that women work, and with inadequate childcare, women are working fewer hours. With the receipt of the Rockefeller grant and other local grant-matching funds, Equality Initiatives, the advocacy project of the Wyoming Women’s Foundation, will work with other local and state organizations and businesses to advocate for improving Wyoming’s workforce with stronger access to affordable, quality childcare, with the understanding that such a move will benefit women, families, communities and the state. For more information please contact Sarah Mikesell Growney at WYWF/EI, 307-5876146 or visit: www.wywf.org/ equalityInitiatives. html. The Glenrock Bird
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Continued from page 7 in the ground,” Efthimiou said. The group is assembling turbine pieces as they come in, and since right now is the peak season for the delivery of these components, they are extremely busy. “If everything is going according to plan, we can actually erect two wind turbines per day, which I think is pretty remarkable considering how tall they are,” Mr. Efthimiou said appreciatively. Duke Energy is looking to have the project up and run-
ning soon as Greg Efthimiou explains: It is a sizeable project. It’s going to bring a lot of clean, renewable energy to the region and we certainly appreciate the community’s support and understanding as we have to transport these large components into the area… that’s why we’re working as quickly as possible to get the assembly completed and then we’ll just work on the final commissioning of the wind farm and get it into operation by the end of this year.” For more information on Duke Energy or the Campbell Hill Windpower Project, visit their website at www.duke-energy.com .
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ENTRIES DUE FOR DEER CREEK DAYS This yearʼs Deer Creek Days Art Show is fast approaching. Art work entries should be delivered to the Glenrock Town Hall by July 17, two weeks before Deer Creek Days begins. Entry forms, available at Glenrock Town Hall and Glenrock Area Chamber of Commerce Office, explain the divisions, categories and classes. The art show is open to the public beginning July 21 through August 5, at which time artwork will be released to the artists. Two-dimensional works in any medium - drawings
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or paintings, photography to stained glass - must either be matted or framed with hardware attached for hanging or they will not be displayed. Past sculpture entries have varied from metal to clay, pottery to rock. This yearʼs judge will be announced at a later date. The required information must be attached to each piece. Glenrock Town Hall provides the location for the show and opens the day of the parade for attendees to check out the judgeʼs selections and make their votes for the
Peopleʼs Choice Awards. One winner will be selected in the childrenʼs division and one in the adultʼs division. Local sponsors have been generous and creative to award prizes in each age group for the childrenʼs show and the peopleʼs choice. A $5 entry fee per entry in the adult divisions is required. Cash prizes and ribbons are awarded to the judgeʼs selections. For additional information call Sharon at 436-8222.
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