Announcements Summer of Plein Air - Local Glenrockian Shows Artists the Way by Amanda Smith
The Town of Rolling Hills - Where the deer and Antelope really do play! If you haven’t done so already, check out the Town of Rolling Hills great website. Chock full of information so be sure and check it out: www.rollinghillswy.org GEDC Appointment: The purpose of the Glenrock Economic Development Corporation is to encourage growth in local income and employment by working with existing businesses to aid in their development and expansion and to solicit new businesses to locate in the area. The GEDC Board currently has an open position for a Rolling Hills representative whose term would expire in June 2012. Would you like to be a part of this exciting planning committee? Call the Town Hall at 307-436-5348 today!
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Kindergarten Registration will be held March 30, 2010 at 6:00-7:00 p.m. at Grant. All 4 and 5 year-olds, whose birthday falls on or before September 15th are invited to attend. Registration consists of (1) an informational Parent Click Orientation, Completing it, or get (2) a ticket. Whp andand/or local PDturning will in required be paperwork, and (3) The to the classhanding out tickets if youchild’s are notvisit wearing seat belt. rooms.your Parents need to bring current immunization records and an official and original birth certificate. All No if’s, and’s or but’s! documents will be returned at the end of the evening. This is a wonderful introduction for your child and we Alcoholics Anonoymous Meetings look forward to meeting you and showing you around in Glenrock our exciting classroom!
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Glenrockian artist and all around incredible woman, Ginny Butcher, sought out to make some of her dreams come true, and she did... with a little paint, a blank canvas, a vision and a brush.
During the first and second week of August Butcher hosted a gathering of artists at Thistle Hollow, providing a workshop for the artists, on Plein Air Art.
On Tuesday morning, August 9th Butcher led the way for the artists up Boxelder road in the area of the Grant Ranch, and Turtle Rock Ranch. The artists, some from as far away as Colorado, spent the early morning hours creating masterpieces out of oils and acrylics, of the surrounding landGinny Butcher (above) turns old things scape and intriguing new with her amazing artistic abilities. objects (like the inSeveral years ago Butcher de- famous Grant Ranch Barn) that cided to turn the lower level of grace the land, perfect for any her home into a quaint living artist at heart. area for travelers looking for a unique place to stay. She calls Butcher calls this area of Wyothe new bed and breakfast like ming "The undiscovered counquarters "Thistle Hollow"... and try" commenting on the beauty its as adorable as the name im- of the rolling country side and plies. Though Ginny doesn't the many historic outbuildings necessarily follow the theme of that are any painters dream. bed and breakfasts, its the closest this writer can come to des- Dru Marie Robert (pronounced cibing it. Just off the Old High- Robear) traveled from Longway in Glenrock Ginny and her mont, Colorado after learnhusband Dwayne offer separate ing about Butcher and "Thistle rooms and a private bath on Hollow" while participating in the lower level of their home the Prairies to Peaks Show in and provide a continental sort Cheyenne. "Wyoming is a difof "wake me up" of coffee and ferent kind of beauty, having pastries. traveled through it but never really visited, I decided I just had But you don't just have to be to paint there, and so here I am" a traveler coming through the stated Robert. Robert has been beautiful town of Glenrock, painting since she was about 13 Butcher caters to those who fol- and other than being involved in low the same passion she does. a car accident which caused her to take a hiatus of sorts from her
Supreme Court says rapist will spend life in prison
by Bill McCarthy
CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Supreme Court said today a 54-year-old rapist will spend the rest of his life in prison. Warren W. Rathbun, who had two prior first-degree sexual assault convictions, tried to kidnap a woman in a parking garage east of the state Capitol in Cheyenne. Rathbun, who is incarcerated now, had been out of prison about two weeks before he punched the woman in August 2009. He ran when the woman screamed. She was the third woman he had approached in the parking garage that day, supposedly seeking directions. Rathburn had been held for more than 19 years in the Wyoming State Penitentiary for firstdegree sexual assault. He had first-degree sexual assault convictions in 1989 and 1990. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle
reported during Rathburn’s sentencing that Laramie County District Attorney Scott Homar argued for the life sentence. Rathbun had a “long criminal career” that began in 1977. Rathbun has spent three to five years out of incarceration in 30 years and tried to reentered society five or six times, Homar said. In his appeal, Rathbun argued that an attempted kidnapping charge amounted to double jeopardy. Rathbun had been sentenced to six months for battery of the woman after a circuit court judge said there was not enough evidence to warrant a felony kidnapping charge. Homar, however, filed the felony charge a second time based on new evidence. The Supreme Court said that battery and kidnapping are different crimes. He also unsuccessfully argued that the judge used the wrong penalty range when sentencing him.
artwork, she has been creating works of art ever since. "I heard
he could paint up here in the cowboy state and was pleasantly surprised with Buther's workshop "I've only had the interstate view of Wyoming, and now that I'm here and experiencing it for myself it really is 'a hidden state.' "
Butcher decided to hold the type of Plein Air Workshop where she can "lead" artists to great places to paint, rather than just have the artists fend for themselves in search of great painting opportunities in which to create great works of art. "There are so many beautiful places to paint up here on Boxelder, there's always something new to paint." Dru Robert depicts the classic States Butcher. barn scene here under a gorgeous blue sky. Austin and Butcher both entered paintings in the Wyoming State about Ginny's generous offer Fair Plein Air event with Butchand I just had to take her up on er taking home the Wyoming it" stated Robert about her stay Land Trust purchase award at Thistle Hollow and Butcher's for her painting titled "Sumworkshop. mer Serenade." The painting was created up off Boxelder in Cliff Austin lives just outside Glenrock at Lester and Norma of Denver and traveled to Wyo- Jean Grant's ranch "Turtle Rock ming for Butcher's workshop. Graduating from Rocky Mountain School of art in 1980 he started out with watercolor and pastels but Cliff Austin’s artwork depicting classic vehicles recently has been painting with oils. Never having Ranch." Austin took home the visited Wyoming before, Austin Overall Best of Show in the was pretty nervous about what Plein Air event with a painting
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Mustangs: Myth & Manipulation in the American West [This article was originally published in The Progressive Rancher Magazine, and was sent as a response to Time Magazine after their publication of a biased and inaccurate article - Billionaire Pickens' Wife Battles for Wild-Horse Sanctuary - TIME] By Linda Bunch & Becky Lisle Since its passage in 1971, the Wild Horse & Burro Act and the animals it protects have become a powder-keg in the West, generating a great deal of passion from various sides of what has become a volatile and highly polarized issue. Unfortunately, but probably not surprising, misrepresentations and distortions of truth have become standard throughout the entire debacle because of mustang advocacy groups' perception and very vocal, wel¬lorchestrated, and well-financed campaign to the effect that great cruelties and injustices are suffered by the mustangs at the hands of the BLM and public land users. As area rancher and neighbor of the Mustang Monument, Hank Vogler was heard to
quip when quoting Wyatt Earp: "If the truth gets in the way of legend, print the legend!" Some of the misinformation, circulated widely and without discretion as truth, is so outlandish that long-time wild horse advocate and activist Willis Lamm was compelled to write an article with the intention of distinguishing true advocates from fringe groups. He noted that the wild horse advocacy movement has lost much credibility in recent years because of what he referred to as the Hysteria Corps, laptop experts, and self promoters. Of the Hysteria Corps, Lamm stated: (they) "are addicted to sensationalism. They are invested in bizarre, fantastic stories such as truckloads of horses disappearing in the night, BLM
running horses off cliffs and a host of other ludicrous concoctions. " Lamm explained about the laptop experts that "anyone with basic internet savvy can start a web page or a blog and portray himself or herself as a journalist and/or expert in any subject," and of the self-promoters, "there are a few individuals who see the cause as a means to increase their own esteem, to sell something and/or to collect money. Oftentimes the self promoters will present themselves as experts, in some instances offering credentials that they don't actually have." The ever-present theme is that greed of the natural resource industry is the underlying reason for mustang removal, and the rallying cry of mustang advocacy groups is "let them run free." Some groups go as far as to sugcontinued on page 6
by Mike Pyatt Most of my readers should recall those crazy mirrors at the fair or carnival that distort your image to appear very thin and elongated or wide as a barn and squatty looking. Fortunately, you knew it wasn’t how you actually appeared-merely a “trick of the mirror”. That was for fun. Consider this: we cannot see our face. With the possible exception of staring down either side of our proboscis, depending on its size, absent the aid of a mirror or similar object that casts a reflection, we’re limited to view the frontal part of our body, and a small portion of the back of our limbs. Not our face. We must rely on a mirror or someone else to describe our visage, or what they think we “look like” in a facile manner. Even a quick survey at our own hand can merely estimate the curve of our face, the soft or rough lines of our cheek or brow, or plumb the depth of the inset of our eye socket, for example. But such a facial scan is but an incomplete picture. A close, but slightly myopic, friend of mine from my Hoosier State insists, every time we reunite, that I haven’t changed since high school. He is generally
not prone to flattery. His assessment compels me to compare my vintage high school photo to any mirror in the house. The “mirror screams back loudly”. The unvarnished truth is now apparent. My friend surely meant that those who knew me back then may recognize me from my basic features that haven’t changed drastically over the years. Our 50th high school reunion in 2012 will test that theory. Not surprisingly, we who have resisted “wrinkle removers”, “face lifts” or “laser surgery” that promote an elusive “fountain of youth” look, know they are nothing more than “quick fixes”, or worse over time. To test my skepticism, try applying one of those “wrinkle removers” to a raisin. One Hollywood starlet has had so many facelifts, her knees are now on the back of her neck. Genetics play a major role in our predominant endomorphic, ectomorphic, or mesomorphic physique. For the most part we will drag that basic frame to our grave. For my male counterparts who are proud members of the “bald eagles club” know that the paucity of hair is primarily the work of genetics. Next month will mark my 67th birthday, and, though my crop is graying, and cut short, with minor revisions, the original version is intact. No bragging rights. Just thankful each time the brush runs through it. Some of us still use hair gel, while others opted for “mop and glow” or wear a “rug”. Although it is unlikely that many covet baldness, more are even less inclined to wear a hair-piece that is
about as undetectable as a 3 year old in a candy store. Gravity will have its way with all of us sooner or later. It’s only a matter of time. For those inclined to “remodel” the “old kisser”, most everything below the neck line slipped long ago. In comparing the two, it is a confusing picture. “No Speedos,” please! And thongs should be worn only on the feet. Vanity has infected the entire race. Some more than others. To that degree most of us compensate for that aging process. Your’s truly follows an almost obsessive work-out regimen to mitigate the ravenous effects on the aging body. There’s nothing funnier or sadder than an aging person of either gender dressing like their offspring. Compensation masquerades itself in many forms. It is, in fact, a commendable trait to look one’s best. That trait has fallen on hard times. When’s the last time you attended a wedding or funeral? Sandals, coveralls and bare midriff? Get the drift? The line betwixt “looking one’s best” and trying to “fool the mirror” is a fine one indeed. “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” That famous phrase uttered by the furious, wicked witch in the 1812 Brothers Grimm, “Snow White“, is a question better left to the witch. What do you see? “The Mirror Tells the Tale!” What do you think?
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