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Suicide and Depression Awareness walk

It was a perfect day for walking on Saturday, June 9th and that is exactly what many people did. Dozens of people showed up at Shelter 5 at the Cam-plex Park to help support the awareness of suicide. This was the 1st Annual Memorial Walk for Suicide and Depression Awareness.

The day started off with a prayer and then many people stood to share their experience of how they had been affected by tragedy.

Then the group of people were led on a halfmile walk around the park and back to the shelter. After the walk more people shared their stories. Everyone enjoyed a generously provided potluck/barbeque to socialize and share with new friends.

There was a tent set up for Bringing Gospel to Gillette on one side and a tent with Christian Motorcyclist Association on the other to offer their support in the effort.

In addition to the walk, there was also a raffle and a silent auction full of amazing donated goods. There was camping gear, scentsy apparel, food baskets, gift certificates, and so much more.

The walk raised a total of $768.00 which is to be donated to The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Although it took a lot of people to pull this together, it was Dee Stotts who made it all possible. She was the planner/organizer/innovator of this walk and it was obvious that everyone appreciated her gallant effort.

Keeps your eyes out next year for the 2nd Annual Memorial Walk.

If you or someone you know is afflicted by depression or having thoughts of suicide, you can call (307) 688-5000 for help. That is the 24/7 crisis line.

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The Razor City Rumble Demolition Derby came to town last Friday with spacticular crashes, flips, and wins! Main feature winners include Ryan Villmow (first place), Billy Morrow (second place), and Jeremy Cole (third place). Danny Golay placed first in the 80’s class, while Mike Jundt placed second and Franklin Jundt placed third. Levi Wyatt won the Compact Class, with Mike Cook placing second and Curtis Day placing third. Award for best looking car went to Danee Mason. 47 cars showed up and a full crowd.

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Wyoming National Guard to join High Park Fire Fight

Governor Matt Mead has responded to a request from the State of Colorado asking for the use of a Wyoming National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.

The aircraft and a team of four Wyoming National Guard troops will work to fight the High Park Fire in northern Colorado.

The State of Colorado will pay the cost of activating the Black Hawk and the troops.

“I am pleased we can lend a hand to our neighbor,” Governor Mead said. “This is a very serious situation for the public in Colorado and we are even feeling the impacts of the smoke in Wyoming. We all pray for the safety of the residents of Colorado, for the firefighters and for our National Guard members who have been called into action.”

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“We look forward to assisting Colorado’s efforts to contain the blaze just south of Wyoming’s border,” said Maj. Gen. Luke Reiner, Wyoming’s adjutant general. “We dropped more than 70,000 gallons of water on the Guernsey Complex Fire, in Wyoming, over two days and know we made a difference there. We hope our UH-60 crew can help make an impact on the High Park Fire as they assist with efforts there for the next two weeks.”

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Campbell Co. Fire Dept.

June 6, 2012

- At 2:11 a.m. to the area of Rozet on HWY 51 for a vehicle rollover. CCFD responded to the scene and upon arrival found a single vehicle that had rolled several times off of the roadway.

One occupant was ejected and received fatal injuries; two other occupants were transported to CCMH-ER with injuries.

- At 11:45 a.m. to 1758 North HWY 14-16 for a grass fire. CCFD responded to the scene and upon arrival found a small fire burning in grass.

The fire was extinguished and the caused was determined to be sparks from a nearby controlled burn.

- At 4:21 p.m. to 501 South Burma Avenue for an automatic fire alarm (AFA) activation. CCFD responded to the scene and upon arrival was informed that there was no fire and the alarm was caused by smoke from welding.

- At 5:33 p.m. to 188 Ivy Creek Road for a grass fire.

CCFD cancelled en route when the landowner advised the fire was out.

- At 7:27 p.m. to 2417 Dogwood Avenue for a fire alarm activation. CCFD responded to the scene and upon arrival found no signs of fire.

CCFD found a pull station on the 2nd floor activated and determined someone maliciously pulled it.

June 7, 2012

- At 5:21 AM to Trails Circle for an EMS assist.

- At 1:57 PM to 501 South Burma Avenue (Campbell County Memorial Hospital) for a fire alarm that turned

out to be a false alarm.

Workers were working on the fire alarm panel.

- At 4:34 PM to mile marker 126 on Interstate 90 for a grass fire. The fire burned less than a quarter of an acre. The cause of the fire was undetermined but is believed to be associated with vehicle traffic on the Interstate.

- At 6:21 PM to mile marker 61 on South Highway 59 for a reported grass fire along the Highway. Firefighters contained the grass fire to one tenth of an acre in size.

- At 9:19 PM to 2513 Dogwood Avenue (Parkside Apartments) for a fire alarm.

The fire call turned out to be a false alarm. A child had activated a fire alarm pull station.

June 8, 2012

- At 7:00 AM to the area of Peaceful Valley Drive for a grass fire. CCFD responded to the scene and upon arrival was unable to locate the fire. It is believed that fog in the area was mistaken for smoke from a fire.

- At 8:43 PM to George Washington Road for a medical assist.

- At 8:57 PM to 6914 Greensburgh Avenue for a residential fire alarm caused by a smoke detector activation. Fire units were cancelled.

- At 9:49 PM to Moore Road for a grass fire started by a down power line.

June 9, 2012

- At 8:23 AM to 2500 block of South Douglas Highway for a medical assist.

- At 10:27 AM to the 2200 block of Bishop Road for a

medical assist.

- At 7:55 PM to 4006 Tepee Street for a residential fire alarm. Responding fire units cancelled when it was learned cooking had activated a smoke detector (no fire).

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June 11, 2012

- At 1:42 PM to the 200 block of Boxelder Road for an EMS assist.

- At 1:59 PM to the area of Railroad Street and North Brooks Avenue for a small gas spill from a vehicle.

- At 3:36 PM to the area of mile marker 128-129 on Interstate 90 for a trash bag fire. Fire crews arrived in the area and did not find anything on fire.

- At 3:48 PM to mile marker 90 on South Highway 59 for a report of a grass fire. Firefighters contained the grass fire to 6.9 acres. The fire burned up to a residence but did not damage it. The fire did damage some wooden fence posts. The fire was started by an arcing power line.

- At 5:38 PM to 408 South Douglas Highway for a large metal dumpster fire. Firefighters extinguished the fire without incident. The dumpster is owned by Ryan Sanitation and was undamaged. Hot discarded embers started the dumpster on fire.

- At 9:16 PM to 5100 Zee Court for a residential fire alarm. Responding fire units were cancelled when it was learned that cooking had activated a smoke detector – no fire.

- At 11:03 PM to the 2400 block of Dogwood Avenue for a medical assist.

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Joseph Brittan (above) and Jaycee Graph (left) participated in the 4-H shooting competition.

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A completely inebriated man was stumbling down the street with one foot on the curb and one foot in the gutter. A cop pulled up and said, “I’ve got to take you in, pal. You’re obviously drunk.”

Our wasted friend asked, “Officer, are ya absolutely sure I’m drunk?”

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Breathing a sigh of relief, the wino said, “Thank goodness, I thought I was crippled.”

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The Campbell County 4-H Club held its annual shooting competition for all groups including Juniors, Seniors, and intermediates. Winners will be announced June 14th at their annual banquet.

It has been 31 years since the 4-H club has been holding this competition. When it started a group of five people from Campbell County went to Idaho to learn about how to put on these events. They came back to the Cowboy

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Gillette Ladies Tea Party Submitted by Cathy Raney

he ladies of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church gathered in the Commons of Gillette Community College on Saturday, June 9 for an afternoon of relaxation, fellowship, and tea. The day was bright and clear with wonderful cool breezes and the room overlooking the grassy area surround-

ing Donkey Creek was filled with tablecloth covered tables, teapots and tea cakes.

Participants were encouraged to come in their tea party dresses and hats.

There was even a pair of gloves in attendance! The serving table groaned under the weight of all of the

finger sandwiches, scones, breads, and cookies. Everyone ate the yummy food until they could eat no more. And pots of tea made their way around the room several times. It was a nice and relaxing way to spend an afternoon and everyone present vowed to make this a regular event.

They raised funds to support the building campaign for the new church being erected at Southern Drive and Tanner Drive.

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Obituaries

Karen McMillan

Funeral services for Karen McMillan will be held 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 11, 2012 at Family Life Church with Pastor Martin Crump officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4:007:00 p.m., Sunday, June 10, 2012 at Gillette Memorial Chapel.

Karen McMillan, age 61, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Thursday, June 7, 2012 of heart failure.

Karen was born March 11, 1951 in Billings, MT to Walt and Doris (Stoddard)

McMillan. She attended various elementary schools in Billings and Butte. Lewis and Clark Junior High and graduated from Billings Senior High School in 1969.

She continued her education at Eastern Montana College and graduated with and Education Degree in 1974. She taught in Browning, Brockway, Baker and Ingomar, MT. After receiving her math certificate in 1984, she moved to Gillette and taught math at Sage Valley Junior High for 28 years. She was the department head for the Math Department for 19 years. She also taught various classes at Gillette College for the last 22 years.

Karen is a proud mom to her daughter Ramsey and grandmother to Sara and Scott. She enjoyed reading, quilting, sewing, bowling, crafts and working on her house. She was inducted into the Montana Softball Hall of Fame, with her sister Janet, in 1999 as part of the Kings softball team. Her greatest joys were spending time with her family and especially

spoiling her grandchildren.

Karen is survived by her daughter Ramsey Sharp and her husband Sandy; grandchildren: Sara and Scott all of Gillette, Wyoming; her mom, Doris McMillan of Billings, Montana; sister: Laura (Tom) Mueller of Virginia Beach, Virginia and Jan Taylor of Huntley, Montana; brother, Kenny (Donna) McMillan of Billings, Montana; several aunts, uncles and cousins, nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her father, Walt McMillan; uncle, Ron Stoddard; nephew, Aaron Mueller; and her maternal and paternal grandparents.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation or the charity of your choice.

Memorials and condolences can be sent in Karen’s name in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel, 210 W. 5th Street, Gillette, Wyoming 82716. Condolences can also be sent via the internet at www.gillettememorialchapel.com.

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Guernsey Complex Fire Update • Guernsey State Park Fire is currently 2,835 acres with 95% containment.

• There are 424 local and agency firefighters from around the region working this fire.

• Evacuation notices and road closures have been lifted for the community of Hartville and the residents of Pleasant Valley Road.

Guernsey State Park officials announced on Wednesday and Thursday, June 13th and 14th, the State Park will allow persons with cabins, boats or private property escorted access in and out of the park from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The State Park intends to allow cabin owners access on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (June 15th, 16th and 17th). Also, beginning Friday June 15th, the State Park intends to allow persons who have reservations for the following campgrounds access for this weekend: Sandy Beach, Sandy Point, Sandy Cove, West Sandy and Cottonwood Cove. Long Canyon Campground, accessed only through Hartville due to road closures, will also be open beginning Friday June 15th. For more information on restrictions or to coordinate an escort into the park, contact the State Park office at 307777-6324. Be advised that

any openings and restrictions are subject to change based on assessment of fire hazard conditions.

A standing room only crowd of 115 citizens attended the community meeting held at GuernseySunrise School last night.

Officials from the Rocky Mountain Area Incident Management Team C, Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming Dept of Emergency Management, Wyoming State Forestry Division, Platte County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Mayor of Guernsey and the Mayor of Hartville briefed those in attendance on the history of the events leading up to the Guernsey State Park fire as well as the current situation and future outlook. Team C Incident Commander Joe Lowe stated: “The local emergency responders from the communities of Guernsey and Hartville are the real heroes of this tremendous effort. We stepped in and built upon what they started and as a result we have had a positive outcome. Together we worked as ‘One Team, One Fight’.”

A Red Flag Warning with high winds and low relative humidity has been issued for the Guernsey State Park fire area today. Hand crews and engines are continuing mop up operations

and will be supported by one Type 2 helicopter and two Type 3 helicopters.

Over the next several days small plumes of smoke may be visible within the fire boundary.

Residents and visitors are urged to refrain from taking any action in extinguishing these small smoke plumes.

You may notify local authorities of concerns by calling 911.

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A young lawyer, starting up his private practice, was very anxious to impress potential clients. When he saw the first visitor to his office come through the door, he immediately picked up his phone and spoke into it,” I’m sorry, but my caseload is so tremendous that I’m not going to be able to look into your problem for at least a month. I’ll have to get back to you then.” He then turned to the man who had just walked in, and said, “Now, what can I do for you?”

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Early Deadline

Due to the July 4 Holiday, the deadline for news and advertising for the July 6-13, 2012 issue of the Campbell County Observer will be Tuesday, July 3 at noon.

Submitted by Empire Guesthouse and RV Pine Haven, Wyoming Fishing hasn’t changed much at Keyhole in the last week.

Northern, smallmouth & crappie are still biting well. Game & Fish biologist Andrew Nikirk says he thinks crappie are having a second spawn this year. They found young of the year crappie in their nets a few weeks ago and found females with eggs ready to lie still in spawning areas a few days ago. The early spring and fluctuating water temps have probably caused this. That probably explains why the crappie bite has lasted so long this spring.

Northerns are showing up everywhere with most being under 30”. Some good ones are also being caught here & there. Try trolling or casting big crank baits or spoons. I don’t think you could use too big of a bait for northern. I cleaned a 31” northern the other day that had a 10” drum fish in it. You’ll have good action if you target northerns right now.

We’ve been hearing of a few more walleye being caught lately. Two over 29” were reported to us and a few in the mid-teens. One method that works this time of year is to pitch out a night crawler on a floating jighead with about ¼ oz weight and just let it sit. You’ll probably catch a lot of drum bass, but you’ll also pick up a few walleye. Also, try casting black & silver Rapalas at

dark from shore. There’s a large number of bait fish in the lake right now that you’ll see at night and casting Rapalas around them will catch walleye.

Don’t forget the NEWWA Carp Shoot June 23rd. You can get more info and entry forms at the Empire Guesthouse in Pine Haven. We haven’t seen a lot of carp shooters yet this year, so we’re going to offer another contest. Bring your biggest ‘bow killed’ carp to the Guesthouse to be weighed for a chance to win $100.

Contest will run from now until September 15th. We’ll never get rid of the carp but we’ll have some fun trying!

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Wyoming Veterans Commission to conduct community outreach meetings A representative from the Wyoming Veterans Commission will conduct community outreach meetings in Wyoming cities throughout July. Alisa Cochrane, the State Veterans Service Officer, will meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal benefits, claims and healthcare.

Veterans or family members who have questions

June 15 - 22, 2012

about eligibility or need assistance in filing claims, obtaining benefits, training and education or medical treatment, are encouraged to attend.

The meetings are scheduled for the following locations and dates: • Sundance – July 3, 2012 at the Crook County Courthouse, 309 Cleveland from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Newcastle – July 11,

2012 at the Weston County Courthouse, 1 W. Main from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

During periods of inclement weather, please check with the staff at the outreach locations to ensure the service officer will be available.

Ms. Cochrane also will be available to meet with veterans and their families by appointment or home visit.

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Shooters Corner Submitted by Wyoming Mountaineers Traveling in a vehicle with a firearm poses special risks. By their very design an uncontrolled firearm is a very dangerous instrument waiting to cause a very serious injury. Two things must b e remembered at all times. First, a safety on a firearm, if it has one, is a mechanical device that can and may fail. Never rely on the safety. Second, the only safe gun is one with the action open, the chamber empty, and the safety on. This means that when entering a vehicle always unload your firearm, check

to see that the chamber is empty, and make sure the safety is on. In the event the vehicle hits a bump, or pot hole and the gun falls over there is no chance it will discharge.

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The water level at Keyhole Reservoir has been high most of 2012 but could fall over the summer if we continue to have hot, dry weather. Many of the hazards in the reservoir have been under the surface of that water for many months and as the water level drops they could become dangerous again.

Keep a close eye on your depth finder and if you are in water that you are unsure of slow down. Remember that if you are traveling at a high rate of speed that by the time your depth finder tells you a depth the spot it measured could be several boat lengths behind you. The Game and Fish Department does not mark all hazards on the lake so it will be important to slow down and watch for them as they appear.

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This spinning wheel was no an-

tique, but was a newer one being worked by Deb Reynolds of Reynolds Farm products.

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Side note from the publisher: Thank you so much Mrs. Reynolds for that leg of lamb you gave our family 6 Easters ago. It was the best Easter present we could have ever received!

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An 8 Seconds Movie Cast and Character Reunion Gala Charity Event The original Western Wishes, founded in 1994 by Donnalyn Quintana, will be hosting the First Annual “8 Seconds To Glory” gala; an 8 Seconds movie cast and character reunion, on July 21 at the Little America Event Center Grand Ballroom in Cheyenne, WY. Guest speakers will include actor/director Luke Perry, who portrayed World Champion Bull Rider Lane Frost and actor Stephen Baldwin, who portrayed World Champion Bull Rider Tuff Hedeman. Red carpet arrivals will include Perry, Baldwin, and other 8 Seconds movie cast and characters, accompanying Western Wishes recipients and families. The gala emcee will be Great American Country (GAC) commentator, Justin McKee. The “8 Seconds To Glory” gala will benefit Western Wishes, a 501(c)3 publicly supported charity. Children and their families from the Wyoming chapter will be in attendance, as well as guests from other Western Wishes chapters nationally.

These will be children who are currently battling illness or injury, as well as families representing children who have passed on. Western Wishes celebrates the lives of these children, in remembrance and celebration of their fighting spirits. Gala events like this create a powerful platform to carry out the foundation’s mission.

The “8 Seconds To Glory” gala will be an opening celebration of the CBR World Championships; in Cheyenne. Championship Bull Riding (CBR) has partnered with Western Wishes in their efforts to “turn dreams into lasting memories” by promoting Western Wishes during CBR’s 26 prime-time telecasts on the Fox Sports Network. Following the “8 Seconds To Glory” gala on Sunday, July 22nd, the CBR, in association with Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo, will be hosting a Calcutta of CBR World Championship Contestants and seventeen Palace Station Million Dollar Bull Team Challenge Teams. A portion of the Calcutta proceeds will also benefit Western Wishes.

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C Battery, 2-300th FA de-activation ceremony scheduled

The Wyoming Army National Guard’s C Battery, 2nd Battalion, 300th Field Artillery will hold a deactivation ceremony on June 16, at 9 a.m. at Veterans Park, in Worland.

C Battery was organized on July 29, 1964 and has been mobilized numerous times to include the Korean War, Battle of Soyang and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The unit has earned several awards including the United Nations Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Korea Presiden-

tial Unit Citation Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, and Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon.

Maj. Gen. Luke Reiner and battalion command staff plan to attend.

The Worland armory will transition to the home of the 920th Forward Support Company. Soldiers in that company previously were stationed at Powel, Lovell and Cody. The Cody armory unit moved to Worland as part of a restationing plan for the Wyoming Army National Guard.

“We are inviting members of the public to come to Veterans Park

to help us celebrate the rich history Charlie Battery has had in Worland,” said Reiner, Wyoming’s adjutant general. “We look forward to maintaining our forces in the area and know our partnership with local communities will continue.”

Reiner also hopes to discuss with Worland-area leaders about the Wyoming Army National Guard’s future footprint in the area. He said he welcomes discussion and input from everyone as we determine how best to station our forces in the area.

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SGT Nicholas Girouard - Army National Guard

Some people spend 13 years in the National Guard and deploy only a couple times, some others deploy far more often.

Answering the call six times in eight years is pretty uncommon.

Sergeant Nick Girouard is a Military Police officer, and like many MPs, his accomplishments in the Army began early.

Viewing the Military Police Corps as a stepping stone to a career in law enforcement, Girouard joined the Military Police Company in 1999, just as his unit was preparing to deploy to the Balkans in 2000.

After his eight month deployment that brought him to Hungary, Croatia and Bosnia, Girouard had a short time to unwind before the terrorist’s attacks of 9/11 shocked us all.

Immediately after the attacks, Girouard was activated to guard our states airport and other critical areas.

With the attacks came the rumors of being called up for a possible deployment, in February 2003, that call came.

With only 10 days to prepare for a deployment with no return date, Girouard made quick business in getting all of his finances in order as well as breaking it to his family that his unit will be gone in such short time.

Before anyone knew it, Girouard was driving a Humvee en route for Fort Drum, NY in the midst of a blizzard.

After being trained up with the rest of his unit, Girouard was in an airplane that would 16 hours later be touching down in Kuwait. Operation Iraqi Free-

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The deployment with no end in sight eventually ended up being 14 months long. Living in Baghdad International Airport which is now known as Victory Base Complex, Girouard also spent time in Fallujah, Iraq.

During OIF I, Girouard did everything from building clearing to convoy escorts until the deployment was over and he returned to Rhode Island.

In 2005, Mother Nature demonstrated her might in the form of Hurricane Katrina.

In less than 24 hours’ notice, Girouard was on a C130J traveling to New Orleans to help displaced civilians.

Girouard deployed to Iraq for a second time in 2007.

Spending another year in Iraq, he worked as part of a Police Transition Team (PTT) training Iraqi Police Officers how to police their communities and cities.

After years of experience in the Military Police, Girouard’s goal was finally met in 2009 when he landed a job as a Deputy Sheriff (out of State) where he currently works today.

Girouard’s military career has been one of joy as much as it has been demanding.

After all the hard work, and with the phone ringing for deployment after deployment, Girouard continues to answer the call.

“I will always stay in the Military Police Corps,” said Girouard. “I love the people I work with and love my job. I would never want to work anyplace else.”

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June 15-22, 2012

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“Live free or die!”

–The New Hampshire State motto

Palila and her brother Helaman Naumu relax in the shade at one of the Sleepy Hollow garage sales. There were over 200 garage sales this year during Sleepy Hollow Days, and thousands of customers. Sleepy Hollow Days are always the first Saturday of June.

Save the date for the best deals of the year!

Hands On Pottery opens in Gillette

Ever wanted to become an artist? Ever wanted to try? If you are like me, you have a hard time with art, as my best work involves stick figures.

Michele Thara has found you the answer. You want an Incredible Hulk head?

How about an angel or a cowboy? If it is something you are into, you like, or just want to show off around the house than Michele has a treat for you. You can buy pre-molded casts of the designs you want, and then paint them yourself! When I was interviewing her, I thought “What an idea.

Even I could do this!”

And I am going to. How better to spend part of that special day honoring fathers than with their kids painting their favorite character, statue, or coffee mug. She even has spots outside to enjoy the fresh Wyoming summer. It is perfect for a birthday party for kids, as well. Hands on Pottery has the room at her location at 110 W. 4th St. Why will she be successful? She is first and for most going by the ideology of “shop local, buy local.”

This works in numerous ways, but also puts her instantly embedded into the community. “Why shop at the bigger companies when it is the family owned ones that are the community?”

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In any random group of American military personnel you might encounter overseas, you’ll almost certainly find more Wyoming people than you’d have any right, statistically, to expect. Providing armed combatants for the nation’s overseas deployments, it turns out, is one of the Cowboy State’s longest and most enduring traditions.

The recent wars in Iraq, now essentially complete, and Afghanistan, due to wrap up soon, have been no exception — and those soldiers, like their counterparts from elsewhere in America, have largely returned.

Back at home, Wyoming’s service men and women arrive to a still-sluggish economy and job market, long deferred personal lives and careers, and perhaps most frustratingly, a home front grown weary almost to the point of seeming indifference toward an unpopular and expensive military foray. But Wyoming, among a handful of other states, hewed to its military service traditions and confronted longstanding beliefs about government spending to prepare for the inevitable, and crucial, financial emergencies that would come to face its uniformed personnel.

Powder River Let ‘Er Buck In the post-Vietnam years of no draft and lower enlistment rates, Wyoming’s National Guard made the state’s largest contributions to the Pentagon’s overseas operations. Both Guard members and active-service veterans returning home face uncertainties unlike the ones faced by those who preceded them.

But military service in times of national mobilization has long been a calling for Wyoming residents.

Wyoming’s first militias were formed of Territorial civilian volunteers in 1871, following Indian attacks along the Sweetwater River; an area of dispute where Arapaho and Shoshone tribes reacted against what they saw as trespassing by gold miners and settlers.

Wyoming was the first state to meet — and far exceed — its federal troop quota for the Spanish-American War in 1898. The enduring cowboy shout of Wyoming’s soldiers serving in the humid heat of the Philippines was, “Powder River! — Let’ er buck!”

Two battalions of the Wyoming National Guard rode the Mexican Border for Gen. John Pershing in 1916, during the troubles with revolutionary guerilla leader Pancho Villa.

When the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, Wyoming sent 7 percent of its population — 11,393 soldiers. The trench warfare period in France saw the birth of Wyoming’s state symbol of a cowboy riding a bucking bronc, a design concocted by Sheridan-area cattle rancher and supply sergeant George N. Ostrom with the state Guard’s 148th Field Artillery Regiment and painted on howitzer cannons.

The logo was carried into battle during World War II by the 115th Mechanized Cavalry, and to Korea on the self-propelled 105mm “Cowboy Cannons” of the 300th Armored Field Artillery of the Guard. Wyoming sent almost 30,000 — over 10 percent of its population — to World War II, during which 1,095 Wyoming men were killed. In the Korean War, 70 Wyoming citizens died.

During Vietnam, 2,673 Wyoming men served, and 135 died in combat — the fifth

Submitted by WyoFile.com hardest-hit state for casualties in ratio to population.

National Guard combat units were deliberately excluded by Pentagon officials from participation in battles during the short-lived Operation Desert Storm in Kuwait and Iraq during 1990-91.

“The culminating point for the Guard was 1990, after 10 years of modernization, equipment upgrades, and professional education for both officers and NCO’s,” concluded Lieutenant Colonel Brian C. Harris in his 2003 report for the U.S. Army War College. “The Gulf War could have been the biggest turning point in the ‘Total Force Policy’ and the future utilization of National Guard combat units.” He stated that the decision not to use a Guard combat brigade “will forever be an emotional issue for many in the Army National Guard. The comments made

by General Schwarzkopf and General Burba before and after the war were contradictory and inflammatory.

The outcome was that Army National Guard infantry units were not given the opportunity to prove themselves again in combat.”

By the time of Harris’ report, however, entire Wyoming National Guard units were poised to be activated for Operation Iraqi Freedom.

And by early 2012, 2,509 Wyoming Guard soldiers and Air Guard members had been deployed at least once for a combat mission. Three Wyoming Army National Guard soldiers were killed in Iraq or Afghanistan, and many survivors came home with service-related injuries and disabilities.

State Help for the Homefront Most of them are home at last. The Wyoming Military Department reports that only 45 of its Guard members remained deployed overseas as of January 1, 2012, predominately in Kosovo.

After the post-9/11 invasion of Iraq, Guard members were no longer “weekend warriors,” but called up to leave behind their families, jobs and communities for extensive deployments thousands of miles away in dangerously unpredictable neighborhoods.

The stresses of such long absences soon became common knowledge and cause for concern around Wyoming.

Mothers of young children were routinely stranded without adequate household incomes to cover housing, groceries, clothing, transportation and medical expenses.

When plumbing failed, doctor and dental bills piled up and cars broke down, they often had no place to turn.

In the 2004 Wyoming Legislature, State Rep. Tom Walsh (R-Casper) drafted a bill to establish a state Military Assistance Trust Fund, to be launched with an appropriation of $10 million. But it was a fight getting it through the House, where the $10 million principal was immediately stripped by House leadership down to one symbolic dollar — seed money for expected private donations — provoking a strong reaction from then-Gov. Dave Freudenthal.

“What I’m afraid is this bill becomes collateral damage” in the budget debate, Freudenthal said. “It’s not enough for us to simply go to the deployments and wish them well. We need to remember that they are bearing not only an emotional hardship and a risk to personal safety, but they and their families are confronted with financial

hardships. ” Ultimately, the Legislature set the principal at $5 million, with $600,000 for immediate operations, and later, another $400,000, due to the high numbers of Wyoming Guard deployments at the time.

The Trust Fund was set up to be a “last resort” for helping Wyoming residents of any branch of military service who run into service-connected financial emergencies. Grants were to be made from proceeds on the interest earned from investment in the Agency Pool by the State Treasurer.

At the Veterans Day 2008 dedication of a new chapel expansion at the Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery, Gov. Freudenthal told the gathering that he would ask the next Legislature to approve another $1 million for the Trust Fund. The Governor said more money was needed at the time because family financial needs would only grow when 941 Wyoming National Guard soldiers got deployed to Iraq and Kuwait in 2009, marking the largest single deployment from Wyoming since World War Two. At the deployment ceremony that summer, Freudenthal assured the departing troops: “This year the Wyoming Legislature again generously supported the Military Assistance Trust Fund, which exists solely to help you and your family in times like these. This fund offers grants that can help fix a furnace, replace a water heater or put a new fuel pump in a car when you need it most.”

He said such state assistance to families puts the service members’ minds at ease so they can better focus on the task at hand.

By the end of 2011, the Fund had made over $2.1 million in grants. Out of a total of 1,027 grants, most of the assistance went to 987 Wyoming Army and Air Guard members or families. Grants went to help seven Marines or Marine Reserves; two from the Air Force; nine Navy and 21 Army regulars or Reserve.

Wyoming Veterans Commission Director Larry Barttlebort, a retired Army colonel whose bureau advocates for the 55,800 veterans residing in Wyoming from all branches and eras, said that while Wyoming is a conservative state and budget priorities might be made at the expense of human services, “overall, the State of Wyoming has a pretty extensive safety net” for veterans.

“When Dad is in the desert, the wife and mom is having her own battles. Some of that reintegration can be rough, so we have programs to help couples get through it.” He noted that National Guard families often live in remote, small towns and rural areas where there are not the same support systems and cultures found near a large, active military installation, when many families live close together, in base housing, and are sharing similar experiences.

“We’ve had great support from the Legislature and the Governor’s office,” Barttlebort said. “Communities across Wyoming have embraced these young military families as well.”

June 15 - 22, 2012

Wyoming’s bucking bronc symbol was born during World War I, a design created by a Sheridan rancher and painted on U.S. howitzer cannons. (Wyoming State Archives)

U.S. Army Sgt. Chris Walsh checks his weapon’s scope while performing overwatch security in Sekeik, Iraq, Oct. 16, 2006. Walsh is from 1st Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 300th Field Artillery Regiment, Wyoming National Guard Police Training Team. (Spc. Billy Brothers/U.S. Army)

Wyoming governor Matt Mead speaks with Spcs. Justin Pierce and Meredith Vincent, both members of the Wyoming Army National Guard’s Fighting 197th Public Affairs Detachment, deployed to Joint Task Force Guantanamo. (Department of Defense)

Personnel walk onto an awaiting Wyoming Air National Guard C-130 Hercules at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (Senior Airman Julianne Showalter/U.S. Air Force)

The Wyoming 115th Mechanized Cavalry in formation in 1941, at Ft. Lewis,Washington. (Wyoming State Archives)

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June 15-22, 2012

Campbell County Observer

Letters to the Editor

Bold Republic Weekly

Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for all of your help in making our Area 4 Special Olympic games a success in April, 2012. There are many businesses, groups and individuals that have provided funds, gifts and time that gave a big smile and feeling of accomplishment to our athletes.

This year, I was asked to gather items for goody/gift bags for each of our athletes. We had the Visitor’s Center, The Chamber, Dr. Bousis office, 1st National Bank and the School District provide us with items for each bag. A big thank you to all of you.

As part of our opening ceremonies we had Entertainment by Becky Safora and a Trio of girls from the Sage Valley Junior High Choir; Bagpipe Band; American Legion Post 42 for the Color Guard, Father Cliff Jacobsen for our opening prayer, Micky Shober for the Inspirational Speech and Law Enforcement to escort the torch Bearer. as well of the CCHS students and the Pronghorn Basketball students that help with the events.

We had the Knights of Columbus provided sack lunches on Friday; Pepsi provided drinks for the athletes. We used the CCHS south campus for our banquet and dance. The High Country Fiddlers and T&T Enterprises provided the music for the dance and banquet.

We had corporate sponsors; Trans Canada and Peabody that provided financial assistance that help divert the assess-

ments fees and help provide T-shirts for each of the athletes.

Our Campbell County Rec. Center and staff help not only with providing us with the facility but was there to assist with any little glitch that came up. My husband and I coached the aquatic team, we started practice months ago, the pool staffs help us to have practice times on Saturday mornings before they open to the rest of the community as well as helped to make sure the event happened with ease.

A special thank you to our coordinator; Phil Grabrick, who placed endless hours in getting things in line. There are so many little things that need to be done and paper work to be in place, needless to say it is not an easy job, yet Phil does it in stride. Thank you Phil.

Wow… I cannot think how we would do all of this without all of the help we had received. You know I am talking about you with not saying your name. Thank you, Thank you, as this has been a highlight of so many of our athletes.

Coleen Ferguson From Publisher Nicholas De Laat: You know, we get a ton of negative letters.

Though I agree with most of them when they are about government, it is always refreshing to get a positive thank you from one of our valued members of our great community, showing in their letter what our great community is made of!

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Those EVIL Farmer’s Markets

By Glenn Woods

When did harvesting greens from your back yard and gathering eggs from your chickens and selling them to your neighbors or hauling them down to the local farmer’s market for sales become a public hazard? For that matter, when did local restaurants growing their own greens for their costumers become illegal?

Well, some proposed “rule changes,” go into effect you can kiss all these fresh foods goodbye, right here in the state of Wyoming.

Now how, in the state of Wyoming of all places, could this happen? Aren’t we the freest state in the nation? I read someplace that we were.

Who in our state legislature would pass such a law? The answer is no one in the state legislature has passed such a law. It is the Wyoming Department of Agriculture that has chosen to make a few “rule changes.” Notice that I keep putting those two words in quotes.

Here is what happened: Our elected officials in the state of Wyoming wrote a law directing the Wyoming Department of Agriculture (WDA) to achieve certain goals when in the area of “food safety”, then gave the WDA the authority to write the “rules” to achieve those goals. This gave them the power to identify what they determine to be food safety issues and write whatever “rules” are necessary to “keep us safe.” Once these “rules” land on the Governor’s desk, and he signs them they now carry the force of ---- LAW. Some time ago I found myself sitting around thinking about how the word “law” is defined. (Yes, I really do sit around thinking

about stuff like that. I’m a GEEK okay?). After thinking about it for a bit I decided that the word falls under one of two criteria: 1) If I have to do it -- or else.

2) If I am caught doing it, and I am penalized.

So the WDA told to write “rules” to assure that the food we consume in Wyoming is safe. Under these new rules farmers, and ranchers of all sizes 1) Will have to comply with the new rules --- or else 2) Will be penalized if they are caught selling certain items.

The proposed “LAW” changes almost slipped under the radar, but there were some who took notice and that sent some of our state lawmakers and a few special interest groups scrambling, including State Representative Sue Wallis, who came into my studio to explain the problem to our audience. She explained that, together, they were able to force the WDA to hold public hearings across the state in an effort to both buy some time and to pressure the WDA into not making the changes.

During my conversation with Mrs. Wallis we went into how many people would be hurt if local, small time producers, had to comply with these proposed laws. But from there I turned the conversation to what I saw as the real problem: How is it that our elected officials are turning the power to write law over to state agencies? She explained the process to me. It is a process that is the same throughout all 50 states and for the federal government. Since our legislators are only in office a few weeks out of the year

the bureaucrats need the power to make “changes” to accomplish what they have been tasked with accomplishing.

Perhaps but let’s look at the result, around the nation, of letting bureaucrats have this sort of power.

From the WDA to the EPA, it has been a disaster. Over the past few weeks I’ve had a chance to speak with several elected officials about this and I find that, while they might understand what I am saying, they just can’t seem to give up the notion that the practice needs to stop.

I asked Mrs. Wallis how many bureaucracies, in Wyoming, off the top of her head, were given the power to write law. She guessed somewhere in the neighborhood of 84 agencies. So, that means that Wyoming does not, in fact, have part time legislative sessions, lasting around four weeks out of the year.

It turns out what we have somewhere around 84 full time lawmakers.

I don’t recall seeing any such thing in the Wyoming State Constitution.

If you would like to see my full interview with Representative Sue Wallis, on this issue, please visit my website,www.BoldRepublic.com and see the Bold TV page. You’ll find more information on this topic as this issue develops. Until then, and since we are in an election year, this is a good time for each and every one of us to chat with our representatives about this issue. In short, too much power is being given to our bureaucrats, and, as you can see, it is causing the sort of problems that can and will harm local farmers, and who knows what else.

To listen to Glenn Woods morning radio show tune in to 1270am KIML Gillette Monday through Friday from 6 - 10 a.m. www.boldrepublic.com

Early Deadline

Due to the July 4 Holiday, the deadline for news and advertising for the July 6-13, 2012 issue of the Campbell County Observer will be Tuesday, July 3 at noon.

• Girl Scouts: Make the World a Better Place – Can recycling, through June 30, Pacific Steel & Recycling • “They Served With Honor” exhibit, May 21 - June 29, Rockpile Museum • Performing Arts Clinic, June 4- June 23, CAM-PLEX Heritage Center, 682-8802 • AVA All Fired Up - Morning or Afternoon, June 18-22; 9:30 am or 1 pm, 509 W. 2nd Street • Library Teens: Dreams & Nightmares, June 18-22, CCPL, 2101 S. 4J Rd., 6823223 • Wright Library Teens: Star Gazing, June 18-22, Wright Library, 305 Wright Blvd., 464-0500

Friday, June 15

• Relay for Life, CAM-PLEX Central Pavilion Plaza • Governor’s Worforce Summit, 8 am - 5 pm, Gillette College Technical Education Center • Freedom to Worship, 9 am - 7 pm, Cornerstone Ministries, Moorcroft WY • Wright Days, 10 am - 6:30 pm Wright Wyoming • AVA Little Tikes, 10-11 am, 509 W. 2nd Street • Library Teen Open Play Gaming, 1 pm, CCPL, 2101 S. 4J Road • The Summer Dance, 5 pm, CC Senior Center • Narcotics Annonymous, 5:30 pm, 610 Kendrick Ave. • Wright Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 pm, 265 Rochelle, Park Community Center • Alcoholics Anonymous, 12, 5:30 and 8 pm, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • AVA Artist Reception for Karen Barton & Will Lopez, 6-8 pm, 509 W. 2nd Street • Brothers Coffee Open Mic Night, 7-10 pm, 300 S. Gillette Ave.

Saturday, June 16

• Relay for Life, CAM-PLEX Central Pavilion Plaza • Wright Days, 7 am - 7:30 pm, Wright Wyoming • Boys & Girls Club 13th Annual Charity Golf Tournament, 8 am, Bell Nob Golf Course, 685-1050 • Mall in the Park, 9 am - 4 pm, CAM-PLEX Park, Shelter No. 5 • Library Teen Dungeons & Dragons, 10 am, CCPL, 2101 S. 4J Road • AVA Puppet Making, 1011:30 am, 509 W. 2nd Street • Library Teen Open Play Gaming, 1 pm, CCPL, 2101 S. 4J Road • Library Wii Play Saturday; 4-6th graders, 1 pm, CCPL, 2101 S. 4J Road • Alcoholics Anonymous, 12, 5:30, 8 & 10 pm, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • AVA Daddy & Me Concrete Art, 1-2:30 pm, 509 W. 2nd Street • AVA Uncorked, 1-3 pm,

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509 W. 2nd Street

Sunday, June 17

• Wright Days, 8 am - 4:00 pm, Wright Wyoming • Wright Days Fishing Derby, Panther Pond, Wright Wyoming • Alcoholics Anonymous, 12, 5:30, 8 & 10 pm, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • Carry-In Game Day, 12 pm, CC Senior Center • Family Fun with Fathers BBQ, 12-4 pm, Dalbey Memorial Park, Lions Point Shelter • Senior Center Closed

Monday, June 18

• Alcoholics Anonymous, 12, 5:30 & 8 pm, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • Library Teen Dungeons & Dragons, 4 pm, CCPL, 2101 S. 4J Road • Narcotics Annonymous, 5:30 pm, 610 Kendrick Ave.

Tuesday, June 19

• Library Story Time, 3-5 yrs, 10:30 am, CCPL, 2101 S. 4J Road • Alcoholics Anonymous, 12, 5:30 & 8 pm, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • Senior Low Vision Group, 1 pm, CC Senior Center • Library Teen Card Club, 4 pm, CCPL, 2101 S. 4J Road

Wednesday, June 20

• Seniors First Gold Bus, 9 am, CC Senior Center • Wright Library Kids: Magic Workshop w/ Cody Landstrom, 10:30 am, CCPL, 2101 S. 4J Rd. • Chamber GALI Graduation Luncheon, 11:30 am - 1 pm, Gillette College Tech Center • Alcoholics Anonymous, 12, 5:30 & 8 pm, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • Library Teen Open Play Gaming, 1 pm, CCPL, 2101 S. 4J Rd. • Senior Caregiver Suppoert, 1 pm, CC Senior Center • Library Kids: Magic Workshop w/ Cody Landstrom, 1:30 - 3:00 pm, CCPL, 2101 S. 4J Rd., Free Ticket Required • AVA Mommy & Me, 1-2 pm, 509 W. 2nd Street • AVA Just for Boys Wednesdays, 1-4 pm, 509 W. 2nd Street • AVA Preschool Art, 2-3 pm, 509 W. 2nd Street • AVA Gradeschool Drawing, 4-5 pm, 509 W. 2nd Street

Thursday, June 21

• YES House: 3 Day Course for Supervision Success, 8:30 am - 3:30 pm, 905 N. Gurley Ae. • AVA KIDZ Summer Day Camp, 9 am - 5 pm, 509 W. 2nd Street • Library Toddler Time, 18 mo - 3 yrs, 9:30 am, CCPL, 2101 S. 4J Road • Library Story Time, 3-5

yrs, 10:30 am, CCPL, 2101 S. 4J Road • Alcoholics Anonymous, 12, 5:30 & 8 pm, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • Chamber Mixer: North Platte Physical Therapy, 5-7 pm, 620 4J Court, Ste. B • E2E Wyoming: I’m Here to Network, Now What?, 6:30 pm, Gillette College Tech Center • Library Families & Jammies, birth-6th grade, 6:30 pm, CCPL, 2101 S. 4J Road • Library Teen Anime Club, 7 pm, CCPL, 2101 S. 4J Road

Friday, June 22

• Alcoholics Anonymous, 12, 5:30 and 8 pm, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • Library Teen Open Play Gaming, 1 pm, CCPL, 2101 S. 4J Road • Donkey Creek Festival, 5-11 pm, Gillette College Campus • Advance Truck & Auto Customer Appreciation, 5-7 pm, 810 E-Z Street • Narcotics Annonymous , 5:30 pm, 610 Kendrick Ave. • Wright Alcoholics Anonymous, 6:30 pm, 265 Rochelle, Park Community Center • PAW: The King and I, 7 pm, CAM-PLEX Heritage Center

Saturday, June 23

• Donkey Creek Festival, 7 am - 11 pm, Gillette College Campus • 1st Annual R/C Helicopter Fun-Fly, 7 am – dark, east of CAM-PLEX on Boxelder Road • Library Teen Dungeons & Dragons, 10 am, CCPL, 2101 S. 4J Road • AVA Puppet Making, 1011:30 am, 509 S. 2nd Street • Alcoholics Anonymous, 12, 5:30, 8 & 10 pm, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • Library Teen Open Play Gaming, 1 pm, CCPL, 2101 S. 4J Road • Library WiiPlay Saturday, 4-6th grade, 1 pm, CCPL, 2101 S. 4J Road • PAW: The King and I, 7 pm, CAM-PLEX Heritage Center

Sunday, June 24

• 1st Annual R/C Helicopter Fun-Fly, 7 am - 6 pm, east of CAM-PLEX on Boxelder Road • Recluse Ranch Rodeo & Trade Show, 8 am - 4 pm, Recluse, 670-1888 or 6863803 for more info • Donkey Creek Festival, 10 am - 10 pm, Gillette College Campus • Alcoholics Anonymous, 12, 5:30, 8 & 10 pm, 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. • Senior Center Closed

Public Pulse

Campbell County Observer

June 15 - 22, 2012

CHS Public Comment period extended and Public Hearing schedule The Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Consumer Health Services Section is extending the public comment period for the rule revisions to the Wyoming Food Safety Rule through August 22, 2012 and holding a public hearing and three public meetings throughout the state.

The formal public hearing will be held on August 22nd at 1:00 p.m. in the Wyoming Department of Agriculture Main Conference Room in Cheyenne, WY at 2219 Carey Avenue. Along with this, there will be three public meetings held throughout the state. The first meeting will be in Riverton, WY on Wednesday, June 27th at 10:00 a.m. in the High Plains Power building located at 1775 E. Monroe. The second meeting will be in Sheridan, WY on Tuesday, July 10th at 10:00 a.m. in the Sheridan County Courthouse located at 224 S. Main Street. The meeting room is on the 2nd floor in the “new Courthouse addition”. The third meeting will be in Casper on

Wednesday, July 11th at 10:00 a.m. in the Pronghorn Room of the Wyoming Game & Fish building at 3030 Energy Lane.

The Wyoming Department of Agriculture is proposing amendments to the Wyoming Food Safety Rule.

The proposed revisions are found in Chapters 1-12, 14, and a new Chapter 15 is added. Chapters 1 through 12 are amended in response to revisions to the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 2009 Food Code which provides the latest scientific information on food safety. The revisions in Chapter 14 reflect additional areas of the Code of Federal Regulations which the Department follows in the performance of FDA contract inspections. Chapter 15 is added in response to small egg producers desiring to sell their eggs to licensed and inspected food establishments.

Public comments on the proposed amendments may be submitted on or before August 22, 2012. Written comments may be addressed to:

Wyoming Department of Agriculture, 2219 Carey Ave, Cheyenne, WY 82002.

Wyoming Food Safety Rule Chapters 1-12, 14, and 15 The Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Consumer Health Services Section proposes amending the Wyoming Food Safety Rule.

The proposed revisions are found in Chapters 1-12, 14, and a new Chapter 15 is added. Chapters 1 through 12 are amended in response to revisions to the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 2009 Food Code which provides the latest scientific information on food safety. The revisions in Chapter 14 reflect additional areas of the Code of Federal Regulations which the Department follows in the performance of FDA contract inspections. Chapter 15 is added in response to small egg producers desiring to sell their eggs to licensed and inspected food establishments.

Featured Crime Burglary (June 4)

Crime Stoppers needs your help in solving a burglary that occurred at HD Supply located at 3410 East 2nd Street. The burglary occurred between 1800 hrs on 0604-2012 and 0600 hrs on 06-05-2012. During this time frame unknown suspect(s) entered the warehouse of HD Supply and took various lengths and gauges of copper wire. The total weight of all wire taken is in excess of 10,000 lbs.

If you have information that can solve this or any other crime please call Crime Stoppers at 686-0400 or the High School Crime Stoppers at 682-4185. You can remain anonymous and may earn up to $1,000 in reward.

Wyoming school choices few and far between Submitted by Keith Phucas, Investigative Reporter Wyoming Liberty Group Nearly seven years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, Louisiana boasts the country’s most ambitious school voucher plan that would pay for students to attend public, private or charter schools of their choice.

When the voucher program began four years ago, it benefitted only lowincome students in New Orleans, but by 2013, all of Louisiana students would become eligible for the program.

The voucher legislation, signed into law in April

by Gov. Bobby Jindal, is viewed by school-choice advocates as a huge leap forward and the latest in a growing national trend to give families the freedom to send their children to a school they choose.

But the progress of school choice has lagged in most other states, including Wyoming, which offers very limited educational choice and has a law that makes starting an alternative school difficult.

Kari Cline, Wyoming Association of Public Charter Schools’ executive director, knows firsthand how sluggish the pace of establishing those schools has been.

“It is slow, painfully slow, but we have some momentum,” she said.

According to the Friedman Foundation for School Choice, 18 states and the District of Columbia currently provide private school choice through vouchers or the tax code.

The school vouchers concept, allowing parents to use public funding to pay for their children’s tuition at a private school, was first proposed in 1955 by Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, a long-time champion of freedom and liberty.

Milwaukee created the first school voucher program in 1990 for low-income families.

Partly to blame, Cline said, is the state’s law governing charter schools that discourages organizations from applying to open schools in Wyoming.

“Although we have a charter school law, it’s pretty poor,” she said.

In fact, the law gives local school boards sole approval authority for charter school applicants, which stacks the deck in favor of the existing school system.

So instead of waging a “political battle” with the school board, Cline said, charter interests move on to more “charter-friendly” states.

“That is a very big inhibitor to starting a charter school,” she said.

Cline, a Cheyenne resident, said other states typically utilize more than one

local board or authorizing body to consider charter applications.

Six years ago, Laramie County School District 1 turned down its first applicant, Cheyenne Classical Academy, and the charter school official said the process was “very contentious.”

The fallout from the application process led to legislation in 2010 that mandated school districts work cooperatively with charter school applicants.

Other rejected charter schools eventually turned private, including Teton Science Schools, in Jackson. If that school and others had remained charters, no public school students could have been legally turned away, Cline said.

Prospective charter applicants and Wyoming newcomers, who are typically from more populated areas, are often surprised to learn the state’s has just 568,000 residents, according to U.S. Census figures. But even in Laramie County, the state’s most populous county, there are few alternatives to the public school system.

Three of four private schools in Cheyenne are not accredited with the state and do not require teacher certification. The county’s first and only approved charter school, Poder Academy, isn’t scheduled to open until August.

Proponents of school choice believe the more competition in education the better for fostering innovative teaching methods and improving student performance.

“Students (performing) at the top and bottom are not being well served at public schools,” Cline said, and claimed those students typically benefit the most in charter school settings.

Public education’s current emphasis on remediation and preparing students for standardized testing has put brighter students at a clear disadvantage.

“A lot of top-end kids are getting disengaged,” she said, putting them at risk of dropping out, which a Wyoming students can do at age 16 without parental permission.

The Wyoming Department of Education’s Federal Four-Year Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate, or “on time” graduation rate, for 2010-2011 was 79.7 percent, according to the state education department, leaving 20.3 percent that did not graduate as expected. In Laramie County School District 1, in Cheyenne, the graduation rate for 2010-2011 was nearly 72 percent.

When Hurricane Katrina hit in September 2005, the storm damaged most of New Orleans’ schools and a forced a mass exodus a families and their schoolchildren.

Left with ruined schools and few students, the cash strapped Orleans Parish School Board had no choice but to terminate contracts with all its teachers, according to “New Orleansstyle Education Reform: A guide for cities: Lessons learned, 2004-2010.”

The Recovery School District, created two years before the hurricane to rescue students from failing schools, took over nearly all schools in the city following the disaster.

With old bureaucratic school policy suspended, New Orleans became a magnet for charter entrepreneurs who wrote their own school rules.

A 2011 analysis of standardized test scores in city schools by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University (CREDO), showed most of the New Orleans’ independent charter schools had improved their students’ performance in reading and math at a faster rate than the city’s traditional public schools.

Short of a natural disaster, how could Wyoming open its educational system to free market principles that would compel all schools to compete for students?

School reform advocates suggest amending the charter school law for starters.

State Rep. Amy Edmonds, a Republican from Laramie County, has been an advocate for school choice and charter schools.

“We’ve been fighting this battle for six years,” Edmonds said. “Some get elected and feel it’s their job to protect the (public school) system, and others of us believe we should represent the taxpayers and families.”

She also recommended appointing “a separate authorizer” organization to evaluate charter applications and monitor the performance of those schools that are approved.

There are four charter schools in the state. Snowy Range Academy in Laramie (K-8th grade) is in its 11th year making it the oldest in Wyoming.

Fort Washakie Charter High School, located in Fort Washakie, began nine years ago and serves 9th through 12th grade students.However, the State Board of Education recently granted Fremont County School District 21’s request to make the high school

part of the existing school district.

Laramie Montessori, a public charter school in Laramie, opened in the fall of 2011 for K-6th grade students.

Despite the school districts’ concerns about competition, Edmonds claims the charter schools have done little to diminish the dominance of public schools in those districts.

“They are powerful beyond belief,” the lawmaker said.

Rather than being strictly competitive, Cline said charter schools and traditional public schools in the same districts could work together to raise the overall quality of education.

“At the end of the day, it’s about the kids,” she said.

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Sports Report

June 15-22, 2012

Campbell County Observer

Race Results

Finish Start 1 6 2 10 3 5 4 1 5 3 6 2 7 4 8 7 9 11 10 9 11 8 12 12 13 13

IMCA THUNDER STOCK - Main Event Car 77 X3 80 33C 80P 39 08 3 S16 7 51 29J 29

Driver Dion Makowski Shayna Reed Chad Horst Alan / Mcneil Duane Haines Mark Brandt Thomas Martell Chris Russell Teresa Schuler Derric Culey Lucky Speer Art Garrity Braxton Bales

Hometown Race Points Dickinson , Nd 40.00 Casper , Wy 39.00 Gillette , W 38.00 Rapid City, Sd 37.00 Gillette , Wy 36.00 Gillette , Wy 35.00 Rozet , Wy 34.00 Gillette , Wy 33.00 Wright , Wy 32.00 Gillette , Wy 31.00 Gillette , Wy 30.00 Sturgis , Sd 29.00 Gillette , Wy 28.00

IMCA MODIFIEDS - Main Event

Photos by Quintan James De Laat-8 years old

Roughriders drop Wheatland Lobos 8-7 behind Kelley’s early single Roughriders jumped on Wheatland Lobos early on its way to an 8-7 win on Saturday at Roughrider Stadium in seven innings, scoring five runs in the first inning.

Roughriders staved off Wheatland Lobos as Wheatland Lobos was unable to match Roughriders down the stretch.

Wheatland Lobos scored on an RBI single by Scott Huckfeldt in the sixth inning and a passed ball, an RBI single

by Anthony Apodaca, an RBI single by Huckfeldt, and a hit by pitch in the seventh inning.

Despite its efforts, Wheatland Lobos couldn’t get over the hump.

Matt Fogle got the win for Roughriders despite allowing six runs over 6 2/3 innings. He struck out seven, walked none and surrendered nine hits.

Roughriders was sparked

by Drake Kelley and Westin Hinkel, who teamed up for six hits and three RBIs. The top of the first saw

Wheatland Lobos take an early lead, 2-0. Dave Nelson singled to ignite Wheatland Lobos’ offense. A single by Apodaca then moved Nelson from first to third. Tyler Pollock singled, scoring Nelson. More

runs came home for Wheatland Lobos when Apodaca scored on a steal of home.

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Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.”

Roughrider Game Stats Pitching M Fogle W Hinkel K Wass Totals

O 20 0 1 21

Batting D McCann D Kelley W Hinkel A Tennant T Lofing M Fogle K Wass T Rogen I Durgin Totals

IP BF #P TS 6.2 31 91 60 0 4 16 5 0.1 1 1 1 7.0 36 108 66 AB 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 24

R 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 8

H 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 8

TB 31 11 0 42

P/IP 13.6 -3.0 15.4

P/BF 2.9 4.0 1.0 3.0

RBI BB SO 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 5 4

What’s Going On In Sports?

Friday, June 15

• Powder Basin Equestrian Jumping Clinic, TBA, CAM-PLEX Equestrian Area, 682-9429

Saturday, June 16

• Powder Basin Equestrian Jumping Clinic, TBA, CAM-PLEX Equestrian Area, 682-9429 • Gillette Rustlers VS Sheridan, 5:30 pm • Regular Race, 7 pm, Gillette Thunder Speedway

Sunday, June 17

• Powder Basin Equestrian Jumping Clinic, TBA, CAM-PLEX Equestrian Area, 682-9429 • Gillette Rustlers VS Sheridan Jets, 1 pm

Monday, June 18

• 4-H Rodeo/Timed Events, 6-10 pm, CAM-PLEX Wrangler Arena

Tuesday, June 19

• Gillette Rustlers VS Spearfish, 5:30 and 7:30 pm, Roughrider Stadium

Wednesday, June 20

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<3% LOO 1ST2OUT 123INN <13 58.1% 5 2 1 3 25.0% 0 0 0 0 100.0% 0 0 0 0 55.6% 5 2 1 3

Key

• O: Outs pitched • IP: Innings pitched • BF: Total batters faced • #P: Total pitches • TS: Total strikes • TB: Total balls • P/IP: Pitches per inning • P/BF: Pitches per batter faced • <3: Batters on or out in three pitches or less • <3%: % of batters on or out in three pitches or less • LOO: Leadoff out (1st batter of inning) • 1ST2OUT: Innings with 1st 2 batters out • 123INN: 1-2-3 Innings • <13: Innings of 13 pitches or fewer

Finish Start Car 1 1 8K 2 7 72G 3 2 3B 4 3 X3 5 6 68 6 11 25C 7 4 71 8 10 18 9 9 8 10 8 2D 11 13 AK47 12 12 E5K 13 5 17 Finish Start 1 1 2 6 3 2 4 3 5 5 6 7 7 4 8 8

Hometown Race Points Gillette , Wy 40.00 Buffalo , W 39.00 Rozet , Wy 38.00 Casper , Wy 37.00 Plevna , Mt 36.00 Dickinson , Nd 35.00 Sheridan , Wy 34.00 Casper , Wy 33.00 Mills , Wy 32.00 Belfield , Nd 31.00 Gillette , W 30.00 Gillette , Wy 29.00 Dickinson , Nd 28.00

LIMITED LATE MODEL - Main Event

Car F16 21R 2 23S 6 C4 01 29

Finish Start Car 1 4 18 2 8 66 3 3 2J 4 5 10J 5 16 8 6 12 34H 7 15 27 8 14 13 9 11 9E 10 6 37 11 13 67 12 1 7 13 22 17 14 19 89 15 17 1M 16 10 19 17 23 23DB 17 23 23DB 18 9 74 19 7 54 20 2 28S 21 18 31 22 21 29 23 20 5C Finish Start 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 7 5 6 6 1 7 5 8 8 9 9

Driver Ed Kirchoff Erik Elmer Brian Brennan Shawn Reed Bill Miller Rusty Corneliusen Byran Bettcher Paul Jones Randy Dolberg Lenny Makowski Adam Konrad Eddie Kirchoff Dale Burwick

Car 55 00 146 37 95 54 72 34 5

Driver Scott Anderson John Robertson Marty Erivez Dylan Schmer Jeff Gorsuch Toby Smith Jason Snyder Greg More

Hometown Race Points Spearfish , Sd 75.00 Gillette , Wy 70.00 Gillette , Wy 65.00 Sheridan , Wy 60.00 Gillette , Wy 55.00 Gillette , W 50.00 Gillette , Wy 48.00 Gillette , W 46.00

Midwest Mod - Main Event Driver Tony Leiker Allan Locken Jerry Martin Scott Joslyn Scott Edwards Rob Hoffman Scotty Fischer Seth Cavanaugh Wyatt Smith Matt Barber Curtis Wood Allen Racing Troy Leiker James Hance Jeff Pelesky Gordon Koloski Maklain Harrison Maklain Harrison Todd Pudwill Tom Manning Cannon Slawson Kyle Harkin Ty Miller J Conda

Hometown Race Points Gillette , Wy 35.00 Gillette , Wy 33.00 Moorcroft, Wy 32.00 Gillette , Wy 31.00 Gillette , Wy 30.00 Gillette , Wy 29.00 Gillette , W 28.00 Gillette , Wy 27.00 Gillette , Wy 26.00 Gillette , Wy 25.00 Gillette , Wy 24.00 Gillette , W 23.00 Gillette , Wy 22.00 Gillette , Wy 21.00 Sheridan , Wy 20.00 Gillette , Wy 19.00 Gillette , Wy 18.00 Gillette , Wy 18.00 Rapid City, Sd 17.00 Gillette , Wy 16.00 Gillette , Wy 15.00 Hermosa , Sd 14.00 Gillette , Wy 13.00 Sheridan , Wy 0.00

Mod Four - Main Event Driver Duane Manning Benjie Bayne Dave Dilley Chris Harley Joshua Dobos Tom Manning Dakota Estrada Robert Harley Justin Williams

Hometown Race Points Gillette , Wy 35.00 Casper , Wy 33.00 Billings , Mt 32.00 Casper , Wy 31.00 Casper , Wy 30.00 Gillette , Wy 29.00 Cheyenne , Wy 28.00 Casper , Wy 27.00 Gillette , Wy 26.00

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Cook needed at Lu La Bells.

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Days Only. Apply at Lu La bells.

Czech CZ-82 Pistol. 9X18 Caliber, semi auto. High quality steel construction made for field use. 12 round capacity magazine, cock and lock style safety, super accurate polygonal rifled barrel.

Comes with extra magazine, cleaning tools, and original issue military holster. Regular price $387.93, On sale with this ad for only $315.00.

Call Wyoming Mountaineers 299-2084 and mention this ad.

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Electrical Process Manager sought by Alpha Coal West, Inc. for its Eagle Butte Mine in Gillette, WY. Position is responsible for electrical maintenance continuous improvement program, among other responsibilities. Must have Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Engineering Management or related field, plus (A) 2 yrs. exp. In job offered or related occupation.

(B) 2 yrs’ exp. with (i) coal mine asset management/ maintenance; (ii) troubleshooting surface mine electrical systems, including conveyor, load out, AC and DC electrical drive systems and electrical distribution infrastructure; and (iii) integrating multiple OEM hardware systems with Rockwell PLC and existing infrastructure; (C) 1 yr. exp. with programming and troubleshooting coal preparation plant and shovel electrical systems, including Rockwell and Allen Bradley PLCs, Toshiba T300MVI drives, and Avtron drive systems; (D) familiarity with Federal and State regulations relating to electrical maintenance of mining equipment, including 30 CFR Part 77, NEC, NFPA 70E and WY title 30; (E) Current Wyoming Mine Forman Certification or able to obtain one within 12 months of hire.

Employer accepts Bachelor’s degree +5 yrs. related exp. Apply online through www.alphanr.com (See Electrical Process Manager in Job Openings).

Are you a friendly outgoing individual? Do you connect with people casually? Are you looking for supplemental income? Do you need to be in charge of your own hours?

We are looking for an independent contractor for commissioned based ad sales.

For more information call Sandra at 307-689-0028 or email at campbellcountytidbits@yahoo.com Needing Models for style show. Contact corey or cassee @ fashion bug. 6862588 Job Opening - Advertising Sales-N.E. Wyoming and more. Pays 20% commission, gas allowance, monthly team and individual bonuses. Set your own hours, work around your own schedule.

You would be selling advertising for the fastest growing company in N.E. Wyoming.

In the next five years, we will be expanding to many new areas and cities around the country. If you join our team now, you can be on top later.

This position is a career, not a job. If you are interested, please call 307-670-8980 or e-mail us at CampbellCountyObserver@gmail.com Contributors wanted for weekly newspaper. Need a doctor, a Politician, a lawyer, and more to contribute an article a month. E-mail CampbellCountyObserver@gmail. com for more information.

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Call 307-299-4662 Website/ad designer wanted.

Must be familiar with building/maintaining websites and website advertising design.

Commission and base salary pay. Call the Cowboy State Free Press at 307-670-8980

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Get a piece of history. Mosin Nagant Russian M91/30 Surplus Rifle. Very good to Excellent condition 7.62X54 Caliber. These are a very accurate rifle shooting 4” groups at 1000 yards. Open sights are adjustable to yardage with a push of a button.

Great gun for hunting deer or elk very cheap ammo available for target practice ($85 per 440 rnds) Comes with military issue sling, sling pouches, bayonet, and cleaning tools. Retailing as high as $175.00 on sale with this ad $145.00. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 2992084 and mention this ad.

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.

Taurus Model 827, 38SPL Revolver. 7rnd, 4” Barrel, Stainless Steel. MSRP: $664.00 on sale with this add $575.00. or make 4 payments of $163.20 each. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 2992084 and mention this ad.

Gunsmithing Special of the week. Electrolysis Barrel Cleaning. Increase the accuracy of your firearm, get ready for hunting season or a summer of shooting fun. Most cleanings complete overnight and your gun is ready the next day.

This week only $25.00. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 2992084 and mention this ad.

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. If you find that smoking great deal on the internet we transfer guns for only $15.00 per gun. Call Wyoming Mountaineers 2992084 and mention this ad.

1903 Springfield. 30o6 Cal. U.S. Military. $700 obo. Call (307) 682-7864

Business Opportunities Choose your hours, your income, and your rewards. I DO! Contact Julie BalmerAvon Independent Sales Rep. 307-689-6812 or email jkbpennigwen@msn.com Looking for Vendors to be part of our Benefit for the Boys and girls Club. Low Cost vendor space. Contact Robin @ 605-545-1188 or Sandra @ 307-689-0028 Health problems? Try doTERRA certified pure essential oils. 307-680-0363. www. myvoffice.com/healingisbelieving

Heavy Equipment/ Trailers 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

Refrigerator (white) Great condition $100 307-2995918 QUEEN SLEEP NUMBER BED like new. $700 call 680-2982. Can text photo if you like.

Blue Dual Reclining Sofa.

Good shape $100 Call 6802982. Can text photo if you like.

Spyder Semi-auto paint ball gun. cal..68 Special Edition.

Only used twice! New $300 For you $175 plus two canisters. Call 680-1302 If you are interested in purchasing Nutrient Rich Ranch Raised Beef grown locally, call 307-340-1108.

Great Jerky http://www.rberlinger.jerkydirect.com/ My First Computer hardly used. Asking $15. Call 605 - 545 – 1188 Five roasts and twelve pounds of hamburger for a flat rate. $150.00. All ranch raised beef. This is an approximate savings of 10% on the total. Contact Jason Walker at 307-686-0577 Two place aluminum snowmobile trailer. $1,600. 307689-0202

Autos, Trucks and Vans 1993 Chevy 1500 4x4 350 Engine, runs great. 5 spd. manual, transmission needs rebuilt. Transfer case in great condition. No other problems other than transmission.

Asking $2,000 or best offer.

Price: $2,000obo. Contact: 307-670-20372003 Chevy Monte Carlo SS (White) with 137,000 mi; $6500. Call 307 - 689 – 0966 ‘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.

2004 Yukon Denali XL,6.0 Motor, Loaded $14,000 OBO 660-9351 2008 Hyundai Sonata LMTD, 40,000 mi. $13,500, Call 307-660-2532.

2000 Chevy Silverado 4x4 1/2 Ton Pickup. New tires, ext. cab, long bed. 148,000 mi. One owner. 307-6700858 or 303-250-4096 97’ Chevy Long Box Extended Cab. ¾ Ton, selling for Parts. $1,000 OBO. 307680-7431 1982 Chevy Ventura Van. 350 Engine, 400 Turbo newly rebuilt transmission. Interior in GREAT shape, has a working electric wet bar and built in cooler in back. Carb. needs re-jetted, other than that there are no problems.

Must see. Asking $3,500 or best offer. Price:$3,500obo.

Contact: 307-670-8980

Campers & Motor Homes

BOAT FOR SALE. 18ft 120 port jet outboard bass tracker for sale. Call 307-680-5947

1997 32ft. Class A Motor Home. Sleeps 6, Only 31,000 Miles. Asking $17,000. Call (307) 660-7520.

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: 307-670-2037 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!

Custom Harley Soft tail. Being built, need to sell now.

Almost finished. Chopper, built in Sturgis, SD. Asking $5,500 and will help you build it. HAVE ALL PARTS! Call 257-2306 Boat for Sale with trailer.

Needs work. Call 670-8980 for info.

Homes for Sale Home for sale by owner in Western Way. Asking $239,000 for the 1,800 sq. ft. 3 bedroom 2 bath home with an unfinished basement and a two car garage. Fully fenced, large landscaped yard with a sprinkler system.

Home is within walking distance to the new recreation center and the new elementary school that is being built. Please contact me at 307-670-1209 if you are interested.

Tri-level house for sale 4 bed 2 bath $209,000 (307) 6701925.

40+ Acres 2 miles south of Wright 1999 Atlantic Oak Modular. $250,000 OBO Call 307 - 680 – 2374 Great House 4 bedroom, 2 bath, computer room, huge island kitchen, fireplace.

Must see! call 307-687-0333 C1-23-tfn FSBO 2,688 SF home on corner lot with fenced back yard. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, upgraded kitchen, finished walkout basement, oversized garage. $259,000.

307-680-9180.

Camping/Fishing 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

Large Private RV/Camper Lot for rent. Big yard, trees.

All utilities available. $400 per month, $400 deposit. 1 year lease. Call (307) 6601007.

5th wheel camper for sale.

Call Skip (307) 680-0073

Miscellaneous 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

Work Wanted Skidsteer with Operator. For all your Snow Removal and Dirt needs. Call Ken at 307680-5947 Weekly house cleaning-$50.00 per week. Windows, floors, dusting, bathrooms, etc. Call 670-2037.

Toy Parts & Accessories Stock pipes for Sportster.

500mi. Stock pices for Dyna Wide Glide. 1500mi. Email baxtersmom62@gmail.com for info.

Harley Accessories for sale.

Call 307-670-8980. Ask for Tammy.

For Rent

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.

2 Bedroom Duplex, with one car garage, washer/dryer, no pets. $700rent/$700deposit.

307-689-0202 Room for Rent. Nice Room for Rent for one responsible person. $480.00 per month.

689-9358.

ACE will reduce your appetite and give you energy. The natural way to lose weight. www.facebook.com/AcePill 660-2974

Newspaper vending machines. Contact us at: CampbellCountyObserver@gmail. com

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.

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.

Wanted to Buy I Buy Militaria. Swords, uniforms, bayonets, medals, guns/parts, field gear. 6827864

WILL PAY CASH FOR CAMPERS. Call Scott (307) 680-0854.

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1952 Chevy Dumptruck, hauls 5 tons of coal $1500 307-682-1172 1986 Toyota Tercel 4x4. $1050.00.

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Home Appliances/ Furnshings Microfiber couch with 2 recliners combined. Green. $100 Call 299-4967.

Booth Table. L-shaped. With Chairs. Seats 6. $500.00 Call 299-4967 Three antique pressedbacked oak chairs. Excellent condition. $85 each. 6820042 Storage Unit Sale!!!!! Home stereo, car speakers, 2 dressers, mattress and box spring sets $20, chests, coffee table, chairs, end tables and much more. Call (307) 682-7864

Produce for Sale Fresh local “Free Range” eggs. All natural, no animal by-products. No antibiotics. $3/Doz. 257-9049

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Bottom eject makes this an excellent waterfowl and upland bird hunting gun. Regular price $294.95. On sale with this ad for only $250.00.

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June 15-22, 2012

Campbell County University of Wyoming Spring Semester Provost’s Honor Roll

Emily Dickinson

By Mike Borda

When a discussion begins about America’s greatest authors and poets, many great names continually arise.

The likes of Hemmingway, Twain, Fitzgerald, and Thoreau come readily to mind for many of us. Another name that is commonly mentioned is Emily Dickinson. However, for all we know of the other authors, Dickinson is someone who we do not tend to delve deeper into for some reason.

Her story, though, is one that truly stands out in the annals of American history.

Born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, Emily Dickinson did not lead a particularly difficult early life compared to most.

Her family was financially stable, as they had descended from early colonists who had build up the local community.

Despite her financial stability though, her emotional needs were not always met to the fullest. She had an up-anddown relationship with her parents, ranging from warm affection to cold bitterness.

These personal issues however, would lead to Emily discovering her true gift in life, expressing her feelings through her creativity. Throughout her childhood, she produced thousands of writings and poems, which impressed many around her. One main influence, however, seemed to be a continuing theme with Dickinson’s works, especially as she grew older.

Death fascinated Dickinson, and she would later use it as the main subject of some of her greatest works. Along with death, religion also fascinated young Emily. Raised as a Calvinist Christian, Dickinson did not seem to fully embrace the religion around

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her but instead used her poetry to work through the questions she had internally.

After leaving school Dickinson began writing more vigorously, taking in the influences of other authors like Ralph Waldo Emerson to shape her own work. However, after a few years she began writing letters to her friends describing a deep depression she felt herself sinking into. In 1855, she left her area for the first time, traveling with family across New England. This trip led Dickinson to look even further inward, and by the time the Civil War started, she had little contact with the outside world, instead adding to her already impressive collection of thousands of poems.

Although some have speculated that the object of her writings during this time was a secret lover, it is not known for certain whom this was or if the relationship actually existed. It has also been suggested that during this time of isolation Dickinson suffered from multiple ailments, possibly including epilepsy. Regardless of what other circumstances existed in her life during this time, what we do know is that the older she became, the less she appeared in public, confining herself to her home.

Emily Dickinson died on May 15, 1886. She had little notoriety during life, only publishing a handful of poems. However, after her death Emily’s sister, Lavinia published volumes of her discovered works, and today we know her as one of the greatest poets in American history. She led a troubled life, but Emily Dickinson’s work triumphed as the lasting legacy of a remarkable writer.

The University of Wyoming lists 14 students from Campbell County on the 2012 spring semester Provost’s Honor Roll.

The Provost’s Honor Roll consists of undergraduates who have completed at least six but fewer than 12 hours with a minimum 3.5 grade point average for the semester.

Students are:

Gillette: Sherry L. Bailey, Lindsey Erin Carter, Kaia E. Christofferson, Richard Robert Cisneros, Tara Lynn Golden, Kirsten Johnson, Kimberlie R. Martinson, Cameron Levi Mock, Crystal Lee Nezworski, Jordan M. Reed, Heidi Louise Solomon, Kellie Ilene Wingfield, and Steven E. Yount.

Wright: Sean Wesley Reid.

“Do not separate text from historical background.

If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.”

- President James Madison

Submitted by James Phillip Grabrick

Where is this picture taken?

Find out in next week’s Campbell County Observer

The elusive Lost Cabin Mine

By Jeff Morrison Countless prospectors have travelled through northeast Wyoming over the years. Most were en-route to such places as Deadwood Gulch in the Black Hills and Alder Gulch in Montana. Many of them tried their luck at striking color in the Big Horn Mountains, with varying degrees of success. Gold was definitely present in the Big Horns, but not of a quality or quantity that would set off a major rush to the area. And yet the Big Horn Mountains are the home of the most famous gold mine in Wyoming history, the Lost Cabin Mine (or Lead) – unfortunately it has been in a perpetual state of being “lost” since 1869.

That the Lost Cabin Mine existed at all is debatable. There are several contradicting versions concerning the original discovery of the lead, and even more concerning the lead’s “rediscovery” over the years. The only evidence of its actual existence is hearsay and circumstantial at best.

According to one account, Allen Hulburt, a ‘49er, had prospected his way from California to Walla Walla, Washington with little success. In 1863 he and two companions, named Jones and Cox, geared up and journeyed east, with the intention of prospecting the east side of the Rockies. After reaching the Yellowstone River, they traveled by boat to the head of the Big Horn River. Apparently their exploratory panning struck enough color that they decided to follow the Big Horn back to the mountains where they panned and prospected their way higher up, searching for the source load.

Eventually the trio found an area so rich in color that they sunk a shaft to the bedrock, which was about seven feet below, finding gold all the way. At this point they decided to spend the winter. They dammed the creek and built a series of sluice boxes, as well as a cabin with a stockade. Hulburt later claimed that they were sluicing about $100 per man, per day until winter closed in and they had to suspend mining until the spring thaw.

That next spring, shortly after they had resumed operations, they were attacked

by Indians. Hurburt had returned to the cabin for something when the fight began. Jones and Cox were killed before he returned, so he hid and watched the war party ransack the cabin and attempt

to burn it down. After they departed, Hurburt took what gold he could and fled for his life. Since the Indians had gone down the only trail he knew, Hurburt ran south, through the mountains, eventually reaching the Oregon Trail near presentday Casper.

He then joined a wagon train headed to Alder Gultch. Hurburt’s tale of a rich bonanza in the Big Horns managed to convince a large portion of the party to join him to rediscover his lost mine. But Hurburt was unable to relocate the site and, after several fruitless days searching, the now-angry mob of prospectors threatened to lynch him. He reluctantly gave up the search and continued with the wagons to Montana, where he disappeared from history, but his mine lapsed into legend.

The lure of the Lost Cabin Mine has inspired many attempts to find it. Everyone from bored cowboys to serious prospectors have combed, not just the Big Horns but all of the neighboring mountain ranges as well in an elusive quest to find the missing El Dorado. The number of seekers includes Thomas Paige Comstock, who discovered the silver load that bears his name in Nevada, and Jack Nye, who didn’t discover the gold lead, but did manage to find a rather rich load of copper ore instead.

Claims that the Lost Cabin Mine had been found began surfacing in the 1870s and continued with regularity well into the 20th century. But every “discovery” turned out to be a disappointment for the gold-seekers, albeit a great source of entertainment and excitement for the readers of local and sometimes national newspapers. The headline: “Lost Cabin Mine Finally Located” was printed so frequently it probably became something of a joke among printers, much like Elvis sightings of today.

One early claim of discovery involved three men stumbling on the mine in the spring of 1876, and having the misfortune of trying to carry their booty back to civilization via Sitting Bull’s village on the Little Big Horn. As with most of the Lost Cabin stories, all but one of the fortune hunters was killed and the survivor couldn’t find the lead again. In 1885, a newspaper confidently reported that the Lost Cabin Mine was found in Oregon.

Apparently Hurburt, Jones and Cox were really, really lost and only thought they were in the Big Horns.

Most of the Lost Cabin discovery claims based their confirmation on a nearby log structure of unknown origin but the appearance of great age, and either a shaft or sluice box remains – and of course, gold, but never enough of it to fit the legend. Yet one discovery claim not only had much of the usual Lost Cabin formula, but quite some interesting physical evidence to go along with it.

In 1902, prospectors Albert E. Sutton and Barnes Burris found a notch in a cliff in the southern Big Horns. The notch appeared to be an old tunnel of sorts where they found a lead of carbonate ore infused with gold. They also discovered the names of the men who dug the tunnel carved into the rock. It read, “…

Gorman and Wilhelm Arback, 1869.”

Could this have been the real Lost Cabin Mine? Certainly the newspapers, including the New York Times reported that it was. And even though no evidence of a cabin was reported by Sutton and Burris, the inscription, along with two separate tales from other sources seems to lend authenticity to the claim.

It seems that the soldiers stationed at Fort Fetterman told of two prospectors who came to the fort occasionally and bought supplies with gold nuggets they had mined from an undisclosed location.

The miners never told the soldiers the source of their gold but it was speculated that they were mining it in the Big Horns.

A few years prior to Burris and Sutton’s discovery, an aged gentleman arrived in Buffalo with some younger companions

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in tow. As it was later related by the younger men, the elder (who was not identified by name) claimed to be the last survivor of the party that discovered the Lost Cabin Lead. He told them that, due to the various Indian troubles in the region, he was never able to return to the claim in a timely fashion, but was willing to take them on as partners if they would help him re-find the claim. Their search took them to the very area that Burris and Sutton later found the tunnel, but the old man apparently didn’t recognize the exact location. The party left in discouragement and, as the story goes, the old man died of heart failure on the return trip to Buffalo.

Burris and Sutton had great plans for their find. They spent a great deal of money brining in a stamp mill and plotted out a town site they named “Arback”.

But like all the Lost Cabin “discoveries” and other gold mining ventures in the Big Horns, the lead never produced gold in large quantities and eventually played out, leaving their mine to be “lost” all over again. Their re-discovery of the Lost Cabin Mine was not the last, but it was probably the most expensive.

And so the location of the Lost Cabin Mine remains a mystery to this day.

For anyone who wishes to try their luck finding it, Wyoming historian, Bill Bragg once gave the best advice: “The nicest way, in my opinion, to hunt for this mine, is to get a fishing pole and tackle, and a good big lunch, and a piece of mountain country where the big trout bite hard and fast. Then proceed to hunt for the ‘lost cabin’ mine.”

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