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By Nicholas DeLaat s you all may know, District 52 State Representative Sue Wallis died recently of heart troubles. This story was supposed to be in last week’s edition of the Campbell County Observer, but to tell you the truth, I found it very hard to write at the time. What do you say when you lose a friend? To me, I found the cause of death of Representative Wallis to be ironic. I always knew she had a big heart, but I never thought it would affect her physically. If you knew her personally, you knew that her heart must have been working in overdrive, as she viscously cared about everyone in her life. We can talk about her services to the community and to the state, but everyone will be doing that. I would like to change gears here and talk about my personal experiences with her. In 2010, I decided to start diving headfirst into politics. To start this ever-learning process, I signed up to run against then-incumbent Sue Wallis in the general election. I was not necessarily running against her at the time, but running to learn about that part of the process. One of the first things I did was call up Sue and ask her out to lunch. I figured I would get to know the person I would be campaigning against. So nervously, I met her and her husband Rod over iced tea and some good food. Upon leaving that lunch, I had a wealth of information and a new friend instead of a running opponent. I was surprised to find that she was encouraging me with valuable information and support. During that campaign process,

we had Sue and Rod to our house for dinner multiple times, and we took our kids to their ranch. All of this while sitting opposite each other in forums and debates. During the entire campaign, not a single dirty thing was said publicly or otherwise. She had more than earned my respect at the time. At the 2010 Wyoming Liberty Fest that year, one gentleman came up to us as we were sitting around a campﬁre having a couple drinks and laughing hysterically, saying, “This isn’t right, you two are supposed to be at each other’s throats. This is an election!” Her response, of course, was another hilarious joke. This was after I rescued Sue and Rod on the way to Lander for this Wyoming Liberty Fest. Their RV had broken a fuel line, so we all rode down and back together - a ride ﬁlled with Rod’s Jokes and Sue’s intelligent conversations. Afterwards, she introduced me around the capital, kept me informed on not just the legislation, but the reasons and facts behind them as well, and the goings-on at the state level. I still share in a cow to get raw milk from her ranch, and we had other business dealings together. So, by running against her, I gained a

good friend. As most politicians are, she was slammed by special interest groups. One thing I will always respect her for is her willingness to stand up publicly for what she believed was right. Regardless of what side of the situation you were on, if you competed with her you would have to prove that she wasn’t on the side of liberty, which to this day I have yet to see anyone do. Representative Sue Wallis should ever be remembered as a champion of our community and our state, and remain a hero in our hearts. Any politician can ﬁght only for votes or special interests as most of them do, but she was one of the very few that, agree with her or not, truly fought on the side of liberty. The citizens of Campbell County and the State of Wyoming have lost one of our very few true champions of our rights, and we are unquestionably the worse off for it.

No More Utility Payments at Drop Boxes Campbell County Employee of the Month By Holly Galloway Becky Brazelton was awarded the employee of the month Tuesday for Campbell County. She was nominated by Cathy Dowdy who gave several details for the nomination. Brazelton has been a Campbell County employee for thirty one years. She was appointed Deputy County Treasurer in 1996. Brazelton was noted for being an IT person that has

helped her in this position. “She thinks outside the box,” said Dowdy. She is said to be efﬁcient and seems to have a intuition of what is needed by customers that come into the ofﬁce. Brazelton attended the County Commissioners meeting where she was given this award and shook hands with the commission.

Effective March 1, 2014, the City of Gillette will no longer accept utility payments at local grocery store drop boxes. Historically, utility bill payment drop boxes have been located at Albertson’s, Smith’s and Don’s Supermarket, and payments are picked up on a daily basis. “Only a small percentage of utility customers use these drop boxes, and it’s not cost effective for Customer Service to make the rounds and check the drop boxes when there are only a handful of people using the drop boxes for payment,” said Public Information Ofﬁcer Joe Lunne. The drop box at City Hall will remain open and available to utility customers, and the City of Gillette has other options for its customers to make utility bill payments: In person - Visit the City Hall Customer Service ofﬁce (201 E. 5th Street) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to make payments - feel free to use the drivethrough teller at this location. After hours you may also use the City Hall drop box located to the left of the front doors at City Hall. By mail - Send your bill by mail to: City of Gillette Customer Service P.O. Box 3003 Gillette, WY 82717 Pay by Phone - To use the City’s pay by phone service, call (307) 686-5325. Have your account number and debit or credit card ready when you call. For more information call Customer Service at (307) 686-5206.

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Governor to Live Stream State of the State Address

overnor Matt Mead will deliver the State of the State address to a Joint Session of the Wyoming Senate and House of Representatives on February 10th beginning at 10:00 a.m. That speech and the Chief Justice’s State of the Judiciary address will stream live at governor.wy.gov. Governor Mead invites the public to

tune in and watch. “I believe it is important that anyone who wishes to participate in the legislative process has access to it. Thanks to our work with private partners, we have more access to broadband connections to the internet than we had in the past. In 2013 alone there was a 700% increase in connectivity for our school

children. This means more learning opportunities, including access to the legislative process,” Governor Mead said. The Governor started online broadcasts of the State of the State in 2011 when he took ofﬁce. The public can listen to debate throughout the legislative session using a live stream available at http:// legisweb.state.wy.us.

Casper Man Trespasses on Hunter Management Area A Casper man was recently fined $220 for trespassing and ordered to pay $4,000 restitution to the Wyoming Game and Fish Access YES Fund following an incident where he trespassed while taking his son hunting for his first mule deer. The man was trespassing on the Duncan Ranch Hunter Management Area near Glenrock when his son shot a mule deer buck. Although the son was not charged, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department would like to remind hunters how important ethics are. “We want all hunters to have a great experience and to learn the ethical way to hunt,” says Gary Boyd, Glenrock game warden. “Rules and regulations are in place to help protect the wildlife populations and it isn’t fair to other hunters when people violate those rules.” The Duncan Ranch Hunter Management Area where the hunters trespassed only allows permission slips for five deer hunt-

ers each season making the draw odds extremely low. Access for hunters is quickly becoming a challenge across Wyoming, which is why Game and Fish works with private landowners to allow public hunting access on their private land. When hunters continually violate the rules and abuse the land, landowners may, and often do, remove themselves from the program. “The Private Land Public Wildlife program works hard across the state to ﬁnd areas for people to hunt and it only takes one incident to make landowners remove themselves from the program,” stated Matt Withroder, access coordinator. “In recent years landowners have closed their lands to hunting due to problems with property damage, gates being left open, driving offroad and other hunter-related inconveniences, and if cases like this continue, we will lose more places to hunt.” The Duncan Ranch Hunter Management Area

is a unique portion of State Land that is managed by the Office of State Lands and Investments and the Wyoming State Land Board. The Office of State Lands has enrolled the Duncan Ranch into the Private Land Public Wildlife program to help manage hunter access and manage wildlife. Withroder adds, “Please respect the land, landowner and wildlife because it is a privilege for sportsman to hunt and fish these lands.” “We hope this young hunter and his father will learn from this experience and go on to make ethical hunting choices,” says Boyd.

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A Baptist couple was looking for a dog. But it had to be a Baptist dog. They contacted all the local kennels to see if anyone had that special dog. Finally one day, one of the kennels called and said that they had the dog there were looking for. They went to the kennel and said that the dog had to pass a test before they would take him. The kennel said ok, so the man said, “Fetch the bible.” The dog ran over to a bookshelf and looked carefully at the books and picked out the bible and brought it to the man. Then he told the dog to ﬁnd psalm 23. The dog carefully pawed the pages till he had found psalm23. The man said, “That is great, we will take him.” A few days later they were showing the dog off to friends and someone asked if he had any other tricks. The man said, “Heal” The dog jumped up on a chair next to his master laid a paw on his head and began to howl. “Oh no!” the man exclaimed, “He’s a Pentecostal!”

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University of Wyoming Fall Semester Provost’s Honor Roll

The University of Wyoming lists 20 students from Campbell County on the 2013 fall 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: Heather Bays, Grace E. Canﬁeld, Caleb J. Dodson, Donna Hallcroft, Nicole Marie Hoffmann, Kyla Ann Kimball, Gretta Shea Macdonald, Robert Riley Meyer, Anne M. Monahan, Bethany Morgan, Jennifer

Alysse Morkemo, Tonya M. Obermire, Nicole Lyn Reimers, Sarah J. Savage, Tiffany Schatz, Sarah Jean Scott, Julionna Skinner, Danielle M. Stovall, and Joanne M. Swanson. Wright: Jessica E. Ingersoll

Campbell County Memorial Hospital Seeks Community Input

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Wool Growers Association to Showcase Wyoming Wool and Ranching History

The Wyoming Wool Growers Association (WWGA) is proud to announce its initiation of a new project designed to showcase Wyoming’s fine wool and the rich history of sheep ranching in the state. The American Rancher Collection™ – Wyoming Blanket Series will introduce a limited first edition wool blanket made from the finest merino grade wool harvested from a sheep herd in Johnson County, Wyoming and transformed into incredibly soft yarn using an eco-friendly process by Mountain Meadow Wool Mill in Buffalo, Wyoming. The yarn will then be sent to the Faribault Mill in Minnesota where, using virtually the same production methods in practice when the Faribault was founded in 1865, it will be woven into soft luxurious blankets. The result is a durable, American made, premium wool blanket worthy of being passed on generation after generation. “We are excited that our

wool is the first used for this project. Wyoming has a long history of producing top quality wool,” says Peter John Camino, President of the Wyoming Wool Growers Association. “Our goal is to create a renewed awareness of this natural resource with a final product that is not only beautiful, warm and durable but comes from right here in Wyoming”. ”It has always been part of our mission statement to promote the wonderful quality of the wools in Wyoming. Our growers are the best in the world at what they do and we are happy to be able to be part of this project.” stated mill Co-founder Valerie Spanos. Proceeds from the sale of the blankets will benefit the Wyoming Wool Growers Association, a long- standing membership association formed more than 100 years ago to protect, preserve, promote and enhance the sheep, lamb, wool, goat and livestock industries of Wyoming, as well as the

ranching communities and lifestyle of Wyoming and the West. “The Wool Blanket Series is a great opportunity to showcase the sustainable wool industry. It is a key piece of our mission to provide quality products to consumers, while striving to preserve the history and the future of our sheep producing industry”, says Amy W. Hendrickson, Executive Director for the WWGA. “These blankets are made from 100% Wyoming wool. What a great way to support Wyoming ranchers and the communities they serve.” Wyoming has a rich history of sheep ranching in the state. Though current inventory is far from the 1932 high of 3.97 million sheep, Wyoming is home to 375,000 sheep, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics. In 2012, Wyoming ranked #2 in wool production. Blankets are available in queen (108″x90”) and come in soft natural cream

or natural gray. The cost is $300.00, plus taxes and shipping. To order, visit www.mountainmeadowwool.com or call Mountain Meadow Wool at 307-6845775.

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In My Garden... By Kathy Hall Campbell County Master Gardener khgardenhelp@gmail.com The time is nearly here! Seeds are arriving and I am itching to grow! I have been trying to control the urge with daily excursions into my indoor jungle, cleaning, repotting and generally giving them all the attention possible before the summer and their return to their normal state of neglect but unfortunately this hasn’t completely quelled my urges. Even a lovely outing to the Fort Collins Nursery during their tropical houseplant sale and all the new additions to my jungle that somehow snuck into my car haven’t been able to keep seed from soil. The move toward spring gardening is underway! My winter planted indoor tomato plants are blooming and I am excitedly waiting for the first small fruits to form. Onion seedlings are rapidly stretching and are due shortly for their first haircut. Trimming the onion seedlings regularly keeping their height around 4 inches helps them concentrate more energy on root and stem development and the trimmings are wonderful in salads. My cucumbers also planted late winter have suffered several set back including ‘overwatering’ which has stunted their growth and damaged the plants. Small cucumbers developing from lovingly hand pollinated flowers have ceased to develop and I think this year’s experiment in indoor cukes is about to be abandoned. There was enough success before my repeated absences that I will try again next year. In my impatient excitement there are already cabbage, broccoli, kohlrabi, Brussel sprouts, cauliflower and rhubarb seedlings

growing and a new half dozen artichokes have been recently seeded. I am trying so hard to hold off on the tomatoes, peppers and eggplant but the urge is getting harder to resist especially when the sun actually shines! I just have to remember that the temperature accompanying that bright light is still incredibly cold! This year instead of starting my seeds in Jiffy peat pellet seed starting plugs I am starting in 6 packs placed in flats filled with sterile seed start mix. I just simply forgot to order them. I have always like starting my vegetable seed in the pellets as they are so quick and easy to use. Simply place them in the tray flats, set the seed in the recessed hole in top and add warm water to the tray. They expand and moisten with the water and the seed is already in the hole. They are easy to transplant whole into the paper pots I make later as the plants grow. Using 6 packs and filling them myself with starter mix takes a bit more time when I am starting huge numbers of seed. A few seed starting tips before I go: 1) Use a sterile soil-less starting mix to start your seeds. 2) Make sure whatever container you use for planting is clean and sterile. Wash thoroughly then soak in a mixture or bleach and water using a 1:10 solution to sterilize. Rinse well before planting. (Beginning with sterile mix and container can help get your seedlings off to a healthy happy start.) 3.) Moisten planting mix, plant seed and cover, place in a warm spot to germinate. Happy growing everyone!

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Obituaries

Duane Jurczewsky

Memorial Service for Duane Jurczewsky was held Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor Jared Tucher ofﬁciating. American Legion Post 42 Honor Guard provided military honors. Duane Roy Jurczewsky, age 77, passed away at his home on January 30, 2014. Duane Roy Jurczewsky, son of Leopold and Alice (Gramkow) Jurczewsky was born January 17, 1937 in Avon, South Dakota. Duane attended

grade school in Avon, SD and Junior and Senior High School in Sioux Falls, SD and graduated in 1955. Duane then joined the United States Army in 1955 and served until 1957, after he went on to serve in the National Honor Guard until 1962. Duane was united in marriage with Phyllis Jean Larsen on March 24, 1960 at Memorial Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls, SD. They made their home in Sioux Falls until moving to the Gillette, WY in 1976. Duane worked in the Auto Part Industry and retired from Wolff Auto Parts in 1992. After retiring Duane held numerous part time jobs, with the last one being Walmart, where he worked for ﬁve years. Duane was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. Duane loved spending time with his family. He also enjoyed camping, ﬁshing and traveling. He touched so many lives, he was a caring, gracious, warmhearted, easy going, friendly, sociable, and always had a smile on

In lieu of ﬂowers a memorial has been established in Duane’s name to beneﬁt his grandchildren’s college fund. Memorials and Condolences may be sent in care of Walker Funeral Home 410 Medical Arts Court Gillette, WY 82716. Condolences may also be sent via our website:www. walkerfuneralgillette.com

his face. Duane had a great way of making other smile as they passed his way. Duane is survived by his wife Phyllis Jurczewsky; son Todd A. Jurczewsky of Gillette, Wy, daughters Beth (Timothy) L. Green –Svalina of Topeka, KS; Sonia (Gary) Goehmann of Gillette, WY; eight grandchildren Brandon A. Jurczewsky of Gillette, Wy; Dustin G. Green of Gillette, WY, Zachary T. Green of Phoenix, AZ, Alex J. Green of Twenty nine Palms, CA, Timothy Svalina Jr of Gillette, WY, Joshua A. Goehmann of Gillette, WY, Tracy Svalina of Gillette, WY , Breanna M. Goehmann of Gillette,WY, sisters Bernice Yeazell, Mildred (William) Garner both of Sioux Falls, SD; brother Eugene Jurczewsky of Sioux Falls, SD and a host of other relatives and friends. Duane is preceded in death by his parents; brothers Elmer Jurczewsky, Rueben Jurczewsky, LeRoy Jurczewksy; sisters Leona Ensenbach, Lavanda Hanson

Travis L. Nelson

Funeral Services for Travis L. Nelson were held February 1, 2014 at Gillette Memorial Chapel with Ricky Bower ofﬁciating. Travis Lee Nelson, age 31, died January 27, 2014 from injuries sustained in auto accident. Travis was born on January 9, 1983 in Hanford, California to Howard L. Nelson and Deborah I. (Smith) Nelson. Travis grew up on the ranch with his father and attended school in Avenal, California. While growing up on the ranch Travis started to learn how

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to drive, operate equipment and work as a mechanic at an early age. Hunting, rodeo, working with livestock, and motor cross were among his hobbies. His passion for the mountains and ﬁre brought him to Wyoming in 2004, while working for United States Forrest Service as a Type II Hotshot. Travis also worked for L & T Inc., Basic Energy, and was security at Bryan’s Place and Jake’s Tavern. He was employed for Balfour Beatty at time of his death. Travis never married, but had a daughter Molly Carol Antijunti on September 26, 2010 with Baylee Antijunti. When he wasn’t working, he loved backpacking and mountaineering in the Big Horn National Forest. Travis was known for being brutally honest. Everyone knew where they stood with him and what his opinion was on any given subject. He was a hard worker with leadership skills. He will be remembered as a loyal

friend, brother and a father. He is survived by his father Howard L. Nelson of Avenal, California; his mother Deborah I. Nelson of Santa Margarita, California; sister Shawna Barton of Lompoc, California; daughter Molly Carol Antijunti and Molly’s mom Baylee Antijunti of Rapid City, South Dakota; His Woodpile Family, Barnes Family and Moriah Stanley “SnackRak;” all from Gillette,Wyoming; and his girlfriend Sandra Merriman of Gillette, Wyoming. Travis was preceded in death by his aunt Carol Carollo. In lieu of ﬂowers a memorial has been established for Travis’ daughter Molly Carol Antijunti. Memorials and condolences may be sent in Travis’ name in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel, 210 West 5th Street, Gillette, WY 82716. Condolences may also be sent via our website at www.gillettememorialchapel.com

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Fur Kids Foundation Hosts Spay Day Event n honor of World Spay Day, Fur Kids Foundation, with support from Animal Medical Center of Wyoming and Gillette Pet Vet Clinic, hosts a Spay Day Drawing on Tuesday, February 25, where eight lucky pet owners will receive a free spay or neuter for their cat or dog. According to the ASPCA, a fertile cat can have two litters a year, with around four to six kittens in each litter. The organization also reports that the average dog has one litter a year, producing an average of four to six puppies per litter. “The 2012 City Animal Control Report states that more than 1,000 animals were euthanized in the local Animal Shelter. Many times, the animals in shelters are the offspring of family pets,” says Mary Melaragno, Fur Kids Foundation president. “Fur Kids Foundation wants to

educate pet owners on the healthy beneﬁts of spaying or neutering their pets, which could also help reduce the number of animals that are euthanized in our local shelter.” While spaying and neutering is a proven way to reduce pet overpopulation, the procedures also help to keep cherished family pets healthy. Spaying your female cat or dog helps prevent uterine infections and cancers, as well as breast cancer. Neutering a male pet helps prevents testicular cancer as well as helps to improve some behavior issues such as reducing their probability for roaming or ﬁghting, and urine-marking in inappropriate places. Those interested in spaying or neutering their dog or cat can enter to win one free procedure from February 1-24 at Animal Medical Center, 200 E. Lakeway Rd., and Gillette Pet Vet Clinic, 500 Running W Drive. Only one registration

per pet, per owner is available. The winners will be announced at noon on February 25 at both clinics—need not be present to win. Winners will be contacted by the clinic to schedule their pet’s procedure on a separate day. Winners have up to 60 days to schedule—procedures are done by Dr. Darren Lynde, DVM of AMC and Dr. Nicole Allee, DVM of GPVC. “On behalf of the Fur Kids Foundation, we are thankful for the generous donation of the eight free procedures from Animal Medical Center and Gillette Pet Vet,” says Mary. “We appreciate these clinic’s dedication and commitment to the families and pets in, and around, Campbell County.” Tomorrow’s count is up to you. Please spay and neuter your pets.

What’s Going On? COMMUNITY Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 -Campbell County Rockpile Museum Traveling Exhibit “Please Give Us One More Boom”: Oil and Gas in Wyoming Open Now – February 28th -Campbell County School District Kindergarten Registration -Girl Scout Cookies Sales February 1st - April 13th -AA Midday Serenity Group 2910 S. Douglas 12pm -AA Out to Lunch Bunch Group 2910 S. Douglas Hwy 12pm -AA Happy Hour Group 2910 S. Douglas Hwy 5:30pm -AA Grupo Nuevo Milenio 6:45pm -AA Hopefuls Group 2910 S. Douglas Hwy 8pm -AA Last Call Group 10pm -Serenity Seekers of Narcotics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 7 p.m. -Wright Alcoholics Anonymous at Park Community Center 6:30 p.m. -Little Tikes at the AVA Community Center 10 a.m. - Team Roping - ACTRA Friday Night Roping at Cam-Plex 6 p.m. -Uncorked Featuring Linda Carey at the AVA Community Center 7 p.m. -M.S. Teddy Bear Auction W/ Lazy L Band at Jake’s Tavern Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 -Girl Scout Cookies Sales February 1st - April 13th -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 5:30 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 6:45 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 8 p.m. -Serenity Seekers of Narcotics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 7 p.m. -PALS (People Actively Living Single) at Village Inn 10:30 a.m. -Teen Dungeons & Dragons at Campbell County Public Library 10 a.m. -Teen Open-Play Gaming at Campbell County Public Library 1 p.m. -Wii Play 4th -6th grade Saturday at Campbell County Public Library 1 p.m. -Van Gogh Kiddos at the AVA Community Center 10 a.m. - Dog Gathering- “Puppy Love” (Gillette Dog Owner’s Group) at Cam-Plex Barn 3 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. - Wild West Wrestling Tournament at Cam-Plex Wyoming Equality Center 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. -Acting Classes at CamPlex Heritage Center Green Room Call to PreRegister 682-8802 - Lazy L Band at Jake’s Tavern Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014 -Campbell County Rockpile Museum Traveling Exhibit “Please Give Us One More Boom”: Oil and Gas in Wyoming Open Now – February 28th -AA Morning Spiritual Group 10:15 a.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. Noon -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 5:30 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 8

p.m. -Serenity Seekers of Narcotics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 7 p.m. - Artist Reception - Will Lopez at Cam-Plex Heritage Center 5 p.m. - Musical - The Fantasticks at Cam-Plex Heritage Center 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 -Girl Scout Cookies Sales February 1st - April 13th -Teen Dungeons & Dragons at Campbell County Public Library 4 p.m. -AA Out to Lunch Bunch 1302 Butcher Court Jacob’s Touch Cabinetry 12 p.m. -Serenity Seekers of Narcotics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 7 p.m. -AA Grupo Nuevo Milenio 6:45pm -Al-Anon at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 8 p.m. -A.M. Lion’s Club Perkin’s Restaurant 7 a.m. -Overeater’s Anonymous 1302 Butcher Court Jacob’s Touch Cabinetry 7 p.m. -N.E.W. Quilt Guild in the Basement of the Presbyterian Church at Sixth and Carey for more info call Francis at 682-3642 or Bernie at 682-0763 -Adult Wheel Throwing for Beginners at the AVA Community Center 6p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 -Campbell County Rockpile Museum Traveling Exhibit “Please Give Us One More Boom”: Oil and Gas in Wyoming Open Now – February 28th -Al-Anon at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 8 p.m. -Serenity Seekers of Narcotics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 7 p.m. -AA Grupo Nuevo Milenio 6:45pm -Gillette Rotary Club at Tower’s West Lodge 6 p.m. -Story Time 3 – 5 years at Campbell County Public Library 10:30 a.m. -Teen Card Club at Campbell County Public Library 4 p.m. -Adult Game Night Age 19 and up at Campbell County Public Library 6:30 p.m. -Razor City ToastMasters at City Hall police entrance For details Call Rita Mashak at 687-7165 or 682-2054 6:45 a.m. - Gillette Rotary Club at Towers West Lodge 6 p.m. -Pottery Planet at the AVA Community Center 4 p.m. -Adult Wheel Throwing for Beginners at the AVA Community Center 6p.m. -Prairie Point Quilt Guild in the 2nd ﬂoor of the Family Life Center at St. Matthews Church For details Call Lee at 682-7468 or Mitzi at 682-2372 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. -Board of Directors of the Gillette Community College at the Main Bagel Call Eric at 680-4796 for details 6:30 p.m. -Women of the Moose at the Moose Lodge 7 p.m. -Powder River Back Country Horsemen at the Alan Mickelson Fire Training Center For details Call Lee Yake at 686-2682 for details 7 p.m. -Gillette Masonic Lodge no. 28 A.F. and A.M at 407 S. Gillette Ave. 7:30 p.m. -Fraternal Order of the Eagles at 210 W. Third St. 7:30 p.m.

p.m. -Gillette Main Street Power Hour at the AVA Community Center 6 p.m. -Toddler Time 18 mos. – 3 yrs. at Campbell County Public Library 9:30 a.m. -Story Time 3 – 5 years at Campbell County Public Library 10:30 a.m. -Teen Minecraft Club at Campbell County Public Library 4 p.m. -Families and Jammies Birth thru 6th grade at Campbell County Public Library 6:30 p.m. -Anime Club at Campbell County Public Library 7 p.m. -Veteran’s Talking Support Group at Lakeway Professional Building South Entrance 6:30 p.m. - SME Monthly Mixer Sponsored By Wyoming Machinery at Bell Nob Swing for the Cure 1109 Indian Hills Dr. 5 p.m. - Bar J Wranglers Concert at the Cam-Plex Heritage Center 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 -AA Out to Lunch Bunch 1302 Butcher Court Jacob’s Touch Cabinetry 12 p.m. -AA Happy Hour Group 2910 S. Douglas Hwy 5:30pm -AA Grupo Nuevo Milenio 6:45pm -Gillette Noon Lions Club at Tower’s West Lodge 12 p.m. -Serenity Seekers of Narcotics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 7 p.m. -Historic Gillette--- ALIVE! At Coffee Friends meeting room 4 p.m. -Wyoming Celtic Association at the Campbell County Library For details Call Robert McKinney at 680-5209 or John Nulle at 660-3758 7 p.m. -Powder River Motocross at the Campbell County Library For details Call Trish 686-2807 7 p.m. -NorthEast Wyoming Prospector Club at the Campbell County Library For details Call Lynnda at 686-1177 7:30 p.m. -Story Time 3 – 5 years at Campbell County Public Library 10:30 a.m. -Teen Early Release Party at Campbell County Public Library 1 p.m. -Teen Advisory Board at Campbell County Public Library 4 p.m. -Wright Branch Story time at Wright Library 11:15 a.m. -WBL Early Release Movie at Wright Library 1 p.m. -Homeschool Art at the AVA Community Center 1 p.m. -Early Release Fly Away with Me Valentine’s Day Party at the AVA Community Center 2 p.m. -Adult Wheel Throwing for Beginners at the AVA Community Center 6p.m. - Powder River Basin SHRM Meeting (Society for Human Resource Management) at City Hall 2nd Floor Community Room 7 a.m.

Friday, Feb. 14, 2014 -Campbell County Rockpile Museum Traveling Exhibit “Please Give Us One More Boom”: Oil and Gas in Wyoming Open Now – February 28th -AA Midday Serenity Group 2910 S. Douglas 12pm -AA Out to Lunch Bunch Group 2910 S. Douglas Hwy 12pm -AA Happy Hour Group 2910 S. Douglas Hwy 5:30pm -AA Grupo Nuevo Milenio 6:45pm -AA Hopefuls Group 2910 S. Douglas Hwy 8pm -AA Last Call Group 10pm -Serenity Seekers of Narcotics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 7 p.m. -Wright Alcoholics Anonymous at Park Community Center 6:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception for the Art of Love at the AVA Community Center 5 p.m. -CC Senior Center 11th Annual Prime Rib Dinner/ Silent Auction at Campbell County Senior Citizens Association, Inc. 701 Stocktrail Ave. 5 p.m. - CAM-PLEX Winter Western at the Cam-Plex Central & East Pavilion - Coors Pro Rodeo at the Cam-Plex 7 p.m. - Sweetheart Rodeo Barn Dance Featuring Chancey Williams & The Younger Band 9 p.m. -Judd Hoos at Jake’s Tavern

Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 -AA Grupo Nuevo Milenio 6:45pm -Alcoholics Anonymous at the Vineyard 585 Westside Drive 7:30 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 6:30 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 8 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous at 7th and Kendrick 8 p.m. -Serenity Seekers of Narcotics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 7 p.m. -TOPS 104 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) 1000 Commache Ave. 9:30 a.m. -TOPS 285 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 9:45 a.m. -Grief Share Support Group at 631 N. Commercial Drive 10 a.m. For details call Don Wright 682-9553 -Gillette Energy Rotary Club at Tower’s West Lodge 12 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 8 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous at 7th and Kendrick 8 p.m. -Peer Players: A Group for Teens 910 E. Third St. ,Suite I Call 686-8071 for Details -Doodlers Kid Club at the AVA Community Center 4

Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014 -Girl Scout Cookies Sales February 1st - April 13th -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 5:30 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 6:45 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 8 p.m. -Serenity Seekers of Narcotics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 7 p.m. -PALS (People Actively Living Single) at Village Inn 10:30 a.m. -Teen Dungeons & Dragons at Campbell County Public Library 10 a.m. -Teen Open-Play Gaming at Campbell County Public Library 1 p.m. -Wii Play 4th -6th grade Saturday at Campbell

County Public Library 1 p.m. -Daughters’ of the American Revolution Inyan Kara Chapter Call Megan at 307-689-1290 for details - Duck’s Unlimited Banquet at the Cam-Plex WYO Center Equality Hall 4:30 p.m.- 12 a.m. - CAM-PLEX Winter Western at the Cam-Plex Central & East Pavilion - Coors Pro Rodeo at the Cam-Plex 7 p.m. -Rodeo Barn Dance Featuring Chancey Williams & The Younger Band 9 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014

-Campbell County Rockpile Museum Traveling Exhibit “Please Give Us One More Boom”: Oil and Gas in Wyoming Open Now – February 28th - Campbell County Public Library and Wright Branch

Library Closed -AA Morning Spiritual Group 10:15 a.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. Noon -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 5:30 p.m. -Alcoholics Anonymous 2910 S. Douglas Hwy. 8 p.m. -Serenity Seekers of Narcotics Anonymous at 2000 W. Lakeway Rd. 7 p.m -Hand Building & Essentials for Working with Clay at the AVA Community Center 1 p.m. - CAM-PLEX Winter Western at the Cam-Plex Central & East Pavilion -Melgaard Construction Bulls & Broncs at the CamPlex 1 p.m. -WBA Meeting at Jake’s Tavern

GOVERNMENT Friday, February 7, 2014

- Management Council at Capitol Building Room 302 Cheyenne, Wyoming 1 p.m.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

- Board of Examiners at Community Conference Room 12:30 -City Council Work Session at City Hall 2nd Floor Community Room 6 p.m.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

-Campbell County Joint Powers Fire Board at Fire Department’s Community Room, Station 1 6 p.m.

Thursday, February 13, 2014

- Parks & Beautiﬁcation Board at Community Conference Room, 2nd Floor of City Hall 5:30 p.m. - Campbell County Public Land Board at CAM-PLEX Board Room 7 p.m.

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Dear Readers, Welcome to “Hope’s Haven”. Hope: to believe, desire, or trust. Haven: any place of shelter and safety; refuge. “Hope’s Haven” is a column that will be ﬁlled with life testimonies from real people just like you. God’s grace, mercy and love will weave through each testimony that is printed in this column. The text of the articles submitted will be left in the writer’s original verbiage (we will spell check and do minimal grammar correction). If you would like to share the good news of how God’s grace has blessed your life please send your testimony to: praiseGod@ CampbellCountyObserver.com

Faith, Hope and Love (Part 1)

And now these three remain; faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 At the end of his well known chapter on love, Paul lists three principle features that should characterise each Christian life. They are faith, hope and love. Over the next few weeks we are going to look at each one of these, but since Paul says that the greatest of them is love, we are going to start there. In our modern society, the word love is generally misunderstood and misused. Very often, when some people say that they love something, what they mean is that they quite like that particular thing. Others speak of love, when they are really mean lust. Now, the Bible has a lot to say about love, and in the Scriptures the word love has a much deeper and more vibrant meaning. Rather than trying to deﬁne love in biblical terms, or from the original languages, we are going to look at a number of important verses, where love is mentioned as a distinct duty, something we must do. It is form these that we can learn what love really is. So, let us turn to God’s word the Bible, to see some basic things about true love. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” Luke 10:37. An expert in the Jewish Law once asked Jesus which was the greatest commandment of the Law. In reply, Jesus quoted

Deuteronomy 5:6. It is interesting to note that this verse is quoted three times in the gospels, so we can surmise that God intends us to pay particular attention to it. “You shall Love the Lord your God.” How do we do that? Well, as we carefully read and study the Scriptures we learn about the nature of God and what He is like. (For instance, He is holy, all powerful, all knowing, all powerful, all present, gracious and compassionate, etc.) While we do that, we find that our inner being is drawn out in love towards Him. “with all your heart.” Heart in the Bible is difficult to define but it refers to who we are inwardly as a person, our complete inner nature and character. We are to love God with all of our inner being, holding nothing back. “with all your soul.” The respected scholar William Hendriksen has defined soul as “emotional activity”, that is our feelings. Love involves feelings, which we must harness to direct our inner self to a true deep worship of God. “with all your mind.” The mind is the seat of our intellect. The intellect needs to be informed (learning) so that it has information to work with. So, we need to think, reason, ask and learn how we may best love God. That presents a challenge, it is this, how well do you love God? Blessings, Graham K. from Accrington UK

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February is “Heart Health” Month Hearts, cupids, chocolates, roses and Law. I tried to side step him, he pinched off xoxoxo’s on cards is what most think of as my path, so I went toe to toe with him and February approaches and encroaches on our every so nicely informed him that I was here lives. The festivities of February has a differ- to save the day. Then he said the words that ent meaning to me. will never forget, “You’ve been tricked, these Heart health is also emphasized this month, people probably have more money than you but is it exercised? Do we exercise our heart can imagine, we have been watching them enough? Do we work it until it breaks or it and now we are taking them in”. Devastated hurts? Of course not, because we are told by I said the only thing I could muster up “But I the world that is a signing of possible death. have food” then I swallowed hard and said, But what if we look at this from a spiritual point “What will I tell my husband”. of view? Have you given heartfelt love to unNeedless to say the 45 mile trip home, walkdeserving person until it hurts or breaks you? ing through every worst case scenario was far Are you giving your “giver” (your heart) a work worse than my husband’s response, he simply out daily? asked “Did you learn anything?” When my husband and I were a young married couple with a new baby, no insurance and Psalm 7:10 “God is my shield, saving those a car payment while making a $1000 a month, whose hearts are true and right.” I gave my heart a workout daily. I was giving I could tell you that the experience that day when there was nothing to give. (Now let me made me second guess peoples motives but be clear the Lord doesn’t want us to be foolish it didn’t. I love people, I hate the sin of lying, with our finances and at times I was foolish.) but I love people and I would do it again. I conOne fall day I was headed home from shop- tinue to give heartfelt love. The Lord knows ping and I noticed a couple with little children my heart, He knows I fill with it His word to in a grocery store parking lot holding the in- keep it healthy, but He knows I still give until famous sign “Will work for food”. My heart it breaks but He is aware that I am a woman broke. This over whelming chant began in after Gods own heart therefore He protects it. my head, I must help these people, I will feed Psalm 18:2 “The Lord is my rock, my forthem, I will make a difference in their lives, tress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in and I must HURRY! I whipped my car around, whom I find protection. He is my shield, the began weaving in and out of traffic to get the power that saves me, and my place of safety.” closest fast food drive up. I quickly ordered Is your heart healthy? 6 hamburger meals, supersized of course! Xoxoxox, With my meal fit with a king……ok maybe that Vicki K. from Gillette, WY was stretching it, my meal fit for people who were so hungry they could have ate their card board sign, I returned to the scene of suffering, deprivation and devastation. I stepped out of my shiny new car, tucked in my super woman cape and with fists grasped around the feast filled Join us Sundays at 10:30 AM paper bags, I began to strut to#3 Industrial Dr. Pine Haven Wy. ward this wayward family. Then he appeared, not only did he ap689-8326 peared he stopped me dead in my tracks. Who was he? Johnny

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Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran 686-4080 1010 W Beaver Dr Gillette, WY Service 9am Antelope Valley Baptist Church 682-1602 2801 Antler Rd Gillette, WY First Assembly Of God-family 682-3308 601 Carey Ave Gillette, WY Sun. School 9:30 Sun. Worship 8am, 10:30am 6pm Living Rock Church “Life of the Rock” 670-1518 1001 S. Douglas Hwy Bld B Sun. Service 9am & 10:45am Grace Bible Church 686-1516 4000 Collins E Rd Gillette, WY Sun. School 9:00 Worship 10:00am Evening Service 6:00 PM Seventh-day Adventist Church 682-8465 901 Apricot St Gillette, WY Sabbath School: 09:30A Worship Service: 11:00A Vineyard Christian Fellowship 686-2485 585 Westside Dr Gillette, WY 9 am - Men’s Study/Fellowship, 10 am - Vineyard Cafe Opens (Coffees/ Pastries), 10:30 am - Worship and the Word, 6 pm - Various Activities Prince-peace Lutheran Church 682-4509 203 W Flying Circle Dr Gillette, WY Sat 5:00 p.m. Sun 9:00 a.m with Education following First Baptist Church 682-4816 501 S Gillette Ave Gillette, WY Sun. 10:45am Sunday School for All Ages at 9:30am Mike Morrison Ministries 685-2272 2 W McKenzie Rd, 82716 Gillette, WY Tuesday night Bible Study 7:00 - 9:00 Saturday Night 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Westside Baptist Church 682-3505 604 W 10th St Gillette, WY Sun. Worship 8am Sunday School 9:30 Sun. Worship 10:45 Hispanic Service 6pm

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

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

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

Emanuel Southern Baptist Church 686-4132 1851 Chara Ave Gillette, WY High Plain Community Church 685-0044 3101 W Lakeway Rd Gillette, WY Sun. Worship 9am and 11am 7pm. Wed. Worship

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

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

Calvary Missionary Baptist Church 682-9779 600 Longmont St Gillette, WY Sun. School 10am Worship 11am 6PM Christian Church 682-3316 100 E Flying Circle Dr Gillette, WY Sun 10:30am

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

Cornerstone Church Of God 686-6429 406 S Brooks Ave Gillette, WY Sun. School 9:15am Worship 10:30 First Presbyterian Church 682-7264 511 Carey Ave Gillette, WY Sun. 9:15am Children’s Church &Worship Wed 5:30 Christian Education Family Life Church 687-1083 480 State Highway 50 Gillette, WY Sun. 9am

Jesus Christ of LDS 1500 O’Hera Gillette, WY 9am Sun. Worship 11am Sun. Worship Westside Baptist Church 682-3505 604 W 10th St Gillette, WY Sun. Worship 8am & 10:45 Sun. School 9:30 Bible Study 6:00pm Abundant Life United Pentecostal Church 687-0074 1612 E Us Highway 14-16 Gillette, WY 82716 Sun. 10 to 11:30 Wed. 7pm to 8:30 pm Calvary Community Church 682-9553 631 N Commercial Dr Gillette, WY 82716 Sunday School 9:15 10:30 Worship 6:00pm Foundations Class Faith Community Church 682-7333 177 American Rd Gillette, WY 82716 Sunday School 9:45am Service 10:45am Wed Evening Study 7pm Prairie Wind Unitarian Universalists 686-4812 10am 2nd & 4th Sun at Lakeway Learning Center Wright Baptist Church 464-0464 225 Ranchero Dr Wright, WY 82732 Sun 9:30am Bible Study 10:45am Worship Service 6:00pm Evening Prayer & Discipleship

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

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

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

Gillette Christian Center 686-6680 6201 Swanson Rd Gillette, WY Sun. 7am Men’s Bible Study 9:30 Coffee Café Sun. Worship 10am 11:15am

Jesus Christ of LDS 2903 Aqllen Avel Gillette, WY 9am Sun. Worship 11am Sun. Worship

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

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

Roadway Alliance Church 687-7738 811 Hemlock Ave Gillette, WY Sun. Service: 10:15 am

Jesus Christ of LDS 555 Wright Blvd. Wright, WY 9am Sun. Worship

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church 682-3319 624 Wright Blvd Wright, WY 82732 Sun 5:30pm

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Gillette Youth Wrestlers Place Second at Spearﬁsh Dual Meet

team of 24 Gillette wrestlers attended a dual at Spearﬁsh Middle School Friday, January 31. First place went to Pierre, SD. Gillette Youth Wrestling placed second, beating Sturgis, SD for that spot. Other teams participating were Spearﬁsh and Douglas South Dakota. The Gillette team consisted of a mix of wrestler’s from Peak and Touch of Gold coached by Tim Huus, Tyler Huus, Paul Casey, Clay Sondgeroth and many irreplaceable wrestling Dad’s. The team has been practicing 4 times a week to prepare and had wrestle off’s the week before the dual. All participants got to wrestle at the duals and it was an amazing experience for wrestlers and fan alike. The following is our roster for the dual tournament: 45 lbs Tayce Lake 1st grade 7 years old 50 lbs Darron Provost 3rd Grade 9 years old 55 lbs Logan Mendoza 1st Grade 7 years old 60 lbs Logan Werner 4th Grade 9 years old 65lbs Dorion Grams 4th Grade 70lbs Joshua Olson 4th Grade 10 years old 75lbs Jacob Olson 4 th Grade 10 years old 80 lbs 85 lbs Isaiah Huus 5th Grade 10 years old 90 lbs Dawsen Hayden 6th Grade 95 lbs Warren Carr 6th grade 12 years old 100 lbs 107 lbs Michael Renz 6th Grade 12 years old 118 lbs Erik Enriquez 6th Grade 12 years old 125 lbs 142 lbs Jayce Enriquez 6th Grade 11 years old Alternates: Landon Hofer 1st Grade 7 years old 5o lbs, Logan Johnson 1st Grade 7 years old 55 lbs, Blaize Burrow 2nd 7 years old 60 lbs, Jayce Walters 4th Grade 10 years old 65 lbs, Seamus Casey 4th Grade 10 years old 70 lbs, Dillon Best 4th Grade 9 years old 60 lbs , Gavin Zamzow 3rd Grade 8 years old 50 lbs.

Gillette Peak Results

Intermediate

Seamus Casey Warren Carr

3rd Place 1st Place

70 lbs 95 lbs

Belle Broncs youth Wrestling Tournament, Belle Fourche, SD - Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014 Gillette Touch of Gold Results

Tot

Tarver Zebroski

1st Place

45 lbs

Blaize Burrow Landon Hofer Teryn Zebroski Tegan Zebroski

1st Place 1st Place 1st Place 3rd Place

58 lbs 50 lbs 51 lbs 53 lbs

Kiefer Gossel Dalton Wright

1st Place 2nd Place

80 lbs 70 lbs

Kaleb Gossel

1st Place

83 lbs

Bantam

Intermediate Schoolboy

Bearcat Brawl Wrestling 3- Style Tournament, Douglas, WY Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 1 and 2, 2014 Peewee (6U)

Folkstyle

Christian Bailey 1st Place 45 lbs Makayla Bowman 3rd Place 40 lbs Carlen See 2nd Place 42 lbs

Bantam (7/8)

Tot

Gillette Touch of Gold Results

Tarver Zebroski 3rd Place Brayden Peralta 2nd Place Carson McMillin 2nd Place 35 lbs

Bantam

Zachary McMillin Johnathan Peel Blaize Burrow Logan Mendoza Logan Johnson

45 lbs 43 lbs

Tayce Lake Gavin Zamzow Landon Hofer Teryn Zebroski Tegan Zebroski Lance Streifel Ashton Leegaard Mason Kuhbacher Logan Brakke Ryder Voight

4th Place 55 lbs 1st Place 70 lbs 2nd Place 58 lbs 2nd Place 55 lbs 1st Place 54 lbs 1st Place 55 lbs (double bracketed) 1st Place 45 lbs 6th Place 50 lbs 2nd Place 50 lbs 4th Place 51 lbs 2nd Place 53 lbs 1st Place 50 lbs 1st Place 44 lbs 2nd Place 52 lbs 3rd Place 48 lbs 3rd Place 52 lbs

Logan Werner Dorion Grams Wyatt Peel Jacob Olson Josh Olson Kolton Miller Isaiah Huus Dillon Best Garrett Halder Jace Enriquez

1st Place 22nd Place 3rd Place 1st Place 1st Place 2nd Place 1st Place 2nd Place 1st Place 2nd Place

58 lbs 66 lbs 80 lbs 72 lbs 72 lbs 77 lbs 85 lbs 63 lbs 95 lbs 135 lbs

Sean Mitchell Eric Enriquez Dawsen Hayden

2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place

115 lbs 114 lbs 90 lbs

Midget

Schoolboy

Hunter Bailey 6th Place 50 lbs

Novice

Gavin Carrol

1st 105 lbs

ALL 3 STYLES BearCAT Brawlers (These wrestlers placed ﬁrst in Freestyle, Greco, and Folkstyle. They will be presented a plaque and sweatshirt at state in April.) Lane Catlin Intermediate 80 lbs 1st all 3 styles Grady Edwards Intermediate 55 lbs 1st all 3 styles Cort Catlin Bantam 65 lbs 2nd all 3 styles Dylan Catlin Novice 70 lbs 2nd all 3 styles

Pronghorn Basketball Briefs Gillette vs. Sheridan College February 1, 2014

Women:

Pronghorns 82 Sheridan College 76 (2ot)

Men:

Pronghorns (14) 85 Sheridan College 87

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n January 30, in a very exciting, come-back from 12 points behind game, the 8th grade boys “B” Warriors defeated Sage Valley 40-38. Jesse Moncada had his best performance of the season with 12 points, five rebounds, and two steals. Nine of his points were in the 4th quarter. Deven Dulany not only played amazing defense all game, but he also scored 10 points, pulled down eight rebounds, and had an assist. Corey White played fantastic with nine points, nine rebounds, four steals, and four assists. Wesley Brunelli scored a bucket, had 10 rebounds, and one steal. Casey Schreirer scored two points, had three rebounds, one steal and assist. Franklin Ramirez had one point, three steals, and two rebounds. Joseph Merida had four rebounds and one steal. Rico Delgrande had three rebounds and one assist. On Feb 4th, after a very slow first half and getting down 10-17, the Warriors pulled it together after halftime to beat Hulett 41-26. Bryan Charles had his best game of the season knocking down two 3-pointers as well as getting five steals, four rebounds, and two assists. Sheldon Hayter had a standout games with 19 points, three rebounds, four steals, two assists, and one blocked shot. Franklin Ramirez scored eight points, had nine rebounds, three steals, and one blocked shot. Wesley Brunelli scored four points, three rebounds, three steals, and one assist. Jesse Moncada scored two baskets and had three rebounds. Corey White pulled down five rebounds, had two steals, and two assists. Joey Storm had six rebounds, four steals, and one assist. Joseph Merida had four rebounds and Rico Delgrande had three rebounds. The Warriors are undefeated with a 5-0 record.

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Gillette Wild Hockey Round-Up By Tony Heidel he Bantams played four games this weekend at the Cam-plex. The Wild beat Riverton 19 - 0 in a game that made the super bowl look like a close game. The Wild had six players with two goals each and six more that scored one goal each. The second game was a replay with an 18 - 0 win. Gillette was led by Tommy Lubnau with four goals followed by George Stilson Jr. with a hat trick and seven others with goals. Next was Laramie to put up a little more of a fight losing 17 - 0 with ten different players scoring. The final game capped off a dominating weekend with an 18 - 2 win. Austin Newson scored four goals with Trenton Walker close behind with a hat trick. Eight other Wild players scored goals in the game. The White team in the Pee Wee Division went to Laramie and won the first game 7 - 3. Damon Hauck and Brody Richardson each put two in the net. Hudson Peterson, Dawson Mccuin, and Brennon Lubken each added a goal for the Wild. In the second game it was all Gillette with a 6 - 0 win behind Hudson Peterson’s hat trick. Dawson Mccuin, Ryan Jordan, and Brody Richardson got the other three goals. The Purple Pee Wee team went to Casper

and lost 5 - 2 despite having five more shots on goal. Tanner Richards scored both Wild goals. In the second game Gillette played better but lost again 3 - 2 with seven more shots on goal then the Oilers. Tanner Richards had both goals again for the Wild. In the Girls games Sheridan came to Gillette and neither team scored in the first game ending in a 0 - 0 tie with a total of 67 shots on goal. In the second game the girls found the net with the Wild winning 3 - 1. Callie Andrew, Bree Johnson, and Jenni Johnson accounted for the three Gillette goals. In the High School Division the Wild went to Casper first for a two game stand. The Wild lost Friday night 4 - 1 with the lone goal coming from Seth Thompson. In the second game with the Oilers things got worse losing 8 - 1 with Dylon Lara scoring the only goal for Gillette. Then it was on to Riverton for two more games where the Wild lost the third straight game 3 - 1. Ryan Schlesselman scored the lone goal in a game where Gillette took 3 more shots on goal then the River Rats. The final game of the weekend was a lose 5 - 2. Scoring for the Wild were Breydan Taylor and Tyler Tennant.

What’s Going On in Sports? Friday, February 7, 2014

-Camel Basketball (V) at Sheridan 7:30 p.m. -Lady Camel Basketball (V) at Sheridan 5:30 p.m. -Camel Swimming (V) at Sheridan 7:30 p.m. -Camels Wrestling (JV2/JV//V) at Ron Thon Invite in Riverton, WY 10 a.m. -Gillette WILD Hockey at Bozeman 7:30 p.m. -Panther JV/V Basketball at Upton 4 p.m. / 7 p.m. -Lady Panther JV/V Basketball at Upton 4 p.m. / 5:30 p.m. -Panthers Wrestling at Riverton for Ron Thon Invite 10 a.m. -Warrior 7th /8th A Basketball at home vs. Johnson & Carey 4 p.m. / 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 8, 2014

-Camel Basketball (SO/JV) at Natrona in Casper 11 a.m. / 12:45 p.m. -Lady Camel Basketball (SO/JV) at home vs. Natrona 11 a.m. / 12:45 p.m. -Camel Swimming (SO/JV) at home vs. Natrona 11 a.m. / 12:45 p.m -Camels Wrestling (JV2/JV//V) at Ron Thon Invite in Riverton, WY 9 a.m. -Eagles 9th Basketball at home vs. NC Black 10 a.m. / 11:30 a.m. -Lady Eagles 9th Basketball at Natrona Casper 10 a.m. -Gillette WILD Hockey at Bozeman 7:30 p.m. -Panthers Jr. High Basketball at Twin Spruce for Holte Tournament TBA -Panthers Wrestling at Riverton for Ron Thon Invite 9 a.m. -Pronghorn Men’s Basketball at home vs. Central Wyoming College 5:30 p.m. -Pronghorn Women’s Basketball at home vs. Central Wyoming College 3 p.m. -Pronghorn Cross Country at Home -Warriors 9th Basketball at N.C. Orange 10 a.m. / 11:30 a.m. -Lady Warriors 9th Basketball at

Rapid City Central 10 a.m. / 11:30 a.m. -Warrior 7th /8th A Basketball at home for Holte Invite TBA -Warrior 7th /8th B Basketball at Sheridan Invite TBA

Monday, February 10, 2014

-Eagles 9th A Basketball at home vs. Rapid City Stevens 4 p.m. -Panthers Jr. High Basketball at Sage Valley 4 p.m. / 5 p.m.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

-Panther Developmental Basketball at Midwest 6:30 p.m. -Lady Panther Developmental Basketball at Midwest 5 p.m. -Warriors 9th Basketball at home vs. Kelley Walsh 4 p.m. / 5:30 p.m. -Lady Warriors 9th Basketball at Kelly Walsh 4 p.m. / 5:30 p.m. -Warrior 7th /8th A Basketball at Sheridan 4:30 p.m. / 5:45 p.m. -Warrior 7th B Basketball at home vs. Moorcroft 4 p.m. / 5 p.m.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

-Pronghorn Men’s Basketball at Dawson Community College in Glendive, MT 7:30 p.m. -Pronghorn Women’s Basketball at Dawson Community College in Glendive, MT 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, February 13, 2014

-Camels Wrestling (JV//V) at home vs. Sheridan 5:30 p.m. / 7 p.m. -Eagles 9th Basketball at home vs. Rapid City Central 5:45 p.m. -Lady Eagles 9th Basketball at home vs. Rapid City Central 4 p.m. -Panther JV/V Basketball at Sundance 4 p.m. / 7 p.m. -Lady Panther JV/V Basketball at Sundance 4 p.m. / 5:30 p.m. -Lady Warriors 9th Basketball at home vs. Rapid City Stevens 4 p.m. / 5:30 p.m. -Warrior 7th /8th A Basketball at Spearﬁsh and Sturgis 4 p.m. / 6 p.m. -Warrior 7th /8th B Basketball at Sheridan 4 p.m.

Friday, February 14, 2014

-Camel Basketball (SO/JV) at Laramie 4 p.m. / 5:45 p.m. / 7:30 p.m. -Lady Camel Basketball (SO/JV/V) at home vs. Laramie 4 p.m. / 5:45 p.m. / 7:30 p.m. -Camel Swimming (SO/JV/V) at Laramie 4 p.m. / 5:45 p.m. / 7:30 p.m. -Gillette WILD Hockey at home vs. Bozeman 7:30 p.m. -Panthers Wrestling at home for N.E. Conference Duals 2 p.m. -Pronghorn Cross Country at USA Cross Country Championships in Boulder, CO

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Saturday, February 15, 2014

-Camel Basketball (SO/JV/V) at Cheyenne South 10 a.m. / 11:30 a.m. / 1 p.m. -Lady Camel Basketball (SO/JV/V) at home vs. Cheyenne South 10 a.m. / 11:45 a.m. / 1:30 p.m. -Camel Swimming (SO/JV/V) at Cheyenne South 10 a.m. / 11:45 a.m. / 1:30 p.m. -Eagles 9th Basketball at St. Thomas Moore 10 a.m./ 11:30 a.m. -Gillette WILD Hockey at home vs. Bozeman 7:30 p.m. -Panther JV/V Basketball at home vs. Tongue River 1 p.m. / 4 p.m. -Lady Panther JV/V Basketball at home vs. Tongue River 1 p.m. / 2:30 p.m. -Panthers Jr. High Basketball at Newcastle for 7th Quad TBA -Panthers Jr. High Basketball at home for 8th Quad TBA -Pronghorn Men’s Basketball at home vs. Western Wyoming Community College 5 p.m. -Pronghorn Women’s Basketball at home vs. Western Wyoming Community College 3 p.m. -Lady Warriors 9th Basketball at home vs. N.C. Orange 10 a.m. / 11:30 a.m. -Warrior 7th /8th A Basketball at Dean Morgan 10 a.m. -Warrior 7th /8th A Basketball at CY 12 p.m.

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Women’s Team Points 1. Montana State University MTSU 2,504.33 2. South Dakota St Univ SDSU 1,835.00 3. McNeese State University MCNSU 1,780.50 4. Idaho State University IDSU 1,711.33 5. Gillette College GILLET 1,590.00 6. Chadron State College CHADRN 1,540.00 7. Black Hills State University BLKHIL 1,412.50 8. Central Arizona College CAZC 1,410.00 9. Southwestern Oklahoma State University SWOKSU 1,367.50 10. University of Montana, Western UMTW 1,315.00 11. Troy University TROY 1,308.33 12. Feather River College FEATHR 1,240.00 13. Blue Mountain Community College BLUE 1,216.00 14. Cochise College COCHSE 1,180.00 15. Southwest Texas Junior College SWTXJC 1,148.75 16. Eastern New Mexico University ENMU 1,125.00 17. University of Great Falls UGF 1,114.50 18. Iowa Central Comm Coll IACCC 1,070.00 19. Weber State University WEBER 1,063.50 20. New Mexico Highlands University NMHIGH 1,030.00 21. Walla Walla Community College WWCC 1,020.00 22. West Hills College WHILLS 990.50 23. Utah Valley University UVU 931.50 24. Texas Tech University-Lubbock TXTUL 922.00 25. Southern Arkansas University SARU 902.50

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Guest Editorial: Tracking Your Child from Preschool Into the Workforce in the Name of Improving Education Submitted by Kelly Simone s the debate over the Common Core State Standards heats up both nationally and across the State of Wyoming, elected ofﬁcials have cause to take notice. Parents, teachers, administrators and citizens are growing increasingly concerned about this nationally driven attempt at education reform. The local control we once enjoyed has been turned over. Interestingly, little attention has been given to the creation of a State Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) that is now being built in Wyoming. The State Longitudinal Data System is a direct result of Wyoming’s agreement to take State Fiscal Stabilization Funds under the 2009 American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. Wyoming agreed to build this data collecting behemoth when they took $57 million dollars from the federal government. The purpose of the SLDS is to collect and store data on students that can be used to analyze education policy. This data will be collected on children beginning before kindergarten and continue for four years into the workforce. It makes sense that policy makers would want to know if the Common Core State Standards are really ensuring “college and career readiness”….especially when they’ve never been ﬁeld tested in any U.S. classroom. So you may

ask, why do we need to collect such an expansive amount of data on Wyoming public school students from Pre-K into the workforce? Answer: to document whether or not this experiment on our students actually works. More concerning is the fact that over 20 state agencies are now signing a contract (MOU) to begin sharing data. This is unprecedented, and in fact, was never before possible, due to FERPA law. This law was designed to protect private student information. However, the US Dept. of Education amended FERPA law in 2012, so that state agencies can now share data. Interestingly, the US Dept. of Education did this through a regulations change, not an through an act of Congress. The obvious question then becomes; “What state agencies will now be sharing this information?” Currently, the answer is more than 20. In fact, additional agencies can request to become a party to this data sharing agreement. Right now, the Wyoming Departments of Family Services, Workforce Services and Health are only among a few who will now be able to view and share data on Wyoming public school students. In the 2012 budget session, the Wyoming Legislature approved Enrolled Act 29. In that budget was

an appropriation to fund the SLDS, but it was buried in section 326. The appropriation was for over $5 million. Data collection on Wyoming students is authorized by Wyoming statute W.S.21-2-204 section (h). This statute authorizes the collection and usage of student data for educational purposes. However, the scope of the SLDS far surpasses educational purposes. How does the ability of Wyoming Department of Health to access and view student data improve a child’s public school education? The inclusion of noneducation and non-assessment data in this repository is beyond an overreach of government control. It is an invasion of privacy. All parents, teachers, administrators and elected officials ought to seek to understand the risks involved when collecting massive amounts of data on citizens. The benefits are arguable, but the ramifications are serious. Instead of spending millions of taxpayer dollars on funding the SLDS, perhaps the state would do better to fund things that really help our students succeed. For a document outlining the concerns with the SLDS, please visit: www.wyomingcitzensopposingcommoncore.com

How the District 52 Legislative Opening Will be Decided (According to Wyoming State Statutes 22-18-111. Vacancies in other ofﬁces; temporary appointments)

“(iii) If a vacancy occurs in the office of a member of the state legislature: “(A) For vacancies other than resignations, the board of county commissioners of the county or counties in which the vacancy occurs shall immediately notify in writing the chairman of the state central committee of the political party which the former incumbent represented at the time of his election under W.S. 22-6-120(a) (vii), or at the time of his appointment if not elected to office. For resignations, the governor shall notify the appropriate state central committee or the appropriate board of county commissioners in accordance with W.S. 28-1-106. For all vacancies in which the incumbent represented a political party at the time of his election or appointment to the office, the state central committee of the political party of the former incumbent shall notify the precinct committeemen and committeewomen for that party for each precinct within the legislative district which is vacant and arrange a meeting of those precinct committeemen and committeewomen at which they will select a list of three (3) persons qualified to fill the vacancy. Only those persons serving as committeemen and committeewomen at least thirty (30) days prior to the vacancy, or if the vacancy occurs within thirty (30) days after a primary election, including precinct committeemen and committeewomen elected at that primary, shall be authorized to vote under this subparagraph. The meeting shall be held not later than fifteen (15) days after the state central committee is notified of the vacancy. The state central committee of each political party shall establish procedures for conducting the vote required under this subparagraph and may delegate the authority to call the meeting required under this subparagraph; “(B) The state central committee of the political party of the former incum-

bent shall submit the list selected under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph to the board of county commissioners for each county in which the legislative district is located. Within five (5) days after receiving the list of three (3) names, the board of county commissioners shall fill the vacancy by appointment of one (1) of the three (3) to hold the office; “(C) If the incumbent who has vacated office did not represent a political party at the time of his election under W.S. 22-6-120(a) (vii), or at the time of his appointment if not elected to office, the county commissioners shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of this subparagraph. The county commissioners shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, notice that within fifteen (15) days after publication any qualified person may make application directly to the county commissioners for appointment to fill the vacancy. Within twenty (20) days after publication of the notice of the vacancy in office the county commissioners shall fill the vacancy by appointment of one (1) person qualified from those submitting applications; (D) If the legislative district is in more than one (1) county, the vacancy shall be filled by the combined vote of the boards of county commissioners for those counties. The vote of each county commissioner in attendance shall be weighted so that the total vote of the commissioners from each county shall be in proportion to the population of the legislative district within that county. For vacancies created other than by resignation, if the legislative district is in more than one (1) county, the determination of the vacancy shall be made in accordance with this subparagraph. “(iv) A vacancy in the office of any hospital district trustee or in any other special district office shall be filled by temporary appointment by the governing body of the hospital or special district, both subject to

chapter 29 of this title; “(v) A vacancy in a municipal office shall be filled as provided by W.S. 15-1107; “(vi) If the county commissioners fail to fill any vacancy as required in this section within the time specified, any qualified elector of the county may file a petition with the clerk of the district court of the county in which the vacancy occurred requesting the judge of the district court to fill the vacancy. Within thirty (30) days after the petition is filed the judge shall fill the vacancy by appointing a qualified elector of the county belonging to the same political party as the incumbent represented at the time of his election under W.S. 22-6-120(a) (vii), or at the time of his appointment if not elected to office. If the incumbent did not represent any political party at the time of his election or at the time of his appointment if not elected to office, the judge may appoint any qualified elector to fill the vacancy. “(b) The trustees of a school or community college district shall fill a

vacancy in office by temporary appointment in a manner provided by law. If the trustees fail to appoint a qualified person to fill a vacancy within thirty (30) days from the date the vacancy occurs, or if, for any reason, the entire membership of the board of trustees of a school or community college district is depleted, the board of county commissioners of the county or counties involved, within ten (10) days of either occurrence, shall appoint a qualified person to fill each vacancy until the next election at which time an election shall be held to fill the unexpired term, and each appointee shall serve until his successor is elected and qualified. Each appointee shall be a resident of the trustee residence area, or election subdistrict, if any, previously represented. “(c) For purposes of this section a person shall be considered to “represent” a political party if he was a nominee of that political party when elected to office or when appointed to fill a vacancy in office.”

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Dear Editor, Some folks have the mistaken idea that yelling, screaming, and jumping up and down makes a good lawmaker. While those actions might make for exciting media, being a good lawmaker means rolling up your sleeves, burning the midnight oil, studying the issue and communicating clearly and logically in a way that will convince others to join you. No one does a better job than our U.S. Senator Mike Enzi. On September 2010, over three years ago, Senator Enzi took to the ﬂoor of the United States Senate, he spent time to read the bill, and he pointed out the ﬂaws in the bill. He said. 1. Americans will eventually be forced to buy the kind of health insurance the federal government thinks you should have. 2. Employers will be less likely to hire new workers and probably even lay off workers. 3. Most businesses the administration estimated between 39 and 69 percent will not be able to keep the coverage they have. 4. This new regulation appears to ignore the impact it will have in the real world. 5. It will drive up costs and reduce the number of people who will have insurance He made reasoned logical arguments of why Obamacare would not work. He was logical and professional. Now, more than three years later, his words are coming true. Because he did his homework, he saw problems with Obamacare, Fox News called him the “Paul Revere of Obamacare.” No one has worked harder to stop the implementation of this ill-considered law. We need hardworking proven conservative expertise representing us in Washington D.C. We need Mike Enzi Chuck Tweedy

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Bold Republic Weekly Wyoming Legislators 2014 By Glenn Woods onday, February 10th, the Wyoming legislative session begins for the year 2014. With it will come the good, the bad, and the ugly. As we get into this session, please remember that if you are looking for a way to make a difference in your home state, now is the time. Now before you go off and get mad and them, let’s remember that there are a lot of good things that our Wyoming lawmakers will do in this legislative session that will go unnoticed. For that matter, what most of what the legislative sessions do goes unnoticed. Most of their work is important but boring, and never gets reported on. In other words, your elected ofﬁcials are not all bad. -- Mostly not. It is important to pay attention to as much of what they do as we can. Even if it is boring. But if you don’t have time, then please pay attention to a few issue that are important to you. There are many different ways that you can keep abreast of what is going on without having to take too much time out of your day to do it. Keeping abreast of the news and keeping your representative’s phone number and E-mail address handy is helpful.

One of the many advantages to living in Wyoming is that, being such a small state, you can actually pick up the phone and call your representatives at any time. Many of them actually list their personal cell phone number just for that reason. This rare treat is something that we all should take advantage of. Should you find that you want to contact your representative over some issue it is important to remember to approach them in a polite and respectful way. Let’s be honest, if you answered your cell phone and found someone on the other end screaming and cussing at you, would you hang up? Sure you would. So would I. But that does not mean that you should not be firm with them. Just as being a jerk does not pay off, neither does having a Jell-O spine. To keep up with the news I’d suggest keeping a close eye on this newspaper, and on organizations like Wyoming Liberty Group. You can find Wyoming Liberty Group online at WyLiberty. org. Each legislative session, every year, Wyoming Liberty Group fans out across the capital to sit in on committee meetings and legislative sessions. They then write in-depth articles and post them on

their website. You can also follow them on Facebook and Twitter if you are interested in live, up-to-the-minute, blow-by-blow accounts on what they are up to. Once a week I have someone from Wyoming Liberty Group on my show to update us on what has been going on. Not to worry, if you miss the interview, live on the air. You can go to my website, BoldRepublic.com, and ﬁnd those interviews on my Regional page.

I cannot stress enough how important it is to stay informed and stay involved, no matter how you do it. Just as important, is to make sure that the story you are following is accurate. As you pursue a story that interest you, please keep in mind that most of the news you hear during a legislative session is baloney. Rumors and exaggeration rule the news headlines and spread like wildﬁre across the internet. So, before you pick up the phone or E-mail your representative, make sure that what you have heard is true. Trust me when I say that I spend most of my time combing through and throwing out the nonsense that is ﬂoat-

ing around out there before I ﬁnd the actual story. You’ll ﬁnd that, should you contact a representative, their take on any given issue will be very different from yours. So while it is true that he or she needs to hear what you have to say, you need to hear what they have to say in order to have a full understanding of the issue. They will listen to you if you are willing to listen to them. Those that we have elected to represent us show up each year with the best of intentions, but often they do not, or cannot, see the consequences of their own legislation. It is up to us to tell them how these laws actually affect us. Last weekend, I came

across an article that, once again, declared Wyoming the freest state in the nation. I hate to say it, but that honor does not mean as much now as it used to. There is a lot of ground that we need to take back to restore the freedoms that we have lost in the freest state. While it is true that our freedom was won, and maintained, by our right to bear arms, the deeper truth is that freedom is won, and maintained, by a well informed and engaged population. It falls to you, not someone else, to keep track of what is going on at the capital, and let your representatives know how you think, and feel, about the issues that are before them.

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Don’t Make Americans Pay German Electricity Prices U.S. Senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso, both R-Wyo., and others joined Senator Roy Blunt, R-Mo., in urging President Obama to think about the realworld burden his proposed greenhouse gas rule would put on the back of every American. During his State of the Union Address this week, the president said he has directed his administration “to work with states, utilities, and others to set new standards on the amount of carbon pollution our power plants are allowed to dump into the air.” “The most vulnerable families are those hit the hardest by bad energy policies and high utility bills,” the senators wrote. “Whatever our disagreements might be on how best to approach a changing climate, we think we can all agree that whatever we do should not burden ratepayers and consumers, especially middle and low-income families, with new costs.” The senators urged the president “to avoid any actions which damage ratepayers throughout this country, especially when those actions result in no measurable beneﬁts and no measurable effects on the very thing that the actions are designed to address.” The senators warned that the president’s policies are moving Americans toward paying German electricity prices. In September, Germans paid 40 cents per kilowatt hour of electricity. By contrast, people in Connecticut, who suffer the highest electricity rates in the U.S. (17 cents per kWh), pay less than half that, according to the senators. Barrasso and Enzi said Wyoming residents

pay less than 10 cents per kilowatt hour. The letter was also cosigned by: U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander (Tenn.), John Boozman (Ark.), Dan Coats (Ind.), John Cornyn (Texas), Deb Fischer (Neb.), Dean Heller (Nev.), John Hoeven (N.D.), Jim Inhofe (Okla.), Mike Johanns (Neb.), Joe Manchin (W.V.), Jerry Moran (Kan.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Rob Portman (Ohio), Jim Risch (Idaho), Pat Roberts (Kan.), Tim Scott (S.C.), Jeff Sessions (Ala.), John Thune (S.D.), and David Vitter (La.). President Obama, As a consequence of your recent Executive Order relating to your June 2013 Climate Action Plan (CAP), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has conducted “listening sessions” in anticipation of proposing a rule designed to address emissions of greenhouse gases from existing power plants. Leaving aside whether EPA even has the legal authority to do this, as well as the dubious value of conducting “listening sessions” far from the homes of many of those most likely to be affected, we write to urge that you consider the burden to ratepayers before moving forward with plans to increase regulation of the existing power generation ﬂeet. In 2009, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, commonly known as “Waxman-Markey,” passed the Democraticcontrolled House, but was not even considered in the Senate. The central provision of that legislation would have placed a cap on greenhouse gas emissions, which would then be sharply reduced over time.

The legislation contemplated a final target of roughly 80% below 2005 levels by 2050. This bill was rejected by Congress for a variety of reasons, including primarily the tremendous costs it would impose on consumers and the economy for little or no benefit. For example, one study found that the bill would raise electricity rates by 90% (after adjusting for inflation). Your June 2013 CAP announcement differs little from Waxman-Markey. Your CAP reflects the goal you announced in 2009 to reach an 80% emissions reduction by 2050 below 1990 levels. Even if met, this goal, which was developed with no input from Congress, will have no measurable effect on global temperatures. The goal will nonetheless cost consumers in the form of increased prices for energy and anything made, grown, or transported using energy. These new costs will result in less disposable income in families’ pockets. That means less money to spend on groceries, doctors’ visits, and education. In short, low cost energy is critical to human health and welfare. For some ratepayers, like the millions of rural electric cooperative consumers in the country, coal makes up around 80% of their electricity. According to the 2009 Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey, nearly 40 million American households earning less than $30,000 per year spend almost 20% or more of their income on energy. The most vulnerable families are those hit the hardest by bad energy policies and high utility bills. For consumers, your Administration’s actions will

mean goods are costlier to produce and therefore costlier to purchase. Manufacturers and employers will face higher costs of capital and labor. What’s worse, as noted by a 2003 Congressional Budget Ofﬁce (CBO) report, these are the types of losses that cannot be offset with subsidies or other forms of assistance. As a result these costs will be borne solely and directly by American workers and consumers. Manufacturers and companies will face higher production costs if they are denied access to affordable energy, and instead be forced to use costlier, less reliable forms of energy. These businesses will either pass these costs along to consumers, or their profits will suffer and threaten their viability. Either outcome is unacceptable given that America is on the verge of a manufacturing renaissance. A large part of our manufacturing success has been due to the inexpensive and reliable electricity that this country currently

beneﬁts from. Low price natural gas is a part of this, as is coal, which at 40% of our electricity mix is still the main source of base load power for our nation. A recent study predicts that the U.S. is steadily becoming one of the lowestcost countries for manufacturing in the developed world. The study estimates that by 2015, average manufacturing costs in advanced economies such as Germany, Japan, France, Italy, and the U.K. will be up to 18% higher than in the United States. This should come as no surprise. The fact is that going “all-in” on renewables has signiﬁcantly weakened the stability of many European Union (EU) countries’ electricity generation, caused prices to skyrocket, and has left ratepayers footing the exorbitant bill. The EU subsidies for wind and solar that began almost a decade ago in the name of ending reliance on fossil fuels have saddled customers with an increase of almost 20% in the cost of electricity for homes and

businesses over the past four years. As an illustration, Germans will be paying more for electricity than any other major participant in the EU, according to the Household Energy Price Index for Europe. In September, Germans paid 40 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity. Even the ratepayers in Connecticut, who suffer the highest electricity rates in the U.S. (17 cents per kWh), pay less than half that. Whatever our disagreements might be on how best to approach a changing climate, we think we can all agree that whatever we do should not burden ratepayers and consumers, especially middle and lowincome families, with new costs. We therefore implore you to avoid any actions which damage ratepayers throughout this country, especially when those actions result in no measurable beneﬁts and no measurable effects on the very thing that the actions are designed to address.

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Wyoming Minimum Wage Hike Hurts Everyone Introduced Bill HD0045 Would Only Hurt Wyoming’s Economy and Lose Us All Wealth By Nicholas DeLaat yoming Legislators will soon be debating whether or not the State of Wyoming should raise its minimal wage. In a bill sponsored by Representative Byrd (DCheyenne) and Senator Esquibel (D-Laramie), Wyoming’s minimal wage requirements would go up from $5.15 per hour to $9.00 per hour. Tipped employees’ wages would rise from $2.13 per hour to $5.00 per hour. Part of this bill mirrors new Federal minimum wage requirements. Wyoming’s current law does not match the $7.25 minimum wage, and employers must use the higher standard already. But, should minimum wage even be extended beyond the Federal minimal requirement of $7.25? Minimum wage started during the great depression - on October 24th, 1938 to be exact. This first minimum wage act called for employers to pay hourly employees no less than $0.25 cents per hour. By January 01, 1976, that wage had worked its way up to $2.30 per hour. That is a 10.8% increase over 38 years, many of those years within the timeframe of building the largest middle class the world had ever seen. Since 1976, minimum wage has increased 72.9% to its current amount of $7.25 per hour. There are, of course, arguments that minimum wage has nothing to do with inflation. In a recent Huffington Post article, economist Jeannette WicksLim wrote:”This fear of inflation from the minimum wage is not based on any reasonable description of how these minimum wage hikes will likely impact businesses, or the economy

more generally. The potential impact of minimum wage hikes on the overall price level is simply too small to have any appreciable impact on inflation.” Ms. WicksLim is right when she says that the impact of minimum wage hikes on the overall price level is small, but she writes off those price hikes as insignificant. Let’s break it down. Say you are an apple farmer. When they raise minimum wage, you must then raise the cost of your product accordingly (because more is paid out to all employees) and raise your product sales accordingly to keep paying yourself a small salary without taking a loss. Also, for every machine, box, sorter, plastic bag, distribution and materials, tools, and repair materials you must buy to maintain your farm, the same cost adjustment has happened to not only these component suppliers, but to their individual suppliers as well. This means that the price of all goods have now gone up according to the same percentage rates. By raising minimum wage in Wyoming from $7.25 to $9.00 per hour, you have created a cost of goods inflation of 80.9% overnight. Now, let’s take anyone making more than minimum wage. If you were making $8.00 per hour before, now you would be making nine. However, the inflation increase would be significant enough that you would actually be making less than you were before. Instead of thinking of money, we need to think in terms of what that money represents…wealth. If you made $30,000.00 last year when minimum wage was $7.25 per hour, and you are making the same this year at $9.00 per hour,

your wealth has gone down. You may have made the same amount of dollars, but because of the inﬂation caused by mandatory higher minimum wages those dollars are not worth as much. Money is simply a tool for trade. Instead of trading goats for chickens or services for wine, we trade our time, products, or services for money which we then trade for other products or services. It is how much commodities that the dollar represents which deﬁnes wealth. So, by raising minimum wage, you are reducing the wealth of EVERY person that makes a larger salary. As far as the people collecting minimum wage itself? If cost of goods goes up with minimum wage in percent comparison, then their $9.00 per hour is not worth more than their $7.25 per hour was. So, it does nothing good for the people it was intended to help, but costs wealth to the majority of American families. The fact is, the programs labeled as being “for the poor,” or “for the needy,” almost always have effects exactly the opposite of those which their well-intentioned sponsors intend them to have. There are always in these cases two groups of sponsors – there are the well-meaning sponsors and there are the special interests, who are using the well-meaning sponsors as front men. You almost always when you have bad programs have an unholy coalition of the do-gooders on the one hand, and the special interest on the other. The minimum wage law is as clear a case as you could want. The special interests are of course the trade unions – the monopolistic trade craft unions.

The do-gooders believe that by passing a law saying that nobody shall get less than $9 per hour, or whatever the minimum wage is, you are helping poor people who need the money. You are doing nothing of the kind. What you are doing is to assure, that people whose skills, are not sufﬁcient to justify that kind of a wage will be unemployed. The minimum wage law is most properly described as a law saying that employers must discriminate against people who have low skills. That’s what the law says. The law says that here’s a man who has a skill that would justify a wage of $5 or $6 per hour (adjusted for today), but you may not employ him, it’s illegal, because if you employ him you must pay him $9 per hour. So what’s the result? To employ him at $9 per hour is to engage in charity. There’s nothing wrong with charity. But most employers are not in

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mum wage laws are the blacks. I have often said that the most anti-black law on the books of this land is the minimum wage law. There is absolutely no positive objective achieved by the minimum wage law. Its real purpose is to reduce competition for the trade unions and make it easier for them to maintain the higher wages of their privileged members.

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In 1917, after the U.S. entered World War I, Guyton joined the 126th Infantry Regiment and was attached to the 32nd Infantry Division (the “Red Arrow Division”) at Camp MacArthur nearWaco, Texas. On February 17, 1918, Private Guyton sailed with his comrades out of New York harbor bound for France. On May 15, 1918, the status of his unit was changed from replacement division to combat. At around midnight on May 24, Guyton became the first casualty. He was an automatic gunner on a post near the line of resistance. His instructions were to fire his gun intermittently. He was discharging his duties when the Germans returned a barrage of machine gun fire; Guyton was struck in the temple and died instantly. The Commanding General of the 9th French Infantry Division, to which the 126th was attached, issued the following orders on the 25 May: Divisional Order No. 297 General Gamelin, commanding the 9th Infantry Division, cites in the Divisional Order: The soldier, Joseph W. Guyton, of the 126th American Infantry Regiment, ‘on guard in the first line was killed by a machine gun bullet. He is the first soldier of the 32nd American Division to fall fighting for the cause of right and liberty on Alsacian soil, beside his French comrades.’

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Black Tom Island By Mike Borda

n July 30, 1916, New York City awoke to a far different sight than most days. While there was still the hustle and bustle found on every other New York day, something was not quite right. An explosion had occurred early that morning that would change the course of our history. America was on the brink of war, with this event sending us on a straight-forward path to conﬂict. In 1915 World War I (known then as the Great War), was in full swing in Europe. The Allied forces (Great Britain, France and Russia among others) were at war with the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey). At this time America was still ofﬁcially neutral. However, we had already sided ourselves with the Allies in regards to commerce. The U.S. government had set up a blockade on exports to the Central Powers, in order to prevent supplies from reaching them in case we were to go to war on the side of the Allies. The Central Powers, however, knew that the American entry into the war would severely dampen their chances

for victory. They decided to take matters into their own hands. Their target was set for Black Tom Island, in New York Harbor, near Liberty Island (home of the Statue of Liberty). Black Tom Island was connected by a manmade land bridge to Jersey City, New Jersey, and used for its storage facilities. What was being stored there was the key. Black Tom Island was used as a munitions depot, possibly holding up to one million pounds of explosives that were set to be sent to the Allied Powers in Europe. Sometime during the night of July 29, two ﬁres were lit on the island. When they were discovered by patrolmen, they were already beyond containment. Just after 2am on the 30th, the majority of the munitions exploded. The damage was enormous. The Statue of Liberty and Jersey City clock tower both suffered damage, at almost a mile away. The explosion was felt dozens of miles away, and broke a multitude of windows in the area. Many in the area assumed the shaking was caused by an earthquake, but

eventually the real event was reported. Authorities then turned to the cause of the explosion. There were several initial theories, but the likely cause soon turned up. Guards brought in for question testified that there were 2 German spies among them that evening, and that they had most likely set the charges. While no suspects were ever caught, the government found enough evidence that they officially charged Germany with terrorism and forced the German government to repay the damage, amounting to a fine of $50,000,000. Looking back, it seems obvious that the Germans knew the American forces were on the brink of entering the war, and were determined to limit our potential fighting power. However, since no one was ever officially charged with the actual crime of setting the explosives, it is possible that the real culprits will never be known. Either way, the explosion on Black Tom Island sped up our entry into World War I, and the rest, as they say, is history.

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Invasion! (Part III) By Jeff Morrison

f the 50 armed men enjoying their picnic supper in the early evening hours of April 9, 1892, near the KC ranch in Johnson County Wyoming, only two seemed to have a sense of urgency regarding their intended mission. Frank Canton, a stock detective for the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, and Fred Hesse, foreman of the 76 ranch, both knew that the lengthy delay was costing them the vital element of surprise. The expedition’s leader, Major Frank Wolcott, had insisted on diverting from the original plan to quickly seize the town of Buffalo in order to capture a small number of suspected rustlers on their hit list. But the siege of the KC ranch turned up only two men on their list. Although they managed to kill their number one target, Nate Champion, the cowboy’s stubborn defense put the invaders behind schedule by an entire day. Worse yet, as Canton and Hesse vehemently pointed out to Wolcott, another target on their list, Jack Flagg, had slipped through their grasp and was undoubtedly on his way to alert the town and get reinforcements. But their arguments were falling on deaf ears. Wolcott and the other WSGA members were arrogant enough to believe they still had the initiative. The Invaders were conﬁdent that they were more than a match for any resistance they were likely to encounter. But in fact, they had been spotted earlier in the day by Terrence Smith, who was already in or near Buffalo at this point. The WSGA was about to get its war, but it was not going to be anything like what they had expected. Jack Flagg and his stepson, Alonzo, having narrowly escaped the invaders at the KC ranch earlier in the day, rushed to a friend’s ranch at Trabing. They rearmed and rushed south again with three more men, intent on reaching the KC ranch in time to help Champion and Ray. They were joined on the road by twelve more men who had been alerted by Terrence Smith.

Although it was the middle of the night, the small group of would-be rescuers got a good view of the size of the invading army making its way across a flat. They decided to hole up until daylight at a nearby ranch and then followed the invader’s trail north. Wolcott led his men to Hesse’s ranch, about 22 miles south of Buffalo, where they caught a brief rest and a coffee break. By daybreak of the next morning they had reached the TA ranch, just 14 miles from Buffalo. At this point, Jim Dudley, one of the Texas gun hands, was severely wounded when his horse began bucking – his rifle was dislodged and struck the ground buttfirst causing a discharge, with the bullet striking the hapless man in the knee. He was rushed to town for urgent medical attention, while the column of invaders followed more slowly. A few miles down the road, a messenger from town came to warn Wolcott that the entire town of Buffalo had mobilized and were waiting for them. Wolcott decided they should turn the army around and make a defense at the TA ranch. Buffalo was, indeed, mobilized. Smith had arrived in Buffalo while the invaders were still at the KC ranch. Jack Flagg’s group bypassed the invaders at the TA ranch and rode into town, where he gathered up another 30 volunteers and returned to the TA by midnight to close the net around the WSGA regulators. Sheriff Red Angus arrived not long after with another 40 men. More groups of men showed up throughout the early morning hours until the “rustler” faction now outnumbered the invaders about three to one. To Wolcott’s credit, he had kept his crew busy throughout the night of the 10th, creating several small redoubt at strategic locations, building a makeshift fort on a nearby knoll, and cutting rifle slits in the barn walls. Even though the hills surrounding the TA were filling with more and more angry Johnson County cowboys as the day wore on, the invaders were dug-in and ready for a lengthy siege.

For the next two days, the rustler contingent peppered the buildings of the TA ranch with nearly every kind of weapon the West had to offer. But it was clear from the start that heavier ﬁrepower would be needed to dislodge the defenders. A representative was sent to Fort McKinney to request the use of a cannon. The commander politely but ﬁrmly refused. It wasn’t long,, however, before the rustlers came up with an alternative. As the invaders had moved north, Wolcott had sent his three supply wagons ahead to their planned rendezvous point outside Buffalo. They had been captured along the road by the rustlers. Among other items discovered in them was a supply of dynamite. The rustlers stripped two of the wagons down to the running gears which were lashed together. A timber barricade was fashioned around the gears so that the whole contraption, dubbed a “Go Devil”, could protect a party of men as they slowly inched the thing forward. The plan was to move the Go Devil close to the fort on the knoll, allowing the rustlers to toss the dynamite into the midst of the defenders. The regulators watched helplessly as the Go Devil inched its way closer and closer during the three day siege. It was becoming apparent among the invaders that they were running out of ammunition and food. So far, the only casualty had been another hired gun from Texas, Alex Lowther, who had accidently shot himself

The barn at the TA ranch still bears visible evidence of the three day siege. with his own pistol. But expected reinforcements by local ranchers loyal to the WSGA never materialized. It was clear that someone would have to go for help soon. Mike Shonsey volunteered. Waiting until dark to make his escape, Shonsey managed to slip through the lines unnoticed. He managed to ﬁnd a horse and eventually found a working telegraph. An urgent message found its way to Governor Barber (who was complicit in the invasion scheme), who called Wyoming’s U.S. Senator, F. E. Warren, who woke up the President of the United States, who sent orders to the fort commander at Fort McKinney. It was one of the few actual instances of the cavalry showing up in the nick of time. The rustlers had nearly moved the Go Devil close enough to start throwing dynamite. Wolcott, Canton, Hesse, et al were seriously discussing making a rush for freedom, much like Champion had done at the KC ranch, which would have reaped the same result for most of them. And then a bugle was heard which froze attackers and defenders alike.

The troops, in the command of Colonel Van Horn, approached the rustlers first. Sheriff Angus and his co-commander, Arapaho Brown, agreed to a cease fire on the condition that the invading party be turned over for trial in Buffalo. The Colonel and Angus then approached the TA ranch house with a flag of truce. Wolcott agreed to surrender to Van Horn, but stubbornly refused to surrender to Angus. And so, the invasion of Johnson County ended. Both Alex Lowther and Jim Dudley died of their wounds in the days that followed. The rest of the Invaders were taken to Cheyenne on the pretext that they couldn’t get a fair trial in Buffalo. Once in Cheyenne, they were put under house arrest for most of a year; their food and lodging being paid by Johnson County, until the county was bankrupted. The eventual trial was over within ten minutes of being convened because the main witness for the prosecution (the two prospectors at the KC ranch and the three teamsters that had driven the WSGA wagons) had disappeared or were otherwise unavailable.

The Johnson County War didn’t actually end with the failed invasion. Within the next year, two more murders occurred, as well as another largescale gunﬁght – this time between the U. S. Cavalry and the citizens of Suggs (Arvada). The last shot of the war was ﬁred by Mike Shonsey in 1893, when he killed Nate Champion’s brother, Dudley, most likely in self-defense. Jack Flagg continued to be a thorn in the WSGA’s side. The smoke had barely cleared after the invasion before Flagg submitted a serial in the Buffalo Bulletin that provided an excellent description of the range war from the “rustler” point of view. Flagg also bought a rival paper, the Buffalo Echo, renamed it the Buffalo Voice, and continued to annoy the WSGA for many more years. Today, two buildings from 1892 remain at the TA ranch; the main house and the barn. Both still bear the scars from the siege 122 years ago. Bullet holes, shooting slits, and even a few bullets that have remained lodged in the wood serve as a reminder that the West could sometimes be a dangerous place.

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