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This Week’s June 17 - 24, 2011 Highlights

• Data Center Expansion .....................Page 3 • Fire Reports ...............Page 5

• Outstanding Warrants need Cleared ................Page 6 • Comics .................... Page 10

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Gillette Avenue from 1st Street to 2nd Street was closed Monday, April 21st until Phase 1 and 1a are complete. This includes the Gillette Avenue/1st Street intersection. All businesses on Gillette Avenue from 1st Street to 2nd Street are accessible via a boardwalk. Please support your downtown merchants. Please note that parking for Lula Belle’s Café is accessible from 1st Street in a parking lot to the west of the café. The Chophouse parking lot is accessible from 1st Street and is available for Chophouse customers. The parking lot behind Pat’s Hallmark (as noted on the above trafﬁc control map) is available for two-hour customer parking. The Gillette Avenue Improvements project is funded by the Optional 1% Sales Tax.

Carey Avenue

The intersection of Carey Avenue from 1st Street to 3rd Street will be closed from Tuesday, April 22nd to Monday, May 5th. Please note: this closure does not include the 2nd Street/Carey Avenue intersection, which will remain open. This closure is for work related to the 2013 Water Main Replacement and is funded by the Optional 1% Sales Tax.

• Bold Republic: Fresh Blood ............... Page 11 • City Engineer Leaves ........................ Page 13 • Letters to the Editor ......................... Page 16 • Cole Sports ............. Page 17 • Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch ............... Page 20

Phil Christopherson Named New Executive Director

G Reardon, President of Campbell County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC) is pleased to announce a new Executive Director has been hired to promote business retention, expansion and recruitment in Campbell County. Phil Christopherson has been named CCEDC’s new Executive Director. Christopherson has served as the Executive Director of IDEA Inc. in Riverton, WY for the last seven years. He replaces Philippe Chino who retired at the beginning of the year.

“The CCEDC Board of Directors feels Phil will be a great asset to Campbell County. He has a good understanding of the State of Wyoming and a strong economic development background,” said Reardon. “We’re excited to get Phil on staff to support CCEDC’s economic, community and workforce development goals supporting growth in Campbell County, the City of Gillette and Wright.” Christopherson is slated to begin his duties with CCEDC June 2 and will be introduced to local ofﬁcials, CCEDC investors and the community

over the coming months. “We look forward to Mr. Christopherson and his family settling in Gillette,” said Reardon. CCEDC is a 501.c.6 organization funded by public and private investors and managed by a Board of Directors. CCEDC fosters business retention, expansion and recruitment in Campbell County and its communities and promotes the region as an outstanding environment in which to conduct business and reside. For more information, go to www. CCEDC.net.

WGFD Hunter Education Program Seeking Volunteer Instructors The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is in need of volunteer instructors to teach hunter education throughout Wyoming. The need for hunter education classes and instructors is magniﬁed this time of year with spring and summer classes ﬁlling quickly, according to Jim Dawson, Hunter Education coordinator. Each spring sees volunteers offering the greatest number of classes, followed by the big rush of last minute interest for classes in August and September. Some communities occasionally experience low numbers of class offerings due to too few instructors or when an active instructor moves away, or personal demands reduce the amount of time an instructor has to donate to volunteer service.

In 2013, more than 300 volunteer hunter education instructors donated 6,630 hours of community service time conducting 251 classes and certifying 5,866 new hunters. Instructors come from a variety of backgrounds and include game wardens, volunteers and professional educators. Volunteer instructors are not paid to conduct classes, but rewards come when looking at the faces of those obtaining a hunter education certiﬁcation. Volunteer instructors understand their work is essential in meeting the hunter education program goals of reducing hunting related accidents and violations; promoting safe, responsible and knowledgeable hunting; and enhancing hunting traditions and values. Those interested in becoming a

certiﬁed volunteer hunter education instructor need to complete a few simple steps: • Must have completed a hunter education certiﬁcation. • Complete the hunter education application. • Attend the entire class of a mentoring instructor and teach a lesson under the direction of the mentor. • Submit a lesson plan and the completed Instructor Worksheet with the help of the mentor. • Submit the WGFD Wild Work Volunteer and Screen Forms. • Attend the new instructor orientation within 2 years of application. The orientation academy is conducted at no charge to the new instructor with the 2014 New Instructor Academy scheduled for July 25-27.

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“Dirt” is Part of Sage Grouse Diet age grouse are arguably best known for their courtship displays on the “lek” in April. But many westcentral Wyoming sage grouse are gaining a little winter notoriety: frequenting the “lick.” While the lek is the courtship grounds, the lick is the eating grounds – literally. This trademark game bird of the West has been documented eating soil in the winter from the Big Sandy drainage south of Boulder, west to Big Piney and north to Daniel, plus a few Jackson Hole locations. Soil eating is scientifically known as geophagy and had been documented in many species, with parrots probably leading the overall list with their taste for clay. A spattering of other birds, ungulates and even some humans in various cultures across the globe are known for ingesting soil in some circumstances. In the last 15 months, Dale Woolwine and Bureau of Land Management cohorts have discovered at least 15 of these sage grouse soil-eating grounds in the Upper Green River Basin. On Jan. 23, 2013, Woolwine was afield south of Boulder checking a fence with a history of sage grouse collisions. He flushed a concentrated flock of birds and found a living-roomsized area with so much sage grouse activity the snow was completely packed down or melted. There were golf ball sized divots in the ground the birds had pecked. Trails led to the site from various directions. The same day, Woolwine, who knows sage grouse well from his 10 years of working with the species, found another similar site and knew he was on to something. “Soil eating by sage grouse was outside of the literature and anything mentioned by the experienced sage grouse biologists I trained with,” Woolwine said. “I recognized it was something that probably hadn’t been noticed before – and certainly important.” The two licks had something in common: low-lying areas with alkali residue. He started visiting similar locations and in the last two winters, he’s documented 15 sage grouse geophagy sites -- and six are on or within a couple hundred yards of known leks. Woolwine shared the discoveries with associates and found out dirt diners had also been documented in Jackson Hole. In March 2007, Bryan Bedrosian, discovered sage grouse eating from gravel piles in Grand Teton National Park. That spring, the wildlife biologist and associates from Craighead Beringia South, also detected that the first lek to attract sage grouse in Jackson

Hole each breeding season figured out a couple of the licks also sports an eroded cutbank in the Big Sandy drainage are attracting pecking sage grouse. dual sage grouse/pronghorn This spot on the National Elk sites. The pronghorn usually get Refuge is well-known as a natu- their soil fix later in the day, but ral mineral lick for elk, bison and the two species have been on pronghorn. site together several times. And soil eating is not being Noted Wyoming wildlife biolomistaken for picking up grit. gist and hunter, Harry Harju, Sage grouse don’t have a grithas witnessed not only prongenabled muscular gizzard, behorn, but also elk and deer cause they’re engineered to eat geophagy. In the Shirley Basin only soft food: leaves, insects north of Medicine Bow, Harju’s and at least in west-central seen pronghorn and elk eating Wyoming, fine soil. soil from alkali depressions as Why in the more than 200 recent as October 2012. Along years of settlement of the West Horse Creek south of Jackson, and 60 years of serious sage both elk and mule deer were grouse study has the behavior observed taking bites from an just come to light in the last exposed sidehill in the ‘70s. seven? Research in the ‘80s docu“The bird just rarely had any mented grizzly bears dirt dining eyes focused on it from the in Yellowstone National Park, close of hunting season to particularly when emerging from breeding season,” said Tom hibernation. Christiansen, sage grouse coChristiansen suspects other ordinator for the Game and Fish sage grouse geophagy sites are Department. “Most sage grouse just waiting to be documented habitat is difficult to access in across Wyoming and possiwinter with too much snow for bly the West. Anyone visiting trucks and too little for snow sagebrush areas in the winter machines. Aerial surveillance is asked to keep an eye out is unable to detect that small of for disturbed, low-lying, alkali detail.” areas, particularly with greaseSoil eating appears to be very wood. If you suspect they’ve gregarious; from a half dozen found a lick, please contact birds to more than 80 have Christiansen at:tom.christianbeen on a lick together. Soil sen@wyo.gov. Find the Solution on Page 18 also appears to be almost exclusively a breakfast food with very few birds seen at the dirt diners after 10 a.m. “These geophagy sites are making us rethink that there’s more to winter sage grouse habitat than just exposed sagebrush above the snow,” Woolwine said. Why sage grouse are eating soil is yet only speculation. The first reaction Bob Rohan is a cartoonist in Houston, Texas and has been drawing “Buffalo Gals” since 1995. He was awarded was “hens are after “Best Cowboy Cartoonist” in 2009 by The Academy of Western Artists Will Rogers Awards out of Gene Autry, Oklahoma. calcium” for egg laying. But both hens and roosters are eating soil. Is the species lacking a mineral they get CampbellCountyObserver.net from another source (307) 670-8980 in the summer? 1001 S. Douglas Hwy. B-6 • Gillette, WY 82716 After switching to (PP-1) a nearly exclusive Volume 4 Issue 18 sagebrush diet in late fall, could sage The Campbell County Observer is published grouse be in need by Patriot Publishing L.L.C. in Gillette, WY every Friday. of something to help 1001 S. Douglas Hwy. B-6 • Gillette, WY 82716 buffer or metabolize Postmaster: Send address changes to the resins in sage1001 S. Douglas Hwy. B-6 • Gillette, WY 82716 brush? Woolwine and Bedrosian, in Candice De Laat - Owner/Publisher conjunction with Writers CandiceDeLaat@CampbellCountyObserver.com Wyoming Wildlife Glenn Woods - Bold Republic Weekly Consultants, are apNicholas De Laat - Owner/Publisher GlennWoods@CampbellCountyObserver.com plying for research NicholasDeLaat@CampbellCountyObserver.com grants to help get Holly Galloway - Writer/Government Jeff Morrison - Editor (Local History Columnist) some answers. H.Galloway@CampbellCountyObserver.com JeffMorrison@CampbellCountyObserver.com Trail cams have

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The Arch Coal Foundation will celebrate its 14th annual Teacher Achievement Awards at 1:30 p.m., May 7, 2014, at the Campbell County High School’s north campus auditorium in Gillette. Ten classroom teachers from around Wyoming will receive trophies, plaques and personal $3,500 cash awards. Governor Mead, Arch President and CEO John Eaves and Wyoming Education Association President Kathy Vetter will be among those congratulating the recipients. In addition, it is anticipated the auditorium will be ﬁlled with students, as well as participation of the school’s band.

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Donation Program an Option for Unused Medications he Wyoming Department of Health is encouraging Wyoming residents to donate or safely dispose of their unused medications. The department’s Medication Donation Program accepts unused, in-date, sealed medications (excluding controlled substances). Donated medications can be re-dispensed to low-income residents who lack adequate prescription coverage. “Many of our friends and neighbors may be struggling to buy the medications they need. Our program offers a way to help,” said Natasha Gallizzi, Medication Donation Program manager and pharmacist with the Wyoming Department of Health. “We bring together people who ﬁnd they have unused medications on their hands with others who may need those very same medications but can’t afford them.” As a strategic partner in the Wyoming Institute of Population Health’s

Medical Neighborhood Initiative, the program has been working together with hospitals and clinics throughout the state to connect patients who need help with the program. Almost any medication may be accepted, as well as certain medical items such as diabetes testing supplies or wound care materials. Donations have come from the public, healthcare facilities and physician ofﬁces with unused samples. Free shipping is available through a network of donation sites. Gallizzi noted not all unused medications can be re-used. The Medication Donation Program cannot accept or dispose of controlled substances, such as medications for pain, sleep, anxiety or ADHD. “Instead we recommend people take advantage of events such as the ‘DEA Take Back’ on April 26 or a local ‘drop box’ for these items. Drop boxes can be found in many law enforcement agency locations across Wyoming,”

she said. “Disposing of unused controlled substances properly is something we all can do to help prevent prescription drug abuse and diversion,” said Gallizzi. Clearing unused medications from the home may also reduce accidental poisonings among children. Expired, open and refrigerated noncontrolled substances must also be discarded as they cannot be re-used to help patients. These items can be taken to DEA Take Back events, local drop boxes or the Medication Donation Program for proper disposal. Gallizzi reminded residents to avoid taking medications that may be suitable for donation to “DEA Take Back” events or a local law enforcement drop box. “Items collected through these options are all destroyed via incineration so we suggest checking ﬁrst whether the items are okay for donating for someone else to use.”

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Wyoming Companies Invited to Participate in Canadian Trade Event

The Wyoming Business Council invites Wyoming businesses with a focus on organic, natural and healthy foods to participate in an international trade mission with key Canadian importers and distributors. The Canada Consumer Oriented Inbound Trade Mission will take place in Denver, Colo., on June 1617 and in Cody, Wyo., on June 19-20. The event is designed to help companies in the Western United States meet with buyers interested in sourcing high quality, unique, functional, healthy/ natural, and organic foods/ beverages and ingredients for retail and food service sectors. Businesses will also have an opportunity to promote their products to Canadian importers of agricultural exports from the U.S., and gain information about importer/buyer needs and preferences. Registration to attend is

$25 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on June 6. Companies are encouraged to be export ready, to bring samples and product lists, and be prepared to discuss pricing. Products must be at least 50 percent U.S. agricultural origin by weight, excluding added water and packaging. For additional details regarding product and company eligibility or to register for the event, visit the events tab on the homepage of the Western United States Agricultural Trade Association (WUSATA®) website at www. wusata.org. Canada is the Western U.S.’s largest market for many of the products grown and processed in the region, including vegetables, fruits, nuts, beverages and baking products, and the second largest export market for preserved and table-ready foods. Donn Randall is the Wyoming Business Council’s

crop and forage program manager. He said many Wyoming companies may have reservations about participating in these trade missions, worrying they don’t produce enough product to meet the demand of the Canadian markets. However, Canadian buyers are primarily interested in the unique aspects of products from Wyoming and the Western states and in developing buyer-seller relationships. “This is a great opportunity for Wyoming businesses to potentially expand exports of their products,” said Randall. “It’s a fantastic way for a company to showcase what they sell to people whose sole job it is to buy product. It will also be an excellent learning experience for companies interested in exporting.” The event is sponsored by WUSATA in partnership with the Colorado Department of Agriculture and the

Wyoming Business Council. For more information, contact Randall at 307777-6578 or donn.randall@ wyo.gov.

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Governor Announces Data Center Expansion Governor Matt Mead joined Microsoft for its announcement that it will expand its data center operations in Wyoming. Microsoft’s first Wyoming data center west of Cheyenne, opened in late 2013. Microsoft will invest $274 million in the new data center, bringing the total investment in the area to nearly $500 million. Microsoft will purchase additional land in Cheyenne and plans to begin construction of the expansion in late spring 2014. The first stage of the new data center is estimated to be operational in summer 2015. “I have made growth of Wyoming’s technology sector a priority. Wyoming has so many comparative advantages for data centers. I have worked with the Legislature to position Wyoming as a competitive location for these high-valued projects,” Governor Mead said. “It is exciting to see these efforts produce results. I thank Microsoft for investing here and for the jobs and capital facilities it creates.” Wyoming has affordable energy, redundant fiber optics and a naturally cool climate to decrease costs for data

center operations. Microsoft’s decision to expand reinforces Wyoming as a fit for data centers and technology-related companies. “Microsoft is excited to expand its datacenter operations in Cheyenne. This will ensure the best possible delivery of cloud infrastructure and services to our current and future customers in Wyoming and the surrounding region,” said Dayne Sampson, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft’s Global Foundation Services group. “We have a strong working relationship with the Governor’s Office, Cheyenne LEADS staff and local officials who help make Wyoming an optimal place for Microsoft to do business.” “We are pleased to have Microsoft in our community. In a short time, Microsoft has already become a good community partner and we are excited the company views Wyoming as a good location for its business to thrive and expand,” states Randy Bruns the CEO of Cheyenne LEADS.

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Hope’s Haven

“Easter”

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

“Hallelujah!” “Praise the Lord Oh my soul, While I live I will praise the Lord, I will sing praises to my God while I have my being” Ps 146:1,2 The book of Psalms is an amazing part of the Bible. It has been well said that one can find every possible human emotion represented somewhere in the Psalms. There are expressions of praise, exultation, thanksgiving. You can also find times when the writers experienced defeat, depression, loneliness, persecution, betrayal and many other strong feelings. The Psalmists did not only experience good times. No, they existed in the ‘cut and thrust’ of life, where there were not only successes, victories and true friends, but enemies, traitors and the crushing events of life as well. All of this makes the Psalms very real to life. One of the major characteristics of the Psalms is that the writers consistently turned to God in everything that they experienced. They expressed their joy, gratitude, frustrations and their anger as well. Sometimes they felt that God was very close and at other times they thought that He had abandoned them. But in the end, they always knew that God is faithful, good, just, holy and trustworthy. Man is sinful and fickle, God is eternal and unchangeable. It is for this reason that the Psalms are, and always have been, a vital part of the Scriptures for Christians to study

and apply to daily life. They serve to inform, encourage and strengthen us on our journey through this life. Over the next few weeks we will be looking at a very positive part of the book, the last ﬁve Psalms, which all have the theme of praising God. This section stands as the culmination of the whole book. Each one starts and ends with the phrase “Praise the Lord”. There is not a single request in any one of them, but the sole focus is on The Lord, what He has done and what He continues to do. Hallelujah, let us praise the Lord. Praise the Lord O my soul. Ps 146:1 Do not put your trust in princes nor in the son of man. Ps 146:2 Although Praise is about God, and this Psalm starts off by Praising the Lord, among the ﬁrst thoughts is a warning against trusting in man. The reason the psalmist gives is that all humans die, there are no exceptions. And when they die, all of their plans come to an end, whether well thought out or not. Very few people continue to carry out the plans of those who went before them, irrespective of whether they were princes or just ordinary men. So the very best anyone can do for us is usually limited to their lifespan. Both David and Isaiah had more to say about this, see Psalm 39:4-6 and Isaiah 40: 6-8. A second reason, not given here, is that all humans have

sinful natures, and everything they plan and do is tainted with sin. We can see the results of that all around us, in commerce, politics, sport and life in general, there are the destructive results of mankind’s sin. Contrast this with God. Firstly, He is eternal, his years never end. He never fades away. He never grows weak. See verse 10 which says “The Lord shall reign forever”. He can ensure that whatever He plans will be accomplished. Furthermore, He is holy, perfect, without sin in any way and whatever He plans is always good and righteous. We can put our full trust in Him and never be let down. Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, O my soul. Blessings, Graham Kissack Accrington UK

Author Darleen/Ocean Shores, WA Spring time, Sunshine, Warm breezes, The earth comes alive; Easter Heavens gates are opened, To all who will come in by; The Son of God On Easter Morn I was feeling somewhat poetic the day I wrote this poem. But the day that Jesus arose from the dead was the most amazing day in the history of the world. That the creator of the world would suffer, die and rise from the dead just so I could be set free from the bondage of sin and given the hope of eternal life is the most love in the universe. The day I was born again, had the new birth experience, or whatever you want to call your come to Jesus moment, was like having a load of brick lifted off me. I will be forever grateful to Jesus for giving to me that awesome experience.

Come Holy Spirit

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

Living Rock Church “Life of the Rock” 670-1518 1001 S. Douglas Hwy Bld B Sun. Service 9am & 10:45am Open Door Church 685-3337 111 E 2nd St Gillette, WY Sun. Worship 10am Wed. Worship 6:30pm www.gillette-church.com Grace Bible Church 686-1516 4000 Collins E Rd Gillette, WY Sun. School 9:00 Worship 10:00am Evening Service 6:00 PM Cornerstone Church Of God 686-6429 406 S Brooks Ave Gillette, WY Sun. School 9:15am Worship 10:30 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 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

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Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran 686-4080 1010 W Beaver Dr Gillette, WY Service 9am

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

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

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

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

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

Emanuel Southern Baptist Church 686-4132 1851 Chara Ave Gillette, WY

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

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

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

Christian Church 682-3316 100 E Flying Circle Dr Gillette, WY Sun 10:30am First Presbyterian Church 682-7264 511 Carey Ave Gillette, WY Sun. Sun. 10am Wed 6pm Adult Bible Study & P-K – 7th, 8th – 12th 6:30pm

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

Family Life Church 687-1083 480 State Highway 50 Gillette, WY Sun. 9am

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

Jesus Christ of LDS 555 Wright Blvd. Wright, WY 9am Sun. Worship Jesus Christ of LDS 2903 Aqllen Avel Gillette, WY 9am Sun. Worship 11am Sun. Worship 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 St Francis on-the-Prairie 464-0028 357 Willowcreek Dr. Wright, WY 82732 Sun. 10am Wed. 5:30 Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church 682-3319 624 Wright Blvd Wright, WY 82732 Sun 5:30pm

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Governor Takes Action to Protect Wyoming Forests overnor Matt Mead continues to work to protect Wyoming’s forests. In a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture, Governor Mead identified most forested acres in Wyoming as areas needing expedited insect and disease treatment. These areas include portions of the Bighorn, Black Hills, Bridger-Teton, Medicine Bow, Shoshone, and Uinta National Forests and could potentially lead to increased funding to treat the problem. This identification will also help Wyoming and the Forest Service prioritize other resources. It may speed up project planning efforts and implementation. Wyoming has provided support for projects in many of these areas. “Protecting our forests from bark beetles and reducing fuel for wildfires is a critical part of maintaining the health, ensuring the economic vitality, and preserving the cultural heritage of our forests,” Governor Mead said. “This is an opportunity to build on our current efforts.” Governor Mead requested the Governor’s Office be included in U.S. For-

est Service meetings on the Shoshone National Forest Land Management Plan Revision. These meetings will address objections related to livestock grazing, surface occupancy restrictions, timber production, recreation and wilderness designations. “I appreciate the cooperation of the U.S. Forest Service with state and local governments in developing and revising a balanced management plan for this national forest. We will continue to be involved in resolving these differences,” Governor Mead said. The Forest Task Force, which was created by Governor Mead last year to work in conjunction with federal and private partners, is developing strategies, recommendations and measurable actions to improve all forested lands in Wyoming, not just federal lands. The Task Force will present their recommendations to Governor Mead later this fall addressing: ﬁre and other disturbances; resource management; and economic opportunities and innovation.

Campbell Co. Fire Dept. April 22 , 2014 - At 1:22 p.m. to the 3300 block of Prairie St. for an EMS assist. - At 6:10 p.m. to 1425 Beaver Dr. for an unknown type of fire behind a residence, firefighters and GPD arrived on scene and determined the smoke was coming from a fire pit in the homeowner’s back yard. - At 7:57 p.m. to the area south of I-90 near Westover Rd. for a leaking gas line. Firefighters arrived on scene and placed a clamp on the leaking pipeline, the above ground riser had been struck by an unknown vehicle and ruptured the pipe underground. It is unknown who owns or operates the pipeline at the time of the incident. - At 9:49 a.m. to Meadow Rose Avenue for an EMS assist. April 25 , 2014 - At 12:53 a.m. to the intersection of Echeta Rd. and Burma Ave. for a single vehicle accident. Firefighters arrived on scene and contained engine oil that was leaking from the vehicle. - At 6:43 a.m. to Interstate 90 five miles west of Gillette for a one vehicle rollover with injuries. - At 11:17 a.m. to Southern Dr. and Highway 59 for a large oil spill on the road-

way, the spill continued to a yard north of town. City and County sand trucks were used cover the roadway. The Campbell Co. Sheriff’s Office is investigating the source of the spill - At 1:32 p.m. to 1103 E. Boxelder Rd. (Silverado Center) for a reported possible structure fire. Upon arrival crews could smell something burning and found a pot full of smoldering organic material ignited by discarded cigarettes. It is important to remember that potting soil is organic and will ignite; several fires every year are started by improperly discarded cigarettes, causing thousands of dollars in damage. - At 3:51 to S. Douglas Highway for an EMS assist. April 27, 2014 - At 9:02 a.m. to 2602 Ironwood St. for a carbon monoxide (CO) detector activation. The residence was checked for CO with nothing found, the battery was replaced on the detector and homeowners allowed to re occupy. - At 11:59 a.m. to 900 W. 8th St. for an automatic fire alarm activation. Upon arrival crews determined that burnt food had set off the smoke detectors. The area was ventilated and alarm system restored. - At 1:30 p.m. to 500 Church #11 for an automat-

ic fire alarm. Upon arrival it was determined that burnt food had set off the smoke detectors, the residence was ventilated and units cleared. - At 9:39 p.m. to 2800 S. Douglas Highway for a two vehicle non injury accident with leaking anti freeze, floor dry was applied. April 28, 2014 - At 7:21 a.m. to Larch St. for report of a structure fire. A large generator emitting exhaust was found. - At 7:43 a.m. to Independence Dr. for an EMS Assist - At 7:57 a.m. to American Lane for an EMS assist. - At 8:16 a.m. to 501 South Burma Avenue for an automatic fire alarm activation. CCFD was cancelled en route. - At 11:10 a.m. to Sterling Street for an automatic fire alarm. The alarm was found to be a false alarm. - At 4:31 p.m. to 501 South Burma Avenue for an automatic fire alarm activation. CCFD was cancelled en route. - At 5:06 p.m. to 708 Fairway Drive for an automatic fire alarm. The alarm was found to be a false alarm. April 30, 2014 - At 9:44 to Dollhouse St for a Medical Assist; CCFD was cancelled en route.

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City of Gillette Municipal Court Encourages Defendants to Clear Outstanding Bench Warrants directed effort by the Court and its personnel to clear outstanding bench warrants will be held during May and June, 2014 The Municipal Court of Gillette, Wyoming in an effort to encourage defendants to clear their bench warrants and their underlying Court obligations now makes the following Order: 1) A directed effort will be made by the Court and its personnel to clear outstanding bench warrants during the months of May and June, 2014. 2) To that end, between May 1, 2014 and June 1, 2014, defendants with outstanding warrants who turn themselves in at City Hall and pay their ямБnancial obligation in full or who clear their failure to appear bench warrant by appearance and an acceptable surety will only be charged a $50 bench warrant fee instead of the usual $200 bench warrant surcharge. (For example: if a defendant has a $110 citation for which a bench warrant has been issued; he/she may clear the bench warrant for a total payment of $160 rather than the usual $310.) 3) Then, beginning June 1, 2014 the Court will return to its usual practice with regard to bench warrants including the customary $200 surcharge. Furthermore, during the month of June, 2014 the Court will support the extra efforts of law enforcement to serve outstanding bench warrants by arrest, and the Court and its personnel will devote extra resources to process defendants jailed on warrants. The Court acknowledges that the Gillette Police Department will be directing substantial overtime and other extraordinary resources to bench warrant enforcement and service by arrest during the month of June, 2014. 4) At the end of June, 2014 the Court will evaluate the effectiveness of the bench warrant efforts for May and June and will consider further efforts to clear bench warrants by service or arrest. The order is dated April 29, 2014 and is signed by Municipal Court Judges, R. Douglas Dumbrill and Denise Urbin. If you know anyone on the list below, please have them stop by Municipal Court between May 1, 2014 through June 1, 2014 and clear their bench warrant. Municipal Court 1st Floor, City Hall 201 E 5th St. Gillette, WY 82717 Phone (307) 686-5254 Hours of operation: Monday through Friday | 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Outstanding bench warrants as of April 24, 2014: AALBERS, CHEYANNE DOB: 03/09/95 ADAMS, CALVIN DOB: 07/08/65 ADAMS, MARTIN DOB: 11/12/88 ADAMS, MICHAEL DOB: 04/06/87 ALANIZ, ALEX DOB: 08/19/77 ALFORD, JASON DOB: 08/21/75 ALLEGRE SICHIS, ERICK DOB: 09/11/88 ALMER, ALEXANDER DOB: 01/09/93 ALVAREZ, HECTOR DOB: 07/14/60 AMAR, TUMAA A/K/A DOB: 07/19/92 AMARSANAA, TUMENJARGALAN ANDERSON, JUSTIN DOB: 05/16/87 ANDERSON, TERRY DOB: 01/28/85 APALATEGUI, JORGE DOB: 12/15/84 APODACA, CODY DOB: 02/11/93 ARGUELLO, MARIO DOB: 04/13/90 ARIKS, CHARLES DOB: 04/20/85 ARNOLD, CHANELLE DOB: 06/07/79 ARRIAGA, ADAN DOB: 08/30/82 ATCHLEY, MICHAEL DOB: 05/11/87 BAILEY, JAMES DOB: 03/05/85 BAKER, FRED DOB: 02/02/81 BALDWIN, JOSEPH DOB: 08/18/69 BALLWEBER, TERRY DOB: 04/06/64 BANDLE, TYLER X2 DOB: 02/19/80 BARBER, KRISTON LEE DOB: 10/26/82 BARKER, DUSTIN DOB: 04/17/90 BARKER, KEVIN DOB: 02/21/90 BARKER, TRACI DOB: 01/12/91 BARRETT, ASHLEY DOB: 06/19/91 BARROW, MARK DOB: 08/17/74 BASS, DAWN (OTSC) DOB: 12/16/79 BASSETT, JACIE DOB: 01/11/88 BAUER, RONALD X2 DOB: 09/20/54 BECK BURR, DIANA DOB: 11/13/87 BEGLEY, STEVEN DOB: 06/25/71 BELTRAN, VICTOR DOB: 07/07/83 BELTRAN-CERVANTES, JORDAN DOB: 02/15/70 BENZEL, TISHA DOB: 01/24/94 BERDGE, KAILI DOB: 06/07/90 BERNS, KELLIE DOB: 10/28/88 BERRY, CODY DOB: 04/01/90 BIRD, CAMIE DOB: 05/21/77 BLACKMORE, ISAIAH DOB: 04/24/00 BLAGG, RICHARD (OTSC) DOB: 02/06/91 BLAKE, SHAREE DOB: 04/07/92 BLOCK, BESSIE DOB: 07/18/91 BORQUEZ, ERNEST DOB: 07/12/61 BORRING, ROSETTA DOB: 04/26/94 BOYER, CODY DOB: 01/02/90 BRADDOM, JOHNNY DOB: 07/25/58 BRAINARD, AMANDA DOB: 10/29/84 BRAVO-ROMERO, CHRISTIAN DOB: 12/28/84 BRENNAN, MATTHEW DOB: 08/17/88 BRITTON, JACK DOB: 01/09/63 BRODIE, JENNIFER DOB: 11/14/83 BROOKE, BRIAN DOB: 01/20/77 BROWN, ADELBERT DOB: 11/13/80 BROWN, CHRISTOPHER DOB: 01/29/94 BROWN, JARED DOB: 12/28/75 BROWN, SCOTT DOB: 10/19/80 BROWN, STEPHEN DOB: 09/29/91 BROWN, WENDY DOB: 11/09/80 BULLINGTON, JOSHUA DOB: 08/13/86

GIBSON, MARK DOB: 09/02/89 GNASSO, JAKE DOB: 06/01/95 GONZALES, JESSICA DOB: 01/08/92 GONZALES, RAUL DOB: 07/30/91 GONZALES, SONIA DOB: 09/02/93 GONZALEZ ESPARZA, JOSE (OTSC) DOB: 08/11/99 GONZALEZ, CARLOS DOB: 04/30/89 GOUFF, MISTY DOB: 07/15/88 GOURLEY, RACHEL DOB: 03/31/89 GRAYBEAL, DALE DOB: 02/21/88 GREER, ALYSSA DOB: 02/24/88 GREY, ELDON X2 DOB: 08/23/52 GROSKY, TASHA DOB: 11/13/92 GROSS, DENNIS DOB: 08/05/53 GUAJARDO, JOAQUIN DOB: 09/30/87 GURSKY, WAYNE- x2 DOB: 08/31/68 HAGEN, THOMAS DOB: 08/07/80 HALE, CURTIS DOB: 02/06/91 HALE, KATHLEEN (OTSC) DOB: 09/19/64 HALES, TRAVIS (OTSC) - BW DOB: 09/25/90 HALLWOOD, CHRISTOPHER DOB: 07/23/94 HAMES, MICHELLE DOB: 09/21/90 HAMLETT, TANNER (OTSC) DOB: 10/25/80 HANLINE, MELISSA DOB: 08/11/84 HANSEN, KASEY DOB: 10/23/93 HANSON, JOSEPH DOB: 03/05/63 HANSON, MICHAEL P DOB: 07/17/78 HARDING, BRIAN DOB: 09/20/84 HARDING, TRAVIS DOB: 05/05/93 HARLSON, LEON DOB: 05/07/90 HARMAN, ADAM (OTSC) DOB: 05/29/84 HARNACK, CODY DOB: 01/01/82 HARRIS, MICHAEL DOB: 06/24/57 HARTNEK, JAMIE DOB: 06/23/68 HARWOOD, JOSEPH D (OTSC) DOB: 07/17/94 HARWOOD, RODNEY (OTSC) DOB: 06/28/57 HAYDEN, CHANCEY (OTSC) DOB: 11/02/91 HAYES, ALISSA DOB: 04/17/94 HEADY, STEVEN DOB: 07/03/70 HEARD, DELORIAN DOB: 09/08/90 HECKEN-LAIBLE, MELISSA DOB: 01/27/72 HELLER, HUNTER DOB: 07/03/84 HEPPNER, KAYLEE DOB: 12/30/86 HERBERT, ALLAN DOB: 08/22/63 HERIGER, JONATHAN DOB: 01/05/76 HERNANDEZ-LOPEZ, ERICK DOB: 10/29/81 HICKS, JERAMIE DOB: 12/31/85 HILL (CARRARA), MARIA DOB: 09/11/72 HILL, BRYAN DOB: 10/22/86 HILL, DAVID X3 DOB: 04/04/63 HILL, DONNA DOB: 07/17/57 HINES, JUEL DOB: 12/23/87 HODGES, JOHN DOB: 12/11/60 HOLBROOK, TORI (OTSC) DOB: 08/23/96 HOLSINGER, CHAREENA DOB: 07/06/80 HONGSERMEIER, KARL DOB: 10/04/93 HONTZ, SCOTTY DOB: 11/27/71 HORSPOOL, DARRYL DOB: 02/16/63 HOUK, SAMUEL DOB: 02/26/91

BURLESON, ZACHARY DOB: 11/16/87 BURSHIA, PATRICK DOB: 10/16/84 BUSCH, MARK DOB: 05/24/84 BYRNE, SCOTT DOB: 07/09/71 CAILLIER, RONALD DOB: 02/16/86 CALICO (LUPPINACI), TIFFANY DOB: 12/04/74 CALLENDER, JORDAN DOB: 11/16/93 CALVIILO, ANTONIO (OTSC) DOB: 07/22/91 CAMBLIN, HEATHER DOB: 02/19/89 CAPITO, CEIANN X2 DOB: 02/15/83 CARLSON, DAWN DOB: 01/15/84 CARRIER, JORDAN DOB: 06/21/82 CARROLL, ANDREW (OTSC) DOB: 06/07/88 CARTER, GARY DOB: 11/25/85 CASEY, JUSTIN DOB: 12/11/91 CASTELLANO, LAWRENCE DOB: 02/25/87 CASTILLO, MISTY (OTSC) DOB: 11/11/96 CAUTHRON, RENAE (OTSC) DOB: 12/22/89 CECIL, ASHLIE DOB: 07/14/88 CHASE, RACHEL DOB: 06/18/72 CHASEALONE, TIFFANY DOB: 11/16/75 CHAVEZ, BRANDON DOB: 02/20/95 CHAVEZ, COLE DOB: 05/26/91 CHAVEZ, CRYSTAL DOB: 08/07/74 CHAVEZ, VICKIE DOB: 03/15/71 CHENEY, AMANDA DOB: 10/03/83 CHEW, AMANDA DOB: 12/10/87 CHRISTENSON, DONALD DOB: 02/17/81 CHRISTMAN, STEVEN DOB: 11/21/84 CLAMPITT, BRANDON DOB: 07/05/83 CLARK, REX DOB: 05/31/88 COBBS, ASWAD DOB: 12/22/75 COLE, CHRISTOPHER DOB: 07/15/84 COLEMAN, HANNAH (OTSC) DOB: 11/29/95 CONDE, DANA DOB: 12/14/77 CONNER, AUSTIN DOB: 04/24/90 CONRAD, CHRISTOPHER DOB: 10/25/81 COOLEY, DYLIN DOB: 06/28/85 COPPING, JOHNATHON X2 DOB: 09/10/81 CORBITT, TAMMY DOB: 10/06/59 CORCORAN, TRAVIS DOB: 12/25/80 COWLEY, KEVYANN DOB: 05/29/84 COX, GEORGE (OTSC) DOB: 06/04/41 CRAIG, GARRETT DOB: 02/28/90 CROUCH, MICHAEL DOB: 04/20/73 CROWLEY, JEREMIAH DOB: 10/22/75 CULP, ANTHONY (OTSC) DOB: 11/07/88 CULVER, KJAY DOB: 12/15/90 CUNDY, SAMANTHA DOB: 04/14/85 CUNNION, MICHAEL -X2 DOB: 01/30/53 CUSTER, MARTY DOB: 12/12/93 CYRUS, LEROY DOB: 12/03/67 DAHN, GEORGE DOB: 03/22/85 DAME, HEATHER DOB: 09/10/88 DAMRON, ELVIS DOB: 06/12/85 DARKINS, SHANIQUE DOB: 07/07/94 DAUGHERTY, STONI DOB: 01/30/76 DAVIS, DAMON DOB: 10/25/72 DAVIS, GARRETT DOB: 12/07/90 DAVIS, THOMAS DOB: 08/28/55 DELEON, PAUL DOB: 10/27/80 DELGER, JOEL DOB: 08/11/76 DENIO, ADAM DOB: 03/21/93 DENNIS, KEVIN DOB: 05/29/55 DENNIS, SHAWN DOB: 04/10/80 DIAZ, JOSE DOB: 02/14/79 DINAN, NOREEN DOB: 03/26/65 DOWELL, MICHAEL DOB: 08/14/67 DUFFY, JALISA DOB: 07/02/93 DUNKLEE, JEREMY DOB: 06/16/91 DYE, KAILEY (OTSC) DOB: 07/08/94 EAST, HARLEE (OTSC) DOB: 11/22/95 EATHERTON, PATRICK (OTSC) - BWX2 DOB: 06/05/61 EDWARDS, CATHERINE (OTSC) DOB: 10/28/83 EDWARDS, CHRISTY DOB: 07/19/78 ELIZALDE, VALENTINE DOB: 05/05/83 ELK BOY, DEBORAH DOB: 01/20/79 ELLIS, ROBERT DOB: 06/10/61 EMERY, JESSE DOB: 05/10/94 EMERY, JUSTIN DOB: 09/07/89 ESPINOZA-PEREZ, ANTONIO DOB: 09/25/87 EVANS, AUTUMN DOB: 09/09/81 FAIR, DANIEL DOB: 10/30/82 FARNES, MISTY DOB: 02/06/73 FELIX, ALEJANDRO DOB: 06/19/80 FEREBEE, CLAY DOB: 12/19/91 FERGUSON, JOSEPH DOB: 02/23/83 FERRY, BRANDON DOB: 05/11/92 FICKEL, JAMES DOB: 01/11/95 FIETEK, JOSHUA DOB: 12/26/94 FISCHER, FORREST DOB: 07/19/41 FISHBECK, MICHAEL DOB: 11/07/89 FITZHUGH, TYLER DOB: 03/28/93 FLORES, ROSEMARY DOB: 07/02/56 FORTIN, STEVEN DOB: 02/14/91 FOSTER, BRETT DOB: 04/13/79 FOSTER, DUSTIN DOB: 03/27/81 FREEBY, KRISTINA DOB: 12/25/84 FRIES, LAUREN DOB: 01/04/84 FUENTES-LOPEZ, OSCAR DOB: 03/03/84 FUNDENBERGER, KACY DOB: 04/01/92 GALEAS JIRON, JOSE DOB: 01/09/88 GALLEGOS, JAMES-X2 DOB: 02/08/89 GARCIA, ANNETTE RONDINE DOB: 03/16/65 GARCIA, DANIELA DOB: 04/21/87 GARCIA, OVIDIO DOB: 10/04/91 GARCIA, PERFECTO DOB: 04/18/61 GARCIA-GARCIA, CHRISTIAN DOB: 04/25/96 GARNEAUX, ERICA DOB: 02/23/90 GASPER, JONATHON DOB: 07/05/87 GEELAN, PATRICK DOB: 01/13/82 GEORGE, BRITTANIE DOB: 12/07/86 GHERARDI, MICHAEL DOB: 04/15/59 GHOSTBEAR, DENNIS DOB: 11/08/64

HOWARD, MIGUEL DOB: 07/02/75 HULLINGER, STACEY DOB: 08/07/85 HURTADO, DAWN DOB: 11/09/65 INGLE, ANDREA DOB: 03/10/71 ISAACK, JORDAN DOB: 08/31/86 JACKSON, BETH DOB: 08/30/59 JANUARY, JAMES DOB: 12/31/84 JEFFREY, TIFFANY DOB: 11/11/87 JEWELL, JAMES DOB: 05/25/61 JOCHEMS, DALE DOB: 10/17/67 JODOZI, DANIELLE DOB: 06/17/88 JOHNSON, AMANDA DOB: 06/21/93 JOHNSON, BRITTANY DOB: 11/12/96 JOHNSON, DILLON X2 DOB: 01/12/89 JOHNSON, ERIK DOB: 04/02/66 JOHNSON, EVERETT DOB: 01/22/65 JOHNSON, JOSHUA DOB: 10/06/90 JOHNSON, KRISTOPHER (OTSC) DOB: 10/23/93 JOHNSON, LEANNE DOB: 10/23/70 JOHNSON, LORRI DOB: 11/11/58 JOHNSON, MATTHEW DOB: 11/20/89 JOHNSON, TAWNY DOB: 09/12/82 JOHNSTON, MICHAEL DOB: 07/16/81 JONES, BRANDON DOB: 06/30/89 JONES, CLAYTON DOB: 02/03/91 JONES, DONALD DOB: 06/11/65 JORDAN, DARLA DOB: 01/30/58 JUNTARA, PATIPOP DOB: 12/19/92 JUREN, FREDERICK DOB: 05/09/91 KAMARA, MARCUS DOB: 04/28/81 KASTNER, JOHN DOB: 07/13/84 KEITH, ALLEN DOB: 02/08/94 KEITH, ROY DOB: 03/05/76 KELLY, KELLY DOB: 09/20/65 KELLY, NATHANIEL DOB: 03/21/81 KENDRICK, DEBORAH X2 DOB: 03/28/64 KENNEDY, SARA DOB: 06/06/84 KENNEY, ANGELA DOB: 03/14/83 KENNON, BRIAN DOB: 09/24/75 KENT, RAYMOND DOB: 12/21/70 KERLEY, SHANNON DOB: 06/03/92 KERN, BRITTANY DOB: 04/16/90 KESSEL, AARON DOB: 05/21/83 KIENLEN (RIMMER), SASHA DOB: 09/06/92 KIMBROUGH, CHELSEA X2 DOB: 12/20/92 KING, JEFFERY DOB: 12/06/56 KING, JESSE DOB: 11/20/79 KISSICK, AUSTIN DOB: 01/07/95 KLEIN, WILLIAM X2 DOB: 06/24/91 KNOX, ROBERT DOB: 01/09/61 KORINEK, JASON DOB: 10/12/79 KRIZEK, DEWAYNE DOB: 11/10/66 KRUSSOW, JOSEPH X2 DOB: 06/09/77 KUZANEK, MATTHEW DOB: 07/23/89 LANGLEY, MICHAEL DOB: 03/18/79 LARA SILVA, CLAUDIA DOB: 09/28/82 LAWRENCE, AIRNETIA DOB: 10/16/70 LAZARUS, DEBORAH A/K/A X3 DOB: 06/08/65 BEDELL, DEBORAH LECHLER, JAMES DOB: 09/24/72 LEJEUNE, STEVEN DOB: 11/04/80 LEONI, NIKKO DOB: 01/31/91 LEWIS, JOSHUA DOB: 03/17/85 LICKLIDER, DUANE DOB: 12/03/62

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Outstanding Bench Warrants... Continued from Page 6 LILES, LATASHA DOB: 08/14/93 LIMBER-HAND, MICHAEL DOB: 11/24/91 LINDAHL, STUART DOB: 05/21/86 LINGO, ARIEL DOB: 06/07/92 LITTLE BEAR, ADRIAN DOB: 07/12/87 LITTLE, GABRIELLE DOB: 04/08/91 LITTLE, NATHAN DOB: 05/05/78 LITTLECROW, CEDRIC DOB: 05/29/65 LOBSTEIN, CHANDLER (OTSC) DOB: 02/26/97 LOWELL, JADE DOB: 05/08/86 LOWRY, TONY DOB: 04/06/93 LUNEN, NATHANIEL DOB: 05/15/89 LUNSFORD, DAMIEN (OTSC) DOB: 06/27/96 LUTZE, TYLER (OTSC) DOB: 03/06/98 MAHAFFEY, BRETT DOB: 03/02/90 MAIN, DANIEL DOB: 06/21/67 MALLOY, JACOB DOB: 03/25/92 MANGAN, NICOLE (OTSC) DOB: 09/19/94 MARTIN, CHRISTINA DOB: 04/25/92 MARTIN, HEIDI DOB: 04/29/72 MARTINEZ, BETH DOB: 11/15/72 MARTZ, SHAWN DOB: 11/29/92 MATHISEN, CHARLES DOB: 03/20/84 MCBURNEY, STEPHEN DOB: 07/12/60 MCCLAREN, CHARLES DOB: 05/15/84 MCCLENDON, LAUREN DOB: 09/03/86 MCCLURE, BLANE DOB: 09/09/82 MCDOUGAL, TERRENCE DOB: 05/27/94 MCGINNIS, NEIL DOB: 08/01/64 MCKESSON, TIFFANY DOB: 02/16/94 MCNEILL, RONALD DOB: 03/04/57 MCQUIN, GILBERT DOB: 06/19/88 MENDOZA MOLINA, JESUS DOB: 03/24/86 MERIDETH, CHRISTOPHER DOB: 10/29/94 MESSICK, THOMAS DOB: 10/05/67 MEYERS, KURT DOB: 06/05/69 MILLER, CHARLES DOB: 07/26/89 MILLER, CHRISTOPHER X2 DOB: 03/19/91 MILLER, LANCE J. DOB: 08/29/90 MILLER, SARAH DOB: 04/15/88 MILLER, STEVEN G DOB: 06/29/92 MILLER, TYSON DOB: 11/05/91 MIRA, CHRISINAU DOB: 07/04/86 MITCHELL, DALLAS (OTSC) DOB: 08/22/92 MITCHELL, JAMIE DOB: 07/05/83 MITCHELL, SCOTT DOB: 04/19/63 MONDRAGON, ADRIENNE DOB: 11/16/81 MONTELONGO, VICTOR DOB: 01/13/89 MONTGOMERY, ANDREW DOB: 01/23/63 MONTGOMERY, DARREN DOB: 05/25/87 MONTGOMERY, TAMMY DOB: 01/08/65 MOODY, JACOB DOB: 04/09/92 MORRIS, BILL DOB: 07/26/68 MORRIS, DEBORAH DOB: 04/27/67 MULLER, DEAN DOB: 03/25/93 MUNIZ (WITHHORN), JENNA DOB: 04/25/90 NASS, DENISE DOB: 06/24/66 NELLUMS, LORENZO DOB: 08/23/95 NELSON, CHRISTOPHER DOB: 11/22/79 NELSON, FELICIA DOB: 04/14/87 NEWKIRK, HAROLD DOB: 05/22/82 NEWLANDER, MELISSA DOB: 01/17/88 NEWNHAM, CALVIN X2 DOB: 05/20/58 NEZ, MELISSA DOB: 06/24/83 NICHOLS, JAMES DOB: 02/06/87 NICHOLSON, CHARLES DOB: 07/11/90 NOAKES, CHARLES DOB: 08/03/84 NORMAN, JEREMY DOB: 04/19/87 O’DONNELL, JOSHUA DOB: 04/19/93 OAKLEY, SARAH DOB: 03/10/80 OBERMIRE, SHAUN DOB: 04/10/63 OLDMAN, DEVIN DOB: 06/30/93 OLIVEIRA, ANTONIO DOB: 09/14/91 OLSON, BOBBY DOB: 01/12/56 OSCHE, BRANDON DOB: 02/03/94 OTT, RYAN DOB: 07/21/77 OWENS, JENNIFER DOB: 03/08/83 OZBOURNE, ADAM DOB: 04/14/85 PADEN, KURTIS DOB: 08/27/91 PAINTER, BRETT DOB: 12/17/77 PALOS, SYLVESTER DOB: 10/14/78 PANEK, JUSTIN DOB: 03/01/93 PARKE, JOHN DOB: 09/08/80 PARRISH, CHARLIE (OTSC) DOB: 12/23/88 PARRISH, RICHY DOB: 11/20/91 PARRISH, WESLEY X2 DOB: 12/11/76 PEACOCK, SHAYNE DOB: 06/22/92 PEARCE, SETH X2 DOB: 01/11/90 PECK, ERIK X2 DOB: 08/04/88 PELTON, THOMAS DOB: 01/04/78 PERKINS, TIMOTHY x2 DOB: 10/17/88

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Volunteers Needed for Longmire Days he Buffalo Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the 3rd Annual Longmire Days to be hosted July 18th -20th, 2014! Longmire is the #1 series on A&E and is based on the Walt Longmire Mystery novels by best-selling author Craig Johnson. “Longmire” takes place in the town of Durant in Absaroka County, Wyoming: the fictitious adaptation of Buffalo, Wyoming in Johnson County. In order to host an event of this magnitude in the community of Buffalo, the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce is asking for help. Last year over five thousand people visited Buffalo (and the surrounding areas) during Longmire Days. This year they anticipate double the influx of folks participating, from all over the United States to celebrate the success of this series with Craig Johnson and the actors. Robert Taylor (Sheriff Longmire), Bailey Chase (Branch), Cassidy Freeman (Cady), Adam Bartley (The Ferg), Louanne Stephens (Ruby) and Katee Sackhoff (Vic) all plan to return again this year. It is hoped that Lou Diamond Phillips (Henry Standing Bear) will also make an appearance. There will also be a new guest star appearance from Zahn McClarnon (Reservation Police Chief Mathias). The schedule of events is similar to last year, with a private VIP reception including sponsors, officials and special guests on the eve before the events begin. On the days to follow, we will host a gamut of events to include: book signings and autograph sessions, a softball game led by the actors, a dance in the park, an Indian powwow, skeet shooting, a horseback ride, a motorcycle poker run and so much more. This event would not succeed without the generous sponsorships or tax deductible donations provided. There are also many other opportunities to incorporate sponsors, including specific events, Intrade sponsorship and volunteering. Interested parties should contact the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce.

Titanium Sponrship ($10,000 or more):

• There are only 3 Titanium sponsorships available • Recognition at the VIP reception • Open number of VIP reception passes • Open number of event passes to be used at any events • Large logo on all advertising and marketing materials • Ad on website for the whole month of July • Name on Main Street Banners for the month of July • Radio Mention • Live Mention at dance and at Jazz concert • Framed, signed prints of the actors • Mention in press release • Mention in Thank you • Signed swag

Platinum Sponsorship ($5,000 - $10,000):

• Recognition at the VIP reception • 4 VIP reception passes • 8 event passes to be used at any events, not all on one event • Prominent logo on all advertising and marketing materials • Ad on website for the whole month of July • Radio Mention • Live Mention at dance and at Jazz concert • Mention in press release • Mention in Thank you • Signed prints of the actors • Signed swag Gold Sponsorship ($1,000 - $5,000: •Recognition at the VIP reception •2 VIP reception passes •6 event passes to be used at any events, not all on one event •logo on all advertising and marketing materials

•Ad on website for the whole month of July •Radio Mention •Live Mention at dance and at Jazz concert •Mention in press release •Mention in Thank you •swag

Silver Sponsorship ($500 - $1,000):

• 6 event passes to be used at any events, not all on one event • Logo on all advertising and marketing materials • Live Mention at dance and at Jazz concert • Mention in Thank you • swag

Thousands of fans line up to get autographs from the author and their favorite actors. • Logo on Souvenir Poster • Logo on Banner • Live Mention @ Dance & Jazz • Named as sponsor on schedule • Thank You Ad • 4 event passes • swag

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• Business name on promo materials • Business name on souvenir poster • Mention in Thank you • swag • In-Kind Sponsorship perks will be based on their value

Autograph Session $150 – 3 available

• Name on Promo Materials • Thank You Ad • Named as sponsor on schedule • 1 event pass • Swag

Skeet Shooting $500 – 1 available

Light Pole Banners $150 – 4 available

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Speciﬁc Event Sponsorships: VIP Reception—$2000 – 1 available • 4 passes to VIP Reception • Logo on Promo Materials • Logo on Souvenir Poster • Logo on Banner • Radio Mention • Ad on Website during July • Live Mention @ Dance & Jazz • Named as sponsor on schedule • Thank You Ad • 4 event passes • Swag

• This sponsorship pays for your name to be put on the bottom of the banners that hang on the light poles on Main street for the period before and during Longmire Days Cassidy Freeman (Cady Longmire) gives a speech with Mayor Randy Dyess while the rest of the cast welcomes the Thousands of fans line up to get autographs from the author and their favorite actors. Sponsors, Staff and Government Ofﬁcials mingle with the actors during the VIP Reception before the weekend’s fes-

Q & A Session $250 – 1 available

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Horseback Ride $2000 – 1 available

Bailey Chase (Branch Connally) poses with City Councilman Bill Hawley during the public skeet shooting event. Adam Bartley (The Ferg) takes a picture as Robert Taylor (Walt Longmire) hits a homerun for the Absaroka Sheriff’s Prizes for the motorcycle poker run are awarded in between the band’s sets at the free Longmire Street Dance.

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Jazz Concert $1000 – 1 available

Softball Game $500 – 1 available

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Virginia Sneathen Funeral Services for Virginia Ruth Sneathen were held Monday, April 28, 2014 at the Antelope Valley Baptist Church in Gillette with Pastor Doug Rumsey ofﬁciating. Virginia Ruth Sneathen left her earthly home to be with her Heavenly Father on Tuesday, April 22, 2014. Virginia was born in Roseland, Arkansas on October 28, 1933 to Homer and Nettie (Bourland) Boren. Virginia graduated from high school in Manila, Arkansas. On June 29, 1955, she married Charles Sneathen in Ellerslie, Maryland. They moved to Casper, Wyoming in September of 1955, where they had

two sons. They eventually moved to Gillette, where Virginia worked as an aid at the old Gillette Hospital. Next she began working for Dr. James Swenson and Dr. Bill Suedkamp. When the doctors split their practice, Virginia continued working for Dr. Suedkamp for a total of 23 years. She retired in 1996 from the dental ofﬁce. She loved to travel, going to the Chicago area, down to Arkansas for family reunions, and most recently to Florida. The last few years of her life you could always ﬁnd Virginia having lunch at the Senior Center with her friends and staying to play bridge in the afternoons. Virginia loved going out to eat with friends at Burger King for a hamburger and ice cream cones. She also enjoyed spending time with her great-grandchildren. Virginia is survived by her two sons; Chuck Sneathen II and Don (Debra) Sneathen both of Gillette; her two sisters, Faye Cokenour and LaVonne Schmidt of Des Plaines, Illinois; her brother, Herbert Boren of Cabot, Arkansas; her four grandchildren, Gavin (Darla) Sneathen, Shea

Sneathen, Hannah (Justin) Hillius and Trey Sneathen; three great-grandchildren, Baylon and Broden Sneathen, Mac Hillius, and soon to be Taurii Hillius. The family asks donations be made in Virginia’s name to Campbell County Senior Center. Memorials and Condolences may be sent 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

28, 1949 in Torrington, Wyoming to Melvin H. and Ruth C. (Hill) Mathews. She spent her childhood years in Mitchell, Nebraska, Thermopolis, and Riverton, Wyoming. She graduated from Riverton High School and later married Terry Lee Matthews on July 1st 1967. Together, they raised three sons in Glenrock, Wyoming. Heaven received a very special Angel with her passing. While on earth, she exempliﬁed the role of a wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, friend and grandmother. She had a special gift to touch the souls of anyone that had a chance to know her, especially her boys, husband and grandchildren. She was proud to have “GMA 8” on her car license plates, letting the world know that she was the grandmother of 8 beautiful grandchildren that absolutely worshiped the ground she walked on. Nothing gave her more joy than having her family surround her. At family gatherings, she wore a permanent smile and wanted nothing more than to see those that she loved happy and content. She loved

Janis Elaine Matthews Funeral Services for Janis Elaine Matthews will be held Monday, May 5, 2014 at 12:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Moorcroft with Pastor Shayla Graham ofﬁciating. Interment will be Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 12:00p.m. at Glenrock Cemetery, Glenrock, Wyoming. Janis Elaine Matthews, of Billings, MT (formerly of Moorcroft) passed away on April 25, 2014 at Mayo Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota following a long and courageous battle with cancer. Janis was born on June

watching her grandchildren compete in sports, helping them make gingerbread and sugar cookies on Christmas Eve, and gathering with them on Holidays. She leaves an irreplaceable void in all of our hearts that only time will heal. Janis is survived by her husband Terry; Sons, Todd (Brenda), Greg (Missie) and Brad (Julie); grandchildren, Austyn, Bradyn, Madisyn, Taylor, Mckinsey, Dalton, Dillon and Baillie; Mother, Ruth; Sister, Marilyn; and brothers, Larry and

Bill. She was preceded in death by her father Melvin and sister Joyce. In lieu of ﬂowers, the family asks that donations be made in Janis’ name to Shriner’s Cripple Children’s Hospital c/o Kalif Shrine PO Box K, Sheridan, WY 82801. Memorials and Condolences may also be sent 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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Fresh Blood By Glenn Woods

ecently, I had an interesting conversation with a friend who was showing me a fist full of election flyers from various candidates and from all sorts of offices. She put them on the desk in front of me and spread them out. “Look at this one,” she said. “He’s been in this office and was elected for that office, and now look at what he’s running for. I don’t think I’ll vote for him. I asked why. He seemed qualified. I asked, but I already knew the answer that was coming my way. “He’s been around too long,” she said. “In and out of this office and that office. Seems like he knows people and how things work. He sounds like an establishment type to me. On the other hand, there is this guy who is running for the same office who has never held political office of any sort in his life. I think I like him. We

need fresh blood.” I smiled, noticing that something very different was happening to the political process. Things are changing, because more and more folks, like my friend, have had about enough of the same old revolving-door political figures. There was a time that any one of us would have looked at a long resume of elected office and voted for that candidate because he was qualified. Maybe we would have figured that he has been elected so many times because he has done such a fine job representing his constituency, and they continued to vote for him. That might be the case. But now, such a long resume seems to cause suspicion. The days of people just voting straight party line are coming to an end, as well. Even the well-established and deeply entrenched Re-

publican party in a state like Wyoming is suffering from third-party defectors who have had enough of the turn to the left that the party has taken. They are looking for “Fresh Blood,” as my friend said. Today we hear words tossed around like, “Establishment” and “Political Elite.” But, on the other hand, we worry about the average Joe running for ofﬁce. What if he is a nut ball? What if he does not have half the sense that God gave a bag of hammers? I’m in favor of the fresh blood approach. But proper vetting of the new blood is just as important. It would be all too easy to replace bad with worse if we do not pay attention to who we are voting for. Ah, and there is where we get to the point: The problem here, really, is that we the people have

not been paying much, if any, attention to who we are voting for. For most of us, when we walk into the voting booth, we make guesses. I think I remember this guy’s name. This one is from the political party that I like, so I’ll vote for him, and down the ballot we go, not knowing. Only guessing. Much like most people get their taxes done at the last minute, most cram for election day at the last moment. Like cramming for a ﬁnal exam. That means that the candidates are not properly vetted. Most people, at the pooling booth, have no idea what they are voting for. They remember a name. They heard what that person says that they stand for. But they really don’t know anything about

them. I grew up in Florida. When I left, the state has a population of over fourteen million people. The odds of actually meeting any candidate in person was slim. Here in Wyoming however, we have a unique opportunity that most people around the rest of the nation do not have. A chance to actually meet the candidate in person, no matter what the ofﬁce. Our state population is as small as most midsized towns in America. That means that, if we want, we can go visit with each candidate and ask them a few questions. You can even go visit and talk to Governor Mead in person if you wish. While I think it’s a good trend that people are look-

ing for fresh blood, and even looking to fresh and different political parties, we cannot leave out the need to vet the candidates that we are voting for. Yes, the establishment needs to go. I do agree that most who are in politics today have been there too long and they simply need to be rotated out. I am happy to see that people have had enough of the same old fools that have made such a mess of what was once a strong nation. But let’s not discard old fools, for new fools. You live in Wyoming, so, take advantage of it. Find out who is running for what ofﬁce and take the time to go and meet them when they come to town. It really is that important.

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Guest Editorial: The Justices and the Scramble for Cash Submitted by Lee H. Hamilton Many trends in American politics and government today make me worry about the health of our representative democracy. These include the decline of Congress as a powerful, coequal branch of government, the accumulation of power in the presidency, and the impact of money on the overall political process. Recently, the Supreme Court’s five-member majority declared that it’s unconstitutional to limit the aggregate amount an individual can give to candidates, political parties, and political action committees. Campaign contributions amplify free speech, these justices maintain, and campaign finance laws violate the First Amendment: any limit on the ability of individuals to contribute to candidates is a restraint of free speech. The only legitimate cause for the government to step in is to fight blatant, obvious corruption; it should not act to limit access and influence by well-to-do donors. The result of this decision will almost certainly increase the impact of money on the political system. The problem is, money doesn’t have to be handed over in an envelope filled with one-hundred-dollar bills to be harmful. The Supreme Court decision seems to be insensitive to what money is doing to the political system. Big money is here to stay in politics. Those of us who wish it were otherwise have lost that argument — at least for the near term. But we weren’t mistaken about the impact of freeflowing campaign cash on the system. Politicians need large sums of money to run for office, and they spend a lot of time raising it. They are keenly attuned to generous donors. Inevitably, this gives more political influence to the relative handful of wealthy donors (only a few thousand at best) who choose to “in-

vest” in politics and often, though not invariably, get what they want. The influence of voters without the financial means to command attention is diminished. Lawmakers, of course, insist that big donors get nothing in response for their contributions except, perhaps, for a little face time. I am skeptical of that claim. Money buys access that people without money don’t get, and access is nothing less than an opportunity to affect legislation. It is a rare politician who can remain entirely uninfluenced by large political contributions to his or her campaign. After all, members of Congress seek assignments to committees that are known to be useful for fundraising, and those wealthy individuals and interests spend large sums on wooing and electing politicians for a purpose: to get public policy favorable to their views and interests. Over many years both inside and outside Congress, I saw very little outright corruption, but on a frequent basis I could see money’s disproportionate influence on the decisions of government and its distortion of our representative democracy. With their decision the justices may

have expanded personal liberty, but they’ve done so lopsidedly: boosting the liberty of ordinary individuals who cannot afford to give to political campaigns gains them nothing in the way of political influence. The Court’s decision further empowers a few rich people and disempowers many ordinary people. This is not a desirable direction for our representative government. Our system should encourage a government responsive to all citizens, not just a few. What can we do? I would prefer that the President and Congress step in and design rules of campaign finance that would reverse the growing influence of money on our campaigns, but that does not appear likely to happen. Indeed, even now opponents of campaign finance laws are preparing challenges to the remaining limits on individual contributions and to the

easily avoided disclosure laws we already have. I’m certain they’ll get a sympathetic hearing in the Supreme Court. Paradoxically, this may be our best hope. Because I also believe that Americans are growing tired of the outsized impact that great wealth enjoys in politics, and that a backlash to the Court’s decisions is taking shape. My sense is that growing numbers of ordinary voters are recognizing that money is a poison in our system. I fervently hope that support for public ﬁnancing and for muscular disclosure laws will grow with time, because our politics will be more democratic, more honest, and more free if we reduce the impact of money on elections. Lee Hamilton is Director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.

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By Nicholas DeLaat or over a month now, a new paid ad has presented itself, in both my newspaper and as a commercial on my radio show. We perform a lot of advertising for many clients and I pride myself with knowing my clients personally and presenting them with the kind of intimate customer service they deserve. So a couple days ago I was reading the Observer and listening to the Glenn Woods’ Bold Republic show, when I noticed the ad on both media groups. I did not really know this customer’s agenda and I didn’t know what my newspaper and radio show was promoting! It was time to research exactly what this seemingly political lobbyist group “Wyoming 2100” was. I do know the people who run the Wyoming 2100 website, and they request anonymity which I personally find distasteful. I consider it the absence of personal courage. But they explained that the website is not about them, it is about ideas. “American politics has devolved to the point that when another political viewpoint disagrees with an idea, they attack the person, rather than the idea itself,” said one representative. “Even better would be if these would-be attackers offered a better idea.” The website owner doubts that there is a better idea but stated that he would be open to anything that would save Wyoming from debt, and basically having our State and Local governments lying to public employees that their pension promise is sound. What did I find but a little disappointment and a great deal of vivacity? The little disappointment I felt was only in the fact that the people behind Wyoming 2100 are anonymous. You all know what I preach during my public speeches and in my newspaper, that if you are going to stand up for something you should stand up with your name, in complete recognition as a free citizen, and redress your government or fellow citizens. That is the honorable way to stand up for freedom, to fight tyranny, and to rectify our government representatives’ opinion of individual liberty and inalienable rights. That being said, the Wyoming 2100 website that is advertising in the Campbell County Observer and the Glenn Woods’ Bold Republic show is one of the most interesting political agenda-based websites I have ever seen, and I hope it does not get lost in the ocean of political distortion, delusion, presumptuous, misleading, and zealous websites on the internet that flood the information age with misinformation that causes the overwhelming majority of voting citizens to be philosophically ignorant when casting their ballots, arriving at a conviction, presenting a conception. This group only seems to want to fix the obvious wrongs here in Wyoming. In the flood of overly rhetorical discourse with Wyoming based lobbyists and watchdog groups, the information presented on this

website seems to be based simply on fact and fixes. The home page on the website says that “While we all watch the national and other state governments continue to make poor policy decisions that encourage bad behavior, impose accelerated debt on citizens and place unnecessary limitations on the future, Wyoming 2100 asks the questions, ‘Why can’t Wyoming be better? Why can’t Wyoming be the best?’” I would say that this question is a pretty darn good question. Why can’t Wyoming be better? Just off the top of my head I can think of over twenty times in the past two years where Wyoming officials from all levels have made decisions and pushed agendas that may be good (but rarely are) for the Federal Government or other States but not for Wyoming; Common Core, Field of Dreams, SF 104, pension patch-jobs, and the fuel tax just to name a few. After further research on the website I found a pension fix, which to my surprise was very close to my fix I stated in an editorial earlier this year. To quote the website exactly: “If we want Wyoming to still be a viable state at the next turn of the century, we shouldn’t let it go bankrupt. The biggest threat to our State’s solvency is our government pension systems. We can keep our promises to our current pension recipients and still save the State ;we just have to stop adding more people to the pension system. After establishing a transition date, future government employees would receive a defined contribution retirement benefit every year. Every interested party in this issue would benefit from this change, every one. Current employees expecting a pension would receive their pension. By closing the pension system to new recipients, they would be much more statistically likely to receive their pension as the system would not go bankrupt, like every other government pension system is expected to do. Unlike Detroit municipal pensioners who will receive a much reduced retirement (if any), our Wyoming government workers will retire to an intact and funded system. Young citizens of Wyoming, and their children, and their grandchildren, would celebrate that we are not dumping this unfunded debt on their generations. Anyone who says they care for the children can’t honestly defend sustaining the current pension system without substantial reform. Future state, county and municipal employees will receive their retirement contribution every year that they work and will be able to invest it as they see fit, controlling their individual investments. They will not be vulnerable to an empty promise that one day they will receive a pension. Statistically this is very unlikely as no government pension is fully funded, not even Wyoming’s, which is the second best

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in the country for funding. Pensions are a sneaky way for politicians to hide debt by putting this obligation off into the nebulous future without any exact numbers. Promises to give retirees pensions can never predict life span, pension fund investment returns or the actual exact impact of cost-of-living increases because they all interact to effect the monthly pension obligation at some future time. Predicting our pension obligation on how many people we are paying and how much we are paying in 2030 and 2040 is about as likely as predicting the weather on the second Tuesday of each of those years. It is unlikely that the government in Wyoming will ever fully fund our current pension plan. Recently the State of Wyoming enjoyed a $300 million windfall of mineral tax revenue. Did the government put this money against the unfunded pension obligation? No, it gave current state employees a raise. This behavior is typical among governments who know that the consequences will occur in the distant future. Then taxpayers will be stuck with the bill. These taxes diminish business growth, individual investment and the average person’s financial wellbeing. They severely reduce the chance that Wyoming in 2100 will be recognizable to us today.” All of these statements very closely mimic my pension fix, and these people are absolutely right. In my prior editorial I proved through mathematics that without further legislation to move around funds and higher taxes to compensate, that Wyoming will not be able to fund its pension obligations after 2028. This is an absolute fact mathematically, and do not let any politician tell you differently. So this Wyoming 2100 website is asking the right question, which in not so many words is: “Are we going to accept the can getting kicked down the road to fix this looming problem later, or do we fix it correctly now?” I am sure you know my vote, and I will be working on a bill for the next legislative session and see if any of our legislators have the courage to sponsor it. Until then, I would like to send word to the people behind Wyoming 2100.com, please reveal yourselves’ to the public so that other like-minded people could work with you that we may work together. Compared to most other politically activated websites, your problem recognition and reform is flawless and needs to be pushed forward. To my fellow patriotic citizens, we need to take action into our own hands and start letting our representatives at all levels from D.C. to the city know that we have a fix to economically help our grand-children and to create more freedom with ourselves.

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City Engineer Leaves the Madison Project By Holly Galloway n Monday City Administrator Cater Napier announced to the press that Utility Project Manager Mike Cole is resigning from the city to go into the private sector for work. “We are certainly sad to see Mike go,” Napier said. Coles scheduled time for leaving will be in early July. Cole has been in charge of the Madison Project since 2009. “Cole has done enough work that making this change will be seamless,” Napier said. At this time he introduced Levi Jensen, a city engineer, to be the interim project manager. Napier believes that Jensen has enough experience to see this project through.

A search will begin immediately for a manager and hopefully this position will be ﬁlled before Cole leaves. He has hopes that Jensen will be an applicant for the position. Napier wanted to make doubly sure that the public does not have to worry about the Madison Project going off track. “It has been on time and under budget to this time,” said Napier. When Cole was asked what he was going to do now he had a written comment. He is exploring some opportunities in the private sector here in Gillette. “I am pleased to say that me and my family will be remaining here in Gillette,” said Cole. He has

been very happy to be in this type of work for the past ﬁve years. Jensen said that he is not quite sure yet if he will apply to be the Project Manager. He wants to see how the next few months of on the job training with Cole work out. The Madison project is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2016. “It was staggered to keep the grants coming from the state,” said Cole. “Jensen has been a go to person for this project,” said Cole. Napier likes the experience that Jensen has had. The Mayor and Council have approved of this change.

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WGFD- Sheridan Region to Hold Open House to Discuss Wolves he Wyoming Game and Fish Department Sheridan Region is holding an open house from3 – 5 p.m. on May 7, 2014 to gather public input on the proposed 2014 gray wolf hunting seasons, changes to license issuance and hunter safety regulations. The proposed 2014 gray wolf hunt area mortality quotas will be available on the Game and Fish website starting May 1 and will be available at the upcoming open house. Hunting season dates are proposed to be similar to 2013 hunting seasons. The Game and Fish is proposing to extend the deadline for nonresident landowner deer and antelope applications to May 15 and the regular nonresident deer and antelope

application deadline to May 31. Also being proposed is extending the deadline time of day from 5 P.M. to midnight Mountain Standard Time on the respective application deadline date. General sandhill crane licenses are also being proposed to only be available through the department’s website. The Game and Fish is proposing to transfer the hunter safety regulation to Commission policy. The change is in keeping with the governor’s directive to reduce state regulations and will not alter the program. The crux of hunter safety language is in Wyoming statute. Interested parties are encouraged to attend the following open house: May 7 – Open House on Gray

Wolf, Licensing and Hunter Safety regulations. Game and Fish-Sheridan Region Ofﬁce, 3 - 5 p.m. Comments on all the proposed regulations can be made at open houses, public meetings, through the WGFD website at http://wgfd.wyo. gov/web2011/HUNTING-1000179. aspx or by mailing: WGFD, Regulations, 3030 Energy Lane, Casper, WY 82604. Proposed regulations can be viewed at the same Internet site. Comments must be received by 5 p.m., May 30, 2014. All comments received during the comment period will be presented to the WGFD Commission prior to their July 7-9, 2014 meeting in Dubois.

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Wyoming Gives EPA Notice of Intent has given. “Wyoming met its responsibility – a plan for protecting air quality. In turn, the EPA was required to review Wyoming’s plan within eighteen months. The EPA has not responded. Because the EPA failed to act it could be sued by any entity – environmental, industrial, or other – and Wyoming would not be in a position to participate. Wyoming must have a voice in Wyoming’s plan,” Governor Mead said. “I hope EPA approves our plan and we

can work together going forward.” The state plan is designed to ensure compliance with the lead National Ambient Air Quality Standard established in 2008. Under the Clean Air Act, EPA was required to approve or disapprove of that plan before April 2013. This is a non-discretionary duty under federal law. Wyoming has notiﬁed the EPA it will ﬁle a civil action by the end of June if the EPA does not act on the state plan before then.

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weeks, we have learned of a number of transitions in our local state delegation. It will be a different Campbell County delegation next session and it will be more important than ever that we work together to move Campbell County interests forward for our citizens. “It’s a critical time to retain experienced legislators in Campbell County” said Kasperik.

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opment which will begin meeting this summer. Kasperik concentrates on our states ability to produce affordable and sustainable energy sources, budget decisions that are made with a critical mindset, and helping Wyoming to manage its response to Obamacare. In support of these efforts, Kasperik participated in the Council of State Government’s (CSG) Western Legislative Leadership Academy and serves on CSG’s Future of Western Legislatures. She also serves as the State CoChair of the American Legislative Exchange Council. These forums are an opportunity to share information, create partnerships and pool resources between Wyoming and states with common interests and challenges. Kasperik recently attended a summit of 200 legislators in Salt Lake City on transfer of federal lands to the states presented by the American Lands Council and will be participating in an upcoming meeting of the Energy Producing States Coalition. Kasperik continues to be committed to working with the people of Campbell County to meet their needs. Kasperik said, “In recent

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Representative Norine Kasperik is pleased to announce her re-election bid for House District 32. Elected in 2010 on a platform of individual rights, low taxes, free enterprise & economic diversity, Kasperik reiterates her commitment to ﬁscal responsibility in government, protecting states’ rights, and support for local control in protecting Wyoming’s valuable resources. “I am very proud to serve Gillette and Campbell County as a State Representative. I have learned so much during my time in the legislature and I am ready to continue to do more for the citizens of Campbell County” said Kasperik. In a third term, Kasperik will focus on critical committee work at a crucial time for energy and healthcare. Kasperik currently serves as the Vice-Chairman on the Minerals, Business and Economic Development committee and as a member on the Labor, Health and Social Services committee. Additionally, Kasperik serves on the Select Committees on Federal Natural Resources and Health Beneﬁts Exchange. Kasperik was recently appointed to the subcommittee for Economic Devel-

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Governor Matt Mead asked the Wyoming Attorney General to notify the Environmental Protection Agency that Wyoming will sue the agency for its failure to take action on a state plan for air quality regulation. The EPA did not act on Wyoming’s plan for protecting the public from lead pollution. The State submitted its plan to the EPA in October 2011. This is the second time in six months, the EPA has failed to act on a Wyoming plan and the second notice Wyoming

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The Same Subject Continued Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence John Jay writing for the Independent Journal o the People of the State of New York: QUEEN ANNE, in her letter of the 1st July, 1706, to the Scotch Parliament, makes some observations on the importance of the UNION then forming between England and Scotland, which merit our attention. I shall present the public with one or two extracts from it: `Àn entire and perfect union will be the solid foundation of lasting peace: It will secure your religion, liberty, and property; remove the animosities amongst yourselves, and the jealousies and differences betwixt our two kingdoms. It must increase your strength, riches, and trade; and by this union the whole island, being joined in affection and free from all apprehensions of different interest, will be enabled to resist all its enemies.’’ ``We most earnestly recommend to you calmness and unanimity in this great and weighty affair, that the union may be brought to a happy conclusion, being the only effectual way to secure our present and future happiness, and disappoint the designs of our and your enemies, who will doubtless, on this occasion, use their utmost endeavors to prevent or delay this union.’’ It was remarked in the preceding paper, that weakness and divisions at home would invite dangers from abroad; and that nothing would tend more to secure us from them than union, strength, and good government within ourselves. This subject is copious and cannot easily be exhausted. The history of Great Britain is the one with which we are in general the best acquainted, and it gives us many useful lessons. We may profit by their experience without paying the price which it cost them. Although it seems obvious to common sense that the people of such an island should be but one nation, yet we find that they were for ages divided into three, and that those three were almost constantly embroiled in quarrels and wars with one another. Notwithstanding their true interest with respect to the continental nations was really the same, yet by the arts and policy and practices of those nations, their mutual jealousies were perpetually kept inflamed, and for a long series of years they were far more inconvenient and troublesome than they were useful and assisting to each other. Should the people of America divide themselves into three or four nations, would not the same thing happen? Would not similar jealousies arise, and be in like manner cherished? Instead of their being ``joined in affection’’ and free from all apprehension of different

`ìnterests,’’ envy and jealousy would soon extinguish confidence and affection, and the partial interests of each confederacy, instead of the general interests of all America, would be the only objects of their policy and pursuits. Hence, like most other bordering nations, they would always be either involved in disputes and war, or live in the constant apprehension of them. The most sanguine advocates for three or four confederacies cannot reasonably suppose that they would long remain exactly on an equal footing in point of strength, even if it was possible to form them so at first; but, admitting that to be practicable, yet what human contrivance can secure the continuance of such equality? Independent of those local circumstances which tend to beget and increase power in one part and to impede its progress in another, we must advert to the effects of that superior policy and good management which would probably distinguish the government of one above the rest, and by which their relative equality in strength and consideration would be destroyed. For it cannot be presumed that the same degree of sound policy, prudence, and foresight would uniformly be observed by each of these confederacies for a long succession of years. Whenever, and from whatever causes, it might happen, and happen it would, that any one of these nations or confederacies should rise on the scale of political importance much above the degree of her neighbors, that moment would those neighbors behold her with envy and with fear. Both those passions would lead them to countenance, if not to promote, whatever might promise to diminish her importance; and would also restrain them from measures calculated to advance or even to secure her prosperity. Much time would not be necessary to enable her to discern these unfriendly dispositions. She would soon begin, not only to lose confidence in her neighbors, but also to feel a disposition equally unfavorable to them. Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good-will and kind conduct more speedily changed than by invidious jealousies and uncandid imputations, whether expressed or implied. The North is generally the region of strength, and many local circumstances render it probable that the most Northern of the proposed confederacies would, at a period not very distant, be unquestionably more formidable than any of the others. No sooner would this become evident

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than the northern hive would excite the same ideas and sensations in the more southern parts of America which it formerly did in the southern parts of Europe. Nor does it appear to be a rash conjecture that its young swarms might often be tempted to gather honey in the more blooming ﬁelds and milder air of their luxurious and more delicate neighbors. They who well consider the history of similar divisions and confederacies will ﬁnd abundant reason to apprehend that those in contemplation would in no other sense be neighbors than as they would be borderers; that they would neither love nor trust one another, but on the contrary would be a prey to discord, jealousy, and mutual injuries; in short, that they would place us exactly in the situations in which some nations doubtless wish to see us, viz., formidable only to each other. From these considerations it appears that those gentlemen are greatly mistaken who suppose that alliances offensive and defensive might be formed between these confederacies, and would produce that combination and union of wills of arms and of resources, which would be necessary to put and keep them in a formidable state of defense against foreign enemies. When did the independent states, into which Britain and Spain were formerly divided, combine in such alliance, or unite their forces against a foreign enemy? The proposed confederacies will be distinct nations. Each of them would have its commerce with foreigners to regulate by distinct treaties; and as their productions and commodities are different and proper for different markets, so would those treaties be essentially different. Different commercial concerns must create different interests, and of course different degrees of political attachment to and

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connection with different foreign nations. Hence it might and probably would happen that the foreign nation with whom the southern confederacy might be at war would be the one with whom the northern confederacy would be the most desirous of preserving peace and friendship. An alliance so contrary to their immediate interest would not therefore be easy to form, nor, if formed, would it be observed and fulﬁlled with perfect good faith. Nay, it is far more probable that in America, as in Europe, neighboring nations, acting under the impulse of opposite interests and unfriendly passions, would frequently be found taking different sides. Considering our distance from Europe, it would be more natural for these confederacies to apprehend danger from one another than from distant nations, and therefore that each of them should be more desirous to guard against the others by the aid of foreign alliances, than to guard against foreign dangers by alliances between themselves. And here let us not forget how much more easy it is to receive foreign ﬂeets into our ports, and foreign armies into our country, than it is to persuade or compel them to depart. How many conquests did the Romans and others make in the characters of allies, and what innovations did they under the same character introduce into the governments of those whom they pretended to protect. Let candid men judge, then, whether the division of America into any given number of independent sovereignties would tend to secure us against the hostilities and improper interference of foreign nations.

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Joke of the week SAD PASSING...... Please join me in remembering a great icon of the entertainment community. The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71. Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies, and Captain Crunch. The grave site was piled high with flours. Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded. Born and bread in Minnesota, Doughboy rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was not considered a very smart cookie, wasting much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Despite being a little flaky at times, he still was a crusty old man and was considered a positive roll model for millions. Doughboy is survived by his wife Play Dough, three children: John Dough, Jane Dough and Dosey Dough, plus they had one in the oven. He is also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart. The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes. If you smiled, please rise to the occasion and pass it on to someone having a crumby day and kneads a lift. Joke of the Week provided by

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1. Advertise to Reach New Customers. Your market changes constantly. New families in the area mean new customers to reach. People earn more money, which means changes in lifestyles and buying habits. The shopper who wouldn’t consider your business a few years ago may be a prime customer now. Remember...20% of families will move this year, 5 million people will be married and 4 million babies will be born*.

2. Advertise continuously. Consumers don’t have the loyalty they once did. You must advertise to keep pace with your competition. The National Retail Merchants Association states: “Mobility and non-loyalty are rampant. Businesses must promote to get former customers to return and to seek new ones. 3. Advertise to Remain With Shoppers Through the Buying Process. Many people postpone buying decisions. They often go from store to store comparing prices, quality and service. Advertising must reach them steadily through the entire decisionmaking process. Your name must be fresh in their minds when they ultimately decide to buy. 4. Advertise Because Your Competition is Advertising. There are only so many consumers in the market who are ready to buy at any one time. You’ll need to advertise to keep regular customers and to counterbalance the advertising of your competition. You must advertise to keep your share of customers or you will lose them to the more aggressive competitors. 5. Advertise Because it Pays O Over a Long Period. Advertising gives you a long-term advantage over competitors who cut back or cancel advertising. A ve-year survey of more than 3,000 companies found...Advertisers who maintain or expand advertising over a ve-year period see their sales increase an average of 100%. Companies, which cut advertising, averaged sales decreases of 45%.

6. Advertise to Generate Trac. Continuous trac to your business is the rst step toward sales increases and expanding your customer base. The more people who contact your business, the more possibilities you have to make the sale and sell additional merchandise or services. For every 100 items that shoppers plan to buy, they make 30 unanticipated “in the store” purchases, an NRMA survey shows. 7. Advertise to Make More Sales. Advertising works! Businesses that succeed are usually strong, steady advertisers. Look around. You’ll nd the most aggressive and consistent advertisers in your market are the most successful. 8. Advertise Because There is Always Business to Generate. Your doors are open. Sta are on the payroll. Even the slowest days produce sales. As long as you’re in business, you’ve got overhead to meet and new people to reach. Advertising can generate customers now...and in the future. 9. Advertise to Keep a Healthy Positive Image. In a competitive market, rumors and bad news travel fast. Advertising corrects misleading gossip, punctures “overstated” bad news. Advertising that is vigorous and positive can bring shoppers into the marketplace, regardless of the economy. 10. Advertise to Maintain Employee Morale. When advertising and promotion are suddenly cut or canceled, your staff may become alarmed and demoralized. They may start false rumors in an honest belief that your business is in trouble. Positive advertising boosts morale. It gives your staff strong additional support.

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In Response to Bold Republic Weekly

Editor, Please allow me to respond to the “Update: EPA vs. Wyoming Land Owner” article on the Bold Republic Weekly section of the 4-25-14 Observer, by Glenn Woods, in which citizen Andy Johnson built a pond on his property that was sanctioned by the state, yet the EPA moved in with their empty note-pads, empty heads, and their empty brains devoid of any constitutional knowledge, and proceeded to ticket Andy Johnson to the tune of 75K - per day! Wow, don’t you just love big, over-reaching government stomping on your lives - to the tune of.... oh... say... 75K - per day? THAT ought to get a few more votes for the Dem’s this fall, along with all Obama’s other “transparent” policies and scandals - like Benghazi, the IRS scandal, shovel-ready jobs, Rosengate, Fast and Furious, Solyndra, and so many more I do not have the time to place, let alone his absolutely failed foreign policies. Under this administration, the EPA has been handed the ridiculous power to write regulations - as if they were “law”, without the power of congress ever casting an eye over what they are doing, and I will say to you that this is insanity and is something our forefathers would never have allowed. The EPA is completely out of control and Glenn Woods is exactly correct when stating “while the original intent of the EPA was noble, their offices have been taken over by environmental extremists”. Our Congress is being derelict in it’s duties by not overseeing these constitutional criminals in the EPA, and every one of us should write are congressmen and women and tell them as much. The only thing I would tag on to Glenn Woods’ article is to ask our citizens to please write to any and all of our national representatives and ask.... no, DEMAND that they reign in the EPA before we all lose our jobs to these blatant, liberal bullies with no constitutional backing. After all, what happened to the rule of law we are all supposed to be living under here in America, and what happened to “The most transparent America ever?” and real “Hope and Change?”. Surprise! Instead, we got a kid in a candy store for 8 years, and WOW, is he ever spending taxpayer’s money on candy (votes) while printing more money like there is absolutely NO end to the party, and we will ALL be lucky if we get through this without a total meltdown of our country. The EPA is the biggest bottleneck to our busting out of our current economic woe’s, but please do not hold you breath waiting for these crooks, cronies and bozos to help anytime soon, for this agency is filled with extreme idiots completely in this administrations’ pocket. Of that you can be sure! Sincerely, Brad Schofield – Gillette, WY

Climate Change should be Taught in Accordance with the Current Scientiﬁc Consensus

Editor: As with any scientific topic, climate change should be taught in accordance with the current scientific consensus. The classroom is for learning the basics, not for debating fringe ideas. In the case of climate change, the scientific consensus includes the fact that global temperature has increased rapidly and significantly over the last 150 years as a result of human activity. That’s a conclusion shared by the vast majority of climate scientists—

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over 97 percent, according to multiple surveys. And as with any topic, climate change science should be taught in a grade-levelappropriate way. The Next Generation Science Standards, for example, introduce easy ideas like weather observations, seasonal change, and the basics of energy in elementary grades. With that foundation, the causes, effects, and risks of and possible responses to human impacts on the climate system are presented in increasing detail at the middle and high school level. Teaching a scientiﬁcally complex and socially contentious topic like climate change poses distinctive challenges of its own. At the National Center for Science Education we recommend four overarching strategies for teaching climate change: • Make it local. Students should understand that climate change is affecting us in our everyday lives and happening in our own communities. Teachers should try to present climate change in a local and regional context. • Make it human. Students should appreciate that climate science is conducted by real people. Teachers should try to use narratives, whether recorded or live, from climate scientists in their classrooms. • Make it pervasive. Students should realize that climate change is a pervasive fact, not a corner of science. Teachers should try to incorporate climate change throughout science curriculum—and beyond. • Make it hopeful. Students should not be disheartened by learning about climate change. So teachers should teach about possible ways to mitigate or adapt to climate change while teaching about the impact of climate change. It is increasingly important for the science of climate change to be taught, both in formal and informal educational environments, so future citizens are able to make scientiﬁcally informed decisions about the consequences of climate change. GLENN BRANCH Deputy director National Center for Science Education

Bundy Ranch Drama

Editor: The Bundy Ranch drama at a glance and the way it might be if we knew a little more. What if I told you; once upon a time there were over 20,000 cows in Clark County, Nevada? What if you learned; as environmental activism grew so did the governmental regulations? Regulations that may or may not be legal; as these regulations do not get ratiﬁed through congress. Regulations; which are nothing more than the arbitrary ideas of some BLM Bureaucrat. Bureaucrats that have been appointed, not elected or accountable to anyone. One must remember that these government regulations do not need to work, only sound good. Sound good to people that know very little about the industry being regulated. What if these regulations could be proven to have resulted in the demise of the cattle industry, not only in Clack County, Nevada but all across this country? (Bought a Beef Steak lately; ever heard of supply and demand?) What if; some 20 years ago as these regulations became “Law” there was a man that said I cannot comply with these regulations? For if I do, these “Laws” will put me out of business within a few short years. And thus this man said: “I will not pay or comply, no more.” So the BLM took this man to court where they explained “their laws” to their Judge, by saying; “everyone else is playing by these regulations and so must this man.” The

Judge ruled against him, (because everything “sounded good”) it was appealed and he lost again. But low and behold those that did comply with the regulations are no longer in the cattle business. Would anyone be surprised that today, cattle numbers in Clark County alone have dropped from over 20K to around 1,000: and about 900+/- are owned by the Bundy family. “The last man standing.” But with wall to wall coverage of this story night after night I have yet to hear anyone question why this man had to choose between going out of business and telling his government, “no more.” It would seem that the media is so wrapped up in the drama of this story they simply do not have time to investigate what is really going on and has been going on for more than 20 years. The guns, turtles, cows and million dollar fines (the drama) are only symptoms of the problem. How can it be constitutional for this government to force “we the people” to comply with regulations that can be proven to put us out of business? In any good magic show they always get you to look over here (at the drama) so you can’t figure out what is going on. This isn’t magic folks; it’s your government and the media selling you a very Harry (Reid) deal. The proof is in the pudding. This is the same federal BLM that Chief Judge Robert C. Jones of the Federal District Court of Nevada last year ruled had been engaged in a decades-long criminal “conspiracy” against the Wayne Hage family, fellow ranchers and friends of the Bundys. Among other things, Judge Jones accused the federal bureaucrats of racketeering under the federal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Organizations) statute, and accused them as well of extortion, mail fraud, and fraud, in an effort “to kill the business of Mr. Hage.” In fact, the government’s actions were so malicious, said the judge, as to “shock the conscience of the Court.” Judge Jones granted an injunction against the agencies and referred area BLM and Forest Service managers to the Justice Department for prosecution. But let us not focus on the truth and the facts when there is this much DRAMA to report on. People are not stupid they are simply uninformed. Rocky Mraz – Campbell County, WY

Voters Have Stuck Themselves with Cindy Hill Editor:

Wyoming voters have stuck themselves with Cindy Hill. Cindy Hill was elected, first in the primary and then in the general election to be superintendent of schools. Being a Republican was the only qualification that seemed to matter to the electorate. No one vetted her; The Republican Party didn’t determine whether they had a qualified candidate or not. Within a short time after her election, the rumblings from the department started reverberating across the state. Those in the education community who knew her had warned us this would happen. A shirttail relative of mine from Cheyenne asked me at a baby shower if I’d heard how terribly she was treating the employees in her department. Obviously our legislators heard the same thing. I think they honestly thought what they did was the only way they could address the crisis. I didn’t agree. Instead of gutting the superintendent’s position, they needed to address her inept performance. There have been many great state superintendents of schools and can be in the future if we select carefully. In fact we had a very qualified alternative to Cindy Hill, but qualifications wasn’t the criteria. What concerns me now is that this incompetent woman will become the governor out of sympathy and outrage with the way the problem was handled. Many misguided folks now consider her a martyr. Please consider qualifications when you vote for the governor. Cindy Hill would be a very incompetent governor. BARBARA PARSONS, Rawlins

Justice Dept. Settlement Means Responsibility Doesn’t Matter

Dear Editor, The April 26 news article “Bank of America negotiating deal with Justice Dept.,” stated: “The deal could also go a long way to quell public criticism over the government’s struggle to hold Wall Street accountable for sins of the ﬁnancial crisis.” But monetary payments to settle potential criminal charges without anyone going to jail serve only to encourage the central criticism of “justice” under the Obama administration. The money paid in settlement, if it is paid, doesn’t come from those most responsible. As far as the Justice Department is concerned, no one is responsible for the “sins of the ﬁnancial crisis.” David M. Siegler

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First Ever Wyoming Roller Derby Tournament Changes Venue he Wyoming Roller Derby Cup (WyoRDC) has ofﬁcially announced that the venue for the 2014 tournament has changed from the Casper Event Center, to the Laramie Ice and Event Center in Laramie, WY. 11 teams from across the state will be invited to compete, with the chance for one league to

be named “the best in Wyoming.” The WyoRDC started in July as a project by Deborah Cobb (Debbie Mercury) of the Cheyenne Capidolls, but has grown to include skaters and ofﬁcials from all over the state. Cobb, who is currently acting as the tournament’s director, expresses excitement to bring leagues

together to compete in a friendly tournament, and bring the sport of roller derby to a larger community. “Roller derby thrives in Wyoming,” Cobb says. “From the bigger cities, to the rural towns, we’re always able to ﬁnd sisters willing to learn the sport and support one another through it.”

Pronghorn Rodeo Team Takes 3rd and 2nd at Casper Kammerer, Jade Blackwell and Myles O’loughlin in the saddle bronc riding and Donny Scantling and Seth Andersen in the team roping. Coralee Spratt led the womens team, placing 2nd in the goat tying, and Taylor Engessor placed in both the barrel racing and breakaway roping. Kristi Steffes also won points in the barrel racing.

Roller derby has been growing throughout the state of Wyoming for the past ﬁve years, when the sport saw a reviving in popularity. In the last two years alone, ﬁve teams have been started in Gillette, Powell, Casper, Rock Springs, and most recently, Rawlins.

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Submitted by Will LaDuke The college rodeo team competed in Casper last weekend, where the mens team placed 3rd and the women placed 2nd. Both teams still hold down the #1 spot in the region. Devan Reilly led the mens team with a win in the bareback riding. Matt Peters had a good 3rd place ﬁnish in the tie down roping. Also winning points on the mens team were Wyatt

The Head Referee for the tournament has been announced as Geoff Buck, from Casper. The Head Non-Skating Ofﬁcial will be Ashley Laughlin of Laramie. With dozens of others helping from around the state, the crew hopes to put together a Wyoming sporting event that will become a staple in the community.

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Submitted by Mike Smith Empire Guesthouse & RV Walleye fishing is still reported to be good, with a lot of fish over 18” being reported. Most reports are still saying fish are deep, a few are reporting fish are being taken in shallower water. Minnows and jigs are still the main bait and probably will be for the next month. We’ve heard of quite a few northerns being caught lately, though most are a little short. You can catch them on about anything you throw in the water, smelt, minnows, spoons, crank baits all work well. Haven’t heard much about crappie yet, but it should pick up in 2-3 weeks. Coulter Bay is always a good place to catch a mess of them once the spawn begins. Be aware: boat inspections will begin this weekend. Watch for Game & Fish signs a boat inspection station is coming up…don’t drive past them as it could result in a ticket. All watercraft are required to stop. Be sure you have your current AIS sticker so you can get through quickly. Check stations will be at the Empire Guesthouse parking lot and in the Keyhole State park for those using the marina boat dock. That’s it for this week! Be sure and stop by the Guesthouse for all your fishing, boating, and camping needs when visiting Keyhole.

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Solutions from this week Weekly Trivia Answer

Who Patented the Franklin Stove, invented by Benjamin Franklin?

Weekly Sports Trivia Answer What was the speed of the slowest pitch ever to be clocked in an ofﬁcial Major Baseball League game?

No one.

In 1742, Franklin finished his first design which implemented new scientific concepts about heat which had been developed by the Dutch physician Herman Boerhaave(1668–1738), a proponent of Isaac Newton’s ideas. Two years later, Franklin wrote a pamphlet describing his design and how it operated in order to sell his product. Around this time, the deputy governor of Pennsylvania, George Thomas, made an offer to Franklin to patent his design, but Franklin never patented any of his designs and inventions. He believed “that as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously”. As a result, many others were able to use Franklin’s design and improve it. Although his stove was intended to have the double purpose of cooking and heating a room, as time progressed and new stove designs became available, the Franklin stove’s main use became to heat a room. Many others improved on the Franklin stove design, but to this day, most American fireplaces are box-shaped, similar to the Franklin stove. The exception is the Rumford fireplace, developed by Benjamin Thompson.

49 miles per hour, thrown by Randy Wolf in 2012

Although stories abound of even slower pitches, to date Wolf’s 49mph “Eephus” pitch is the slowest ever to show on a radar gun.

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Where is this picture taken? Answer from last week Past Rozet on Bishop Road

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Are you a motivated animal lover? Gillette’s newest veterinary hospital is in need of a fabulous part-time (with potential full time) receptionist to join our TEAM! We love upbeat attitudes, big smiles, and a willingness to please the client while keeping all of the important details in check. Inquires please e-mail your cover letter and resume to info@redhillsvet.com Please have these items submitted by January 26, 2014. Full Time Flooring Installers wanted. Must have experience. Bring resumes in to Carpet Express Direct on Hwy. 59 next to the Prime Rib Restaurant. Transportation assistants NEEDED! Up to $25/hr. For a complete job description & application, please apply via e-mail: lori.delucia.hr@rsithr. info *Immediate Openings!* Are you looking to join a fast paced, growing company? Are you ready to earn the income you know you’re worth? Are you outgoing and enjoy meeting new people? Do you enjoy sales and have sales experience? Do you enjoy leading and helping others to succeed? If so, this is the career for you! We have openings that provide print, website, and radio advertising as well as marketing solutions to businesses. We focus primarily on smaller communities, providing personalized, in-depth information specific to each coverage area. It is our goal to ensure that every customer has a positive experience, from the initial sale to final publication. We are looking for a few highly motivated and passionate individuals that will provide exemplary customer service and sales expertise to keep our clients happy and keep our company growing! If interested, please email cover letter and resume to CampbellCountyObserver@gmail. com for an interview. Rocky Mt Merchandising is looking for dependable, outgoing person to execute four in store demos in Sept showing the features and benefits of the Straight Talk Cell phone. Must commit to all four Saturdays from 10:00-4:00. Email Jackie@ rockymm.com or call 800723-9008

05’ 32 foot fifth wheel, Wildcat, sleeps 10, 1 slide, bunks, self contained, no generator 307-680-6625 Looking for a bumper pull camper that someone wants off of their property. I will remove it for free in the Campbell/Crook County areas. Would prefer a tandem axel longer than 10 ft. Call 307299-1382 07’ Prowler 5th wheel. 2slides. 32ft with extras. Call 307-672-8766 1994 Southwind by Fleetwood 34 foot Class A Coach Rear Engine Turbo Diesel Cummins, 230 HP, Motor Home in good condition. 180,000 miles on original Cummins Diesel 33H Engine. Three captain’s chairs including driver. Couch makes into a full bed. Full kitchen, stove with oven, microwave. Dining area. Propane or electric refrigerator/freezer. Lots of storage. Rear bedroom with queen bed. Bathroom with shower. Dish portable satellite TV setup and small flatscreen TV goes with it. Trailer receiver hitch. Lost my husband in December and don’t have any use for it. Would like to sell fast. Make me an offer. 307 682 4808. sue.wallis52@gmail.com http://wyoming.craigslist.org/ rvs/3965643910.html Minnows, crawlers, leeches, fishing tackle, boating and camping supplies. Fully furnished cabin rentals, 50 Amp Full Hookup RV sites 5 minutes from Keyhole Reservoir in Pine Haven. Empire Guesthouse & RV Park 307756-3454. www.empireguesthouse.com

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Temporary Help Wanted. J&G General Construction, home improvement company is looking for a temporary construction laborer. Experience preferred but not necessary. Could turn into full time position depending on devotion, responsibility, and skill. Call James (307) 257-4441 to set up an interview. Looking for CDL to work in North Dakota full time. Call 307-670-3629.

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May 2 - 9, 2014

Toys (ATV’s Boats, Etc.) 1981 Harley Davidson FXBSturgis, 1st dual-belt drive to commemorate Hill-Climb @ Sturgis, Jack-Pine Gypsies rally started in ‘41, 50th anniversary model. 12K on straight-up original paint, new Moetzler’s driven-by beefed Shovel, 102hp at wheel. Perfect in every aspect, serious inquiries only, loan is $15K and value of over 25K. Ben 680.7464, 3-other older bikes and this has to go to the right person! International Tractor 300 Utility For Sale. $2000 Artic Cat 4X4 2001For Sale. $2000 Call Bill 307 - 660 – 8563. Chopper - Custom built frame, s&s engine, carb, etc. 80ci. Evolution engine. Wide glide front end. Low. Torn apart down to frame. Have all parts, could be built in two days with under $200.00. Asking $5,500 or best offer. Price:$5,500obo. Contact: 307-670-2733 2013 Custom Harley Hardtail Bobber all new $9,500. Marlins 685-4452 or 685-8100 2010 Polaris 550 eps with less than 100 miles, books for $8,000. make and offer. Call Steve Terry at 307-2992992 16ft Sea Nymph Fishing Boat, 50 hp outboard Merc, trolling motor, just serviced at wyoming marine $2,500 O.B. O 307-299-4662 or307-6220825

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May 2 - 9, 2014

Mother’s Day Became a Holiday 100 Years Ago Submitted by Tom Emery others everywhere will rejoice. So will the greeting-card companies, flower shops, and telephone providers. May 9 marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Mother’s Day as an official holiday. On that date in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as a day to honor the nation’s mothers. “It would not have taken much persuasion for Wilson to sign it,” said Andrew Phillips, curator of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in Stanton, Va. “Strong women were greatly influential in his life, including his mother, his first wife, and his three daughters.” Ellen Wilson, the President’s first wife, died three months after the proclamation. The concept for Mother’s Day was nothing new. Local celebrations were com-

mon in America, though nothing was accepted nationally. Some attribute the idea to Julia Ward Howe, composer of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” who first organized a “mother’s day for peace” on June 2, 1872. Many also cite Anna Jarvis, a Grafton, W. Va. housewife who began the push for the holiday to honor her own mother, who died in 1905. As early as 1868, the elder Jarvis established a local committee for a “Mother’s Friendship Day” to heal wounds in families broken by the Civil War. Prior to that, she had also organized “Mother’s Day Work Clubs” to ease the suffering of ill and wounded Civil War troops. In 1908, Jarvis organized official commemorations in Grafton as well as Philadelphia. In 1910, West Virginia declared Mother’s Day an official holiday. Jarvis, though, clearly had a

flair for self-promotion. In 1912, she trademarked the phrases “Mother’s Day” and “second Sunday in May” and created an international association for the holiday. Though Jarvis claimed much of the credit herself, the establishment of Mother’s Day was also promoted within the women’s suffrage movement. “The suffragettes were among the first to call for the holiday,” remarked Phillips. “Of course, the Mother’s Day of what everyone envisioned then is much different than what it became.” Eventually, forty-six states celebrated the holiday in some form. In 1913, Congress passed a resolution for the observance of Mother’s Day by government officials. The following year, the legislature approved a joint resolution calling for the official designation of the second Sunday in May as Mother’s

Day. Wilson signed the proclamation on May 9, only one day ahead of the second Sunday of the calendar. As a result, there was not a lot of fanfare in the holiday’s first year. “But it caught on fast,” said Phillips. “Hallmark began producing greeting cards by the early 1920s, and soon the holiday was moving closer to what we know today.” Jarvis, though, watched the popularity with disdain. Angered that Mother’s Day had become commercialized, she spent her efforts, and inheritance, to fight for its removal. She found the greeting card craze particularly distasteful, lamenting that cards were “a poor excuse for the letter you are too lazy to write.” In one instance, Jarvis reportedly filed a lawsuit to block a Mother’s Day festival and was arrested for disturbing the peace at a

sale of carnations for war mothers in 1925. She died penniless in 1948. Ironically, Anna Jarvis never had children, unlike millions of American women before and since.

According to 2010 Census ﬁgures, the United States had 85.4 million mothers. Some 81 percent of American women became mothers by age 40 to 44.

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Butch Cassidy and His Wild Bunch By Jeff Morrison

obert Leroy Parker (a.k.a. Butch Cassidy) and his association of outlaws known as the Wild Bunch have become legends of the West in general and of Wyoming and Powder River Country in particular. During a crime spree that lasted over six years and stretched from Montana to Mexico, the Wild Bunch became the most successful and proliﬁc outlaw gang in the history of the Old West. And even though the law eventually caught up with most of the gang’s membership, Cassidy, himself, may have escaped justice, and had the last laugh. Prior to the formation of the gang in 1896, Cassidy had already become a career criminal. Born in Beaver, Utah, in 1866, young Robert “Roy” Parker was befriended by a local rancher-by-day, rustler-by-night, named Mike Cassidy. As part of the Cassidy Gang, Parker was soon introduced into the ﬁner arts of rustling livestock, and learned the network of secluded trails and hideouts that made up the notorious “Outlaw Trail” rustlers used to move their stolen merchandise from one territory to willing buyers in the next territory. To protect the reputation of his family, Parker renamed himself George Cassidy, in honor of his friend and mentor. In 1889, as a junior member of the McCarty Gang, Cassidy participated in the robbery of a bank in Telluride, Colorado. The robbery had been meticulously planned and executed. The robbers utilized fresh remounts that had been stashed along their predetermined escape route, and quickly outran the pursuing posse who lacked fresh horses. Cassidy would use this same tactic for most of his future criminal escapades. After the Telluride bank robbery, Cassidy (now using the name “Butch”) and a partner started a ranch near Lander and resumed the ranching/rustling trade he had learned from Mike Cassidy. But in 1894, he was caught with stolen horses and sentenced to two years at the Wyoming Territorial Prison, in Laramie. Cassidy, who was later described in wanted posters as “affable and

friendly”, became a model prisoner and was released after 18 months after assuring the warden that he would not rustle any more livestock in Wyoming. He didn’t promise not to rob trains or banks, however. Cassidy wasted little time organizing a new gang, this time under his own leadership. He recruited his best friend, Elzy Lay, and Bob Meeks. The Wild Bunch began its criminal debut with the robbery of the Bank of Montpelier, Idaho, on August 23, 1896. Meeks, who was holding the horses while Cassidy and Lay robbed the bank, was later identified and arrested. While lying low at Robber’s Roost for nearly seven months, Cassidy and Lay were joined by William “News” Carver, among others. The gang resumed operations in the spring of 1897, with a large payroll robbery at Castle Gate, Utah. Later that summer the Wild Bunch absorbed most of the HoleIn-The-Wall Gang, which included: George Currie, Harvey and Lonny Logan (alias Kid Curry and Lonny Curry), and Ben “Tall Texan” Kilpatrick. Another addition to the gang around this time was Harry Longabaugh – better known as the Sundance Kid. The Wild Bunch would soon become a house-hold name across the nation, and a major irritant to the Union Pacific Railroad. On June of 1899, the gang robbed a Union Pacific train near Wilcox, Wyoming. In July, they robbed another train near Folsom, New Mexico. The next summer the gang robbed another Union Pacific train near Tipton, Wyoming, a bank in Winnemucca, Nevada, and a Northern Pacific train in Wagner, Montana. Unlike most of the outlaw gangs in the Old West, the Wild Bunch was well organized and disciplined, and Butch Cassidy proved to be a criminal mastermind. After a major robbery, the gang often split up to confound pursuit by the law, reuniting several months later at a predetermined hideout, such as the Hole-In-The-Wall in Johnson County, to plan the next job. Sometimes the gang split up and committed simultaneous crimes, over one hundred miles apart.

To confuse lawmen, the members of one group would use the names of members in the other group, providing each other with something of an alibi, in case someone got arrested later. To cover their trail even further, each gang member had a number of aliases he would use while travelling apart from the gang. The gang also went out of its way to avoid bloodshed during a robbery – at least while Cassidy was around. Other gang members weren’t so finicky about killing, and several lawmen and posse members were killed while pursuing members of the Wild Bunch after robberies. Harvey Logan was particularly prone to violence. After George Currie died in a shootout with Utah sheriff Jesse Tyler in 1900, Logan rode from New Mexico to Moab, Utah and killed both the sheriff and his deputy in revenge. The next year, while being hunted for killing another pair of law officers in Knoxville, Tennessee, Logan returned to northern Montana and murdered a rancher who was responsible for the death of his youngest brother, several years earlier. By 1901, the long arm of the law was taking a toll on the gang. Lonny Curry, George Currie, and Sam Ketchum had been all been killed in shootouts with lawmen. Bob Meeks and Elzy Lay had been captured and given long prison sentences. Pinkerton agents, employed by the Union Pacific, were drawing a noose ever closer around the Wild Bunch. Butch Cassidy could tell that their days of criminal mayhem were

coming to an end. Cassidy and Longabaugh decided to start a new life in South America, taking Longabaugh’s girlfriend, Etta Place, with them. The trio settled in Argentina and tried to become respectable ranchers. A chance encounter with an American stockbuyer, who happened to be a former Wyoming lawman, convinced them to sell the ranch and move to Chile. At that point, they may or may not have returned to a life of crime. Most of what is known about their time in South America is based on rumors and folklore. It is known, however that Etta Place returned to the United States in 1906, and promptly disappeared, never to resurface again. It is also known and Cassidy and Longabaugh worked for a while at a Bolivian tin mine, guarding the company payroll. In 1908, near San Vicente, Bolivia, a payroll currier for a local silver mine was robbed at gunpoint by two masked North American bandits. The mule that was taken in the robbery was later seen in the possession of two North Americans who were lodging in the

village of San Vicente. Their lodging house was surrounded by local cavalrymen and a large gunfight took place, in which the two bandits apparently committed suicide during a lull in the shooting. The bodies, which were never officially identified, were buried in unmarked graves at the local cemetery. The claim that the two bandits were none other than Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid came later, from Pinkerton agents who had been in South America tracking the famous train robbers. To this day, a positive identification of the remains in the San Vicente cemetery has not been made. In fact, DNA comparison to living relatives of Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Longabaugh in recent years came up empty. South America had more than its share of expatriate Anglo criminals around the turn of the 20th century. It is highly likely that the identification of the bandits was nothing more than wishful thinking on the part of the Pinkertons, and that the living Butch and Sundance saw it was an opportunity to retire from their criminal past

for good. It is believed the pair returned to the U. S. around 1910 or 1911, where they went their separate ways and led quiet, law-abiding lives. Since a warrant for their arrest remained valid, they kept out of sight and away from their usual haunts. But family members and associates of both outlaws later revealed that they had knowledge of the pair many years after 1908. Cassidy is believed to have died in 1937. In one way, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid did die in Bolivia. The pair was never again connected to a robbery after 1908. By that time, all but one of the Wild Bunch had ended their life of crime. Bill “News” Carver had been killed by deputies in 1901. Harvey Logan, wounded and surrounded by an angry posse in 1904, decided to cheat the hangman and took his own life. Ben Kilpatrick had been captured and sent to prison in 1901, but in 1911 he was released for good behavior. He returned to robbing trains. In 1912 he was shot and killed by a passenger during an attempted robbery.

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