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Susan Thomas of the Craig and Susan Thomas Foundation talks with Sheridan College welding student Tony Johannson, right,and instructor Carl Schiner about welding equipment Thursday afternoon at the college. Johannson received a scholarship from thefoundation.

Coffeen funding

By Carrie [email protected]

SHERIDAN — There is nonews yet regarding funding for anew Coffeen ElementarySchool, but Sheridan CountySchool District 2(Sheridan/Story) continues topursue state money for a newschool.

SCSD2 Superintendent CraigDougherty met with Gov. MattMead inCheyennethis weekto discussthe pro-posedschoolfacilitiescommis-sion budg-et, whichallocatesonly$60,000for “plan-ning” for anewCoffeen Elementary in 2013-2014.

“The meeting with the gover-nor went really well, and wegreatly appreciate the time thathe took — we know how busyhe is,” Dougherty said onThursday.

The district expects growthsufficient to necessitate a newCoffeen Elementary in comingyears, and on Oct. 19, a stateselect committee on school facil-ities placed Coffeen Elementary15th on a statewide index of 50projects to be funded in need-based order for the 2013-2014biennium.

However, the school facilitiescommission released a differentbudget in December that indicat-ed the commission would onlyallocate planning funding for theschool. Mead’s budget request tothe state legislature stated thathe supported $246.96 million forschool facilities for “all the proj-ects” on the priority list, thoughhis request only mentionedNatrona County by name, andincluded “comprehensive fund-ing for Natrona County highschool facilities.” Casper’sNatrona County High School isranked 19th on the index, KellyWalsh High School is rankedfifth and Roosevelt High Schoolin Casper is ranked 25th.

• Superintendent: District 2 still pursuingstate money

• Thomas visits Foundation Scholarship winner at SCBy Carrie [email protected]

SHERIDAN — Sparks are flying forSheridan College student Tony Johannson.

Johannson is one of 12 statewide ThomasFoundation scholarship recipients, and is in hissecond semester working on a welding certifi-cate in Sheridan.

“I have always been a hands-on person,” hesaid. “I do not personally enjoy sitting in aclassroom being lectured. I would much ratherbe in a wood or metal shop using my hands tobuild things, and figuring out how to make ideascome to life.”

The Thomas Foundation is dedicated to theeducation, inspiration and leadership of futuregenerations of Wyoming youth, especially stu-dents who are at-risk, according to the founda-tion website. Susan Thomas started the founda-tion to honor the work her late husband, U.S.Sen. Craig Thomas, and to help young peoplewho need extra assistance to learn a professionor trade become productive citizens.

The foundation works with post-secondarystudents on training so they are work-ready,Thomas said. It provides financial aid to stu-dents at all Wyoming community colleges, theUniversity of Wyoming, trade schools andlicensed centers in Wyoming.

Johannson received a $1,250 scholarship toSC, and Thomas said she mentors him to helphim ensure he gets the best out of his education.

“He is building a good track record,”Thomas said. “By semester, we give 12 schol-arships, and it is not just giving them themoney. I follow them all over the state. I men-tor them. I have met with Tony several times,and we talk and discuss and text.

“I really believe it is important to give stu-dents who live in Wyoming the opportunity tofurther their education in Wyoming,” Thomassaid. “That is what the whole foundation isabout — the opportunity to help students meettheir goals.”

Sheridan College structures the weldingprogram so it is 80 percent out of the class-room and 20 percent lecture, Sheridan CollegeWelding Program Instructor Carl Schiner said,

which works for students in trade studies partic-ularly well.

Tony Johannson is in a one-year certificateprogram at SC.

“Without it, I probably wouldn’t be in col-lege at all,” Johannson said, adding that whenhe’s done with school, he’d like to live inWyoming. One day, he said, he’d like to havehis own shop.

Hands-on help

SC hosting Academic Challenge Saturday

From staff reports

SHERIDAN — Roughly 100 high school students from throughout the state will bepitted against each other during the 16th annual Wyoming Academic Challenge Saturday.

The academic challenge will be from noon-5:30 p.m. in the Whitney BuildingPresentation Hall (CTEL) at Sheridan College.

Sheridan College scholarships will be awarded to the overall top team, along withplaques and medals. Awards will also be presented to the second and third place teams, thetop small school and to the top individual.

“These students are amazing — the depth of their knowledge on a variety of subjectsis impressive,” Zane Garstad, the director of enrollment services said of the question-and-answer-style trivia competition. “The Academic Challenge is always enjoyable to watch.”

The Sheridan event is one of six competitions held throughout the state from Octoberto April.

The top 18 Wyoming Academic Challenge teams, which include 12 large schools andsix small schools, will qualify for the state finals held in April in Casper.

The Academic Challenge is free to the public.

“He is building a goodtrack record. By semester,we give 12 scholarships,and it s not just giving themthe money. I follow them allover the state. I mentorthem. I have met with Tonyseveral times, and we talkand discuss and text.’’

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“The joint appropriations commit-tee has met (again), and we haven’tseen any numbers from that,”Dougherty said. “It has to go throughthe whole legislative process ... it willgo through both the house and thesenate, and then it goes to the gover-nor. Depending on where Coffeenends up, we will have to work withour legislators and we will continue toprovide information to the governor.

“It is an issue of fairness,”Dougherty said. “Everyone has aschool on the list, and we believe itshould go one at a time, one afteranother.”

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Special operations expanding as wars recedeWASHINGTON (AP) — War is going back under

wraps — that’s the next-generation plan put forth by thespecial operations commander who led the Osama binLaden raid and embraced at the highest levels of thePentagon and the White House.

Big armies and the land invasions of Iraq andAfghanistan will be replaced by fast and light specialoperations raids that leave little trace, or better yet, raidsby friendly local forces the U.S. has trained, helpingfight mutual enemies side by side.

U.S. officials say that’s the plan offered by specialoperations chief Adm. Bill McRaven, who started work-ing last fall to sell defense leaders on a plan to beef uphis existing Theater Special Operations commands toreposition staff and equipment for the post-Iraq andAfghanistan wars era.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta shared few detailsin the new Pentagon budget he outlined Thursday, butofficials explained the nascent plan in greater detail toThe Associated Press.

As the overall military force shrinks and special

operations troops return from their 10-raid-a-night tempo in Iraq and Afghanistan, they’llbe redeployed to special operations units inareas somewhat neglected during the decade-long focus on al-Qaida because there weresimply too few of them to go around, accord-ing to a senior defense official and other cur-rent and former U.S. officials briefed on theprogram.

All officials spoke on condition ofanonymity because the details of the proposaland timing of implementation are still beingworked out.

While the idea is to work and train withforeign armies, the invigorated networkwould reinforce and reinvigorate specialoperations units in regions like the PacificRim.

That would enable them to launch splashy, unilater-al raids like the one McRaven commanded last yearthat killed bin Laden in Pakistan — and the one

Tuesday that rescued an American hostageand her Danish colleague. That rescueserved to drive home President BarackObama’s national security achievementsin his first term, as his State of the Unionspeech Tuesday night effectively launchedhis bid for a second term.

The senior defense official, however,emphasized that the new plan would meanspecial operations troops could increasecooperation with foreign armies, workingwith them to defeat local threats instead ofthe U.S. shouldering the bulk of suchfights.

The idea tracks with the White Housegoal to transform the U.S. military into asmaller, more agile force, able to respond

to a variety of threats beyond traditional military ene-mies. Even as U.S. officials outlined cuts to much of themilitary, Panetta has said funding for special operationsand intelligence-gathering will increase — both emerg-

ing as the Obama White House’s preferred way to con-front many global threats after a decade of costly landinvasions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The special operations command’s main responsibil-ity now is to provide resources and personnel to thegeographic combatant commanders. Technically, thespecial operations command has limited authority torespond to worldwide threats, only taking charge ofindividual operations if directed by the president or sec-retary of defense. The strengthened overseas networkcould serve as a practical first step to give McRaven agreater say in those overseas operations on a more fre-quent basis.

Rather than adding troops to the overall force,McRaven wants to be able to more quickly dispatchsome of the units where they are needed, according to aU.S. official briefed on the plan. Now, such moves haveto filter through a bureaucratic process and layers ofPentagon authority, which in some cases can delaydeploying extra special operations troops or assetswhere they are needed by weeks or months.

U.S. judge denies bid to block Nevada

mustang roundupsRENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal

judge in Nevada who handed horseprotection advocates a rare victorylast fall has rejected their latestrequest to block governmentroundups of free-roaming mus-tangs in the West, saying they’llhave to go to Congress if they thinkthe animals are being treated inhu-manely and need more protection.

U.S. District Judge HowardMcKibben granted a temporaryrestraining order on Aug. 30 thatcut short by a day a roundup nearthe Nevada-Utah line after hedetermined a helicopter flew tooclose to a horse in violation of thelaw.

But he said during a hearing inReno Thursday that he was deny-ing a new injunction request fromthe Texas-based Wild HorseFreedom Federation partlybecause the Bureau of LandManagement has made some posi-tive changes since then. He alsosaid he can’t issue injunctionsbased on speculation about futureabuses.

“This court is really not in aposition to be the overseer of theBLM,” McKibben said. “Thiscourt is not going to police allgathers in the U.S. or even allgathers in the district of northernNevada.”

“This Court is not Congress,not an administrative agency. Weare not the first branch of govern-ment. We are not the secondbranch. We’re here to considergrievances,” he said.

His ruling was a disappoint-ment to horse protection advocateswho were buoyed by his courtorder last fall when he took theBLM to task for its actions at theTriple B complex roundup nearthe Nevada-Utah line northwest ofEly, Nev.

“Your honor, you are the lastvestige of hope here,” said GordonCowan, a lawyer for the group.“Basically, there is no otheraccountability.”

Erik Petersen, a JusticeDepartment lawyer representingBLM, said the agency tookMcKibben’s earlier order serious-ly and responded with its owninternal review of the Triple Broundup “in great part in responseto this court’s ruling on the tempo-rary restraining order.”

The law already dictates thehorses be treated humanely but theagency now has “a half dozen spe-cific instructions” or guidelinesfor roundup contractors to follow,including prohibiting helicoptersfrom flying too close to animals,Petersen said.

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Economy grew modest 2.8 percent in Q4WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at

a 2.8 percent annual rate in the final three months of lastyear, the fastest growth in 2011.

Americans spent more on cars and trucks, and com-panies restocked their shelves at the strongest pace innearly two years. But growth in the October-Decemberquarter — and all of last year — was held back by thebiggest annual government spending cuts in fourdecades.

The Commerce Department said Friday that the econ-omy grew just 1.7 percent last year, roughly half of thegrowth in 2010 and the worst since the recession.

Most economists expect businesses to ease up onrestocking in the first three months of the year. Thatshould slow first-quarter growth. And consumers may cutback on spending if their wages continue to lag inflation.

In the final three months of last year, consumerspending grew at a 2 percent annual rate. That’s up mod-estly from the third quarter.

Much of the growth was powered by a 14.8 percentsurge in sales of autos and other long-lasting manufac-tured goods.

Incomes, which have been weak all year because ofhigh unemployment, grew at a modest 0.8 percent annu-al rate. That followed two straight quarters of decliningincomes.

Consumer spending is important because it makes up70 percent of economic activity.

Business restocking, which can vary widely fromquarter to quarter, was the greatest contributor to growthin the October-December period. It added nearly 2 per-centage points to the gross domestic product, or GDP.

Government spending at all levels fell at an annualrate of 4.6 percent in the fourth quarter and 2.1 percentfor the year — the biggest decline since 1971. Sweepingfederal defense cuts at the beginning and end of 2011were a major factor.

The economy is measured by GDP, which covers

everything from haircuts to hotel bookings to jet fighterplanes. Friday’s estimate was the first of three for thefourth quarter.

Paul Ashworth, an economist at Capital Economics,said growth is likely to slow in the first three months ofthis year to below 2 percent. That’s largely because busi-nesses will ease up on restocking.

“Overall, the pickup in growth doesn’t look half asgood when you realize that most of it was due to inven-tory accumulation,” Ashworth said.

But not all economists agree that the first quarter ofthis year will be weak.

Ian Shepherdson, an economist at High FrequencyEconomics, said business investment in capital goodsshould be stronger, consumer spending firmer and gov-ernment activity less of a drag.

Other data show the economy ended 2011 on a strongnote. Companies invested more in equipment andmachinery in December. The unemployment rate fell to

8.5 percent last month — the lowest level in nearly threeyears — after the sixth straight month of solid hiring.

People are buying more cars, and consumer confi-dence is rising. Even the depressed housing market hasshown enough improvement to make some economistspredict a turnaround has begun.

Still, many economists worry that a recession inEurope could dampen demand for U.S. manufacturedgoods, which would slow growth. And without more jobsand better pay, consumer spending is likely to stagnate.

The Federal Reserve signaled this week that a fullrecovery could take at least three more years. Inresponse, it said it would probably not increase its bench-mark interest rate until late 2014 at the earliest — a yearand a half later than it had previously said.

The central bank also slightly reduced its outlook forgrowth this year, from as much as 2.9 percent forecast inNovember down to 2.7 percent. The Fed sees unemploy-ment falling as low as 8.2 percent this year.

More seek unemployment aid,bigger trend is positive

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of peopleseeking unemployment benefits rose last week to a sea-sonally adjusted 377,000, up from a nearly four-yearlow the previous week. But the longer-term trend ispointing to a healthier job market.

Applications have trended down over the past fewmonths, and the four-week average is 377,500. Whenapplications fall consistently below 375,000, it tends tosignal that hiring is strong enough to lower the unem-ployment rate.

Some economists say the figures suggest further jobgains ahead.

The nation has added at least 100,000 jobs for sixstraight months.

The unemployment rate has declined to 8.5 percent,its lowest level in almost three years.

Durable goods orders rise as business ups spending

WASHINGTON (AP) — A rebound in businessspending on machinery and equipment lifted orders forlong-lasting manufactured goods in December, offeringmore evidence that the economy is gaining momentumat the start of the year.

Orders for durable goods — products that areexpected to last at least three years — rose 3 percentlast month, the Commerce Department said Thursday.And so-called core capital goods, which are viewed asa good measure of business investment plans, hit an all-time high.

Economists noted that a surge in volatile demand forcommercial aircraft also boosted orders. And business-es likely stepped up spending to take advantage of a taxbreak on equipment, which expired at the end ofDecember.

Taco Bell enters crowded breakfast arena

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Yo quiero Taco Bellbreakfast burrito!

The Mexican-style fast-food chain that’s bestremembered for a 1990s ad in which a Chihuahua pro-claimed “I want Taco Bell” in Spanish, introduced abreakfast menu Thursday at nearly 800 restaurants in 14states.

If the launch goes well, Taco Bell plans to sellbreakfast burritos and hash browns along with its tacosand gorditas at all of its 5,600 locations nationwide by2014.

Taco Bell, operated by Yum Brands Inc., is enteringthe mad scramble by fast-food heavyweights to com-pete for the morning on-the-go crowd. Breakfast has

become the most important meal of the day for chainrestaurants, accounting for virtually all of the industry’sgrowth in the past five years.

Vegas casinos relying more on baccarat

LAS VEGAS (AP) — In the days before the ChineseNew Year celebration began this week, six high rollers satdown at the private baccarat tables one day at the MGMGrand in Las Vegas and began throwing down wagers of$100,000 to $200,000 a hand. It was a scene hardly out ofplace these days in Sin City.

Big-time gamblers, primarily from Asia, are flockingto Las Vegas to play baccarat and providing a big lift tothe overall bottom line of the city’s casinos.

Baccarat has easily surpassed blackjack in terms ofrevenue in Las Vegas and now represents nearly 60 per-cent of the MGM Grand’s table games revenue over thepast year. It’s especially popular this week with tens ofthousands of tourists from Asia in town to celebrate theChinese New Year.

Starbucks 1Q profit up 10 percent

SEATTLE (AP) — Starbucks Corp.’s fiscal first-quar-ter profit increased 10 percent as the coffee company

added stores, customers and new products.The Seattle-based company reported after the market

closed Thursday that it earned $382.1 million, or 50cents per share, for the quarter that ended Jan. 1. That’sup from $346.6 million, or 45 cents per share, in thesame quarter last year.

Its total revenue increased 16 percent to $3.44 bil-lion.

The quarter beat market expectations. Analystspolled by FactSet anticipated the company would earn49 cents per share on revenue of $3.29 billion.

Caterpillar 4Q profit rises,tops Wall Street view

NEW YORK (AP) — Caterpillar Inc. said Thursdaythat its fourth-quarter profit jumped 60 percent, boostedby pent-up demand for new equipment and continuinggrowth in developing countries.

The performance of the world’s largest maker ofconstruction and mining equipment is an indicator of thestrength of the global economy. Along with strongfourth-quarter earnings, Caterpillar issued rosy guid-ance, saying that it expects the global economy to growfaster this year and construction activity to continue toimprove in most parts of the world.

Caterpillar, based in Peoria, Ill., reported net incomeof $1.55 billion, or $2.32 per share, up from $968 mil-lion, or $1.47 per share, in the same quarter last year.

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Report: Electronic health records still need workWASHINGTON (AP) — America may be a tech-

nology-driven nation, but the health care system’sconversion from paper to computerized recordsneeds lots of work to get the bugs out, according toexperts who spent months studying the issue.

Hospitals and doctors’ offices increasingly aregoing digital, the Bipartisan Policy Center says in areport released Friday. But there’s been littleprogress getting the computer systems to talk to one

another, exchanging data the way financial compa-nies do.

“The level of health information exchange in theU.S. is extremely low,” the report says.

At the consumer level, few people maintain a per-sonal health record on their laptop or electronictablet, partly due to concerns about privacy, securityand accuracy that the government hasn’t resolved.

“How will sensitive health data be kept confiden-

tial and secure in digital data-sharing environ-ments?” the report asks. “Many consumers ... arewaiting for a reassuring answer to this question.”

The report offers a window on progress toward agoal set by President Barack Obama, and PresidentGeorge W. Bush before him, that everyone in theUnited States should have an electronic medicalrecord by 2014.

While making no predictions, the report offers a

collection of details indicating that the goal is a longshot at best.

“Will 100 percent of our nation have electronichealth records by 2014?” asked Janet Marchibroda,who directs the center’s health technology initiative.“I would say getting to that last mile is difficult.”She expects the majority of hospitals and doctors tomeet the goal, but it’s another matter when it comesto consumers.

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Publisher’s Notebook

‘Stink,’ lobbyistshistory,

wine, golfESPN was on the other night with guys who had

Super Bowl rings and the gist of it was how it felt to winit all one year.

One of the winners was Mark Schlereth, a popularbroadcaster and analyst on the network. These days, he’sgot a good haircut, he’s trim and wears custom suits.

In his playing days, his nick-name as the starting center onthe Denver Broncos was “stink.”According to his teammate andquarterback, John Elway,Schlereth was a bit “gassy.”

To get an edge before hebanged heads with some of theleague’s finest defenders,Schlereth would eat a heartycombination of steak and heap-ing portions of raw garlic.

He played 12 seasons in theNFL, won two Super Bowlswith Denver and was a two-timePro Bowl honoree.

Schlereth wasn’t the first touse this tactic to get an “edge.”

Joe Scibelli, an “offensive” guard for the Los AngelesRams, had a similar diet. He would hold his breath beforeeach play then exhale into the defensive tackle’s face.

“I could blow them away with my breath,” Scibellionce told a reporter.

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Dept. of incidental info……Amid all the noise in the GOP debates about wealth

and lobbying, a point was made how 30 leading U.S.companies now pay more to lobbyists for favorable con-gressional support and access to get favorable tax laws,than they do in taxes. Twenty-nine out of the 30 paid nofederal income tax from 2008 to 2010, through a varietyof various – and legal – tax dodges. The exception wasFedEx. They had a tax rate of 1 percent. Companiesincluded: General Electric, Corning, PG&E, Boeing,Verizon, others, according to stories by Daily Finance,Equities.com, Huffington Post and Bloomberg.

Latenight funnyman Jon Stewart was apt: “The mid-dle class has (expletive) lobbyists.”

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The Sheridan County Historical Society is a goodorganization to join. They send out good, newsy newslet-ters that are enlightening. The Society is primarilyresponsible for all of those historical photos we’ve beenrunning since last May on page four of The SheridanPress, though a good number of individuals have alsocontributed as well.

The Sheridan Press is a member. Memberships startas low as $25 annually.

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I see by the mail…….The Downtown Sheridan Association will present

The Wild West Wine Fest on Friday, March 2, at theSheridan Inn.

More than 100 wines and beers will be availablealong with “gourmet cowboy cuisine.” Well, there yougo.

Info, tickets: www.downtownsheridan.org.

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Those who tee up the little white ball and have noplans to head south to Arizona, Palm Springs or Floridafor a golf break from our “rough” winter this year, I’mreminded of a golf story in order to expedite spring.

Now and then, many years ago, I would play HickoryMeadows Golf Club in Whitakers, N.C., a public golfcourse located on I-95 between Rocky Mount andRoanoke Rapids. It was once a cotton and peanut farmthat a family had turned into a golf course, with one holerunning alongside the nation’s busiest highway. Anotherhole, a par four on the back nine, featured a hole wherethe golfer had to carry his tee shot over a hill, and to theright of a family cemetery — or it would be out ofbounds — if it landed among those who were at eternalrest.

The line of sight was to hit a draw over a statue of anangel, who at one time, was pointing a finger at heaven.Some golfer had hit a hard hook, and knocked the point-ed finger off the hand, and so it looked like the angel wasshaking his fist instead. If the bets were right, there werealways a few prayers on that tee box.

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“He has never been known to use a word that mightsend a reader to the dictionary.”

— William Faulkner, writer, 1897-1962, speakingcritically of Ernest Hemingway, another writer, 1899-1961.

This photo of the Big Goose Ranger Station in the Bighorn National Forest was probably taken in the1950s. The name "Bernard" is written on the back of the original photo, which comes from the Mavrakiscollection of the Sheridan County Museum's Memory Book project.

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Greed is good? The GOP seems to be okay with that

The president plays small

ballOnce upon a time, small ball was not Barack

Obama’s game. Tuesday, it was the essence of hisState of the Union address. The visionary of 2008 —purveyor of hope and change, healer of the earth,tamer of the rising seas —offered an hour of littlethings: tax-code tweaks toencourage this or that kind ofbehavior (manufacturingbeing the flavor of the day),little watchdog agencies toround up Wall Street miscre-ants and Chinese DVDpirates, even a presidentialdemand “that all studentsstay in high school until theygraduate or turn 18.” Underpenalty of what? Jail? Theself-proclaimed transformerof America is now playingtruant officer?

It sounded like the Clinton years with their presi-dentially proclaimed initiatives on midnight basketballand school uniforms. These are the marks of a shrunk-en presidency, thoroughly flummoxed by high unem-ployment, economic stagnation, crushing debt — anda glaring absence of ideas.

Of course, this being Obama, there was a reach forgrandeur. Hope and change are long gone. It’s nowequality and fairness.

That certainly is a large idea. Lenin and Mao wentpretty far with it. As did Clement Attlee and his social-democratic counterparts in postwar Europe. Wheredoes Obama take it? Back to the decade-oldDemocratic obsession with the Bush tax cuts, the cru-sade for a tax hike of all of 4.6 points for 2 percent ofhouseholds — 10 years of which wouldn’t cover thecost of Obama’s 2009 stimulus alone.

Which is why Obama introduced a shiny new twist— the Buffett Rule, a minimum 30 percent rate formillionaires. Sounds novel. But it’s a tired replay ofthe alternative minimum tax, originally created in1969 to bring to heel all of 155 underpaying fat cats.Following the fate of other such do-goodism, the AMTthen metastasized into a $40 billion monster that todayentraps millions of middle-class taxpayers.

There isn’t even a pretense that the Buffett Rulewill do anything for economic growth or job creation(other than provide lucrative work for the sharp taxlawyers who will be gaming the new system for thevery same rich). Which should not surprise. Back in2008, Obama was asked if he would still support rais-ing the capital-gains tax rate (the intended effect of theBuffett Rule) if this would decrease government rev-enue.

Obama said yes. In the name of fairness.This is redistribution for its own sake — the cost be

damned. It took Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels about 30seconds of his State of the Union rebuttal to demolishthat idea. To get the rich to contribute more, explainedDaniels, you don’t raise tax rates. This ultimatelyretards economic growth for all. You (a) eliminateloopholes from which the rich benefit disproportion-ately (tax reform) and (b) means-test entitlements sothat the benefits go to those most in need.

Tax reform and entitlement reform are the reallybig ideas. The first produces social equity plus eco-nomic efficiency; the second produces social equityplus debt reduction. And yet these are precisely whatObama has for three years steadfastly refused toaddress. He prefers the easy demagoguery of “tax therich.”

After all, what’s he got? Can’t run on his record.Barely even mentioned Obamacare or the stimulus, hismajor legislative achievements, on Tuesday night. Toounpopular. His platform is fairness, wrapped around aplethora of little things, one mini-industrial policyafter another — the conceit nicely encapsulated by hisproclamation that “I will not cede the wind or solar orbattery industry to China or to Germany.” As if he cancommand these industries into existence. As ifWashington funding a thousand Solyndras will makesolar economically viable.

Soviet central planners mandated quotas for steelproduction, regardless of demand. Obama’s industrialpolicy is a bit more subtle. Tax breaks for manufactur-ing — but double tax breaks for high-tech manufactur-ing, which for some reason is considered more virtu-ous, despite the fact that high tech is less likely to cre-ate blue-collar jobs. Its main job creation will be forlegions of lawyers and linguists testifying before somenew adjudicating bureaucracy that the Acme UmbrellaFactory meets its exquisitely drawn criteria for “hightech.”

What Obama offered the nation Tuesday night wasa pudding without a theme: a jumble of disconnectedinitiatives, a gaggle of intrusive new agencies and awhole new generation of loopholes to further corrupt atax code that screams out for reform.

If the Republicans can’t beat that in November,they should try another line of work.

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If you heard a loud “gulp” Tuesday nightafter President Obama’s State of the Unionaddress, it probably came from Republicanpolitical strategists as they realized theirparty’s odds of capturing the White House thisfall are getting longer. Obama may be noRonald Reagan, but he’s no Jimmy Carter,either.

The obligatory list of accomplishmentsand initiatives was embellished with bits andpieces of what will likely be Obama’s stan-dard campaign speech. At the heart of hisargument for a second term is his assertionthat the American dream of upward mobilityhas been hijacked — that the rich and thepowerful have rigged our economic and political sys-tems to favor their interests over those of the average cit-izen.

Obama sounded this theme several times, perhapsmost effectively when he decried policies that allow bil-lionaire Warren Buffett to pay a lower income-tax ratethan does his longtime secretary, Debbie Bosanek, whosat with first lady Michelle Obama in her box Tuesdaynight:

“We don’t begrudge financial success in this country.We admire it. When Americans talk about folks like mepaying my fair share of taxes, it’s not because they envythe rich. It’s because they understand that when I get atax break I don’t need and the country can’t afford, iteither adds to the deficit or somebody else has to makeup the difference — like a senior on a fixed income, or astudent trying to get through school, or a family trying tomake ends meet.

“That’s not right. Americans know that’s not right.They know that this generation’s success is only possi-ble because past generations felt a responsibility to eachother, and to the future of their country, and they knowour way of life will only endure if we feel that samesense of shared responsibility.”

There are some Republicans who can’t wait to takethe issue of Buffett’s tax rate vs. Bosanek’s head-on.They are eager to argue that one of the world’s richestmen deserves to pay a lower rate because his incomederives from job-creating investments. TheseRepublicans presumably consider his secretary a meresalaried employee who spends her money on such frip-peries as, you know, food, shelter, clothing and trans-portation.

“The issue I think that’s going to play out this elec-

tion is that question of Warren Buffett’s sec-retary,” House Majority Leader Eric Cantor,R-Va., said Wednesday on CNN. “We wanther to make more money, we want her tohave more hope for the future. . . . [But] thisnotion that somehow the income thatWarren Buffett makes is the same as a wageincome for his secretary, we know that’s notthe same.”

In other words, it’s not just that the richare better than the rest of us but also thattheir money is better than our money.

Is this really an argument the Republicanpresidential nominee is going to make? Notin so many words, surely. Newt Gingrich

and Rick Santorum seem to understand that takingCantor’s line would constitute political malpractice.

Mitt Romney may get it, too, but he has little room tomaneuver. Romney’s wealth must be very special,indeed, to deserve vacations in Switzerland and theCayman Islands, where he likes to park his money. But Idigress.

Perhaps more of a political problem, from the GOP’spoint of view, is Obama’s riff on shared responsibility.Republicans seem eager to double down on a “greed isgood” ethos that has more resonance when the economyis booming, real estate values are soaring and everybodyfeels rich. Obama, by contrast, envisions a return to anAmerica where the successful and fortunate lend a help-ing hand to those down on their luck, rather than coldlyleave them behind. This seems much more in tune withthe times.

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, delivering theRepublican response, offered an alternative that manyvoters might find cogent and unthreatening. He didn’tprovide a lot of new ideas — basically, Daniels supportsthe same laissez-faire policies that got us into this crisis— but at least he didn’t sound like some kind of AynRand acolyte who believes that economic Darwinismmust always be allowed to run its course.

Daniels isn’t running for president, though, and thepragmatic conservatism he described — one that imag-ines a role for government — is out of touch with theradicalism that dominates his party. The Republicanswho are running the party laugh at the concepts of fair-ness and collective responsibility. Soon they may findthe joke’s on them.

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Look of old Hollywood glamour is a modern favoriteFrom Associated Press

In the Hollywood landscape of new, new, new,what really stands out is that today’s starlets stillemulate the looks of classic screen beauties,including Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe andRita Hayworth, who ruled the red carpet in the1950s.

Funny, you don’t hear that much about Cher,Sharon Stone, or even Demi Moore and JuliaRoberts, all very popular stars of the awards-showcircuit in more recent history. Could you imagineAngelina Jolie all done up as Sally Field?

But Jolie made most of the best-dressed listfrom the Golden Globe awards earlier this monthwith her bright red lips and neat hair that comple-mented her glamorous gown.

“To reference the bygone era of past screensirens, there’s something about that genre thatwomen gravitate to, men gravitate to and fashiongravitates to,” says Jenn Karsten, director of edu-cation and artistry for the cosmetics brand Make

Up For Ever .“I think it’s the essence of the real woman,”

she says. “If we referenced the ‘70s, ‘80s and the‘90s even, the culture was shifting so much. It wasa sexual revolution but with a strong androgynouslook. It was, ‘Don’t look at me for my beauty,look at me for my brains, my power.’ But if youlook at Liz Taylor, Sophia Loren or Marilyn,they’re all mega stars that were proven talents andproven beauties.”

Lori Taylor, global pro lead makeup artist forSmashbox, says Hollywood back in the day wasmore about crafting a lasting image instead ofjumping from trend to trend. “The 1940s and ‘50shad a ladylike glamour. Everything worked!These women weren’t testing anything out. If youlook at the women of the ‘80s, it was more aboutpushing the edge — and that’s not as timeless.”

It was a pretty rare occasion that the Monroesand Hayworths of the world would turn up some-where without a well-planned outfit and fullmadeup face, adds Wende Zomnir, founding part-

ner and creative director of Urban Decay. Theirappearances were more staged than the paparazzisnapshots of today’s stars, of course, but they alsohad fairly simple beauty routines, even if theywore a lot of product, she says.

Tips on recreating those looks:—Beautiful, full brows. “Pamela Anderson

ruined brows,” declares Zomnir. “Brows are hardto do right, but people are scared to let themgrow.”

She’s like to see more people take their cuefrom Elizabeth Taylor, or at least Brooke Shieldsin the ‘80s.

— A natural look. This isn’t carte blanche tobe natural, however, says Karsten.

The goal is a look that’s simple, but wellgroomed, with flawless skin and a few big state-ments, such as a bright lip color and jet-blacklashes. You might need foundation, you’ll need agood skin-care routine, you might even needtime-consuming false lashes to make it look likeyou barely gave it a thought.

Westminster introduces six new dog breeds to competition

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six dogswill make history this year as thenewest breeds eligible to compete atWestminster. If they have visions ofwinning, though, history is againstthem.

The names of some of these rookiebreeds competing in this year’sWestminster Kennel Club Dog Showon Feb. 13-14 at Madison SquareGarden are a mouthful: the Entlebuchermountain dog, the NorwegianLundehund, the American Englishcoonhound, the Finnish Lapphund, theCesky terrier and the Xoloitzcuintli,previously known as the MexicanHairless.

The six new breeds bring to 185 thenumber that will compete this year forthe best of show grand prize in theannual contest, the oldest sportingevent in the United States next to theKentucky Derby, said David Frei, theclub’s director of communications andthe USA Network show host.

In 1990, there were 142 eligiblebreeds.

This is no limit on the number ofnew breeds that can be admitted eachyear, but there are strict criteria. For thelast 12 years, no more than six rookieshave been approved in any year, Freisaid.

Before the American Kennel Clubwill approve a new breed, there have tobe a significant number of the dogs inthe United States and there has to be abreed club to oversee enthusiasts andgeographic diversity.

— The American English coon-hound is a descendent of the Englishfoxhound and evolved from Virginiahounds. Originally used to hunt fox byday and raccoon by night, they wereonce called the English fox and coon-hound.

— The Entlebucher mountain dog

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— The Finnish Lapphund is a rein-deer herding dog from the northernparts of Scandinavia. It is thought thatthis breed existed for hundreds, if notthousands, of years as a helper dog tonative tribes. Today, they are popular asfamily pets in their native Finland.Devoted to their family, they are friend-ly with all people, highly intelligent andeager to learn. They are strong but veryagile.

— The Norwegian Lundehund isalso called the puffin dog. It spent cen-turies on the rocky cliffs and high fieldsof arctic Norway hunting and retrievingpuffin birds, which was an importantmeat and feather crop to local farmers.

— The Xoloitzcuintli is the nation-al dog of Mexico and was previouslyknown as the Mexican Hairless. Itcomes in three sizes and there is a coat-ed version seen only in the UnitedStates and Canada. These dogs aredescendants of the hairless dogs prizedby the Aztecs and revered as guardiansof the dead.

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The former Massachusetts governor turned in hisbest debate performance yet Thursday night, puttingchief rival Newt Gingrich on the defensive from theopening minutes in Jacksonville, Fla., and never lettingup for two hours. It was a striking change after twoSouth Carolina debates in which Gingrich revived hisown campaign with fiery populist and media-bashingzingers that made Romney appear pallid in comparison.

Romney hired a new debate coach after those events.He was considerably more aggressive in a debateMonday in Tampa.

Then on Thursday, he urged his supporters to packthe hall in Jacksonville for the debate aired by CNN. Assoon as it started, he appeared more prepared, polished

and focused than Gingrich, who curiouslydropped the fire-breathing aggressiveness hehad shown only hours earlier at a morning teaparty rally.

In contrast to the rousing ovations thatGingrich, the former House speaker, hadreceived in the two South Carolina debates,the Jacksonville audience seemed mostly onRomney’s side.

“When I’m shot at, I’ll return fire,”Romney said moments after the debate ended.“I’m certainly no shrinking violet.”

Many Republicans expect Tuesday’sFlorida primary to be close. And debate per-formances are only one part of the GOP pres-idential campaign. It also features millions ofdollars in TV, radio and mail ads and heavycoverage of candidates’ events by local news outlets.

This cycle’s presidential debates, however, havedrawn big audiences and played an unusually large role

in shaping the campaign. Gingrich’s feistyperformances after his near-fatal finish inIowa helped put him into strong con-tention with Romney.

Romney’s performance Thursday willdoubtlessly reassure many mainstreamparty members who see Gingrich as toomercurial and burdened by past politicalbattles to make the strongest case againstObama.

“Romney took the right lesson fromSouth Carolina: Keep your opponentdown, don’t let him back up,” NewHampshire political scientist Dante Scala,who follows the contest closely, said onTwitter before the debate was half over.

Former Sen. Rick Santorum and Texascongressman Ron Paul also participated in the forum,although Paul is not actively campaigning in Florida.Santorum scored strong points by noting that both

Gingrich and Romney have supported mandatory healthinsurance for individuals.

Santorum says that history weakens the two men’sability to challenge Obama on mandated health cover-age. Santorum is struggling to compete in sprawling,expensive Florida, however, and he planned to returnfor a while to Pennsylvania on Friday.

Romney’s performance in Jacksonville was by nomeans perfect. He said he didn’t remember a Spanish-language radio ad that his campaign is airing againstGingrich. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer assured him the ad washis, and Gingrich needled him about it.

Romney also spent long segments explaining thathis millions of dollars in personal wealth are investedby a trustee who keeps the details private to avoid con-flicts of interest. Such sound bites might hurt Romneyin a general election, which draws independent andDemocratic voters who are likely to be more skepticalof a millionaire’s hired accountants and complexinvesting than are some Republican activists.

U.S. cybersecurity efforts trigger privacy concernsWASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government’s

plan to expand computer security protections into criticalparts of private industry is raising concerns that the movewill threaten Americans’ civil liberties.

In a report for release Friday, The Constitution Projectwarns that as the Obama administration partners morewith the energy, financial, communications and healthcare industries to monitor and protect networks, sensitivepersonal information of people who work for or commu-nicate with those companies could be improperly or inad-vertently disclosed.

While the government may have good intentions, it“runs the risk of establishing a program akin to wiretap-ping all network users’ communications,” the nonpartisanlegal think tank says. The Associated Press obtained acopy of the report in advance.

Cybersecurity has become a rapidly expanding priori-ty for the government as federal agencies, private compa-nies and everyday people come under persistent and

increasingly sophisticated computer attacks. The threat isdiverse, ranging from computer hackers going after bank-ing and financial accounts to terrorists or other nationsbreaching government networks to steal sensitive data orsabotage critical systems such as the electrical grid,nuclear plants or Wall Street.

Privacy has been a hotly debated issue, particularly asthe Pentagon broadens its pilot program to help defensecontractors protect their networks and systems. Severalcompanies, including critical jet fighter and drone pro-grams, have been attacked, although the Pentagon hassaid that no classified information was lost.

And there are plans for the Homeland SecurityDepartment to use the defense program as a model to pre-vent hackers and hostile nations from breaching criticalinfrastructure. Officials have suggested that Congressneeds to craft legislation that would protect companiesfrom certain privacy and other laws in order to share infor-mation with the government for cybersecurity purposes.

DHS spokesman Matt Chandler said the legislativeproposals reflect the administration’s commitment to pri-vacy protections and contain standards to minimize con-tact with personal information while dealing with cyber-security threats. “DHS builds strong privacy protectionsinto the core of all cybersecurity programs and initia-tives,” Chandler said, adding that the agency realizes thatproviding assistance to private companies is a sensitivetask that requires “trust and strict confidentiality.”

The Constitution Project report recommends that offi-cials limit the amount and nature of personal informationshared between the public and private sectors. And itcalls for strict oversight of the cyber programs byCongress and independent audits, to ensure that privacyrights have not been violated.

“The government should not be permitted to conductan end-run around Fourth Amendment safeguards byrelying upon private companies to monitor networks,” itsaid.

In addition, the report raised concerns about the ongo-ing development of the Einstein 3 program, a governmentnetwork monitoring system that would both detect andtake action against cyberattacks on federal systems. DHSofficials have said that extensive privacy protections arein place.

But the report expressed concerns that as DHS andthe secretive National Security Agency share informationabout potential computer-based threats, the NSA couldreview communications from U.S. individuals withoutsetting up privacy safeguards.

“With more and more people needing to share sensi-tive personal and financial data over the Internet, it isabsolutely vital that, while we are looking to protect ournetworks against cyberattack, we also preserve our con-stitutionally guaranteed rights to privacy,” saidConstitution Project committee member AsaHutchinson, a former DHS undersecretary who alsoserved as a GOP congressman from Arkansas.

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Army chief sees greater role

for reserves

WASHINGTON (AP) — ThePentagon’s decision to cut the sizeof the Army by 80,000 soldiers willforce the military to rely more on theNational Guard and reserves, partic-ularly if the U.S. gets into twomajor, long-term combat operationsat the same time, according to thetop Army officer.

Gen. Raymond Odierno, chief ofstaff of the Army, said he is comfort-able with the mandate to go from570,000 soldiers during the height ofthe Iraq war to 490,000 by 2017. Buthe suggested that the U.S. will nowhave to keep its reserve forces at ahigher level of readiness than it didbefore the wars in Iraq andAfghanistan pressed tens of thou-sands citizen soldiers into service tobuttress the active duty Army.

He also said his support for theforce cuts hinges on the fact that theArmy will have five more years tomake the reductions, largely throughnormal attrition. He acknowledged,however, that a small number of offi-cers may have to be forced to leave.

As the Iraq war dragged on, thePentagon had to recruit thousands ofadditional active duty soldiers andbeef up and repeatedly tap reservebrigades in order to meet the combatdemands there and in Afghanistan.For roughly eight years, the U.S.battled in both countries at the sametime, stretching and straining theArmy nearly to the point of break-ing.

Meeting that type of commit-ment with an Army of 490,000would not work, Odierno said.

“Do I have the capability to gointo Korea and meet the require-ments, yes,” he said, when askedabout the risks of a smaller force.“Do I have the ability to stay therefor 10 years? No.”

If the military had to fight twolarge, simultaneous, long-term wars,he said, the U.S. would rely moreheavily on its allies in the region andcall for a massive mobilization ofthe reserves.

“Because of the fact that they(Guard and reserves) have beeninvolved in combat operations forvery long period of time, we aregoing to come up with a readinessmodel that will keep them at a littlebit higher level than they have beenin the past,” Odierno told reportersduring an interview in his Pentagonoffice. And if needed, he said, theU.S. would use reserves to “buy ustime to increase the active compo-nent” to wage two large, intensivewars.

A battle-hardened leader whocommanded troops during threetours in Iraq — including as topcommander there from 2008 to 2010— Odierno has taken on a broadrestructuring of the Army in order tosave money while retaining thefighting capabilities needed to go towar.

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Judge: Decision coming soon in challenge to Mont. Gov. vetoesHELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Helena judge

said Thursday he will make a quick decision ina legal challenge to line-item budget vetoesmade earlier this year by Gov. BrianSchweitzer so that the fate of some local infra-structure projects can be settled.

Six local governments are suingSchweitzer to undo the governor’s vetoes offunding for their bridge and water projects.The local governments argue that House Bill351 wasn’t technically an appropriations billthat would provide Schweitzer with line-itemveto authority.

But state lawyers counter that the gover-nor’s vetoes were clearly within his authorityto strike line-item appropriations. Schweitzer,a Democrat, struck down projects in districtsrepresented by Republicans who voted againstthe overall infrastructure spending bill.

District Judge Jeffrey Sherlocktold both sides Thursday that hewill make a decision within threeweeks so the fate of the projects canbe settled.

Peter Scott, representing thecounties, said the building seasonlooms.

“We think there is a great dealof urgency for those projects thatare affected. The clock is ticking,”he told the judge.

Scott argued that the priority listlawmakers put forth for TreasureState Endowment Project spendingwas not subject to line-item veto.He pointed out the money was notreturned to state coffers after the line-itemvetoes, but rather stayed inside the program

for the next project on the prioritylist.

“He did not take away anymoney, he simply told commercethat these projects can’t qualify,”Scott said of the veto. “In doing sohe has re-ordered the priority ofprojects the Legislature estab-lished.”

He argued such a move is notallowed by the constitutional line-item veto provision.

The lawsuit was filed byCarbon, Fergus, Madison andSweet Grass counties, along withthe city of Roundup and the townof Sheridan.

Schweitzer has said he vetoed the$750,000 wastewater project in Sheridan, a

$700,000 bridge in Madison County, $275,000for a bridge in Fergus County, and a $405,000bridge in Carbon County because legislatorsfor those areas, all Republicans, didn’t supportthe spending bill for the endowment program.

Schweitzer has said he rejected a $500,000water project in Roundup because that city hadaccess to other revenue sources, such as coalboard funding, that were not available to othercounties. The governor also said he vetoedabout $155,000 for a bridge in Sweet GrassCounty because there was not enough needsince the county identified an alternative routewithin close proximity.

Assistant attorney general Stuart Segrest,defending the state in the case, argued the leg-islature opens the door to line-item vetoes assoon as it itemizes appropriations for prioriti-zation.

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Montana Army National Guardsoldiers and the BreakfastExchange Club of Billings madeit their mission to return aMontana state flag damaged in aJune 2010 tornado to MetraPark,where it had flown.

“We wanted the flag to staythe way we found it,” Staff Sgt.Jacob Lindau with the guard’s190th Combat SupportSustainment Battalion said. “Wewanted it returned with the bark,the dirt and the rips.”

Lindau and Sgt. Ed Cunywere among the Guardsman pro-viding security after the tornadoripped the roof off MetraPark.The two had helped to resupplyan American Red Cross ofMontana truck and when theywere surveying the tornado dam-age they spotted the frayed flagon Metra’s flagpole.

“It was in pretty bad shape, sowe went down there and securedthe flag,” Lindau told TheBillings Gazette(http://bit.ly/AxoEnc ) Thursday.“It was unsuitable to fly, so wetook it down. From there we laidit out and thought it would becool to get this thing framed andback to the Metra, where it canbe displayed as a show of ‘hey,Montana lives on.’”

The father of another soldierhad connections to the ExchangeClub, which had a custom framebuilt for the flag. It is now on dis-play at MetraPark.

Private sector unions add members

WASHINGTON (AP) —Union membership grew slightlylast year, giving labor leadershope that a period of steepdeclines has finally bottomed out.

The number of unionizedworkers increased by about50,000 to nearly 14.8 millionmembers in 2011, the Bureau ofLabor Statistics reported Friday.The increase comes after unionslost nearly 1.4 million membersover the previous two years.

Still, unions’ share of the over-all workforce fell, from 11.9 per-cent to 11.8 percent, as state andlocal governments trimmed thou-sands of jobs to address budgetshortfalls. That’s the lowest per-centage of union workers sincethe Great Depression in the1930s.

Unions saw losses of about61,000 workers in governmentemployment. But they grew by110,000 workers in the privatesector, mainly in construction andhealth care. Despite that growth,unions still represent just 6.9 per-cent of all workers at private com-panies, unchanged from 2010.

“The devastating losses from2009 and 2010 have stopped andthat’s got to be good news for thelabor movement,” said JohnSchmitt, a senior economist withthe Center for Economic andPolicy Research in Washington.

Schmitt said another positivefor unions is that private sectormembership grew at about thesame rate as overall job growth.

Union membership hasdeclined steadily from its peak ofabout a third of all workers in the1950s, and about 20 percent in1983. The losses have been espe-cially steep in private industrywith the loss of manufacturingjobs that traditionally are heavilyunionized.

“It is telling that as our coun-try begins to recover the jobs lostduring the Great Recession, goodunion jobs are beginning to comeback,” said AFL-CIO PresidentRichard Trumka.

As private sector union mem-bership eroded, labor leadersturned increasingly toward work-ers in state and local govern-ments, where there was often lessresistance to organizing. About7.6 million employees in the pub-lic sector belonged to a union lastyear, compared with 7.2 millionunion workers in the private sec-tor. And public-sector workershad a union membership rate of37 percent, more than five timesthat of private-sector workers.

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DEAR ABBY: A few days ago Ireceived a large white envelopefrom a friend I had been close to inhigh school. "Jen" returned everyletter, card and note I had written toher throughout our four years ofschool. She thanked me for being agood friend and thought I might liketo have them.

I can't tell you how upsetting itwas to read how awful I was as ateenager. I was promiscuous, usedfoul language and made referencesto experimenting with drugs. Itbrought back so many terrible mem-ories that I had blocked.

I have been married for 23 yearsand have three children who wouldbe crushed if they discovered mypast. I don't know what to do. Theletters are full of history and my

innermost feelings. Some passagesare humorous and the thoughts of asilly teenager talking to a dearfriend. I can'tbring myselfto throw themaway andhave hiddenthem in myhope chest.What should Ido withthem? --S E C R E T SOF THEPAST

DEAR SECRETS: The problemwith the written word is that it oftenoutlives the writer. If you don't wantyour children or grandchildren toremember you through your true

confessions, censor them NOW.Unless you're "hoping" your familywill discover the letters after you'regone, you should destroy them.However, if they contain memoriesyou would like to keep, copy thepassages down and place those inyour hope chest.

DEAR ABBY: I was sexuallyassaulted two years ago by a boy ata party I attended while away atschool. I reported the incident tolocal and campus police, but therewasn't enough evidence to have himarrested. It took me a while to real-ize I needed help to deal with it. I'mlooking for a counselor and hope tovolunteer at a rape crisis center afterI have gotten the help I need.

I have learned that the man whoattacked me is getting married. Idon't know his fiancee, but I'm hor-rified at the thought of this unsus-pecting woman marrying a predator.I know if I do nothing, anything thathappens to her or their children is onmy hands for staying silent. I don'teven know if she'd believe me, but Ifeel I have to try. Some advice,please, Abby. -- ANXIOUS INALABAMA

DEAR ANXIOUS: You are notalone. According the Centers forDisease Control and Prevention,nearly one in five women reporthaving been raped or suffered anattempted rape in their lifetime. Ifthere is a rape crisis center near you,contact it now and let the counselorsthere counsel and guide you in yourhealing. If you approach your preda-tor's fiancee at this point, you proba-bly won't be believed. Not beingbelieved is like being raped twice.So get some professional helpbefore you attempt to reach out toher.

DEAR ABBY: I am very fair-skinned and turn red easily, espe-cially when I'm nervous or embar-rassed. It has made me afraid tospeak in public or to go to largeevents where there may be a lot ofpeople. Do you have any advice onhow I can get over this? -- BLUSH-ING EVEN NOW IN PHOENIX

DEAR BLUSHING: What youhave described may be a symptomof social phobia, the most commonform of an anxiety disorder. Thereare effective treatments for it, andyou can find out more about them bydiscussing your problem with yourphysician and/or a psychologist.You might also benefit from attend-ing a phobia support group. The psy-chologist can help you locate one ormore of them in your community.

Dear Abby is written by AbigailVan Buren, also known as JeannePhillips, and was founded by hermother, Pauline Phillips. Write DearAbby at www.DearAbby.com orP.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA90069.

DEAR DOCTOR K: My blood pressure has beencreeping up lately, so my doctor suggested I reduce theamount of salt in my diet. Where should I start?

DEAR READER: That's good advice -- and it's goodadvice for most people, especiallyfor people with high blood pres-sure. Cutting back on salt (sodiumchloride) lowers blood pressureand saves lives. Aim to limit yourdaily sodium intake to no morethan 2,300 milligrams (about ateaspoon) per day.

How do you do that? Startreading food labels to find outhow much sodium is in the foodsyou eat. That's the easy part. Ofcourse, if you're eating out, it's harder.

Some chain restaurant and fast-food meals can top5,000 milligrams of sodium per serving -- that's morethan an entire day's recommended sodium intake. Checkrestaurant websites for sodium information, or ask yourserver to steer you to low-salt choices.

In some cases it's not hard to tell which foods toavoid. Certain foods are inherently high in sodium, so golight on them. Some of the biggest culprits are pizzawith meat toppings, processed cheese, hot dogs, salamiand spaghetti with sauce. Even white bread has a lot ofsodium in it.

Watch out for hidden sodium, too. Some foods thatare high in sodium may not taste especially salty.Examples include breakfast cereals, bakery muffins,energy and sports drinks.

Avoid processed and prepared foods such as coldcuts and canned vegetables. These are the biggest

sources of sodium in our diets. Choose fresh and mini-mally processed foods instead.

If you can't eliminate processed foods entirely, thencompare brands to find the ones with the least sodium.There's a surprising amount of variation from brand tobrand.

Also pay attention to potassium. In contrast to sodi-um, more potassium in your diet helps keep blood pres-sure in check. Many fruits and vegetables, like bananas,oranges and grapefruit, are naturally low in sodium andare good sources of potassium.

Retrain your taste buds to enjoy foods with less sodi-um. Reduce salt gradually and consistently, rather thantrying to cut back by a large amount all at once. As timegoes on, you won't miss the salt. I used to sprinkle lotsof salt on nearly everything I ate (no, not on apple pie).After gradually using less salt over several months, thesame foods I used to put salt on taste great without it.

Some people are born to be more sensitive to salt,and salt in their diet is more likely to raise their bloodpressure. There is no easy way to know if you are one ofthose people, but there is an easy way to measure yourblood pressure. Particularly if your doctor has ever toldyou that your blood pressure was high or borderlinehigh, talk to him or her about using a home blood pres-sure machine. It is simple to use and accurate.

We have more information on preventing high bloodpressure in our Special Health Report, "Hypertension:Controlling the Silent Killer." You can find out moreabout it at my website.

Dr. Komaroff is a physician and professor at HarvardMedical School. Go to his website to send questions andget additional information: www.AskDoctorK.com.

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Laramie 35/15/pc 41/23/s 45/19/pcNewcastle 34/14/pc 40/25/pc 45/26/pcRawlins 33/17/pc 39/23/pc 42/21/pcRiverton 32/13/pc 49/22/pc 46/18/rRock Springs 33/17/pc 39/21/pc 41/17/pcScottsbluff 44/15/pc 55/23/s 58/27/pcSundance 28/15/pc 39/30/pc 42/23/pcYellowstone 20/1/pc 29/8/c 27/3/sn

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13/31Story

Jim Kansala

October 6, 1943 – January 24, 2012

Every so often, the Lord takes a person to heavenwhich makes you wonder if the good folks on the otherside needed a soul with strong leadership skills and ahigh fun factor to shake things up a bit. That’s certain-ly the case of Jim Kansala, 68, a wonderful husband,brother and father who began sharing his eternalreward on Jan. 24, 2012, after a second bout with can-cer.

The eldest of Ted and Verna Kansala’s three chil-dren, he was born on Oct. 6, 1943, where love of fam-

ily was instilled in him at an early age by his parents and also his grandmoth-er Jennie just down the road.

Jim grew up on the farm west of Roberts, Mont. He especially loved thesummer when his Cody cousins — the Corder and Boggio kids — wouldcome to the farm. Graduating from Roberts High School in 1961, Jim hasalways missed his best friend and Roberts Rockets team mate, Tom Tavegia.He then attended Eastern Montana College in Billings.

Jim married his soul mate and the love of his life, Brenda Polesky, Sept.14, 1974. Jim’s spirit will live on in his children, Shawna (Jim) Lippert ofEstacada, Ore.; Jeff (Kelly) Kansala of Eagle Creek, Ore.; and Jason(DeArley) Kansala of Belle Fourche, S.D. He leaves behind a sister, KarenKansala of Red Lodge, brother and best friend Hal (Dixie) Kansala ofSheridan, Wyo. His beloved grandchildren, Jeffrey, Kolby, Skyler, Madison,Grayson and Isabella Kansala also survive him. Jim is also survived bynumerous first cousins on both sides of the family as well as his niece,Krystal Kansala and nephews, Kent and Kyle Kansala and Keith and CraigRukavina.

Jim’s strong leadership skills were put to use during his working careerwith Montana Dakota Utilities in Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota. Hestarted as a laborer in 1964. He was quickly promoted to District Manager,District Operations Supervisor and Regulatory Compliance Coordinatorthroughout his career, retiring in 1997. Since moving to Fromberg, Jim hadbeen working part time for Independent Inspection Company throughNorthWestern Energy.

Jim was a member of the Billings Al Bedoo Shrine, North Star Lodge#46, A.F. & A.M. of Glasgow, past President of Glasgow Chamber ofCommerce, Board of Directors Nemont Manor, member of B.P.O. Elks ofPowell, Wyoming, Kiwanis International, JSEC, member of Glasgow GolfClub and Spearfish Canyon Golf Club.

In summer you could find Jim tending the most beautiful lawn or spend-ing countless hours on the golf course with his brother Hal. A masterful“Finnish” carpenter, Jim’s woodworking creations will forever be cherished.Jim was a die-hard NASCAR and Lakers fan. The fall elk hunt in theBighorns with his brother and countless friends rounded out his love ofsports.

His parents preceded him in death, as did his grandparents, Helmi andFelix Kujala, Jennie and Vic Rauma, Matt Kansala, and special friend andcousin, Larry Marshall.

The family wishes to thank the ICU and ICC staff, doctors, and co-work-ers at Billings Clinic Hospital along with the support from family andfriends.

A celebration of Jim’s life will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, atRoberts Methodist Church in Roberts, Mont. Cremation has taken place withthe spreading of ashes in the spring. In lieu of flowers, contributions can bemade to the Roberts Community Foundation or the Roberts MethodistChurch.

Amelia Fresorger

March 23, 1925 – January 25, 2012

Amelia Fresorger. 86, of Sheridan, passed away on Wednesday, January25, 2012, at Sheridan Memorial hospital with her family at her side.

Amelia was born on March 23, 1925, in Acme, Wy. to Mike & Katherine(Cromick) Martinek. She lived in the Sheridan area all of her life. She mar-ried John Cichonski and together they had two children, Linda and Joe. Theylater divorced. She married Al Fresorger in 1974 and he preceded her indeath in 1990.

Amelia worked in the service industry in her younger years and thenbecame a babysitter /caregiver for many nieces, nephews, and grandchildrenacquiring her nickname "Mimi" from them.

Amelia loved to dance, especially the jitterbug with her sisters Dorothyand Rose, play dartball and bingo.

She is survived by her children, Linda (Dan) Bilyeu and Joe (Becky)Cichonski of Sheridan; her grandchildren, Stacy Abernatha, Chris Bilyeu(Brandi), Mary & Rebecca Cichonski; her great-grandchildren, Austin,Corbin, Kaylee Abernatha and Sydni & Ella Bilyeu; her sisters, DorothyManning of Sheridan and Katherine Groder of San Diego, CA. along withmany very special nieces and nephews who played a major role in her life.

Amelia was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her sister and"special buddy" Rose Kolos along with five other sisters and two brothers.

Private graveside services will be held at Sheridan Municipal cemetery onSaturday, January 28 at 11:00 AM. Kane Funeral home has been entrustedwith arrangements.

Donations in her memory may be made to the Kelly Schreibeis MemorialFoundation, PO Box 6786 or Special Olympics, 1330 Gage Place both inSheridan, WY.

Oline condolences may be written at www.kanefuneral.com.

Jim

Kansala

ObituariesReports

SHERIDAN FIRE-RESCUEThursday• Rocky Mountain Ambulance assist, 800 block

Dunnuck Street, 9:43 a.m.• RMA assist, 2000 block South Sheridan

Avenue, 12:18 p.m.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN AMBULANCEThursday• Medical, 1900 block North Main Street, 3:48

a.m.• Medical, 1800 block Big Horn Avenue, 8:50

a.m.• Medical, 800 block Dunnuck, 9:41 a.m.• Medical, 1400 block South Main Street, 11:30

a.m.• Medical, 2000 block South Sheridan Avenue,

12:16 p.m.• Medical, 1400 block West Fifth Street, 12:36

p.m.• Medical, 1100 block Parkview Court, 1:30 p.m.• Transfer, Casper, 3 p.m.• Medical, 900 block West Brundage Lane, 6:20

p.m.• Medical, 1400 West Fifth Street, 8:34 p.m.

SHERIDAN MEMORIAL HOSPITALThursday• Dismissals — Orvil Karm, Buffalo; Heather

Stampka and daughter, both of Sheridan.• No admissions or births reported.

SHERIDAN POLICE DEPARTMENTInformation in the police reports is taken from

the SPD website.Thursday• Welfare check, West Fifth Street, 12:36 a.m.• Suicidal subject, North Main Street, 3:47 a.m.• 911 hang up, Fort Road, 5:26 a.m.• Reckless driver, Hill Pond Drive, 7:53 a.m.• Accident, Horn Avenue, 8:07 a.m.• Mental subject, West 12th Street, 9:55 a.m.• Dog violation, First Street, 10:35 a.m.• Fraud, Sugarview Drive, 11 a.m.• Animal lost, Emerson Street, 11:32 a.m.• Welfare check, Fourth Avenue East, 11:47

a.m.• Dog violation, North Main Street, 12:08 p.m.• Theft, Avon Street, 12:22 p.m.• Accident, Broadway Street, 1:34 p.m.• Dog violation, Sheridan area, 1:43 p.m.• Parking complaint, North Main Street, 1:47

p.m.• Domestic, North Main Street, 1:52 p.m.• Drugs scheduled surrender, West 12th Street,

2:34 p.m.• Hit and run, North Main Street, 2:37 p.m.• Abandoned vehicle, North Sheridan Avenue,

2:43 p.m.• Suspicious person, Long Drive, 3:38 p.m.• Accident, North Main Stret, 4:02 p.m.• Parking complaint, North Gould Street, 6:08

p.m.• Threats, Avoca Place, 8:42 p.m.

• DUI citizen report, Coffeen Avenue, 6:48 p.m.• Reckless driver, Coffeen Avenue, 10:11 p.m.

SHERIDAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICEThursday• Damaged property (vehicle), Dayton Street,

Ranchester, 11:49 a.m.• Warrant service, West 13th Street, 2 p.m.• Warrant service, Highway 87, 8:24 p.m.

ARRESTSNames of individuals arrested for domestic vio-

lence or sexual assault will not be released untilthose individuals have appeared in court.

Thursday• Jonathon Michael Lobach, 20, Sheridan, war-

rant for burglary, dispose of stolen property.• Dawn Marie Bays, 37, Sheridan, DWUI and

failure to report accident with unattended vehicle.• Jeffory Harlan Foral, 51, Sheridan, child sup-

port warrant.

JAILTodayDaily inmate count: 78Female inmate count: 16Inmates at treatment facilities (not counted in

daily inmate total): 6Inmates housed at other facilities (not counted

in daily inmate total): 1Number of book-ins for the previous day: 4Number of releases for the previous day: 1

Death NoticesJuanita Marie Cline

Juanita Marie Cline, 92, of Sheridan diedWednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at Westview Health CareCenter.

Services for Juanita will be 10 a.m. Tuesday,Jan. 31, 2012, at Kane Funeral Home with PastorPaul J. Cain officiating. Interment will be at theSheridan Municipal Cemetery. Memorials to honorJuanita may be made to the donor’s choice.

Online condolences may be written at

www.kanefuneral.com. Kane Funeral Home hasbeen entrusted with the arrangements.

Paul J. Fiedor

Paul J. Fiedor, 39, of Sheridan died Wednesday,Jan. 25, 2012, at Sheridan Memorial Hospital.

Online condolences may be written atwww.kanefuneral.com.

Kane Funeral Home has been entrusted with thearrangements.

Lily Bliss Johnson

Lily Bliss Johnson, infant daughter ofChad and Kayla Johnson, died Wednesday,Jan. 25, 2012.

She is survived by her parents, grandpar-ents Sherri Zigmont and Balor Zigmont ofBuffalo and Darla Shepardson of Sheridan.

Arrangements are with Champion FerriesFuneral Home.

Bison calves arrivefrom Canada

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A founda-tion building a herd of bison in northernMontana imported 71 calves from Canadathis week.

The American Prairie Foundation says thenine-month-old calves, which arrivedWednesday, will be held in isolation for amonth before being released into the mainherd in southern Phillips County on March 1.With the new bison, the herd will number216.

The Great Falls Tribune reports the foun-dation hopes to eventually have at least1,000 animals on its 123,000-acre reserve.

Reserve manager Bryce Christensen saysthe calves imported from Elk Island NationalPark in northern Alberta are descendants ofwild bison that roamed north-centralMontana in the early 1900s.

The reserve also has bison from WindCave National Park in South Dakota.

Man gets probation forthreatening federal workers

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A 50-year-oldSanders man who pleaded guilty to attempt-ing to threaten Social Security workers inBillings after being denied disability benefitshas been sentenced to a year on probation.

The Billings Gazette reports MichaelJames Long told U.S. District Judge RichardCebull on Thursday that he was having “areally bad day” and is working with mentalhealth professionals and with an attorney onhis Social Security issues.

Cebull prohibited Long from enteringany federal building without permissionfrom his probation officer and prohibitedhim from having firearms during his proba-tion.

The charge against Long stemmed froman incident on May 31 when concerned fam-ily members notified law enforcement thatLong had a gun and was headed to the SocialSecurity Administration office. The TreasureCounty sheriff stopped Long in Hysham.

Trial in college assaultdelayed, new charge

added

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — The trial of mancharged with threatening a Montana Techstudent with a knife in a campus restroomlast January has been delayed after prosecu-tors added another felony charge.

The Montana Standard reports 29-year-old Brandon Curry pleaded not guiltyThursday to felony assault with a weapon aswell as a new charge of aggravated burglary.Prosecutors added the burglary charge alleg-ing Curry forced his way into the women’srestroom to commit the crime.

The 19-year-old woman told police Curryheld a knife to her throat and punched her inthe head, but she was able to escape. Currywas arrested the next day near Laramie,Wyo.

Curry’s trial had been scheduled to startTuesday, but it was postponed until March26 due to the new charge.

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Survey ranks Wyoming low in child well-being

CHEYENNE (AP) — A newnational survey ranks Wyoming37th overall among the states forchild well-being.

The survey was released by theprivate philanthropic organizationFoundation for ChildDevelopment.

Using data from 2007, it ratedstates on 25 different criteria forchild well-being. Those criteria aredivided into subcategories likefamily and economic well-being,

educational attainment and health.Wyoming placed in the bottom

10 overall in three subcategories:safety/risk (49th), social relation-ships (48th) and emotional/spiritu-al (43rd).

Marilyn Patton, of the stateHealth Department, tells theWyoming Tribune Eagle that thesituation in Wyoming has improvedsince 2007 in many areas looked atby the survey, such as teen alcoholuse.

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AroundWyoming Joint AppropriationsCommittee considers

budget

CHEYENNE (AP) — Membersof the Wyoming Legislature’s JointAppropriations Committee arescheduledto wrap uptheir workon Gov.MattMead’sbudget rec-ommenda-tions.

Rep.RosieBerger, R-Big Horn,says sheexpects thecommitteewill finishits work by the end of Friday.Berger is co-chairman of the jointcommittee.

The committee has spent weeksreviewing Mead’s proposed $3.4billion state funds budget.

The committee has been recom-mending budget cuts in response torecent state projections that call forlower natural gas prices to result in$100 million less state revenue overthe two-year budget period thatstarts in July.

Group wants mothercougar released near

Jackson

JACKSON (AP) — A groupthat works to protect cougarswants wildlife officers to release amother cat that’s been killing deernear homes in the Jackson area.

The cougar was capturedMonday but her two kittens haveeluded authorities.

The Cougar Fund says releas-ing the mother will help ensurethe survival of the kittens.

Department spokesman MarkGocke told the Jackson HoleDaily that releasing the motherwouldn’t be safe. He said officerstried everything to scare the fami-ly away but he says they’vebecome habituated to the area.

Wildlife officials and represen-tatives of the Cougar Fund haveboth speculated that the cats mayhave been drawn there becausepeople have been feeding deer inthe area in recent years. That’sprohibited by Teton County landregulations.

Worland nativehonored by Japan

in New York

WORLAND (AP) — About100 people turned out for a cere-mony honoring a Worland nativewho helped pass legislation apolo-gizing for the internment ofJapanese-Americans during WorldWar II.

Grant Ujifusa received one ofthe Japanese government’s highesthonors, the Order of the RisingSun, Gold and Silver Rays, onThursday evening in New York atthe residence the consular generalof Japan.

Ujifusa worked as an editor atRandom House and was co-authorof the “Almanac of AmericanPolitics.” He’s credited with help-ing convince Ronald Reagan tosign the Civil Liberties Act of1988.

The Northern Wyoming DailyNews reported that guests at theceremony included Ujifusa’s rela-tives from Denver and some ofhis classmates from WorlandHigh School, where he led theWarriors to a state championshipin 1959.

Givingblood at SHS

Sheridan High School senior Aspen Frey, fore-ground, talks with junior Ian Hagerott as they giveblood during a blood drive Thursday morning atthe school.


RosieBerger

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Ringing in the (Chinese) New Year

• Year of the Dragon began on MondayBy Caitlin [email protected]

SHERIDAN — Across the world, millionsof people rang in the Chinese New Year onMonday, welcoming the auspicious year of thedragon with fireworks and feasts. Althoughthere were no fireworks, Sheridan residentDiane Redman hosted a Chinese New Year cel-ebration for almost 20 community members.

A feng shui student for more than 25 years,Redman was prepared with the traditional fix-ings for the marking of a new year, from cere-monial red envelopes to the time-honoreddumplings, lettuce wraps, Mandarin orangesand almond biscuits.

The red envelopes distributed by Redmanwere filled with Chinese coins and white rice.Guests were instructed to write “intentions —not resolutions, necessarily,” and hang theenvelopes to the right of the door so the “goodenergy can flow in and out,” Redman said. Atradition since the third century B.C., the redenvelope brings its owner prosperity, well-being and luck. At the end of the lunar year, theowner should burn and bury the red envelope.

Redman then explained the significance ofthe year of the dragon.

“The dragon is the symbol of power,” shetold her guests, noting that, of the 12 zodiacanimals, the dragon is the only mythologicalfigure.

Because it is a symbol of empowerment,the year of the dragon signifies change, risk-taking and tumultuous turns — a sharp turnfrom the complacent year of the rabbit in2011, according to the Center for AppliedFeng Shui Research. While each animal has itsown horoscope, this year is especially signifi-cant for those born under the year of the drag-on (1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988 and2000).

“It’s going to be a power-play year for peo-ple born under the year of the dragon,”Redman said. “That doesn’t mean it won’thave its challenges, but expect things to reallyprogress.”

While Redman has observed the ChineseNew Year since she started studying feng shuimore than 25 years ago, she only began cele-brating in earnest in the last 10 years.

“I’ve grown to really like the idea of thecenturies-old traditions that are connected tocosmology,” Redman said. “I think its coincid-ing with the Lunar New Year is also important... it resonates with me to be in harmony withthe moon.”

Diane Redman of Sheridan pins a traditional red envelope next to her door on Monday, the first day of the Chinese New Year,or Lunar New Year. Said to bring prosperity, well-being and luck, the red envelope contains Chinese coins, white rice andRedman’s intentions for the year. It will remain by the door until next Chinese New Year’s Eve, when Redman will burn andbury it for good luck.

Based on your year of birth, your Chinese zodiac animal is*:• Dragon: 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012• Snake: 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001• Horse: 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002• Sheep: 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003• Monkey: 1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004• Rooster: 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005• Dog: 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006

• Pig: 1923, 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007• Rat: 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008• Ox: 1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009• Tiger: 1914, 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010• Rabbit: 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011*Visit www.chinesezodiac.com to ensure your animal and read about your horoscope for2012. Because the Chinese New Year coincides with the lunar new year, people born inJanuary and February may have been born under a different animal than the year stated.

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Vitamin D and health

Winter seems to have finally settledin — which makes it a great time to dis-cuss a very important nutrient: vitaminD.

As you may already know, our bestsource of vitamin D is the sun (our bod-ies make it when our skin is exposed tosunlight) —meaning wehave a toughtime gettingenough dur-ing the win-ter months.Research iscontinuing touncover newand excitingassociationsbetween vita-min D andhealth, andthe latest rec-ommenda-tions fromthe Instituteof Medicine (IOM) stress the impor-tance of adequate intake. While you arewelcome to read the full report online(only 1,016 pages!), I will do my best tohit some of the highlights here.

What is a DRI? Dietary ReferenceIntakes are intended to serve as a guidefor good nutrition. The DRI’s for vita-min D are based on the work of a com-mittee of experts that spent 18 monthsreviewing nearly 1,000 published stud-ies as well as testimony from scientistsand stakeholders. This is a vastimprovement over the scientific basis ofthe previous recommendations.

What are the recommendations?400 IU (international units) for infants<1 year; 600 IU for ages 1-70, includingpregnant and lactating women; and 800IU for those aged 71+. These were sub-stantial increases over the previous rec-ommendations, doubling and triplingfor most age groups.

How much is too much? TheTolerable Upper Levels of intake(TUL’s) were set at 1000 IU for infants0-6 months; 1500 IU for infants 6-12months; 2500 IU for children aged 1-3;3000 IU for children 4-8; and 4000 IUfor those aged 9+. The TUL is meant torepresent the greatest amount that canbe taken daily without increasing risk.These numbers are important becausetoo much vitamin D (like many things)can make you quite sick!

What health outcomes are theserecommendations based on? Thesewere based only upon the proven role ofvitamin D in promoting bone growthand maintenance. After extensivelyreviewing the literature the committeedetermined that the research on vitaminD related to all other health outcomes(such as immune system function andprevention of some chronic diseases)was not sufficient to be used for makingpublic health recommendations.

How do you know if you’re get-ting enough vitamin D? The commit-tee determined that a 25(OH)D level of20ng/mL (measured by a simple bloodtest) was necessary for optimum bonehealth for practically all individuals.Many labs cite higher reference valuesthat are based on levels associated withdecreased risk for other health out-comes. Reaching these higher levelswill require supplementation with vita-min D in the winter for most individu-als.

So what’s the bottom line? Mostindividuals are probably getting enoughvitamin D to meet the recommendationsbased on bone health but are likely notmeeting the higher levels needed todecrease risk for many other health out-comes.

Kentz Willis, M.S., is the Universityof Wyoming Extension Educator inNutrition and Food Safety for NortheastWyoming. He can be reached via emailat [email protected].

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Snow shoveling 101: advice and gearBy Kim CookFor The Associated Press

Although much of the country has been relatively flake-free this winter, snow removal woes are just one storm away.

So here are some strategies, and the latest tools.First, have a plan before the flakes start falling. If you’re

not physically up to shoveling, arrange for a plowing serviceor enlist some kids to at least do your walkways; many com-munities mandate that sidewalks be cleared within 24 hours ofa storm.

If you are taking on the snow yourself, take it easy.Warm up, start slow and cover your mouth if the air is very

cold, according to Dr. Grace Cater, a cardiologist in

Cleveland. “Snow shoveling can be more strenuous than exer-cising full throttle on a treadmill,” Cater says onMetroHealth’s Heart and Vascular Center’s webpage.

Bill Foster, who for 40 years has shoveled his own andneighbors’ snowy sidewalks and driveways in the westernChicago suburbs, says common sense can make the job easier.

“The biggest mistake people make is starting with the easystuff,” Foster says. “When you’re freshest and strongest, startat the end of the driveway where the plow dumps all the heavyroad snow.”

A few more tips for keeping things manageable, fromGood Housekeeping magazine:

1. Don’t put your back into it: Use your leg and thigh mus-cles instead, and push more snow than you lift.

2. Layer up: no heavy down coats for this job — it’s betterto dress in layers you can remove as you work. Make sure capsor masks don’t impede your ability to see cars, icy spots, orpeople. You don’t want to whack someone with your shovel.

3. Drink up: Water keeps you hydrated as you work.4. Stop when you need to, and take breaks every 15 min-

utes or sooner. Make sure family members and friends knowyou’re out there.

Foster recommends cutting the driveway down the middleso you are shoveling smaller passes out to the sides from thecenter line.

“And never wait till the snow stops falling,” he says. “I’dgo out two or three times during a storm to stay ahead of itall.”

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Djokovic edges Murray, sets up final vs NadalMELBOURNE, Australia (AP)

— Defending champion NovakDjokovic moved into an AustralianOpen final against Rafael Nadal afteredging Andy Murray in a five-set,almost five-hour semifinal late Fridaynight.

Despite appearing tired and soreafter the second set, Djokovic ralliedto beat Murray 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (4), 6-1,7-5 in a rematch of the 2011 final atMelbourne Park to reach his thirdconsecutive Grand Slam final.

After wasting a chance to serveout the match at 5-3 in the fifth and

letting Murray back into the contest,Djokovic cashed in his first matchpoint when the Scottish player misseda forehand after four hours, 50 min-utes.

Djokovic dropped onto his back,fully laid out on the court. He got upand shook hands with Murray, beforejogging back out onto the court like aboxer, dropping to his knees andcrossing himself.

It was already after 12:30 a.m.Saturday when he got up again andpumped his arms triumphantly.

“Andy deserves the credit to come

back from 2-5 down. He was fighting.I was fighting,” Djokovic said. “Notmany words that can describe thefeeling of the match.

“It was a physical match ... it wasone of the best matches I played.Emotionally and mentally it wasequally hard.”

It was a bitter setback for Murray,who lost the previous two Australianfinals.

Murray believes he’s alreadyimproved in the few weeks since hir-ing eight-time major winner IvanLendl as coach.

Consistent Woods shoots 69, in contention in Abu DhabiABU DHABI, United Arab

Emirates (AP) — Tiger Woodsmoved into contention after thesecond round of the Abu DhabiGolf Championship with a 3-under69 Friday, two shots behind leaderThorbjorn Olesen of Denmark.

Olesen shot a 67, making sevenbirdies in his first 12 holes for aone-shot lead over 18-year-oldGareth Maybin of Northern Ireland(70) and Matteo Mannasero ofItaly (65).

“For me it’s very special. It’snot many years ago I was watchingthem on TV,” Olesen said of the

world’s best golfers. “I know it’stough, but I’m trying to keep play-ing my own game and do my best.”

Woods had three straight birdieson the back nine to finish at 5-under 139.

He started slowly before mak-ing three birdies over five holes.Woods dropped a shot on the 16thafter an errant drive landed in deeprough.

“I thought I played well today,”Woods said. “I made a couple puttshere and there, but it was tough outthere. The greens got a little quick-er, a little bit drier and the rough is

certainly getting deeperand more lush.”

The best score of theday came fromManassero, who madeseven birdies in abogey-free round.

Woods is tied forfourth in a group thatincludes NorthernIrishman Rory McIlroy(72) and RobertKarlsson of Sweden(72).

Spain’s SergioGarcia (69), Ireland’s

Padraig Harrington (69)and South Africa’sCharl Schwartzel (70)were at 140.

It was a day ofmixed fortunes at theAbu Dhabi Golf Club.McIlroy’s round wasmarred by a two-shotpenalty for brushingaway sand in front ofhis ball, which sat onthe fringe on the ninth.Fourth-ranked MartinKaymer (73) failed tomake the cut in a tour-

nament he has won three times.Meanwhile, a relatively unknown22-year-old Dane surged into thelead of the star-studded tournamentin a bid to win his first event on theEuropean Tour.

Much of the attention was onWoods, who is trying to follow uphis season-ending victory lastmonth at the Chevron WorldChallenge with another win. Thatended a two-year run without a vic-tory, a period in which the 14-timemajor winner endured a series ofinjuries and turmoil in his personallife.

Woods had a bogey-free firstround but admitted the greensfooled him much of the day. Heseemed to figure them out Friday,making several key putts includinga 10-footer for his final birdie onthe 15th.

But he said players were “grind-ing along” and it was anyone’stournament to win with the leader-board featuring nine players withintwo shots of Olesen.

Woods is optimistic the changesin his swing instituted by newcoach Sean Foley are paying off.

NSI sinks Buckaroos in overtimeNuggetsthriving

even with no

headlinerDENVER (AP) — Danilo

Gallinari encountered a doggeddefender on the court that he justcouldn’t shake.

No matter what move he made,this bulldog of a defender shadowedthe smooth-shooting DenverNuggets forward everywhere hewent atpractice onThursday.

Finally,Gallinaridid the onlything hecould thinkof to getopen: Heleaned overandscooped upthe furrynew friendthat hadwanderedonto the floor for some playingtime.

Hey, even puppies recognize agood player when they see one.

As does the English bulldog’sowner, Nuggets President JoshKroenke, whose team signedGallinari to a four-year extensionworth $42 million.

Gallinari may just be the closestthing this squad has to a bona fidestar.

But this team, the one lacking ahousehold name, has steadily devel-oped into a contender, racing out to a13-5 record, which is second only toOklahoma City (15-3) in the WesternConference.

Pro BowlPackers still

stingingfrom

playoff loss to Giants

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE,Hawaii (AP) — When Packerscoach Mike McCarthy left frigidGreen Bay, the temperature was inthe single digits. When he landedin Honolulu, it was a balmy 80degrees.

The Green Bay Packers arethawing out in the islands, relish-ing every minute of their Pro Bowl

experience.They wouldgladly tradein their flo-ral leis,b e a c hchairs andmai tais,however, tobe prepar-ing for theS u p e rBowl.

“ J u s tlike everyteam in theN F L ,

there’s only one team that’s goingto be satisfied when the season iscompleted. We won’t be that teamthis year,” said McCarthy, who iscoaching the NFC squad forSunday’s game.

As a reflection of their stunningseason, the Packers have six play-ers in the Pro Bowl — second onlyto the seven members of the SanFrancisco 49ers. Green Bay sailedthrough the regular season with a15-1 record before coming apart athome in a 37-20 loss to the NewYork Giants in the NFC divisionalplayoffs.

“I’m not one to publically dis-play the disappointment, but I ampersonally disappointed the seasondidn’t go as we had planned,”McCarthy said. “Give credit to theteams that are in the Super Bowl.It’s just another reminder of howdifficult it is to get there and evenmore so to win it.

“But we’re a good footballteam. We’ll make the adjustmentswe feel we need to make and addnew players ... we’ll forge aheadand we look forward to being abetter team next year.”

When asked what the Packersneeded to improve on, cornerbackCharles Woodson didn’t hesitate toanswer: “Personnel.”

“I think the last game, ourentire organization saw the samething out on the field,” he said.“There were some things we justweren’t able to do, so hopefullywe’ll bring some guys in to accom-plish the same goal we achievedlast year.”

Normative Services Inc.'s Xavier Claudio reaches for a rebound against Kaycee on Thursday at NSI. The Class 1A No. 4 rankedWolves defeated Kaycee 62-56 in overtime.

By Aaron [email protected]

SHERIDAN — After struggling in the paintduring regulation, missing 18 easy layups andgiving up 43 rebounds, the Normative Services,Inc. Wolves pulled together and hammered outa 62-56 Class 1A Northeast conference over-time win against Kaycee on Thursday night.

The Wolves couldn’t get anything to goright until overtime, missing shots, giving awaypasses and sending Kaycee to the free throwline on a regular basis. On the strength of a 16-point third quarter, the Wolves, who trailed 26-22 at halftime, managed to get back into thegame and tie it up at 50 in the final minutes ofthe fourth.

NSI exploded at the beginning of overtime,netting eight unanswered points in the firstminute of the period and holding off theBuckaroos until the end.

With the win the Wolves advance to 9-4 onthe season and 6-0 in conference play andmove to the top of the conference heap.

Despite the win, head coach Jon Rojo saidhis team was off its game.

“We had a really off night shooting-wise,”Rojo remarked. We missed a lot of easy pointsin regulation and we don’t usually do that.”

Isaiah Valero led NSI with 23 points. JadeSchwinn scored 11.

NSI took a 13-10 first quarter lead, thenKaycee outscored them 16-10 in the secondduring the start of NSI’s shooting troubles.

Those troubles continued throughout themajority of the third, managing just two pointsin the first five minutes of the quarter. Rojocalled a timeout, fired up his players and theWolves went on a 14-2 scoring run to take a 38-36 lead going into the fourth.

Kaycee tied it to start the fourth, then bothteams traded shots until regulation ran out andthe game went into overtime tied at 50.

NSI standout Jon Mason had an opportuni-ty to win the game in regulation — the Wolvesinbounded and relayed the ball from one end ofthe court to the other with five seconds left toplay. The ball ended up in Mason’s hands, wideopen under the basket, but he couldn’t hangonto the ball and it flew out of bounds.

Wolves take Class 1A Northeast conference lead

UW takes to road

against BoiseSt. SaturdayLARAMIE (AP) — The

Wyoming men’s basketball teamwill be on the road this weekend atBoise State in a Mountain WestConference matchup.

UW lost on Tuesday against No.13 San Diego State but has a three-game road winning streak.

Tip-off is set for 1:30 p.m.Saturday in Taco Bell Arena.

The Cowboys (16-4, 2-2) are in afour-way tie for second place in theMountain West standings. TheBroncos (10-9, 0-4) are seeking theirfirst conference win of the seasonafter taking No. 12 UNLV to over-time on Wednesday night.

NASCAR to do away with undisclosed finesCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR said

Wednesday it will stop issuing undisclosed finesgoing forward, a practice that made fans distrust thesanctioning body.

“While there are always sensitivities related to spon-sor relationships and other leagues may continue issuingdisclosed and undisclosed fines, NASCAR has decidedthat all fines moving forward will be made public afterthe competitor or organization that has been penalizedhas been informed,” NASCAR said in a statement.

It’s not clear how many times NASCAR failed todisclose a penalty against a driver or a team, but thepractice first came to light midway through the 2010season when it was learned that Denny Hamlin hadbeen secretly fined for posts he made on Twitter.

In the fallout from the Hamlin fine, it was revealedthat Ryan Newman had been previously penalized fordisparaging comments he made about the style of rac-ing at Talladega.

Then, word of another Newman fine spread last seasonafter the driver was involved in some sort of physical alter-cation with Juan Pablo Montoya during a meeting withNASCAR officials. Fans grew increasingly angry with thepractice of not publicizing all fines, but NASCAR would-n’t comment one way or the other on the issue.

The tipping point came on the eve of championshipweekend in November, when The Associated Pressreported Brad Keselowski had been secretly fined$25,000 for comments he made about electronic fuelinjection.

MikeMcCarthy

PackersCoach

DaniloGallinari

DenverForward

Please see Nuggets, Page B3

Please see Golf, Page B3

Please see Wolves, Page B3

Please see Pro Bowl, Page B3

TigerWoods

PGAGolfer


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Colts owner wishes Manning kept comments in-houseINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL’s most watched

offseason drama has turned stunningly ugly.Two days after Peyton Manning complained about the

dour atmosphere around the Colts’ complex, team ownerJim Irsay called his four-time league MVP a “politician”and said he didn’t appreciate Manning’s public campaign.

The comments upstaged the introduction of Irsay’snew coach, Chuck Pagano, and came six weeks beforeIrsay must decide whether to pay the still-recoveringManning a $28 million bonus. Manning missed the entire2011 season after having his third neck surgery inSeptember.

“I don’t think it’s in the best interest to paint the horse-shoe in a negative light, I really don’t,” Irsay told reportersfollowing Pagano’s introduction. “The horseshoe alwayscomes first, and I think one thing he’s always known,because he’s been around it so long, is that, you know, youkeep it in the family. If you’ve got a problem you talk toeach other, it’s not about campaigning or anything likethat.”

Apparently, Manning got the message.Just a few hours after Irsay responded to questions

from reporters, Manning tried to dial things back bytelling The Indianapolis Star that he didn’t intend to cre-ate a public spat. Instead, Manning said he was speakingfrom the heart after watching so many of his friends lose

their jobs.“At this point, Mr. Irsay and I owe it to each other and

to the fans of the organization to handle this appropriate-ly and professionally, and I think we will. I’ve alreadyreached out to Mr. Irsay,” Manning said. “I wasn’t tryingto paint the Colts in a bad light, but it’s tough when somany people you’ve known for so long are suddenly leav-ing. I feel very close to a lot of these guys and we’ve donegreat things together. It’s hard to watch an old friend cleanout his office. That’s all I was trying to say.

“I just want to keep rehabbing and working hard, andwhen the time is right for Mr. Irsay and I to sit down, Ilook forward to a healthy conversation about my future.I’ve worked too hard and have such great respect and haveso many great relationships inside the building and out,and it’s incredibly important that those remain.”

Clearly, Irsay wants the same kind of relationship.But over the past month, the Colts have been as dys-

functional as a Hollywood marriage.Irsay, the team owner, has fired vice chairman Bill

Polian, general manager Chris Polian, coach JimCaldwell and most of his staff over the last three weeks.Social media has suddenly become the platform ofchoice to update fans on pending decisions, to shootdown rumors or fan the speculation.

Last week, actor Rob Lowe caused a media frenzy by

tweeting that Manning was about to retire. The story gotso much attention even Pagano, who was busy preparingfor the Ravens’ AFC title game against New England,noticed.

“You know, I’ve got a text or a call out to Rob Loweand I haven’t heard back yet, so I’m going to have getback to you on that one,” Pagano said when asked if heexpected to be coaching Manning next season.

The newest twist could be the most damaging.On Tuesday, Manning told The Star that his only real-

ly conversation with the first-time general manager RyanGrigson had come in passing and the flurry of moves hadthose around the team complex walking on “eggshells.”

Many believe Manning’s comments indicated howunhappy he was in Indianapolis, prompting speculationhe was looking for a way out.

Irsay didn’t like it that Manning went public with hisfrustrations.

“I have so much affection and appreciation forPeyton. I mean we’re family. We always will be and weare,” Irsay said. “He’s a politician. I mean look at, whenit comes to being competitive, let’s just say on a scale of1 to 10, 10 being the highest, we’re both 11s, OK? Sothere’s been plenty of egg shells scattered around thisbuilding by him with his competitive desire to win.”

The drama may only be beginning.

With Irsay’s men in place in the front office and onthe coaching staff, Pagano can focus his attention onselecting a staff. Grigson said Pagano will make thosechoices.

Irsay’s decisions will become much more difficult.Indy’s horrendous 2-14 season has given it the No. 1

overall pick, which Irsay has said they will use for theirquarterback of the future — presumably Stanford’sAndrew Luck.

If so, Irsay must decide how much money he wants toinvest in one position. Manning signed a five-year, $90million contract in July and is due the bonus in March.Soon to be 36, the perennial Pro Bowler is also comingoff his third neck surgery in less than two years.

Irsay reiterated Thursday that his choice will comedown to Manning’s health, not money.

“I think fans already understand that,” Irsay said whenasked whether Manning may have played his final gamein Colts’ blue. “This isn’t an ankle, it isn’t a shoulder.Often times the NFL is criticized for putting someone outthere at risk, and I’m not going to doing that. I think heand I just need to see where his health is because this isn’tabout money or anything else. It’s about his life and hislong-term health.”

Those answers still may not be determined by theMarch 8 deadline.

Knights of Columbus free throw champs

Phil Sheridan Council #2104 of the Knights of Columbus had over 20 young shooters compete in their annual FreeThrow Championship held January 22 at Holy Name Catholic School. Front row, from left, Liam Brown, Wyatt Seay,Ethan Lewallen, Trenton Lewallen, Samantha Rogaczewski, Katelin Rogaczewski, Gabrielle Miller (seated), KatelynYager, Matthew Legler, Terry Winnop (Grand Knight). Second row, from left, Mark Rogaczewski (Brother Knight),Abraham Ross, Max Meyers, Scott Rogaczewski, Ryan Miller, Riley Smith, Tyler Meyers, Catherine Winnop. Thirdrow, from left, Krisjian Yager, Brendan Schaefer, Jared Ross, Davis Alden, Grabrielle Golinvaux, Jessica Ross.Fourth row, from left, Sheridan College athletes Tate Stensgaard, Aaron Tyser, Jordan Hirsig, Fallon Lewis.

The 6-foot-3, 195-pound Mason,the team’s top scorer and current run-ner-up state points leader, averaging23 points per game, was held to just13 points by 6-foot-2, 240-poundKaycee post player Chase Gosney,who fouled out early in the fourth.

“(Gosney) is a big, physical play-er and was pushing Jon around,”Rojo said. “Jon couldn’t shootaround him. So he tried to shootthrough him and forced him to foulout.”

Mason came alive in overtime,netting over half the team’s overtimepoints.

The Wolves will travel onSaturday and take on conferencerival Midwest. Midwest is also unde-feated in conference play with a 3-0record.

“Midwest’s playing good ballright now,” Rojo concluded. “It’sdefinitely going to take an outstand-ing team effort from us to get the winand stay on top of the conference.”

NSI 13 9 16 12 12 — 62KHS 10 16 10 14 6 — 56

NSI girls

SHERIDAN — The Lady

Wolves are still looking for their firstwin, losing to the Lady Bucs 41-36at home on Thursday afternoon andfalling to 0-8 on the season.

McKenzie McNamara led NSIwith 23 points. Aley DeJonga scored11.

The NSI girls had a 19-13 lead atthe half, but gave up 18 points in thethird and never recovered.

“The third quarter has been akiller for us all season,” head coachCameron Karajanis said. “We hadthe best fundamental game we’vehad all year — if we can just getthrough that third quarter I can see ushaving serious success the rest of theseason.”

(Continued from Page B2)

Wolves

Denver returns home Friday nightagainst Toronto after putting the fin-ishing touches on a five-game roadwinning streak.

Maybe once overlooked, theNuggets are now being taken serious-ly. Some around the league even con-sider them a burgeoning power.

“We are playing very well. But theseason is still long,” Gallinari said.

“We have to be consistent.”The secret behind the Nuggets’

success has been this: Coach GeorgeKarl molding a cohesive unit from acollection of castoffs other teamsdeemed expendable.

Properly assembled, they’vebecome valuable pieces.

On any given night, just about any-one can step up. Typically, it’s beenGallinari, who’s led the team in scor-ing nine times this season, including a

career-high 37 points in a double-overtime win over Carmelo Anthonyand the New York Knicks last week-end in Madison Square Garden.

Speedy point guard Ty Lawson hasbeen a big contributor as well, maybeeven at an All-Star level. Nene andreserve Al Harrington have come upbig, too. Even Corey Brewer has ledthe team in scoring this season, erupt-ing for 22 points in a win atMilwaukee.


Nuggets

Woodson, an eight-time ProBowl selection, keeps replaying theplayoff loss in his mind, includingEli Manning’s desperation HailMary pass to a leaping HakeemNicks as time expired in the firsthalf to give the Giants a 20-10 leadand a load of confidence headinginto the locker room.

“If you watch that game, my

feeling is that they just wanted itmore than we did,” Woodson said.“I think about one play, and I thinkabout that Hail Mary. I go over it inmy head and see the clips on ESPNand different sports shows and seethe lack of effort from our team toget that ball intercepted or knock itdown.”

It’s clear the Packers are stillscratching their Cheeseheads, try-ing to figure out what went wrong

after so much went right earlier inthe season. McCarthy said he’s stillin the middle of an evaluationprocess.

“I had a chance to spend the fullweek back in Green Bay, talking toall the players the first two days,”he said. “We’re still workingthrough the coaching evaluations.We’ll go about it like we alwayshave and head our compass point-ing toward next year.”


Pro Bowl

“Certainly I have much moreexperience within the system, andI’ve grown to understand whatSean wants me to do and how mybody is going to do those thingsand produce the numbers he wantsme to produce,” Woods said. “Ifyou would have asked me (six toeight months ago) if I would under-stand the system as well as I do and

the numbers I’m producing, I prob-ably would have said no ... Now Ido and when we talk, it’s very sim-ple.”

While Woods was the picture ofconsistency Friday, the big-hittingMcIlroy took fans on a rollercoast-er ride after holding a share of thelead after the first round.

The 22-year-old U.S. Openchampion, playing with Woods fora second day, opened with a bogey

and double bogey after an errantdrive and some shaky putting. Herallied with three birdies before adouble bogey on the ninth. That’swhere he got a two-shot penalty forbrushing away the sand in front ofhis ball. Playing partner LukeDonald (72) spotted the infractionand called him on it.

Rather than get rattled, McIlroyproduced two birdies on the nextthree holes to end at even par.


Golf

SCOREBOARD

Courtesy photo

BOWLING

Sparette Bowling LeagueStandings1. DCM Construction2. Dalton RV3. Curl up and dye

Wednesday’s resultsHigh game - Marlene Gunderson 211, LincolnLog Homes 668High series - Marlene Gunderson 577, DaltonRV 1,878

Early Birds leagueStandings1. Cloud Peak Lanes2. Wyoming Innovation3. Pet Pal

Thursday’s resultsHigh game - Judy Welzenbach 196, BeaverCreek 666High series - Judy Welzenbach 554, BeaverCreek 877

FREE THROW

Phil Sheridan Council #2104 of the Knightsof Columbus Free Throw ChampionshipJan. 22Holy Name Catholic School

Winners by age groupBoys10 - Trenton Lewallen11 - Ryan Miller12 - Abraham Ross13 - Brendan Schaefer14 - Davis Alden

Girls10 - Katelin Rogaczewski11 - Katelyn Yager13 - Gabrielle Golinvaux14 - Jessica Ross

NBA

National Basketball AssociationThe Associated PressAll Times ESTEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBPhiladelphia 12 6 .667 —Boston 8 9 .471 3½New York 7 11 .389 5New Jersey 6 13 .316 6½Toronto 6 13 .316 6½Southeast Division

W L Pct GBMiami 13 5 .722 —Atlanta 13 6 .684 ½Orlando 12 6 .667 1Washington 3 15 .167 10Charlotte 3 16 .158 10½Central Division

W L Pct GBChicago 16 4 .800 —Indiana 12 5 .706 2½Cleveland 7 10 .412 7½Milwaukee 7 10 .412 7½Detroit 4 15 .211 11½

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 12 7 .632 —Dallas 11 8 .579 1Houston 10 8 .556 1½Memphis 10 8 .556 1½New Orleans 3 15 .167 8½Northwest Division

W L Pct GBOklahoma City 15 3 .833 —Denver 13 5 .722 2Utah 10 6 .625 4Portland 11 8 .579 4½Minnesota 8 10 .444 7Pacific Division

W L Pct GBL.A. Clippers 10 6 .625 —

L.A. Lakers 11 8 .579 ½Golden State 6 11 .353 4½Phoenix 6 11 .353 4½Sacramento 6 13 .316 5½___Thursday’s GamesBoston 91, Orlando 83L.A. Clippers 98, Memphis 91Friday’s GamesCharlotte at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Indiana at Boston, 7:30 p.m.New Jersey at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.Atlanta at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Milwaukee at Chicago, 8 p.m.Washington at Houston, 8 p.m.Orlando at New Orleans, 8 p.m.San Antonio at Minnesota, 8 p.m.New York at Miami, 8 p.m.Utah at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Toronto at Denver, 9 p.m.Phoenix at Portland, 10 p.m.Oklahoma City at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.Saturday’s GamesWashington at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Detroit at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.New York at Houston, 8 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.Memphis at Phoenix, 9 p.m.Sacramento at Utah, 9 p.m.Sunday’s GamesChicago at Miami, 3:30 p.m.Cleveland at Boston, 6 p.m.Toronto at New Jersey, 6 p.m.Indiana at Orlando, 6 p.m.San Antonio at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.Atlanta at New Orleans, 7 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 7 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Denver, 8 p.m.

NHL

National Hockey LeagueThe Associated PressAll Times EST

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Rangers 47 31 12 4 66 132 96Philadelphia 48 29 14 5 63 162 142Pittsburgh 49 28 17 4 60 152 127New Jersey 48 26 19 3 55 129 136N.Y. Islanders 48 19 22 7 45 115 143

Northeast DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 47 31 14 2 64 171 102Ottawa 52 27 19 6 60 157 160Toronto 49 25 19 5 55 151 147Montreal 49 19 21 9 47 130 134Buffalo 49 20 24 5 45 119 149

Southeast DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Florida 48 22 15 11 55 122 136Washington 48 26 19 3 55 136 137Winnipeg 50 22 22 6 50 124 143Tampa Bay 48 21 23 4 46 136 165Carolina 51 18 24 9 45 130 159

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Detroit 50 33 16 1 67 160 117St. Louis 49 29 13 7 65 124 102Chicago 50 29 15 6 64 162 144Nashville 50 30 16 4 64 140 127Columbus 49 13 30 6 32 115 163

Northwest DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Vancouver 49 30 15 4 64 158 122Minnesota 49 24 18 7 55 115 126Colorado 51 26 23 2 54 131 144Calgary 50 23 21 6 52 120 137Edmonton 49 18 26 5 41 122 142

Pacific DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 47 27 14 6 60 131 110Los Angeles 50 24 16 10 58 111 111Dallas 48 25 21 2 52 126 136Phoenix 50 22 20 8 52 130 134Anaheim 48 18 23 7 43 124 144NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for over-time loss.

Sunday’s GamesTeam Lidstrom vs. Team Staal, 4 p.m.

GOLF

Abu Dhabi Golf Championship LeadingScoresThe Associated PressBy The Associated PressThursday of WeekAt Abu Dhabi Golf Club’s National courseAbu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesPurse: $2.7 millionYardage: 7,600; Par: 72First RoundRobert Karlsson, Sweden 33-34—67Rory McIlroy, Norther Ireland 33-34—67Gareth Maybin, Northern Ireland32-36—68Richard Finch, England 33-35—68Jean-Baptiste Gonnet, France 34-34-68Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium 33-36—69Robert Rock, England 36-33—69Richie Ramsay, Scotland 36-33—69Tiger Woods, United States 35-35—70Michael Hoey, Northern Ireland37-33—70Jbe Kruger, South Africa 36-34—70Liang Wen-chong, China 35-35—70David Drysdale, Scotland 34-36—70Charl Schwartzel, South Africa34-36—70Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark 34-36—70Johan Edfors, Sweden 34-36—70Paul Lawrie, Scotland 33-37—70Anthony Wall, England 33-37—70Jose Manuel Lara, Spain 36-34—70KJ Choi, South Korea 36-35—71Marcus Fraser, Australia 37-34—71Luke Donald, England 36-35—71Anders Hansen, Denmark 37-34—71Colin Montgomerie, Scotland 35-36—71Raphael Jacquelin, France 35-36—71Oliver Fisher, England 36-35—71Joost Luiten, Netherlands 37-34—71Richard S. Johnson, Sweden 37-34—71Jamie Elson, England 36-35—71Alejandro Canizares, Spain 36-35—71Sergio Garcia, Spain 36-35—71Padraig Harrington, Ireland 35-36—71George Coetzee, South Africa 37-34—71Keith Horne, South Africa 34-37—71

TRANSACTIONS

Thursday’s Sports TransactionsThe Associated PressBASEBALLMajor League BaseballMLB_Suspended free agent RHP Chaz Roeand free agent OF Smaily Borges for 50 gameseach under baseball’s minor league drug pro-gram.American LeagueBALTIMORE ORIOLES_Named Rick Petersondirector of pitching development; MikeBoulanger minor league hitting coordinator;Mike Bordick special assignment instructor,Bobby Dickerson roving infield instructor; DonWerner roving catching instructor; Butch Davisroving outfield instructor; Eric Cormell rovingbaserunning and speed training instructor; ScottMcGregor rehabilitation coordinator; DaveSchmidt coordinator of Sarasota operations;Ron Johnson manager and Denny Walling hit-ting coach for Norfolk (IL); Jose Hernandez fieldcoach at Frederick (Carolina); Einar Diaz fieldcoach at Delmarva (SAL); Gary Allenson man-ager, Brad Komminsk hitting coach and AlanMills pitching coach for Aberdeen (NYP); LarryJaster pitching coach of the GCL Orioles; andElvis Morel manager of the Dominican SummerLeague Orioles.BOSTON RED SOX_Agreed to terms with OFCody Ross on a one-year contract and withRHP Vicente Padilla on a minor league contract.Designated RHP Scott Atchison for assignment.Extended the player development contract withLowell (NYP) through the 2014 season.CLEVELAND INDIANS_Placed RHP FaustoCarmona on the restricted list. Agreed to termswith RHP Dan Wheeler, RHP Jose De La Torreand INF Ryan Rohlinger on minor league con-tracts.DETROIT TIGERS_Agreed to terms with 1BPrince Fielder on a nine-year contract.NEW YORK YANKEES_Agreed to terms withRHP Hiroki Kuroda and LHP Boone Logan onone-year contracts. Designated RHP KevinWhelan for assignment.OAKLAND ATHLETICS_Agreed to terms withOF Jonny Gomes on a one-year contract.Designated INF Adrian Cardenas for assign-ment.

B4 The Sheridan Press, Friday, January 27, 2012

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FREE FILL DIRT752-1259

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STUDIO DOWNTOWN., ca-ble, internet., utilities in-cluded, $600. 515-468-1129

DAYTON 3 BR. 1 ba., gar., W/D, No pets/smk., 672-7563

LG CLEAN, 2 BR 1 ba., Big Horn, No smk/pets. $700/mo. + elec., 674-7718 or 751-7718.

VERY NICE aptartment for Rent in the Historic Keenan Building, 40 E. Works St., 1 BR, living room, kitchen, bath, on site parking, laundry & storage, $650/mo. in-cluding util., No pets, References req., call Chad at 752-0736

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NICE NEW 2 BR, 2 weeks free rent, $750, No smk., Ranchester. 751-1628

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NICE 1 BR. in quiet 4 unit bldg. Most utils. incl. Pets neg. $575/mo. + dep. 751-2105.

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CLEAN 2BD/GARG $700 + dep. 942 S Sheridan #1 673-0885

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CHARMING 1 Bedroom cot-tage, newly remodeled, hardwood floors, cherry cabinets, & fenced yard. $850/mo. 752-5474.

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THE CITY of Sheridan is look-ing for the right person to join the City's Parks Divi-sion as a Grounds Mainte-nance Worker. Duties will include maintaining city park areas, cemetery main-tenance, removing snow from walkways and bridges, and repairing fence as needed. Experience with turf irrigation systems would be beneficial. Interested applicants must submit a City of Sheridan application to 55 Grinnell Plaza. Hiring range: $12.06-$14.69 per hour. For a full job descrip-tion please see our website www.sheridanwyo.us . Closing date for this posi-tion is February 8, 2012. The City of Sheridan is a drug-free work place.

MVB, INC. seeks Safety Com-pliance Administrator w/exp. in MSHA, OSHA, DOT & Drug Testing Comp. Fax Resume to 307-674-5014

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Jeraldine Saunders

January 27, 2012BIRTHDAY GAL: ActressRosamund Pike, known for beingthe Bond girl of "Die Another Day,"was born in London, England onthis date in 1979. This birthday galhas starred in such films as "Surro-gates," "Pride & Prejudice" and"Doom." Pike is no stranger to thestage and appeared in British pro-ductions of Tennessee William's"Summer and Smoke," "Gaslight"and "Madame De Sade." She willnext play the goddess Andromeda inthe sequel "Wrath of the Titans."ARIES (March 21-April 19): Highexpectations might not be met. Youmight bite into a piece of temptingfruit only to find that it has little fla-vor. An attractive new companioncould appear inviting only to provedisappointing.TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Styl-ish surprises are a sure thing. Youlike being spoiled and gravitate tothose offering extravagant treats.You aren't stingy, however, aboutsharing your plentiful goodies withothersGEMINI (May 21-June 20): Stopworrying or you will get warts. Zipover to the gym for a workout or tothe park to take the dog for a walk.Physical exercise will boost yourspirits so you can deal intelligentlywith conflicts.CANCER (June 21-July 22): Therecould be less than meets the eye. Itmight be wise to ignore any tempta-

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POWER OF THE 10

Mark Twain said, "Ifthe world comes to an end,I want to be in Cincinnati.Everything comes there 10years later." This deal was notplayed in Cincinnati, butone of those words is apro-pos of the right line of play.South is in four spades.West leads the heart queen.The defenders take twotricks in the suit, then shiftto a diamond. How shoulddeclarer continue? It would be easy to endin three no-trump here,North raising immediatelywhen South shows a bal-

anced hand with a good 22,23 or 24 points. But withminimal game values and alow doubleton, North isprobably right to use Stay-man to try to locate a 4-4spade fit. And here it is cer-tainly better because Eastand West can rattle off thefirst five tricks in no-trump.(The snag with Staymanarises when a 4-4 fit is notfound, because the defend-ers have been given extrainformation about declarer'shand.) In four spades, the mir-ror distribution is annoying(as it usually is). There arethree side-suit losers: twohearts and one diamond. Sothe trump suit must be

played without loss. It is easy to get carelessby immediately crossing todummy's king, then return-ing to the ace. But that isfatal here, because there isno dummy entry left to takea finesse of the spade 10. Instead, South shouldcash his ace, then play thefive over to dummy's king.Upon seeing the bad break(despite West's discarding aclub!), declarer knows tolead a spade to his 10, drawEast's last trump, and claim. Don't overlook thepower of your 10s, now orlater.

BridgePhillip Alder

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSSealed proposals will be received by the City of Sheridan, Wyoming,

at the office of the City Clerk until 2:00 PM Mountain Daylight Sav-ings Time, February 8, 2012, for furnishing the following equipment: ONE(1) 1/2 TON 4WD EXTENDED CAB PICKUP WITH SHORT BOX, in accordance with specifications and bid documents on file at the City Service Center, 1148 KROE Lane, Sheridan Wyo-ming 82801.

At a meeting on the above date and promptly thereafter, all written proposals that have been duly received will be opened and publicly read.

All proposals must be submitted in sealed opaque envelopes and clearly marked as per item bid.Delivery dates listed in Bid Documents.The City of Sheridan reserves the right to reject any and

all bids and to waive all informalities or minor defects in the bids, to accept or reject any qualified or conditional bid, and to accept any item or combination of items in bid.Preference shall be given to responsible Wyoming bidders as

defined by Wyoming Statutes, 1990, Section 16-6-102 in the amountof five percent (5%) higher than responsible non-resident bidders.CITY OF SHERIDAN/s/ Dave KinskeyDave Kinskey, MayorPublish: January 27, 2012.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FORSHERIDAN COUNTY, WYOMING

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Probate No. PR 2011-151URBAN J. KEPPERS,

Deceased.NOTICE OF PETITION FOR ADMISSION OF

FOREIGN PROBATE PROCEEDINGNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Personal Representative

of the Urban J. Keppers Estate, Nick Linnemann, filed in the above entitled Court a Petition for Admission of Foreign Probate Proceeding in this state. The decedent, who died on the 30th day of May, 2009, a resident of St. Cloud, Minnesota, owned mineral interests located in Sheridan County, Wyoming, more particularly described as follows:Parcel 1:An undivided 1/60th interest, in and to all oil, gas and other minerals

contained in and underlying the following-described lands situate in the County of Sheridan, State of Wyoming, to-wit:Township 57 North, Range 82 West, 6th P.M.Section 26: SW1/4NE1/4Parcel 2:An undivided 1/60th interest of an undivided one-half interest, in and to all oil, gas and other minerals contained in and underlying the fol-lowing described lands situated in the County of Sheridan, State of Wyoming, to-wit:Township 57 North, Range 82 West, 6th P.M.Section 12: NW1/4, S1/2NE1/4, N1/2SW1/4Section 23: E1/2NW1/4, SW1/4NE1/4, SE1/4Section 24: SW1/4, S1/2SE1/4Section 25: N1/2Section 26: E1/2NE1/4Township 57 North, Range 81 West, 6th P.M.Section 30: Lots 6, 7, 8, SE1/4NW1/4, E1/2SW1/4Section 31: Lot 5, NW1/4NE1/4

Any creditor, or other person financially interested in this estate who objects to the admission of these foreign probate proceedings shall file objections in writing with the Court on or before the 3rd day of Febru-ary, 2012.If no objections are made, the Court shall enter its Order admitting

the foreign probate proceedings in the estate of record, and they shall be treated and considered from this date as original proceedings in this Court and shall be conclusive evidence of the facts therein shown.DATED this 28 day of December, 2011.

/s/DAYNA DEWEYClerk of District Court

Davis & Cannon, LLPAttorneys at Law40 South Main StreetP.O. Box 728Sheridan, WY 82801(307) 672-7491(307) 672-8955 facsimilewww.davisandcannon.comPublish: January 13, 20, 27, 2012.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FORRENEWAL OF RETAIL LIQUOR LICENSE

Notice is hereby given that on the 11th day of November 2011, P. Bar W. Inc., d/b/a Mountain Inn Bar, filed an application for Renewal Retail Liquor License in the office of the Clerk of the Town of Day-ton, Wyoming, for the following described place and premises, to-wit: East 1/2 of Lots 11, 12, 13, Block 14 Walling Addition, to the Town of Dayton, Sheridan County, Wyoming, and protests, if any there be, against the issuance of such of retail liquor license will be heard at the hour of 8:00 p.m. on the 6th day of February, 2012 in the Dayton Town Hall, Dayton, Wy/s/Linda LofgrenLinda Lofgren, ClerkPublish: January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2012.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FORRENEWAL OF RESTAURANT LIQUOR LICENSE

Notice is hereby given that on the 28th day of November 2011, Branding Iron Café', Inc., filed an application for Renewal Restaurant Liquor License in the office of the Clerk of the Town of Dayton, Wyoming, for the following described place and premises, to-wit: West 110' Lot 6 Block 1 of the Henry Croghan Addition to the Town of Dayton, Sheridan County, Wyoming, and protests, if any there be, against the issuance of such of retail liquor license will be heard at the hour of 8:00 p.m. on the 6th day of February, 2012 in the Dayton Town Hall, Dayton, Wy./s/Linda LofgrenLinda Lofgren ClerkPublish: January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2012.

Proposal for Conditional Use PermitCU-12-003: Bartlow Custom Cutlery CUP

The Public is hereby notified that on Thursday, March 1st, 2012 at 5:30 p.m., at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Sheridan County Planning and Zoning Commission, the Commission will consider a re-quest from John and Judith Bartlow for a conditional use permit on property located in the SW1/4 NW1/4 Of Section 14, T55N, R84W. The property is zoned Urban Residential, the parcel consists of ap-proximately 4.5 acres of which an existing 26 ft x 38 ft building would be used for the CUP. The property is accessed off of U.S. Highway 87 with a physical address of 5078 Coffeen Avenue. The applicants are requesting to craft custom cutlery out of the existing building that is also used for personal use.

The Public Hearing on this matter will be held on the Second Floor in the Commissioners' Board Room of the Sheridan County Court-house, at 224 South Main Street, Sheridan, WY. The public is invited to attend, those wishing to comment on this request, but unable to at-tend the Public Hearing may contact Robin DeBolt at the Sheridan County Planning Department at 675-2420. If wishing to submit writ-ten comments for consideration on this item, send to the Sheridan County Planning Office, Attn: Robin DeBolt, 224 S. Main Street, Sheridan, WY 82801.Publish: January 27, 2012.

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE

AND FINAL PAYMENT AND SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that on the 2nd day of February 2012, final

settlement will be made by the City of Sheridan, for and on account of a contract with Knife River, Inc. for the 2011 Rotomill and Overlay Project.

The above work having been completed and accepted according to the plans and specifications of the City of Sheridan and the above date being the 41st day after the first publication of this notice, the said Contractor will be entitled to final settlement and payment therefore.Any person, partnership, association, agency or corporation who

shall have any unpaid claims against said Contractor for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, equipment, sustenance, provi-sions, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor and/or subcontractor in or about the performance of said work may at any time, up to and including the date of final settlement and payment, file a verified statement of any and all amounts due on account of such claim with:

City of SheridanAttn: Jason Baker55 Grinnell Plaza

Sheridan, WY 82801Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement prior to final

settlement and payment will relieve absolutely the City of Sheridan, for all or any liability for such claim.

/s/ Robert WebsterRobert Webster, Council VP,City of Sheridan

Publish: December 31, 2011, January 11, 27, 2012.

FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICEWHEREAS, default in the payment of principal and interest has oc-

curred under the terms of a promissory note (the "Note") dated March 31, 2009, executed and delivered by Ernest J Trujillo and Casie L Tru-jillo ("Mortgagor(s)") to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for First Interstate Bank, a Corporation its succesors and assigns, and a real estate mortgage (the "Mortgage") of the same date securing the Note, which Mortgage was executed and delivered by said Mortgagor(s), to said Mortgagee, and which Mortgage was re-corded on April 1, 2009, at Reception No. 636423 in the records of the office of the County Clerk and ex-officio Register of Deeds in and for Sheridan County, State of Wyoming; and

WHEREAS, the Mortgage contains a power of sale which by reason of said default, the Mortgagee declares to have become operative, and no suit or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt se-cured by the Mortgage, or any part thereof, nor has any such suit or proceeding been instituted and the same discontinued; and

WHEREAS, written notice of intent to foreclose the Mortgage by ad-vertisement and sale has been served upon the record owner and the party in possession of the mortgaged premises at least ten (10) days prior to the commencement of this publication, and the amount due upon the Mortgage on the date of first publication of this notice of sale being the total sum of $180,166.84 which sum consists of the unpaid principal balance of $174,499.64 plus interest accrued to the date of the first publication of this notice in the amount of $5,439.79, plus at-torneys' fees, costs expended, and accruing interest and late charges after the date of first publication of this notice of sale;

WHEREAS, The property being foreclosed upon may be subject to other liens and encumbrances that will not be extinguished at the sale. Any prospective purchaser should research the status of title before submitting a bid;

NOW, THEREFORE First Interstate Bank, as the Mortgagee, will have the Mortgage foreclosed as by law provided by causing the mort-gaged property to be sold at public venue by the Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff in and for Sheridan County, Wyoming to the highest bidder for cash at 10:05 o'clock in the forenoon on February 17, 2012 at the north door of the Sheridan County Courthouse located at 224 South Main Street, Sheridan, WY, Sheridan County, for application on the above-described amounts secured by the Mortgage, said mortgaged property being described as follows, to-wit:LOT 11, BLOCK 29, SHERIDAN LAND COMPANY'S ADDITION TO THE TOWN, NOW CITY OF SHERIDAN, SHERIDAN COUNTY, WYOMING.with an address of 345 E 4th St, Sheridan, WY 82801.Together with all improvements thereon situate and all fixtures and appurtenances thereto.

First Interstate BankBy: Castle Stawiarski, LLC330 S. Walsh Drive, Ste. 202Casper, WY 82609-0000(307) 333 5379

Publish: January 20, 27; February 3, 10, 2012.--

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIALDISTRICT, WITHIN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF

SHERIDAN, STATE OF WYOMINGIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE

OFDONALD J. GRIMES, Probate No. PR-2012-2

Deceased.NOTICE OF PROBATE

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN SAID ESTATE:YOU ARE that on the 9 day of January, 2012 a Petition For Letters

Of Administration was filed in the above-entitled matter, and that Barbara J. Sowada was appointed Administratrix thereof.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all persons indebted to the de-cedent or to his estate are requested to make immediate payment to the office of Hardy H. Tate, Attorney at Law, 203 South Main Street, Suite 3300, Sheridan, Wyoming 82801.

Creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate are re-quired to file them in duplicate, with the necessary vouchers,in the Office of the Clerk of said District Court, on or before three (3) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice and if such claims are not so filed, unless otherwise allowed or paid, they shall be forever barred.

DATED this 17th of January, 2012./s/Hardy H. TateHARDY H. TATE, WSB #5-1686Attorney for Executrix, Barbara J.Sowada for the Estate of Donald J.Grimes203 S. Main Street, Ste. 3300Sheridan, WY 82801(307) 674-4409

Publish: January 20, 27; February 3, 2012.

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MINUTES OF THE BOARD OFSHERIDAN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

The Board met at 9:00 a.m. January 3, 2012, in regular session at the Sheridan County Courthouse, Sheridan, Wyoming. Chairman Tom Ringley called the meeting to order and led everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance. Members present were Commissioners Terry Cram, Steve Maier, Mike Nickel, Tom Ringley, and Bob Rolston. CHAIRMAN ELECTION

Commissioner Rolston nominated Commissioner Nickel to serve as Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners for 2012. The mo-tion was seconded by Commissioner Cram and all Commissioners voted in favor. CONSENT AGENDA

Commissioner Ringley made a motion to approve the (10) consent agenda items as published and authorize the Chairman to sign docu-ments as required, seconded by Commissioner Maier, with all voting in favor. a. Minutes from Regular Session, December 20, 2011;b. Ac-knowledge Letter of Intent from Troy Houston and Issue Denial of All Claims as Presented; c. Acknowledge Receipt of Notice of Claim from Catherine Anne Phillips and Issue Denial of all Claims as Presented; d. Affirm Amendment to Water Agreement and License between Lake DeSmet Counties Coalition and M&M Ranch Acquisition Company, LLC; e. Renewal of Official Bond and Oath for Annalea Redding, Clerk/Treasurer, Town of Clearmont, from December 26, 2011 to De-cember 26, 2012; f. Renewal of Official Bond and Oath for Paul D. Fall, Assessor, Sheridan County, from January 5, 2012 to January 5, 2013; g. Renewal of Official Bond and Oath for Dave W. Hofmeier, Sheriff, Sheridan County, from January 1, 2012 to January 1, 2013; h. Affirm Chairman's signature on an Application from B-Y Ranch As-soc., d/b/a Bear Lodge for a 24 Hour Additional Dispensing Room Permit for December 31, 2011; i. General County Vouchers - Decem-ber; j. General Airport Vouchers - December. December 2011 - In-terim Mid-Month Warrants; Vendor-Amount-Description; ACT Inc-$3,531.97 -Phone Service; American Family Life Ins-$1,261.84 -Premium; AT&T Mobility-$40.60 -Cell Phone Service; Berberick, Susan-$80.00 -Expense Reimb; CenturyLink-$4,531.17 -Phone Serv-ice; Charles W Bassett-$4,691.84 -Lease Payments; Cit-Co Federal Credit Union-$3,981.60 -Monthly Payroll Transfers; City Of Sheri-dan-$15,310.26 -Commercial Park Settlement, Utilities; Delta Den-tal-$5,739.00 -Premium; Dex Media West-$34.45 -Advertising; DRM Inc-$1,000.00 -Refund Rent Deposit; EBMS-$1,218.26 -Flex Plan; Great America Networks-$56.73 -Phone Service; Hopkin, Martika-$164.80 -Witness Travel Exp; ICMA Retirement Trust-$2,670.79 -December; KWN Construction-$2,662.00 -Contract; Mackey, Mike-$500.00 -Report ; Mastercard-$3,795.28 -November; Montana Dakota Utilities-$11,690.88 -Utilities; NCPERS Group Life Ins-$320.00 -Prudential Life; NDAA Insurance Services Office-$4,602.00 -Premium; ODell Construction-$18,468.00 -Con-tract; Orchard Trust-$4,616.52 -Wyo Deferred Comp; Powder River Energy Corp-$46.21 -Utilities; Quik Sak-$136.49 -Fuel; Range Tele-phone-$308.65 -Phone Service; Sheridan Area Water Supply-$68.10 -Water; Sheridan Chamber Of Commerce-$82.00 -Chamber Bucks; Sheridan Cnty Commissioners-$157.68 -Supplies; Sheridan Cnty Treas Health Ins-$94,590.06 -Health Ins/Flex Plan Fee; Sheridan Cnty Treas Payroll Tax-$118,926.86 -941; Sheridan Press-$126.00 -Sub-scription; Smith, Robert-$575.00 -Wellness Payout; Staples Advan-tage-$666.00 -Supplies; Town Of Clearmont-$64.00 -Utilities; Tri-county Gas Inc-$585.62 -Propane; US Postal Service-$20.24 -Postage; United Life Insurance Co-$987.78 -December; United States Postal Service-$4,000.00 -Postage; US Bank Corporate Real Estate-$800.00 -Office Rent; Verizon Wireless-$1,588.93 -Cell Phone Service; Wright Express-$10,236.56 -Fuel; Wyo Child Support Enforcement-$817.99 -Monthly Child Support; Wyo Retirement Sys-tem-$72,567.14 -December; Wyo Workers Compensation Div-$7,883.09 -December; WYDOT-$6.00 -Exempt Plates; Total Mid-Month Interim Warrants Paid-$406,208.39. General County Warrants - Vendor-Amount-Description; A Plus Plumbers-$495.50 -Repairs; ABC Signs and Specialties-$570.00 -Graphics; Advocacy & Resource Center-$3,750.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; AECOM-$9,825.18 -Riparian, East 5th St Plans; Alcopro Inc-$1,982.00 -Alco-Sensors; API Systems Integrators-$414.00 -Remove Detector; A-Plus Serv-ices-$70.00 -Towing; Applied Concepts-$1,910.00 -Counting Unit; Biastoch, Bill-$1,461.54 -Hourly Work, Expense Reimb; Big Horn Mountain Country Coalition-$210.00 -Books; Bighorn Design-$188.00 -Clothing; Bob Barker Co-$1,202.39 -Clothing; Bobs Pest Control-$35.00 -Service; Britton, Anussa-$164.17 -Meals; Cap-tain Clean-$97.04 -Clean Chairs; Carquest Auto Parts-$6.37 -Fitting; Carr, Thomas-$1,000.00 -Lease Pmt; CBM Food Service-$20,613.66 -Inmate Meals; CDS Excavation-$19,393.92 -Culvert Work; CED Inc-$111.68 -Lights; Chemical Testing Program-$246.50 -Kits; Cherni Auto Repair-$377.49 -Repair; Child Advocacy Svc of the Big Horns-$3,750.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; City Electric-$542.71 -Installa-tion; City Landfill-$5.58 -Trash; City Of Gillette-$200.00 -Training; Collins Communications-$127.10 -Alarm, Internet; Colonial Re-search-$427.19 -Supplies; Communication Technologies-$434.20 -In-stallation; Comtronix-$188.00 -Service; Connies Glass-$45.00 -Re-pair; Continental Gate-$740.00 -Installation; Coronado Enterprises-$694.69 -Vinyl; Correctional Healthcare Mgmt-$19,612.11 -Inmate Medical; Cundiff, Shelley-$2,290.00 -Le-gal; Dalke, Amanda-$177.01 -Expense Reimb; DCM Construction-$54,125.04 -Contract Work; Diabetic Express-$147.75 -Lancets; Dog & Cat Shelter-$3,750.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; Down-town Sheridan Assn-$2,500.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; DRM Inc-$118,496.43 -Contract; East Ridge Towing-$35.00 -Towing; Ed Hammer Inc-$3,320.20 -Repairs; Entech Inc-$4,885.25 -Engineering; Farmers Co-Op Oil-$3,702.90 -Fuel; Feck, Susan-$34.17 -Mileage; FedEx-$78.37 -Shipping; Forward Sheridan-$5,000.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; Fred Kusel & Sons-$1,000.00 -Site Lease; Free Clinic-$2,500.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; Galls-$644.66 -Supplies; Gary Brink Inc-$455.12 -Repair; Geri Harper-$889.15 -Court Reporter; Granger, Toby-$13.26 -Mileage; Grease Monkey-$79.95 -Oil Chng, Blades; Harnish, Amy-$98.00 -Repairs; Hasler Inc-$540.00 -Rent; Healy Law Firm-$1,066.51 -Legal; Hininger, Scott-$139.98 -Expense Reimb; JLN Networking-$2,580.00 -Service; Johnson, Roberts & Assoc-$91.00 -Reports; Juvenile Justice Jt Powers Bd-$45,000.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; K B Commercial Products-$75.60 -Supplies; Kane Fu-neral Home-$2,415.10 -Services; Kimmel, Kerrie-$550.00 -Dep Coro-ner; Latitude Geographics Group-$253.75 -Programming; Law En-forcement Sys-$124.00 -Notices; Laya, Gary-$147.92 -Maint; Leger-ski, Carrie-$14.79 -Mileage; Lind, Jerrica-$93.30 -Lodging; Little Liza Jane's Catering-$20.00 -Meal; Lonabaugh and Riggs-$629.00 -Legal; Lowe Roofing-$5,004.90 -Roofing; Mark's Plumbing Parts-$174.14 -Parts; Martini, E'Lyn-$26.47 -Expense Reimb; Master-card-$3,914.84 -December; Matthew Bender & Co-$247.60 -Litera-ture; MDE Inc-$193.00 -Software; Meineke Econolube-$553.54 -Oil Chngs; Memorial Hospital-$48,437.50 -1% Opt Sales Tax, Fixed Cost; Mikes Electric Inc-$74.95 -Repair; Mullinax-$852.35 -Road Base; NAPA Auto Parts-$98.16 -Parts; National Business Systems-$393.76 -MVR Postcards; Natl Assn County Engineers-$120.00 -Membership; Neves Uniforms-$11,682.00 -Bal-listic Vests; No Wyo Mental Health-$6,250.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; Norco-$1,047.10 -Supplies; Normont Equipment Co-$1,348.00 -Barri-cades; North Sheridan Trailer-$492.33 -Jack; Office Of State Lands-$25.00 -Fee; OReilly Automotive-$95.93 -Btty; Penno, Mary-$250.00 -Dep Coroner; Plains Tire Co-$706.86 -Tires; Plains-man Printing-$1,464.50 -Supplies; Powder River Power-$21.26 -Sup-plies; Pro Line Concrete-$31,178.00 -Concrete Work; Ptolemy Data Systems-$3,137.10 -Printer, Supplies; Redle, Matthew-$144.72 -Ex-pense Reimb; RENEW-$2,500.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; Roetech Inc-$160.00 -Testing; S/D Inc-$160.00 -Signage; Schonenbach, Kathie-$66.81 -Mileage; Schutte, Vincent-$382.50 -Legal; Senior Citizens Center-$11,250.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; Servall Uniform & Linen Sup-$34.81 -Twls; Sessions, Kevin-$150.00 -Dep Coroner; Sheridan Ace Hardware-$29.24 -Supplies; Sheridan Chamber Of Commerce-$3,000.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; Sheridan Cnty Airport-$15,783.33 -Fixed Cost, Lease Pmts; Sheridan Cnty Conser-vation Dist-$7,500.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; Sheridan Cnty Fair Assn-$54,166.67 -1% Opt Sales Tax, Fixed Cost; Sheridan Cnty Fire Board-$25,000.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; Sheridan Cnty Fulmer Public Library-$120,833.33 -1% Opt Sales Tax, Fixed Cost; Sheridan Cnty Historical Society-$5,000.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; Sheridan Cnty Search & Rescue-$3,750.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; Sheridan Cnty Sher-iff-$10.00 -Fingerprint Cards; Sheridan Commercial Co-$246.61 -Supplies; Sheridan Community Land Trust-$5,000.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; Sheridan Heritage Center-$6,250.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; Sheri-dan Housing Action Committee-$2,500.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; Sheri-dan Media-$100.00 -Advertising; Sheridan Motor-$26.94 -Parts; She-ridan Press-$3,231.70 -Advertising; Sheridan Seed-$53.96 -Supplies; Source Office Products-$631.43 -Supplies; South Sheridan Medical Center-$40.00 -Medical; St Vincent Healthcare-$532.89 -Facility Chg; Stewart, Josie-$7.65 -Mileage; Strahan & Associates-$291.67 -Cnty Health Officer; Sysco-$393.25 -Supplies; TW Enterprises-$102.00 -Service; Tarver, Pete-$92.54 -Repair; Tarver, Tamara-$36.79 -Supplies; Taylor Quarry-$407.54 -Material; Terry, Susan-$159.59 -Expense Reimb; Tire-Rama-$1,280.80 -Tires; Tongue River Stone-$2,842.15 -Material; Tongue River Valley Community Center-$3,125.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; TOP Office Products-$431.40 -Supplies; Town Of Dayton-$4,500.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax; TSP Inc-$9,487.59 -Engineering; Utility Bill Solutions Group-$1.10 -Sav-ings; Valley Motor Leasing-$717.98 -Lease Pmts; Vista West Engi-

neering-$4,620.50 -Engineering; Volunteers Of America-$12,550.00 -1% Opt Sales Tax, Screening; Warehouse Market-$1,078.76 -Sup-plies; Water Products-$97.00 -Water; West Payment Center-$1,603.71 -Literature; West Psychological Svcs-$180.00 -Screening; Western Livestock Journal-$45.00 -Subscrip; Williamson, Wanda-$20.40 -Mileage; WPHA-$100.00 -Membership; WWMA-$85.00 -Registra-tion; Wyoming Electric-$3,262.90 -Installation; Wyoming Ground-keepers & Growers Assn-$170.00 -Registration; Wyoming Machinery Co-$1,189.88 -Parts; Wyoming Public Health Lab-$480.00 -Kits; Wyoming Sheriffs Assn-$300.00 -Dues; Zowada Recycling & Steel-$203.56 -Material; General County Warrants-$785,042.22. Airport Warrants - Vendor-Amount-Description; ACT-$35.84 -Phone Service; Advance Electrical Contracting-$272,796.47 -Con-tract; Alpine Climate Control-$487.50 -Repair; AT&T-$30.51 -Cell Phone Svc; Bresnan Communications-$279.20 -Phone Svc; Burgess Design Group-$420.00 -Design; CED-$94.50 -Fuse; City Of Sheri-dan-$249.47 -Utilities; Circle S Sanitation-$178.00 -Sanitation; Farm-ers Coop-$2,382.03 -Fuel; Fastenal-$19.45 -Parts; Firestone-$75.29 -Repair; Heartland Kubota-$82.96 -Parts; Home Depot-$12.97 -Sup-plies; Ideal Mfg-$1,012.46 -Heater; Industrial Towel-$27.56 -Towels; Mastercard-$2,133.10 -December; Montana Dakota Utilities-$5,267.26 -Utilities; Motorola Solutions-$3,676.06 -Radio; Mr R's Auto Salvage-$85.00 -Repair; Napa Auto Parts-$17.04 -Parts; Norco-$26.25 -Supplies; NWAAAE-$85.00 -Dues; OReilly Auto Parts-$2.72 -Parts; Powder River Power-$40.36 -Parts; Ptolemy-$699.00 -IT Svc; Rosenbauer-$63,211.20 -ARFF Firetruck; Sheridan Commercial-$172.50 -Cable; Sicard-$38.78 -Switch; Source Office Products-$90.22 -Supplies; The Trophy Case-$6.95 -Sign; Tina Jo Smith-$42.90 -Mileage; Vista West-$90,970.38 -Engineering; Wal-mart-$788.45 -Supplies; West Coast Sales & Marketing-$183.65 -Lens; Total Airport Warrants-$445,721.03.AGENDA

Commissioner Maier made a motion to approve the published Agenda, Commissioner Rolston seconded, and the motion passed unanimously.ANNOUNCEMENTS

Chairman Nickel recognized the following employees for their years of service to Sheridan County: Greg McClintock - 10 years of service in the Information Technology Department; Tait Rasmussen for 5 years of service in the Detention Center; Mark Reid for 5 years of service in the Public Works/Planning Department; and Doug Sanders for 5 years of service in the Sheriff's Office. Chairman Nickel an-nounced that the trial closure of Dana Avenue was successful and this route will remain closed and evaluated on a yearly basis. He also noted the Courthouse will be closed on Monday, January 16, 2012 for Equality Day. Finally, Chairman Nickel announced that the Proposed Story Area Septic System Supplemental Regulations are available on the website and in the Public Works or Commission Offices. Written comments will be accepted until noon February 3, 2012. A public hearing regarding these proposed changes is February 7, 2012 in con-junction with the regularly scheduled Board Meeting.2012 COURTHOUSE CLOSURE

Commissioner Rolston moved to approve the 2012 Courthouse Clo-sure schedule as follows: New Year's Day Monday, January 2, 2012 (January 1, Sunday observed) Equality Day Monday, January 16, 2012 President's Day Monday, February 20, 2012 Good Friday Friday, April 6, 2012, Courthouse closed at 1:00 pm Memorial Day Monday, May 28, 2012 Independence Day Wednesday, July 4, 2012 Sheridan WYO Rodeo Activities Friday, July 13, 2012, Courthouse closed at 10:00 am Labor Day Monday, September 4, 2012 Veteran's DayMonday, November 12, 2012 (Veterans Sunday, observed) Thanks-giving Day Thursday, November 22, 2012 Employee Appreciation Day Friday, November 23, 2012Christmas Day Tuesday, December 25, 2012 New Year's Day, 2013 Tuesday, January 1, 2013Commissioner Maier seconded the motion with all voting in favor.2012 COMMISSIONER BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

Commissioner Ringley moved to approve the Commissioner Mem-bership Assignments for 2012 as follows: Commissioner Terry Cram - Child Support Authority, JPB member; Fire Board member; Law Enforcement Center JPB member; Sheridan County Tripartite Board member; Commissioner Steve Maier - For-ward Sheridan member including Ad Hoc Economic Development Committee; SAWS JPB member; Sheridan County Tripartite Board member; WCCA Elections and Land Use Chair; Commissioner Mike Nickel - Bighorn Mountain County Coalition member; Sheridan County Tripartite Board member; Fair Board Liaison; WCCA Health Safety and Social Services Chair; Commissioner Tom Ringley - Juvenile Justice JPB member; SAWS JPB member; Hospital Board Liaison; Commissioner Bob Rolston - Lake DeSmet Counties Coali-tion JPB member; SAWS JPB member; WCCA VP/Co-Chair Bill Re-view. Commissioner Rolston seconded the motion and a correction to the list was discussed. Commissioner Ringley amended the original motion to include Commissioner Maier as liaison for the Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library Board, Commissioner Rolston sec-onded the amended motion and all Commissioners voted in favor. HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT AWARD

Dave Coleman spoke on the guidelines for this grant award, for-merly known as the big equipment grant, now must be used for items such as building security or Wyolink for Regional Response teams. Commissioner Ringley moved to authorize the Chairman to sign the documents for a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Fed-eral Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), State Homeland Secu-rity Grant Program (SHSP), in the amount of $84,810.13 from Sep-tember 1, 2011 through March 31, 2014, seconded by Commissioner Maier with all voting in favor. PETITION TO VACATE A PORTION OF 16TH STREET

County Engineer, Ken Muller and Deputy County Attorney, Lynn Smith advised the Board that although there was an issue with one of the five electors on the original petition a replacement petitioner cor-rected it and and meets statutory requirements to move forward. Commissioner Maier moved to adopt and authorized the Chairman to sign Resolution 11-12-032 approving the Notice of Intent to partially vacate a subdivision road. Commission Ringley seconded and all voted in favor. RESOLUTION #11-12-032 NOTICE OF INTENT TO PARTIALLY VACATE A SUBDIVISION ROAD WHEREAS, pursuant to W.S. §§ 24-3-101 et seq. and. 34-12-107 the Board of County Commissioners for Sheridan County, Wyoming received a Pe-tition to Partially Vacate a Subdivision Road known as 16th Street; WHEREAS, the Petition has been signed by five (5) or more electors of the county residing within twenty-five (25) miles of 16th Street. WHEREAS, the point of commencement, course, and termination point of 16th Street is described below and is recorded in the Office of County Clerk and Recorder on the plat of the Downer Addition to Sheridan Wyoming, located within Sheridan County, Wyoming dated October 30, 1912: A portion of 16th Street which is 50 feet in width and approximately 104.6 feet in length and is adjacent to Lots 1 of Block 79 and to Lot 6 of Block 80 in the subdivision of the Downer Addition to the City of Sheridan. The above described property was dedicated for public use by plat of the Downer Addition to Sheridan Wyoming, located within Sheridan County, Wyoming dated October 30, 1912, as recorded by the County Clerk; WHEREAS, 16th Street was platted as subdivision road on October 30, 1912; WHEREAS a deposit in the amount of $200.00 was received by the Board from the Petitioners; WHEREAS the Board appointed Ken Muller, County En-gineer, to act as the Viewer and after being sworn, he filed his report in writing to the Board recommending that a portion of 16th Street be vacated NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD HEREBY RESOLVES THAT: A portion of 16th Street should be vacated; Upon execution of this Resolution, the Board of County Commissioners for Sheridan County, Wyoming shall notify the following of their intent to vacate a portion of 16th Street by mailing a copy of this Resolution via certi-fied mail with return receipt to the following: the City of Sheridan, Council Members and Mayor: City of Sheridan Council Members & Mayor c/o Sheridan City Clerk P.O. Box 848 Sheridan, Wyoming 82801. Those persons listed in the Petition as owning or having an in-terest in any land over which the portion of 16th Street crosses. No-tice of the proposed vacation of 16th Street shall be published in The Sheridan Press for three consecutive weeks. All interested persons must submit written objections or claims for damages comments to the Sheridan County Commissioners, 224 S. Main Street, Sheridan, Wyo-ming 82801, no later than 12:00 p.m. on Friday, February 17, 2012. Any objection not filed shall be disregarded and not considered and deemed to be waived. A public hearing on this proposed Vacation shall be heard on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. in the She-ridan County Commissioners board room on the second floor of the County Courthouse Addition, Sheridan, Wyoming. ADOPTED: this 3rd day of January, 2012. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION-ERS Sheridan County, Wyoming /s/Mike Nickel, Chairman ATTEST: /s/Eda S. Thompson County Clerk.SPEED LIMIT CHANGES ON COUNTY ROADS

County Engineer, Ken Muller reported that several County Roads were impacted by the CBM development and in 2007 due to dust problems, safety concerns and damage to the roads, the County Com-missioners lowered the speed limit on impacted roads to 35 mph. The roads have been repaired and with the lack of CBM activity he ad-vised the Commissioners to return the speed limit to 45 mph. Com-missioner Rolston moved to authorize the Chairman to sign Resolu-tion 11-12-033 altering the speed limit to a maximum of 45 miles per hour on Badger Creek (CR#122), Lower Prairie Dog (CR#1211) and

Beatty Gulch Road (CR#1231). Commissioner Maier seconded and the motion passed with all voting in favor. RESOLUTION 11-12-033 DECLARATION OF SPEED LIMITS Badger Creek Road (CR #122), Lower Prairie Dog Road (CR #1211), Beatty Gulch Road (CR #1231) WHEREAS, W.S. 24-1-104 provides that all county roads are under the supervision, management, and control of the Board of County Commissioners of the county wherein such roads are located; WHEREAS, W.S. 31-5-303 authorizes the Board of County Commis-sioners, in compliance with rules promulgated by the department, to determine the proper maximum speed for all streets and highways within their corporate jurisdiction; WHEREAS, the County Engineer has examined the reasonableness and safety of the speed limits on the following roads: Badger Creek Road (County Road #122), Lower Prairie Dog Road (County Road #1211), and Beatty Gulch Road (County Road #1231) and has presented his written report to the Board of County Commissioners; and WHEREAS the County Engi-neer along with the Board of County Commissioners have determined that altering the speed limit for the above-listed roads to a maximum of 45 miles per hour (MPH) is reasonable and safe for the traveling public; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners of Sheridan County, Wyoming hereby alter the speed limit to 45 miles per hour (MPH) on the following roads: Badger Creek Road (County Road #122), Lower Prairie Dog Road (County Road #1211), and Beatty Gulch Road (County Road #1231); and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that regulatory signs shall be in-stalled at locations determined by the County Engineer. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this THIRD day of January, 2012. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Sheridan County, Wyoming /s/Mike Nickel, Chairman Attest: /s/Eda S. Thompson, County ClerkRECONSTRUCT EAST AIRSIDE TAXILANE

Airport Manager John Stopka stated that they are applying for FAA and State Aeronautics Grant for Reconstruct of East Airside Taxilane. Commissioner Rolston moved to authorize the Chairman to sign Resolution 11-12-031 authorizing submission of a Federal Grant Application in the amount of $950,000 and a State Grant Application in the amount of $30,000 for the Reconstruct East Airside Taxilane project, seconded by Com-missioner Ringley, with all voting in favor. RESOLUTION #11-12-031 SHERIDAN COUNTY AIRPORT GRANT APPLICA-TION WHEREAS: There is a need to Reconstruct East Airside Tax-ilane to accommodate larger aircraft that will be utilizing that area; and WHEREAS: The Wyoming Department of Transportation, Aero-nautics Division, provides financial assistance to local governmental agencies for airport improvements; and WHEREAS: The matching funds being requested under this application will be used in conjunc-tion with Sheridan County funds that are available. NOW THERE-FORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Sheridan Board of County Com-missioners approve the filing of a grant application to the Wyoming Department of Transportation, Aeronautics Division, for financial aid and authorizes the Chairman to sign the application. APROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 3rd day of January 2012. /s/Mike Nickel, Chairman ATTEST: /s/ Eda S. Thompson, County ClerkFAA LEASE SPACE AT THE AIRPORT

Airport Manager John Stopka stated the Federal Aviation Admin-istration has extended their Lease for garage space. Commissioner Maier moved to authorize the Chairman to sign Supplemental Agree-ment #3 with the Federal Aviation Administration for garage space at the Sheridan County Airport. This agreement will extend the lease for a (5) five year period with a yearly rent amount of $612.96, to be ad-justed every (2) years based on the NCPA - West Urban all items. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Rolston and passed fol-lowing a unanimous vote.CU-11-010: PETERSON TRUST WIND GENERATOR CONDI-TIONAL USE PERMIT

Chairman Nickel opened the public hearing at 9:25am, Robin De-Bolt, Land Development Coordinator stated the CUP request is to place a personal wind generator on the property which is not a permit-ted use in the Agricultural zoning district. Applicant Ross Peterson was present. The public hearing closed at 9:29 am. Commissioner Ringley motioned to approve CU-11-010: Peterson Trust Wind Gen-erator with the following (6) six conditions: 1. A personal wind gen-erator, not to exceed 50 feet in height may be constructed at 390 Lower Prairie Dog Road; 2. The blade color shall be white or neutral in color; 3. The fall radius of the wind generator shall be contained within the Applicant's property boundary; 4. A Building and Zoning permit is required, along with the required fees and inspections; 5. Shielded lighting to be used for any exterior lighting, with no blinking or strobe lighting permitted associated with the wind generator; 6. Should the wind generator cease to be used for one year, the wind generator shall be removedfrom the site. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Rolston with all voting in favor. Chairman Nickel informed the Applicant the Board would issue Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law support-ing this decision.LAGE-12-001: LEE CREEK LARGE ACREAGE GRANT OF EXEMPTION

Land Development Coordinator, Robin DeBolt stated that the Appli-cant started this process prior to the amendment of the Agricultural Zoning District requiring 80 acres per dwelling unit. Flying H Ranch Manager, Martin MacCarty, represented S.K. Johnston, Jr., the appli-cant. The 35 acre parcel is located off Bird Farm Road. Commis-sioner Ringley stated the request meets the requirements for exemp-tion and all documentation has been submitted as required, he then made a motion to approve LAGE-12-001: Lee Creek Large Acreage Grant of Exemption. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Maier, and all voted in favor. ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business to come before the Board, the meet-ing was adjourned at 9:33 a.m.BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Sheridan County, Wyo-ming /s/Mike Nickel, Chairman Attest: /s/ Eda Schunk Thompson, County ClerkPublish: January 27, 2012.

LEGAL NOTICENOTICE TO Steve Eastvold and Jim Peil AND ALL OTHERS

CLAIMING INTEREST IN THIS PROPERTY.Notice is hereby given that Ash Investments, LLC dba Interstate

Storage asserts a lien against certain property which the above refer-enced person placed into the following storage unit:

Unit # 11C and 20C at 2501 Allen Avenue, Sheridan WY 82801The following goods are subject to Ash Investments, LLC dba Inter-

state Storage line:ALL ITEMS OBTAINED IN THE ABOVE REFERENCED

STORAGE UNIT.Notice is hereby given by Ash Investments, LLC dba Interstate Stor-

age that these items will be sold by public sale at the above referenced address on February 13 at 12:00pm.

Ash Investments, LLC dbaInterstate Storage2501 Allen AvenuePO Box 6644Sheridan, WY 82801

Publish: January 27; February 3, 2012.

PUBLIC NOTICEThe County Commissioners of the County of Sheridan are seeking

public input and public comments on a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application. The County is interested in obtain-ing funding for a Community Development Block Grant for renova-tion and construction work at 297 S. Main to establish a facility for use by the Free Clinic of Sheridan County.

Other possible CDBG applications may be considered provided they support at least one of the three National Objectives:

1. Benefit to low and moderate income persons2. Aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight3. Activities designed to meet community development

needs having a particular urgency.The Wyoming Business Council administers the CDBG Program

and lists the available funding on their website at http://www.wyo-mingbusiness.org.community/cdbg.aspx.

Public Hearings to discuss proposed project costs, take public testi-mony, and solicit public opinion on this matter will be held on Tues-day February 7, 2012 at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Commissioners Chamber, second floor courthouse addition, 224 S. Main St., Sheridan, Wyoming. Accommodations will be made for handicapped and non-English speaking minority individuals who wish to attend the Public Hearings.

Program rules are available at the Wyoming Business Council website at www.wyomingbusiness.org.By Mike NickelChairman

Sheridan County CommissionPublish January 24, 27 and 31, 2012

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THEFOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT WITHIN AND FOR

SHERIDAN COUNTY, WYOMINGIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFHELEN M. RENTZ, Probate No. PR 2011-130Deceased.NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR DECREE ESTABLISHING

RIGHT AND TITLE TO REAL PROPERTYNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Carla J. White and Donna R.

Martini, now known as Donna R. Jacobsen, daughters, heir-at-law, and devisees under the Last Will and Testament of Helen M. Rentz, who died on June 11, 2011, have filed in the above entitled court an Application for Decree Establishing Right and Title to Real Property concerning certain real estate which is described as follows:

An undivided twenty-five percent (25%) of all coal, oil, gas and other minerals lying in or under the following described lands:The Northeast quarter (NE1/4) of Section 15, Township 55 North,

Range 85 West of the 6th P.M., Sheridan County, Wyoming.All objections shall be made in writing and shall be filed with the

Clerk of the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, Sheridan County, Wyoming, on or before February 24, 2012. If no objections are filed by said date, the District Court shall enter its Decree estab-lishing all right, title, and interest to the above-described real property in Carla J. White and Donna R. Jacobsen, pursuant to the facts set forth in the Application.Dated this 24 day of January, 2012.

NICKIE ARNEYClerk of the District CourtBy: /s/ DAYNA DEWEYDeputy Clerk

Timothy S. TarverAttorney at LawP.O. Box 6284Sheridan, Wyoming 82801Publish: January 27; February 3, 2012.

FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICEWHEREAS, default in the payment of principal and interest has oc-

curred under the terms of a promissory note (the "Note") dated Octo-ber 10, 2006, executed and delivered by Michael T. Brown and Jenni-fer L. Brown ("Mortgagor(s)") to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for GMAC Mortgage Corporation its suc-cessors and assigns, and a real estate mortgage (the "Mortgage") of the same date securing the Note, which Mortgage was executed and deliv-ered by said Mortgagor(s), to said Mortgagee, and which Mortgage was recorded on October 11, 2006, at Reception No. 555248 in Book 647 at Page 0790 in the records of the office of the County Clerk and ex-officio Register of Deeds in and for Sheridan County, State of Wyoming; andWHEREAS, the mortgage was assigned for value as follows:

Assignee: GMAC Mortgage, LLCAssignment dated: February 16, 2010Assignment recorded: February 26, 2010Assignment recording information: at Reception No. 663132 in Book 763 at Page 0535All in the records of the County Clerk and ex-officio Register of Deeds in and for Sheridan County, Wyoming.

WHEREAS, the Mortgage contains a power of sale which by reason of said default, the Mortgagee declares to have become operative, and no suit or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt se-cured by the Mortgage, or any part thereof, nor has any such suit or proceeding been instituted and the same discontinued; and

WHEREAS, written notice of intent to foreclose the Mortgage by ad-vertisement and sale has been served upon the record owner and the party in possession of the mortgaged premises at least ten (10) days prior to the commencement of this publication, and the amount due upon the Mortgage on the date of first publication of this notice of sale being the total sum of $255,177.72 which sum consists of the unpaid principal balance of $247,379.17 plus interest accrued to the date of the first publication of this notice in the amount of $7,798.55, plus at-torneys' fees, costs expended, and accruing interest and late charges after the date of first publication of this notice of sale;

WHEREAS, The property being foreclosed upon may be subject to other liens and encumbrances that will not be extinguished at the sale. Any prospective purchaser should research the status of title before submitting a bid;

NOW, THEREFORE GMAC Mortgage, LLC, as the Mortgagee, will have the Mortgage foreclosed as by law provided by causing the mortgaged property to be sold at public venue by the Sheriff or Dep-uty Sheriff in and for Sheridan County, Wyoming to the highest bid-der for cash at 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon on February 17, 2012 at the north door of the Sheridan County Courthouse located at 224 South Main Street, Sheridan, WY, Sheridan County, for application on the above-described amounts secured by the Mortgage, said mort-gaged property being described as follows, to-wit:LOT 2, BLOCK 8, HIGHLAND PARK SECOND ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SHERIDAN, SHERIDAN COUNTY, WYOMING.with an address of 1314 Lewis Street, Sheridan, WY 82801.

Together with all improvements thereon situate and all fixtures and appurtenances thereto.

GMAC Mortgage, LLCBy: Castle Stawiarski, LLC330 S. Walsh Drive, Ste. 202Casper, WY 82609-0000(307) 333 5379

Publish: January 20, 27; February 3, 10, 2012.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FORRENEWAL OF RETAIL LIQUOR LICENSE

Notice is hereby given that on the 22nd day of November 2011, Jo-De Inc., d/b/a Crazy Woman Saloon, filed an application for Re-newal Retail Liquor License in the office of the Clerk of the Town of Dayton, Wyoming, for the following described place and premises, to-wit: North 1/2 of Block 9, Nate Croghan Addition, to the Town of Dayton, Sheridan County, Wyoming, and protests, if any there be, against the issuance of such of retail liquor license will be heard at the hour of 8:00 p.m. on the 6th day of February, 2012 in the Dayton Town Hall, Dayton, Wy./s/Linda LofgrenLinda Lofgren, ClerkPublish: January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2012.

In re the Roger P. Nicholas Revocable TrustDated October 15, 2008

TRUSTEES NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF INTENT TODISTRIBUTE TRUST

TO ALL CREDITORS OF ROGER P. NICHOLAS, DECEASED:You are hereby notified that Linda F. Nicholas, the Trustee of the

Roger P. Nicholas Revocable Trust dated August 15, 2012, intends to distribute the assets of the Trust as provided in the trust instrument. Creditors having claims against the decedent, including claims to con-test the validity of the trust, must be filed with the proper court within 120 days after the date of the second publication of this notice, and if such claims are not so filed they will be forever barred.

DATED this 20th day of January, 2012./s/ Linda F. Nicholas, Trustee

Timothy S.Tarver Attorney at Law P. O. Box 6284 Sheridan, Wyoming 82801 (307) 672-8905Publish: January 27; February 3, 2012.--


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Prince Fielderintroduced

by Detroit TigersDETROIT (AP) — Prince Fielder stood with a smile and recalled his ear-

liest memories of old Tiger Stadium, when he would hang out at the ballparkwhere his father hit so many massive home runs.

“For me, it was always Sparky saying I was going to pinch hit — and Ireally believed him,” Fielder said, referring to former manager SparkyAnderson. “I’m just glad I get to come back.”

The Tigers introduced Fielder on Thursday after finalizing a $214 mil-lion, nine-year contract with the free agent first baseman, who is expected tohit a lot more home runs than his dad.

Fielder was born in 1984, the last time Detroit won the World Series.After luring him back to Michigan with the fourth-largest deal in baseballhistory, the Tigers are hoping Fielder will help usher in a new championshipera for the Motor City.

“This is awesome,” Fielder said. “It’s kind of a dream come true. I’mexcited.”

Detroit began seriously pursuing Fielder after designated hitter VictorMartinez tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during offseasonconditioning. Now the Tigers have three of baseball’s biggest stars —Fielder, Miguel Cabrera and Justin Verlander — all in their primes. Detroitwon the AL Central by 15 games last year but lost to Texas in the AL cham-pionship series.

“We’re trying to win right now,” general manager Dave Dombrowskisaid. “We tried to win last year. We were close. I think we’ve reached a pointnow, on a yearly basis, we feel that way. When you look at the core of ourgroup of players, there’s a lot of guys that are on that field right now that arequality players.”

It will be up to manager Jim Leyland to figure out where to play all of hispowerful hitters. He said Thursday the Tigers will move Miguel Cabrerafrom first base to third to make room for Fielder. He also listed a possiblebatting order, with Cabrera hitting third and Fielder fourth.

It’s a lineup based on power, not speed. That much is clear.“If they hit it where they’re supposed to hit ‘em, they can trot,” Leyland

said. “We’re going back to the old-fashioned baseball. We’ve got big-timepower on the corners.”

Fielder’s father Cecil became a big league star when he returned to themajors from Japan and hit 51 home runs with Detroit in 1990. Cecil playedwith the Tigers into the 1996 season, and young Prince made a name forhimself with his prodigious power displays during batting practice at TigerStadium.

Detroit plays at Comerica Park now, and times have changed. Leylandmanages the Tigers, not Sparky Anderson.

As for the Fielders, their strained relationship has been well document-ed, and Prince didn’t elaborate on it Thursday.

“I’m just ecstatic about being with the Tigers,” Prince Fielder said. “I’mjust here to enjoy the day.”

Fielder did want to debunk one thing: Back in 2008, he talked aboutbecoming a vegetarian, but that apparently didn’t last long after all the com-motion.

“I’m not a vegetarian,” he said. “I was, for like three months.”Fielder’s contract includes a limited no-trade provision. He can be trad-

ed to 10 clubs without his consent before 2017, when he gains rights to blockall trades under baseball’s labor contract as a 10-year veteran who has beenwith a team for at least five years.

He will earn $23 million in each of his first two years with Detroit, thenwill make $24 million annually in the final seven seasons of his contract,according to terms obtained by The Associated Press.

That contrasts with Albert Pujols’ backloaded $240 million, 10-year con-tract with the Los Angeles Angels, agreed to last month.

Pujols gets $12 million this year and $16 million in 2013, with the salaryincreasing to $23 million in 2014 and then rising $1 million annually.

The move carries plenty of risk for the Tigers. Fielder is 27 and has beenextremely durable during his career, but Detroit is committing to him foralmost a decade.

“I go by my instinct, like everybody else does,” said owner Mike Ilitch,who signed off on the massive deal after what had been a quiet offseason forthe Tigers. “My instincts told me that this is going to work out fine.”

Alfredsson honors homefronts

in NHL All-Star draftGATINEAU, Quebec (AP) — Daniel Alfredsson’s kids should be happy.

And so should be much of Ottawa and Sweden with the team the Senatorscaptain put together in making his selections in the NHL All-Star draft onThursday night.

Alfredsson completed a double sweep, picking all available Senators andSwedish-born players in building a roster that will take on Zdeno Chara’steam in the skills competition on Saturday and All-Star game on Sunday.

“I’m happy with our team and pretty confident we’re going to have thecrowd behind us,” said Alfredsson, who noted that even his kids had influ-enced his selections, particularly his first pick of Senators defenseman ErikKarlsson. “I know they’ll be happy now.”

Chara loved playing in Ottawa, but has grown accustomed to playing therole of villain in Canada’s capital since signing with Boston in 2006.

That certainly showed when the Bruins captain’s picks were booed by apartisan Senators crowd following the selections of Phil Kessel and JoffreyLupul, who play for Ottawa’s cross-provincial rival, the Toronto Maple Leafs.

“It’s going to be great for the fans,” said Chara, who wasn’t going to inter-fere with Alfredsson’s drafting strategy. “I think it’s fair enough to have theteam of guys together, especially for Ottawa fans. ... They can have theirhome team players on the same team.”

Chara won the “puck flip” and opened by taking Detroit Red Wings for-ward Pavel Datsyuk.

“He’s an unbelievable player. I really admire the way he plays the gameand the way he acts on and off the ice,” Chara said. “That was my individualgoal to get him first, and I was happy that I could do it.”

He then turned his attention to the Bruins, showing support in selectingTim Thomas with his second pick. The goalie created a stir this week by notgoing to the White House with his teammates, who were honored for winningthe Stanley Cup.

“I think it’s important to pick any player, but to pick Timmy, I think it’sobvious that he is a great player,” Chara said. “He’s a tremendous goaltender,and he deserved to be picked second.”

Chara avoided any mention of the controversy that led MassachusettsGov. Deval Patrick to suggest that the snub showed disrespect toward thepresidency. Thomas provided a terse “No comment.”

The American-born Thomas declined to elaborate on the explanation heprovided on his Facebook page for skipping the visit, when he wrote: “Thiswas not about politics or party, as in my opinion both parties are responsiblefor the situation we are in as a country.”

On Thursday, Thomas said: “Everything I said in my statement was whatI believed to be the absolute truth. I don’t think I need to revisit somethingthat I stated so clearly.”

The made-for-TV draft was held at a hotel adjoined to a casino in Quebec,just across the Ottawa River from Canada’s capital. It marked the secondstraight year the NHL has had team captains draft players in a bid to gener-ate an additional day’s interest in its midseason classic.