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SHERIDAN — The historic rail-road depot on the south side of East Fifth Street is slated to open for business in the bar portion of the renovated building within the next 90 days.

Sheridan City Councilors extended a liquor license for Tom Thompson, owner of the building at 841 Broadway St. since 2018, for 120 days. Thompson asked for just 90, but because of the unexpected pushbacks with the project in the last two years, council decided to push it out further as to not run into the potential of Thompson losing his liquor license for the facility.Thompson said a few things played into the delayed open-ing of the facility, but the primary cause was concrete availability.

“In this part of Wyoming, concrete has been very hard to come by,” Thompson said.

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13 bills to become lawSHERIDAN — Gov. Mark Gordon

signed 13 bills into law March 5, including three expected to impact Sheridan County court systems.

A Food Freedom Act Amendments bill, strongly supported by Sheridan County producers, also made it to Gordon’s desk late last week, according to Rep. Shelly Duncan, R-Torrington.

Duncan said expanding the Food Freedom Act will financially sup-port farmers, home-producers and Wyoming’s local food market.

The Senate Labor, Health and Social Services Committee “arbi-trarily” cut the annual revenue limit to define a producer protected under the act in half to $250,000, Duncan said. Protected producers are also capped at producing a-quarter-of-a-million individual products annual-ly.

“They felt any dollar amount above $250,000 was headed towards a more commercial business and not a cot-tage business,” Duncan said in an email to The Sheridan Press. “I did try to object based on artisan breads and cookies being of a higher price point.”

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NSI student allegedly stabs staff member

SHERIDAN — The Sheridan County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of assault with a deadly weapon at the Normative Services Inc. Academy Monday around 8:30

a.m. A 16-year-old male NSI student allegedly stabbed an adult staff member with a meat thermometer. The alleged vic-tim sustained minor injuries. Sheridan County Sheriff Allen Thompson said the attack seemed unprovoked.

SCSO took the juvenile into

custody following the inci-dent. He appeared in Sheridan County Circuit Court yesterday at 2 p.m. before SCSO trans-ported him to the juvenile detention facility in Gillette, Thompson said.

Three SCSO deputies were involved in the investigation.

SCSO intended to charge the juvenile with assault with a deadly weapon when he was taken into custody but the charges were amended in court to reckless endangering and property destruction for sep-arate acts related to the inci-dent, Thompson said.

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SHERIDAN — The historic Spear-O-Wigwam property has been purchased by five Wyoming men.

Steve Sessions, Todd Sessions, Kevin Sessions, Curt Symons and Carl Symons closed the deal Monday at Century 21 BHJ Realty, Inc.

Northern Wyoming Community College District previously owned

Spear-O. The district pur-chased it in 2011 for $650,000;

Monday’s purchase closed for $800,000.

The new owners, all Wyoming natives, intend to allow the public access to the property. They hope people will stay overnight and “have an experience that brings hap-piness and joy for memories that last a lifetime,” according to a press release.

Possible events the new owners envision for the prop-erty include “family reunions, company retreats, weddings, church groups, education associations and other kinds of social events.”

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Sale closed Monday

Spear-O-Wigwam had been owned by NWCCD for eight years when this picture was taken Monday, Sept. 2, 2019.

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Currently, a web presence including details such as pricing and scheduling for the property does not exist, but the buyers said it is forthcoming.

Some activities Spear-O intends to offer its guests include a varied list of out-door recreation including “canoeing, hiking, biking, ATV, UTVs, (world-class) fishing, horseback riding, snowmobiling and more.”

Owners did not share a timeline indicating when these activities will be available.

Spear-O will reopen in May of this year, but own-ers said not all potential activities will be available at time of opening.

The new buyers thanked Sheridan College for its efforts in “maintaining

and refurbishing Spear-O-Wigwam.” While NWCCD owned the property, signif-icant improvements were made involving a number of community and volun-teer partnerships. Staff, students and faculty were also involved in contribut-ing to the property. During NWCCD’s ownership of Spear-O, historical pres-ervation was particularly important.

“When I first knew Spear-O-Wigwam, it was run down,” Sheridan native Curt Symons said. “And the college fixed it up tremen-dously.”

The current owners “are committed to bringing the same level of dedication and hard work.”

“We want people to be able to experience the beau-tiful mountain resort and its setting, which has been

inspiring and refreshing people for about 100 years,” owners said in the press release.

NWCCD President Walt Tribley spoke at the closing.

“I want to acknowledge our Board of Trustees for their leadership and direction to get us here today,” Tribley said. “I think that treasures like Spear-O-Wigwam property and Beaver Lakes are for everybody. I do believe that colleges, if we’re nothing else, are stewards of place. NWCCD preserved the his-tory of that property. They celebrated its history, its beauty and its importance to the community. Today we’re handing that treasure off to a fabulous team of folks.”

Kevin Sessions said once he and his fellow buyers began looking into the

opportunity, “things just started to fall into place.”

Kevin Sessions said the new owners are excited to offer Spear-O to the public and “are still in the inter-ims of trying to figure out the best way to implement the expanding and opening to the public.”

Curt Symons said he was “just tickled” about the property acquisition and has a particular desire to connect youth with what Spear-O Mountain Campus has to offer.

“I’m getting to the age where I want younger gen-erations to know what the West was really like up there,” Curt Symons said. “I want to utilize it for that purpose and keep it the way it is.”

A grand opening is planned for the beginning of summer.

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The gates to Spear-O-Wigwam campus were closed to public access Monday, Sept. 2, 2019.

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Cat in the HatCat in the Hat, played by Pam Moore, explains to Lucas Meisel, middle, 6, and Logan Meisel, 3, why parents rock their children during the Early Childhood Children’s Festival at Sheridan College Saturday, March 7, 2020.

BY TOM HALLBERG

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JACKSON — Medical research is a Sisyphean endeavor: Each study pushes the rock slightly farther uphill, until it finally reaches the top and a new discovery is made. Recently Brain Chemistry Labs, the nonprofit research lab in Jackson, moved the rock closer to the top of the hill.

In a study published in the Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, research done on ver-vets, monkeys native to Africa, shows a toxin in cyanobacteria is associ-ated with the misfolding of proteins found in patients with neuro-degeneration. Perhaps more important, the study showed L-serine, an amino acid, slows the process of misfolding proteins.

“This experiment … is the missing link between cyanobacteria blooms and increased risks of ALS or Alzheimer’s,” Dr. Paul Alan Cox said. “Now we have causation.”

Cox runs Brain Chemistry Labs, but he’s not a neuroscientist. His work as an ethno-botanist, someone who studies the relationship between plants and human society, helped him develop the theory that BMAA — the cyano-bacterial toxin — could in part cause neurode-generative diseases.

That research, which followed several indige-nous groups on Pacific islands, also gave him the idea that L-serine could slow the progres-sion of the diseases. One of the groups he studied, the Ogimi, an indigenous tribe in Japan, had a low incidence rate of neuro-degenerative diseases. The diet of the tribe consisted of food high in L-serine like seaweed.

Until now that idea had been just a theory. But the most recent study provides evidence the BMAA toxin causes the misfolding of proteins. Vervets that were given the BMAA toxin devel-oped aggregations of the misfolded proteins seen in ALS patients, while those in the control group did not develop them. The most hearten-ing part of the research was a third group of vervets that was given both BMAA and doses of

L-serine. Those animals still developed the mis-folded proteins, but at a rate much lower than those in the group that received only the toxin.

Cox sees the results as a logical next step from a previous study Brain Chemistry Labs did with partners at Dartmouth University. That study followed 20 patients with ALS and was meant to show that L-serine was safe to administer, though it had other posi-tive results, too.

“This explains why the first patients in our first clinical trial, they did really well on L-serine,” he said. “It slowed dis-ease progression by 85%.”

Unlike Alzheimer’s, which often affects older people, ALS can develop in people in the prime of their lives. Fast mov-ing, it causes paralysis and, eventually, death. Patients live an average of just two to three years following a diagnosis. In preliminary results, patients taking L-serine can live five to six years.

“That doesn’t sound like a lot,” Cox said, “but for the families it is.”

Having two studies that show L-serine slows the progression of neu-rodegenerative diseases doesn’t mean the amino acid is a cure. But the research inspires opti-mism in the scientists behind the work.

“The vervet BMAA model will be an import-ant new tool in the quest for new drugs to treat ALS,” Dr. Walter Bradley, an author on the study, said in a state-ment.

Cox and his team don’t plan to rest on their lau-rels. They are already involved in several other efforts to further demon-strate the viability of L-serine as a treatment.

Following the initial 20-person clinical study, Dr. Elijah Stommel at Dartmouth is conducting a 50-person Phase II trial that should show results by year’s end.

“If we can replicate the results of the first trial,” Cox said, “we’d be tickled pink.”

Now that Brain Chemistry Labs has found a connection between BMAA and neu-rodegeneration, and a potential treatment, the further studies are the next attempts to push the rock uphill. They also have 40 patients in a Phase II clinical trial for Alzheimer’s.

Jackson lab moves one step closer to ALS

treatment

BY SETH KLAMANN

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CASPER — The University of Wyoming has canceled summer study abroad trips to China and South Korea in light of coronavirus out-breaks in those two coun-tries as part of a wave of preparations undertaken by the university.

In messages sent to cam-pus Friday, the university wrote that the school “needs to be prepared should some students, staff and faculty on our campus be ill or under

quarantine in the coming weeks and months.”

No case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, has been con-firmed in Wyoming. There have been 423 confirmed cases across 35 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Neighboring states Colorado and Utah have both had cases, as has Nebraska; a hospital there has also treated patients who contracted the illness else-where. COVID-19 is a respi-ratory illness that can cause symptoms that range from

minor to severe. Symptoms include fever, shortness of breath and cough. According to the CDC, symptoms may appear up to two weeks after contact with an infected person. The federal agency urges anyone with symp-toms who may have come into contact with a COVID-19 patient to call their health care provider immediately. Generally, people should wash their hands frequently and well and should avoid contact with sick people.

UW wrote to staff that university-related travel to several countries “requires express pre-approval from the university president.” Any staff or students return-ing from China, South Korea, Italy or Iran — four countries with the most severe outbreaks — must “self-isolate for 14 days.” Similarly, any person who’s been in contact with someone with COVID-19 or who has similar symptoms should also self-isolate.

The university also instructed all instructors to prepare for their classes to continue running should a teacher become sick or need to be quarantined. Gradebooks must be kept updated and processes to turn in final papers must be prepared. Attendance policies may be loosened as students call in sick.

In a separate message to

staff sent early last week, university leadership said it was preparing “detailed pre-travel safety consider-ations” for students about to leave for spring break, “identification of residence hall quarantine areas to use if needed” and a review of university events.

Chad Baldwin, the univer-sity’s spokesman, said the school was preparing in case it had to move all course-work online.

Baldwin said the univer-sity feels it has the infra-structure to handle the case, citing its close relationship with Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie.

COVID-19 has spread rap-idly in recent days, with Italy restricting movement throughout the country and Saudi Arabia cutting off air and sea travel to several other countries. In the U.S., four states have declared emergencies, and the stock market cratered.

According to the New York Times, the number of cases in the U.S. rose by roughly 50 percent over the weekend.

The University of Washington moved its class-es online, as have Seattle University and Northeastern University, according to the Times. Stanford University announced late last week that it wouldn’t hold in-per-son classes for the indefinite future.

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“When Weatherby and the hospital expansion and the (North Sheridan) interchange were going on, it seemed those jobs seemed to get priority so everybody else was left scram-bling for the output of the one plant that is open in town.”

Since the beginning of the renovation, Croell acquired the concrete portion of Mullinax in Sheridan in late 2018. The com-bination of large projects in the Sheridan area with the acqui-sition delays caused the project to be delayed. A late summer season didn’t help, either.

“Then last year we ended up with a really truncated build-ing season,” Thompson said. “Those two things combined, they snowball through your schedule and when you finally get your concrete poured, you’re then scrambling to use the same subs, the same trades that someone else is, trying to fight your way through before winter comes.”

Patio additions were added on the north and south sides of the building, along with additional concrete slabs leading up to the west side. Construction workers built stair and elevator towers to remove stairs leading from the bar area to the second floor and relocating those elsewhere to maintain security for sec-ond-floor leasees.

The bar will take up only part of the building, as other areas on the first floor will accommo-date other retail establishments and upstairs will be utilized for office spaces.

To extend his “parked” term for the retail liquor license, Thompson had to prove the project coordinators endured “extenuating circumstances” resulting in delayed construc-tion time and, thus, delayed opening.

Although Thompson said if his opening date extended beyond a 90-day period and he’d have more to worry about, council created a 30-day buffer for him.

“I find good cause for your extraordinary measures,” Councilor Patrick Henderson said. “I work a lot with con-struction and it’s incredibly hard to find concrete. We had a project that we had the same problems with...I appreciate your efforts. You’ve done a beautiful job with that building, so thank you.”

Thompson anticipates receiv-ing a utilities delivery March 16, then will apply for a certifi-cate of occupancy with the city and furnish the establishment with alcohol in preparation to serve to guests within that 90-day window before the sum-mer rush.

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Duncan said restrictions on raw milk production were not discussed along with the bill. She received “overwhelming support” for the bill once it hit the Senate floor.

HB84 supports a variety of local food vendors but does nothing to encourage more raw milk sales, Cross E Dairy owner Christine Hampshire said in a public letter distributed at the Sheridan Farmer’s Market at Landon’s Greenhouse, Nursery and Landscaping Feb. 29.

“Although there is no improvement for my par-ticular area of production, I see this as an opportunity for many local food produc-ers and possibly a stepping stone for something better for raw milk sales in the future,” she wrote.

Despite Wyoming’s lenient food freedom laws, Duncan said prior to HB84, the state lagged behind the rest of the nation as far as regulations on homemade food sales and at-home consumption.

In contrast to 15 other states that allow homemade food sales through retailers, Duncan said Wyoming’s law only allowed direct sales, which prohibited sales like fresh bread and cookies to

coffee shops and grocers. HB84 also removed the

requirement for homemade foods, when purchased, to be consumed at home — which effectively prohibited a picnic with a homemade piece of pie or homemade wedding cake at a reception, Duncan said.

The bill “fixed” limita-tions to allow non-perish-able, homemade foods to be sold through retailers, so long as the product is clearly marked homemade and unregulated, Duncan said. The amendments also recommend differentiating inspected and uninspected products on the shelf.

“Home cooking is part of Wyoming’s history,” Duncan said. “As long as consumers know the foods they are buying were made in a home kitchen, they should be able to buy them.”

Among the 13 new laws, Gordon signed HB11, which redefines a qualified indi-vidual within a qualified residential treatment pro-gram, and requires any child placed in a QRT pro-gram to undergo a needs assessment within 60 days of placement to deter-mine whether the QRT, fam-ily home or foster family home provides the appropri-ate level of care in the least restrictive environment.

The Wyoming Department of Family Services is also required to present a six-month needs assessment to the court if the child remains in a QRT after 60 days.

Compass Center for Families Director Susan Carr said — when the

bill passed through the Judiciary Committee in November — the bill pro-vides more opportunities to review the appropriateness of a placement in a short-ened period of time.

Some children respond to residential treatments more quickly than others; some-

times a basic stabilization period is all that’s required, she said.

When a QRT program is necessary, it’s a “tremen-dous gift” when a family recognizes their child may need more mental health assistance than they can provide, she said.

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Cold pup”Scooby Doo” jumps into an icy pool as part of the Jackalope Jump at Goose Valley Fire Department Saturday, March 7, 2020.

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Coronavirus testing

now available

JACKSON (WNE) — If you live in Wyoming and think you have the coronavirus, you can now be tested in the state. However, health officials want patients to avoid exposing oth-ers in the process.

Up until Thursday, test kits were available only through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but the Wyoming Public Health Laboratory now has the capability to test for COVID-19, as do some commercial labs. What that means for the state’s capacity for testing should coronavirus spread within Wyoming remains unclear.

“It is difficult to offer a total testing capa-bility per day for the state with this com-bination,” Wyoming Department of Health spokeswoman Kim Deti said in an email.

For a patient, the change doesn’t signal a huge shift in what to do should you suspect you have contracted the disease. Testing is still coordinated by providers through pub-lic health departments and the state health department. So far six people have been test-ed — five in the state and one sent to the CDC lab — and all were negative for the virus.

Patients will still talk first to their primary care provider or an emergency room doctor,

who will help administer the test. Even if you feel you have the symptoms, however, don’t run out to your doctor.

“For now, staying at home and calling your provider before coming to the emergency room or doctor’s office is what will keep the community well,” St. John’s Health Chief Communications Officer Karen Connelly said.

Charity softball game to

include Ford, maybe West

CODY (WNE) — A charity softball game featuring various celebrities, including actor Harrison Ford, will be played this June. Cody resident Kanye West is reportedly interested in the event as well.

The first annual “Celebrities Against Cancer” Charity Softball Game will benefit St. Jude Children’s Hospital and the Big Horn Basin Regional Cancer Center. The game will be held at the Milward Simpson Legion Baseball Field on June 13. The event will be preceded by “Dinner on the Diamond” on June 12, with celebrities, professional ath-letes and cancer survivors as speakers.

Harrison Ford, a part-time Jackson-area resident, is well-known for his roles in fran-chise film series “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones,” as well as other films such as “Blade Runner,” “Witness,” “The Fugitive,” “42”

and, most recently, an adaptation of “The Call of the Wild.”

Woman accused of taking items

from cars being serviced

GILLETTE (WNE) — A woman original-ly charged with four counts of forgery for stealing from vehicles while they were being worked on has pleaded not guilty to three other counts of forgery as well as 13 counts of theft related to the acts.

Brittany Seymour, 25, also faces three counts of possession of a controlled substance and one new count of unlawful use of a credit card in addition to two earlier charges for using a credit card without permission.

In all, Seymour is accused of taking items from 16 different people from their vehicles which were being serviced at Thunder Basin Ford last fall. Among the items taken were checks, credit cards, wallets and prescription pills. The investigation started after a couple reported to police Oct. 18 that a $200 check had been forged and cashed on their account, with Seymour’s name as the recipient with a memo for “cleaning service.”

Police tracked the check to Campco, where Seymour used it to open a bank account. Video from the credit union showed Seymour making the transaction, according to court documents.

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Biden gambit reeks of desperation

After Super Tuesday, all the headlines are heralding former Vice President Joe Biden’s remarkable “come-

back” from dead in the water to front-runner and presumptive Democratic nominee.

The New York Times’ Frank Bruni called it “some kind of miracle.”

Please. It was anything but. It was a calculated, collaborative, last-ditch, no-holds-barred effort by the Democratic National Committee to take the wind out of socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders’ sails. Conveniently, for Biden’s “miracle,” other contenders former Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (who had potentially diluted votes for Biden in earlier primaries) dropped out the two days before the Super Tuesday primaries. And this followed at least two

weeks of a full-court-press onslaught of negative media coverage on Sanders, obvi-ously intend-ed to turn Democratic voters against him.

There was also an equal-ly obvious campaign of high-profile

endorsements of Biden. What I noticed is that the talking point for Biden seems to be “decen-cy.” Former national security adviser Susan Rice tweeted her endorsement, saying that Biden would lead America with “com-passion and decency.” Former CIA Director John Brennan said that Biden is “one of the most honest, decent, practical, & experienced individuals” he has ever worked with. Actress and activist Alyssa Milano endorsed Biden, praising his “intelli-gence, kindness and decency.” A Twitter search for “Biden” and “decency” brings up sim-ilar statements from actress Mia Farrow, retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey and Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin.

It’s true that Biden seems an affable fellow (despite an odd penchant for sniffing women, girls and babies). But he does have a history of falsehoods; one video making the rounds shows Biden claiming that he gradu-ated in the top half of his law school class, received an award for being an outstanding politi-cal science student and earned three undergraduate degrees.

None of those claims are true.Then there was the matter

of Biden having stolen speech-es wholesale from Britain’s Neil Kinnock and former U.S. Attorney General Bobby Kennedy, and having plagia-rized others’ work when he was a law student.

Still, many politicians have the skill of selective memory, strategically phrased denials and embellishment of their records.

But what used to be the occa-sional gaffe for Biden seems to have morphed into daily mis-statements (and just plain odd statements) that legitimately call into question his cognitive health. Just in the past few days, Biden called journalist Chris Wallace “Chuck,” mis-took his sister for his wife (and vice versa) and botched one sentence from the Declaration of Independence. Previously, he called an attendee of one of his rallies a “lying, dog-faced pony

soldier”; misstated the states he was in; claimed to be running for U.S. Senate; bragged about appointing the first African American woman to the Senate; and gave some inexplicable ramblings about a “bad dude” named Corn Pop, someone named Esther, his leg hairs, roaches and children in his lap.

The media’s dogged refusal to ask hard questions about the possibility of dementia or other physical failings is reminiscent of their deliberate ignoring of Hillary Clinton’s obvious health problems during the 2016 campaign. Wild theories circulated precisely becausethe media glossed over the glaring evidence of Clinton’s issues — the coughing fits, her unkempt appearance at times, her collapse at the 9/11 remem-brance ceremony. It was as if they feared that any admission of Clinton’s weakness as a can-didate would strengthen Donald Trump’s hand.

But the voting public had its own views about Clinton’s weaknesses.

Similarly, the Democratic Party’s need to prop Biden up as a dreadnought to stop Bernie Sanders will not keep the American public from noticing and asking hard ques-tions about Biden’s suitability to be president. Joe Biden is well liked, and I suspect that people mostly feel sympathy when they view his frequent confusion. Unfortunately for the Democratic Party, I don’t think most Americans are going to vote for the president of the United States on the basis of sympathy.

Nor are they going to vote in large enough numbers on a plat-form that largely consists of the notion “Vote for us because we hate Donald Trump.” What are Democrats offering Americans? Open borders? Higher taxes? Bans on large sodas and plastic straws?

Joe Biden has an impediment that Hillary Clinton did nothave. She was running against an unknown. But Biden is run-ning against Trump’s record. And in spite of 24/7 negative media, the two-plus-year-long Mueller investigation and Congress’s impeachment deba-cle, Trump has produced for Americans. Voters are going to look at the data — a booming economy; strong job creation; record-low unemployment; increased wages for middle- and lower-income Americans; and reduced regulations that trans-late to flourishing businesses.

This includes minorities, who have benefited from the Trump economy, whether as employees or business owners. Particularly, it includes African Americans, many of whom are tweeting that they are tired of being pandered to and want real results — results they see Donald Trump producing, both in terms of economic growth and other issues that matter, like prison reform.

If Joe Biden is the Democratic nominee — and if his perfor-mance at rallies and the prima-ry debates are any indication — a debate between Trump and Biden will be a bloodbath.

But that’s nothing compared to what’s going to happen on Nov. 3.

LAURA HOLLIS is a nationally syndicated conservative columnist whose experience in the law and politics spans more than 25 years. She is a frequent public speaker and, in addition to articles in respected legal publications, has been a freelance political writer since 1993.

Got a medical question? Ask Dr. Trump!

Do you have a nagging medical concern? A rash that won’t go away? Unexplained hear-ing loss? Are you currently

bleeding out from a severed femoral artery?

Well, fret no more. America now has a leading medical expert — some say the best — who will dispense diagnoses and prognoses to all — for free! This bold new telemedicine initiative, “Ask Dr. Trump,” will be offered on an unpredictable but highly frequent basis to all Americans (whether they like it or not).

Dr. Donald J. Trump, of course, is the pioneering sci-entist who first determined that climate change is a hoax and, more recent-ly, discovered that windmills cause cancer. In between, he proved that for-est fires could be contained

by “raking” and identified a previously unrecognized trop-ical cyclone pattern targeting Alabama.

Dr. Trump acquired what he calls “a natural instinct for sci-ence” not through formal educa-tion but because “my uncle was a great professor at MIT for many years.” Sadly, the elder Trump didn’t live to see his nephew’s greatest discoveries in the medi-cal field: The flu shot is basically “injecting bad stuff into your body” and exercise can shorten your life. Dr. Trump used his instinctive grasp of medicine to become “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency” with an innate life expectancy of 200 years.

To the relief of millions, this extremely stable genius has turned to the challenge of solv-ing the novel coronavirus, or as

Dr. Trump spells it in the Latin, “Caronavirus.” Early on in the outbreak, Dr. Trump was among the first to determine that the virus “miraculously goes away” in April. Dr. Trump’s pathbreak-ing epidemiology enabled him to determine that the World Health Organization’s report that 3%.4% of “reported” cases of the virus have died is a “false number.” Trump’s research, based exten-sively on “my hunch,” puts the true figure at “way under 1%.”

Related research by Dr. Trump found spread of the virus is not “inevitable,” that cases in the United States are “going very substantially down” — and that they “are all getting better.” This informed Dr. Trump’s reclassi-fication of the coronavirus as a “new hoax” by Democrats — though he later clarified that the illness itself was not the hoax, only Democrats’ attempts to blame him.

In fact, Dr. Trump’s DNA research has determined that neither he nor bats nor pangolins caused the virus’s spread but rather President Barack Obama. “The Obama administration made a decision on testing that turned out to be very detrimental to what we’re doing,” Trump disclosed, a finding that eluded experts.

Given the reduced virulence that Dr. Trump discovered, he concluded there could be “hun-dreds of thousands of people that get better just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work” — though he “NEVER said people that are feeling sick should go to work.” But even if they did, Dr. Trump’s pharmaceutical advances have put us “very close to a vaccine,” within “months” — about a year ahead of other experts’ forecasts.

This breakthrough is possible because while other medical authorities have classified coro-navirus as “novel,” Dr. Trump has determined that “this is a flu” and he renamed it the “corona

flu.” Therefore he suspects that “a solid flu vaccine” would have effi-cacy, and “we’ll essentially have a flu shot for this.”

“I really get it,” Dr. Trump said while visiting the Centers for Disease Control Friday, again crediting his “super-genius” uncle. “Every one of these doctors said, ‘How do you know so much about this?’ Maybe I have a natu-ral ability.”

Now that Dr. Trump has beaten the virus and sent the sick back to work, it would be a tragedy to waste his medical expertise. Hence, the demand for an “Ask Dr. Trump” column, which should go something like this:

A reader asks: Dr. Trump, the left side of my body has gone numb and immobile. What should I do? Dr. Trump replies: If you are healthy, you will probably go through a process and you’ll be fine.

A reader asks: Dr. Trump, I am experiencing chest pains and shortness of breath. Should I call 911?

Dr. Trump replies: It’s very sea-sonal. It’s like a flu. And it is a lit-tle bit different, but in some ways it’s easier and in some ways it’s a little bit tougher. But we have it so well under control.

A reader asks: Dr. Trump, my mother is in a persistent vegeta-tive state. Should I continue life support?

Dr. Trump replies: That’s a problem that’s going to go away. People get better just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work.

A reader asks: Dr. Trump, we’ve got a mass casualty situation at the ER. Can you advise us on tri-age?

Dr. Trump replies: When some-body sneezes — I mean, I try to bail out as much as possible. Hey — did you get a flu shot?

DANA MILBANK is a political reporter for The Washington Post and has authored two books on national political campaigns and the national political parties.

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PEOPLEGOP to host

caucus Saturday

4-H Carnival planned for Saturday

Pickleball tournament planned for weekend

The Brinton to display work of Theodore Waddell

UW awards top scholarship to 101 Wyoming students

SHERIDAN — The Sheridan County Republican Caucus will take place March 14 at the Best Western Sheridan Center.

Check-in will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the caucus starting at 10 a.m.

The event will include a selection of delegates and alternates to the county convention, set for April 4.

Best Western Sheridan Center is located at 612 N. Main St.

SHERIDAN — The annual Sheridan County 4-H Carnival will take place Saturday from 3-7 p.m. at the Sheridan County Fairgrounds

Exhibit Hall.The event will include

fun games, chili and raf-fle prizes.

All proceeds will ben-efit the 4-H. The fair-grounds are located at 1753 Victoria St.

DAYTON — The Sam Cross Memorial Pickleball Tournament will take place Saturday at the Tongue River Valley Community Center in Dayton.

The “social” tournament will begin at 9 a.m. Participants will play with multiple partners on one court before moving on to another court. Attendance will dictate how many games everyone plays.

A light breakfast and lunch will be provided for par-ticipants.

The cost to play is $15 per person.TRVCC is located at 1100 Main St. in Dayton.

BIG HORN — The Brinton Museum will present this year’s Illustrator Show fea-turing original art by the award-winning, national-ly-known painter and print-maker Theodore Waddell from Hailey, Idaho.

Waddell studied art at the Brooklyn Museum Art School in Brooklyn, New York.

He received a bache-lor’s degree from Eastern Montana College and in 1968 received a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture and printmaking from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.

He was born in Billings, Montana, and spent his childhood in nearby Laurel. Waddell’s children’s story-book illustrations joyfully portray the whimsical adventures of a lovable Bernese Mountain Dog, Tucker, and his animal friends who frolic through the seasons making the most of every day and their time.

Illustrations in the exhi-

bition include art from “Tucker Gets Tuckered!” (2006); “Tucker’s Seasonal Words of Wisdom” (2014); and “Tucker Tees Off” (2015).

The Tucker series of books is published by Bar R Books in Helena, Montana.

“Tucker Tees Off” includes poems and rhymes by authors Lynn Campion and Stoney Brown and is “dedicated to all those who love creatures, big and small. Animals enrich our lives, and for them we are so grateful.”

The 15th Illustrator show will be on display in the S. K. Johnston, Jr. Family Gallery through April 26. A free reception to meet the artist will take place April 21 at 7 PM. Waddell will be in residence at The Brinton Museum April 20-22 for school tours. Contact Curator of Exhibitions & Museum Education Barbara McNab at 307-763-5924 to schedule a tour.

The Brinton is located at 239 Brinton Road in Big Horn.

SHERIDAN — One hun-dred one high school seniors from across Wyoming have been selected to receive the 2020 Trustees’ Scholars Award, the University of Wyoming’s top academic scholarship.

The premier scholarship for Wyoming resident high school seniors covers actual credit hours taken as well as room and board costs for eight semesters at UW, starting with the fall 2020 semester. Students rep-

resenting 38 high schools from all corners of the state were chosen. Recipients are evaluated on their academ-ic excellence (high school GPA, ACT/SAT scores and curriculum rigor). Individual interviews were held as well. For this year’s award winners, the average GPA is 3.96, and the average ACT score is 32.

“These students represent the highest caliber of aca-demic talent from across Wyoming high schools — students who would excel at any university in the coun-

try — and we are delighted to have them attend the state’s world-class univer-sity,” UW Associate Vice Provost for Enrollment Management Kyle Moore said in a press release.

To retain the scholarship all four years at UW, stu-dents must maintain full-time continuous enrollment (at least 12 semester hours) during the fall and spring semesters each year, along with a 3.25 cumulative GPA.

Local recipients of the 2020 scholarships, listed by high schools they’re attend-

ing along with their chosen majors, are:

• Big Horn High School — Casey Prior, animal and veterinary science

• Sheridan High School — Michael Andersen, engineering/undeclared; Kairstyn Holden, pre-phar-macy; Katie Ligocki, biology; Josiah Richards, computer engineering; Zoe Robison, biology; Samantha Rogaczewski, environmen-tal systems science; Alicia Thoney, computer science; and Sidney Wilson, environ-ment and natural resources.

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Getting out in a hurryBig Horn High School’s Libby Franklin hurries her friend out of the icy pool after jumping for the Jackalope Jump at Goose Valley Fire Department Saturday, March 7, 2020.

Weinstein lawyers seek mercy after his ‘historic’ fallNEW YORK (AP) — With prosecu-

tors seeking a severe punishment for Harvey Weinstein in his landmark #MeToo case, his lawyers argued on Monday that he deserves mercy for his already “historic fall from grace” and serious health issues.

In a letter filed in advance of Weinstein’s sentencing on Wednesday for his New York City rape conviction, his defense team asked Judge James Burke to give him to only five years behind bars — a far cry from the potential 29-year maximum term allowed by law.

A man who was once admired for putting part of his fortune into chari-table causes during his rise to one of Hollywood’s most powerful producers now “cannot walk outside without being heckled,” the papers said. “He has lost his means to earn a living. Simply put, his fall from grace has been historic, perhaps unmatched in the age of social media.”

Even if the ailing 67-year-old defen-dant is given a lesser term, “the

grave reality is that Mr. Weinstein may not even outlive that term” making it “a de facto life sentence,” the papers say. From the start, Weinstein’s use of a walker to get in and out of court each day at his trial raised questions about his health. After his Feb. 24 conviction, he was sent to Bellevue Hospital amid con-cerns about high blood pressure and heart palpitations for more than a week before being transferred late last week in an infirmary on the notorious Riker Island jail complex.

In addition to the heart issues, Weinstein’s lawyers have said he was also dealing with the ramifications of unsuccessful back surgery stemming from a car crash last summer and a condition that requires shots in his eyes so he does not go blind. In their own filing last week, prosecutors detailed a litany of allegations start-ing with a claim by a woman that she woke up in the middle of the night in a Buffalo, New York, hotel room in 1978 to find Weinstein on top of

her and “forcing himself sexually on her.” They said it fit a pattern that continued for decades: Weinstein getting young women alone in hotel rooms and other settings before sex-ually attacking them, often while trying to trick them into thinking it was a path to stardom. The judge had told potential jurors during jury selection that the trial “was not a ref-erendum on the #metoo movement” and to consider only the specific allegations contained in the charges. But prosecutors said that by law, Burke is allowed “to consider all aspects of a defendant’s life and char-acteristics” and a “broad spectrum of information” in considering a proper sentence.

Based on “a lifetime of abuse toward others, sexual and other-wise,” the judge should impose a sentence that “reflects the serious-ness of the defendant’s offenses” and punishes him for “his total lack of remorse for the harm he has done,” prosecutors wrote.

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AT A GLANCE10 things to know

1. XI VISITS VIRUS’ EPICENTER AS RECESSION FEARS GRIP WORLD China’s president visits Wuhan, the center of the global virus outbreak, as Italy begins a nationwide travel ban and people worldwide brace for the possibility of recession.

2. ‘EVERYONE WAS HOLLERING AND CLAPPING’ Thousands of passengers aboard the virus-stricken Grand Princess cruise ship wait for their chance to leave the vessel in California, even if it meant being quarantined at military bases.

3. VIRUS PUSHES ITALY TO BRINK Italian doctors celebrate one small victory against the virus after Patient No. 1 was moved out of intensive care. But in the rest of hard-hit Lombardy, physicians are choosing who gets the limited num-ber of ICU beds.

4. GLOBAL STOCKS STEADY AFTER HISTORIC PLUNGE World markets rebound from record-setting declines after Trump says he would ask Congress for a tax cut and other measures to counter the spreading coronavirus outbreak.

5. MICHIGAN THE BIG PRIZE IN LATEST PRIMARY The state could either revive Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign or relegate him to the role of protest candidate to front-runner Joe Biden.

6. US TAKES STEP FORWARD IN TALIBAN PEACE DEAL The U.S. military begins withdrawing troops from Afghanistan while the country’s president also promises to start releasing Taliban prisoners after a delay.

7. WHAT WEINSTEIN’S LAWYERS WANT Attorneys for the former Hollywood mogul say he only deserves five years in prison for his rape convic-tion after already suffer-ing a “historic” fall from grace and serious health issues.

8. FIFTH-THIRD ACCUSED OF FRAUD A federal regulator alleges that the Cincinnati-based bank opened fake accounts like Wells Fargo to meet aggressive sales targets.

9. PEARL JAM POSTPONES FIRST LEG OF TOUR The Seattle-based band puts off the North American dates of its Gigaton world tour this spring because of con-cerns over the new coro-navirus.

10. WHO STANDS TO LOSE MOST OVER OLYMPICS CANCELLATION The most affected would be the athletes, broad-casters, sponsors and a Japanese government that has spent billions to orga-nize the Tokyo Games.

Today’s highlight in history:On March 10, 1985,

Konstantin U. Chernenko, who was the Soviet Union’s leader for 13 months, died at age 73; he was succeeded by Mikhail Gorbachev.

On this date:In 1496, Christopher

Columbus concluded his second visit to the Western Hemisphere as he left Hispaniola for Spain.

In 1848, the U.S. Senate rat-ified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War.

In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln assigned Ulysses S. Grant, who had just received his commission as lieutenant-general, to the command of the Armies of the United States.

In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant, Thomas Watson, heard Bell say over his experimental telephone: “Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you” from the next room of Bell’s Boston laboratory.

In 1906, about 1,100 min-ers in northern France were killed by a coal-dust explo-sion.

In 1913, former slave, abo-litionist and Underground Railroad “conductor” Harriet Tubman died in Auburn, New York; she was in her 90s.

In 1933, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake centered off Long Beach, California, resulted in 120 deaths.

In 1969, James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis, Tennessee (on his 41st birth-day) to assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

In 1980, “Scarsdale Diet” author Dr. Herman Tarnower was shot to death at his home in Purchase, New York. (Tarnower’s former lover, Jean Harris, was convicted of his murder; she served near-ly 12 years in prison before being released in January 1993.)

In 1988, prior to the 50th anniversary of the Anschluss, Austrian President Kurt Waldheim apologized on his country’s behalf for atrocities committed by Austrian Nazis.

In 2000, Pope John Paul II approved sainthood for Katharine Drexel, a Philadelphia socialite who had taken a vow of pover-ty and devoted her fortune to helping poor blacks and American Indians.

In 2004, teenage sniper Lee Boyd Malvo was sentenced in Chesapeake, Virginia, to life in prison for his role in the October 2002 killing ram-page in the Washington, D.C., area that left 10 people dead. (Malvo, 19, was sentenced a day after sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad was given the death penalty.)

Ten years ago: President Barack Obama denounced waste, inefficiency and down-right fraud in the govern-ment’s health care system as he sought to rally public support for his revamped overhaul plan during a rally in suburban St. Louis.

Five years ago: Breaking her silence in the face of a growing controversy over her use of a private email address and server, Hillary Rodham Clinton conceded that she should have used government email as secretary of state but insisted she had not violated any federal laws or Obama administration rules.

One year ago: A Boeing 737 Max 8 operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed shortly after taking off from the capital, Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people on board; the crash was similar to one in October in which a 737 Max 8 flown by Indonesia’s Lion Air plunged into the Java Sea minutes after takeoff,

Thought for Today: “He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.” — Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher.

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Wednesday lecture to explore

landscape-scale conservationSHERIDAN — According to Carli Kierstad,

Northeast Wyoming program director for The Nature Conservancy, the world is increasingly dealing with large, complex challenges, including escalating habitat loss and fragmentation, biodi-versity loss, collapsing place-based economies and climate change.

There are no silver bullets to solving the com-plex issues, but landscape-scale conservation is one systems-level approach. The landscape-scale approach to conservation brings people together across geographies, sectors and cultures to collab-orate on conserving important landscapes and the myriad ecological, cultural and economic benefits they provide.

Kierstad will discuss TNC’s work with land-scape-scale conservation, for example the Tongue River Initiative, the Northeast Wyoming Invasive Grasses Working Group and grassland conserva-tion strategies in Thunder Basin, during a presen-tation Wednesday at 7 p.m. The event is brought to the public by the Sheridan College Museum of Discovery Science Lecture Series. It will take place in room 201 of the Mars Agriculture Center on the Sheridan College Campus.

For more information, contact Scott Newbold at 307-675-0770 or snewbold@sheridan.edu.

Sheridan College is located at 1 Whitney Way.

Library offers opportunities

to make bookmarks

SHERIDAN — Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library will offer a series of activities to encourage creativity.

Organizers said that while many believe librar-ies exist to supply knowledge, they actually aim to help visitors learn and grow. With that in mind, several activities are planned to help show the power of creating.

The following is a list of activities:• March 11 — Drop in any time between 4:30-

6:30 p.m. to make a bookmark befitting your most beloved book.

• March 25 and April 29 — Craft Club meets the last Wednesday of every month from 6-8 p.m. and allows crafters to meet up and work on assorted projects together.

• March 26 — From 6-7 p.m. in the Inner Circle, join Jaime Fritz for an introduction to bullet jour-naling.

• April 22 — To celebrate Earth Day, attendees will upcycle old T-shirts into book totes from 5-6 p.m. If you have old T-shirts you’re willing to part with, donations are encouraged by April 15.

Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library is locat-ed at 335 W. Alger St.

Stars of Tomorrow auditions setSHERIDAN — Auditions for the annual Stars of

Tomorrow competition will take place Wednesday and Thursday at the WYO Performing Arts and Education Center.

Started in 1946 when Kiwanian Edwin Hunter suggested a youth talent show, the contest is open to boys and girls in three categories — elementary school, junior high school and high school divi-sions. From those categories, first- through third-place winners receive a trophy and certificate. An overall winner of the show is also chosen. That winner also receives a scholarship and the oppor-tunity to compete at the district level and poten-tially the national level.

Auditions for the high school division will take place Wednesday, while the auditions for the younger age groups will take place Thursday.

For more information or to register for auditions, email Sheridan Kiwanis at sheridankiwanis@gmail.com.

The WYO Performing Arts and Education Center is located at 42 N. Main St.

C.J. Box to sign copies of new bookSHERIDAN — C.J. Box will sign copies of his

new book at Sheridan Stationery, Books and Gallery Wednesday.

The well-known author will be on site from noon to 1:30 p.m. to sign copies of “Long Range,” which was released Tuesday.

For more information, call 307-674-8080.Sheridan Stationery, Books and Gallery is locat-

ed at 206 N. Main St.

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• 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Holiday Inn Sheridan Convention Center, 1809 Sugarland Drive, $17 per person, RSVP to Chamber at 307-672-2485

• 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., senior trip to Sapporo’s Japanese Steak House, Tongue River Valley Community Center, 1100 U.S. Highway 14, Dayton, $15 per person, sign up online at trvcc.org or by phone at 307-655-9419

• noon to 1 p.m., C.J. Box book signing for “Long Range,” Sheridan Stationery, Books and Gallery, 206 N. Main St.

• 2-4 p.m., Dementia Friendly Wyoming workshop: your approach matters with Heather Comstock, The Hub on Smith, 211 Smith St., register by phone at 307-672-2240 ext 112 or by email at hcomstock@thehub-sheridan.org

• 5:30-6:30 p.m., horseback archery overview hosted by Wyoming Mounted Archery, Rocky Mountain Discount Sports, 440 Broadway St., free

• 5:30-7:30 p.m., Sheridan pint night hosted by Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, Frackelton’s, 55 N. Main St.

• 6-8 p.m., Stars of Tomorrow auditions, WYO Performing Arts and Education Center, 42 N. Main St., register online

• 7-8:30 p.m., landscape scale conversation in Northeast Wyoming, Sheridan College, 1 Whitney Way, free

• 7-9 p.m., brewery bingo, Black Tooth Brewing Company, 312 Broadway St.

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Look at it go!Annabelle Hartberg, 3, reacts to her toy car racing down a racetrack during the Early Childhood Children’s Festival at SheridanCollege Saturday, March 7, 2020.

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OBITUARIES |Ruby M. McNair

January 22, 1923 – March 1, 2020Ruby M. McNair, 97, passed away on

Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Cheyenne, WY. She was born January 22, 1923, to parents William D. and Macy (Swinyer) Smith. She graduated from Sheridan High School in June 1941. She married her husband Gene McNair in April 1964. She was a lifelong resident of Sheridan, until she moved to Cheyenne in March of 2017, to be closer to family.

Mrs. McNair started working for Mountain Bell Telephone in June of 1947 as a telephone operator. She worked in various capacities and was promoted to Manager of operator services in 1970. She worked in that capacity until 1979 when U.S. West closed the offices in Sheridan. A year later, she went to work for the Veterans Administration hospital in Sheridan, and continued to work there until she retired in 1987. Ruby was an avid bowler, started bowling in 1953, bowled up to five leagues a week until her health started failing.

Ruby was preceded in death by her parents, daugh-ter Cheryl McIntyre and her husband Gene. She is survived by her children, Sandra Hansen, Cheyenne, William D. Hansen (Annette), Cheyenne; Jeff McNair, St. Paul Minnesota. Her grandchildren, Heather Hansen, Cheyenne; Sean Gilbertson, Boston Ma.; Chris McIntyre, Billings Mt.; Melissa Simpson (Alan) Idaho Falls, ID.; Her great grandson Cody McIntyre, Billings Mt.

Cremation has taken place. At her request, no services are planned. Memorials to honor Ruby can be made to the Sheridan Senior Center at 211 Smith St., Sheridan, WY 82801.

Ruby M. McNair

Patrick Brooks ReidMarch 3, 1964 – March 5, 2020

Patrick Brooks Reid, passed away at home on March 5, 2020 at the age of 56.

Partick is predeceased by his brother Walter Reid and sister Penny Reid.

Patrick is survived by his loving wife Miki of 33 years. They were married in Eden State Gardens December 19, 1987.

Patrick is lovingly remembered by his Wife Miki (Morgan) Reid of Sheridan WY., Jamie McAllistar, Natalie Minott,

Patrick Brooks Reid II (Brooks), Nikki Lea Reid, Hendrick W. Reid, Elizabeth (Libby) Reid, Xaia Minott, Andre Minott, Nikaya Minott, AJ Minott, Braedyn Reid, Ciara Reid, Levi Reid, Jaylen Reid and Vaida Reid.

Patrick was born in Hialeah, Florida on March 3, 1964, to Hendrick W. Reid and Elizabeth L. Reid (Jinright)

He graduated from Hialeah High School in 1982. He worked as a carpenter, building custom homes.

He enjoyed Fishing, Nascar, Football and his beloved dog Yoshi.

Services will be held in Florida at a later date. Online condolences may be written at www.kanefuneral.

com. Kane Funeral Home has been entrusted with local arrangements.

Patrick Brooks Reid

Sylvia Hale (Steed) WarpnessSeptember 2, 1931 – March 3, 2020

“My Savior’s eyes saw me before I was formed; before a single one of my days took shape they were all prepared and written in His scroll.” (Psalm 139:16) … and her days of earthly life were 32,388: 88 years, 6 months, 1 day. Born in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on September 2, 1931; died in Sheridan, Wyoming on March 3, 2020.

… From collecting eggs and cleaning the chicken coop, to working Square G at Jenny Lake, to marrying Gunnar at the Chapel of Transfiguration in Moose, Wyoming; she raised four children in Riverton and Powell, WY, teaching them character through scouts and 4-H leadership, all while actively serving the church & managing the day to day operations for her husband’s insurance business. She also participated in Business & Professional Women (BPW) after moving to Powell, WY, and Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) with several congregations and roles of leadership. Her final earthly years were spent in Sheridan until her angelic ride home to her Creator. She was Wyoming from beginning to end. Now she lives eternal life through the promises she believed, in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Sylvia Warpness is survived by her four children Barry Warpness (Rachel) of Monroe, WI; Signe Warpness of Aurora, CO; Allan Warpness (Kara) of Colorado Springs, CO; and Kristina Warpness Kuenne of Sheridan, WY; brother Allan T. Steed of Sedona, AZ.; four grand-chil-dren; four great-grandchildren; numerous grand nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Gunnar, her parents, and one sister.

Memorials in Sylvia’s name may be made to Martin Luther Grammar School c/o Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1300 W 5th St., Sheridan, WY, 82801.

Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Sheridan, Wyoming with Pastor Paul J. Cain officiating. Interment will follow at Sheridan Municipal Cemetery. A Reception will be held at Immanuel Lutheran Church following the burial. Champion Funeral Home has been entrusted with local arrangements. Online condolences may be made at championfh.com.

Sylvia Warpness

SERVICE NOTICE |Val Hyjek

Val Hyjek, 77, of Buffalo, died Saturday, March 7, 2020, at Johnson County Health Care Center surrounded by family. Funeral services will be Wednesday March 11, 2020 at 2 p.m. at Harness Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Bernie Chavez Jr. officiating.

Donations in Hyjek’s memory may be made to American Diabetes Foundation in care of Harness Funeral Home, 351 N. Adams, Buffalo, WY 82834.

Online condolences may be made at www.harnessfuner-alhome.com.

Edmond JamesEdmond James, 77, of Buffalo, died Monday, March 9,

2020, at Johnson County Health Care Center. Graveside services will be in Willow Grove Cemetery in the spring. Donations in James’ memory may be made to Meals on Wheels in care of Harness Funeral Home, 351 N. Adams, Buffalo, WY 82834. Online condolences may be made at www.harnessfuneralhome.com.

DEATH NOTICE |Vicki Wood

Vicki Wood, 80, of Dayton, died Sunday, March 8, 2020 at Billings Clinic.

A celebration of life will be held in Dayton in June.

NEED A SUBSCRIPTION? CALL 672-2431!

SHERIDANFIRE-RESCUEMonday• Rocky Mountain

Ambulance assist, 2500 block North Main Street, 11:13 a.m.

• Smoke investigation, 400 block West Heald Street, 11:36 a.m.

• Smoke detector check, 50 block North Dome Drive, 1:25 p.m.

GOOSE VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENTMonday• No calls reported.

ROCKY MOUNTAINAMBULANCEMonday• No reports available at

press time.

SHERIDAN MEMORIALHOSPITALMonday• No admissions or dis-

missals reported.

SHERIDAN POLICE

DEPARTMENTInformation in the

police reports is taken from the SPD website.

Monday• Curfew violation,

North Main Street, 12:36 a.m.

• Littering, Avoca Avenue, 8:47 a.m.

• Trespass warning, Coffeen Avenue, 8:47 a.m.

• Verbal domestic, Avoca Place, 11:24 a.m.

• Dog at large, North Park, 11:33 a.m.

• Verbal domestic, Edwards Drive, 12:07 p.m.

• Animal dead, Kendrick Park, 12:25 p.m.

• Littering, Highland Avenue, 12:06 p.m.

• Barking dog, Sparrow Hawk Road, 1:51 p.m.

• Lost property, North Jefferson Street, 1:55 p.m.

• Civil standby, North Main Street, 3:11 p.m.

• VIN inspection, West 12th Street, 3:37 p.m.

• Lost property, North Main Street, 3:51 p.m.

• Theft cold, West

Nebraska Street, 4:09 p.m.• Dispute all others,

Dunnuck Street, 5:26 p.m.• Citizen assist,

Ponderosa Drive, 6:52 p.m.

• Custody dispute, Coffeen Avenue, 7:41 p.m.

• Suspicious person, Bellevue Avenue, 9:15 p.m.

• Missing person, South Canby Street, 9:29 p.m.

• Careless driver, Coffeen Avenue, 10:19 p.m.

• Mental subject, Long Drive, 10:25 p.m.

SHERIDAN COUNTYSHERIFF’S OFFICEMonday• Assault with a deadly

weapon, Lane Lane, 8:36 a.m.

• Animal welfare, Yonkee Avenue, 9:09 a.m.

• Threats cold, West Halbert Street, Ranchester, 1:27 p.m.

• Welfare check, West 13th Street, 2:01 p.m.

• Assist agency, Spur

Lane, Parkman, 3:30 p.m.• Citizen assist, South

Main Street, 3:51 p.m.• Suspicious vehicle,

Dayton Street and Weare Street, Ranchester, 6:19 p.m.

ARRESTSNames of individuals

arrested for domestic violence or sexual assault will not be released until the individuals have appeared in court.

Monday• No arrests reported.

JAILTodayDaily inmate count: 47Female inmate count: 13Inmates at treatment

facilities (not counted in daily inmate count): 0

Inmates housed at other facilities (not counted in daily inmate count): 0

Number of book-ins for the previous day: 0

Number of releases for the previous day: 3

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An article headlined, “Methamphetamine plagues Wyoming,” published March 7, 2020, incorrectly cited the number of meth-related cases in Sheridan County courts. Of the 83 crim-inal case filings in 4th Judicial District Court in 2019, 26 cases encompassing 40 counts involved meth, according to Clerk of District Court Rene Botten.

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Family affairElizabeth and JT Craft play children’s music with their son during the Early Childhood Children’s Festival at Sheridan College Saturday, March 7, 2020.

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BUSINESS

WYO Performing Arts and Education CenterSHERIDAN — The non-

profit WYO Performing Arts and Education Center in the heart of downtown Sheridan earned the honor of “Spirit of Sheridan” through the Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce annual business awards.

The WYO offers a wide vari-ety of live performances, stu-dent classes, rental space and like activities.

The 483-seat capacity Theater was originally built in 1923 as a vaudeville theater called the Lotus. Through the years, it has undergone many chang-es — in name, décor and use. When the doors of the theater closed March 1, 1982, a group of dedicated citizens, through the “Save the WYO” campaign, began the process of raising funds to see that the building would remain standing.

In March 1983, the city of Sheridan purchased the build-ing and began leasing it to Save the WYO, Inc.

During the next six years, more than $1.2 million was raised to renovate the theater. In November 1989, the doors of the newly renovated facility opened once again, making the WYO the oldest operating vaudeville theater in Wyoming.

Twenty-five years later, with support from many, including a $2 million grant from the Wyoming Business Council, the WYO and Sheridan College rebuilt and remodeled the adjoining “Perkins Building” into the Mars Theater and lobby area with spaces for cos-tuming, classrooms, dressing rooms and remodeled lavato-ries. It also expanded the mis-sion by renaming the combined facilities “WYO Performing Arts and Education Center.”

Finally, in 2016, two years

after the completion of phase one, the city of Sheridan in collaboration with the WYO and Sheridan College received a $2 million grant from the Wyoming Business Council to embark on the final phase of the expansion project.

As of October 2019, $3.2 mil-lion has been raised toward a $3.7 million project to expand the lobby, add a grand stair-case, create a dance studio, add wing space stage left, include a green room, new office spaces for the WYO staff, two dedicat-ed college classroom spaces, a large rehearsal and event space and two small artist studios.

The majority of construction has been completed, with the

studio and college classroom spaces remaining.

The WYO has continued to offer a wide variety of arts opportunities over these last 30 years, offering space to local organizations and trav-eling performance groups from throughout the U.S. and beyond.

In addition, the organiza-tion works with arts groups, schools and the Sheridan County YMCA to expand cul-tural opportunities in the area. Another service the WYO offers is selling tickets on behalf of organizations such as the Civic Theatre Guild, Downtown Sheridan Association, Sheridan High School and others.

The WYO offers a profes-sional space for activities as varying as weddings, lectures, amateur performances, dance lessons and receptions, serving as a gathering place for indi-viduals of all incomes, back-grounds and ages.

During the 2018-19 season, the WYO served 20,840 patrons, 3,920 of those students attend-ing one of nine free student matinées.

The WYO presented or hosted 20 free outreach events in 2018-2019, offered 2,749 free or dis-counted tickets to those in need and logged 7,000-plus volunteer hours.

The current executive direc-tor of the WYO Theater is Erin Butler. Under her direction in 2019, the WYO celebrated its 30th anniversary season and is launching a new five-year strategic plan that includes additional/improved patron and student experiences.

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The WYO Performing Arts and Education Center volunteer Linda Kinter, center, takes tickets for the JRH Acoustic Latin Guitar Trio concert Thursday, March 5, 2020.

The WYO Performing Arts and Education Center was awarded this years “Strength of Sheridan” award by the Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce.

This award honors a Chamber member business or organization that has a long and distinguished tenure in the community (20-plus years): an

organization that demonstrates consistent service, continually invests in the community and demonstrates sustained quality performance.

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CHEYENNE — The Illinois-based company that runs Wyoming’s in-prison treatment programs is battling mental health and substance abuse treatment lobbyists in an effort to lower licensing standards for its counselors.

Debate grew bitter Tuesday night as the state’s mainstream mental health and substance abuse lobbyists accused the prison contractor of seeking to bring in less-qualified staff for profit reasons. The contractor’s representative and its legislative supporters, meanwhile, accused the state’s more established addiction counselors of protectionism and of running a smear campaign.

Critics already question the compa-ny’s treatment practices. The Gateway Foundation has faced criticism from former inmates and is named as a defen-dant in two jailhouse lawsuits. Some complaints focused on a lack of staffing and a subsequent lack of counseling time during months-long in-prison residential treatment programs that are designed to help inmates confront their addictions before achieving their freedom.

At the same time, data shows the state continues to suffer from a dearth of mental health and substance abuse treat-ment resources. Addiction and mental health woes have helped drive growth in Wyoming’s prison population, growth that officials hope to quell with a series of reforms in recent years.

The legislation at issue this week was Senate File 107 — Penal institutions-ad-diction counselor license reciprocity. The bill would create four new classes of counselor certification in the state. The new certifications would only apply to work in correctional facilities, not private practice or the state hospital in Evanston.

The bill has broad and bipartisan spon-sorship. It passed the Senate 22-8 and is now before the House for consideration. A similar effort to change statutes failed last year.

This year’s version is pushed largely by Sen. Anthony Bouchard, R-Cheyenne, and Rep. Patrick Sweeney, R-Casper, in close conjunction with Frank Craig, Wyoming director for the Gateway Foundation. The nonprofit company holds contracts with the Wyoming Department of Corrections to operate treatment programs in the Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp and Boot Camp in Newcastle, the medium secu-rity prison in Torrington and the Wyoming Women’s Center in Lusk.

Gateway has struggled to fill the staffing obligations in its contract. The Wyoming Department of Corrections can extract a fiscal penalty on the company for being understaffed and has done so on occasion, Craig told the House Judiciary Committee.

Craig blames the shortfall in part on Wyoming licensing requirements he said are too strict. Counselors he has hired who he considers well creden-tialed, and who are licensed in other states, have struggled to get licensed in Wyoming, he said.

He brought two such candidates before the committee to talk about their educa-tion and the hurdles they’ve faced before the Wyoming Mental Health Professions Licensing Board.

Bouchard and Sweeney see the bill as an avenue to get more addiction coun-seling into Wyoming, where it’s in short supply, and focus it on the state’s pris-on population, where the need is high. Bouchard pitched the bill as aligned with the state’s recent criminal justice reform efforts.

Indeed, the Council of State Governments, a group that studied Wyoming’s criminal justice system over several years, found mental health and substance abuse counseling to be a glar-ing need. CSG researchers found that 86% of people on felony probation and parole from 2014-2017 wanted for mental health and substance abuse help. Only slightly more than half of that group got it, the researchers found.

Other states have implemented new classifications for addiction workers with lower education and training requirements to boost counseling resources.

Prison contractor squares off

with counseling lobby in Capitol

WYOFILE is an independent nonprofit news organization focused on Wyoming people, places and policy. This story was edited for space. The full story can be found in its entirety at wyofile.com.

Saudi Arabia increase oil output to record highDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) —

Saudi Arabia’s state-run oil giant Saudi Aramco said Tuesday it would increase its crude oil production to 12.3 million barrels a day in April, a record amount.

The move seems to make good on the country’s promise over the weekend to increase output after Russia refused to cooperate on cutting production. That led to a 25% plunge in the price of crude on Monday, the sharpest decline seen since the 1991 Gulf War.

International benchmark Brent crude traded up more than 7% Tuesday at nearly

$37 a barrel.In a filing made Tuesday on Riyadh’s

Tadawul stock market, Aramco — formal-ly known as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co. — said that the increase in production repre-sented a rise of 300,000 barrels per day.

“The company has agreed with its cus-tomers to provide them with such volumes starting 1 April 2020,” it said in the filing. “The company expects that this will have a positive, long-term financial effect.”

Saudi Aramco shares were up 9.7% in trading Tuesday on the Tadawul to 30.95 riyals, or $8.25, giving the world’s

most-valuable company a valuation of $1.65 trillion.

It came a day after Aramco shares col-lapsed by 10% and were pulled from trad-ing for reaching the Tadawul’s maximum permitted loss in a day, dropping its valu-ation to $1.4 trillion. Aramco had offered only a sliver of its shares on the Tadawul for investors.

Aramco’s decision likely will flood glob-al energy markets and put further pres-sure on prices. The company had reached $2 trillion in early days of trading in December.

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SPORTS

Hawks look to remain consistent entering unknown

SHERIDAN — Before every home game, Mike Kocsis and Blake Billings run on the south side of Whitney Rink inside the M&M’s Center. As the players loosen up their legs, Billings takes the first shot with an old soccer ball at Kocsis who makes a hoop with his arms. The players reverse roles after a shot goes in. After Kocsis’ shot goes in, the duo runs to the other end and starts all over again.

Kocsis said there are nights where he and Billings hardly miss a shot. The pre-game tradition started when Kocsis joined the team in January.

Head coach Andy Scheib said each play-er has their own routine prior to a game, such as taking a nap at a certain time of the day. Hockey players are superstitious and stick to a routine.

Kocsis said most players are tapping sticks or listening to music while he and Billings are shooting.

BY JOEL MOLINE

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Above: Sheridan NA3HL Hawks player Peyton Kesselhon (21) changes direction against the Yellowstone Quake Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020.Top: Logan Syrup pulls away from a Yellowstone Quake defender in a game earlier this season. SEE HAWKS, PAGE B6

Spanish soccer games to be played in empty stadiumsMADRID (AP) — All

upcoming soccer games in Spain and some in Germany will be played in empty sta-diums because of the corona-virus outbreak.

The Spanish league said Tuesday that matches in the first and second divisions will be played without fans for at least two weeks. The announcement came after the government outlined a series of preventative mea-sures being implemented to help contain the spread of the virus.

The league said it will “follow its recommendations and/or decisions, priori-tizing the health of fans, players, club employees, journalists, etc., due to the COVID-19 health crisis.”

The Spanish track federa-tion also said it was told by the government of measures affecting all professional and non-professional sporting events in the country.

Spain’s health minister on Monday announced a sharp

spike in coronavirus cases in and around Madrid, and said all schools in the region will close for two weeks from Wednesday. There were more than 1,200 confirmed cases in Spain on Monday, with 28 deaths and 74 people in intensive care.

The move in Spain came a day after Italy said sports events in the country, including Serie A soccer games and preparato-ry events for the Tokyo Olympics, would be sus-pended until April 3.

Champions League match-es are also being affected in Spain, including next week’s game between Barcelona and Napoli at the Camp Nou Stadium.

In Germany, the Bundesliga will stage its first games without spec-tators this week. Borussia Mönchengladbach said its match against Cologne on Wednesday would take place in an empty stadium. On Saturday, Borussia

Dortmund will face Schalke in one of German soccer’s fiercest local rivalries with-out fans. Dortmund will also play at Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League

on Wednesday without fans under measures previously imposed by French author-ities.

SEE VIRUS, PAGE B6

Murray scores 21 as Nuggets beat

short-handed Bucks 109-95

DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray led the Nuggets with 21 points but it was a basket of his that didn’t count that really ignited Denver’s 109-95 win over the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks.

Murray soared for a thunderous slam dunk over D.J. Wilson with 9.8 seconds left in the third quarter and Denver clinging to a 74-71 lead Monday night. Wilson jumped in an attempt to prevent the jam and was pulverized on the play, staggering out of bounds.

“It was crazy,” Nuggets teammate Jerami Grant said. “I didn’t think he had it in him. Obviously, he does. We’ve seen it.”

Tweet! came the whistle.But instead of and-one, it was no way!The biggest of baskets was waved off and a

charge called on Murray instead of a foul on Wilson.

The crowd was incredulous, the Nuggets furi-ous, but coach Michael Malone didn’t challenge the call. (He mistakenly said after the game he had already used his challenge).

“It definitely wasn’t a foul,” Murray said. “But yeah, I wanted to just drive, and I felt like I had a step, so I just took off.”

Although the whistle went the other way, the play sparked Denver to a season sweep of the NBA-leading Bucks (53-12), who were without their top six scorers — including reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo (knee).

“The crowd was phenomenal. After that, the crowd was into it every single play, every sin-gle steal, rebound, block, bucket,” Murray said. “Once we got them going, they got us going.”

Kings extend win streak to 6, Avs’

MacKinnon injuredLOS ANGELES (AP) — Mikey Anderson

scored his first career goal, Jonathan Quick made 21 saves and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Monday night for their sixth straight win.

Austin Wagner and Alex Iafallo also scored for the Kings, who are on their longest winning streak of the season. Los Angeles is 7-1-1 in its past nine home games, including five straight wins.

“I thought that we were doing a lot of things right these last five games and even before that. Everybody’s been ready to play, and that’s a big thing for our team right now,” Wagner said. “You know, this year hasn’t gone as planned as everybody expected, but at the end of the season here we’re trying to make a push and everybody’s just trying to get some wins here and still climb the standings.”

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored and Pavel Francouz made 32 saves for the Avalanche, who could have moved into first place in the Central Division with a win. Colorado lost for just the second time in its past 12 road games.

Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon did not return after sustaining a lower-body injury in the second period. Coach Jared Bednar did not know the extent of the injury or when it hap-pened.

SEE AVALANCHE, PAGE B6

SEE NUGGETS, PAGE B6

BROCK BOMARS H E R I D A N B R O N C S | I N D O O R T R A C K

THIS SENIOR WON ALL FOUR EVENTS HE COMPETED IN DURING THE STATE

INDOOR TRACK MEET. HE WON THE 55-METER DASH, 200-METER DASH, 400-

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DRS. OZ & ROIZEN Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Michael Roizen

DEAR ABBY Pauline Phillips and Jeanne Phillips

In the 1960s, the FDA launched an ominous PSA called “Pretty Poisons” to warn about kids accessing potentially lethal medicines and other stuff at home. In 1983, the Long Island Regional Poison Control Center aired a cartoon PSA featuring blue pills crooning: “We’re not candy. This is serious. We could make you

delirious.” This year, an ear-nest video from the American Academy of Pediatrics tried to raise awareness about children accidently accessing opioids.

For 60 years various orga-nizations have been sounding the alarm about the risks that medications at home can pose to young kids. But incidences of accidental poi-soning of children from an over-the-counter or prescrip-tion medication have steadi-ly increased. Today they account for 60,000 emergency room visits annually.

Why does this continue to happen? According to a new study, published in the Journal of Pediatrics, it’s because adults fail to keep drugs in childproof contain-ers. Instead, they’re often put

into easy-to-open pill organiz-ers (often a grandparent’s) that are left within the reach of curious youngsters. Many medications taken by older adults -- including diabetes and cardiac drugs -- can be deadly to children.

So here’s one more PSAC (Place Safety Above Convenience).

- Keep OTC and prescrip-tion meds out of reach and out of sight; best bet, in a locked cabinet or drug safe.

-- If possible, keep pills in childproof containers.

-- Explain to you children that medicines are not candy.

-- Make sure visitors keep their meds secure.

If your child mistakenly swallows medications, call your poison control center immediately at 800-222-1222.

CLASH OVER MONEY THREATENS TO UNDERMINE RECONCILIATION

DEAR ABBY: My wife, “Cynthia,” and I are a mid-dle-aged couple who have been married four years. Shortly after our wedding, she suffered a stroke during a heart transplant. After

she returned home from the hospital, a “friend” told her I was having an affair (I wasn’t). Without telling me why, Cynthia threw me out of the house and returned to a distant state to be near her family. She had most of her belongings shipped there.

After I presented proof of my innocence a year later, we reconciled. The first couple of years of marriage were cha-otic, and I know I wasn’t per-fect. But I did the best I could and stood by her throughout the medical ordeal.

Now, Cynthia is saying I should have to pay to have her items shipped back sim-ply because I’m “the man.” Abby, we have roughly the same income due to pensions. We have always kept our finances separate. I think she should pay to have her

own items returned because she is the one who shipped them over there based on a lie. The money itself isn’t the issue; it’s the principle. I feel like this is a slap in the face. What do you think? -- MR. NICE GUY

DEAR MR. NICE GUY: You shouldn’t have to pay for anything “because you’re the man.” You didn’t cheat, and you aren’t responsible for the fact that Cynthia overreacted and ran away the way she did.

You say that until now you have kept your finances sep-arate because you each have your own incomes. My advice is to refuse to be manip-ulated. Your wife should pay to have her belongings returned, just as she paid to have them sent away without verifying whether the story was true.

DEAR ABBY: When I was a child, my dad told me, “If it weren’t for you kids, there are so many things your mother and I could have.” What I remember most was the intensity in his voice.

When I was old enough to work, I had a job after school so I could pay for my own clothes although my fam-ily wasn’t poor. My father repeatedly let me know I was “lucky” I didn’t get taken out of school to help support the family. When I graduat-ed from high school at 17, I immediately went to work, and I paid for my board.

I married at 18 to get out of the house and paid for my own wedding. It never even occurred to me to ask for help. When I ended up divorced, I worked my way through college. When I graduated, my mother had to make my father go to my graduation because he didn’t want to.

I have never been able to shake the feeling that I don’t have a right to anything, and I’m not good enough. My other siblings are a mess, too. How do I shake this feeling of not being worthy? -- WORTHLESS IN FLORIDA

DEAR WORTHLESS: Children develop their feel-ings of self-worth from their parents. It appears at least one of yours was missing in action from the time you were little.

I don’t have a magic wand, and I can’t make the negative message your father implant-ed in your head disappear. On the upside, your upbring-ing made you independent, if only out of necessity. It may take help from a licensed mental health professional to make the scars from the way your father raised you fade.

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All games go through a life. The early par-ticipants are like children, trying to work out the complexities, but starting from a limited database.

Some of the fledgling bridge players had ideas that were not accepted at the time, only later. S. Garton Churchill, who died in 1992 at the age of 92, comes to mind. Known to his friends as Church, he learned auction bridge in 1916, before progressing to con-tract in 1928. Many of his proposed bidding methods were ridiculed at the time, but have since been adopted.

Church was proud of today’s deal, which he played in 1960 in partnership with Cecil Head, the founder of the sporting goods company. They won the 1948 Life Master Pairs national title with a record average of 65.5% over the four sessions.

Head (North) reversed on the second round because of his excellent diamond fit. Three clubs was fourth-suit forcing, mark-ing time. Four diamonds was their “picture bid,” promising four-card support, usually with two honors. Knowing his partner had at most one club, Church immediately jumped to seven diamonds. Real bridge players don’t need Blackwood! They had reached the excellent grand slam with only 25 combined high-card points.

The play was a simple matter of tech-nique. Church won the spade lead with dummy’s ace, played a diamond to his ace, cashed dummy’s two high hearts and ruffed a heart high in hand. He took the club ace, ruffed a club and trumped another heart high. A second club ruff was followed by the diamond king and, finally, dummy’s established heart nine, upon which declarer threw his spade loser.

Bridge Phillip Alder

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Your Daily AstrologyMagi Helena

BIRTHDAY STAR: Actor, director and writer Peter Berg was born in New York on this day in 1964. This birthday star earned an Emmy nomination for directing TV’s “Friday Night Lights.” Berg’s film credits include “Deepwater Horizon,” “The Great White Hype” and “Shocker.” He starred as Dr. Billy Kronk on “Chicago Hope” and has appeared on episodes of “Ballers” and “Entourage.” One of his earliest roles was on TV’s “21 Jump Street.”

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Focus on work, not on unlikely schemes championed by a part-ner. A loved one might have a great deal of imagination, but it is more profitable to stick to your plans and see a job through to completion.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It is wise to be on your best be-havior when interacting with your group. Just because your friends discuss their financial and business policies doesn’t mean you should change your own strategies.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You can persuade anyone to do almost anything. Your practi-cal ideas coupled with a well-thought-out plan can entrance a rapt audience, making this a good time to present your latest ideas.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You might perform better with a partner who can motivate you. At the workplace, your logical approach to tasks and practical solutions can make you a wel-come member of any think tank.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): This is a good time to develop a game plan to pay off creditors or to begin a savings plan to enhance your future. Once you take the first step on your way to finan-cial freedom, you won’t falter.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Be ready to take on a huge com-mitment if you begin a major project now. Once you initiate a new program, you won’t rest until it’s completed. You can get so much accomplished that you may find quick success.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It’s easy to make new friends, but they might be more seri-

ous-minded and ambitious than you are. You may have to work hard to keep up if someone chal-lenges you to negotiate better terms.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You may be forced to juggle pleasant social interactions with heartfelt ambitions. If you work too hard, you might sac-rifice time with loved ones, but you risk losing out if you waste time.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You may dream of success that brings you great financial rewards and notoriety. Wake yourself up and make a solid plan, because it’s time to work hard to actualize your dreams.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Those pressing ambitions you strive to achieve may be the focal point of your energies. Resist the urge to spend money impulsively in an effort to make more money or please a mate.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Avoid getting stuck trying to please someone. You might ex-periment with a different busi-ness approach, and this in turn can create unwarranted compli-cations. Stick to your current agenda.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your heartfelt romantic feelings are best expressed in one-on-one encounters. Steer clear of cliques and groups that drain your energy as well as your time. Pursue your heart’s desire with vigor.

IF MARCH 11 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: You can become more involved in community events and local activities during the upcoming three to four weeks. You may even be-come interested in competitive sports that throw you in contact with a wide range of kindred spirits. April could be a nice month for a vacation, because you may prefer romance and re-laxation to work and things that go with it. As May arrives, you may learn that honesty is the best policy. Use your enhanced business sense to negotiate the best possible terms in a finan-cial arrangement. The wheel of fortune could land on your spot in late June, when you can grab a prosperous opportunity. Some well-deserved peace and prosperity can come your way if you begin a project or put plans in motion during this time. Anyone who is good for you will grow closer, but those who don’t have your best interests at heart may find it difficult to reach you.

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Hints from Heloise Heloise

Visit your local libraryDear Readers: It’s spring

break in many parts of the country. Do you have plans for the family? How about a trip to the public library?

There are probably tons of free activities available at your library, such as lectures, games, tai chi, yoga, plays, classes, crafts, nature walks or book clubs that are all fami-ly-friendly for toddlers to teens. Check out the library’s website for all the information, or give them a call.

The public library is often

a rich, untapped resource for education, enjoyment and en-tertainment. Take advantage! -- Heloise

TECH TUESDAYDear Readers: Three “comput-

erish” definitions: * PC - Personal computer. * Desktop - The first screen

you see when you turn on your computer, containing icons for the apps you frequently use.

* Wallpaper - The picture that appears behind the desktop icons. Wallpaper can usually be customized with a family photo, dramatic scenery or favorite piece of artwork.

-- Heloise FILL IN THE GAP Dear Heloise: My son has

started working part time for a ride-sharing company. His normal automobile insurance would not cover him during these working hours.

Fortunately, his insurance company offers ride share gap protection. I suggest your readers call their insurance company for a quote if they

use their personal vehicle for ride-sharing activities. -- Mari-lyn in Florida

LET’S REVIEWDear Heloise: When I’m con-

sidering a purchase, one of the first things I do is look on social media sites for reviews. These reviews are typically made by ordinary people who want to share their opinions. I check out a few reviews and read what the pros say -- info about recalls, for example, and other details.

My motto is, the informed consumer is the happy con-sumer! -- Mary in Indiana

READER HINTSDear Heloise: I recently lost

a member of my family. I re-ceived a lot of nice cards, but was out of stamps to send thank you notes. Perhaps instead of food, someone could throw in a book of stamps to help. -- Phyl-lis S. in Tamaqua, PA

P.S. I use the empty rolls from wrapping paper under the front of appliances to keep the children’s little cars from going under.

Phyllis, I’m sorry for your loss, and yes, folks may not keep as many stamps on hand as they did years ago. Gifting stamps is always a thoughtful gesture. -- Heloise

TOWEL COVERDear Heloise: I was going

into the home office to do some paperwork, only to find many piles of projects laying all over the desk left by another that should not be disturbed.

I laid a towel carefully over all the papers, put my stuff on the towel, and when I finished, took the towel off. Worked like a charm. -- Trudy via email

Trudy, it’s fine not to disturb another’s work, but let’s get the other family members to tidy up too! -- Heloise

Send a money-saving or time-saving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001, or you can fax it to 1-210-HELOISE or email it to Heloise@Heloise.com. I can’t answer your letter personally but will use the best hints re-ceived in my column.

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IN THE MATTER OF THE HARVEY N.FRYBERGER TRUST, DATED JULY 27, 1998NOTICE OF INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE TRUSTASSETS AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN SAIDTRUST:

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that onSeptember 8, 2019, Harvey N. Fryberger died inSheridan County, Wyoming. At the date of hisdeath, Harvey N. Fryberger was the Settlor of theHarvey N. Fryberger Trust, dated July 27, 1998(hereinafter the “Trust”). Notice is further giventhat David Fryberger as the currently serving suc-cessor Trustee of the Trust intends to distributethe Trust assets as permitted under the terms ofthe Trust. All persons indebted to either theSettlor, the Settlor’s estate, or the Trust are re-quested to make immediate payment to the under-signed at Yonkee & Toner, LLP, 319 West DowStreet, P.O. Box 6288, Sheridan, Wyoming 82801.Creditors having claims against the Settlor, theSettlor’s estate, or the Trust are required to file aclaim against the assets of the Trust at the officeof Yonkee & Toner, LLP, at the abovestated ad-dress, or shall commence a judicial proceeding tocontest the validity of the Trust within the earlierof: (a) two (2) years after the Settlor’s death; (b)one hundred twenty (120) days after the first dateof publication of this Notice; or (c) one hundredtwenty (120) days after a known creditor has beenmailed notice by certified mail, return receipt re-quested, which informs such creditor of the Trust’sexistence, of the Trustee’s name and address,that the creditor shall make all claims in writing tothe Trustee within one hundred twenty (120) daysof the date of mailing of the notice, and that thetime allowed for commencing a proceeding to con-test the validity of the Trust or of the proposed dis-tribution by the Trustee is one hundred twenty(120) days from the date of mailing of the notice.A creditor failing to file a claim or a creditor or anyinterested party failing to commence a judicial pro-ceeding to contest the validity of the Trust withinthe times provided in this Notice are forever pro-hibited from making any claim against the assetsof the Trust or from commencing any judicial pro-ceeding against the Settlor’s assets or the assetsof the Trust.

DATED this 26th day of February 2020.Harvey N. Fryberger Trust,dated July 27, 1998By: /s/ David Fryberger

Christopher M. Sherwood, WSB No. 7-5161Yonkee & Toner, LLP, AttysPublish Dates: March 3 & 10, 2020

Public NoticeThe Brook Mining Co., LLC of 1101 SugarviewDrive, Suite 201, Sheridan, WY 82801 has ap-plied for a coal mining permit from the Land Qual-ity Division of the Department of EnvironmentalQuality for the State of Wyoming. The coal miningpermit area will be located in: Sections 10, 11, 12,13, 14 and 15 Township 57N, Range 85W, andSections 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22 and 27Township 57N, Range 84W Sheridan County,Wyoming. The Brook Mine is located approxim-ately 8 miles Northwest of Sheridan, Wyoming.This area can be found on the Acme and Mon-arch USGS quadrangle maps. The proposed op-eration is scheduled to begin in July 2020 and isestimated to continue until 2062. The land, aftermining, will be returned to grazing, wildlife habitatand recreational land uses. Information regardingthis application may be reviewed in the Office ofthe Land Quality Division of the Department of En-vironmental Quality in Cheyenne and Sheridan,Wyoming or the Sheridan County Clerk's OfficeSheridan, Wyoming.Written objections to the proposed mining opera-tion must be received by the Deputy Director ofthe Department of Environmental Quality, 200 W.17th Street, Suite 10, Cheyenne, WY 82002, be-fore the close of business April 23, 2020. Writtenobjections may also be submitted via the Depart-ment of Environmental Quality’s online publiccomment system at http://lq.wyomingdeq.com-mentinput.com. The Director may hold an inform-al conference if requested, hear the complaint andact on the application in accordance with the De-partment's Rules of Practice and Procedure. Aconference shall be held if the Director determ-ines that the nature of the complaint or the posi-tion of the complainants indicates that an attemptto informally resolve the disputes is preferable to apublic hearing. An informal conference or a publichearing shall be held within twenty (20) days afterthe final date for filing objections unless a differ-ent period is stipulated to by the parties. TheCouncil or Director shall publish notice of the time,date and location of the hearing or conference in anewspaper of general circulation in the locality ofthe proposed operation once a week for two (2)consecutive weeks immediately prior to the hear-ing or conference. All parties as given in W.S.§35-11-406(j) will be mailed a copy of this notice.The Wyoming Oil and Gas Commission will bemailed a copy of the application mine plan map asrequired by W.S. §35-11-406(j).Publish Dates: March 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2020

STATE OF WYOMINGCOUNTY OF SHERIDANIN THE DISTRICT COURT

FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFJOHNNIE B. CARNAHAN, Deceased.PROBATE NO. 2020-12

NOTICE OF PROBATETO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN SAIDESTATE:

You are hereby notified that on the 30th day ofJanuary, 2020, the estate of JOHNNIE B. CAR-NAHAN was admitted to probate by the abovenamed Court. Further, that Maggie Iberlin was ap-pointed Personal Representative thereof.

TAKE NOTICE THAT any action to set asidethe Last Will and Testament of Johnnie B. Carna-han shall be filed with the captioned Court withinthree (3) months from the date of the first publica-tion of this notice, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all persons in-debted to Johnnie B. Carnahan or to her estate,are requested to make immediate payment to theundersigned at 159 N. Wolcott, Suite 400, Casper,Wyoming 82601.

Creditors having claims against Johnnie B.Carnahan or her estate, are required to file themin duplicate with the necessary vouchers in the of-fice of the Clerk of the Fourth Judicial DistrictCourt on or before three (3) months after the dateof the first publication of this notice, and if suchclaims are not so filed, unless otherwise allowedor paid, they will be forever barred.

DATED this 10th day of February, 2020.Amy M. Iberlin, Atty. #7-5322Williams, Porter, Day & Neville, P.C.159 N. Wolcott, Suite 400Casper, WY 82601Phone: (307) 265-0700Fax: (307) 266-2306

Publish Dates: Fed. 25; Mar. 3 & 10, 2020

SHERIDAN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 31600 Meade AvenueClearmont, WY 82835INVITATION TO BID

SHERIDAN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 3ARVADA-CLEARMONTJHS/HS ATHLETIC FIELD

Notice is hereby given that Sheridan CountySchool District No. 3,

1600 Meade Avenue, Clearmont, WY,will receive sealed bids for this project to the date

and time as stated below:BID OPENING

APRIL 2, 2020 @ 10:00 AMADMINISTRATION OFFICES1600 MEADE AVENUE,CLEARMONT, WY 82835

MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETINGFor All Prime Bidders

March 12, 2020 @ 10:00 AMMEETING LOCATION:Administration Offices1600 Meade AvenueClearmont, WY 82835

Drawings, Specifications, and Bid Forms areavailable after March 5, 2020 at:Wyoming School Facilities Division

(http://sfd.wyo.gov/projects-2/project-bid-information).

The QuestCDN Project Number is 6826329.Wyoming resident contractor preference will begiven, according to Wyoming State Statute.The Sheridan County School District No. 3reserves the right to accept or reject any or all

bids and to waive any irregularitiesor informalities in biddings.

Charles AuzquiSCSD #3 Superintendent

Publish Dates: March 3 & 10, 2020

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDThe County of Sheridan, Wyoming will receivesealed bids for a Federal-Aid project to furnishand apply dust suppressant to approximately 73miles of county roads. Sealed bids will be re-ceived by the office of the Sheridan County PublicWorks Department, 224 S. Main Street, Suite 428,Sheridan, Wyoming until 10:00 a.m. local time onMarch 26th, 2020. The bids will then be openedand read aloud in the 4th Floor Public WorksDepartment Conference Room.The Contract Documents consisting of Specifica-tions and Plans may be examined or obtained atthe Sheridan County Public Works Office, 224South Main Street, Suite 428, Sheridan, Wyoming82801, (307) 674-2920 upon payment of $50.00per set. This payment is non-refundable.Bids shall be submitted in accordance with theInstructions to Bidders of the Contract Docu-ments.No Bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled timefor the public opening of Bids.The County of Sheridan has the right to award theContract to the lowest, responsible, responsivebidder and reserves the right to reject any and allbids and to waive irregularities.

Signed: /s/ Nick Siddle, ChairmanBoard of County CommissionersCounty of SheridanSheridan, Wyoming 82801

Publications: March 3, 10 & 17, 2020

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALThe Sheridan County Public Library is seekingbids to replace the single paned windows at theFulmer Public Library (335 W. Alger, Sheridan,WY). This project also includes replacing the seal-ants/gaskets around all windows and weatherstripping around entryway doors. Copies of theRFP are available on the library website atwww.sheridanwyolibrary.org or by emailingCameron Duff – Library Director at cduff@sherid-anwyolibrary.org.Questions and appointments to view current lib-rary windows will be accepted through 5:00 p.m.local time on March 20, 2020. Proposals shall besubmitted to Sheridan County Public Library, Attn:Cameron Duff, 335 W. Alger, Sheridan, Wyoming82801 no later than 5:00 p.m. local time on Friday,March 27, 2020. Tentative decision date will beTuesday, April 7, 2020. The Owner reserves theright to reject any and all proposals or parts there-of, and to waive any irregularities of any proposal.Sheridan County Public LibraryBy: Cameron Duff – Library DirectorPublish Dates: March 9, 10, and 11, 2020

Notice of PublicationYou are hereby notified that a Petition For

Name Change, Civil Action No. CV-2020-71 hasbeen filed on behalf of Danielle Rose Edwards inthe Wyoming District Court for the 4th Judicial Dis-trict whose address is 224 S. Main, Suite B-11,Sheridan, WY 82801, the object and prayer ofwhich is to change the name of the above-namedperson from Danielle Rose Edwards to Floyd RoEdwards.

Any objection must be filed in the District Courtwithin 30 days following the last date of publica-tion of this notice or an Order Granting NameChange may be granted without further notice.

Dated this 26 day of February 2020.By Kim SlagleDeputy Clerk

Publish dates: March 3, 10, 17 & 24, 2020

B6 THE SHERIDAN PRESS www.thesheridanpress.com TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2020

HAWKS : Sheridan has home ice advantageFROM B1

An hour before the puck drops, the Sheridan NA3HL Hawks come together as a team to stretch for 15-20 minutes, Sengheiser said.

The team syncs up and is all busi-ness once the stretching ends; their only focus is winning the game.

The Hawks hit the ice for a 15-min-ute warm-up. Scheib said he leaves the players to their own routine and checks on the team right before they take the ice. He does not want his presence to add any extra nerves to the players.

Once the puck drops, Sheridan is looking to find the back of the net first and take control of the game.

Scoring the first goal keeps the team positive and motivates players on the bench, Sengheiser said. The next lineup is ready to score the next goal. The Hawks can get on a roll after the first goal and build a solid lead.

Scheib said the team is not going to change anything about the way they play when they face the Great Falls Americans this week.

The Hawks are 5-1 against the Americans, winning two games in overtime and one in a shootout. Scheib said the games this week are going to come down to who wants it more.

The previous six games were during the regular season, now they faceoff in playoff action. The Hawks did not play last weekend, earning a bye week after finishing the regular season in second place of the Frontier Division.

Scheib hopes the team does not start flat after having a weekend off

but has no idea what will happen because it is a playoff game. He knows the team is excited.

Sengheiser said the team is ready for the week and feeling confident in their abilities.

There were more emotions enter-ing this week of practice, Kocsis said.

“We walked into the locker room and the boys are buzzing, listening to music and jamming out,” Kocsis said. “We are really pumped up to get this first game going.”

It is the best of three games series with the Americans with the first game being played in Great Falls, the second in Sheridan and if a third game is needed, Sheridan hosts once again.

Scheib said it will take a team effort to win the series but looks to the main scoring line of Logan Syrup, Kolton Wright and Billings to provide a spark for the team. The line needs to set the pace for the team and give them a strong start. Goaltender James Downie will

also need to play well in the series, Scheib said.

Sengheiser said the Americans were an aggressive team and it will be a battle to be the first team to win two games.

The Hawks need to create scoring opportunities and dominate the first and final five minutes of each peri-od.

Sheridan has home ice advantage.“The fans are just bumping during

the home games,” Kocsis said. “We are bumping in warm-ups, we feel good and the crowd is going. It just gets us going and on our feet. That is when we start buzzing and start rolling. It helps us out a lot.”

Sengheiser said when the game is not going their way, crowd chants or noise after a big hit helps lift the team up and improve their play.

Sheridan travels to Great Falls Wednesday to face the Americans at 7 p.m. The teams play in Sheridan 7:30 p.m. Friday and 7 p.m. Saturday if the third game is needed.

VIRUS : Mostly causing problem for older peopleFROM B1

Sports around the world have been affected by the virus, including a major tennis tournament sched-uled for this week in California and many Olympic qualifying events.

For most people, the new corona-virus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health

problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia.

The vast majority of people recov-er from the new virus. According to the WHO, people with mild illness recover in about two weeks.

Those with more severe illness may take three to six weeks to recover. In mainland China, where the virus first exploded, more than 80,000 people have been diagnosed and more than 63,000 so far have

recovered from the virus.In Greece, the owner of the

Olympiakos and Nottingham Forest soccer clubs said he has the virus.

Greek shipowner and business-man Evangelos Marinakis said in a post on his verified Facebook page that “the recent virus has ‘visited’ me and I felt obliged to let the public know.” His post says he feels well and is following doctors’ instruc-tions.

NUGGETS : 7 of next 8 on roadFROM B1

The third quarter ended with Mason Plumlee’s fast-break layup for a 76-71 Denver lead after Monte Morris blocked Frank Mason III’s pull-up 3 from behind.

Then, the Nuggets pulled away with a 33-24 fourth quarter as Nikola Jokic, who took just two shots in the first half, finally found his rhythm and scored eight of his 10 points, including a 3-pointer that snapped an 0-for-13 skid from beyond the arc.

Paul Millsap added 20 points and Grant scored 19 as the Nuggets sent the Bucks to their third straight loss and fourth in five games.

Kyle Korver had 23 points to lead a big effort by the Bucks’ backups, but Milwaukee sorely missed all that firepower during a fourth consecutive road defeat.

“At the warmup and cer-tain guys weren’t warming up, I was like, ‘You playing tonight?’ ‘Nope, I don’t think so.’ Different guys are banged up — we’re at that time of year,” Korver said. “We’ve got a good home stretch coming up here and we want to get right. Guys have nicks and knacks and you take care of it. We’ve got some important games coming up so it was defi-nitely the right call.”

And the Nuggets thought Murray’s waved-off basket was definitely the wrong call, albeit one that sparked them even more than any of his 21 points that did count.

“He definitely raised our energy,” Grant said. “He was hitting a ton of big shots.”

The Bucks were swept by Denver in the two-game sea-son series. The Nuggets won 127-115 in Milwaukee on

Jan. 31 for their signature win this season.

With Jokic having an off night, Grant and Millsap picked up the slack with 15 first-half points each as the Nuggets raced out to a 16-point lead before Milwaukee cut it to 62-54 at the break.

Antetokounmpo got hurt in a loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night, and on Sunday afternoon the Bucks said he had a minor sprain of his left knee and would miss at least two games. Milwaukee’s 141-130 loss at Phoenix on Sunday marked the first time the Bucks dropped back-to-back games this season.

Now it’s a three-game skid.

QUOTE OF THE NIGHT“I played Division III bas-

ketball, so I can definitely imagine that,” Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer on imag-ining Italian sports leagues playing games without fans because of the new corona-virus.

TIP-INSBucks: Milwaukee got

back into the game with eight easy points off five Nuggets turnovers in the second quarter, when the Bucks trimmed a 52-36 deficit by closing the first half on an 18-10 run. ... The Bucks play seven of their next eight in Milwaukee.

Nuggets: Jokic continued a recent trend of non-asser-tive play on the offensive end as he made just one basket in the first half. ... The Nuggets play seven of their next eight on the road — and their only home game during that stretch is against the Clippers, who beat them by 29 points this month.

UP NEXTBucks: Host Boston on

Thursday night.Nuggets: At Dallas on

Wednesday night.

AVALANCHE : Looking tiredFROM B1

“He leaves the game, I’m concerned right away,” Bednar said. “I know that he wasn’t good enough to come back in the game tonight, so, yeah, I’d say that is concerning.”

With the Avalanche looking tired in the second game of a back-to-back, the Kings led 2-0 after the first period. Wagner converted a sharp-angle shot at 14:22, and Anderson scored when Colorado defenseman Kevin Connauton redirected his shot from the blue line past Francouz.

It was Anderson’s first career point in five games. Anderson is the fifth Kings player 22 years old or younger to score this season, joining Wagner, for-ward Matt Luff, and centers Blake Lizotte and Gabriel Vilardi. “To see somebody score their first, there’s a lot of joy in that,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said. “It’s

contagious throughout the whole bench. I think every-body on our team now, if I’m correct, has a goal. And there’ll be more to come as more kids enter the lineup, but it’s a really exciting moment when that happens for the team as well as the individual.”

Los Angeles outshot Colorado 11-4 in the first, though MacKinnon missed the net on a breakaway mid-way through the period.

“They deserved those goals in the beginning, even if it was a lucky bounce. They worked for it,” Bellemare said. “Then I feel like we could have packed it in and felt sorry for our-selves, but we battled all the way to the end.”

Valeri Nichushkin had his penalty shot saved by Quick at 12:15 of the second period.

Bellemare got the Avalanche within 2-1 at 2:19 of the third period when his shot took a late bounce and hopped over Quick’s glove.

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Sheridan NA3HL Hawks player Mike Kocsis (23) has his wrap-around shot attempt blocked against the Yellowstone Quake Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020.

Sheridan’s NA3HL Hawks player Mike Kocsis (23) searches for a teammate against the Great Falls Americans Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020.