the glenrock bird issue 11-01-09

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Community - Page 2Weekends in Wyoming & School - Page 3Business Directory - Page 4Real Estate - Page 5

Bird Classifi eds & Meetings - Page 6Converse & Beyond - Page 7

Weather Vane - Page 7Word Search - Page 8

Police Beat - Page 8

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Lady Herders head to State - First time

in 12 years!

Glenrock Worker Arrested on Sexual

Assault

Herders Makin’ History

ELECTION DAY NOV 3

Boxes for Soldiers

Anti Bullying Policy

MAIN STREET BUSI-NESSES AWARDED

& MORE!

Glenrock Bird Sports Writer - Mike Velasquez

THOSE BOYS ARE GOIN’ TO MAKE HISTORY

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A man claiming to be em-ployed at the Dave Johnson power plant in Glenrock, was arrested on Saturday, October 17, for an incident that occurred in a Casper Motel 6 earlier that morn-ing.

Juan Marco Loya appeared in Natrona County Cir-cuit Court the following Monday, with prosecutors charging the 30 year old non-English speaker with fi rst-degree sexual assault. Bond was set at $30,000.

The alleged victim in this case, a female adult, used a cell phone to text an ac-quaintance during the Saturday morning assault. This acquaintance, in turn, called police at approxi-mately 6 a.m. that morn-ing. Loya was located by offi cers and arrested about three hours later.

Messages left for Mid American Energy (parent

company of Pacifi Corp, owner of the Dave Johnson power plant) media contact Mark Reinders to confi rm Loya’s employment were referred to Dave Eskelsen of Rocky Mountain Power. Appreciatively, Mr. Eskel-sen could neither confi rm nor deny Loya’s employ-ment status, stating that le-gal considerations prohibit him from doing so. The human resource depart-ment at TIC Wyoming Inc., a contractor working at the plant, has no record of a Juan Marco Loya be-ing currently employed by them.

A call made to the Natrona County Detention Center on Wednesday, October 28, confi rms that Loya is still in custody with no sched-uled release date. The origi-nal charge of 1st degree sexual assault has been re-duced to 2nd degree, and a new charge has been added: immigration hold.

Assault continued page 7

GLENROCK WORKER CHARGED IN SEXUAL ASSAULT

Mark Dosa - Staff Reporter

Uranium Giant Moving U.S. Headquarters to Wy-oming

Canadian giant Cameco,

one of the world’s largest producers of reactor grade uranium, will be moving its U.S. headquarters to Cheyenne. Cameco owns the largest uranium mine in America, Smith-High-

land, located 17 ½ miles northeast of Glenrock off Ross Road.

Cameco spokesman Ken-neth Vaughn states that the company’s domestic headquarters, currently

GLENROCK’S URANIUM GIANT TOMOVE HEADQUARTERSMark Dosa - Staff Reporter

Uranium continued page 2

The American Legion Auxiliary, Post #9 is ready to take donations for their yearly program of sending care packages to soldiers stationed overseas. This will be the 4th year for this wonderful program and the time has come to collect those items our fi ghting men and women are in need of. Items do-nated should be small and can include such things as: razors, soaps, lotions, deoderant (both men's and women's), jerky, small bags of trail mix, drink mix, game books, cards, dice, hard candies, and small toys for the soldiers to distribute to the local children. Cash and checks may also be donated since the postage for the care packages generally runs between $600 and $800 dollars. Checks should be made out to the Auxiliary and any donation will be greatly appreciated.

Joanne Howe, of the Aux-iliary, is heading up the project and had this to say about where the packages will go, "In the past, it's always been Iraq and this year we'll probably con-centrate on Afghanistan."

The group begins with lo-cal men and women from Converse County, and if there are enough donations will take on more from outside the county. "If we can cover our county...we're doing okay!" Howe said. Last year, the group sent out 75 boxes. It's not just donations that the Auxiliary needs. Also necessary will be the names and addresses of our soldiers in need of the packages. "If I could get people to call me with the names of any local boys (and ladies) that are either in Iraq or Afghani-stan", that would be great, Mrs. Howe added happily, "This has been my baby now for four years, so I get all excited!" Donations and names will be accepted until Novem-ber 20th and may be left at the offi ces of either The Glenrock Bird or The Glenrock Independent. For more information on the items acceptable, to give a name of a soldier in need of a box, or to fi nd out how to get donations directly to the Auxiliary, call Joanne Howe at 436-8390.

GLENROCK’S BOXES FORSOLDIERS

Jessica Smith - Staff Reporter

One of the Main Street Pro-gram's requirements is "to help maintain an attractive, functional downtown envi-ronment, accessible to resi-dents and visitors and condu-

cive to business development while maintaining and pro-moting the historic preserva-tion and rehabilitation of the unique inventory of build-

ings." In that regard, Glen-rock's own Aspiring Main Street Program (better known as the Downtown Develop-ment Committee) decided to issue some awards in ap-preciation for those business owners in our town who have

recently committed to im-proving Glenrock's quality of life by investing in their busi-nesses. The four businesses given certifi cates during the

October 26 Town Council Meeting were: Mabuhay Motel, Reliant Federal Credit Union, Hair Designs Unlim-ited, and the Historic Hotel Higgins/Paisley Shawl. The Mabuhay Motel, owned by Erlinda Shebine, was cre-ated by remodeling an unused building into a badly needed motel. Construction on the 8-room motel in November of 2008 and there have been

no shortage of customers for the beautiful building created by Mrs. Shefelbine. Reliant Federal Credit Union

has been involved with the Commerce Block nearly from the beginning of that project, but has never been recognized for their work in re-creating a historic bank that originally occupied the building. Reliant has been in operation since December of 2007 and is one of the down-town's favorite showpieces. Hair Designs Unlimited, owned by Jeannie Ginder,

has had its facade completely renovated through her efforts

GLENROCK’S MAIN STREET SHINING STARS

Jessica Smith - Staff Reporter

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Steve Higgins of Reliant Federal Credit Union, Erlinda Shefelbine of Mabuhay, Jeannie Ginder of Hair Designs and Miss Judi and Mike Colling of the Hotel Higgins/Paisley Shawl and Highlander Pub all stand with Mayor Cielinski upon receipt of their Main Street Beautifuication Awards

Herders Trample Wolves In Quest To Repeat The Perfect Season

The Glenrock Herd-ers (7-0, 6-0 in 2-A East Conference play) played host to the Moorcroft Wolves (3-4, 2-4 in 2-A East Conference play on Friday, October 23rd. Already assured a top-seeded spot in the 2-A playoffs, the Herders were playing for pride and perfection, while the Wolves wanted a shot at spoiling the

dream as they trav-eled to "the Rock" to take on the Kum-pula's steamroller squad. They quickly learned the you don't come to our house expecting to get any special treatment, as the Herders quickly and decisively dis-patched the Wolves 48-6 to complete their second perfect regular season in a row, and move into the playoffs to face the Lovell Bulldogs

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Clear your calendars for November 5th, 6th, and 7th at 6:00 p.m., and get ready for ‘Doom at the Lucky Loon Saloon’, an

interactive murder mys-tery dinner theater to be held at the Glenrock Se-nior Center. Presented by Moonstone Creative

Resources, LLC (you remember those won-derfully talented ladies Carolyn Eitel and Patty Fenner?), there will be chili, salad, cinnamon rolls, and a cash bar serv-ing beer and wine. Tick-ets are a mere $10 each and the proceeds will be split between the Senior Center and Moonstone

Creative Resources. Re-serve your tickets today for what promises to be an awesome time of food and murder mystery fun! For more information or to reserve your tickets, call the Senior Center at 436-9442.

SENIOR CENTER MYSTERY THEATER

LETTER TO

THE EDITOR

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Dear Editor,

The citizens of this county have been recently bombarded with information about the status, costs, and need of a new Justice Center. I would like to take this opportunity to ex-press my personal views, and those shared by many mem-bers of my staff.

As your Sheriff, I have learned a great deal in the past 2 1/2 years about the Detention Center and the duties of both the administration and operation. We deal with issues every day concerning the working staff, inmate concerns, court secu-rity, and general statutory procedures. These issues, along with liability and fi scal inadequacies have led to the current Ballot question.

The one-cent designated sales tax will eliminate those con-cerns, and will provide for a well thought-out and designed Justice Center. This tax is only usable for the purpose of the Ballot issue, and cannot be used for anything else. Once the facility is paid for the tax is lifted as per law. This Ballot is only for the Justice Center; there are no hidden agendas. The tax will not be assessed on groceries, medical services, supply items, utilities, mortgage payments, car and truck fu-els and most services.

I urge you to vote “YES” on this important issue, and as al-ways, I want everyone to remember my “open door policy” and come to me with any concerns you may have.

Your Sheriff,Clinton B. Becker

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SCHOOL SHOP TRUCK SOLD

Jessica Smith

On October 8th, during the Converse County School District #2 month-ly Board M eeting, the School Board accepted a bid for the shop truck the District had been trying to sell.

The $3,795.00 bid was entered by the Wyoming State Fair and Rodeo, and it’s certain that the former CCSD#2 shop truck will be put to good use.

located in Colorado, will shift to Cheyenne dur-ing February of next year. Vaughn states the move will place senior manage-ment in closer proximity to environmental regula-tory agencies, along with Cameco uranium mines in Glenrock and Ne-braska. Along with man-agement from Colorado, some Cameco employees from Casper will be mak-ing their way to Cheyenne as well. Additionally, it is anticipated that the move will generate a need for 12 new jobs at the freshly minted Cheyenne head-quarters.

Cameco spokesman Vaughn, who spent his youth in Laramie, offered that Cameco has expan-sion interests in Wyoming that extend beyond Chey-enne.

“Cameco expects to have an additional three

mines up and running before 2014. The Reyn-olds Ranch facility near Glenrock (next to Smith-Ranch Highland) is al-ready NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) licensed and is scheduled to be operational in 2011. The North Butte facil-ity (located on the border of Natrona and Fremont counties) along with Gas Hills (located between Casper and Riverton) should be up and running in 2015.” While Vaughn stated that these dates are tentative, there appears to be no substantial road-blocks preventing these facilities from coming on-line as scheduled.

What does this mean to Glenrock? The opening of these mines will co-incide with the hiring of approximately 200 more employees. “Geologists, hydrologists, radiation safety specialists, plant operators, drill rig op-erators, well maintenance specialists, offi ce person-nel - these are some of the jobs that will become

available as the mines come on-line,” Vaughn stated.

Cameco is opening the mines in anticipation of increased uranium de-mand. Domestically, the push for clean energy has renewed interest in nuclear power plants and the fuel they require. In-ternationally, the C & A Mining Group forecasts the creation of 75 nuclear power plants within the next 6 to 20 years. Ad-ditionally, The World Nuclear Association, a consortium of uranium mining, reactor building, engineering, and nuclear generating companies, suggests that by 2015 a new nuclear reactor will start up every 5 days.

An increase in uranium demand should have a direct and positive affect on Glenrock. As demand goes up, mining increases, along with mining related jobs. As mining increases, employment increases, with employees needing homes, apartments, and

all of the other amenities Glen-rock has to of-fer.

If nuclear re-actor start-ups are anywhere close to what The World Nu-clear Associa-tion forecasts, the next decade could indeed be one of great opportunity for Glenrock.

Uraniumcontinued from front page

StaffReporter - Jessica Smith

The Board of Trustees for Converse County School District #2 have approved a lease for 2 school bus-es. The lease, which has an option to purchase, is with Security First Bank in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

THE WHEELS ON THE BUS GO

'ROUND AND 'ROUND...

to beautify not just the out-side, but also the inside. The Historic Hotel Hig-gins/Paisley Shawl, owned by Mike and Judi Colling, is in the National Register of Historic Places and is a favorite place to congre-gate for many Glenrock residents. Substantial renovations and upgrades have been completed to the structure over the years by the Collings--the latest being the new windows and the gorgeous awnings. The community-oriented duo also make the hotel available for many public functions. Although many Glenrock businesses have done their part to help beautify the area, the Downtown Development Committee voted on which four busi-nesses should receive this round of awards based on their signifi cant and recent improvements. Kathy Pat-ceg, Glenrock's Commu-nity Development Director was asked by the commit-tee (of which she is a part) to give out Monday night's awards. "I just think [the] downtown looks so great and it's because of people who care about what their businesses look like," she stated. The Shining Star Awards will be given out through-out the year as different projects are completed by Glenrock's awesome local businesses. Congratula-tions to the four businesses awarded our Main Street's Shining Star Awards!

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There are some beauti-ful new lights along the Town's pathway and do they look amazing! The lights were supplied by Rocky Mountain Power and the wiring, easement, and work was supplied through the Safe Routes to School grant obtained by the Town of Glenrock over a year ago. The pathway--and its new lighting--runs

the same route that the old Chicago/Northwestern Railroad used to travel and has been extended approxi-mately 500 feet in order to run 'into' the new Grant Elementary School lot. Glenrock's Town Planner, Kathy Patceg, explains, "We extended the pathway into the Elementary School because where the kids were going, the buses, the

parents, everybody goes in that way," she said, "and this way, the kids can come straight down the pathway and into the school not having to enter into the traffi c." The Safe Routes to School grant has paid for not only putting the lighting on the pathway...the same grant has paid for many projects

along the pathway includ-ing the renovation of the trestle bridge last year, and has been used to hold classes on bike repair for young people along with providing them with bicy-cle helmets.

GLENROCK INSTALLS NEW PATHWAY LIGHTS

First Southern Baptist Chapel parking lot gets a new and much needed face lift. The material used is all recyled asphalt and will provide much needed parking space for the many church goers that attend the church. Photo © Jessica Smith

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P.T. HEALTH TIPS

Sciatica refers to pain, weak-ness, numbness, or tingling in the leg. It is caused by in-jury to or compression of the sciatic nerve. The pain most often occurs on one side. Some people have sharp pain in one part of the leg or hip and numbness in other parts. The sensations may also be felt on the back of the calf or on the sole of the foot. The affected leg may feel weak. The pain often starts slowly. Sciatica pain may get worse:

After standing or sit-• ting At night • When sneezing or • coughing, or laughing When bending back-• wards or walking more than a few yards, espe-cially if caused by spi-nal stenosis

A recent study published in the British Medical Journal (Peul, 2008) reports that spi-nal surgery for patients with sciatica offer only short-term benefi ts and conservative treatments such as physical therapy may offer the same outcome. In this study, patients had the option of opting for early surgery, or prolonged conservative man-agement under the guidance of a physical therapist. The surgical group showed im-provement in symptoms for only a brief period following surgery. By 6 months, and up to 2 years following sur-gery, the difference between the groups having surgery and those that didn’t disap-peared. The signifi cance of this study is that patients may be able to avoid surgery if they realized they can ex-pect a similar improvement in symptoms if they use other ways to manage the pain for 6 months. Patients should be aware that surgery is not the only option to reduce the symptoms of sciatica.

The best course of treatment for low back pain is to make sure it is addressed early and does not progress to leg pain, or become a chronic condi-tion. Research has shown that early movement and treatments like exercise and spinal manipulation offer strong benefi ts to this group of patients.These treatments include hands-on physical therapy to mobilize the spine and exercises designed to allevi-ate low back pain. Patients should seek out physical therapists as a fi rst-line treat-ment for these conditions.

Kathy Blair, PT, DPT is the physical therapist owner of Wind City Physical Therapy in Glenrock. She graduated from Ithaca College in 1992 with her Bachelors in Physi-cal Therapy and her doctor-ate in physical therapy in 2009 from Regis University. She is dedicated to quality patient care and providing evidenced based treatments that allow her patients to achieve the best outcomes. Her vision and commitment to her patients has allowed her to expand into 4 fa-cilities between Casper and Cheyenne. She is actively involved in local, state and federal physical therapy is-sues and legislative agen-das.

Kathy Blair, PT, DPT

Sciatica

CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FINISHES STRONG AT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Glenrock Bird Sports Writer Bill Keesee

Cross country teams gathered in Sheridan on Saturday from all across the state to vie for top honors in the State Cross Country Championships. The Herders rounded out a strong season with the girl’s varsity team fi nishing 7th in the State. Mary Nelson led the charge by fi nishing a strong 5th with a time of 21:22. Nelson’s determined per-formance garnished her ALL-STATE hon-ors! The remaining Lady Herders fi nished strong as well with Marissa Widiker fi n-ishing on the heels of Nelson with a time of - 22:29, 16th followed by:

Taylor Berge- 24:08, 43rd • Jessica Grant- 24:21, 47th • Chanel Doherty 27:40, 62nd • Shaynna Hoyt- 27:53, 63rd and• Kylie Walters- 29:33, 67th•

The Herder boys fi nished 9th overall with Raider Nelson leading the stampede for the Herders, fi nishing 4th overall with a time of 17:22 and also earning ALL-STATE honors! The rest of the team was led by Daniel Walters- coming across the line in 18:54 fi nishing 24th followed by:

Dustin Horn- 19:18, 36th • Brandon Pittsley- 20:00, 55th • Kurry Anderson- 20:59, 68th • Lane Blakeley- 21:23, 73rd•

This season has been challenging but rewarding for The Herder Cross Country Team. Coach Finch stated that there were a couple of meets this year when he did not have his entire team running due to illnesses or injuries. The fl u has put a few of our area athletes out of commission for big games, meets or matches but, the Herders have overcome the adversities and setbacks to fi nish up strong and build on a very strong foundation for next year. With the caliber of talent that we have returning for the cross country team, the Herders have every reason to believe that we will achieve even more accolades in the very near future.

Raider Nelson at last weeks State Champi-onshio. Photo © Vicki Widiker

Nice Job!

ANTI BULLYING POLICY CONSIDEREDDuring the CCSD#2 School Board Meeting held on October 8, 2009, the Board approved a policy which prohibits harassment, bullying, and intimidation in schools. Last year, legislation was drafted regarding bullying in schools and although the School Dis-trict has had harassment policies in place, none of them specifi cally used the word 'bullying'. The new Policy JICFA adds this word specifi callly in order to comply with state statutes. Although the policy has been approved as written,

it still must be adopted by the District in order for the new rules to take ef-fect. The Board of Trust-ees for Converse County School District #2 will be considering adoption of the policy at their regular board meeting to be held on November 12, 2009. An invitation has been issued to the public to at-tend this meeting and give their comments regarding the policy. For more information or to obtain a copy of Policy JICFA, contact th CCSD#2 Central Offi ce at 436-5331

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on Friday, October 30th.

The Herders were fi ring on all eight cylinders on Fri-day night as they racked up and amazing 458 yards against the Wolves. Glen-rock scored early and of-ten as the Herders amassed a 34-0 lead going into the locker room at halftime. In the second half, Coach Kumpula allowed some of his younger playoffs to gain some of that valuable experience that will be needed over the next three weekends for the Herders to come up with their sec-ond state title in as many years.

Glenrock had three backs eclipse the 100-yard mark and were led by Cory De-wald who had nine car-ries for 123 yards. Dustin Worthington had 12 rushes for 111 yards, and Austin Smith added 20 carries for 103 yards, which included three TDs. Quarterback Kyle Farley also contrib-uted with fi ve carries for 55 yards and one touch-down. Farley was also 2-4 passing for 25 yards.

The Herder defense, which is led by Coach Donnie Stewart, was to say the very least...stifl ing as they allowed only one scored in the entire game. The Wolves managed to fi nd the end zone in the waning moments of the fourth quarter to make the fi nal score 48-6.

Glenrock's quest for a second straight State title will begin this weekend with a home game against the Lovell Bulldogs. The Bulldogs are 5-3 0n the season (4-3 in 2-A West Conference) and are seed-ed fourth on the west side of the slate. Lovell should prove a tough test for Kumpula's squad as they take the fi rst step into the post-season. The Herders are assured of home fi eld advantage throughout the playoffs until they reach the championship game, which will be played this year on Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, a plan set up by the Wyoming High School Athletic Associa-tion to play all champi-onship games at a neutral site. Be sure to check out our website at www. the-glenrockbird.com to fi nd out how the Herders came out on Friday night, or you can read all about it in next week's issue of The Glenrock Bird.

CONG

RATS

HERD

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by Mike Velasquez

The last time the Glenrock Herder Volleyball team qualifi ed for the State tournament was in 1996. The Herders nearly made it last year, but lost their chance in a heartbreaking fi ve game match against their nemesis, the Douglas Bearcats. This year, the Lady Herders were not to be denied, as they trav-eled to Newcastle on Oc-tober 23rd with one goal in mind; to qualify for the 3-A State Tournament in Casper.

Glenrock started off against the team that sent them home heartbroken last year. This time it was same team, differ-ent story as Coach Tara Chandler's squad sent the Lady Bearcats to the los-er's bracket with 3-1 vic-tory in the fi rst round. The Herders won 25-21 in the fi rst game but the Bearcats

weren't about to give up, taking game two 19-25. But Glenrock was too much for their cross-county rivals fi n-ishing 25-16 and 25-13 to close out the match in four games.

Next up was the Rawlins Outlaws. The Herders closed out the regular season with a tough loss on the road to the Rawlins teams and was looking for some revenge. It was not to be as the Glen-rock found themselves with just one more chance to earn a State tournament berth, losing to Rawlin in a tough, four game match 25-23, 25-23, 27-29, 25-11.

On Saturday morning, the Herders would face the Tor-rington Trailblazers with the loser going home, and the winner advancing to the 2009 Class 3-A State Volleyball Tournament. Glenrock came out all business with their goal in sight and punched their own ticket to the State

tournament as they made quick work of Torrington, taking the match in three games 25-17, 25-16, 25-13. The Herders advanced to play Buffalo for third place in the 3-A East Conference Tournament and then on to the State tournament.

In their fourth match in two days, the Lady Herders fought through a grueling fi ve-games to wrestle the third place trophy from the Lady Bison and bring it back to Glenrock. After losing the fi rst game 14-25, Glen-rock came back to capture games two and three 25-21 and 25-14. Buffalo would not go away though, as they took game four 19-25. The Lady Herders came back in the tiebreaker to come away with the win, 15-11. Be sure to check out our website at www.theglenrockbird.com to fi nd out how the girls did at State. Be sure to read the complete story in next week's issue of The Glenrock Bird.

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In a world where everyone points fi ngers and blame others for their ills, it would behoove us all to re-member that we need to take responsibility for our-selves. Many long held systems set up in this coun-try to help those in need have progressed so far as to make an entire class of people needy. Self-respect gained by a job well done, and that applies to work at all levels, seems to have gone by the wayside and has been replaced by entitlement.

Our government is in deep trouble. Rather than a goal to bring about what is good for this nation our elected offi cials have taken it upon themselves to make all issues about party differences. I think most in this nation would agree that changes need to be made in many of our programs and systems, but this all-out war raging in our government bodies, spurred on by an irresponsible media that, rather than reporting the news, reports biased tripe intend-ed to cause rebellion, disturbance and outrage needs to stop. Media today, whether it be on the left or right needs to get back to the true meaning of jour-nalism, reporting the news, not sensational, scandal seeking, agenda driven coverage. When did we, as Americans, make the decision to let government think for us? It’s a well known fact that most of-fi cials in offi ce today have the opinion that Ameri-cans can’t handle the truth, can’t make the distinc-tion about what’s right for them and generally don’t care. When did we become so complacent that we are ready to turn our country over to those who have a selfi sh need for power, control and wealth?

We have serious problems in this nation. When will the economy, health care, war and poverty become the important concerns? American’s aren’t stupid. I fi rmly believe that the values this nation has up-held for two centuries will continue, but we wal-low in ineptitude slinging mud like spoiled middle-school children. I tire of the bickering between political parties. I’m weary of the slander, insults and smear campaigns by both parties left and right. When will this country get down to business and solve our issues? We need to unravel our problems and do what is right for AMERICA. Socialism and big government have proven throughout history to fail. Democracy, free-market and capitalism work. People fl ock here from other countries legally and illegally to make their dreams of freedom and in-dependence come true. There are few who leave this country to fi nd their dreams elsewhere. So in the midst of movie stars, politicians and wealthy big shots, all who have made their money through the capitalistic system, that complain it’s wrong I have this to say: “If you hate this nation so much leave and make room for those who have the capacity and intelligence to effect change for the better, not change for the sake of itself. My grandfather did not fi ght for the freedom of this country in order to serve the higher agenda of those with selfi sh mo-tives. Those who claim to hate this nation and its government yet have no qualms about making mil-lions through the very system they claim to detest are liars at best.”

We need a media to report the news, not personal party agendas. Americans are not the brainless dim-wits politicians would like us to believe we are, but without the proper information to make solid deci-sions about the good of our nation how can we be expected to understand it’s complexities? We give up trying to analyze the problems of this country because we receive information couched in slander, innuendo, greed and outright deceit. Americans need to be FOR America. Our leadership on both sides of the political coin is abandoning American ideals, morals and principles. We need to disregard the opinions of other nations, we need to disre-gard political correctness (another term for politi-cal cowardess), we need to disregard big business agenda and get back to what is right for America. This country has always taken on the diffi cult task with determination and courage. It’s time to draw upon those strengths and do what is right for Ameri-cans.

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REAL ESTATE


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The Converse County School District #2 Board of Trustees will have a Special Board Meeting in the Glenrock Intermediate/Mid-dle School Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. on Tues-day, November 10, 2009 to gather public comment on the future of the old elementary school.

Notice of Special School Board Meeting

The Board of Trustees of the Converse County Library is seeking bids for the purchase and re-moval of a two-story house located at 506 South 4th Street, Glenrock, Wy. This does NOT in-clude the land on which the house sits.

The buyer must meet all local, county, and state codes, ordinances, and laws as defi ned in Glen-rock Town Code Book, Chapter 7, Building Code, Article V-Moving of Structures, Section 7-5-1. The buyer is responsible for all permits, fees, licenses and other costs related to the re-moval of the structure. The buyer is responsible for the notifi cation of any and all appropriate town, court, and state departments, utility com-panies, and law enforcement agencies.

Minimum bid is $2,500.00. Bids will be ac-cepted until 5:00 PM, November 16, 2009. Bids may be submitted to Converse County Library Board of Trustees, 300 Walnut Street, Douglas , Wy 82633 and should be marked with "House Bid" on outside of envelope. Bids will be opened on November 20 at 1:00 PM at the Converse County Library, 300 Walnut Street, Douglas, WY 82633. Interested buyers may view the house on November 6 and November 13 at 10:00 AM.

The removal of the structure must be completed by December 31, 2009. Failure to meetremoval deadline will result in the assessment of additional penalties by the Board of Trusteesand local, county and state agencies.

Questions may be addressed to Karen Hopkins, Director at above address. Photos will beposted on the library website at www.conver-secountylibrary.org by clicking on the link toBuilding Project.

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Lisa Ann (Korb) Bell Emmett, Idaho.Lisa (Korb) Bell passed away at her home in Emmett, Idaho October 17, 2009 after a long illness. Lisa was born February 27, 1980 to Boyd and Jennifer Korb. Lisa attended school and graduated from Glenrock High School. She earned an associates degree from Casper College and a bachelors degree in fi ne arts from Boise State University. She was a talented artist and also enjoyed outdoor activities.

Lisa was born in Boise, Idaho and moved to Wyoming in 1988. Lisa is survived by her husband, Jason Bell , her parents, paternal grandparents, numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and her special friend Hobbs, a miniature schnauzer. She will be missed greatly and contributed a sense of compassion and caring to others. As per her wishes, she was cremated and will be buried in Twin Falls, Idaho. A memorial service will be held in the spring of 2010.

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Beautiful ranch style home in quiet residential subdivision. Three bedroom, two bathrooms and a two car garage (with gas heater!) makes this 1376 square foot home the ideal place for any family looking to buy.

Built in 2006 - features include Tankless Water Heater / In Floor Hot Water HeatDishwaser, Refrigerator, Overhead Microwave, Stove.

Vaulted ceilings in main house.

Master bedroom sports a wonderful walk in closet, double sink, double headed tile shower

Floor coverings include wood, tile and carpet

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Outside Features include an 8x12 shed that matches the house, front and back au-tomatic sprinkler system, wood fenced backyard complete with a dog run, backyard porch and patio with hot tub hook up and plenty of space niceley graveled on side of house perfect for your RV, boat or other recreational vehicles.

Please call 436-5797 or 267-6515 to book your appointment to view this beautiful home.

HOUSE FOR SALE - 440 Gold Pan DriveSun Up Ridge in Glenrock - Price $198,000.00

Avid Huntress Andrea Barker of Glenrock bagged this 5x6 Bull Elk South of Glenrock near Mormon Canyon in the Willow Creek area with her Mother’s 270 rifl e. Nice shot Andrea! Photo © Ben Barker.

Bids may be submitted to Converse County Library Board of Trustees, 300 Walnut Street, Douglas , Wy 82633 and should be marked with "House Bid" on outside of envelope. Bids will be opened on November 20 at 1:00 PM at the Converse County Library, 300 Walnut Street,

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[Washington, D.C.] –Senate Western Caucus Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY), Congressional Western Caucus Chair-man Rob Bishop (R-UT), and Members represent-ing 11 Western states, re-sponded to a Secretarial Order administered by Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar that will require the DOI to apply new “climate change” policies to the Department’s decision-making process.

Click here to view the letter to Secretary Sala-zar.

The Secretarial Order will create regional DOI Climate Change Re-sponse Centers that will apply existing and future land management agree-ments to a new set of re-strictive regulations and mandates set forth by the

DOI. “By bypassing the con-gressional approval pro-cess, the Department of Interior has unilaterally created a new set of re-strictive regulations and mandates that will allow special interest groups with narrowly focused agendas to dictate cur-rent and future activities on federal lands—all in the name of ‘climate change’,” said Congress-man Bishop. “Western-ers will suffer the most from the increased regu-latory burdens that will likely stifl e energy de-velopment and lead to further job loss.” *Ac-cording to a recent report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the West is experiencing the highest rate of regional unemployment. “I realize that Congres-

sional action on climate change is not moving as fast as the Administra-tion may want. How-ever, businesses in the west are worried about potential court chal-lenges and administra-tive action. These new rules will allow special interest groups with nar-row agendas to block all existing and future ac-tivities on federal lands in the name of climate change,” said Senator Barrasso. Western Caucus mem-bers cited concerns that the Secretarial Order will hit Western states the hardest and put into questions past and future management agreements related to oil and gas de-velopment, renewable energy development, recreational use, graz-ing, hunting on public and private property,

and wildlife protection. These agreements made in good faith between States and the Depart-ment will now be sub-ject to change and terms which will likely have a detrimental impact on public land users. Additionally, the new order could potentially cost the American tax-payer millions of dollars and have a far reaching impact on our nation’s energy supply. In addition to Congress-man Bishop and Senator Barrasso, the letter was s i g n e d

by: Senators: Mike Enzi – WY Orrin Hatch – UT David Vitter – LA John Thune – SD Representatives:Doug Lamborn – CODon Young – AKCynthia Lummis – WYMichael Conaway –TXPaul Broun – GATom McClintock – CAJason Chaffetz – UTDenny Rehberg – MTWally Herger – CADean Heller – NV

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Happy Birthday this week to LeeRoy Lanay Shippert, Juanita Johnson, Lu Lingle, Al Schmoldt, Marie McDonald, & Jean Martzolf. Be sure to stop in anytime this month for a free lunch courtesy of Deer Creek Drug. Please con-tact the Center if you would like your birthday or anniversary added to our list.

We are having an “Interactive Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre” November 5, 6, & 7, 2009. The cost for tickets will be $10.00. Dinner includes Salad, Chili, & Cinnamon Rolls for dessert. Tickets are on sale at the Glenrock Senior Cen-ter.

There is a Driver’s Safety class (formerly 55 Alive) scheduled for November 30, & Decem-ber 1, 2009. Please stop by the or call the Glen-rock Senior Center at 436-9442 to sign up.

The Commodities are in. This month’s items are Spaghetti Noodles, Spaghetti Sauce & Peaches. You may pick your commodities up at the Glen-rock Senior Center.

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Thursday, Nov. 5 - BBQ ribs, baked potato, broc-coli, French bread, cole-slaw, spiced apple ring

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Immigration attorney Adam Todd Dougherty states that “An immi-gration hold is placed by ICE (Immigration Customs Enforcement) when someone they be-lieve is an illegal alien is in state custody (or fed-eral)”. Attorney Sufen Hilf additionally states that in cases like this “…As soon as (the individ-

ual being held) is released from a state or federal cus-tody, ICE will take over the custody and continue to hold (him) in their cus-tody”.

A call to the U.S Federal Court in Casper seeking more information was an-swered by a U.S. Marshall, who politely stated that he was not at liberty to discuss the Loya matter. While still in custody as of Wednes-day October 28, the County Circuit Court currently has no information on Loya’s next court appearance.

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OFFICIAL NONPARTISAN ELECTION BALLOT

CONVERSE COUNTY, WYOMING

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QUESTION

Shall Converse County, Wyoming, be authorized to adopt andcause to be imposed a one percent (1%) specific purpose salesand use excise tax within the County, the proceeds from whichand the interest earned thereon to be used and applied forfunding the acquisition of land (if necessary), the planning,engineering, constructing, remodeling, furnishing, equippingand supplying, and, to the extent necessary and allowed by law,the payment of operation and maintenance, debt service, and/orlease payments, in the following specified principal amountsfor the following purposes:

To collect $28,514,695 and interest earned thereon for theconstructing, furnishing and equipping of a new ConverseCounty Justice Center, which will include the Sheriff'sOffices and support facilities, detention housing, CountyAttorney's Offices, Clerk of District Court's Offices andDistrict and Circuit Courts?

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A special election will take place for Converse County residents on November 3, with one item on the ballot. The “1% Specifi c Purpose Sales & Use Tax Election” will allow county residents the opportunity to vote for the construction of a Con-verse County Justice Cen-ter.

Passage of the measure would temporarily increase county sales and use taxes by 1%. By law, monies raised by the increase could be used only for the “con-structing, furnishing, and equipping” of the Justice Center. Also by law, once the $28,514,695 neces-sary to build the center has accrued, the 1% increase would expire. Sales and use taxes would then re-vert back to their previous

lower level.

The new Converse County Justice Center

would provide sheriff’s offi ces and support facili-ties, county attorney of-fi ces, clerk of district court offi ces, district and circuit courts, as well as a new and much needed detention facility. Voters in the East Glen-rock, West Glenrock, Ru-ral Glenrock, Boxelder, and Rolling Hills precincts can cast their ballots at the Glenrock Recreation Cen-ter, (site of the old Grant Elementary School) locat-ed at 412 South 4th Street. Voting hours will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Residents from all other precincts will vote dur-ing the same hours at the Douglas Recreation Cen-ter.

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“Keeping the detention center, law enforcement office, county attorney and courts in one location is the most cost-effective solution. It also will provide for a more secure environment for our law enforcement professionals, county employees and citizens.” —Quentin Richardson

“With construction costs plummeting and interest rates at historic lows, this is the optimum time to get this project done. Construction costs have come down so much that we can build both the detention center and courts at a cost that is less than what we were originally projecting for just the detention center.” —Leroy Kingery

Get the facts before you vote...

YES on the New Justice Center!New Justice Center will prevent $430,000 in our tax • dollars going to other counties “every year”.

Detention center, law enforcement office, county • attorney and courts all in one location.

Law enforcement, county employees and our • citizens will no longer be plagued with safety and security hazards which currently exist.

Constructions cost are down and interest • rates are at historic lows. If we wait, we’ll end up paying much more.

Out-of-town visitors and shoppers pay a big • chunk of the cost.

Food for home consumption, gasoline and • prescriptions are NOT taxed. And the one-penny tax sunsets (goes away).

Election Day is November 3, 2009

“The danger, liability and cost of transporting prisoners to and from other facilities will be eliminated. The new design of the detention facility is correct and practical, providing a safer environment for county employees. The new secure courtrooms also will protect the public and staff.” —Clint Becker

“Letting out-of-town visitors and shoppers help pay for this critical project is the best funding strategy. It’s exactly what other Wyoming counties have done to fund their justice facilities.” —Mick Lehner

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POLICE BEAT Thursday, 10.22.09

-Offi cer Performed a Citi-zen Assist-Offi cer Patrolled Rolling Hills-ACO Picked up a Cat and Took it to Magees-Offi cer Unlocked a Ve-hicle Door-ACO Patrolled Rolling Hills-Range Key Issued-Juvenile Subject Escort-ed to School-Traffi c Accident. Fire and Ambulance dis-patched-Comm Tech Performed a Notary-Rolling Hills Patrol Complete-Suspicious Vehicle. Of-fi cer investigated, all OK-Suspicious Person. Of-fi cer responded, UTL

Friday, 10.23.09

-Offi cer Performed a Wel-fare Check. Everything OK-Offi cer Found Open Door. Building and door secured-Suspicious Vehicle. Of-fi cer found all OK-OAA - 911 Hangup in the County. Child playing with phone. Unfounded-Vandalism Reported-Range Key Issued x2-Theft of Property. Re-port taken-Fingerprints Taken For Employment Purposes-Rolling Hills Patrol Completed-Parking Problem. Of-fi cer spoke with vehicle owner-Civil Matter. Offi cer spoke with subject-Missing Juvenile. Juve-nile reunited with parents

Saturday, 10.24.09

-Suspicious Person. Offi -cer UTL x2-Open Door. Building se-

cured-Traffi c Hazard. Hazard moved-Intoxicated Persons. Of-fi cer UTL-Dispute. Parties sepa-rated-Citizen Assist. Offi cer complied-Range Key Issued x3-Concerned Citizen. Casper Police Depart-ment notifi ed-Animal. Transported to the pound-Rolling Hills Patrol Completed x2-Medical. One transport-ed to Casper-Information Logged-OAA. Offi cer responded to a domestic in the coun-ty-Ambulance. One subject transported to Douglas-Extra Patrol Requested. Offi cer complied-Alarm. Building se-cured

Sunday, 10.25.09

-Citizen Assist. Offi cer complied-Vandalism Report Taken-Patrol Notifi ed of a Pos-sible Motorist Assist-Open Window Reported at a Business-Offi cer Patrolled Rolling Hills-Comm Tech Notarized Paper-Civil Matter. Offi cer counseled subjects-Rolling Hills Patrol Completed

Monday, 10.26.09

-Barking Dog. Dogs tak-en into the house-E-911 Noise Complaint. UTL-Fingerprints Taken for Employment-Theft From a Vehicle Re-ported-ACO Patrolled Rolling Hills-Vacation House Watch Added-Suspicious Circum-stance. Offi cer respond-ed-Alarm. Found to be false-Open Door. Offi cer re-sponded-Rolling Hills Patrol Completed

Tuesday, 10.27.09

-Medical. Everything okay-ACO Patrolled Rolling Hills-Vacation House Watch Added-Public Relations-NSF Check Brought in for Collection-Range Key Issued-Dog Bite. Converse County notifi ed-Fingerprints Taken for Employment Purposes

Wednesday, 10.28.09

-E-911 Medical. Nega-tive transport-ACO Patrolled Rolling Hills-Offi cer Gave Drug Presentation to Middle Schoolers-Offi cer Patrolled Rolling Hills-Single Vehicle Rollover I-25 MM 169 South. Negative transport-Threats. Report taken-Rolling Hills Patrol Completed

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