Man accused of attempted murder of his daughter

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Man accused
of attempted
murder of
his daughter
ROCK SPRINGS — A $250,000 bond has been
set for a Rock Springs man charged with attempted first-degree murder and battery against a household member.
In a press release, Sweetwater County Sheriff
Rich Haskell said Ernest Eugene Richmond, 56,
was arrested by county deputies at his home west
of Rock Springs on July 26.
According to charging documents, 24-year-old Patricia
Cathcart, Richmond’s daughter, told Deputy Sheriff Justin
Cherry that Richmond picked
her up in Green River to give
her a ride to do her laundry.
She said he began complaining
about a traffic citation he’d received the day before, which
he blamed on her.
She said Richmond alleged- ERNEST EUGENE
ly began driving at a high rate RICHMOND
of speed, screamed at her and
said he was going to kill her and bash her face in.
Richmond got onto Interstate 80 and headed toward Rock Springs. Cathcart said Richmond allegedly continued yelling and screaming at her. She
said when she pleaded for him to stop, Richmond
allegedly ordered her out of the truck, grabbed the
back of her hair and tried to hit her face on the dashboard. Cathcart told investigators Richmond then
activated the pickup’s cruise control when the vehicle was going approximately 80 mph.
“Ernest Richmond reached over her and opened
the door to the vehicle while trying to push her toward the door of the vehicle,” court documents said.
“She was grabbing the door to keep it shut, while
still pleading with Ernest Richmond to stop. Ernest
Richmond was kicking her with both feet trying to
kick her out of the door. Ernest Richmond then
kicked her in the face with the bottom of his foot.
DS Cherry observed a red swollen area on the left
side of Cathcart’s face at the cheekbone, consistent
with statement.”
Documents said Richmond allegedly kicked her
in the leg and arm with the bottom of his feet while
trying to kick her out of the moving vehicle.
Cherry observed a bruise approximately 6 inches long on Cathcart’s upper left arm, consistent with
statement, and marks in the bruising which appeared to be consistent with a print left by the bottom of a shoe. Cherry also reported a bruise approximately 1 inch long on Cathcart’s upper left, outer
thigh, consistent with statement.
Richmond’s $250,000 cash or surety bond was
set in the Rock Springs Circuit Court on July 29. As
of press time, he remains in custody.
A tentative Aug. 6 date has been set for a preliminary hearing as the investigation continues.
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NASA exhibit offers
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MICHAEL MARESH
Rocket-Miner Staff Reporter
ROCK SPRINGS — NASA is alive and making
its presence known with a space exhibit at the
2013 Sweetwater County Fair.
Charles Brehl, information technology and
multimedia services manager for the Johnson
Space Center in Houston, said there are a lot of
people who think NASA closed with its last space
shuttle launch.
Brehl said this thinking is not even close to being correct as NASA is looking at ways to expand
space discovery with new equipment.
Much of this new equipment is being explained
to those visiting the exhibit.
The exhibit also includes a small piece of lava
rock from the moon estimated to be 4 billion
years old.
The first item inside the exhibit was a photo
showing where an astronaut would be sitting at
the space station and the vantage point he or she
would have of Earth.
Exhibit visitors learned about NASA’s future
studies, which include expeditions to Earth’s
moon, near-Earth asteroids, Mars and its moons.
Outside the trailer exhibit, people could see examples of the food astronauts would eat while on
a mission, though Brehl stressed space food
must be nutritious and have staying power.
NASA’s next-generation spacecraft, called the
Orion, will take humans farther into space than
ever before. Orion will launch atop a new rocket
and will carry astronauts on missions to beyond
the planet’s orbit. Although similar in appearance
to the Apollo spacecraft, the Orion is 30 percent
bigger and can travel at a speed of 26,000 mph
when returning from deep space.
Brehl showed photos of the Orion while explaining how the new spacecraft will work.
“It is designed to take larger groups of people,”
he said.
He said a trip to Mars anytime in the near future could be far fetched since it would take six
years to complete the trip.
SEE NASA, PAGE 3
Kimberly Blossom tries on the makeshift astronaut suit at the NASA exhibit at the Sweetwater County Fair
on Tuesday afternoon.
FAIR SCHEDULE
IA — Indoor Arena; GS — Grand Stand; HSO — Horse Show Office; SH — Small Hall; RPS —
Rabbit and Poultry Barn; EIA — East Indoor Arena; SB — Sheep Barn; MM — Magnificant
Midway; RMPS — Rocky Mountain Power Stage; FPL — Front Parking Lot; PT — Pepsi Tent;
MFFS — McDonald’s Family Fun Station; HP — Horseshoe Pits
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• 7 a.m.-11 p.m.
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• 10:30 a.m.- 10 p.m
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• 11-11:30 a.m.
• 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
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• 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Livestock Gates Open, IA
4-H Swine Showmanship, IA
4-H Beef Showmanship & Market
Classes, IA
Ticket Gates, Magnificient Midway
and Exhibit Hall Opens
Fair Animal Specialties Petting
Zoo, MM
Nasa Driven to Explore, MM
Ronald McDonald, MFFS
Linda Hulet — the Clown of Many
Faces, MM
Kids' Craft Station, MM
Lanky the Clown, MM
Robonosis, MM
Trina Stiefer, a design imaging specialist at the Johnson Space Center, left, explains
how the Apollo lunar touch stone was retrieved to fairgoers, from left, Kimberly Blossom, Joanne Reuter and Carmen Lakey.
SEE SCHEDULE, PAGE 3
YOUR GUIDE
TO INSIDE
A pickup struck several concrete poles, went airborne and hit a residence on July 26.
TODAY: Sunny with a high
near 86. Light and variable winds shifting southwest 6 to 11 mph in the
afternoon.
Sheriff’s Office
investigates crash
at Clearview Acres
ROCK SPRINGS — The Sweetwater County
Sheriff’s Office is investigating a one-vehicle crash
that landed a half-overturned pickup in the yard of
a Clearview Acres residence on the night of July 26.
According to Sheriff Rich Haskell, investigating
Deputy Sheriff Gary Frey determined that Hayley
Fennell, 18, was driving a 2001 Ford pickup east on
White Mountain Road at the time of the crash, accompanied by a passenger, a 15-year-old juvenile.
Fennell told Frey that her sandal became caught on
the accelerator and as a result of her efforts to free
it, the crash occurred.
In addition to Fennell and her passenger, two witnesses at the scene were interviewed.
Frey determined that the Fennell vehicle failed to
negotiate the corner of White Mountain Road onto
Clearview Drive, struck several concrete poles at
109 Clearview Drive, went airborne, and crashed
into the residence there.
SEE INVESTIGATES, PAGE 3
TONIGHT: Partly cloudy
with a low around 55.
West southwest winds 7 to
10 mph.
Complete weather is on page 2
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ROCK SPRINGS: Sweetwater County Fire District No. 1 responded to two fires at the landfill — one on
Saturday evening and another Monday morning. Crews responded and suppressed the blazes in cooperation with landfill personnel. Fire Chief Jim Wamsley said the cause of the fires is under investigation. He also recognized Landfill Director Kevin Herman for his assistance in suppressing the fires.
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SANDY, Utah — Berquist
Adam Medill, 97, died Tuesday,
July 23, 2013, in Sandy, Utah.
He was a longtime Rock
Springs resident.
He was born April 18,
1916, in Rock Springs,
the son of Adam
Thomas Medill and Wilda Amolia Berquist. His
father worked as an electrician for the Union Pacific Coal Company and
died in 1918 from injuries
suffered in an accident at
the No. 8 mine. His mother married James Pryde. He had two sisters, Wanda and Betty.
He began working odd jobs
when he was young to pay for his
violin lessons.
He found regular employment
as an usher at the Grand Theater
when he was 14. He worked for
the Union Pacific Coal Company
after graduating from Rock
Springs High School.
He was injured in an accident
while working at the tipple and
was consequently reassigned to
the blacksmith shop. He learned
inventory and accounting skills,
which helped him as he took his
career into the growing auto parts
industry.
He married Wanda Mae Carter
in 1939. They had a daughter,
April. His wife preceded him in
death on Aug. 2, 1960.
He married Sheron Lee
Beveridge in 1961. They
had two daughters, Nyla
Lee and Wendy Mae. His
wife preceded him in
death on March 30,
2012.
He worked for the U.P.
as a mine clerk and purchasing agent before he
went to work for his uncle Bill
Medill at the Auto Parts Store. He
then moved to Wyoming Automotive, where he worked with
cars, parts and customers.
In 1962, Mr. Medill left his job
as manager of Wyoming Automotive and started his own auto
parts store, Adam’s Auto Supply.
His interests included working
in the auto parts business, making friends, sharing his success
with others and giving back to
the community by working with
the Rock Springs Chamber of
Commerce. After his retirement
in 1980, his interests included
golfing, boating, bowling and
LYLE E. RANTA
ST. GEORGE, Utah —
Lyle E. Ranta, 71, of St.
George, Utah, died Sunday,
July 28, 2013, at his home
surrounded by his family
after a long-term battle
with chronic obstructive
pulmonary
disease.
He lived in Rock
Springs until he retired to St. George,
Utah, about 10
years ago.
He was born
Oct. 22, 1941, in
Rock Springs, the
middle son of
William and Vera Ranta.
He graduated from Rock
Springs High School in
1959 and attended Western
Wyoming College.
He served in the U.S.
Army and was the self-employed owner of Hi-Rocky
Supply for more than 20
years.
He was a lifetime member of the Elks Lodge.
His interests included his
family and friends.
playing cards. Up until May, he
bowled on two league teams.
He lived in Rock Springs except for the last 12 years when he
lived with daughter Nyla in
Sandy.
Survivors include his daughters, April Lund and husband
Ron of Rawlins, Nyla Miller and
husband Shayne of Sandy and
Wendy Suhr of Rock Springs; sisters, Wanda Decora and husband
Andy of Laramie and Betty Hadsell and husband Frank of Golden, Colo.; cousin, Lavanetta Waters of Rock Springs; 13 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and many nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug.
3, 2013, at the Rock Springs LDS
Stake Center, 2055 Edgar St.,
Rock Springs. A viewing will be
conducted from 6-8 p.m. Friday,
Aug. 2, 2013, at Fox Funeral
Home, 2800 Commercial Way,
Rock Springs, and one hour prior
to services Friday at the church.
Interment will take place at the
Rock Springs Municipal Cemetery in Rock Springs. Condolences
can
be
left
at
www.foxfh.com.
EMMA L. PLAYLE
He is survived by his
wife, Jean of St. George;
daughter, Mishelle Singleton and husband Cary of
Kuna, Idaho; son, Kevin
Ranta of Rock Springs;
daughter, Natalie Putnam
and husband Jason
of St. George; four
grandchildren,
Brad
Gardner,
Todd
Gardner,
Kyle Singleton and
Kaylee
Putnam;
and several nieces,
nephews and extended family.
He was preceded in death by his parents,
Bill and Vera Ranta; sister,
Sharon Boschetto; brother, Duane Ranta; nephew,
Gerry Boschetto; fatherin-law, John Argenta; sister-in-law, Ann Argenta
Young; and brother-inlaw, Don Osse.
Funeral services will be
conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, at the
Episcopal Church, 225 Second St., Rock Springs.
KEMMERER — Emma L. Playle, 48,
died Saturday, July 27, 2013, at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake
City.
She was born Nov. 21, 1964, in Rock
Springs, the daughter of Carl O. and Lois
E. (Long) Eggleston.
She married Arthur Playle on Aug. 17,
1991, in Oakley. She had twins, DelRay and
Joel Playle, on Jan. 9, 1987. Her family included her husband’s daughter, Nicole.
Her interests included doing crafts,
helping others and spending time with her
family.
She is survived by her husband, Arthur
Playle of Kemmerer; son, Joel Playle, of
Kemmerer; grandson, Jordan Vazquez of
Kemmerer; father and stepmother, Carl
and Yolanda Playle of Freedom; brothers,
Joe Eggleston of Freedom and Carol John
Eggleston of Thayne; and sisters, Carla
Kobielusz of Australia and Jodie Coombs
of Gillette.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Lois Thornock; grandparents; and her
daughters, DelRay and Nicole Playle.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1
p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, at the Kemmerer LDS Stake Center in Kemmerer. Interment will follow services at the South
Lincoln Cemetery in Kemmerer. Condolences may be left at ballfamilychapel.com.
Monogamy may be sweet,
but why it evolved is not
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At least 6 animals die at
Cheyenne Frontier Days
TREVOR BROWN
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
CHEYENNE — At least six
animals died during this year’s
rodeo.
Cheyenne Frontier Days
CEO Dan Cheney said Monday that five steers or calves
died or were euthanized as a result of injuries during the 10day event.
A 15-year-old steer wrestling
horse also died during competition on July 23. But CFD officials said an autopsy shows the
horse’s death was the result of
a pre-existing heart condition
and not from an injury.
Four other animals suffered
major injuries but were released to their owners, CFD reports. Their conditions were
not available Monday.
“Our goal is zero; we want no
injuries,” said Bob Budd, chairman of CFD’s Animal Welfare
Committee.
“So when that happens, it is
frustrating. We don’t like it because we don’t want anyone
hurt out here. We don’t want to
see the cowboys hurt. We don’t
want to see their horses hurt.
And we don’t want to see the
steers, the calves and our rough
stock hurt.”
But the news of the injuries
and deaths brought renewed
criticism of the rodeo from animal-rights activists.
“It’s sad that in the name of
Western traditions and Americana that animals have to die
under those auspices,” said
Steve Hindi.
He is president and founder
of Showing Animals Respect
and Kindness, also known as
S.H.A.R.K.
CORRECTION
ROCK SPRINGS — In the
July 30 edition of the RocketMiner, due to incorrect information provided to the newspaper, parking places for the
Sweetwater County Fair
were incorrect. The available
parking lots include the
grandstand parking lot off
Gate A, VIP parking lot and
handicapped parking off
Gate E. The National Guard
Armory lot is not available
for public parking and unauthorized vehicles will be
towed.
SETH BORENSTEIN
AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Only a
few species of mammals are
monogamous, and now dueling
scientific teams think they’ve figured out why they got that way.
But their answers aren’t exactly
romantic.
The answers aren’t even the
same.
One team looked just at primates, the animal group that includes apes and monkeys. The researchers said the exclusive pairing of a male and a female evolved
as a way to let fathers defend their
young against being killed by other males.
The other scientific team got a
different answer after examining
about 2,000 species of non-human mammals. They concluded
that mammals became monogamous because females had spread
out geographically, and so males
had to stick close by to fend off
the competition.
So it’s not about romance, said
researcher Dieter Lukas of the
University of Cambridge, lead author of the mammals study. “It’s
just really the best he can do.”
The differing conclusions apparently arose because the two
teams used different methods and
sample sizes, the researchers said.
But both teams discounted a
long-standing explanation for
monogamy, that it provides two
parents rather than one for rearing offspring. That’s just a side
benefit, they said.
“Romance obviously came after” monogamy, said Christopher
“Kit” Opie, an anthropology researcher at the University College
London, who was the lead author
of the primate study
The studies are published online Monday in the journals Science and the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences.
The mammal paper in Science excluded humans while the primate
analysis in PNAS counted people
both as monogamous and not, because that differs around the
world.
Researchers said they hesitated
to apply their conclusions to humans, and they acknowledged
that their results aren’t exactly the
stuff of Valentine’s Day.
Less than 9 percent of mammal
species pair up socially.
Among primates, about 25 percent of the species are socially
monogamous, Opie said. Some,
like gibbons, are highly monogamous while others, like chimps,
are on the other end of the spectrum, Opie said.
Opie drew on data about how
230 primate species behave, and
he mapped out evolutionary family trees for them. Then, using
more than 10,000 computer model runs and calculating the same
mathematical probability system
that famed prognosticator and
statistician Nate Silver employs,
Opie came up with a timeline for
when certain traits developed, he
said.
His result: Before any of the social traits associated with
monogamy appeared, Opie saw
signs of high rates of outside
males killing babies. In primates
that developed monogamy, such
pairing up appeared to develop
only later, he said.
Why? Because primates breastfeed their offspring for a long
time, even for years, and competing males kill off infants if the dad
doesn’t stick around to fight them
off.
But Tim Clutton-Brock, a zoology professor who wrote the allmammal study in Science with
Lukas, said their research saw absolutely no evidence of infanticide
spiking before monogamy. Instead, Clutton-Brock and Lukas
found that in nearly every case,
solitary females came before social monogamy.
Those females had spread out
to monopolize food like fruit that
was of better quality but harder to
find. That made it harder for
males to keep other males from
inseminating the females, Lukas
said.
Wednesday, July 31
In Progress Art Show: all
day at Western Wyoming
Community College Art
Gallery, 2500 College Drive,
Rock Springs.
Wyoming’s Big Show: all
day at Sweetwater County
Events Complex, 3320 Yellowstone Road., Rock
Springs.
Sweetwater County
Health Board meeting: 7:15
a.m. at the Sweetwater
County Nursing Office, 731 C
St., Rock Springs.
David Kreitzer showcase:
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Community Fine Arts Center, 400 C
St., Rock Springs.
On-site reference: Noon
at Young at Heart Recreational Center, 2400 Reagan
Ave., Rock Springs.
Afternoon movie: 2 p.m.
at White Mountain Library,
2935 Sweetwater Drive, Rock
Springs.
Joint Powers Water Board
meeting: 3 p.m. at Rock
Springs City Hall, 212 D St.
Kids Origami Class: 3-4
p.m. at 421 N. Front St., Rock
Springs.
Farmers Market: 4-7 p.m.
at Railroad Ave., Green River.
Montgomery Gentry in
concert: 8:30 p.m. at the
Sweetwater County Events
Complex, 3320 Yellowstone
Road., Rock Springs.
For a more detailed list of events, see
the calendar at
http://rocketminer.com.
STATE BRIEF
Worland native
arrested in
deadly shooting
EVANSVILLE –– A
Worland native was arrested in connection with a
shooting at an Evanston
bar early Thursday morning.
Samuel L. Renner was
charged with first-degree
murder and nine other
felonies after Todd Callies, 41, died from gunshot
wounds he suffered in the
parking lot of Taylor’s
Sports Bar in Evansville.
Worland High School
2010 graduate Renner, 21,
appeared
in
Natrona
County Circuit Court Friday afternoon. He is being
held without bond.
Along with the first degree murder charge, Renner was also charged with
five counts of aggravated
assault and two counts related to possession of a
deadly weapon.
Renner is also facing
charges for threatening
with a drawn deadly
weapon. According to the
affidavit, at 11:55 p.m. on
Wednesday, a man matching Renner’s description
had pulled a gun on a
group of people in, and
around, a parked car on
the corner of Curtis and
2nd St. and said to the
group, “Do you want to
die?”
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BLM outlines roundup plans
ROCK SPRINGS — The Bureau of
Land Management explained its plans to
round up wild horses in the Adobe Town
and Salt Wells Creek herd management areas.
Staff from the BLM Rock Springs and
Rawlins field offices looked at multiple options, including its choice to round up 85
percent of the estimated current population, or about 1,229 wild horses, in August
or when there is funding available.
Under this plan, staff will reduce the
herd size to its lowest management level
by removing wild horses from private land
and administer fertility control.
The BLM now plans to remove excess
animals to lower the limit of the AML
range and utilize fertility control.
Under the selected plan, 85 percent of
the estimated current population or about
1,229 wild horses would be gathered in August or when there is funding available.
The projected summer 2013 wild horse
population for Adobe Town area is 624,
and about 530 animals will be rounded up.
Of those gathered, about 14 wild horses
would be removed to reach the low baseline total of 610, and another 200 mares
would be sterilized before being released
back into the area.
Of the remaining 316 horses, the goal is
to have 258 studs and 58 mares or colts.
Also under the plan, the summer wild
horse population in Salt Wells is 823.
About 699 animals, or 85 percent, would
be gathered, with 572 horses being removed.
Approximately 127 wild horses would be
released back into the southern portion of
Salt Wells Creek to maintain the low number of 251 wild horses.
About 60 percent of the wild horse released would be treated with the fertility
drug.
The final population goal would include
63 studs and 14 mares or colts.
The estimated 586 wild horses removed
from the two locations would be shipped
to BLM holding facilities in Rock Springs,
Cañon City, Colo., or any other facilities to
be prepared for adoption or sale to qualified individuals.
The gathering operations are expected
to take four to six weeks to complete.
In looking at other options, the BLM
also considered only using fertility control
to lower the population, changing the acceptable population ranges or taking no
action at all.
According to a letter from the BLM, all
of the comments received during scoping
and the 30-day public review periods for
the environmental assessment were considered in the decision.
Death penalty
hearing begins
for Dale Eaton
Nicole Malicoat/Rocket-Miner
Cleaning Time
ROCK SPRINGS: Garrett Fletcher grooms his pig, Ruger, which he has raised since the end of May. Fletcher said this was his first
time to raise a swine. He said it was a lot of work, and he learned a lot. He and his mom, Shasta Fletcher, plan to raise another pig next year.
CHEYENNE (AP) — An attorney for
Wyoming’s only death row inmate called his
client’s former trial attorney to testify on the
first day of a hearing on the constitutionality of
Dale Wayne Eaton’s death sentence.
Eaton, 68, was convicted in 2004 of the 1988
rape and murder of 18-year-old Lisa Marie
Kimmell, of Billings, Mont. His current attorneys don’t dispute he committed the crime.
Instead, they question whether now-retired
public defender Wyatt Skaggs allocated enough
resources to the sentencing phase of Eaton’s
case a decade ago. They say the defense team
failed to find out from Eaton’s relatives important details about his background.
Those details included evidence of serious
mental illness that ran in Eaton’s family.
“That is huge. That is very significant that
evidence went undiscovered by the trial team,”
Eaton attorney Sean O’Brien said in the hearing before U.S. District Judge Alan Johnson on
Tuesday.
O’Brien described the public defender’s defense of Eaton as “fast and cheap.”
Wyoming law requires all 12 jurors to unanimously support death for the sentence to be
imposed instead of life in prison. O’Brien said
Eaton’s trial attorneys failed to produce evidence and witnesses who could have persuaded at least one juror not to impose the death
penalty.
An attorney with the Wyoming Attorney
General’s Office defended Skaggs. Deputy Attorney General Dave Delicath said Skaggs handled hundreds of cases over his career without
ever being found ineffective.
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County staff
looks back at
2013 rodeo
PAUL MURRAY
Rocket-Miner Staff Reporter
ROCK SPRINGS — County
staff discussed lessons learned
from the National High School
Finals Rodeo at the Sweetwater County Fair Board meeting
on July 23.
“It was a great run for us. We
were better prepared this year,”
Sweetwater County Events
Complex Executive Director
Larry Lloyd said.
Lloyd said there were a few
problems.
“All of the issues in any
small city are going to pop up
— law enforcement, health
care and so on,” he said. “I cannot tell you how much we appreciate the volunteers. It’s an
understatement of their dedication.”
He said the commitment of
the National High School
Rodeo Association to police its
own members kept problems
to a minimum.
“They have a policy of no
tolerance,” Lloyd said. “You
break the rules, you’re sent
home.”
He said while traffic and
store congestion did not occur
in 2012, it turned up this year.
“There were just a lot more
people in town,” Lloyd said.
“Rodeo visitors are more comfortable getting around. There
were more people in restaurants, more people in grocery
stores. They didn’t bring all
that stuff they brought with
them a year ago. They were
more comfortable buying it
here. The stock contractor was
happy, at least as happy as a
stock contractor can be.”
Sweetwater County commissioner John Kolb said the
2013 event was an overwhelming success. Kolb said a convenience store set a record for
gas sales during the rodeo and
there were many more rodeo
visitors to grocery stores.
Kolb said many of the impact expectations for last
year’s high school rodeo
turned out to be accurate for
this year.
LESSONS LEARNED
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NASA
He also talked about new
rovers that will be large enough to
take space voyagers on rides and
move materials faster.
He stressed NASA did not
close when it stopped sending
space shuttles into outer space.
“We had to look at ways on
how to get far,” he said.
Trina Stiefer, a design imaging
specialist at Johnson Space Center, said space discovery is a
group effort, regardless of whom
it is or what country they live in.
“It’s a global thing,” she said.
“We are in the process of getting
a new vehicle.”
Sean Collins, a graphic artist
with the Johnson Space Center,
said the exhibit is meant to let the
public know about the future
while touching on the past.
“It encompasses a little bit of
everything,” he said. “We are
moving into the new stage.”
People who visited the NASA
exhibit on Tuesday came away
impressed.
“I thought it was awesome,”
Rock Springs resident Joanne
Reuter said.
She said she watched the very
first space launch as a young
child.
“This is really important and
interesting,” she said.
Carmen Lakey also called the
exhibit awesome.
“I really enjoyed it,” she said.
“It was nice that you could touch
FAIR SCHEDULE
IA — Indoor Arena; GS — Grand Stand; HSO — Horse Show Office; SH — Small Hall; RPS —
Rabbit and Poultry Barn; EIA — East Indoor Arena; SB — Sheep Barn; MM — Magnificant
Midway; RMPS — Rocky Mountain Power Stage; FPL — Front Parking Lot; PT — Pepsi Tent;
MFFS — McDonald’s Family Fun Station; HP — Horseshoe Pits
WEDNESDAY, JULY 31
• 11 a.m.-9 p.m.
• 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
• 11 a.m.-10:45 p.m.
• 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
• Noon-11 p.m.
• Noon-3 p.m.
• Noon-12:30 p.m.
• 12:30-1 p.m.
• 1-4 p.m.
• 1-1:30 p.m.
• 1:30-2 p.m.
• 2-2:30 p.m.
• 2:30-3 p.m.
• 3-5 p.m.
Aussie Kingdom Exhibit, MM
Heart Felt Creations, EH
Teton Raptor Center Exhibit, MM
Kid's Town America, MM
Carnival Opens Front Parking Lot
4-H Swine Market Classes, IA
Diaper Derby, MFFS
McDonald's Family Fun Station
Aussie Kingdom Show, MM
4-H Sheep Showmanship & Market
Classes, IA
Washboard Willy, MM
Jeff Martin — The Blond Curly Haired
Magician, RMPS
Teton Raptor Center Show, MFFS
Hypnotist Richard Barker, RMPS
4-H Cat Show, SH/4-H Meeting
the rock that came from space.
Overall, it was a good experience.”
Nine-year-old Kimberly Blossom, who will be entering the
fourth grade in the fall, said the
exhibit was pretty cool, but what
she really enjoyed was trying on
the makeshift astronaut suit.
“There were different layers in
the suit,” Blossom said. “It was
fun.”
Richard Tijerina said the exhibit was good and informative.
He said he liked being able to
touch the rock that came from
space. He added his questions
about gravity had been answered
during the guided tour.
Rock Springs resident Steven
Wright, his wife, Louise and their
son, Cameron, also visited the
the time of the crash. Fennell was
cited for no seat belt, speeding
too fast for conditions, and failure
to maintain lane of travel.
Authorities said alcohol was
not a factor in the crash.
Both the Fennell vehicle and
the impacted property at 109
Clearview were extensively damaged.
INVESTIGATES
Both Fennell and her passenger were examined at the scene
by ambulance personnel and released.
No one was at the residence at
Lawyers: Toss lawsuit by Hill petition supporters
CASPER (AP) — Lawyers for the state of
Wyoming say a state court lacks the authority to
grant more time to organizers of a petition drive
seeking to restore power to the superintendent of
public instruction.
Instead, the state Attorney General’s Office says
a Laramie District Court judge should toss a lawsuit
against Secretary of State Max Maxfield.
The lawsuit claims Maxfield violated the rights of
petition supporters by taking too long to provide
them with petition forms.
Petition sponsor Jennifer Young wants another
90 days to gather signatures challenging a new law
that removed schools Superintendent Cindy Hill as
head of the education department. Their petition
drive this past spring fell well short of the signatures
needed. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that no
court date has been set for the case.
• 3-3:30 p.m.
• 3:30-4:30 p.m.
• 3:30-4:30 p.m.
• 3:30-4 p.m.
• 3:45-4:15 p.m.
• 4:30-5 p.m
• 4:45-5:15 p.m.
• 5:30-6 p.m.
• 6-6:30 p.m.
• 6-6:30 p.m.
• 6:30-10 p.m.
• 6:30-7 p.m.
• 7-7:30 p.m.
• 7:15-7:45 p.m.
• 7:15-8 p.m.
• 7:15-8 p.m.
• 7:45-8:15 p.m.
• 8-8:30 p.m.
• 8:30-9:30 p.m.
Ronald McDonald, MFFS
4-H Pocket Pet Show, SH/4-H Meeting
Aussie Kingdom Show, MM
Leapin' Louie, RMPS
Teton Raptor Center Show, MFFS
Kid's Make it with Cereal
Contest, MFFS
Washboard Willy, RMPS
Quiz Whiz Game Show, MFFS
Aussie Kingdom Show, MM
Hypnotist Richard Barker, RMPS
Open Horse Show, IA
Fair Board Cookie Contest, MFFS
Jeff Martin — The Blond Curly Haired
Magician, RMPS
Quiz Whiz Game Show, MFFS
Doo Wah Riders,
1st Bank Main Stage
Doo Wah Riders, PT
Leapin' Louie, RMPS
Teton Raptor Center Show, MFFS’
Montgomery Gentry — in concert,
1st Bank Main Stage
NASA exhibit.
“It was very informative and
well laid out,” Steven Wright said.
He said having a guide explain
things made the experience
much better.
Louise Wright said she was a
little surprised to learn that
NASA was still in operation.
Cameron Wright also said he
was impressed with the exhibit.
“It was good,” he said. “They
had an actual rock from the
moon.”
Lloyd said they are already
learning to apply lessons to the
2014 event, particularly relating to golf carts. One family
from Texas said there were not
enough golf carts to go around.
Lloyd said he is thinking of
having a shuttle service in
2014 to serve those who cannot afford to rent a golf cart.
“Some families come here
on a shoestring,” Lloyd said.
“One family from Nevada
spent all of the money they
could afford just to get here.”
Board member Paul Zancanella said there could be a
two-golf cart limit per family in
2014, not four per family, to allow more rodeo visitors to rent
carts. Lloyd said if people do
not pick up reserved golf carts
on time, they could be released
to others.
Board member Faith Harris
said Lloyd and his staff
worked hard to make the 2013
event a success.
Lloyd said many of his staff
did not leave the Events Complex until 1 a.m. or 2 a.m. during the high school rodeo.
“Your sense of humor falls
away, but you have to get that
back,” Lloyd said.
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Tiny Tots Pinups
SHARP-DRESSED GUY: Kiefer
Jason Crompton celebrates his
2nd birthday on July 31, 2013.
He is the son of Jason and Jan
Crompton of Rock Springs. His
grandparents are John and
Becky Yerkovich of Rock
Springs and Jay and Elsie
Crompton of Evanston. His
great-grandparents are Annie
Phillips
and
MaryAnn
Yerkovich, both of Rock
Springs, and Ted and Kate
Keyes of Evanston.
MATTHEW PERRONE
AP Health Writer
Vacation Bible School
ROCK SPRINGS: Emmanuel Baptist Church Vacation Bible School Director Mindy Wright, students and parents presented a $1,306 check to Inside Connection. Children collected money for the donation during the
five days of Vacation Bible School. Judy Crabtree and Owen Krysl accepted the check on behalf of Inside
Connection.
Green River Wolf Pack
GREEN RIVER: Members of the fourth- and fifth-grade division Green River Wolf Pack took first in their division at the Big Piney three-on-three basketball tournament on July 20. Team members include, from left,
Jason Richmond, Jacob Fuss, Colin Malec and Destry Stevenson.
Yankees
ROCK SPRINGS: Members of the Rookies division Yankees team include, front from left, Marshall Bowen,
Haiden Bledsoe, Kasen Starr, Brody Bodenhagen and David Casillas; second row, Cameron May, Jonas
Slater, Emiliano Gonzalez, Matthew Johnson and Dalton Marncic; and, in back, coaches Doug Bodenhagen,
Jim Johnson, Casey Bowen and Brian Marncic.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Food and Drug Administration
is cracking down on more than
a dozen companies that market
illegal treatments for diabetes,
ranging from bogus dietary
supplements to prescription
drugs sold online without a prescription.
All of the products aim to
cash in on the country’s diabetes epidemic, which affects
nearly 26 million Americans.
Regulators worry that consumers who buy such unapproved products could put off
getting legitimate medical care,
which could exacerbate heart
disease, kidney failure and other deadly complications.
The FDA sent warning letters to 15 companies, both in
the U.S. and abroad, ordering
them to stop selling diabetes
treatments which violate U.S.
drug laws.
Three of the products targeted are marketed as “natural”
supplements, but actually contain unlisted pharmaceutical ingredients. For example, Diexi,
which is sold as a traditional Indian “herbal formula,” actually
contains metformin, the most
common prescription drug
used to treat diabetes. The
product is sold by Amrutam
Life Care, of Surat, India.
“Consumers should exercise
caution before using products
claiming to be herbal or all-natural alternatives to FDA-approved prescription drugs,” the
agency said in a statement
Tuesday. “These products
should be considered unsafe
and should not be used.”
Other products include genuine dietary supplements that
make unproven claims to treat
or prevent diabetes. For example, Diabetes Daily Care is a
capsule-based supplement containing cinnamon extract and
other herbs. Its manufacturer,
Nature’s Health Supply Inc.,
claims it “safely and effectively
improves sugar metabolism.”
Under U.S. law, only FDA-approved medicines are permitted to make claims for treating
or preventing disease.
Other companies targeted by
the FDA run online pharmacies
that sell prescription drugs for
diabetes without a prescription.
The FDA issued a warning letter to www.bestcheapmedsonline.com for marketing unapproved versions of diabetes
drugs like Januvia, from Merck
& Co. Inc.
The FDA warns patients
against buying prescription
medications on the Internet.
Only 3 percent of online pharmacies actually comply with all
U.S. pharmacy laws, according
to a review by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. People with diabetes are unable to properly break down
carbohydrates, either because
their bodies do not produce
enough insulin or because
they’ve become resistant to the
hormone, which controls blood
sugar levels.
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AROUND SWEETWATER COUNTY
Join the mayor for
coffee and tea
GREEN RIVER — The
Golden Hour Senior Center
will begin hosting a monthly
coffee and tea time with the
Green River mayor beginning
in August.
The event
is scheduled
for the first
Thursday of
every month.
“We
are
excited
to
welcome
Mayor
Castillon to MAYOR HANK
join us at the CASTILLON
senior center
to sit and chat with our local
seniors as they discuss issues
or concerns in the community.
This is open to anyone that
would like to join us,” Golden
Hour Senior Center Activities
Coordinator Mikaela Young
said.
Coffee will be served from
10:30-11:30 a.m. on Thursday,
Aug 1.
Other bridge players included Shirley Gasperetti and
Mary Lou Jessen, Brent
Costantino and Paul Costantino, Sue Kearns and Ann Reinhart and Carole and Steve
Myska.
The club plays games at the
SS. Cyril and Methodius
Parish Center starting at noon
every Wednesday. Margo Kos
and Zebre are in charge of the
games and welcome new players.
Bauman, Blackwell
win at YAH pinochle
ROCK SPRINGS — Joyce
Bauman won the July 25
pinochle games played at the
Young at Heart Recreational
Center.
Sam Blackwell placed second, and Frank Willoughby
came in third.
Other pinochle players included Betty DuPape, Joi
Jensen, Babe Mayberry and
Jim Rafferty.
Chapter BC to meet
Reifel, Hixson win at Thursday, Aug. 1
ROCK SPRINGS — Membridge games
bers of P.E.O. Chapter BC will
ROCK SPRINGS — Al
Reifel and Brady Hixson won
the July 24 Wednesday Afternoon Duplicate Bridge Club
games.
The teams of Lois Zebre and
Mary Bunning and Dianne
Fenton and Shari Uhls tied for
second.
meet at 1:15 p.m. Thursday,
Aug. 1, at the First Congregational Church, 1275 Adams
Ave., Rock Springs.
Mary Marietta will be the
hostess. Anna Gummere and
Becky Costantino will be the
co-hostesses. Elaine Dufford
will present the program.
BIRTH
Twin Vases born
EVANSTON
—
Twins
Brody Ray Vase and Brook-
lynn Dee Vase were born in
Evanston to Miles and Joyce
Vase on May, 4, 2013.
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Dayflowers are pretty
but recall something sad
LEE REICH
Associated Press
The cheery blue color of dayflowers
(Commelina communis) — so named
because each flower lasts but a day
— does nothing to dispel some pity
I feel for them.
Not that the petals cry out for
sympathy. You have to get fairly
close to the plant, or really stop
and look at it, to even see its blossoms. Its stems and leaves,
though, are bold, seemingly ready
to gobble up any piece of ground
they can grab with their succulence and lushness.
Aggressive growth coupled with
almost inconspicuous flowers could
categorize any plant as a “weed.” And
many species of dayflower are considered just that, especially in parts of the
South and Southwest. But name calling is
not what stirs up my sympathies for this
plant.
THE BROTHERS COMMELINA
Take an even closer look at a dayflower.
Zoom in on the flower, and below the two
prominent, azure petals you’ll see a third
petal, pale compared to the other two and
much smaller.
The petals are what give dayflower its
botanical name. Carl von Linnaeus, the
founder of our system of plant nomenclature,
gave dayflowers the botanical name Commelina to honor two 18th century Dutch
brothers who were stars in botany at the time.
But there was a third brother too, less successful than the other two and represented by
the dayflower’s pale, relatively inconspicuous
petal. More generous accounts say the third
brother died young, before he was able to
leave his mark on botany. At any rate, what a
sad thing to be immortalized for one’s deficiencies.
GOOD KIN FOR DAYFLOWER
Despite being called a weed and memorializing someone’s lack of accomplishment,
dayflowers keep good company. Among their
kin is the popular houseplant called wandering Jew, appreciated for the way its drooping,
purple-tinted stems impart a tropical lushness
to heated homes in the winter.
Another dayflower
relative is Moses-in-aboat, with lurid purple, spiky leaves. The
name comes from the
fat flowers that nestle
down in the folds of the
leaves. Moses-in-a-boat is
sometimes grown as a
houseplant, but my favorite sight of it was outdoors in the tropics,
grown as groundcover
to create swathes of
purple that contrasted
with adjacent beds
plush with lime
green baby’stears.
Among outdoor plants in
colder regions, dayflowers’ best
known relatives are spiderworts. Spiderworts look much like dayflowers, except the
flowers are larger and have only two petals.
AND SOME MORE
MEMORABLE KIN
Linnaeus named spiderworts for other
prominent botanists, the Tradescants. Naturalist and plant collector John Tradescant
I, often referred to as the “father of English
gardening,” was head gardener to King
Charles I. His equally accomplished son, a
royal gardener as well, was among the first
European plant explorers to the New
World. Like dayflowers, spiderworts can
spread aggressively.
I’m not going to call dayflowers “weeds”
in my garden.
Their lush greenery is welcome and so
far under control. And a close, close look at
any of the green-hooded flowers reveals
hidden beauty. From the base of the two
prominent, blue petals arise three tiny
sepals (modified petals), each like a
flower itself with three yellow lobes and
a dark maroon center. From below these
sepals swoop forward two anthers, behind which — and not to be missed — is
that third, pale petal.
Returns of shelter pets can satisfy others
SUE MANNING
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The
luckiest day of Niblett’s life had to
be when he was returned to the
animal shelter in Virginia where
he had been adopted.
Excessive barking when he was
left alone in the yard earned the
terrier mix his return trip in 2000.
But he was soon re-adopted by
Robin Robertson Starr, the chief
executive officer of the Richmond
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, whose family
loved him unconditionally and
never left him alone again.
“He is one of the most beloved
pets of my whole life, my dog that
I adore with all of my heart,” Starr
said of the 16-year-old pooch.
Many shelter workers do all
they can to find the right fit the
first time. They use sleepovers,
“Meet Your Match” surveys, satisfaction guarantees, foster programs and TV spotlights on pets.
Despite a rigorous approval
process, there will always be bad
matches.
And sometimes, that works out
just fine.
The average shelter gets about
10 percent of its adoptees back,
according to the SPCA. Shelter
workers don’t want owners or
pets to suffer from a mismatch
and with fewer shelters killing unwanted animals, it’s easier on the
conscience to return a pet that
doesn’t work out.
People return pets for a wide
variety of legitimate reasons— including allergies, loss of a job, a
death in the family — and plenty
of questionable ones. There was
the beagle that sniffed grass too
hard, the dog who loved too much
and the pooch who didn’t match
the sofa.
“We do have some wacky reasons because there are a number
The Red Desert Humane Society hosts several adoption events like Rescue Camp 2013 pictured above. The
Red Desert Humane Society in Rock Springs accepts pet returns if the owners are unhappy. Sometimes a
return can result in a better life for the pet and a happier experience for the new owner.
of wacky people out there, but the
vast majority of people are very
sincere and committed about
adoptions,” Starr said.
A few months ago, Leah Morgan and her family, including 4year-old black Lab mix Olive,
spent time at Wayside Waifs in
Grandview, Mo., before deciding
to adopt a 9-month-old mutt
named Bloo.
The shelter said the previous
owners could not afford him, but
other problems surfaced once
they got him home.
Bloo destroyed the blinds, the
carpet, chewed through the wood
trim, and shredded his ball and
other toys into confetti. When put
in a kennel, he urinated and acted
out. He growled at everyone in the
house, including her 8- and 13year-old children.
“I was on edge, constantly worried that he would bite somebody,”
said Morgan, who owns a yoga
studio. So she took him back.
“I felt a little guilty, of course,”
she said. “Even after a week, you
have an emotional attachment. I
think he can be a good dog, I just
can’t be the one to make that happen.”
“We might feel like we failed,”
said Dr. Emily Weiss, vice president of shelter research and development for the American Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals. “But we appreciate that
somebody cared enough to bring
them back. We want the experience of living with an animal to be
a good one for both parties.”
Future owners are told if an animal has been returned and why.
Pets returned for behavior or
aggression problems might be offered to a rescue organization for
rehab, said Jan Selder, director of
field operations for Los Angeles
Animal Services. If the dog or cat
needs socialization, it might be
sent to a foster home.
But if the problem was not the
fault of the animal, such as owner allergies or, say, clashing color
schemes, it will immediately be
offered for re-adoption.
Returns are even fair game on
the popular adopt-a-pet segments
on local TV in Los Angeles.
A kitten named Bridget was
adopted July 6 and returned July
10. The family said they didn’t
know she would require so much
attention. On July 10, Selder took
Bridget to KNBC-TV and told her
story. The kitty had a new home
that afternoon.
REASONS FOR RETURNS
Reasons a dog or cat might be returned to
shelter
Despite the best efforts of shelters to find
good homes for pets, about 10 percent of
adoptions don’t work out and the dogs or
cats are returned. Here is a sampling of reasons cited by several shelters for returned
pets, ranging from fathomable to farfetched.
• Moving or lifestyle changes.
• Allergies.
• Lost job, house or loved one.
• Doesn’t get along with other pets.
• Got too big.
• Doesn’t match the sofa or rug.
• Golden retriever that liked to swim
clogged pool filter.
• Too time-consuming.
• Too expensive.
• Too playful.
• Too lazy.
• Loves too much.
• Not cuddly enough.
Source: The Associated Press
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
LIFESTYLES BRIEFS
Avoid common
what-not-to-say
moments with
new parents
legislative bodies, like the City
Council.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg,
the driving force behind the
regulation, promised a quick
appeal.
NEW YORK (AP) — We
didn’t do that in my day.
What, not breast-feeding?
Your life will never be the
same.
From diet tips to “little
baby, little problems,” sleepdeprived and super-stressed
new parents have heard it all.
And they want you to stop it.
Devon Clement is a postpartum doula in Princeton,
N.J. Basically, her job description is to be helpful to new
parents. She has overheard
some doozies and made up a
facetious script for clients to
hang on their doors. It covers
a lot of ground:
“Dear Guests,
Thank you so much for
coming to see our new addition(s), and for bringing your
smiles, gifts, and good wishes.
Thank you, also, for leaving
your germs at home! If you
think you may be sick, we’ll
have a visit by waving at each
other through the window. We
also greatly appreciate the hot
or
easy-to-heat-up
meal
you’ve brought us, and the
fact that you plan to keep your
visit nice and short.
We’ve had a busy few
days/weeks around here, so
please excuse the mess in the
house and the fact that I am
still in my pajamas. ... I may
need to breast-feed while you
are here. If this offends you or
makes you uncomfortable, I
keep some blankets close by
for you to put over your head.
While we find it very interesting to hear your stories
about what things were like
when you had your babies,
please keep your advice to
yourself unless asked, especially if it comes with an air of
judgment. We have enough information coming at us, and
we are doing OK, thanks.”
Cold caps tested to
prevent hair loss
during chemo
Appeals court:
NYC’s big-soda ban
is unconstitutional
NEW YORK (AP) — New
York City’s crackdown on big,
sugary sodas is staying on ice.
A midlevel state appeals
court ruled Tuesday that the
city’s Board of Health exceeded its legal authority when it
voted last year to put a 16ounce size limit on high-calorie soft drinks served in
restaurants, theaters, stadiums, sidewalk food carts and
many other places.
In a unanimous opinion, a
four-judge panel of the state
Supreme Court Appellate Division said that while the
board has the power to ban
“inherently harmful” foodstuffs from being served to the
public, sweetened beverages
don’t fall into that category.
Soda consumption is not necessarily harmful when done in
moderation, the court wrote,
and therefore “cannot be classified as a health hazard per
se.”
The panel didn’t address
whether the size limit would
have infringed on personal liberties, but said that in adopting it, the health board improperly assumed broad lawmaking powers given only to
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Hair loss is one of chemotherapy’s most despised side effects, not because of vanity
but because it fuels stigma —
revealing to the world an illness that many would rather
keep private.
Now U.S. researchers are
about to put an experimental
hair-preserving treatment to a
rigorous test: to see if strapping on a cap so cold it numbs
the scalp during chemotherapy really works well enough to
be used widely in this country,
as it is in Europe and Canada.
The first time Miriam Lipton had breast cancer, her
thick locks fell out two weeks
after starting chemotherapy.
But when the disease struck
again, she used a cold cap during treatment and kept much
of her hair, making her fight
for survival seem a bit easier.
“I didn’t necessarily want to
walk around the grocery store
answering questions about my
cancer,” recalled Lipton, 45, of
San Francisco. “If you look
OK on the outside, it can help
you feel, ‘OK, this is manageable, I can get through this.”’
Near-freezing temperatures
are supposed to reduce blood
flow in the scalp, making it
harder for cancer-fighting
drugs to reach and harm hair
follicles. But while several
types of cold caps are sold
around the world, the Food
and Drug Administration hasn’t approved their use in the
U.S.
Salad pegged in
Iowa, Neb.
cyclospora outbreak
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) —
Health officials in Iowa and
Nebraska on Tuesday identified prepackaged salad mix as
the source of a severe stomach
bug that sickened hundreds of
people in both states, but federal authorities said it’s not
clear whether cyclospora outbreaks elsewhere in the U.S.
are also linked to that produce.
Cyclospora is a rare parasite
that causes a lengthy gastrointestinal illness, and outbreaks
of the illness have been reported in 15 states. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention said Tuesday that
it’s not clear whether all of the
illnesses are linked to a single
source. The outbreak has sickened at least 145 residents in
Iowa and 78 in Nebraska.
Nebraska officials said the
salad mix in question included
iceberg and romaine lettuce,
along with red cabbage and
carrots, which came through
national distribution chains.
They did not identify specific
brands. A Nebraska health department spokeswoman said
the agency was working with
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to get a “clear
picture” of which were involved and whether they’re
tied to one common source.
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Post 24 denied in final home game
Wheatland bats too
much for Rock Springs
in 17-5 setback in
regular-season finale
ROBERT MORGAN
Rocket-Miner Sports Reporter
ROCK SPRINGS — The Archie
Hay American Legion Post 24
baseball team had one more
chance to capture its first home
win of the season against a young
but talented Wheatland pitching
staff.
Post 24 managed a few runs
this weekend but not enough to
keep pace with the Lobos. The
Wheatland bats were too hot on a
cool afternoon and scored six runs
in each the fourth and seventh innings to get a 17-5 win via the mercy rule.
Rock Springs, which earned two
road wins this year, will hope for a
little more away magic as it prepares for the state tournament.
Archie Hay will face No. 1 seed
Cheyenne Post 6 in the first round.
WHEATLAND
After a scoreless first inning
against Wheatland, the visitors got
on the board in the second inning
with two runs on three singles.
The Lobos tried to make it three,
but Aaron Mortensen tagged a
runner out at home following a
throw by Brayden Tolar to end the
inning.
Wheatland was quiet until the
BASEBALL
SCHEDULE
AA at Cheyenne
Wednesday, July 31
No. 3 South Cheyenne Hawks vs.
No. 2 North Casper Oilers, 9:30 a.m.
No. 3 North Sheridan Troopers vs.
No. 2 South Jackson Giants, 12:30
p.m.
No. 4 North Gillette Roughriders
vs. No. 1 South Wheatland Lobos, 4
p.m.
No. 4 South Rock Springs Archie
Hay Post 24 vs. No. 1 North
Cheyenne Post 6, 7 p.m.
Robert Morgan/Rocket-Miner
Aaron Mortensen, No. 17, rounds third base on his way home while teammate Riley Tolar, No. 10, jogs
to third base. Mortensen hit a two-run double to set up a late rally, but it was not enough in a 17-5 loss
to the Wheatland Lobos.
fourth inning, where it tacked on
six more runs. Two singles, a double and a triple helped fuel the big
inning and an 8-0 Lobo lead.
Post 24 ended its silence in the
bottom half of the fourth inning.
Skye Parr drew a one-out walk,
and Aaron Mortensen and Riley
Tolar were hit by pitches to load
the bases.
Austin Mortensen had the big
blast of the inning when he planted a two-run double in center field
to end the shutout. Rock Springs
was unable to get any more runs
home after a strike out, and Tolar
was caught stealing at home plate.
Wheatland added one run in the
fifth inning and two in the sixth inning.
Post 24 chalked up three runs in
its half of the sixth inning. Austin
Mohar and Aaron Mortensen got
on via walks to start things. Austin
Mortensen followed with a single
to knock in one run. Post 24
scored two more runs on ground
balls to make it an 11-5 ballgame.
The Lobos ended any rally
hopes in the seventh inning. They
used three errors, two singles and
a double to score six runs to make
it 17-5.
Rock Springs needed three runs
in the bottom half of the inning to
avoid the mercy rule, but Wheatland pitcher Trey Becket struck
out all three batters to end the
game.
Green River falls to Laramie in 3 games
Knights settle for
second seed at this
week’s state tournament
LARAMIE — The Green River
Knights baseball team was just
seven innings away from potentially winning the district and the top
seed at the state tournament.
The team defeated Laramie in
the first game of a best-of-three series and only needed one win to
seal the deal.
That didn’t happen as the
Rangers unleashed a lethal offensive attack and scored double-digit runs in the next two games to
win the series.
GAME THREE
The American Legion Laramie
Rangers accomplished its first
mission with speed.
The Rangers beat the Green
River Knights, 12-7, Saturday afternoon to win the final game of the
series to secure the Class A South
District tournament title and earn
a top seed for the state tournament in Gillette.
Laramie (31-17-1) now moves on
to its next mission and will face
North No. 4 and host Gillette at 8
p.m. Wednesday in the opening
round of the Class A state tourney.
Green River is the second seed
and will take on the Cody Cubs at
9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Laramie stole six bases and also
flustered the Knights’ defense into
multiple mistakes on steal attempts. Green River committed 12
errors in the game.
“Being really aggressive is
something we always like to do,”
Rangers catcher Alex Jordan said.
“It puts (other teams) out of their
rhythm and helps get us where we
need to be.”
Jordan had Laramie’s only extra-base hit with a run batted in
double in the ninth inning. He
joined Abel Casas and Drew Burman in the top three in the order
as each scored three runs each.
“We wanted to put the pressure
on, (Green River) and we started
out doing that,” Laramie manager
Rich Wilson said. “Then halfway
through we looked a little lack-
adaisical, but we managed to be far
enough ahead to hold onto the
win. Some days are like that when
you are tired at the end of a tournament. But I am pleased with the
way we battled with just nine
guys.”
The Rangers got a complete
game effort from pitcher Chance
Jones, who plunked Knights’ leadoff hitter Tyler Wood on the first
pitch of the game before settling
down the rest of the way.
“I felt really confident with my
fastball and curveball, which
helped me a lot throughout the
game,” Jones said.
Jones scattered 13 hits and gave
up seven runs, including five
earned. Four of those runs, including three earned, were in the seventh and ninth innings after
Laramie had a comfortable 9-3
lead. He also recorded two walks
and two strikeouts.
“It’s great catching for Chance.
He has really great stuff and he
kept his spots today,” Jordan said.
Meanwhile, the defense for
Green River (27-17) failed to back
up starter Mike Pelletier, who gave
up eight hits and 10 runs with only
three of those runs earned. He also
had five walks and four strikeouts
in seven innings.
Willie Zajic pitched the final two
innings for the Knights. He gave
up three hits and two runs, with
one earned, with one strikeout and
no walks. It was not enough to
make up the team’s 12 errors that
allowed Laramie to score enough
to get the decision.
The Rangers took control of the
game by scoring four runs in the
third inning and three more in the
fourth for an 8-2 lead.
Casas and Jordan had back-toback singles to spark the Rangers
in the third inning. Casas stole second and scored on a single from
Jordan. Burman got on base on an
error, and Kacey Bernaski was
walked to load the bases.
Jordan scored on Taylor Dodd’s
RBI groundout. Nate Hill then singled Burman and Bernaski home.
The Rangers head to Gillette on
Tuesday after a few light practice
sessions on Sunday and Monday.
The winner of the Class A state
tournament plays in the Northwest Regional the following week
in Wheatland.
The Laramie Deputies junior
varsity team beat Gillette 10-3 in
the first game of bracket play Saturday at the American Legion
Baseball B State Tournament in
Sheridan.
The Deputies then lost to
Cheyenne 16-4 later in the afternoon to end its season. The
Deputies finished the year with an
overall record of 15-10.
reach base safely all six times to go
with two RBI and two runs.
Burman and Casas also got the
job done on the mound.
Burman got the win in three innings of work and Casas handled
the next four innings. Burman
gave up five hits, two earned runs,
two walks and had four strikeouts.
Casas followed by allowing six
hits, four runs, including two
earned, one walk to go with four
punch outs.
GAME TWO
It was a team effort up and
down the lineup Friday night at
Cowboy Field for the Laramie
Rangers during the Class A South
District tournament.
The Rangers played without two
players, didn’t have a bench with
only nine players in uniform, and
already lost the first game (8-4)
Thursday of a best-of-three series
with Green River.
But the offense came alive early and often as the Rangers beat
the Knights 17-6 in seven innings
to force a third game in the series.
Friday’s game was cut short due to
the 10-run mercy rule.
Laramie (30-17-1) and Green
River (27-16) were champions
from the Southeast and Southwest, respectively, and were already assured a spot for state before this weekend.
Laramie played as the visitor
Friday night after being on the
wrong end of a pre-game coin flip.
The Rangers were without Tyler
Loose, who is at a state All-Star
basketball commitment, and
Tommy Johnson, who sprained
his ankle Thursday night.
“With those two gone and being
a leader, I knew I had to step up
tonight,” Casas said. “The whole
team was a little down (Thursday)
because we came out flat and
knew that wasn’t the way we play.
Tonight we all tried to prove something.”
Casas proved his power outage
at the plate on Thursday was a
fluke with a leadoff double in the
top of the first inning to spark a
four-run rally. Casas has also had
three singles, an RBI, drew a walk
and scored four runs.
Drew Burman joined Casas
with more to prove at the plate
with three singles, three walks to
STATE SCHEDULE
State tournament at Gillette
Wednesday, July 31
No. 3 North Cody Cubs vs. No. 2
South Green River Knights, 9:30
a.m.
No. 3 South Evanston Outlaws vs.
No. 2 North Douglas Cats, 12:30
p.m.
No. 4 South Rawlins Generals vs.
No. 1 North Powell Pioneers, 4 p.m.
No. 4 North Gillette Rustlers vs. No.
1 South Laramie Rangers, 8 p.m.
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UW Cowboys open fall
camp with first practice
on Tuesday, Aug. 6
LARAMIE — Anticipation is
high for kickoff of the 2013 University of Wyoming football season as Wyoming returns one of
the nation’s top passing offenses
from last season, keyed by AllAmerica candidate Brett Smith at
quarterback and 2013 Biletnikoff
Award Candidate Robert Herron
at wide receiver.
The next step in the Cowboys’
preparation for the 2013 season
will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 6,
at 8:45 a.m. when they conduct
their first practice of fall camp.
Wyoming head coach Dave
Christensen will welcome back 15
starters — seven on offense, seven on defense and his team’s
starting place-kicker — as he begins his fifth season guiding the
Cowboy football program.
All fall camp practices (Aug. 6Aug. 21) will be open to media
and the general public and will be
conducted on the grass practice
field just southwest of War
Memorial Stadium or on Jonah
Field at War Memorial Stadium.
The Cowboys will conduct
three fall scrimmages on: Sunday,
Aug. 11 (10 a.m); Saturday, Aug. 17
(10 a.m.); and Wednesday, Aug. 21
(8:45 a.m.) Those scrimmages
are all free and open to the media
and the public.
In regard to UW’s 2013 television schedule, it was announced
on Monday that an additional television game has been added to
Wyoming’s 2013 schedule. Texas
State and their conference, the
Sun Belt Conference, announced
Monday that Wyoming’s road
game at Texas State on Saturday,
Sept. 28, will be televised live on
the Longhorn Network, beginning at 5 p.m., Mountain time.
A year ago, Wyoming ranked
No. 2 in the Mountain West Conference and No. 39 in the nation
in passing offense, averaging
265.4 yards passing per game.
Smith keyed that offensive attack,
ranking No. 5 in the nation in
points responsible for, generating
20.2 points per game. The only
four individuals he trailed in that
category were: 2012 Heisman
Trophy winner Johnny Manziel of
Texas A&M (21.7 points per
game); quarterback Tajh Boyd of
Clemson (21.5 ppg); and fellow
quarterbacks and 2013 NFL draft
picks Matt Barkley of USC (20.4
ppg) and Geno Smith of West Virginia (20.3 ppg). Wyoming’s
Smith also ranked No. 11 in the
nation in passing efficiency (157.7
rating), No. 16 in total offense
(308.5 yards per game) and No.
21 in passing yards (283.7 yards
per game) as a sophomore in
2012.
The Cowboys are coming off a
strong finish to the 2012 season.
Wyoming won three of its final
four games of the year after Smith
regained his health. He missed
two complete games and part of
a third due to injury last season.
Wyoming lost those three games
by three points to Toledo, by two
points to Cal Poly and by one
point to Air Force.
Returning, along with Smith, is
one of the deepest receiving corps
Wyoming has had in many years.
That talented receiving group is
led by senior Herron, who has
been named to the 2013 Biletnikoff Award Watch List after
catching 31 passes for 657 yards
and eight touchdowns as a junior.
Like Smith, Herron missed time
due to injury in 2012. He played in
eight of UW’s 12 games and was
the only player in the Mountain
West to record two games of over
150 receiving yards last season
(173 yards and two TDs at Texas
and 187 yards and two TDs vs.
San Diego State). While he fell
one game shy of qualifying for
conference and NCAA rankings,
Herron’s average of 82.1 receiving
yards per game would have
ranked No. 2 in the conference.
Both Smith and Herron earned
Honorable Mention All-Mountain
West honors last season.
While that explosive receiving
unit did suffer one key loss with
the graduation of senior Chris
McNeill, who led the Cowboys
with 63 catches for 722 yards on
way to earning Second Team AllMW honors, every other player
who caught a pass last season returns. In addition to Herron, juniors Dominic Rufran and Jalen
Claiborne and senior running
back Brandon Miller each caught
30 or more passes on the season.
Wyoming will focus on improving its running game in 2013 to
balance its offensive attack. The
running back position also has
depth with senior Miller, sophomore Shaun Wick and two talented freshmen in Omar Stover and
Joshua Tapscott all vying for playing time. Add to that group shortyardage specialist Tedder Easton,
a senior, and the always dangerous Smith, and Christensen’s
spread offense would appear to
have plenty of weapons to improve on its impressive offensive
numbers of a year ago.
Defensively, the Cowboys
know they must improve in 2013
to contend for their third bowl
game in the last five seasons. The
defense returns seven starters
from last season, and has made
the switch from a 4-3 to 3-4 defensive scheme to better suit the
team’s personnel.
Included among the returning
starters are defensive linemen
Patrick Mertens, a senior, and
Sonny Puletasi, a junior. The secondary is deep with experienced
senior Marqueston Huff, and talented juniors Blair Burns and
Darrenn White returning. The
linebacking corps receives a big
boost with the return of senior
Devyn Harris, who was injured in
the 2012 season opener and
missed the remainder of the season. Harris is the projected
starter at middle linebacker. He
has 16 career starts to his credit.
Sophomore Siaosi Hala’api’api,
who took over for Harris at middle linebacker, returns to play the
“Buck” outside linebacker position this year. While the defense
suffered some key injuries down
the stretch last season, specifically losing senior defensive linemen
Kurt Taufa’asau and Miraldo
Michel to injury for several
games, it created an opportunity
for current senior Justin Bernthaler and current sophomore
Eddie Yarbrough to excel and
gain experience.
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MLB STANDINGS
The Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L
Tampa Bay
64 43
Boston
64 44
Baltimore
59 48
New York
55 50
Toronto
48 57
Pct
.598
.593
.551
.524
.457
GB
—
1/2
5
8
15
WCGB
—
—
—
3
10
L10
8-2
5-5
5-5
4-6
3-7
Str
W-2
W-1
W-1
W-1
L-1
Home
35-19
35-20
31-22
29-25
28-28
Away
29-24
29-24
28-26
26-25
20-29
W
60
58
51
45
40
L
45
48
51
57
64
Pct
.571
.547
.500
.441
.385
GB
—
2 1/2
7 1/2
13 1/2
19 1/2
WCGB
—
1/2
5 1/2
11 1/2
17 1/2
L10
8-2
7-3
8-2
6-4
2-8
Str
W-4
W-6
W-6
L-1
L-5
Home
33-19
35-19
27-24
23-24
22-28
Away
27-26
23-29
24-27
22-33
18-36
W
63
57
50
48
35
L
43
49
56
56
70
Pct
.594
.538
.472
.462
.333
GB
—
6
13
14
27 1/2
WCGB
—
1 1/2
8 1/2
9 1/2
23
L10
7-3
3-7
6-4
3-7
2-8
Str
W-4
W-1
L-1
L-4
L-2
Home
34-16
30-24
29-28
27-28
18-37
Away
29-27
27-25
21-28
21-28
17-33
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
Atlanta
62
Washington
52
Philadelphia
50
New York
48
Miami
40
L
45
55
56
56
65
Pct
.579
.486
.472
.462
.381
GB
—
10
11 1/2
12 1/2
21
WCGB
—
7
8 1/2
9 1/2
18
L10
7-3
4-6
2-8
5-5
5-5
Str
W-5
L-1
W-1
W-2
L-2
Home
36-15
31-25
27-21
21-30
23-30
Away
26-30
21-30
23-35
27-26
17-35
W
63
62
59
48
45
L
42
42
48
57
61
Pct
.600
.596
.551
.457
.425
GB
—
1/2
5
15
18 1/2
WCGB
—
—
—
10
13 1/2
L10
7-3
4-6
4-6
5-5
5-5
Str
W-2
L-5
L-4
L-2
W-2
Home
34-18
32-17
32-17
22-28
26-29
Away
29-24
30-25
27-31
26-29
19-32
W
56
54
51
49
46
L
48
52
57
58
59
Pct
.538
.509
.472
.458
.438
GB
—
3
7
8 1/2
10 1/2
WCGB
—
4 1/2
8 1/2
10
12
L10
9-1
4-6
4-6
7-3
2-8
Str
W-3
L-3
L-2
W-3
L-5
Home
30-24
30-24
31-26
28-23
28-27
Away
26-24
24-28
20-31
21-35
18-32
West Division
Oakland
Texas
Seattle
Los Angeles
Houston
Central Division
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Milwaukee
West Division
Los Angeles
Arizona
Colorado
San Diego
San Francisco
Ready to roll
Brianna Bocox heads to world speedskating meet
ALEX RILEY
Central Division
Detroit
Cleveland
Kansas City
Minnesota
Chicago
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
MLB SCHEDULE
All Times EDT
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Monday’s games
Tampa Bay 2, Boston 1
Cleveland 3, Chicago White Sox 2
Texas 4, L.A. Angels 3
Oakland 9, Toronto 4
Tuesday’s games
Cleveland 7, Chicago White Sox 4
Baltimore 4, Houston 3
Detroit 5, Washington 1
Tampa Bay 5, Arizona 2
Boston 8, Seattle 2
L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.
Toronto at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10
p.m.
Wednesday’s games
Washington at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.
Toronto at Oakland, 3:35 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 7:05
p.m.
Houston at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.
Arizona at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.
Seattle at Boston, 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10
p.m.
Thursday’s games
Chicago White Sox at Cleveland,
12:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.
Arizona at Texas, 7:05 p.m.
Houston at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.
Seattle at Boston, 7:10 p.m.
Toronto at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Monday’s games
Pittsburgh 9, St. Louis 2
Atlanta 9, Colorado 8, 10 innings
N.Y. Mets 6, Miami 5
Milwaukee 5, Chicago Cubs 0
San Diego 2, Cincinnati 1
Tuesday’s games
Milwaukee 6, Chicago Cubs 5, 1st
game
Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 1, 11 innings,
1st game
Philadelphia 7, San Francisco 3
Detroit 5, Washington 1
Tampa Bay 5, Arizona 2
Atlanta 11, Colorado 3
N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 2, 10 innings
St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:35 p.m., 2nd
game
Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 8:05
p.m., 2nd game
Cincinnati at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10
p.m.
Wednesday’s games
Washington at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Diego, 3:40 p.m.
San Francisco at Philadelphia, 7:05
p.m.
St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.
Arizona at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.
Colorado at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Miami, 7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10
p.m.
Thursday’s games
N.Y. Mets at Miami, 12:40 p.m.
Arizona at Texas, 7:05 p.m.
San Francisco at Philadelphia, 7:05
p.m.
St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.
Colorado at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs, 8:05
p.m.
Wyo. Sports
CHEYENNE — The moment
couldn’t have been clearer for Brianna Bocox.
In a city known for being mired
in rain and clouds, the Burns athlete had a crystallizing instant
that let her know what she had to
do.
At a speed skating competition
in Seattle in March, Bocox came
to this realization: If she was going to be great at her skating, she
had to dedicate more time to the
sport she loves.
“I got my butt kicked,” Bocox
said. “Then I was like, ‘(Coach)
Anthony (Bannon), we’ve got to
figure something out because I’m
not getting my butt kicked.’”
The sophomore had slowed
her skating training down from
November through February for
basketball season. She wanted to
earn a starting spot on the Burns
High girls’ basketball team for the
2012-13 season.
Bocox accomplished just that,
but along the way she lost some
of her skating edge.
At her first meet back, it
showed.
Surrounded by women who
had been training nonstop, Bocox
got beaten — badly. The Battle in
Seattle forced here to rethink her
approach.
“We had a heart-to-heart in
Seattle. She was really disappointed in herself and the way
she skated there,” Bannon said. “I
sat down and told her she needed
to dedicate every day, basically
her whole life and schedule, if she
wanted to be at that level. And
she did.”
The hard work appears to have
paid off.
Bocox competed at the 2013
Outdoor Speedskating National
Championships in Colorado
Springs in mid-June. After a week
of competition against more than
20 other girls her age, Bocox
earned enough points to make
Team USA’s junior women’s
squad.
Now she is headed to Belgium
for the FIRS Inline Speedskating
World Championships.
Bocox takes off for training in
early August and won’t be back
stateside until Sept 1.
Since that fateful event in Seattle, she has been on a strict regimen: five days a week of training,
biking, diet and weight monitor-
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) —
Washington Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall said Tuesday he has sprained ligaments
in the back of his right ankle and
could miss the rest of training
camp.
“I can’t put any pressure on it.
It’s kind of funky. I’ve never had
this particular injury before,”
Hall said. “It could take a couple
of days, it could take a couple of
weeks, so they’re cool with me
just sitting down for now and
give it time to rest and heal up.”
Hall wore an immobilizing
boot as he watched practice. He
was hurt Monday when he lost
his footing trying to defend
rookie free agent receiver Skye
Dawson, who has been one of
the surprise standouts of camp.
“The young guy, he ran a
great route,” Hall said. “Coming
out of my break, something just
gave out.”
AP Source: Pistons
acquire PG Jennings
from Bucks
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons have made another move in their busy offseason,
acquiring Brandon Jennings as
they desperately try to end their
four-year postseason drought.
Detroit landed the point
guard from the Milwaukee
Bucks for point guard Brandon
Knight and two prospects, according to a person familiar with
the deal.
The person, who spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity
to The Associated Press because the trade hasn’t been announced, said Jennings has
agreed to a $24 million, threeyear contract with the Pistons.
The person said Detroit will also
give up seldom-used Ukrainian
center Viacheslav Kravtsov and
forward Khris Middleton in the
deal.
Flynn solidifying
role as Raiders QB
LARAMIE — The season officially begins for the University of Wyoming football team
with its first practice of the fall
season at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday.
All fall camp practices
through Aug. 21 will be open to
media and the general public
and will be conducted on the
grass practice field just southwest of War Memorial Stadium or on Jonah Field at War
Memorial Stadium.
The Cowboys will host three
fall scrimmages at 10 a.m.
Sunday, Aug. 11, 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17 and 8:45 a.m.;
Wednesday, Aug. 21. Those
scrimmages are also free and
open to the media and the
public.
PRACTICE TIMES
University of Wyoming football
practice schedule
Photo courtesy of Blaine McCartney
BRIANNA BOCOX
ing.
“I feel like this will take my
skating to a new level, at an international level,” she said. “I have
competed at a national level in
the United States, and I feel like
I’m ranked pretty high in that.
“But there are girls who tried
out for the team, and they would
go to Colombia and train. You
could just tell how dominant they
are.”
Bocox already has been all over
the globe to skate. She has done
events in places like Atlanta,
Texas and Tulsa, Okla., and even
has gone to France for competition.
But this by far is the biggest
stage she has competed on.
With more than 90 countries
represented, Bocox has a chance
to shine and learn from the best.
There will be road, indoor and
outdoor courses with several
events on each.
Luckily, she has some momentum to build on.
At the Indoor Nationals in Albuquerque, N.M., Bocox picked
up two golds, two silvers and a
bronze medal.
She helped to reset a relay
record that had stood for seven
years, and one of her silver
medals was for an individual
event. It was the first time since
2009 that Bocox had been on a
podium medaling individually.
She hasn’t decided if she will
give basketball another shot next
season, but she knows she will
not play volleyball or run track.
She said she wants a chance to
become elite at skating. In order
to do that, there may have to be
some sacrifices.
She’s OK with that. She’s not
OK with getting beaten again.
“I really would like to see how
far I could go in one year if I dedicated everything to skating,” Bocox said. “It’s something I enjoy
doing. Not a lot of people do it
and excel in it. And I dream of being in the Olympics.”
NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Matt
Flynn is solidifying his role as
starting quarterback for the
Oakland Raiders one year after
losing that same job in training
camp in Seattle.
Flynn entered camp with the
inside track over Terrelle Pryor
and rookie Tyler Wilson to replace Carson Palmer in Oakland
and has done nothing in the first
week of camp to change that
equation.
It’s a far cry to what happened to Flynn a year ago in
Seattle where Flynn went from
coveted offseason free-agent acquisition with a $26 million contract to backing up a thirdround pick in a matter of weeks
at training camp.
With Russell Wilson set as
starter in Seattle, Flynn was
traded to Oakland in the offseason and has done his best to
hold onto this opportunity to
start in the NFL.
Pacers welcome
Scola to benchbuilding project
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The
Indiana Pacers believe they have
put a key piece in place to challenge for an NBA title when they
recently traded for veteran forward Luis Scola.
The Pacers had previously
added guards C.J. Watson and
Donald Sloan and forwards
Chris Copeland and draft pick
Solomon Hill. Pacers coach
Frank Vogel said topping it off
with the acquisition of Scola put
a smile on his face.
“The final piece to Larry
Bird’s overhaul of our bench,
which was inconsistent, really,
the past couple of years,” Vogel
said.
Braves stay hot at home, beat Rockies 11-3
GEORGE HENRY
Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Freddie
Freeman hit two home runs, Brian McCann added a three-run
shot and the Atlanta Braves won
their fifth-straight game with an
11-3 victory over the Colorado
Rockies on Tuesday night.
The Braves, who scored 10
unanswered runs, moved 10
games ahead of second-place
Washington in the NL East. They
lead the majors with a 36-15 home
record.
Freeman had four RBIs with
his first multihomer game this
season and fourth of his career.
His three-run shot in the seventh
gave the Braves an 11-3 lead.
Atlanta scored six runs with
two out in the fourth inning to
make it 8-3 on Jason Heyward’s
RBI single, Evan Gattis’ two-run
double and McCann’s 14th
homer.
Rookie Alex Wood (1-2) earned
his first career victory, allowing six
hits, three runs and one walk
while striking out seven in seven
innings.
Juan Nicasio (6-5) gave up 10
hits and a season-high eight runs,
walking four and striking out four
in four innings. Colorado has lost
16 of 19 series games with Atlanta.
The Rockies led 1-0 in the first
on Carlos Gonzalez’s sacrifice fly
and went ahead 3-1 in the second
on Nolan Arenado’s ninth homer,
but Nicasio couldn’t hold the
leads.
Since getting recalled July 12
from Triple-A Colorado Springs,
Nicasio had gone 2-0 with a 0.47
ERA in three starts, but the righthander was finished after making
31 pitches in the fourth.
Nicasio dropped to 0-3 and has
a 9.82 ERA in four career starts
against Atlanta.
Freeman’s 13th homer, a threerun shot off Edgmer Escalona,
put the Braves up 11-3. In 67
games since May 15, Freeman is
hitting .311 with 11 homers and 50
RBIs.
Cowboys
release
practice
schedule
Wyo. Sports
SPORTS BRIEFS
Redskins’ Hall
has sprained
ligaments in ankle
7
Colorado’s Michael Cuddyer
singled in the seventh and tried to
score from first on Wilin Rosario’s
double, but was tagged out at the
plate.
Heyward overran the ball in
left-center and had to turn back
two steps to pick it up, but his relay to Andrelton Simmons was on
time, and Cuddyer was cut down
on McCann’s tag.
NOTES
• Rookie OF Todd Cunningham, a top Braves prospect, was
cheered loudly after singling in
the seventh in his first major
league at-bat. Cunningham’s contract was purchased earlier in the
day from Triple-A Gwinnett when
OF Reed Johnson was placed on
the 15-day disabled list with left
heel tendinitis. Cunningham
stayed in the game and replaced
Gattis in left field.
• Colorado LHP Jeff Francis allowed three hits and two runs in 2
1-3 innings. It was Francis’ second
relief appearance in 217 career
games and first since Oct. 3, 2010
against St. Louis.
• Rockies manager Walt Weiss
said he still hasn’t decided who
will start the series finale on
Thursday opposite Atlanta RHP
Julio Teheran.
• RHP Brandon Beachy told
Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez
that he felt normal soreness after
Monday’s start, his first in returning from elbow ligament replacement surgery in June 2012.
Beachy allowed eight hits, a career-high seven runs and one walk
with five strikeouts in 3 2-3 innings.
Tuesday, Aug. 6: 8:45 a.m.,
non-contact, practice No. 1,
Wednesday, Aug. 7: 8:45 a.m.,
non-contact, practice No. 2,
Thursday, Aug. 8: 8:45 a.m.,
shoulder pads, practice No. 3,
Friday, Aug. 9: 8:45 a.m.,
shoulder pads, practice No. 4; 1
p.m., Media Day,
Saturday, Aug. 10: 8:45 a.m.,
full pads, practice No. 5,
Sunday, Aug. 11: 10 a.m.,
Scrimmage No. 1, practice No. 6,
Monday, Aug. 12: 8:45 a.m.,
full pads, practice No. 7; 3:45
p.m., shoulder pads, practice
No. 8,
Tuesday, Aug. 13: no practice
Wednesday, Aug. 14: 8:45
a.m., full pads, practice No. 9;
3:45 p.m., shells, practice No. 10,
Thursday, Aug. 15: 8:45 a.m.,
full pads, Practice No. 11,
Friday, Aug. 16: 8:45 a.m.,
shells, practice No. 12; 3:45 p.m.,
shells, practice No. 13,
Saturday, Aug. 17: 10 a.m.,
scrimmage No. 2, practice No.
14,
Sunday, Aug. 18: no practice
Monday, Aug. 19: 8:45 a.m.,
full pads, practice No. 15; 3:45
p.m., shells, practice No. 16,
Tuesday, Aug. 20: 8:45 a.m.,
shoulder pads, practice No. 17,
Wednesday, Aug. 21: 8:45
a.m., scrimmage No. 3, practice
No. 18,
Thursday, Aug. 22: no practice
Friday, Aug. 23: begin regularseason practice schedule
Monday, Aug. 26: First day of
school; 3 p.m., first Monday
press conference of season.
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The Duck Whisperer’s take
on Wyoming political scene
BILL SNIFFIN
What possible connection could a
bunch of ducks have to do with
Wyoming’s current political situation?
Well, let me explain.
My relatives refer to me as “The Duck
Whisperer,” since we have tame ducks
that qualify as our pets.
No dogs. No cats. No parakeets. No
hamsters. Just ducks.
And we have odd ducks, sitting ducks,
lame ducks and we even have daffy
ducks. Here are some thoughts on the
current political situation, duck-wise:
• Sitting Duck — Although he is far
from being a lame duck, U. S. Sen. Mike
Enzi is obviously being viewed as a sitting duck by the gal who wants to replace
him, Liz Cheney. She is going to find out
he is not as much of a sitting duck as she
thinks.
History will show that Sen. Enzi has
been possibly the most effective senator
this state has ever elected.
He deserves to continue to do his
good work, despite this latest ambush.
Who would have thought that his staff’s
current motto for their boss should have
been “duck!”
• Cold Duck — This is the aforementioned Liz Cheney, who has denied her
role in the pecking order and wants to
move to the head of the line. When it
comes to getting all her ducks in the row,
she is going to skip three or four necessary steps.
She thinks it is her turn because the
folks at Fox News must have told her so.
It is well known that too much Cold Duck
is not good for the system. Can give you
a headache. A word of caution, though, is
be careful of Cold Duck. Criticism washes off like water off a duck’s back.
• Daffy Duck — Here in Wyoming, this
has to be Cindy Hill, the state Superintendent of Public Instruction. With all her
antics and the craziness being reported
from how she handled her department,
well, she qualifies as the Daffy Duck of
Wyoming’s politics. Gov. Matt Mead and
legislature leaders deserve credit for dealing with her early in the game as a way to
limit the damage she was causing. Their
motto may have been: “If it looks like a
duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a
duck, well, then it must be a duck.” Plus
her husband’s name is Drake.
• Dead duck — that tag may very well
describe both Ms. Hill and Ms. Cheney in
about 15 months time. Or sooner.
And I have learned a lot from our
ducks, which go by the names of Pearl (a
twin to the Aflac duck on TV ads), New
Stud, Studley, Blackhead, Greenhead,
Paint, Speckledbill, Greenbill and Whitey
Too.
For the longest time, we had four
males and a lone female, nicknamed T.P.
which stood for the old expression Town
Pump about the town’s easiest female.
Then one day, she laid a nest full of
eggs and became a “sitting duck.” That
was the end of her. All we found were
some feathers and broken eggshells.
Truth be known, she was probably too
exhausted from all her amorous adventures to flee her attacker.
Then a fifth male who had been driven
away by the others returned home. He
soon got along fine with the other boys
because there were no ducks of the female persuasion to fight over at the time.
We also once had a rooster, that is, a
male chicken. We seem to attract males.
We have four ponds and a creek on our
property. The ducks seem to be able to
fend off predators (unless they are sitting
ducks) but this did not help the rooster.
All we found were some feathers. He was
only on the job three days.
Having all these ducks has caused me
to pay attention to how many “duck expressions” we use in normal conversation.
For example, these ducks really do
have a “pecking order.” Now I understand
the expression “having your ducks in a
row.” We also have several “odd ducks.”
Not sure why a bad doctor is called a
quack but I think I now know where the
expression “like a wounded duck” came
from.
Our biggest problem is that Nancy insists on feeding the ducks corn. They
love that stuff. I call it duck candy.
When I start out the door with a 50pound bag of corn over my shoulder, they
come running.
Did you know that only female ducks
quack? A very demanding quack, at that.
The guys?
Well, they just mutter a lot. Just like
home.
Check out Bill Sniffin’s columns at www.billsniffin.com.
He is a longtime Wyoming journalist from Lander who has
written four books.
Close House vote reveals wide
to indiscriminate surveillance
JACOB SULLUM
“This is not a game,” Mike Rogers angrily warned last week, urging his colleagues
in the House to vote against an amendment that would have banned the mass
collection of telephone records by the National Security Agency. “This is real. It will
have real consequences.”
I hope Rogers is right. Despite the
Michigan Republican’s best efforts to portray the amendment as a terrifying threat
to national security, it failed by a surprisingly narrow margin, which could signal
the emergence of a bipartisan coalition
willing to defend civil liberties against the
compromises supported by leaders of
both parties.
Rogers was not surprised by the recent
revelation that the NSA routinely collects
information about every phone call Americans make, just in case it may prove useful in the future. As chairman of the House
Intelligence Committee, he knew about
the program for years, and he had no
problem with it.
Not so two other Michigan congressmen: Justin Amash, a 33-year-old libertarian Republican serving his second term,
and John Conyers, an 84-year-old progressive Democrat first elected in 1965. These
two legislators, conventionally viewed as
occupying opposite ends of the political
spectrum, were outraged by the NSA’s
data dragnet, especially since representatives of the Bush and Obama administrations had repeatedly denied that any such
program existed.
The measure that Amash and Conyers
proposed as an amendment to a military
spending bill would have required that
records demanded under Section 215 of
the Patriot Act, which authorizes secret
court orders seeking “any tangible things”
deemed “relevant” to a terrorism investigation, be connected to particular targets.
Although it was a pretty mild reform, leaving in place the wide powers granted by
Section 215 while repudiating the Obama
administration’s even broader, heretofore
secret interpretation of that provision, the
amendment was viewed as a quixotic effort.
President Obama was against it, of
course.
“In light of the recent unauthorized disclosures,” said White House press secretary Jay Carney, “the president has said
that he welcomes a debate about how best
to simultaneously safeguard both our na-
tional security and the privacy of our citizens.” In other words, Obama never wanted you to find out about the NSA’s snooping on millions of law-abiding Americans,
but now that you know, he is willing to let
you talk about it — as long as talk does not
lead to action.
Carney condemned the Amash amendment as a “blunt approach” that “is not
the product of an informed, open or deliberative process.”
That was pretty funny, since Obama has
been doing everything in his power to prevent ordinary Americans from learning
enough about the government’s surveillance programs to decide for themselves
whether they want to exchange their privacy for his promise of safety.
The leaders of the House’s Republican
majority and Democratic minority nevertheless sided with the president. Then
something pretty amazing happened: The
rank and file failed to fall in line. The
amendment was defeated, but by a vote so
close — 217 to 205 — that barely more
than a handful of switches would have put
it over the top.
Ninety-four Republicans and 111 Democrats defied their leadership. Privacy
activists were astounded.
Sina Khanifar of DefundtheNSA.com
told The Washington Post, “People were
like, ‘I think we’ll get 150 votes if it goes really well.’”
It surely helped that Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., a lead author of the Patriot Act, told his colleagues Section 215 was
not meant to authorize the indiscriminate
collection of information about innocent
people.
But several legislators went even further, arguing that the government should
have a warrant based on probable cause to
obtain records held by third parties, which
the Supreme Court has said is not necessary because people should realize any information they share with others is fair
game for government perusal.
“What began on the political fringes
only a week ago has built a momentum
that even critics say may be unstoppable,”
The New York Times reported on Monday. Perhaps it is time to redefine the
fringes.
Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason magazine.
Follow him on Twitter: @jacobsullum. To find out more
about Jacob Sullum and read features by other Creators
Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators
Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
Thank you, James Watt, for all
you did for Greater Yellowstone
JEFF WELSCH
Writers on the Range
Of all the names synonymous with
American conservation — Aldo
Leopold, John Muir, Wallace Stegner,
Edward Abbey and Teddy Roosevelt,
among others — one towers far above
the rest in the Greater Yellowstone region as the signature force behind a
generation of astonishing accomplishments. And that is, odd as it seems,
James Watt.
Yes, baby boomers, that James Watt.
Many longtime Westerners will easily recall that he was Interior Secretary
from 1981-’83. They remember Watt
quintupling leases for coal mining and
boasting about opening more than a billion acres of coastal waters for oil and
gas development. Watt believed that
the only good tree was a dead tree
stacked in a sawmill lumberyard. He
also sought to de-authorize many national parks.
And he said, half-jokingly, “If the
troubles from environmentalists cannot
be solved in the jury box or at the ballot
box, perhaps the cartridge box should
be used.”
All of which explains why, as a conservationist, I owe a lot to Mr. Watt —
my employment with the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, which turns 30 this
year, included.
Hearken back to 1980. Greater Yellowstone’s conservation community
had precious few full-time staffers patrolling the 20-million-acre region, consisting of the national park and adjacent state, federal and private land. The
term “ecosystem” had yet to come from
the lips of anyone in any official capacity. Enter James Watt.
Citing divine inspiration and obligation, the Reagan appointee with the big
eyeglasses from Lusk, earned instant
infamy for promising, “We will mine
more, drill more, cut more.” Lusting after even the lands and waters of his
home state, Watt revealed plans to drill
on 350,000 acres in the rugged
Washakie Wilderness adjacent to Yellowstone National Park.
Alarm bells rang from sea to stillshining sea.
“It was a scary time,” remembers
Rick Reese of Bozeman, Mont., a
Greater Yellowstone Coalition cofounder. “(Watt) was only secretary for
a couple of years, but he came out with
both barrels blazing. And he was just
getting started.”
As radical an idea as it was to open
wilderness to industry, even more ominous was the realization that such activities would put Yellowstone itself at
grave risk. The park’s health, we were
only beginning to fully understand, was
inextricably linked to the health of the
lands around it.
That the Greater Yellowstone Coalition was formed in Jackson Hole, Wyo.,
in the final year of Watt’s brief, controversial reign was no coincidence. At the
time, the future of the grizzly bear — a
symbol of America’s rapidly vanishing
wildness — looked grim and was of immediate concern. But it was quickly evident to our founders that preserving
the park required protecting a larger
landscape, and the coalition has been
America’s “Voice for a Greater Yellowstone” ever since. Today, it has a supporting cast of 40,000 “voices” worldwide and an annual operating budget of
$2.7 million.
Meanwhile, consider the conservation achievements here since Watt exited the scene in 1983. Grizzly bears have
more than tripled in numbers and today
roam places they’ve been absent from
for generations. With wolves restored in
1995, Greater Yellowstone became one
of the last significant largely intact
ecosystems on the planet.
“Ecosystem” is now part of our
everyday lexicon, and at least 200 conservation-oriented nonprofit groups
have fingers in the 20-million-acre
Greater Yellowstone pie. As the coalition celebrates its 30th anniversary this
fall in West Yellowstone, the region arguably is healthier ecologically and economically than at any time since the
park’s creation in 1872.
These accomplishments bode well
for a future where new challenges await:
Rising human population, a warming
climate and extreme forest fires. A comprehensive study by Bozeman’s Headwaters Economics suggests that prosperity in the West will increasingly
hinge on a town’s proximity to public
lands with strong protections.
Many visionaries merit a robust
“thank you” for the incomparable quality of life we cherish today in Greater
Yellowstone, and so we honor Leopold,
Muir, Stegner, Abbey and Teddy Roosevelt.
But there is something to be said for
the man whose vision of an industrial
juggernaut throughout the West galvanized millions and created an entire
generation of conservationists.
“If you talk to anybody who was in
American conservation at the time,
they would tell you Watt did us a huge
favor,” Reese says.
Indeed, with enemies like that, it was
easy to make new friends.
Jeff Welsch is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a
service of High Country News (hcn.org). He is communications director for the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, a
Bozeman, Mont.-based conservation advocacy group
that is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
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DEAR ABBY
WONDERWORD By
David Ouellet
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
MOMMA by Mell Lazarus
By Abigail Van Buren
DEAR ABBY: My girlfriend, “Allison,” and I have been in a relationship for two years. We met in
our sophomore year of high
school and have been dating ever
since. We have an incredible relationship.
We were virgins when we started dating, but decided we would
lose our virginity to each other.
We have always used birth control
pills and condoms to ensure we
wouldn’t be having any children.
Earlier this month we had a
pregnancy scare. Allison had
failed to tell me she stopped taking her birth control pills three
months ago. My trust was broken,
but most of all I was scared she
might be pregnant. It turned out
she wasn’t, but because of the incident I have been skeptical about
making love to her. She says this
frustrates her, but I have told her
the reason I won’t is because she
refuses to take the pill.
Abby, we are way too young to
have a child and are totally unprepared. I’d still like to be intimate
with Allison, but I’m afraid. What
should I do? — BETRAYED IN
BANGOR, MAINE
DEAR BETRAYED: You appear
to be an intelligent and responsible young man. The first thing
you should do is thank your higher power that there wasn’t an “accident” and your girlfriend didn’t
become pregnant.
The next thing you should do is
find out why Allison would stop
taking her birth control pills without telling you. If there was a
medical reason, there are other
methods she could have used in
their place. (If you are planning to
attend college, she may have been
thinking a baby would “anchor”
you to her.)
And last, recognize that if you
resume having sex with her —
which I emphatically DON’T recommend — that you won’t be able
to trust her as far as birth control
is concerned, and you will be the
one totally responsible for preventing a pregnancy.
The saying, “Fool me once,
shame on you; fool me twice,
shame on ME,” applies here.
DEAR ABBY: My husband refuses to cover his mouth when he
sneezes. He thinks that by “stifling” his sneeze he doesn’t expel
any particles. Besides being unhealthy, I feel it is gross for the
rest of us. Is it possible to sneeze
and not spray? — DUCKING
FOR SHELTER IN OHIO
DEAR DUCKING: No. Some
sneezes can travel up to a distance
of 5 feet, expelling thousands of
droplets into the air and onto surfaces. “Stifle” or not, your husband should cover his mouth.
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DOG EAT DOUG by Ryan Anderson
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AGNES by Morrie Turner
ZACK HILL by J. Deering and J. Macintosh
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BLONDIE by Dean Young and Dennis Lebrun
HOROSCOPE
By Holiday
WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2013
ARIES (March 21-April 19) The 10 minutes
you usually spend prioritizing your tasks
may not be enough today because you
have so many tasks of similar importance
to you. Take 30 minutes instead and organize the next three days all at once.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) The mean machine of procrastination actively looks for
a distraction to keep its cogs whirring.
What’s really going on is that there’s
something unknown about your important task that you’re afraid of. Get started
and fear disappears.
ONE BIG HAPPY... by Rick Detorie
CROSSWORD By
Thomas Joseph
GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Being interesting isn’t a problem for you because you
are so interested in life, and you follow
your curiosity, so you always have something to contribute. You’ll lean on this
trait today.
CANCER (June 22-July 22) Did you hear
about the teacher who wore the same
outfit for his yearbook photo for 40 years
in a row? Similarly, you’ll be sticking to a
formula that works and finding success,
as well as notoriety in that.
FLO AND FRIENDS by John Gibel and Jenny
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) To improve the way
things are in your neighborhood, you first
have to improve the people who live
there, starting with you. Today is the
golden moment for this — whatever you
do will catch on.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You have to
bring your best self to the tasks of the
day — there is no other choice — the
challenge of the task demands it. Tonight,
you’ll need your peace and rest, so
arrange for it.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) You’ll wonder if
your heartstrings got tied up in your
purse strings. Someone yanks on the former and the latter come flying open.
Where the need is sincere, you are happy
to give.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) If you think
twice, you will either come up with something better to say, or something worse,
which could also be better, depending on
the context of the situation.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Don’t be
too proud about which work you take on
today. Consider what your sign mate
Margaret Cho said: “The incognito of lower class employment is an effective cloak
for any dagger one might wish to hide.”
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You’ll wonder if the task in front of you is worth doing well. If you have a long list and a short
amount of time. Speed through each item
with a “good enough” attitude. The cumulative effect will be impressive.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) According to
the old Jewish proverb, sweet people get
eaten up and bitter ones get spat out. You
prefer to stay in between and no one can
guess your recipe for success these days.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You don’t have
to be in school to learn. You’ll be processing recently gathered facts and connecting them to understand how the world
works. Extra credit: You’ll dream about
how it SHOULD work, too.
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Manning guilty of
20 charges, not
aiding the enemy
DAVID DISHNEAU
AND PAULINE JELINEK
Associated Press
Photo courtesy of GittyBrothers/YouTube
Tavares Fire Chief Richard Keith said possible causes of the explosion may be either equipment malfunction or human error. Sabotage was not
suspected.
Massive explosions rock a
central Fla. gas plant Mon.
MIKE SCHNEIDER
AND TAMARA LUSH
Associated Press
TAVARES, Fla. (AP) — After
hearing two explosions, maintenance worker Gene Williams
looked outside to see a 20-by-20
foot fireball rising above an outdoor storage area at the Blue
Rhino propane plant.
Moments later, a forklift worker stumbled into the building
with flesh hanging off his hands.
His legs and face were burned.
Exploding 20-pound canisters of
propane began raining down
around them during the series of
explosions late Monday night.
Bright orange flames would
grow as high as 200 feet, fueled
by the exploding canisters that
shot through the air like fireworks. Houses nearby shook
and residents awakened to the
sound of “boom after boom after
boom.”
No one died, but eight workers were injured, including one
worker who was hit by a car on a
nearby road while fleeing the explosions. Officials said the damage could have been significantly worse if three 30,000-pound
propane storage containers had
caught fire at the plant that refills propane tanks for gas grills
and other home uses. About 50
nearby houses were temporarily
evacuated, though none was ultimately damaged.
If the large tanks had exploded, “it would have wiped us out,”
said Lake County Battalion
Chief Chris Croughwell, one of
the first responders to the explosions in the town northwest of
Orlando.
The cause of the explosion
was under investigation by federal and state authorities.
Williams said it appeared to begin about 100 yards from the
loading dock in an area where
some of the plant’s 53,000 20pound propane canisters are
stored on plastic pallets.
Tavares Fire Chief Richard
Keith said possible causes of the
explosion may be either equipment malfunction or human error. Sabotage was not suspected.
The plant’s two-dozen workers were preparing to go home
when the explosions started
Monday night, said Williams,
who works the third shift. Based
on what the forklift operator told
him, the explosion was likely
caused by a “combination of human error and bad practices,
possibly. I don’t want to speculate any further, that’s what the
forklift driver was telling me.”
Williams said the forklift driver told him, “‘I did what they
told me to do, I did what they
told me to do, and then this happened.’”
“Something in that area must
have triggered it. I don’t know if
he did something or something
else triggered it,” Williams said.
Williams said they were able to
remotely shut the valves to the
three big tanks. But they weren’t
able to turn on water sprays
meant to keep the tanks cool
during a fire.
“It was too violent, too hot, to
get in there and turn them on,”
he said.
Croughwell said the hoses designed to spray water on the
large tanks didn’t go off because
they had to be manually activated — requiring someone to brave
dangerous conditions.
“Most sane people don’t stick
around for an event like this,” he
added.
Tavares Mayor Robert Wolfe
said Tuesday that he was surprised to learn the hoses at the
plant had to be manually activated. If Blue Rhino reopens the
plant, Wolfe said he plans to ask
that the hoses be activated automatically by computer. “That
way, it’s fail-safe,” Wolfe said.
“We’re lucky those tanks didn’t
explode.”
Blue Rhino is a subsidiary of
Kansas-based national propane
Court says no warrant is needed
for obtaining cellphone records
JUAN A. LOZANO
Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities only need a court order and
not a more stringent search warrant to obtain cellphone records
that can be used to track a person’s movements, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals overturned an order by
a Houston federal judge who had
said cellphone data is constitutionally protected from intrusion
and can only be acquired with a
search warrant. In 2011, U.S.
District Judge Lynn Hughes had
upheld a magistrate judge’s 2010
ruling that had denied a request
by federal authorities in three
separate criminal investigations
to compel cellphone companies
to provide — without a search
warrant — 60 days of records for
several phones.
In overturning Hughes’ order,
the appeals court in New Orleans said such data is a business record that belongs to the
cellphone provider. It also said
its collection by authorities does
not have to meet a probable
cause standard as outlined under the Fourth Amendment,
which protects against unlawful
search and seizure and requires
a search warrant.
“We understand the cell phone
users may reasonably want their
location information to remain
private ... But the recourse for
these desires is in the market or
the political process: in demanding that service providers do
away with such records ... or in
Photo courtesy of Intel Free Press
lobbying elected representatives
to enact statutory protections.
The Fourth Amendment, safeguarded by the courts, protects
only reasonable expectations of
privacy,” the three-judge panel
wrote in its 2-1 decision.
The cellphone data authorities
had requested was being sought
under the Stored Communications Act, part of the Electronics
Communications Privacy Act.
The appeals court said under
the Stored Communications
Act, authorities have the option
of obtaining a court order —
which has a lower legal standard
than a search warrant. With a
court order, authorities only
have to demonstrate there are
“reasonable grounds” to believe
the information would be relevant to an investigation.
Unlike the National Security
Agency’s recently publicized
program that seized phone
records in bulk through court orders approved by a secret court,
the cellphone records sought in
this case related to specific investigations and their seizure
had to be approved through regular and established legal procedures.
Angela Dodge, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s
Office in Houston, which had
fought Hughes’ order, said her
office was pleased by Tuesday’s
ruling.
“We are gratified that the
court found we acted in a manner consistent with the law at
the time. We felt we interpreted
the law correctly and welcome
the agreement of the 5th Circuit,” Dodge said in an emailed
statement.
In court documents, prosecutors had argued that since such
cellphone data are actually business records owned by the
providers, customers have no
reasonable expectation of privacy.
Officials with the American
Civil Liberties Union, which had
filed legal briefs in the case asking that the rulings by Hughes
and the magistrate judge be upheld, said they were disappointed with the 5th Circuit’s decision.
provider Ferrellgas. Spokesman
Scott Brockelmeyer said Tuesday he didn’t have specific information available about the safety water hoses but added that
the company follows industry
standards.
“It’s as sobering a situation as
you can possibly imagine,”
Brockelmeyer said. “We have
folks who are injured, and we’ve
got Blue Rhino and Ferrellgas
employees across the country
who are keeping them in their
prayers and sending good vibes
their way.”
Ferrellgas paid a $2,295 fine in
November 2011 following an
OSHA inspection that found a
component at the end of an air
hose used in the consumer tank
refurbishing process was not
present.
Brockelmeyer said the company corrected the issue and added
that “the process is performed in
area away from where the tanks
are filled ... so no product was
being processed in that area.”
Four workers were listed in
critical conditions at area hospitals. Tavares Fire Department
Battalion Commander Eric
Wages said five workers walked
up to a command center firefighters set up near the plant
Monday night with skin hanging
off their arms, torso and faces.
Obama asks
Graham,
McCain to
travel to Egypt
DONNA CASSATA
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Republican Sens. Lindsey
Graham and John McCain
have been asked by President Barack Obama to travel to Egypt next week to
urge the military to move
ahead on new elections, the
senators said Tuesday.
Egypt has been roiled by
deadly protests since President Mohammed Morsi was
toppled in a military coup on
July 3, developments that
have threatened the $1.5 billion in annual U.S. military
and economic aid to the
Arab world’s most populous
country. Responding to reporters’ questions Tuesday
about an attempt to cut off
the aid, Graham offered up
word that Obama has
sought the help of the two
lawmakers.
“The president asked Sen.
McCain and myself to go to
Egypt next week, so we’re
trying to find a way to get
there,” Graham said. “So we
can go over and reinforce in
a bipartisan fashion the
message that we have to
move to civilian control, that
the military is going to have
to, you know, allow the
country to have new elections and move toward an
inclusive, democratic approach.”
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) —
In a split decision, U.S. Army
Pfc. Bradley Manning was acquitted Tuesday of aiding the
enemy — the most serious
charge he faced — but was convicted of espionage, theft and
nearly every other count for giving secrets to WikiLeaks, a verdict that could see him spend
the rest of his life in prison.
The judge, Army Col. Denise
Lind, deliberated over three
days before delivering a decision that denied the government a precedent that freedom
of press advocates had warned
could have broad implications
for leak cases and investigative
journalism about national security issues.
From the courtroom to world
capitals, people struggled to absorb the meaning of a ruling
that cleared the soldier of a
charge of aiding the enemy,
which would have carried a potential life sentence, but convicted him of 20 of 22 counts that,
together, could also mean life
behind bars.
Manning faces up to 136
years in prison if given maximum penalties in a sentencing
hearing that starts Wednesday.
It is expected to last most of August.
The 25-year-old soldier stood
quietly at attention in his dress
uniform as the verdict was delivered, flanked by his attorneys.
He appeared not to react,
though his attorney, David
Coombs, smiled faintly when he
heard “not guilty” on the aiding
the enemy charge.
When the judge was done,
Coombs put his hand on Manning’s back and whispered
something to him, bringing a
slight smile to the soldier’s face.
“We won the battle, now we
need to go win the war,”
Coombs said later, outside the
courtroom. “Today is a good
day, but Bradley is by no means
out of the fire.”
Transparency advocates and
legal experts had mixed opinions on the implications for the
future of leak cases and investigative journalism in the Internet age.
The advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said
the verdict was a chilling warning to whistle-blowers, “against
whom the Obama administration has been waging an unprecedented offensive,” and
threatens the future of investigative journalism because intimidated sources might fall quiet.
However, another advocate of
less government secrecy, Steven
Aftergood of the Federation of
American Scientists, questioned
whether the implications will be
so dire, given the extraordinary
nature of the Manning case.
“This was a massive hemorrhage of government records,
and it’s not too surprising that it
elicited a strong reaction from
the government,” Aftergood
said.
“Most journalists are not in
the business of publishing classified documents, they’re in the
business of reporting the news,
which is not the same thing,” he
said. “This is not good news for
journalism, but it’s not the end
of the world, either.”
Glenn Greenwald, the journalist, commentator and former
civil rights lawyer who first reported Edward Snowden’s leaks
of National Security Agency
surveillance programs, said
Manning’s acquittal on the
charge of aiding the enemy represented a “tiny sliver of justice.”
Israeli-Palestinian aim for
a peace deal in 9 months
However, the officials also
said they expect that the Israelis,
over U.S. objections, will continWASHINGTON (AP) — ue constructing housing for JewPushing ahead in a new U.S.- ish settlers on land claimed by
backed push for Middle East the Palestinians over the course
peace, Israeli and Palestinian ne- of the negotiations, an indicagotiators agreed Tuesday to tion the Palestinians are serious
meet again within two weeks to about dropping their longstandstart substantive talks in hopes ing demand for a settlement
of reaching a long-elusive settle- freeze before returning to talks.
ment within nine months.
The officials said the U.S. beSpeaking after
lieves the Palesthe two sides
tinians also will
wrapped up an ininot attempt to win
tial two days of
further
internatalks at the State
tional recognition
Department and
as a state until a
visited President
peace deal is comBarack Obama at
pleted, an effort
the White House,
that one official
Secretary of State
likened to a potenJohn Kerry said Istial “train wreck.”
rael and the PalesKerry said that
tinians were comIsrael,
which
mitted to sustained
agreed on Sunday
and serious negotito release more
ations on the “core
than 100 Palestinissues” that divide
ian prisoners as a
them. The next
goodwill gesture,
round will take Secretary of State
would also take
place in either Is- John Kerry
unspecified steps
rael or the Palesin the coming days
tinian territories
to ease harsh living
before mid-August, he said.
conditions in the West Bank and
Kerry said he was aware of the Gaza. The two senior officials
deep doubts surrounding the said those measures complenew peace effort and acknowl- ment a $4 billion private sector
edged that the road would be economic program that Kerry is
difficult. Yet, he said, “While I trying put in place to assist the
understand the skepticism, I Palestinians.
don’t share it. And I don’t think
After Tuesday’s conclusion of
we have time for it.”
preliminary talks, Kerry said, “I
All issues, including con- firmly believe the leaders, the
tentious disputes over the status negotiators and citizens investof the territories and Jerusalem, ed in this effort can make peace
are “on the table for negotiation, for one simple reason: because
and they are on the table with they must.” He said, “A viable
one simple goal: a view to end- two-state solution is the only
ing the conflict,” Kerry said.
way this conflict can end. And
The U.S. had already said the there is not much time to
negotiations would continue for achieve it.”
at least nine months — roughly
Kerry said the negotiations, to
until the end of April 2014 — but be mediated on a day-to-day bathat had not been set as a time sis by his new Mideast peace enframe for reaching a deal. Kerry voy, Martin Indyk, would be
and both sides agreed that nei- cloaked in secrecy and that the
ther would walk away from the parties had agreed that he would
talks or take actions that could be the only person to comment
disrupt them for that period, on them. He quickly added that
two senior U.S. officials said. he would not comment on them
The officials spoke on condition now, leaving unclear the frameof anonymity because they work for the talks that he strugweren’t authorized to discuss gled for six months to get back
diplomatic talks.
on track.
MATTHEW LEE
AP Diplomatic Writer
‘On the table
for
negotiation,
and they are
on the table
with one
simple goal: a
view to ending
the conflict.’
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$1250. 871-2649 or 871-0342.
BRAND NEW, three bedroom, two bath home,
available now, Farson, WY.
Please call 307-382-7482 for
more information.
GREEN RIVER, furnished,
basement, one bedroom.
Washer and dryer, utilities
paid. $700 month, (307)
871-5102.
AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY.
Three bed, two bath home.
One bedroom RV in Rock
Springs, 382-7482.
421 ASHLEY St. Four bedroom, two bath, no smoking, no pets. $1600 plus utilities. Turnkey properties.
871-2772.
708 GOBEL St., one bed, one
bath, $600 plus utilities.
371-7131.
1240 10TH St. Two bedroom
duplex, newly remodeled,
$750/month plus utilities,
deposit, yard, no pets,
laundry hookups, 389-4950
or 362-1921, leave message.
MONROE APARTMENTS in
Green River. Two bed, 1.5
bath, $600 per month, $600
deposit. Broker owned. Call
Southwest Real Estate,
307-382-9180 or visit:
southwestrealestate.com
Equal Housing.
CDL DRIVER needed, clean
driving record, haul bulk
sand. (307) 389-3240, (307)
362-8594.
***NEW LUXURY CONDO***
***FREE RENT***
Three bedroom, two bath.
Tile, granite counter tops,
air conditioning, garages.
Must see! First, last, plus
deposit. One year lease.
New, behind Smith’s, Green
River. (801) 368-8660.
FLATBED DRIVER needed.
CDL required, with clean
driving record. Call (307)
389-3240, 362-8594.
PART-TIME DRIVER
for
Sweetwater Transit Authority (STAR) providing
rides to the Citizens of
Sweetwater County. Monday - Friday, no more than
32 hours per week, $12 per
hour depending on experience. Will need to be able
to obtain a CDL with a Passenger endorsement. Call
(307) 382-7827 or (307)
875-7827. Equal Opportunity Employer.
PART-TIME OFFICE Cleaner
needed three mornings per
week in Rock Springs.
$11.75 per hour. Call (866)
788-2819 extension 7.
LOOKING
FOR
outside
Sales Person that has enthusiasm and energy, 20
hours a week, commission
plus base pay, sales experience necessary, apply in
person at Kopy Korner, 418
Broadway.
PRINT SHOP SUPERVISOR
Western Wyoming College
is now taking applications
for the Print Shop Supervisor position. This is a full
time, 12 month per year position. This position is responsible for the supervision and manages the
day-to-day affairs of the
Print Shop, operates production equipment, trains
and supervises personnel,
orders supplies, monitors
inventory levels, bills customers, schedules work orders, and performs other
duties. A High School Diploma or GED and three
years of experience in a
printing facility or other related environment is required along with one year
of supervisory experience.
Excellent benefits. Closing
date for receipt of completed applications is August 7, 2013. All application
materials must be submitted electronically. A resume and cover letter are
required. For Further information regarding this position and application instructions may be found on
the WWCC website: https:/
/wwccwy.peopleadmin.co
m Human Resources Office,
Western Wyoming Community College, P.O. Box 428,
Rock Springs, Wyoming
82902-0428. 307-382-1610.
WWCC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
KMART NEEDS a Loss Prevention Team Leader. Competitive pay, 48 hours per
week, includes eight hours
of overtime per week. To
apply go online to:
http://www.searsholdings.com/careers
RON’S ACE Rentals needs
full-time Mechanic - small
engine to vehicle repair,
must have own tools. Apply
in person at 1520 Elk Street.
SEEKING MECHANIC. Competitive wage and bonus
program. Needs basic tools
and valid driver’s license.
Apply at the Little America
Garage, Interstate 80, Exit
68.
JOURNEYMAN
LEVEL
painter, must have experience in residential and
commercial work. 371-2002.
NEED ROOMMATE, furnished room, kitchen. Utilities, cable paid, $450/month. Allen, 307-212-2460.
CLEAN THREE bedroom
townhouses in Green River,
$950 - $1100. 875-9833. (307)
389-1077.
VERY CLEAN two and three
bed townhouses in Green
River. One year lease. NO
PETS. 389-1077, 871-1351.
www.landlrentals.weebly.c
om
NOW ACCEPTING applications for Front Desk, must
work weekends, please apply in person, Econo Lodge,
1635 Elk Street.
GREEN RIVER townhome,
two to three bedroom, 1.5
bath. No pets. 307-875-5036.
GREEN RIVER, two bedroom, no pets, $700,
875-5036.
FURNISHED AND unfurnished
two
bedroom.
Built-in stove and refrigerator, completely carpeted
and draped, small storage,
carport. No smoking, no
pets. All utilities paid except
electricity.
Call
362-7597 or 362-7302.
GREEN RIVER, studio, utilities paid, $500 per month,
875-5036.
STUDIO APARTMENT
382-9225
TWO AND three bedroom
furnished, all utilities paid.
No pets! (307) 362-3211,
(307) 705-1336.
ONE BEDROOM, $700 rent,
utilities included, 389-9855.
THREE BEDROOM - 1415 E.
Teton, Green River. $750
rent and deposit, plus electric and water. Six month
lease required. No pets.
Two bedroom, $650 per
month. Call 389-0078 or
870-6112.
STUDIO APARTMENT in
Green River. Fully furnished
with TV and washer/dryer.
$600/month with deposit,
one year lease. All utilities
paid including cable and internet. Call 875-5858 or 7070697.
CLEAN, TWO bedroom, 1.5
bath at 305 Van Buren. No
pets or smoking. Credit
check, one year lease. $800
plus $800 deposit. Call Tom
Fossen at AAA properties,
307-389-5180. Owner/Agent.
UNFURNISHED
APARTMENT, clean two bedroom.
We pay gas. No smoking,
no pets. References required. 362- 6203.
ONE BEDROOM apartment
in Green River. 871-5379 or
875-2320.
GREEN RIVER, large three
bedroom, $1000 per month,
pets okay. Three bedroom,
one
bath,
no
pets,
$800/month. 875-5036
NEWLY REMODELED two
bedroom, one bath, $800
per month plus electric, no
pets, 8x15 storage on site.
350-0128, 382-6542.
TWO BED, one bath, fenced
yard, storage, $650 rent,
$300 deposit. 307- 252-7776.
TOWNHOUSE, 408 Arrowhead Way. Three bedroom,
2.5
bath,
refrigerator,
washer, dryer, two-car garage. No pets. No smoking.
$1350 a month. (916)
202-7277.
LARGE TOWNHOUSE, three
bedroom, 2.5 bath, double
garage, air conditioning,
fenced yard. No smoking,
no pets, $1400 per month,
$1000 deposit. Lease required. Call (801) 380-1764.
ACROSS FROM Walmart,
Space 89, three bed, two
bath, no pets, one year
lease, $1000 per month, call
389-2254, leave message.
TWO BEDROOM, two bath,
includes washer and dryer,
400 W Blair, #9. No pets,
$700 per month, call
389-2254.
NEWER THREE bedroom,
two bath, no smoking, no
pets, $850 - $950 per month,
Turnkey properties, (307)
871-2772.
NORTH OF Rock Springs,
701 Antelope, #5, two bedroom, one bath. $740 per
month includes lot space
and garbage, $740 deposit.
No smoking, small pets
considered. Six month
lease. (307) 389-3655.
649 N. Front St. Top Floor
and bottom floor, with endless possibilities. 8000 total
sq. ft., 4000 up, 4000 down.
Available separately or together. Plenty of parking
available. (307) 354-8688.
5000 SQ. FT. building with
14 ft. doors, office and storage yard. (307) 350-8071.
5,000 SQ. ft. shop, yard, 14
ft. overhead doors, truck
parking. 362-7985.
OVER 4000 sq. ft. building
for lease, with three 12 ft.
high overhead doors, located on Gannett Drive,
zoned I-1. Owner is Real Estate Broker. Call Margie
Smith, Rock Springs Realty,
307-382-2995, 307-350-7981.
FOR RENT/LEASE/SALE approximately 2200 sq. ft.
prime commercial office
space, warehouse in rear,
12 ft. overhead door, located in Postal Square. Call
Sam, 801-860-4944.
807 MCCARTY Avenue,
Rock Springs (turn on Sidney St. from Dewar). Tuesday,
Wednesday
and
Thursday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Fitness equipment, clothing, books, miscellaneous
items.
20
IN.
Texas
Square
bumper, fits Peterbuilt 379.
New 7 in. Donaldson
stacks, fits W900 Kenworth,
aerocab flat top. (307)
389-3240.
HOT TAR kettle, $1000;
snow blade, $500, 371-7834.
YAMAHA 4000 generator,
runs great, only four years
old. $1500, (307) 871-1187.
PRO 4000 E Onan generator, electric start, low usage, $800. (307) 389-8426.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 from 8
a.m. - 10 a.m. only. Western
Wyoming Community College (2500 College Drive)
will accept sealed bids on
obsolete items. Sale is located in the maintenance
garages by Shipping and
Receiving. Items include
but not limited to: Entertainment center, full-sized
mattresses
and
headboards, sofas, TV’s, counters, cupboards, reclining
exercise bikes, filing cabinets, bookcases, projector
screens,
tables,
office
chairs, metal shelving, audio
visual
equipment,
desks, refrigerator, and
much more. The successful
bidder must pay for and remove items the same day,
Friday, August 2. Successful bidders will be called
between 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
and pick up is scheduled
from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. The
College reserves the right
to reject any or all bids. All
sales are final and everything is sold in ‘as-is’ condition.
WAREHOUSE AND shop in
Green River. Office and restroom,
approximately,
1700 sq. ft., (307) 707-5431.
ONE BEDROOM house. Six
month lease. No smokers,
no pets. $500 per month
plus utilities, $500 deposit.
875-4186.
MANSFACE PLAZA Mall,
520 Wilkes Drive, Green
River, WY. (307) 875-1666 or
(307) 871-5844. Several
spaces now available.
THREE BED, 2.5 bath townhouse. Garage, washer and
dryer. No pets, lease required.
$1300
deposit,
$1300/month. Located in
Rock Springs, 701-818-9758,
307-922-4850.
STORAGE AND shop units,
Green River. 12x24 and
48x48, overhead doors.
(307) 875-2848.
60 FT. H and W Round Ring
with gate. 17 each, 10x5
panels. Paid $1700 one year
ago. Asking $1200/best, call
(307) 371-5276.
1217 ELK St., Rock Springs,
Unique Boutique Consignment. All shorts, tank tops,
short sleeves, capris 50
percent off through Friday,
August 2nd, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
270 WINCHESTER bolt action Ruger M77 rifle, 22 in.
barrel, not in bad shape,
4x12 scope, Tasco leather
sling, $400, 382-5473.
TWO BEDROOM, unfurnished, with refrigerator
and range. No pets, $795.
362-7428.
THREE BEDROOM house.
$800 per month, $250 cleaning deposit, you pay utilities. Fenced backyard with
new sod (no pets), storage
shed in yard. One block
from Expedition Island and
Water Park. Call 875-3501
or 870-6039.
ONE BEDROOM RV’s for
rent. Short term, long term,
$500/month. 307-382-7482.
TACTICAL PISTOL 1 Class.
August 11, Green River, WY.
$100. (307) 871-9000.
http://wyomingsurvivalan
dtactics.com
2005 GEHL RS5 forklift;
Miller XPM 350 welding machine; Graco GH-230 commercial paint sprayer. Call
382-4248 or 382-5570.
WASHERS, DRYERS, refrigerators and stoves and
dishwashers $100 and up
(each); side by side refrigerators, $150 each. 30 day
guarantee. 1313 9th Street.
Blaine’s Appliances, (307)
212-2432.
GE PROFILE stainless steel
refrigerator/dishwasher,
$1,200 for both, 362-2480.
LG STOVE with high btu
burners with grill in middle.
Cherry vinnerwood eight-piece dining set, twin bed
(white), computer desk
(white), 382-9412.
BEAUTIFUL TEAL, couch/loveseat like new, sacrifice sale. $499, (307)
705-2663.
STEEL BUILDINGS, big or
small, save up to 50 percent. For best deal with
contract construction to
complete. Source #18X,
800-964-8335.
ROCK SPRINGS, three bed,
two bath townhome, no
smoking, $1400 per month,
pets extra. (307) 705-3300.
IN GREEN River, two bedroom house. $395 per
month. 871-8411.
REMINGTON MODEL 700
.243 with a Burris 4x scope.
Excellent condition, $600.
Call (307) 389-6099.
BUYING JUNK Cars, Trucks,
Machinery. 389-9225.
STAINLESS STEEL appliances. New washer/dryer,
floors and paint. Three bed,
2.5 baths, two-car garage.
No pets, no smoking. $1500
/month, 848 Blue Sage.
(307) 389-6097, call or text.
NEW TOWN home, three
bedroom, 2.5 bath, two
stall garage, fenced back
yard, close to North Park
School. $1550 per month.
Built by Haden Construction. 307-350-8687.
RAVEN ARMS .25 caliber,
automatic, $100, 389-2316.
ROLLING GREEN Country
Club, Green River, Equity
Golf Membership. Green
fees
paid
for
2013.
$1000/best. 307-389-3824.
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL Property for Lease. Centrally located in Rock Springs just
off of Elk Street with multiple options available. 3300
sq. ft. shop with offices inside and approximately an
acre of yard space, or a
3900 sq. ft. shop with an
additional 1000 sq. ft. of office space attached. Call
Southwest Real Estate, LLC
today or go to southwestre
alestate.com for pictures
and more information.
307-382-9180.
SPARKLING CLEAN, three
bedroom, 1.5 bath, air, new
carpet, fenced yard. $1175,
(307) 677-0848.
BROWNING BAR 7 mm, Redfield 6x scope, $800,
389-2316.
POMERANIAN
PUPPIES,
and CHIHUAHUA PUPPIES,
POM-TEES. (307) 856-3400,
(307) 480-0110, after 6 p.m.
ADORABLE AKC Miniature
Poodles, one boy, one girl.
READY NOW. (307) 870-4228.
REGISTERED MINI Aussie
puppies, black tri male,
blue merle females, will be
ready August 17th, $400.
307-382-2578.
SMALL BALE grass hay, in
Lander, $180 per ton. Call
(307) 850-7387.
HAY FOR sale, small bales,
Farson area. 307-350-8491.
102 D College Court. Townhome recently repainted,
new flooring, countertops,
doors and trim, furnace
and water heater. Two bed,
two bath, finished basement, landscaped yard
with sprinkler system.
$143,000, call 371-9462.
3528 A Cleveland Dr., Rock
Springs. Two bedroom, one
bath, split-level duplex
with finished basement
and single garage. Fully
applianced
including
washer, dryer and swamp
cooler. Fenced in backyard
and nice front yard. Located close to schools and
YWCA.
$149,000, (307)
382-3968.
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James Michael Causey
Wyoming State Bar No. 6-3654
Senior Assistant Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Division
2424 Pioneer Avenue, Suite 420
Cheyenne, WY 82002
(307) 777-7977 Telephone
(307) 777-5034 Facsimile
STATE OF WYOMING
COUNTY OF SWEETWATER
)
)
)
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
)
)
Plaintiff,
)
)
vs.
) Civil No. 13-319-L
)
U.S. CURRENCY TOTALING
)
$18,975.00
)
)
Defendant.
)
__________________________________________________________
SERVICE BY PUBLICATION
__________________________________________________________
Minn Li
whose address is unknown and any other person
who may have an interest in the above described property
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Wyoming has instituted an action against the above-described property, in the District
Court of Sweetwater County, Wyoming, located in Green River, Wyoming, wherein it seeks to forfeit Eighteen Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($18,975.00) in United States currency, which were
seized on July 4, 2012, because the property was used in violation of the
Wyoming Controlled Substances Act.
2002 FORD Excursion, V-10,
lift, $5500. 371-6030.
2003 FORD Expedition 4x4.
$4800. 307-371-6030.
2004
NISSAN
Armada.
Leather, DVD, excellent
condition, 138,000 miles.
$10,000 firm. 871-7659.
MOVE IN READY! Newly
listed for sale by owner,
506 Lewis Street, $235,000,
three bedroom, two bath,
1830 sq. ft., private backyard with multi-level Trex
deck, completely remodeled kitchen with granite
counter tops, knotty maple
cabinets and stainless
steel appliances, new flooring throughout, new furnace and central air, roof,
siding and windows replaced within last five
years. (307) 399-4349.
2009 FRIENDSHIP 16x80,
three bed, two bath in Pioneer Park, Green River $48,000. Call Penny Trujillo
350-7795, Real Estate Pros.
2010 FRIENDSHIP Northern
Classic 16x80 three bed,
two bath. Trex deck and
central air, washer/dryer
included. Excellent condition. Asking $48,000. Located in Canyon Court,
Space 9. Call Jane 922-3379.
DOUBLE
WIDE,
25x56,
$28,000. Playground set and
a big TV stand. 1605 Donalynn
Dr.,
#15,
Rock
Springs, 871-5697.
ACROSS FROM Walmart,
#89, 1995 Champion, 16x80,
three bedroom, two bath.
$25,900, 389-2254.
IMMACULATELY REMODELED inside. Three bed, two
bath, fully tiled kitchen and
bath, stainless steel appliances, jetted tub, lots of
parking, new decks, shed
included (16x80). $45,000,
owner financing available,
(435) 279-5289.
16X80 BONNEVILLA, three
bedroom, two bath, large
fenced yard, large deck
and shed. Books at $40,000,
will sell for $27,500, negotiable. 362-7092, 371-0250.
1964 FORD Galaxie, 460 C-6,
9 in. 4:11 gears, good paint,
no rust, clean, show ready.
$10,000 or best offer, possible trades, 871-6417.
1993 FORD Taurus GL. Your
cash price, $1350. Standard
Motor, 362-4341.
2005 FORD Focus, 84,000
miles, $5400, 371-6030.
2006 VW Beetle. Diesel, sun-roof, 16,000 miles. LIKE
NEW. $14,635. 307-871-0071.
BUYING JUNK Cars, Trucks,
Machinery. 389-9225.
1989 FORD F150 4x4, 124,000
miles, runs great. $2,250.
389-2316
1996 CHEVROLET K1500,
your cash price, $1999.
Standard Motor, 362-4341.
1999, FORD F350, five
speed,
manual,
white,
25,000 miles on new 460,
high compression pistons,
RV cam, $7000 invested in
motor. New 4:11 gears,
both drivelines completely
rebuilt
and
balanced.
11,000
pound
winch,
bumper with KC lights.
$3500, firm, (307) 871-6881.
2000 GMC 150 4x4 with a
brand new engine. Call
307-350-8947.
1985 HARLEY Davidson
Electra Glide Classic, $5000.
371-3412, leave message.
1993 HONDA CR 80. New
piston and rings, new
clutches and clutch basket,
new seat, $475/best. 2002
Kawasaki KX 85 like new,
hardly ridden, runs great,
new tires. Nice bike for it’s
age. $925 or best offer.
307-875-8250, 307-870-7550.
2003 DYNA Low Rider, less
than 15,000 miles, many extras, asking $9500, (307)
382-9310.
2004 HONDA Helix 250
scooter. Cash price, $1750.
Standard Motor, 362-4341.
2006 HONDA BTX 1800 C36,
7600 miles, black with factory flames. Luggage rack,
sissy bar, lowers, K&N air
filter, handlebar risers,
mustang seat, Vance &
Hines big shot exhaust,
chrome drive shaft cover,
chrome lower side panels,
chrome brake reservoir,
Saddleman Key saddle bag,
original seat, $7995. If interested, call (307) 870-6540,
ask for John.
2010 YZ 450, like new, only
five hours, $4500 or best offer. (307) 371-0277.
ELECTRIC POWERED bicycle, goes up to 20 mph. Paid
$650, almost new. (307)
212-2460.
2008 POLARIS Ranger, excellent
condition,
red,
bench seat, cargo, canvas
top, winch. $6,200, call (307)
349-2141.
TWO POLARIS Trailblazers,
$1900 each; one Polaris
Hawkeye, $2500; one Suzuki, $2500. All in good condition. Call 875-4592 or
871-2708.
1986
SLIDE-IN
Pop-Up
camper, $700. 371-3412,
leave message.
2005 36 ft. 5th wheel, three
slides, electric fireplace,
many upgrades, $23,000 or
best offer, (307) 705-1957,
(307) 705-1959.
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the Sweetwater County District Board of Health will conduct
their regularly scheduled DBOH
meeting on Wednesday, July 31,
2013 at 7:15 a.m. at the Sweetwater County Nursing office, 731 C
Street, Rock Springs, WY. Please
use the entrance on the west side
of the building.
July 27, 30, 31_______________
13
TAKE NOTICE that the following abandoned vehicle, a 2000 Sportman 5th wheel, 24 ft. camper, vin #4EZFS242XYS075640 will be sold
at public auction on August 5, 2013 at 1508 9th St., Rock Springs, WY
at 10 a.m. to satisfy all towing, storage and legal fees due to date of sale
in the amount of $500.
Clay Devine, El Rancho Towing
July 24, 31________________________________________________
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
THE STATE OF WYOMING
1998 FORD Explorer, 4x4,
your cash price, $1999.
Standard Motor, 362-4341.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that unless you file an answer or otherwise plead as provided for by the laws of the State of Wyoming, within
30 days after the last day of publication of this notice, your default will
be entered and a judgment and decree of Forfeiture will be entered terminating any interest you may have in Eighteen Thousand Nine Hundred
Seventy-Five Dollars ($18,975.00) in United States currency, and forfeiting the property to the State of Wyoming.
DONNA LEE BOBAK
DISTRICT COURT CLERK
/s/ Donna Lee Bobak
July 17, 24, 31, Aug. 7_______________________________________
CITY OF ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING
NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE AND FINAL SETTLEMENT
To all persons, firms or corporations who have any claims for work done
for or any materials furnished to Renner Sports Surfaces of Murray,
Utah, general contractors, for the tennis court replacement at Garnet
Park, located in Rock Springs, Wyoming.
You are hereby notified that the City of Rock Springs, Sweetwater
County, Wyoming, has accepted as completed, according to the plans
and specifications and rules set forth in the contract between the City of
Rock Springs and the aforesaid Contractor, the work in connection with
the construction of the tennis court replacement at Garnet Park, and that
said, Contractor is entitled to final settlement therefore.
You are further notified that upon the 10th day of September, 2013, being the 41st day after the first publication of this notice, the City of Rock
Springs will pay to Renner Sports Surfaces of Murray, Utah the full
amount due under said contract; And in the event your claim is not filed
with the City of Rock Springs prior to said 10th day of September 2013,
the same shall be waived.
This notice is given pursuant to Section 16-6-116, Wyoming State Statutes.
Dated this July 31, 2013.
City of Rock Springs
Sweetwater County
State of Wyoming
/s/Lisa M. Tarufelli, City Clerk
July 31, Aug. 7, 21__________________________________________
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF
NAME
AMY JO VAN KAM HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that she has filed a
Petition in the District Court of Sweetwater County requesting that her
name be changed to Amy Jo Crowell. All parties opposed to this Petition
should file notice with the Court before the Petition is granted.
July 8, 2013
(s) Amy Van Kam
July 10, 17, 24, 31__________________________________________
NOTICE OF SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF CONTRACT
To all persons, firms, or corporations who have any claim for any work
done or any material furnished to R & D SWEEPING & ASPHALT,
ROCK SPRINGS, WY for Sweetwater County School District #2 Projects:
DISTRICT WIDE ASPHALT CRACK SEALING PROJECT - 2013
You are hereby notified that Sweetwater County School District #2
Board of Trustees, Green River, WY, has accepted substantial completion according to plans and specifications and rules set forth in the contract between such Board of Trustees and R & D Sweeping & Asphalt
of the work in connection with the above listed projects, and that said
contractor is entitled to final settlement therefore.
You are further notified that upon the 2nd day of September, 2013, being the 41st day after the first publication of this notice, said Sweetwater
County School District #2 will pay R & D Sweeping & Asphalt the full
amount due under said contract and in the event your claim is not filed
with Sweetwater County School District #2 prior to the 2nd day of September, 2013 same shall be waived.
This notice is given pursuant to Section 16-6116, WY Statutes, 1982.
Dated this 24th day of July, 2013
/s/ Sherie Smith, Clerk
Sweetwater County School District No. 2
Board of Trustees
July 24, 31, Aug. 7__________________________________________
LEGAL NOTICE
All interested parties in the contents of the following storage units are
hereby notified that the following units have been declared abandoned
and contents will be sold, donated or otherwise disposed of. The owners
may reclaim contents if the declared amounts, plus any and all costs, are
paid in full before 5 p.m. 8/6/13.
Jordon Shook
116 1/2 Sherman Street
Rock Springs, WY 82901
A-29
$590
Damain Wilcox
45 Purple Sage Road, #106
Rock Springs, WY 82901
C-68 and 76
$830
Golden Key Storage
PO Box 272
Rock Springs, Wy 82902
July 24, 31________________________________________________
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF WRONGFUL DEATH
REPRESENTATIVE
An action to appoint a wrongful death representative has been instituted
in the District Court of the Third Judicial District in Sweetwater County,
Wyoming in the death of Sheila Whitney that occurred on August 12,
2011 in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Any person claiming to qualify
under Wyoming Statute 1-38-104(a) as a representative of the Estate of
Sheila Whitney may intervene as a matter of right.
DATED July 22, 2013
By: SPENCER L. ALLRED of Bowers Law Firm, PC
Attorney for the Estate of Sheila Whitney
P.O. Box 1550 Afton, WY 83110
Inquires may also be directed to SPENCER L. ALLRED, Bowers Law
Firm PC, 685 S. Washington Street, P.O. Box 1550 Afton, WY 83110
(307) 885-1000.
July 24, 31, Aug. 7__________________________________________
PUBLICATION OF GROSS SALARIES
City of Rock Springs
JULY 2013
Pursuant to Wyoming Statute 15-1-110 sub section (b) the following list
provides the name, position and gross monthly salary of each chief administrative official, assistant administrative official and department
head including elected officials of the City of Rock Springs. Also included in the list are all other full-time positions employed by the city
without the name of the current employee, including gross monthly salaries or actual monthly wages not including any fringe benefits or any
overtime the employee may earn which would be paid by the city.
General Government: Carl R Demshar, Jr., Mayor, $1200; Human Resource Manager, $7472; Administrative Assistant, $3135; Chad M
Banks, Council member, $400; David Halter, Council member, $400;
Billy W Shalata, Council member, $400; Clark D Stith, Council member, $400; Glenn Sugano, Council member, $400; David M Tate, Council member, $400; Glennise Wendorf, Council member, $400; Robert B
Zotti, Council member, $400. Legal Department: Vince E Crow, City
Attorney, $9764; Assistant City Attorney, $8846; Legal Administrative
Assistant, $4217. Finance/Administration: Lisa M Tarufelli, Director
of Administrative Services, $9764; Housing Community Development
Supervisor, $6339; Deputy City Clerk, $6182; Senior Accounting Technician, $4771; Senior Accounting Technician, $4771; Senior Accountant, $7568; Senior Accounting Technician, $4355; Housing Community
Development Supervisor, $5959. City Buildings: Building Maintenance
Supervisor, $5603; Custodian, $3295. Municipal Court: George S.
Nelson, Municipal Judge, $8316; Work Restitution Coordinator, $3461;
Senior Court Clerk, $4485; Court Clerk, $3294. Urban Renewal/Main
Street: Urban Renewal/Main Street Manager, $5534. IT Department:
Computer Support Specialist II, $5202; Computer Support Specialist II,
$4855; Technical Support Specialist, $7260. Police Department: Michael F Lowell, Police Chief, $9764; Police Officer, $4485; Police Officer, $5267; Police Officer, $5267; Police Officer, $4217; Sergeant,
$6518; Police Officer, $5267; Evidence Technician, $4114; Records
Technician II, $3916; Police Officer, $5101; Police Officer, $4217; Records Supervisor, $3935; Police Officer, $4217; Police Officer, $5267;
Police Officer $4430; Police Officer, $5267; Police Officer, $4217;
Records Technician II, $3745; Police Officer, $5267; Police Officer,
$5267; Police Officer, $4485; Police Officer, $5267; Police Officer,
$5267; Community Service Officer, $3175; Police Officer, $5101; Police Officer, $4950; Police Commander, $7818; Sergeant, $5884; Police
Officer, $4217; Police Officer, $4217; Sergeant, $6517; Records Technician I, $2785; Senior Administrative Assistant, $4771; Police Officer,
$5267; Administrative Assistant $3335; Police Officer, $5267; Police
Officer, $4485; Police Commander, $7818; Police Officer, $5267; Police Officer, $5267; Parking Control/Nuisance Officer, $3136; Sergeant,
$6577; Police Officer, $5267; Police Commander, $7567; Sergeant,
$6060; Parking Control, Nuisance Officer, $3175; Police Officer,
$4485; Police Officer, $4950; Police Officer, $4621; Police Officer,
$4950; Sergeant, $5624; Police Officer, $4621; Police Officer, $4430;
Police Officer, $5267. Animal Control: Michael D Kiggins, Animal
Control Supervisor, $4769; Animal Control Officer I, $3136; Animal
Control Assistant, $2984. Fire Department: Lyle Armstrong, Fire
Chief, $9615; Battalion Chief, $7389; Battalion Chief, $7389; Battalion
Chief, $7389; Captain, $6694; Captain, $6694; Captain, $6694, Captain,
$6226, Captain, $6049; Captain, $6049; Captain, $5975; Captain,
$5975; Captain, $5975; Senior Administrative Assistant, $4771; Firefighter, $5360; Firefighter, $5360; Firefighter, $5360; Firefighter,
$5360; Firefighter, $5360; Firefighter, $5360; Firefighter, $5360; Firefighter, $5242; Firefighter, $5242; Firefighter, $4936; Firefighter,
$4936; Firefighter, $4746; Firefighter, $4746; Firefighter, $4746; Firefighter, $4608; Firefighter, $4608; Firefighter, $4608; Firefighter,
$4553; Firefighter, $4553; Firefighter, $4553; Firefighter, $4292. Engineering/Operations: Paul D Kauchich, Director of Engineering/Operations, $9764; Civil Engineer I, $6215; Civil Engineer II, $6659. Streets
Department: Jon Lesko, Street Maintenance Superintendent, $6625;
Maintenance Worker II, $3461; Maintenance Worker II, $4064; Maintenance Worker II, $4065; Maintenance Worker II, $4323; Maintenance
Worker II, $3793; Maintenance Worker II, $3461; Maintenance Worker
II $4323; Maintenance Worker II, $3681; Maintenance Crew Supervisor, $5672; Senior Maintenance Worker, $5013; Maintenance Worker
II, $3681 Cemetery: Chris Doak, Cemetery/Weed & Pest Supervisor,
$6577; Maintenance Worker II, $3944. Parks and Recreation Department: David M Lansang, Director of Parks/Recreation, $9638; Mark D
Lyon, Parks Superintendent, $7164; Irrigation Specialist, $4064; Maintenance Crew Supervisor, $5620; Irrigation Specialist, $4621; Maintenance Worker II, $3681. Golf Course: Grant A Yaklich, Recreation
Complex Superintendent, $6287; Irrigation Specialist, $4013; Maintenance Crew Supervisor, $5672; Maintenance Crew Supervisor, $4541;
Golf Professional, $6577; Equipment Mechanic, $5047; Irrigation Specialist, $4064. Civic Center: John J Syvrud, Recreation Center Superintendent, $6495; Janitor, $2671; Recreation Supervisor, $3565; Janitor,
$2586; Recreation Supervisor, $4323; Recreation Specialist, $3188;
Lifeguard Instructor, $3254; Administrative Assistant, $3793; Building
Maintenance Mechanic II, $4217; Senior Recreation Supervisor, $4595.
Family Recreation Center: Mike J Evans, Recreation Center Superintendent, $7260; Senior Custodian, $3916; Recreation Supervisor,
$4323; Administrative Assistant, $3916; Senior Recreation Supervisor,
$5138; Senior Administrative Assistant, $3821; Buildings Maintenance
Supervisor, $6577; Janitor, $3136; Lifeguard Instructor, $2855; Building Maintenance Mechanic II, $5013; Janitor, $3136; Building Maintenance Mechanic II, $5013; Ice Area Supervisor, $5672; Janitor, $2861;
Recreation Supervisor, $4061; Administrative Assistant, $3793. Waste
Water Treatment Plant: Emanuel J Gaviotis, Wastewater Plant Superintendent, $7818; Wastewater Plant Operator II, $4322; Wastewater
Plant Operator II, $4322; Senior Plant Mechanic, $5672; Wastewater
Plant Operator I, $3681; Collection System Worker I, $3565; Senior
Plant Mechanic, $4830; Laboratory Technician, $5533; Collection System Worker II, $4393; Wastewater Plant Operator I, $3944; Pre-Treatment and Collection Supervisor, $5267; Wastewater Plant Operator I,
$3793; Chief WWTP Operator, $6051. Water Administration: Senior
Accounting Technician, $4064; Accounting Technician II, $4323; Senior Accounting Technician, $4064. Public Services/Planning: Sylvester D Walker, Director of Public Services, $9764; City Planner, $6417;
Senior Administrative Assistant, $3821; Assistant City Planner, $4114.
Building Inspections: Jeffrey A Tuttle, Chief Building Inspector $7260;
Electrical Inspector, $5672; Plans Examiner, $5672; Building Inspector,
$4771; Fire Inspector, $4541. Vehicle Maintenance Department:
Randy McJunkin, Equipment Maintenance Supervisor, $7260; Equipment Mechanic, $5267; Equipment Mechanic, $5267; Equipment Mechanic, $5267; Equipment Mechanic, $5267. Water Operations: Kenneth L Weskamp, Water Distribution Superintendent, $7260; Water System Worker II, $4771; Water System Worker II, $3935; Water System
Worker II, $4616; Water System Worker I, $3461; Water System Technician, $5672; Water System Worker II, $3935; Water System Worker
II, $3935; Water Crew Supervisor, $5160. Historical Museum: Robert
B Nelson, Museum Coordinator, $5672. Housing Administration: Administrative Assistant, $3335; Housing Accounting Coordinator, $5138;
Building Maintenance Mechanic II, $5013; Building Maintenance Mechanic I, $3436; Housing Technician, $4507; Buildings Maintenance
Supervisor, $5267.
July 31___________________________________________________
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50.97
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14.52
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Commodities
FUELS
CLOSE
Crude Oil (bbl)
103.08
Ethanol (gal)
2.24
Heating Oil (gal)
3.01
Natural Gas (mm btu) 3.43
Unleaded Gas (gal)
3.02
Oil fell Tuesday
to the lowest
price in four
weeks as the
Federal Reserve began a
two-day policy
meeting. Metals
fell, led by palladium. Prices for
commodities
were mixed.
PVS.
104.55
2.23
3.02
3.46
3.01
%CHG %YTD
-1.41 +12.3
...
+2.1
-0.31
-1.3
-1.16
+2.4
+0.20
+7.3
METALS
Gold (oz)
Silver (oz)
Platinum (oz)
Copper (lb)
Palladium (oz)
CLOSE
1324.00
19.70
1437.50
3.04
727.75
PVS.
1328.40
19.85
1441.80
3.12
743.75
%CHG %YTD
-0.33 -21.0
+0.17 -34.7
-0.36
-6.6
-2.05 -16.5
-2.15
+3.6
AGRICULTURE
CLOSE
PVS.
%CHG %YTD
Cattle (lb)
1.22
Coffee (lb)
1.21
Corn (bu)
4.96
Cotton (lb)
0.85
Lumber (1,000 bd ft) 320.10
Orange Juice (lb)
1.46
Soybeans (bu)
13.50
Wheat (bu)
6.55
1.22
1.21
4.89
0.85
327.90
1.46
13.68
6.73
-0.37
...
+1.28
+0.51
-2.38
-0.24
-1.28
+0.56
-6.4
-15.8
-29.0
+13.3
-14.4
+25.5
-4.9
-15.8
S&P 500
3,640
Nasdaq composite
1,680
Close: 1,685.96
Change: 0.63 (flat)
3,600
Close: 3,616.47
Change: 17.33 (0.5%)
3,560
10 DAYS
1,700
3,700
1,650
3,600
10 DAYS
3,200
F
M
A
M
J
J
3,100
DOW
15,520.59
40
Operating
EPS
est.
$0.37
3Q ’12
3Q ’13
Price-earnings ratio:
CRUDE OIL
$103.08
40
based on trailing 12 months’ results
30-YR T-BONDS
3.68%
Dividend: $0.40 Div. yield: 0.7%
Source: FactSet
CHRISTINA REXRODE
AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — On the stock
market Tuesday, it felt like late-summer
inertia had already set in.
U.S. stocks wandered between the
tiniest of gains and losses before closing mixed. Traders were indecisive as
companies reported disparate earnings
news, and many were disinclined to
make any big moves before getting direction from the Federal Reserve,
which is scheduled to release an updated policy statement Wednesday.
The calendar said late July, but on the
stock exchange it seemed more like August, when many traders take off for
vacation and fewer stocks trade hands.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose
as much as 72 points in early trading —
less than 0.5 percent — before flickering lower. It dipped into the red for
most of the afternoon and closed down
1.38 points, or 0.01 percent, at
15,520.59.
“It seems like the doldrums of summer have set in,” said Dave Abate, sen-
ior wealth adviser at Strategic Wealth
Partners in Seven Hills, Ohio.
The Nasdaq composite rose 17.33
points, or 0.5 percent, to 3,616.47,
though even that gain was largely because Apple, its biggest component,
was up more than 1 percent.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index
plodded just a fraction higher, up 0.63
point, or 0.04 percent, to 1,685.96.
Three of its industry sectors rose, led
by technology stocks. Seven fell,
dragged down by telecommunications
companies.
Company earnings were equally inconclusive. Coach, the maker of upscale handbags, slumped 8 percent after reporting lower quarterly profit. But
Goodyear Tire & Rubber jumped 9
percent after announcing that its quarterly earnings had doubled.
This earnings season has presented
a picture encouraging on some fronts
and troubling on others. Many companies, including big names like Apple
and Visa, have posted better-than-expected results, and analysts predict
that second-quarter earnings are up 4.7
-1.38
GOLD
$1,324.00
-1.47
EURO
$1.3265
...
6-MO T-BILLS
.06%
p
q
q
n
+17.33
-4.40
-.0002
...
percent for companies in the S&P 500,
according to S&P Capital IQ. But the
picture has its blemishes, including the
fact that many of the gains are based
not on business growth but on costcutting: Revenue is down about 0.5 percent.
“There’s a little bit of swapping
chairs on the deck,” Abate said.
Outside of earnings reports, traders
were keeping a close eye on the Federal Reserve, which began a two-day
meeting Tuesday and will release an
updated policy statement Wednesday.
Conjectures about the central bank
have had a powerful influence on the
stock market in recent months.
Traders have bought and sold stocks
while hanging on to every word of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke,
looking for clues about when the Fed
might pull back on its bond-buying program or start raising interest rates. The
central bank has been buying bonds to
try to prop up stocks and encourage
borrowing. It has also been keeping interest rates low, all in an attempt to
pump life into a lagging economy.
U.S. home prices rise 12.2 percent, best in 6 years
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home
prices jumped 12.2 percent in May
compared with a year ago, the biggest
annual gain since March 2006. The increase shows the housing recovery is
strengthening.
The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller
20-city home price index released
Tuesday also surged 2.4 percent in
May from April. The month-overmonth gain nearly matched the 2.6
percent increase in April from March
— the highest on record.
The price increases were widespread. All 20 cities showed gains in
May from April and compared with a
year ago.
Prices in Dallas and Denver reached
July
the highest level on records dating
back to 2000. That marks the first
time since the housing bust that any
city has reached an all-time high.
Home values are rising as more people are bidding on a scarce supply of
houses for sale. Steady price increases, along with stable job gains and historically low mortgage rates, have in
turn encouraged more Americans to
buy homes.
One concern is that higher mortgage rates could slow home sales. But
many economists say rates remain low
by historical standards and would
need to rise much faster to halt the
momentum.
Svenja Gudell, senior economist at
Zillow, a home price data provider, said
a big reason for the recent price gains
is that foreclosed homes make up a
smaller proportion of overall sales.
Foreclosed homes are usually sold by
banks at fire-sale prices.
“Typical home values have appreciated at roughly half this pace for the
past several months, which is still very
robust,” Gudell said.
Gudell said higher mortgage rates
and a likely increase in the number of
homes for sale in the coming months
should slow the pace of price gains and
stabilize the housing market.
The index covers roughly half of
U.S. homes. It measures prices compared with those in January 2000 and
creates a three-month moving average.
The May figures are the latest available. They are not adjusted for seasonal variations, so the monthly gains reflect more buying activity over the
summer.
Market movers
expected results this earnings
season. Still others fell dramatically after disappointing
investors. A look at some of the
major advancers and decliners
this month.
With just one trading day left in
July, the stock market is on track
to post one of the strongest
months this year.
Some companies soared when
they released better-than-
JULY ADVANCERS
Oneok (OKE)
$37.63
$51.82
$60
TripAdvisor (TRIP) $73.27
$80
$52.58
$51.36
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July change: 51% YTD: 41%
The social network reports that
mobile ads represented 41 percent
of second-quarter revenue.
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and then buy items cheaper
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rarely
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never
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$70
$53.84
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J
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July change: 20% YTD: 75%
The online travel review company
reports that its second-quarter net
income climbed 26 percent.
JULY DECLINERS
Expedia (EXPE)
$47.49
SodaStream (SODA) $58.32
$80
Y E S T E R D AY ’ S P O L L
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July change: 25% YTD: 23%
The energy company announces a
plan to spin off its natural gas
distribution business.
Question of the Day
Who do you think will replace
Ben Bernanke as head of the
Federal Reserve?
A. Tim Geithner
B. Larry Summers
C. Janet Yellen
D. other
$0.32
NASDAQ
3,616.47
Waiting for Bernanke,
stocks plod indecisively
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S&P 500
1,685.96
$46.28
$27.77
3,500
1,600
$55.62
$60
$40
1,720
1,450
WFM
Whole Foods Market’ s latest
quarterly results should give a
glimpse of how the high-end
grocery business is faring.
The company, which is
due to report fiscal
third-quarter earnings today,
is popular because of its
emphasis on healthy foods,
but competition is intensifying. Stores including Kroger,
Safeway and Target are
also tapping into the healthy
food trend.
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Eye on Whole Foods
Fee dispute factor
Investors will hear from the
Federal Reserve today after
the central bank winds up a
two-day policy meeting.
Earlier this month, Fed
Chairman Ben Bernanke said
that the U.S. economy is
gradually improving, adding
that the Fed has no preset
course for tapering its monthly
bond purchases. The Fed’s
stimulus has been a major
factor supporting a four-year
rally in stocks.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Microsoft (MSFT)
$31.85
$40
$33.10
$55.84
70
55
35
60
50
M
J
J
July change: -20% YTD: 30%
News that Green Mtn. Coffee filed
a patent for a rival soda machine
causes some investors to sell.
Source: FactSet
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M
J
J
July change: -21% YTD: -22%
The online travel company reports
its second-quarter profit fell by 32
percent as costs increased.
Data: Closing prices as of April 30, July 30
30
M
J
J
July change: -8% YTD: 21%
The software maker reports a nearly
$1 billion writeoff on its new tablet
and poor reception for Windows 8.
Trevor Delaney; J.Paschke • AP