Worland school district to discuss new budget tonight

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109th Year, No. 140
Drama team returns — 3
50 Cents
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Ag news — 8
Jr. Bath Ruth qualies for state — 6
Worland school district to discuss new budget tonight
Most line item appropriations similar to last year’s budget
By Zach Spadt
Staff Writer
WORLAND — Washakie County
School District No. 1 trustees are set to
approve the 2015 – 2016 school year budget tonight.
The proposed budget is nearly identical
to last year’s budget in total expenditures,
with $41,692,155 appropriated. The total
appropriation for the 2014 – 2015 school
year was $41,458,990.
WCSD No. 1 business manager, Jack
Stott, said the budget fluctuates with the
amount of grant money programs receive
Banner Health,
nurse file
response in
district court
in addition to state and federal funding.
If passed, WSCD No. 1 will spend $14.7
million on total instruction, slightly up
from the 2014 – 2015 school year budgeted amount of $14.6 million.
The proposed budget amount for elementary instruction is $4,062,325 —
slightly down from the $4,075,037 appropriation for the 2014 – 2015 school year.
Middle school instruction will receive
$2,062,496 if the budget passed. The district budgeted $2,076,800 for the 2014
– 2015 school year for middle school instruction.
The district is budgeting $2.42 million
in secondary education (high school) un-
Budget, land
acquisition
highlight Ten
Sleep’s school
board meeting
Garage Fire
Allegations in wrongful
death suit denied
By Zach Spadt
Staff Writer
WORLAND — The attorney for Donna Clothier and Banner Health filed a
response in the Wyoming Fifth Judicial
District Court Tuesday.
Clothier and Banner Health are
named as defendants, along with Dr.
Edward Zimmerman, in connection with
the death of Kevin Anderson of Worland
in July 2013. Denver-based attorney
Michael T. McConnell is representing
Clothier and Banner.
The plaintiff ’s lawsuit alleges that
Banner Health and Clothier are responsible for the death of Anderson on July
20, 2013.
Anderson died at his home July 20
after being treated by Zimmerman and
Clothier, a registered nurse, at Washakie
Medical Center the night of July 19 and
early morning of July 20.
The lawsuit states that Banner
Health is responsible for Anderson’s
death because Zimmerman was acting as
the attending emergency room physician
at Washakie Medical Center (a Banner
Health facility) and therefore under the
auspices of Banner Health when Anderson went to the ER.
According to the lawsuit, Zimmerman administered hydromorphone, a
pain management medication, to Anderson after diagnosing him with a kidney
stone.
The suit alleges Zimmerman acted
negligently in not monitoring Anderson
after giving him the medication.
See ‘Answer,’ page 2
DAILY NEWS/Zach Spadt
A Worland firefighter battles a blaze that occurred near the Worland Sale Barn near the start of South Flat Road.
A residential garage caught fire and was a total loss. By the time firefighters arrived on the scene, the building
was completely collapsed. As of Tuesday evening, a cause has not been determined. See tomorrow’s edition of
the Northern Wyoming Daily News for more on the fire.
3 people facing trial in decapitated body case
POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — Three people
are facing trial in the death of a man
whose decapitated body was found along a
remote dirt road northwest of Powell.
A circuit court judge last week referred
the case against 51-year-old John Louis
Marquez up to district court, where he’ll
enter a plea to first-degree charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder in
the death of Juan Antonio Guerra-Torres.
Park County Sheriff ’s Investigator Joe
Torczon said in court that 28-year-old Pedro Garcia Jr. told authorities his sister,
27-year-old Sandra Garcia, asked him to
der the proposal. The 2014 – 2015 amount
was $2.45 million.
Instructional support, a category which
includes guidance services, health services, speech services among others is
budgeted a total of $2.12 million, slightly
down from last year’s amount of $2.14
million.
See ‘School board,’ page 2
kill her boyfriend because Guerra-Torres
owed drug money to people who were
threatening his family.
Torczon said the two enlisted Marquez’s help. More testing will determine if
a glove found by the body has DNA that
matches Marquez.
By Ryan Mitchel Collins
Staff writer
TEN SLEEP— The Ten Sleep school
board will be discussing its annual budget and land acquisition for the new
school in their monthly meeting.
There was a special meeting Tuesday
evening to discuss the land acquisition
subject, a prelude to the closed session
that will be taking place tonight. In the
closed session the board will have the
possibility of selecting a location for the
new school, but there is not a large probability that will happen according to Superintendent Jimmy Phelps.
Wyoming School Facilities Department Public Information Officer Anthony Hughes said in a recent interview, “Geotechnical studies are being
conducted on several sites. It would be
premature to discuss specific locations
before the studies have been completed.
Soil samples are part of the geotechnical
study that is used to help determine the
most appropriate site for a new school.
Generally, it obtains information on the
physical properties of the soil and rock
around certain sites.”
After the closed session, the board will
have a discussion/adoption of the annual
budget.
The budget hearing is set for 8 p.m.
Other agenda items include the approval of the second reading of policies V
of the student policies, VI extracurricular policy, and the VII activity policy.
The regular meeting will begin
promptly at 7 p.m. Wednesday night at
the Ten Sleep School.
More information on Tuesday’s special meeting will be published in Thursday’s issue.
Rangeland specialist: Relationships with the public is key to BLM rangeland management
By Ryan Mitchel Collins
Staff writer
WORLAND— Working with
the public is an absolute must
for John Elliott, the supervisory
rangeland management specialist
for the Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office
“That’s key, we have to have
those working relationships with
our public in order to satisfy everybody,” said Elliott.
Elliott said he supervises seven
range specialists working at the
Worland Field Office. The BLM
grazing department at the Worland Field Office primarily does
work in four counties in the Big
Horn Basin — Park, Hot Springs,
Washakie and Big Horn.
“Every year we get around 1015 different allotments we get
completed,” said Elliott.
“An allotment is an area of land
designated and managed for grazing of livestock. It may include
private, state, and public lands
under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management and/or
other federal agencies,” according
to data.gov.
“To do that we work hand
and hand with our permittees,
we work with various different
groups like the Western Watershed, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the
State of Wyoming, US Fish and
Wildlife Service, Wyoming Game
and Fish. Lots of different people
are always invited to come to the
field with us and help do our field
work and review what we do so
that we are all on the same page,”
said Elliott.
Working with other agencies
in order to accomplish a goal that
deals with public land is not uncommon, but how does an individual land owner go about acquiring
a grazing permit?
“Our grazing permits are associated with a piece of property.
Typically it’s a historic piece of
property that has always been
with that permit. So when that
ranch sells and that holds base
property, you can apply for a grazing permit,” Elliott explained.
“And then there’s an application
COURTESY/BLM
BLM range management specialists John Elliot and Len Cannella work on data collection for analysis in the Standards for
Rangeland Health Process in the Owl Creek Mountain Range.
process to make sure that you are
a bona-fide permittee and that
you are a legitimate customer.
We go through that application
process to approve you as an applicant and then we transfer the
grazing permit.”
According to Elliott, if there
are no changes to the permit, they
can hand it over to an applicant,
which they are allowed to do by
congressional act. If you prefer
to makes changes to the grazing
permit, then the applicant goes
through the National Environmental Policy Act process, an environmental analysis.
The analysis will have input
from archeologists’, hydrologists,
soils, US fish and wildlife, and
game and fish among others. The
idea being lots of organizations
get a chance to look at the impact
a purposed permit may have on a
given area on public land.
“I think what people miss often
is the amount of work the range
specialists put into their jobs.
There’s 2.2 million acres that we
administer out of Worland, 400
grazing allotments. If you divide
that by seven, that’s a lot of acres
for these folks to cover. We guide
them on where to go and how to
do it, but they put forth the effort,”
Elliott said. “It always amazes me
that they do such a good job and
such a solid job, quietly done.”
Grazing permits have been
around for a hundred years, Elliott said. But according to him,
one of the biggest problems they
encounter is invasive species or
weeds.
“We have encroachment by
non natives that will take over
perfectly healthy rangelands no
matter how they are being used.
It’s not just a desolate dried up
piece of land they are taking
over. They will take over perfectly
healthy rangelands,” said Elliott.
“What we do is we truly put the
effort forward to insure that our
public range lands are staying as
healthy as we can keep them. And
that multiple activities still occur
on public land. That’s a big deal.
People often look at the badlands
and maybe don’t always consider
that oil and gas, mining, or grazing activities are taking place.”
Weather &
Vitals
see page 2
2–Northern Wyoming Daily News, Worland, Wyo., Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Health law makes Wyo.
tribe large employer
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A
judge has ruled against a Wyoming
Indian tribe’s claim that the federal
government shouldn’t classify it
as a large employer under the Affordable Care Act — a designation
requiring the tribe to provide insurance coverage for its hundreds
of employees.
An official with the Northern
Arapaho tribe said the decision
could have ramifications for other
tribes as well, leaving them a choice
between purchasing expensive
group health insurance for their
employees or facing federal penalties.
U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl of Casper this month ruled
against a legal challenge from the
tribe in its bid to block the federal
government from classifying it as
a large employer. Beginning this
year, the Affordable Care Act requires employers with 50 or more
employees to offer employee health
coverage or face penalties.
The tribe employs about 900
people in its casino and other governmental operations. The tribe
states in its legal filings that in
recent years it has subsidized its
employees — which include both
Indians and non-Indians — to help
them get individual insurance coverage under the Affordable Care
Act.
As individuals, the tribe stated
in its legal filings, its employees
qualified for tax credits to help offset insurance costs. But as employees of a designated large employer,
the tribe stated, its workers will no
longer be eligible for individual coverage or the tax credits.
“We are working hard to improve health care for tribal members and to get more of our people
onto health insurance,” said Dean
Goggles, chairman of the Northern
Arapaho Business Council. “We
think that’s what Congress wanted,
too, when it passed the Affordable
Care Act. We’re reviewing the district court order and will consider
our options.”
School board
General support is budgeted $24 million, slightly up from last years
$23.9 million. General support includes administrative services, maintenance services and transportation services, among other miscellaneous
items.
The school board meeting is scheduled for tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the
school district front office located at 2150 Howell. The annual budget hearing has been set for 8 p.m.
Answer
Clothier is named in the suit because she allegedly did not advise
Zimmerman that Anderson was
displaying symptoms consistent
with hydromorphone overdose.
Stephanie Anderson, Kevin Anderson’s wife, was named as her
husband’s wrongful death representative in a separate district
court motion.
The response from Clothier
and Banner Health states, “The
plaintiff ’s complaint fails to state
a claim against them upon which
relief can be granted. Plaintiff
may have failed to mitigate her
damages as required by law.
“An autopsy performed by an
independent physician concluded
the cause of Mr. Anderson’s death
was ‘undetermined.’ Therefore,
plaintiff ’s claimed damages may
be the result of pre-existing conditions for which these defendants
are not responsible. Plaintiff ’s
damages or injuries may be the
result of a natural disease process
which could not have been prevented by this defendant.”
The complaint states that Anderson was unable to stand under his own power and had to use
a wheelchair to exit the hospital,
symptoms consistent with hydromorphone overdose.
There is no stated dollar
amount regarding money sought
in the original complaint.
No further motions have been
filed as of Tuesday afternoon.
Audrey Collins Kelso
Emblem resident, Audrey Collins Kelso, age 86, passed away Friday
night, July 10, 2015, at the West Park Hospital Long Term Care Center
in Cody.
Kelso was born Nov. 29, 1928.
The funeral service will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 18, 2015, at the
Emblem Gym in Emblem.
BIRTHS
•Born to James and Nicole Donahue
of Worland, baby boy, July 7, 2015,
in Cody.
DEATHS
None Reported.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
None Reported.
DIVORCE ACTIONS
None Reported.
AMBULANCE CALLS
•July 13 6:38 p.m. Law enforcement
center.
FIRE CALLS
•July 13 2:58 p.m. Worland High
School. False alarm.
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT
Law Enforcement report for:
•July 13 11:34 a.m. N. 13th St.
Sexual assault reported.
•July 13 11:40 a.m. 600 block N. 7th
St. Suspicious vehicle reported.
•July 13 1:27 p.m. Aspen Lodge Dr.
Theft reported.
•July 13 2:44 p.m. N. 10th St. Suspicious vehicle reported.
•July 13 3:35 p.m. U.S. 16 MP 2.
Citation issued.
•July 13 4:52 p.m. Blair’s Market.
Fraud reported.
•July 13 6:16 p.m. Worland Community Center Complex. Cort Jones
and Reina White arrested for battery.
•July 13 9:05 p.m. Ranchito. Vehicular accident reported, no injuries.
•July 14 1:38 a.m. Worland Community Center Complex. Suspicious
vehicle reported.
WEATHER
Worland temperatures: High 92,
Low 56 Precipitation: 0.02
Wednesday: Isolated showers and
thunderstorms after 3 p.m. Some
of the storms could produce gusty
winds. Mostly sunny, with a high
near 90. West wind 5 to 9 mph
becoming north northeast in the
morning. Chance of precipitation is
20 percent.
Wednesday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before
midnight. Some of the storms could
produce small hail and gusty winds.
Partly cloudy, with a low around 55.
Light and variable wind becoming
west northwest around 6 mph after
midnight. Chance of precipitation is
20 percent.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a
high near 90. Southeast wind 5 to 7
mph becoming calm in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy,
with a low around 58. Northwest
wind around 6 mph becoming south
southeast after midnight.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high
near 85. Light and variable wind becoming north northeast 5 to 9 mph
in the afternoon.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance
of showers and thunderstorms
before midnight. Some of the storms
could produce small hail and gusty
winds. Partly cloudy, with a low
around 56. West wind 9 to 13 mph.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high
near 79.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with
a low around 54.
TEMPERATURES
Greybull 89 60 Cheyenne 83
Casper 89 54 Cody
82
Lander 87 54 Laramie 77
R.Springs 81 56 Sheridan 87
Sunset tonight: 4:27 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow: 7:33 a.m.
Winning Numbers
for July 14, 2015
MegaMillions drawing were
unavailable at press time.
58
54
49
57
Casper man
shot, killed
by police is
identified
CASPER (AP) — Casper police
have identified the man who they
shot and killed while serving a
search warrant.
The Casper Star-Tribune reports a statement released Monday from Police Chief Jim Wetzel
states that 27-year-old Christopher Benton had presented “lethal
force” toward officers who entered
his home Sunday night. Benton
died at the scene from gunshot
wounds.
Officers had entered Benton’s
home in a neighborhood east of
the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds.
Obama calls
for shorter
sentences for
nonviolent
convicts
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Calling it an issue America can’t afford
to ignore, President Barack Obama
laid out an expansive vision Tuesday for fixing the criminal justice
system by focusing on communities, courtrooms and cellblocks. He
announced a federal review of the
use of solitary confinement and
urged Congress to pass a sentencing reform bill by year’s end.
In a speech to the NAACP’s
annual convention, Obama also
called for voting rights to be restored to felons who have served
their sentences, and said employers should “ban the box” asking job
candidates about their past convictions. He said long mandatory
minimum sentences now in place
should be reduced — or discarded
entirely.
“In far too many cases, the
punishment simply doesn’t fit
the crime,” Obama told a crowd of
3,300 in Philadelphia. Low-level
drug dealers, for example, owe a
debt to society, but not a life sentence or 20-year prison term, he
said.With his speech to the prominent African-American advocacy
group, Obama sought to put a
spotlight on the need for new legislation as he mounted a weeklong
push on criminal justice reform. A
day earlier, Obama commuted the
sentences of 46 nonviolent drug offenders — the most commutations
a president has issued on a single
day in at least four decades.
Upon arriving Tuesday in Philadelphia, Obama met with a number of former prisoners to discuss
their experience re-entering society, the White House said. And on
Thursday, Obama planned to put
a personal face on the nation’s
Quadriplegic
missionary
receives $26M
settlement after
crash
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Insurers for the Southern Baptist
Convention have agreed to pay
$26 million to a South Carolina
man who was paralyzed and suffered brain damage in a rollover
crash during a 2009 missionary
trip in Montana, Attorney Anders
Blewett said Tuesday.
The
insurance
companies
agreed to pay the full coverage
limits of their policies within days
of a judge’s ruling that the North
American Mission Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention Inc.
was liable for Jeremy Vangsnes’
injuries, Blewett said.
District Judge Mike Salvagni
ruled on June 19 that the driver,
Scott Minear of Marietta, Georgia,
was acting within the course and
scope of his association with the
mission group at the time of the
July 2009 wreck.
Minear, Vangsnes and two of
Vangsnes’ brothers — Ryan and
Daniel — were returning from a
trip to Glacier National Park when
the crash happened near Belgrade.
Minear also suffered critical injuries.
The mission group argued the
four went to Glacier to meet with
members of the Vangsnes’ fam-
Wetzel says the search warrant
was based on allegations of distributing and trafficking drugs
and illegal gun possession.
A police spokesman Monday
said he didn’t know how many
officers had fired their weapons
during the incident. The officers
directly involved have been placed
on paid administrative leave.
The department has asked the
Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation to examine the shooting.
Yellowstone
National Park
sees record
attendance
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL
mushrooming prison population
with a visit El Reno Federal Correctional Institution outside of
Oklahoma City — the first visit to
a federal prison by a sitting U.S.
president.
The assertive moves reflected
a president eager to wield his executive power during his waning
years in office to reduce harsh
sentences, cut costs and correct
disparities he said have disproportionally burdened minorities.
Earlier in his presidency, as he
spent his political capital carefully on major domestic priorities,
Obama spoke cautiously and only
intermittently about the need for
smarter sentencing and other justice changes.
PARK (AP) — As Yellowstone National Park moves into the busiest
part of the year, June saw recordsetting attendance numbers.
The Cody Enterprise reports
that the park tracked more than
780,700 recreational visits last
month, an increase of 17 percent
over June 2014 and 12 percent
more than the previous record set
in June 2010.
The previous record saw more
than 694,800 visits.
Data shows that visitation at
Yellowstone is up almost 20 percent for the year thus far. Through
May it reached an increase of 24
percent over last year.
As of the end of June, visitation was close to 1.3 million, an increase of 314,000 people through
that point in 2014.
July and August are the busiest
months of the year for tourists.
formation of Atticus Finch.
“I don’t think it’s going to damage Harper Lee’s legacy,” Susan
Scullin, a reading teacher in New
York City, said of “Watchman” as
she prepared to buy a copy at the
Barnes & Noble in Manhattan’s
Union Square.
“It might damage Atticus
Finch’s legacy, and that makes me
a little nervous.”
Booksellers from Cambridge,
Massachusetts to Downers Grove,
Illinois opened at midnight Tuesday, while Barnes & Noble stores
began selling copies at 7 a.m., two
hours earlier than usual. Pre-orders have already made “Go Set
a Watchman” one of the year’s top
books and did not let up despite
lukewarm reviews and the unwelcome news that Finch, one of the
all-time literary heroes, was a bigot in “Watchman.”
After months of
anticipation, new
Harper Lee novel Mexican gov’t
released
reticent to make
NEW YORK (AP) — Shortly
changes after
after sunrise Tuesday, the doors
opened at the Old Courthouse
Chapo escape
Museum in Monroeville, Alabama,
and a bell tolled.
In the hometown and residence
of Harper Lee, it was time to start
a marathon and occasionally painful reading of “Go Set a Watchman,” the second book no one ever
thought they would see from the
author of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
Lee fans worldwide stayed up
late, awakened early and dashed
off during meal breaks to pick up a
copy of the year’s most anticipated
novel, “Go Set a Watchman,” which
came out Tuesday after months of
the most unusual pre-publication
attention in memory. From the
moment publisher HarperCollins
announced “Watchman” in early
February, reactions of ecstatic disbelief have been shadowed by concerns about the book’s quality, the
89-year-old Lee’s involvement in
the release and the jarring trans-
ily. The plaintiffs argued they received permission from a mission
leader to go on the trip, and while
in Glacier, they continued to discuss their faith with family and
others and talked with another
person when they stopped in Helena on the return trip.
Montana’s food
stamp program
error rate on the
rise
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The
error rate in Montana’s food stamp
program rose last year to more
than twice the national average,
according to federal officials.
A recent letter from Agriculture Department Under Secretary
Kevin Concannon to Gov. Steve
Bullock shows the rate of over and
underpayments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program at 7.25 percent, up from
6 percent the year before. The national average last year was 3.66
percent.
State officials said last year’s
overpayments add up to just over
$10,000 in taxpayer dollars.
Jon Ebelt, spokesman for the
Department of Health and Human
Services which oversees SNAP,
said Tuesday in an email that
overpayment recovery is ongoing.
“While the department works
hard to eliminate overpayments,
it is a priority to recover the payments when they are discovered,”
MEXICO CITY (AP) — For
those who remember Colombia
in the dark days of the 1990s, it’s
all too familiar: The world’s most
powerful drug lord slips out of
prison, the beneficiary of his government’s refusal to extradite him
and its inability to hold him.
When notorious Colombian
drug lord Pablo Escobar left his
luxury prison near Medellin in
1992, the ensuing scandal set
in motion changes: a renewal of
extraditions to the U.S. and the
hunting down and killing of Escobar a year later.
In Mexico, however, the weekend escape by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman appears to have the
governing party consulting its
old playbook of denial and fingerpointing.
Rather than address the com-
Ebelt said. “The majority are recovered via benefit reduction, cash
collections and/or recovery of a tax
refund.”
Concannon said in the letter because of the rising error rate they
are designating about $110,000
of federal funding to improve the
state’s SNAP administration,
which could include additional
staff training. Another $110,000
in federal funding will be set aside
and could be levied as a fine if the
rate doesn’t improve in 2015.
Gettysburg
won’t remove
Confederate
flag from police
patch
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A
South Dakota town doesn’t plan
to change a police emblem and
uniform patch designed in 2009
that includes a Confederate flag
despite an activist’s calls for the
insignia to be altered, city officials
said Tuesday.
Gettysburg Mayor Bill Wuttke
and Police Chief Bill Wainman
said the police patch is a tribute to
the history of the town — it was
settled by Civil War veterans from
both sides in the 1880s and named
after the site of a battle that’s considered the turning point of the
war — and they argue it has nothing to do with racism. Lynn Hart,
an African American and a mem-
Motorcyclist
dies after hitting
deer
DOUGLAS (AP) — Authorities
have released the name of a motorcyclist who died after he hit a
deer in eastern Wyoming.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol
says 58-year-old Meddie Cote, of
Cozad, Nebraska, was riding on
U.S. Highway 18/20 about 3 miles
east of Orin Junction and Interstate 25 when he hit the deer Friday morning.
Cote and his passenger, 57-yearold Joyce Cote, were thrown from
the motorcycle. Joyce Cote’s condition has not been released.
Investigators say both were
wearing helmets at the time of the
crash.
plicity and corruption that most
certainly allowed Guzman to slip
from his high-security cell and
out a mile-long tunnel rigged with
lights and a motorcycle, Mexico’s
interior secretary argued late
Monday that the drug lord would
have escaped any maximum-security prison in the world.
The Altiplano prison “has the
same certification as a lot of ones
I could mention in the United
States,” Miguel Osorio Chong said.
For its part, the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, which
reclaimed power in 2012 after losing two presidential votes, cast
blame on the previous administration of President Felipe Calderon
for launching an aggressive and
bloody war on Mexico’s cartels.
Lawyers in
theater shooting
trial make final
appeals to jury
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) —
James Holmes was legally sane
when he entered a packed movie
theater armed with an assault
rifle, a shotgun and a pistol, intent on killing as many people as
he could, a prosecutor told jurors
Tuesday in closing arguments at
the gunman’s trial.
“That guy was sane beyond a
reasonable doubt, and he needs to
be held accountable for what he
did,” District Attorney George Brauchler said.
But defense lawyer Daniel King
countered that Holmes was controlled by his schizophrenia.
“The mental illness caused this
to happen. Only the mental illness
caused this, and nothing else,”
King said.
Brauchler and King made their
final appeals to jurors Tuesday
before handing over the case. Deliberations are scheduled to begin
Wednesday morning.
ber of the Yankton Sioux Tribe
who lives near Flandreau, said
he’s not calling anyone racists, but
that the divisive symbol should be
removed from the patch.
“People don’t understand what
that symbol means to a person of
color,” Hart said. “That symbol,
whether it’s ill intended or not, is
not bringing people together.”
Concerns about the patch come
weeks after the shooting deaths
of nine people at a historically
black church in Charleston, South
Carolina, that spurred a national
debate about the Confederate flag.
The flag no longer flies at South
Carolina’s statehouse after lawmakers approved a high-profile
measure to remove it last week.
Scott Barksdale, who designed
the patch for the Gettysburg Police Department, said the crossed
Confederate and American flags
on the emblem are meant to show
the unity of the Civil War survivors who came together to settle
in the town. Barksdale, who lives
in Columbia, South Carolina, said
it’s “a way of showing these people
put the past behind them.”
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Worland High School Drama returns from nationals
By Taylor Maya
Staff Writer
WORLAND — The Worland
High School Drama Club was
one of 25 schools nationwide to
receive an invitation to the National Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Neb., June 22 – 29. Seven
students attended the festival —
Taran Pennington, Jodie Dorn,
Emily Myers Morgan Pennington,
Sariah Durrant, Josh Miller and
Burk DeBolt.
To attend the festival, the
group had to raise $7,500. They
raised these funds by holding a
50/50 raffle and a soup night at
one of their plays performances.
The group of Dorn, Myers,
Miller and DeBolt performed
their one act play, “God of Carnage,” which won second place at
the state competition in December This play tells the story of
different parents whose children
have quarreled with one another.
Instructor Rick Dorn said the performance focuses on the darker
aspects of the parents’ lives.
The show “God of Carnage”
was a featured showcase. According to Miller, each state brought
one play that showed what their
theater had to offer.
“Well it wasn’t a competition,
but we did pretty well compared
to other schools. It was a great experience.” Dorn said.
Miller said, “The play went
very well. We were a little worried
about audience size, but a good
amount of people showed up and
the audience was into it which
was good because it helped us.”
Myers said, “The show went
very well. We were second to go
so we were all a little nervous. It
was new to us, but it felt good to
perform in front of people who appreciate what we were showing
them.”
Taran Pennington and Durrant took home the first-place trophy for humorous duet at State,
earning them a place at the National competition. Pennington
said, “We did well. Our performance was the best we had done,
but the judges reacted strangely.”
Morgan Pennington took firstplace in costume design at the
State competition. She went on to
the National competition competing with a costume design set in
the 1650s. Morgan said, “I think
I did OK.”
DAILY NEWS/ Zach Spadt
Seven Worland drama students attended a national drama festival in Lincoln, Neb., recently to present their one-act performance
“God of Carnage.” Pictured from left to right are Taran Pennington, Jodie Dorn, Emily Myers Morgan Pennington, Sariah Durrant,
Josh Miller and Burk DuBolt.
Senior citizen ridiculed in public by real estate employee
Annie’s Mailbox
Kathy Mitchell and
Mary Sugar
Dear Annie: The real estate
agent who sold me my home nine
years ago periodically phones my
house, asking whether I plan on
selling, and offering his assistance.
We have a courteous, professional
relationship. I never had a problem with him or his company.
Recently, I was a guest at a
large customer appreciation event
sponsored by this real estate company. I sat quietly by myself. One
of the company's main employees ridiculed me loudly, making a
spectacle of me, pointing me out
to others, making fun of my looks
and my hair. I am a neat, clean,
conservative senior citizen. She
even walked past me and laughed
loudly in my face. I had never met
this woman before. I was so horrified that I said nothing and left.
I do plan on selling my home.
However, after my horrific treatment at the "customer appreciation" event, I will not be using that
real estate company. If my former
real estate agent asks me why I
have listed my home with another
company, what should I tell him?
No number of promotional events
will ever bring back a customer
who has been so terribly mistreated by an employee. — Ridiculed in
Rapid City
Dear Ridiculed: We cannot
imagine any company allowing an employee to behave
like this in front of potential
clients. Was she drunk? Are
you certain she worked there?
Did others notice?
Please don't wait until the
real estate agent contacts you.
Call him or his company and
report this incident. Explain
exactly what happened and
give as many details as possible. They need to know that
this woman is out of control
and is costing them business.
Dear Annie: A few months
ago, my niece announced her wedding date for next summer. She selected the wedding dress and the
venue and put down deposits.
The couple recently decided
they cannot live apart and had
a small civil ceremony with only
their parents present. They have
announced that they will still have
the full wedding next year for the
rest of their family and friends.
While we have not seen any
invitations yet (it's early), we are
not sure how to handle a gift for
a wedding that is a year after the
actual ceremony. I would prefer to
send the couple a gift now to help
them start their married life together, but I wouldn't then send a
second gift in a year.
I'm also not sure I will attend
the second wedding, since it's so
long after the fact. It seems inappropriate. Tell me, Annie, is this
how weddings are done these
days? — Confused Family Member
Dear Confused: No. Most
weddings are still done in a
more traditional fashion, although, we admit, there seem
to be many more variations
these days. Nonetheless, if invited, you are obligated only
for one wedding gift, whether
you send it now or later. (Either is fine.) And please don't
judge the couple so harshly by
not attending the second wedding. Think of it instead as a
big party to celebrate their
marital bliss and enjoy yourself.
Annie's Mailbox is written by
Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar,
longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your
questions
to
anniesmailbox@
creators.com, or write to: Annie's
Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate,
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Around the Table
By Taylor Maya
Fresh tomatoes are a welcome
sign of summer and often a quick
and easy main ingredient to prepare. From salsa to soup and pasta
sauce to salad, here are some tasty
fresh tomato recipes to put your
garden tomatoes to good use.
Fresh Heirloom Tomato
Salad
Ingredients:
1. 1 package (5 ounces) spring
mix salad greens
2. 3 tablespoons olive oil
3. 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
4. 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
5. 1 garlic clove, minced
6. 1/2 teaspoon sugar
7. 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
8. 3 large heirloom tomatoes,
sliced
9. 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves
10. 1/3 cup pine nuts, toasted
11. 3 tablespoons chopped red
onion
12. 2 ounces fresh goat cheese,
crumbled
Directions:
Place salad greens in a large
bowl. In a small bowl, whisk oil,
vinegar, mustard, garlic, sugar and
oregano until blended. Pour over
salad greens; toss to coat. Transfer
to a large platter. Arrange tomato
slices over greens. Top with basil,
pine nuts, onion and cheese. Serve
immediately. Yield: 12 servings.
Tomato-French Bread
Lasagna
Ingredients:
1. 1 pound ground beef
2. 1/3 cup chopped onion
3. 1/3 cup chopped celery
4. 2 garlic cloves, minced
5. 14 slices French bread (1/2
inch thick)
6. 4 large tomatoes, sliced 1/2
inch thick
7. 1 teaspoon dried basil
8. 1 teaspoon dried parsley
flakes
9. 1 teaspoon dried oregano
10. 1 teaspoon dried rosemary,
crushed
11. 1 teaspoon garlic powder
12. 3/4 teaspoon salt
13. 1/2 teaspoon pepper
14. 2 teaspoons olive oil, divided
15. 3 tablespoons butter
16. 3 tablespoons all-purpose
flour
17. 1-1/2 cups milk
18. 1/3 cup grated Parmesan
cheese
19. 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded
mozzarella cheese
Directions:
In a skillet, cook beef, onion, celery and garlic over medium heat
until beef is no longer pink; drain
and set aside. Toast bread; line
the bottom of an ungreased 13-in.
x 9-in. baking dish with 10 slices.
Top with half of the meat mixture
and half of the tomatoes.
Combine seasonings; sprinkle
half over tomatoes. Drizzle with
1 teaspoon oil. Crumble remaining bread over top. Repeat layers
of meat, tomatoes, seasonings and
oil.
In a saucepan over medium
heat, melt the butter; stir in flour
until smooth. Gradually stir in
milk; bring to a boil. Cook and stir
until thickened and bubbly, about
2 minutes. Remove from the heat;
stir in Parmesan. Pour over casserole. Top with mozzarella. Bake,
uncovered, at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until bubbly and cheese is
golden brown. Yield: 8-10 servings.
Four-Cheese Broiled
Tomato Slices
Ingredients:
1. 1/2 cup grated Parmesan and
2. Romano cheese blend
3. 1/2 cup shredded part-skim
4. mozzarella cheese
5. 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
6. 1/2 cup mayonnaise
7. 1 tablespoon dried oregano
8. 1 teaspoon salt
9. 1 teaspoon minced garlic
10. 4 large tomatoes
Directions:
In a small bowl, combine the
first seven ingredients. Cut each
tomato into five slices. Spread each
with 1 tablespoon cheese mixture.
Place on an ungreased baking
sheet. Broil 3 in. from the heat for
3-5 minutes or until cheese mixture is golden brown and tomatoes
are heated through. Yield: 20 appetizers.
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Traditional family
values, for real
The one thing a greasy-handed,
fluff-headed politician can make ring
like a silver hammer is the phrase
“traditional family values.” Maybe half
the people in his audience are divorced
but, hey, it’s 2015, you gotta find your
Christians where you can.
I’m 58, not 108, but I was raised in
a traditional family, by parents and
grandparents who had traditional
Christian family values.
Nowadays, traditional family values are pretty much the flag (either
variety, Southern or Northern), the
Pledge of Allegiance, prayer in school
Marc Dion
and no gay marriage.
If you remember, or have heard of,
real traditional family values, you know the list used to be lot longer.
So, let’s run down the list as given to me by parents, Old Country
grandparents, nuns and my 1963 world, and see how you do.
“Maybe then,” as a truck driver friend of mine says, “you’ll quit talkin’
about that thing that you don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Ladies. Ever have a child out of wedlock? If so, you’re a whore.
Gentlemen. Ever get a woman pregnant and not marry her? You’re a
bum and real men don’t want you around. Sending child-support check
and seeing the kid on weekends doesn’t count, either. Fathers live with
their kids or they’re bums. Anyway, what kind of man has to ask a judge
how to run his family? You’re a man. You’re supposed to know.
And, by the way, those out of wedlock kids you have? They’re “bastards.” There is no other word.
Divorced? My father once told me he wouldn’t vote for a divorced man
because, “I won’t for anybody who can’t run his own house.”
That’s just divorced men, of course. Divorced women are, as my mother thought, failed women who “couldn’t keep a husband.”
Cheat on your wife? You’re a failed man because you can’t keep your
word.
Cheat on your husband? Whore again.
My grandmother, who spoke no English, once spit out the French
word for “slut” when someone told her of a woman who couldn’t cook.
Forty and not married? There’s “something wrong with you.” If you’re
a woman, you’re “dried up.” If you’re a man, you’re either a “fruit” or you
don’t have the guts to take on a real man’s responsibilities.
Woman in a bar alone? Whore. Man who doesn’t wear a tie to church?
Bum.
Oh, yeah, and nobody named “Cruz” runs for president. People named
“Cruz” pick lettuce for 10 cents an hour. They’re not smart enough to do
anything else
That’s Christian traditional family values as experienced by me and
tens of millions of other people who grew up back when it was a serious
thing.
Wanna live that way? Go ahead. But be aware, you can’t pick and
choose; you have to do or not do everything on the list. “You can be a
stand-up guy for 20 years,” my father used to say. “If you’re a punk for 20
minutes, the 20 years don’t count.”
If you can do everything on the list for 50 or 60 years, you can tell me
about how your Christian traditional family values won’t let you live
across the street from gay married people.
Until then, shaddap.
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Rubes
by Leigh Rubin
Obama throws open 46 cell doors at last
President Barack Obama commuted the sentences
of 46 federal drug offenders Monday. In his first term,
Obama issued one meager commutation; he was arguably the stingiest modern president when it came to
the exercise of his pardon authority. Now, White House
spokesman Josh Earnest noted, the president has issued
89 commutations — more than the previous four presidents combined.
Among the 46 commutation recipients, 14 were serving life sentences for nonviolent crimes. That’s why the
president had to act. The war on drugs distorted the
criminal justice system so completely over the past few
decades that, according to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, 42 percent of life sentences imposed in federal
courts in 2013 were for drug offenses — as opposed to 12
Debra
percent for murder.
As a younger candidate, Obama had been highly critical of federal mandatory minimum sentences. Critics of the war on drugs
had expected Obama to use his unfettered pardon power granted in the
U.S. Constitution to commute the sentences of nonviolent offenders serving decades for their small-fish roles in the drug trade. After all, Congress could not stop him.
Instead, the president signed the Fair Sentencing Act, a compromise
bill to reduce the disparity of crack cocaine to powder cocaine sentences
in 2010 — and asked Congress to pass further reforms.
In 2014, then-Deputy Attorney General James Cole announced an
initiative to grant commutations to nonviolent inmates who had served
more than a decade in prison, had good conduct records and would not
have received such long prison terms under today’s sentencing terms.
This big batch of commutations establishes that the administration can
do more than just talk.
PardonPower blogger P.S. Ruckman is disappointed
that it took 6 1/2 years for Obama to act. He sees all
the commutations that could have been. “Obama to
Blaze Past Franklin Pierce,” read his blog’s headline
on Obama’s moving from eighth place to ninth on his
list of the 10 least merciful presidents. Still, Ruckman
is impressed with how it is being done. So many presidential pardons and commutations in the past two decades, he told me, reflected what looked like “random
acts of mercy”; they were “idiosyncratic.” Monday’s
commutations, on the other hand, are generally in
sync with pronounced policy positions. They’re smart.
Ruckman expects to see regular commutations now.
Will one of these 46 turn into a Willie Horton — the
Saunders
convicted murderer who raped a woman while wrongly
furloughed from a Massachusetts prison, thereby undermining the 1988 presidential hopes of then-Gov. Michael Dukakis?
There is no reason to believe it, said Julie Stewart of Families Against
Mandatory Minimums, who noted, “Most people who go to federal prison
are not violent.” The presidential commutation recipients to whom Stewart has talked are eager to prove that the trust the president put in
them was well-placed.
The White House likes to point out that criminal justice reform has
become a bipartisan cause. It should be. There is no justice in sending
people to prison for decades, even life, for nonviolent offenses.
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On arrival in La Paz, Pope Francis was presented by
torship of an impersonal economy lacking a truly huBolivian President Evo Morales with a wooden crucifix
man purpose.” But it is egalitarianism that has proven
carved in the form of a hammer and sickle, the symbol of
to be the road to dictatorship, dictatorships run by egalLenin, Stalin, Mao and Fidel.
itarians in the name of the “proletariat.”
Had Pope John Paul II been handed that crucifix, he
Free enterprise has brought more millions out of
might have cracked it over Evo’s head. For John Paul II
poverty, enabled more billions of people to live longer,
had seen up close what communism did — to his country,
freer, healthier and happier lives, and produced more
his church and his people in 45 years of Bolshevik rule.
widespread prosperity than any other economic system.
On his arrival in the Nicaragua of Daniel Ortega in
What is the superior system the pope believes we
1983, Pope John Paul castigated a priest-collaborator
should adopt?
who dared to serve that Sandinista Marxist regime as
What has Argentina produced but an economically
culture minister.
failed state, incompetent socialist rulers, and an ocAnd, while in Managua, he warned Catholics they
casional Peronista in sunglasses and shiny boots? Is
were being threatened by “unacceptable ideological comLatin America a fine model?
mitments.”
The pope used the phrase “dung of the devil.” Is that
Today we have a pope for whom free-market capitalism
not a good description of Karl Marx’s “Communist ManiPat Buchanan
is the “unacceptable ideological commitment.”
festo” and “Das Kapital”? And is not satanic the precise
As The New York Times reports, Pope Francis does “not just criticize word to describe the scores of millions of dead that 70 years of Marxistthe excesses of capitalism. He compares them to the ‘dung of the devil.’ socialist ideology produced?
He does not simply argue that ‘greed for money’ is a bad thing. He calls it
The 100 million people of Eastern Europe, the 300 million of the late
a ‘subtle dictatorship that condemns and enslaves.’”
Soviet Union, the 1.2 billion people in China — are they not better off the
In South America, Pope Francis “made a historic apology for the crimes further they have moved away from Marxism, and the closer they have
of the Roman Catholic Church during the period of Spanish colonialism moved toward free-market capitalism?
— even as he called for a global movement against a ‘new colonialism’
As for the pope’s apology for the sins of Spanish Catholicism in Latin
rooted in an inequitable economic order.”
America, why does he not speak up for the culture Catholicism helped
“The Argentine pope seemed to be asking for a social revolution.”
to create, the eradication of paganism, and the termination of such pracNow the church has a long tradition of criticizing capitalism, dating tices as human sacrifice among the indigenous peoples?
back to the encyclical Rerum Novarum in 1891.
But, then, we Americans are no strangers to “apology tours.”
In “American Church: The Remarkable Rise, Meteoric Fall, and UnThe pope is calling for a “social revolution.” But what country, among
certain Future of Catholicism in America,” author Russ Shaw deals with the 190-plus in the U.N., comes closest to the utopia the pope has in
the causes and consequences of what some Catholics contend was a fatal mind? Or does his utopia exist only in the mind?
embrace of a heretical “Americanism” in the 19th century.
The pope is saintly man. But he has no special understanding of ecoThis pope goes beyond that. His words about capitalism echo what nomic systems or of climate change. He is the Vicar of Christ, of the SavCold War Catholics said of communism, that it is a tree poisoned at the ior sent by the Father to teach us what we must believe and how we must
root that can yield only bad fruit, and, as the Gospel teaches, ought to be live to attain eternal life.
cut down and cast into the fire.
Christ did not come among us to end colonialism, or redistribute
What is wrong with the pope’s neo-socialist sermonizing?
wealth, or start a social revolution against the empire of the Caesars.
While capitalism does indeed generate inequalities, freedom, too, proAs he told Pontius Pilate, “My Kingdom is not of this world.”
duces inequality. For all men and all women are unequal in abilities,
Pope Francis is the infallible custodian of that truths Christ taught.
energy and opportunities. In a free society, some inevitably succeed, oth- Is that not sufficient, Your Holiness? Why not leave the socialist serers fail.
mons to Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren?
For as the Biblical parable teaches, some are given 10 talents, others
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of the new book “The Greatest Cometwo, and God judges us on how well we use the talents we were given. The back: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.”
only way to achieve absolute equality is absolute tyranny, the remorse- To find out more about Patrick Buchanan and read features by other
less redistribution of wealth by an all-powerful regime.
Creators writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Web page at www.
The pontiff says the capitalist “idolatry of money” creates “the dicta- creators.com.
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Animal Planet Summer Fun Camp
DAILY NEWS photos/ Taylor Maya
The Worland Community Complex Center’s Animal Planet Summer Fun Camp kicked off Monday, July 13, 2015. The camp is
held all week and teaches children about animals around the
world. Tuesday afternoon, the children were busy coloring and
making paper bag whales.
ABOVE: Erin Barryman colors a paper bag at the Animal Planet
Summer Fun Camp Tuesday. The children were learning about
different kinds of whales, where they live and what they eat.
TOP RIGHT: Toby Thompson (left) watches as Sheryl Ley (right)
shows him how to stuff his paper bag to make a whale at the Animal Planet Summer Fun Camp Tuesday afternoon. After learning
about whales habitats, the children colored a picture and made a
whale out of a paper bag.
FAR RIGHT: Ivan Thomas stuffs his colored paper bag to make a
whale during the Animal Planet Summer Fun Camp.
RIGHT: Taylor Barryman focuses on coloring his bag during the
Summer Fun Camp Tuesday. The children colored paper bags
and then stuffed them with newspaper to make whales.
BOTTOM LEFT: Grayson Vickers smiles while coloring sea creatures at the Animal Planet Summer Fun Camp. The learning goal
of this camp is to teach children about animals around the world.
Tuesday, the children focused on whales.
BOTTOM RIGHT: Addison Seghetti poses for the camera with her
colored paper bag during Tuesday’s Summer Fun Camp.

Birth Announcement
Jameson Richard Donahue
James and Nicole Donahue of Worland are
pleased to announce the birth of their son
Jameson Richard Donahue.
Baby Jameson was born in Cody, Wyoming on July 7, 2015,
weighing 9.5 pounds and measuring 20.5 inches.
Little Jameson is welcomed home by older sisters Aedyn
and Avery.
Maternal grandparents are Gina Campbell of Colstrip, Montana, and Steve Church of Billings, Montana.
Paternal grandparents are James and Candace Donahue of
Worland.

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Klinsmann shakes
up US roster for
Gold Cup
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) —
Jurgen Klinsmann spouted optimism after the United States
played Panama to a 1-1 draw to
wrap up the group stage of the
Gold Cup, reasoning that despite
a trio of sluggish performances
the Americans had still survived
unbeaten.
That didn’t stop Klinsmann
from shaking up his roster less
than 24 hours later.
The coach chose to add DaMarcus Beasley, Joe Corona and
Alan Gordon for the knockout
rounds, which begin with the
quarterfinals Saturday in Baltimore. Taking a seat are Greg
Garza, Alfredo Morales and Jozy
Altidore, who has been hampered
by an ailing hamstring.
Teams could make up to
six roster changes using their
35-player preliminary list.
Altidore started the first two
games in the group stage but was
substituted out of both.
He was left on the bench
against Panama on Monday
night.
“We believe that Jozy’s just not
there yet. Jozy never really got
into this tournament and never
really picked up the rhythm,”
Klinsmann said in announcing
the changes Tuesday.
“He’s just simply not in the
shape right now to help us.”
Klinsmann said he knew that
Altidore might not be match fit
when he selected him for the
Gold Cup, and that’s why Gordon
was on standby from the beginning.
The Los Angeles Galaxy striker will make his 2015 debut for
the national team after playing
in the Gold Cup two years ago.
Klinsmann said that the addition of the 33-year-old Beasley
will provide leadership and experience.
The four-time World Cup veteran captained the U.S. to the
Gold Cup title two years ago but
had announced his retirement
from international competition.
“Having DaMarcus come into
the team is huge, because of his
character, his giving nature, the
spirit he brings, but also the high
quality he brings,” Klinsmann
said. “He brings a lot of experience into this group, and he’s
hungry.
“He’s still as hungry as Day 1
in his career.”
Corona, who scored twice in
the Gold Cup two years ago, was
added for his experience against
teams from the Caribbean and
Central America.
He also is proficient at maintaining possession, something
the Americans have struggled to
do.
“In the tournament now we
need to produce results and get
things done. With Joe, we have
that option to bring him in now,”
Klinsmann said. “With his great
Jurgen Klinsmann
technique, with his one-touch
passing, he makes things very
easy and simple. I think it’s a
great opportunity to have Joe
back, even if it hurts a little bit
for Alfredo, but that’s just part of
the game.”
The U.S. finished 2-0-1 atop
Group A, though the unblemished run wasn’t without stress.
The Americans scuffled to a
2-1 victory over Honduras and
needed a big play from Clint
Dempsey for a 1-0 victory over
Haiti.
Still, Klinsmann chose to
highlight the quality of the group
rather than his own team’s shortcomings and insisted the U.S. is
trending upward heading into
the quarterfinals.
“We can improve still a lot, absolutely,” Klinsmann said. “You
can take the game apart and see
that we didn’t have the passing
rhythm we needed. We made
mistakes. But we know we’re
growing game to game and that’s
what this is all about.”
Not everyone shared such robust optimism, though.
“We’re not going to kid ourselves. We need to put together
a 90-minute performance,” said
goalkeeper Brad Guzan. “Now
going forward it’s about wins. It’s
about grinding, find a way.”
Dempsey, who has scored three
of the Americans’ four goals, had
a rather simple explanation for
the string of lackluster performances: “Teams just play hard
against us.”
“We’re trying to get everyone
together,” Dempsey explained. “I
think the most important thing
is to be hitting your stride now,
when it starts to matter.”
By that, he means the knockout stage, in which the Americans are still the heavy favorites
to win the tournament.
“There’s no real preparation
for the Gold Cup, so it’s difficult
to be in a flow,” Klinsmann said.
“Now being together for more
than two weeks, hopefully we
can get more and more into that
phase where we combine better,
we’re shifting better and doing
certain things better that only
come with time.”
DAILY NEWS/Sisco Molina
Worland’s Junior Babe Ruth baseball team the Worland Indians recently competed at the district tournament in Riverton where they
finished in second place to qualify for the state tournament. Pictured from left is Coy Larkins, Zade Larkins, Robert Cardenas, Pete
Douzenis, Gabe Cardenas, Micaiah Hauser, Richard Garay, Logan Foote, Jordan Mautz, Dominic Rangel, Josh Mills and coach Colt
Larkins. Not pictured are Breanna Parra and assistant coach Harry Hughes. The first three days will consist of pool play with two
separate groups consisting of four teams. The Indians will face Kemmerer today at 4 p.m., Lusk on Thursday at 10 a.m. and Douglas
Friday at 4 p.m. The top two seeds from each group will then advance to bracket play Saturday, July 18 where a state champion will
be crowned.
Tiger awaits St. Andrews, insists he’s not ‘buried and done’
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Winless
in nearly two years, Tiger Woods at least has
experience on his side at St. Andrews.
It has been 20 years since he first played
the Old Course as a 19-year-old amateur and
heard the secret was to hit it hard and hit
it left. After playing the British Open four
times at St. Andrews, and winning twice, he
realized that wasn’t the case. There are bunkers to avoid and angles to create, and it can
change with the slightest shift in direction of
the notorious wind.
Whether that’s enough to carry him this
week depends more on his golf, which he says
is not as hopeless as it might appear.
“I’m still young. I’m not 40 yet,” said
Woods, who has five months left in his 30s. “I
know some of you guys think I’m buried and
done, but I’m still right here in front of you.
Yeah, I love playing. I love competing, and I
love playing these events.”
He just doesn’t win them — his last major was the 2008 U.S. Open — and it’s rare
he even contends since he chose last year to
change his swing about the same time he was
trying to recover from another round of injuries.
Hope comes from more than just his affection for St. Andrews.
Woods said the way he struck the ball in
his last tournament round — a 67 at The
Greenbrier Classic to tie for 32nd — was as
good as he has in two years.
“That was awfully nice to be able to do
coming into this week,” he said. “I’ve hit the
ball just as well in my practice rounds.”
If that’s the case, that would make this an
important week because it would be the first
time since his last victory — August 2013 at
Firestone — that he goes into a major with
good health and a reasonable idea what to
expect.
Consider his last four majors:
—He was out three months because of
back surgery, missed the cut in his return at
Congressional, and then had his worst 72hole finish in a major at the British Open.
—He withdrew in the final round at Firestone after jarring his lower back, showed up
late for the PGA Championship and missed
the cut.
—He took two months off to fix a short
game in disarray and returned at the Masters, where he tied for 17th. Woods said he
“had a chance to win” at Augusta National,
but he was 10 shots behind going into the final round and ended up 13 shots behind Jordan Spieth
—He shot the worst score of his career (85)
at the Memorial, and then posted his highest
36-hole score (156) to miss the cut at the U.S.
Open.
“Obviously, the previous majors were a little bit more difficult,” Woods said. “Last year,
coming off surgery on my back and trying
to get back and trying to get my feels back,
meanwhile trying to making a swing change
all at the same time was very difficult. I had
some pretty apparent flaws in my technique.”
He called The Greenbrier, where he finished six shots out of the lead, a “very, very
good sign.”
Experience should not be dismissed at the
home of golf.
Tony Lema in 1964 was the last player to
win a British Open at St. Andrews without
ever having competed on the Old Course.
Louis Oosthuizen (2010 winner) and John
Daly (1995) previously played the Dunhill
Cup.
That’s one obstacle facing Spieth, who is
trying to become the first player to capture
the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open in
the same year.
He did play a practice round on his way to
the Walker Cup in 2011.
And he played 18 holes upon his arrival
Monday from his playoff win at the John
Deere Classic.
Still, the betting favorite is a 21-year-old
Old Course rookie.
“You need to learn it. The course changes
so much with different wind directions,” said
Justin Rose, who won the St. Andrews Links
Trophy as an amateur and is a regular at the
Dunhill Links on the European Tour. “You
get a better idea of where the better angles
are, where the better layups are with certain
winds, and the pin placement can change so
much when you have greens that are 60 to
100 yards wide or long.”
Woods didn’t hit into a single bunker when
he won by eight shots in 2000 to complete the
career Grand Slam, and he led over the final 63 holes in 2005 when he won by five. In
his most recent Open at St. Andrews, he got
caught on the wrong side of the draw and finished 13 shots behind Oosthuizen.
And while he knows and loves the Old
Course, he’s not used to seeing it this way
— green from rain, with intervals of rain expected during the week.
“You can’t quite chase it like you normally
do,” Woods said.
For Spieth, experience comes from winning
four times this year, including two majors.
“It’s a golf course where you can have four,
five, six different wind directions,” Oosthuizen said. “I think you need to know where the
dangers are with certain types of wind. But
you know, the form that he’s on now, I think
he’s still the guy that everyone will be chasing.”
Reds’ Todd Frazier wins All-Star Derby in home park
CINCINNATI (AP) — “The Toddfather” has a new title. Todd Frazier — Little League World Series star, Frank Sinatra aficionado — is
baseball’s new King of Swing.
The Jersey boy who never seems to get rattled waited until his
very last swing — three times, no less — to win the All-Star Home
Run Derby in his home ballpark on Monday night.
Pressure? Sure didn’t show it.
The Reds third baseman became only the second player to win the
long-ball competition on his home field Monday night, topping Dodgers rookie Joc Pederson 15-14 with another late surge and one last
perfectly timed swing.
“No pressure here with these fans,” he said, after accepting the
crossed-bats trophy to one more standing ovation at Great American
Ball Park.
Frazier joined the Cubs’ Ryne Sandberg for home-field homer titles
— the Hall of Fame second baseman did it at Wrigley Field in 1990.
After finishing second last year in Minneapolis, this one was as sweet
as that winning swing.
“That pushed me a lot,” Frazier said. “I wanted to get back here.
I’d been working in the offseason a little bit. I’m just glad it was in
Cincinnati and they could enjoy it with me.”
Pederson was trying to become the first rookie since Wally Joyner
in 1986 to win or share the title.
He reached the final round by knocking off Albert Pujols, who provided a blast after making the All-Star team for the first time in five
years.
“I’m happy for Todd, especially being able to do it in front of his
fans,” Pujols said. “It’s his night. He deserves it. I just hope the fans
were pleased and happy with the performance every single guy did.
The right guy won, too.”
Frazier topped Prince Fielder and Josh Donaldson to reach the finals, where he faced his biggest test. Pederson went first and matched
the highest total of the night with 14 homers.
Frazier needed a late surge to pull even, tying him with 11 seconds
left in his round.
He’d hit enough long homers to earn an extra 30 seconds, giving
him a chance to take a few deep breaths, regroup and refocus.
On the first pitch from brother Charlie in extra time, Frazier puffed
his cheeks and exhaled as he hit one solidly, then mouthed the words
“That’s gone” as the ball headed for the left field stands.
The ballpark was full of fans with arms raised even before the ball
landed.
How’s that?
“It was a great environment,” Pederson said. “It was extremely
humbling being out there with Prince Fielder, Albert Pujols and Josh
Donaldson.”
And, of course, it ended with a little more Sinatra.
Frazier uses “Fly Me To The Moon” as his music when he walks to
the batter’s box during games, and it greeted each of his rounds on
Monday.
“When he’d clinched the title, the ballpark rocked with “I Did It
My Way.”
“I had no clue they were going to do that,” Frazier said. “That was
pretty nice.”
With that, Frazier made it an All-Cincinnati All-Star event so far.
Cubs catcher Kyle Schwarber, a Reds fan who grew up in nearby Middletown, Ohio, was the MVP of the Futures Game on Sunday with a
two-run triple.
Frazier had been gearing up for the derby all season. He faded
badly last year in Minneapolis, reaching the finals before losing to
Yoenis Cespedes 9-1.
He was so worn out that he could barely hit one at the end, and he
planned to pace himself better this time.
He hung in there and added to his lore for big home runs.
Frazier was a member of the 1998 Toms River team in New Jersey
that beat Japan for the Little League World Series championship. He
had a homer among his four hits in the clinching game.
He loves hitting at Great American Ball Park, which has been one
of the majors’ most homer-friendly places since it opened in 2003. He
ranks among the major league leaders with 25 home runs this season.
There was speculation that one of the All-Stars might knock one
into the Ohio River beyond right field — Adam Dunn is the only one
to reach it so far.
No splashdowns.
Plenty of drama, though.
Frazier had a tough challenge right away.
Fielder was trying to join Ken Griffey Jr. as the only three-time
derby champions. Junior watched from foul territory after throwing a
ceremonial opening pitch to his father, Ken Sr.
And Fielder wowed ‘em, hitting 13 homers — eight of them farther than 425 feet, with one estimated at 474 feet. The home crowd
groaned collectively as Frazier came to bat and got off to a very slow
start.
He called timeout to catch his breath after struggling to hit his
first five homers.
He caught up with 5 seconds to go in his allotted time, then connected again on his first swing of extra time to move on.
And there was no stopping him.
Todd Frazier
PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF WORLAND
July 7, 2015
Supplies, $2,060.00; Pinnacle Bank, Expenses, $3,723.78; Public Utilities
& Waterworks, Training, $1,098.00; Rocky Mountain Power, Electricity,
$19,495.08; Rocky Mountain Power-Local, Irrigation System, $47.47; RT
Communications, Phone Service, $1,419.91; Ruiz, Victor, Deposit Refund,
$49.83; Smith, Malina & Larry, Deposit Refund, $133.98; Spadt, Zachary,
Deposit Refund, $39.12; State of Wyoming DFS/CSES, Child Support,
$340.00; Stotz Equipment, John Deere Mower, $19,948.16; SWI, LLC,
Final Payment Hillcrest Park, $5,900.00; Torrez, Levi, Deposit Refund,
$115.16; US Postmaster, June’s Billing, $798.13; Verizon Wireless, Cell
Phone Service, $122.69; Verizon Wireless, Tablets, $599.94; Washakie
County Clerk, Filing Fees, $24.00; Washakie County Clerk of Court, Child
Support, $633.93; Washakie County Treasurer, Comm. Center, $19,105.00;
Washakie County Treasurer, General Purpose Tax-State, $50,523.61;
Western Municipal Construction, Muti-Phase PE#3, $453,569.02; West
River Rd Improvement District, Admin. Fees, $95.00; Worland Health
Club, Health Club, $140.00; WYDOT, South 23rd St, $109.60; Wyoming
Dept. of Workforce, Workers’ Comp, $5,452.22; Wyoming Gas Company,
Services, $1,317.35; Wyoming Retirement System, Retirement, $25,776.06;
Wyoming State Supreme Court, Technology Fee, $190.00.
received for the position of Building Official/Permit Technician with interviews scheduled for tomorrow.
A regular meeting of the City Council of Worland, Wyoming convened
in the Council Chambers in City Hall at 7:00 p.m. on July 7, 2015. Mayor
Dave Duffy presided and the Councilmembers in attendance were: Jerry
Alexander, Jim Gill, Michele Rideout, Keith Gentzler, Mandy Horath, Lisa
Fernandez, Dennis Koch and Marcus Sanchez. Also present were: City Engineer Representative, Mike Donnell; City Attorney, Kent Richins; Chief
of Police, Gabe Elliott and Clerk/Treasurer, Tracy Glanz. Councilmember
Bud Callaham was absent.
cil.
There were two (2) visitors present for this meeting of the City CounMayor Duffy led the Council and visitors in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Mayor Duffy declared a quorum present and asked for review and
approval of the agenda.
Motion: to approve the agenda.
By: Councilmember Koch.
Second by: Councilmember Gentzler.
Vote: The motion passed unanimously.
TOTAL SPECIALS .........
GRAND TOTAL...............
PAYROLL 6/21/15 - $61,043.28; PAYROLL 6/30/15 - $3,645.85.
The minutes of the June 16, 2015 regular meeting were approved as
published.
Motion: to approve all vouchers and authorize payment for payroll, utility charges, refunds for City Services, recording fees, postage and other
miscellaneous items, during the month of July, before normal City Council
approval on the first Tuesday of August and approve the Consent Agenda
with Warrant Register for period ending June 2015, Payroll Voucher for
period ending June 21, 2015 and Payroll Voucher for period ending June
30, 2015; WARRANT REGISTER - $926,058.37.
CITY OF WORLAND/UTILITIES COMMISSION
JUNE 2015
Absolute Signs, Signs, $812.50; Adamson Police Products, Supplies,
$1,177.00; Avenet Webs Solutions, Webite Service, $750.00; Big Horn Basin Tire & Off Road, Tires, $318.40; Big Horn Co-Op, Supplies, $469.99;
Big Horn Redi Mix, Rock, $1,377.00; Bloedorn Lumber, Supplies, $719.59;
Carquest Auto Parts, Parts, $1,949.56; Carrot-Top Industries, Wyoming
Flag, $100.21; Cash-Clerk Treasurer, Postage, $29.15; Cloud Peak Veterinary Services, Boarding, $600.00; Creative Culture Insignia, LLC,
Supplies, $733.75; Cretex Concrete Products, Supplies, $1,928.00; Donnell & Allred Inc., Engineering, $7,500.00; Energy Laboratories, Chromium, $1,309.00; Five V Solutions, LLC, Services, $9,163.70; Frandson
Safety, Parts, $20.01; Frontier Tire, Supplies, $228.24; Hach Company,
Supplies, $109.18; Hasco Industrial Supply, Supplies, $491.38; Hawkins
Inc, Chlorine, $20.00; Hedge Music, Supplies, $99.99; Hunt Enterprises,
Cameras, $7,303.34; International Code Council, Books, $559.25; Jack’s
Truck & Equipment, Parts, $667.03; Jadeco, Repairs, $1,155.98; Jirdon
Agri Chemicals, Chemicals, $2,112.70; Kennedy Ace Hardware, Supplies,
$3,004.66; Kimball Midwest, Parts, $120.50; Machinery Power & Equipment, Parts, $1,952.00; Mauna Towers, Rental, $96.61; McClellan & MacQueen, Curb & Gutter, $5,909.00; Mel’s OK Tire, Repairs, $26.00; Mel’s
Plumbing, Services, $3,029.45; Metrolitan Compound, Supplies, $499.50;
Motor Supply, Inc., Parts, $403.89; Mountain West Computers, Supplies,
$104.05; Murdoch Oil, Oil, $83.16; Norco, Inc, Supplies, $47.08; Normont Equipment, Supplies, $3,104.60; Northern Wyoming Daily News,
Advertising, $3,541.17; Northwest Pipe Fittings, Inc., Parts, $28,850.65;
One Call of Wyoming, Code, $48.75; Proforce Law Enforcment, Supplies,
$274.13; Ralph Wortham, Services, $480.00; Reese & Ray’s IGA, Supplies,
$81.78; Respond First Aid Systems, Kit, $342.94; S & H Glass, Safety
Glass, $372.00; Safe-T-Shore, Supplies, $8,317.50; Sems Technologies, Renewal, $7,295.00; Serlkay Printing, Supplies, $504.00; Signs of Sutherland, Shipping, $7.50; Stotz Equipment, Parts, $474.99; Sunshine Office
Products, Supplies, $298.48; Team Laboratory, Supplies, $394.00; Tommerup Machine Shop Inc, Parts, $830.17; Tri-State Truck & Equipment,
Parts, $115.18; United Parcel Service, Shipping, $45.14; US Postmaster,
Box Fee, $228.00; USA Blue Book, Parts, $329.95; Valli Information Systems, Maintenance Fee, $125.00; Vericom Computers, Supplies, $3,465.00;
Wamco Lab, Fee, $125.00; Washakie County Treasurer, Juvenile Officer, $1,841.65; Washakie Co Weed & Pest, Chemicals, $1,130.00; Waste
Systems, Supplies, $623.98; Worland Cleaners & Supply Inc, Supplies,
$767.86; Worland True Value Hardware, Supplies, $177.43; WY Assn of
Municipalities, Directory, $30.00; WY Law Enforcement Academy, Recertification, $300.00; Wy-Test, Testing, $72.00.
TOTALS REGULARS ....
$804,483.67
$926,058.37
$121,574.70
AFLAC, Premium, $543.50; Ameri-Tech Equipment, Refuse Containers, $51,105.00; AT & T, Long Distance, $483.11; AT & T Mobility, Cell
Phone Service, $410.67; Big Horn Water, Cooler Rental & Bottles of Water, $47.00; Big Horn Reg. Joint Powers Board, Monthly EDU, $32,276.48;
Big Horn Rural Electric Co, Electricity, $31.50; Blue Cross/Blue Shield,
Health Insurance, $61,137.38; Cash, Donation From Spectra, $500.00;
City Of Worland, EDSB Payment, $10,000.00; Cash-Police Dept., Petty
Cash, $27.21; Coguill, Raymond, Deposit Refund, $41.62; Colley, Kerry &
Brandon, Deposit Refund, $13.83; Community Builders Inc, Grow Worland, $2,684.30; Donnell & Allred, Services, $23,503.06; Fort Dearborn
Life Ins. Co., Disability Insurance, $356.29; Gerber, Gary, Reimburse/Water Break, $107.86; Glanz, Tracy A., Mileage Expense, $209.30; Henion,
Justin, Overpayment-Court, $1.00; High Plains Power, Inc., Electricity,
$1,636.09; Lueders, John, Deposit Refund, $200.00; Kenco Security &
Technology, Alarm Monitoring, $82.00; Malkovich, Klint & Jacki Strauch,
Deposit Refund, $187.03; Murdoch Oil, Inc., Gasoline/Diesel, $6,024.40;
NCPERS Group Life Ins., Life Insurance, $48.00; Normont Equipment,
By: Councilmember Rideout.
Second by: Councilmember Gentzler.
The Mayor, Councilmembers Koch and Gill, Ron Harvey, and Kent
Richins with the Newell Sargent Foundation met with CEPI from Casper
at Pioneer Square and looked at the problem with the trees along the
alley, the bricks in the sidewalk, the kiosk and bell tower damage. CEPI
representatives would like to meet with citizens and the council to talk
about possible changes to the park before drawing up a design proposal.
The Worland Board of Contractors will attend the next Council Work
Session to talk about the way Contractors are licensed.
There being no further business to come before the Council, a motion
was made to adjourn.
Motion: to adjourn the meeting at 7:34 p.m.
By: Councilmember Alexander.
Second by: Councilmember Koch.
David M. Duffy, Mayor
ATTEST:
Tracy A. Glanz, Clerk/Treasurer
July 15, 2015
The Airport Selection Committee met and reviewed the Statement of
Qualifications and Experience provided by five (5) firms. The committee
chose GDA Engineers as per the summary worksheet presented.
Motion: to approve the selection of GDA Engineers as Engineers for the
Worland Municipal Airport for a five (5) year period.
By: Councilmember Gentzler.
Second by: Councilmember Horath.
Mayor Duffy informed the Council that the City Attorney is working
on several different ordinances including modifications to the cemetery,
fireworks, zoning and water ordinance. The ordinance dealing with fireworks was inadvertently removed; however, the city is covered under state
statute which does not allow fireworks inside city limits.
The contract has been signed with Ron’s Sanitation to provide grounds
maintenance services at Pioneer Square and City Hall through December,
2015.
A number of inquiries have been made into properties suitable for
the City Shop; we will need to decide how much area we need and what
we want the shop to look like. Discussion followed as to the need for the
public to know why we need a new shop. The current shop is too small and
we can’t put the new equipment inside, and the roof is leaking and needs
to be replaced. The building is 30 to 50 years old and has deteriorated. The
public should know that we are trying to invest in the in future by replacing aged infrastructure.
A change to the Personnel Policy Manual dealing with donation of
sick leave was presented for approval; city employees will be asked to sign
off on the change as well. Discussion followed.
Motion: to approve the proposed changed to the Personnel Policy Manual
dealing with donation of sick leave.
By: Councilmember Horath.
Second by: Councilmember Fernandez.
The multi-phase project has reached substantial completion with the
exception of Phase One (1) due to high river water and ground water. The
consultants for the Washakie Avenue Study have been short listed and the
committee will review the proposals on July 16th. A notice to proceed with
the project has been received from WYDOT. The streets project estimate
will probably use all the funding available with the added replacement of
water and sewer lines on 15th Street. Discussion followed.
The Law Enforcement Agreement (LEC) and Dispatch User Agreement by and between Washakie County and the City of Worland were
presented for approval. The amounts requested fall within the budgeted
amounts.
Motion: to approve the LEC Agreement and the Dispatch-User Agreement
by and between Washakie County and the City of Worland.
By: Councilmember Horath.
Second by: Councilmember Koch.
Chief of Police Gabe Elliott informed the Council that police officer
testing would be done this Friday for five (5) candidates.
Clerk/Treasurer Tracy Glanz stated that five (5) applications were
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE
WHEREAS, default in the payment of principal and interest has occurred
under the terms of a promissory note (the “Note”) dated 08/24/2005 executed and delivered by Lela D Estes, and John B Estes, (“Mortgagor”)
to CitiFinancial, Inc. and a real estate mortgage (the “Mortgage”) of the
same date securing the Note, which Mortgage was executed and delivered by said Mortgagors, to CitiFinancial, Inc., and which Mortgage was
recorded on 08/29/2005, as Instrument No. 514155, Book 102 Page 1714
in the records of the office of the County Clerk and ex-officio Register of
Deeds in and for Washakie County, State of Wyoming; and
WHEREAS, the mortgage was assigned for value as follows:
Assignee: CitiFinancial Servicing, LLC
Assignment dated: 05/08/2014
Assignment recorded: 10/29/2014
Assignment recording information: Inst. No. 0565514, Book 139, Page
568
All in the records of the County clerk and ex-officio Register of Deeds in
and for Washakie County, Wyoming.
WHEREAS, the Mortgage contains a power of sale which by reason of
said default, the Mortgagee declares to have become operative, and no
suit or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt secured
by the Mortgage, or any part there-of, nor has any such suit or proceeding
been instituted and the same discontinued; and
WHEREAS, written notice of intent to foreclose the Mortgage by advertisement and sale has been served upon the record owner and the party
in possession of the mortgaged premises at least ten (10) days prior to
the commencement of this publication, and the amount due upon the
Mortgage on the date of first publication of this notice of sale being the
total sum of $117,350.32 which sum consists of the unpaid principal balance of $90,769.54 plus Interest accrued to the date of the first publication of this notice in the amount of $23,802.20 plus attorneys’ fees, costs
expended, and accruing interest and late charges after the date of first
publication of this notice of sale;
WHEREAS, the property being foreclosed upon may be subject to other
liens and encumbrances that will not be extinguished at the sale. Any
prospective purchaser should research the status of title before submitting a bid;
NOW, THEREFORE Citifinancial Servicing LLC, as the Mortgagee, will
have the Mortgage foreclosed as by law provided by causing the mortgaged property to be sold at public venue by the Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff in and for Washakie County, Wyoming to the highest bidder for cash
at 10:00 o’clock in the forenoon on 08/07/2015 at the Washakie County
Courthouse Steps located at 1000 Big Horn Ave, Worland, Wyoming,
Washakie County for application on the above-described amounts secured by the Mortgage, said mortgaged property being described as follows, to-wit:
Lot 8, McNutt Subdivision, Washakie County, Wyoming, according to Plat filed for record June 15, 1950 in Miscellaneous Book 11, Page 602A.
With an address of: 1573 LN 14 Worland, WY 82401.
Together with all improvements thereon situate and all fixtures and appurtenances thereto.
7/2/2015
Date
As per Wyoming State Statute 18-3-516(f) required county notices and
publications are available on the county’s website at www.washakiecounty.net
July 15, 2015
July 8-15-22-29, 2015
/s/ Brian G Sayer
Brian G. Sayer
Klatt, Augustine, Sayer,
Treinen & Rastede, P.C.
925 E. 4th St.
Waterloo, Iowa 50703
Big Horn County annual Horse Fun Day
Lots of fun with
horses
DAILY NEWS/Karla Pomeroy
Jada Foss races to first place in the intermediate division of the pole bending competition at Monday’s Horse Fun Day in Basin.
Barrel Racing
Juniors: Nathaniel Boreen,
Isabella Lungren, Kort Lewis, Jeremy Holloway, Conner Hatch and
Rebecca Bullinger.
Intermediates: Dusty Miller,
Jada Foss, Justin Dausman, Nicole Boreen, Tucker Hatch and
Luke Serfass.
Seniors: Scotlyn Flitner, Jordan Flitner, Isobel Boreen, Siobhan Myers, Jordan Flitner (second
horse) and Ammon Bullinger.
Poles
Juniors:
Lungren,
Lewis,
Hatch, Holloway, Mallory Brown
and Reaghan Foss.
Intermediates: Foss, Dausman,
Miller, Karina Boreen, Nicole
Boreen and Melissa Bullinger.
Seniors: Jordan Flitner, Boreen,
Scotlyn Flitner, Bullinger, Myers
and Jordan Flitner.
Stake Race
Juniors: Lungren, Holloway,
Nathaniel Boreen, Foss, Bullinger
and Brown.
Intermediates: Dausman, Wyatt Bolken, Serfass, Allison Lungren, Nicole Boreen and Hatch.
Seniors: Boreen, Scotlyn Flitner, Myers and Bullinger.
Break Away
Intermediates: Hatch.
Seniors: Tucker McKim.
Goat Tying
Juniors: Hatch, Lungren, Lewis, Brown, Bullinger and Holloway.
Intermediates: Miller, Hatch,
Lungren, Foss and Karina Boreen.
Seniors: Scotlyn Flitner.
Rachel Bullinger concentrates as she ties her ribbon on the
goat’s tail, while Brent Sorenson holds her horse during Monday’s Horse Fun Day in Basin at the Big Horn County Fairgrounds.
BASIN — Sounds of hooves
running in the arena, spirts of
laughter, and shouts of cheer were
sounds in the air at the Big Horn
County Fairgrounds, Monday, July
13 at the Horse Fun Day.
The day was filled with 4-H,
FFA and open class participants
trying their best at competing in
a variety of events, according to
Big Horn County 4-H Educator
Gretchen Gasvoda.
Cannon McKim continues to
create a “fun” day for all the participants, being the superintendent for the day.
“He spends countless hours
grooming the arena the weekend
before, bringing in his own equipment to water and work the arena. Cannon ensures that the day
will be a success, by helping all
the interested participants compete — making in a fun learning
day,” Gasvoda said.
She said numerous volunteers helped with the success of
the event — Cannon and Tucker
McKim, Jared Boardman, Bobbi
Dorvall, Ron and Brent Sorenson,
Mary Myers, Catherine Foss, Tim
Flitner and Dominique Allred.
“Thanks to the parents who
made the effort to get their kids
to the Fun Day and special thanks
to the kids for encouraging each
other and displaying good sportsmanship,” Gasvoda said.
Results for juniors, intermediates and seniors, in order of finish
are as follows:
Scotlyn Flitner won the senior division of the goat tying competition. Here, she works to lay down the goat in order to tie three
of goat’s legs and keep the legs tied for the allotted time.
Nathaniel Boreen races to the goat to tie the ribbon he’s holding in his mouth on the tail of a goat during the junior goat tying
competition Monday in Basin as part of the annual Horse Fun
Day.
13 Big Horn County 4-Hers place in top 10 at state shooting competition
WORLAND — Arrows, bows,
shotguns, shells, .22 rifles, pistols, air rifles and air pistols were
all primed and ready for state
completion July 10-11 in Douglas
where 15 Big Horn County 4-H
members competed.
Results are as follows:
Air Pistol
Intermediate: Adriel Pittman,
eighth.
Senior: Aaron Pittman, 30th.
Air rifle
Junior: Jeremy Holloway, 21st.
Intermediate: Adriel Pittman,
third.
Senior: Aaron Pittman, 23rd;
Morgan Haley, 51st.
Pistol
Junior: Morgan Love, 13th.
Intermediate: Weston Haley,
33rd; Kaci Bentley, 36th.
Senior: Pittman, 10th; Kade
Gifford, 52nd; Haley, 59th.
Archery Class B
Junior: James Love, seventh;
Morgan Love, 18th.
Intermediate: Haley, fifth;
Luke Serfass, 22nd.
Archery Class D
Junior: Holloway, sixth; Tyler
Dalin, 28th; Curtis Miller, 52nd.
Intermediate: Pittman, 47th;
Will Dalin, 58th; Bentley, 71st.
Senior: Reece May, sixth; Gifford, 33rd; Haley, 40th; Pittman,
60th.
Shotgun
Junior: James Love, 11th; Dalin, 12th; Miller, 23rd.
Intermediate: Haley, 15th; Dalin, 18th; Serfass, 60th.
Senior: Haley, 70th; Pittman,
76th; May, 87th; Gifford, 95th.
Shotgun with handicap
Junior: James Love, 13th; Dalin, 20th; Miller, 22nd.
Senior: Pittman, 36th; May,
45th; Haley, 69th; Gifford, 87th.
Overall shotgun
Junior: James Love, 13th; Dalin, 16th; Miller, 22nd.
Senior: Pittman, 55th; Haley,
70th; May, 75th; Gifford, 92nd.
.22 rifle – sporter
Junior: Jasper Hatch, 14th.
Intermediate: Serfass, 17th.
Senior: Gifford, seventh; May,
19th; Haley, 26th.
Light target
Senior: Pittman, seventh.
Team
Junior Pistol Team: Haley,
Bentley, Morgan Love, sixth.
Senior Pistol Team: Pittman,
Gifford and Haley, eighth.
Junior Archery Team: Class
B team of James Love, Morgan
Love and Serfass, eighth.
Class D team of Holloway, Miller, Pittman and Bentley, 11th.
Senior Archery Team: Class D
with May, Gifford, Haley and Pittman, seventh.
Junior Shotgun Team: Haley,
Dalin, James Love and Serfass,
eighth.
Senior Shotgun Team: Pittman, Haley, May and Gifford,
13th.
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111 TaBi Drive • Worland • 347-2526 • Cell 388-8601
[email protected]
Serlkay
Printing
124 South 8th
(307) 347-4037
Worland, Wyoming 82401
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1-800-894-4037
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160 Help Wanted
160 Help Wanted
COMFY CRITTERS PET CARE:
Quality in home pet care, call
Becky Wassum, 431-6402.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Proficiency with Word, Adobe Acrobat, Excel & Quick Books Pro.
Accuracy and attention to detail a
must. Some bookkeeping experience and knowledge of accounting required. Good telephone etiquette, customer relations and organizational skills necessary. We
need self-motivated, professional
individual who is detail oriented
and able to work with technical information in a busy office. Ability
to meet deadlines important. Accuracy required. Responsibilities
include: Accounts receivable using Quick Books Pro with some
accounts payable record keeping;
Preparing, organizing, researching, scanning & filing documents;
Typing letters, forms, reports, etc.;
Incoming & outgoing mail; Answering phones; and other tasks
as assigned. Position is part-time
but may grow to full-time, depending on workload and employee's
skills, performance and willingness to learn. Send resume with
references to Wyoming Water
Rights Consulting, Inc., P.O. Box
316, Worland, WY 82401. Competitive wage and benefits package. Apply immediately.
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY COUNSELING is looking to hire a fulltime clinical therapist. Must possess a mental health professional
license in the State of Wyoming or
be able to be licensed provisionally. Training and experience with
children and adolescents given
preference but a general understanding of clinical therapy and
mental illness recovery a must.
Salary and benefits are negotiable. HSCCS provides an array
of medical and dental benefits
and lucrative paid time off. We are
a CARF accredited facility and an
EOE. Email resume to [email protected] or drop it
by the office at 121 S. 4th Street,
Thermopolis, WY 82443.
K-9 CUPBOARD proudly features
Canidae Life Stages pet food formulas – The CANIDAE commitment: “A Healthier Today for a
Longer Tomorrow”.
307-4314623.
SERENITY BOARDING AND
STABLES
Dogs and Horses. www.SerenityBoardingandStables.com.
Suzi Richards, 431-0386.
140 Services Offered
4Guys
Painting & Home Repair
Free estimates. Quick quality
work at a low price!
Richard Leyva, 431-1963.
A-1 STUMP GRINDING
No stump too big!
Call for estimate.
Peter, 307-864-2642.
Big Horn Heating
& Cooling
347-3438 or 765-9155
C-R Construction:
Remodeling; New Construction;
Flooring; Corn Media Blasting.
Cole, (307) 388-2945;
Ryan, (307) 388-0145.
CHILD CARE
State licensed, 2 to 5 years of
age, provides balanced meals,
stimulating environment.
Now accepting all
pre-school enrollment.
347-2551 or 431-4725.
DIVINE MERCY RADIO
95.3 FM
P.O. Box 1021
Thank you for your support!
DON Vail Construction: From the
ground up. New construction, remodel, concrete. 30 years experience. Call Don, 347-6538 or Jeff,
431-1723.
DONAHUE HOME INSPECTIONS
Certified & Professional Service
Contact James Donahue,
307-431-5473
GRABER
Custom Window Treatments
also custom draperies.
Sewing Machine and Vacuum
Cleaner Repair and Parts.
Elmer & Yvonne's, 347-2095,
1261 A Lane 14, Worland.
LAWN MOWER / SMALL ENGINE
REPAIR & MAINTENANCE
Fast service, pickup & delivery!
Service & repair for all your
lawn equipment needs.
Call Brad, 388-0918.
RYAN Nomura Painting and Drywall. Full finish, texture, patch,
paint. New construction, remodels, basement finished.
3478863.
SULLIVAN ROOFING
Call now for free estimates. If
you're thinking about a new roof,
why not use someone local!
Many years experience.
431-2214.
UNITED Pawn Brokers. Fast cash
for that financial emergency. 515
South Railway Street. 347-2055.
160 Help Wanted
WAIT STAFF
Needed at Brass Plum
Great opportunity, great tips &
wages! Apply in person at Brass
Plum, 1620 Big Horn.
160 Help Wanted
ALL around Ranch Hand to work
small ranch. Must have experience with cattle, haying, irrigating
& mechanic work. Must be motivated and able to work with limited supervision. [email protected]
BIG Horn Co-op currently has an
opening for a Part Time Sales
Clerk Position at their Worland Ag
Store Location. Pre-employment
drug testing is required plus clean
driving record. Strong customer
service skills & is willing to work
all shifts & some Saturday's. Able
to lift at least 50 lbs. For more information please contact Mark
Naasz at 307-347-3211 or stop by
the Big Horn Co-op Store at 400
West Big Horn, Worland, WY
82401. (EOE & Drug Free Workplace)
CROWN Cork & Seal Company
(USA), Inc. in Worland, WY is
accepting applications for a
Lead Clerk. Primary duties include but are not limited to accounts payable, processing
mail, manufacturing reports,
petty cash and working fund,
phone coverage, and back-up
for Purchasing. Prior accounts
payable experience is beneficial
but not required. Must possess
basic computer knowledge &
experience with MS Office; CMPAS and AS400 systems experience a plus. CROWN offers
competitive wages and compensation benefits that include Co.
paid med/den/vis/hol/vac with
pension, 401(k) and tuition reimbursement. CROWN is committed to employee/workplace
safety and expects its employees to support and adhere to
safety policies. Apply through
the Wyoming Job Service Center.
For Affirmative Action
Record keeping, we would appreciate your voluntary identification of gender and ethnicity
when
applying.
EEO/AA/Vets/Disabled.
EVENING Cashier and part-time
Deli help. Apply in person, Blairs
Market, 1801 Big Horn Ave.
NOW Hiring: Seasonal Part-time
Office Person, 3 hrs. a day, M-F.
Please apply in person at Green
Turf Lawnscapes, 1218 Big Horn
Ave.
160 Help Wanted
IF YOU'RE an ambitious and energetic Reporter, we have a spot for
you at our daily newspaper in Sidney, NE. We're looking for someone with weekly or small-town daily experience or a star who shined
at their collegiate paper. We have
an opportunity for you to write
news stories and features in a
growing community. This position
is an immediate opening, so we're
looking for someone who can
start quickly. Send resume and
several writing samples to:
Publisher Rob Langrell at
[email protected].
INSTALLATION Technician: Sign
on bonus of $2,000.00. Duties include installing new HVAC equipment in both retrofit and new construction applications. Must have
clean MVR, pass drug test, minimum of 4 years experience in the
HVAC or related field. Pay range
$20-35 per hour, retirement plan,
insurance, company truck, uniforms provided, positive work environment.
E-mail resume to:
[email protected]
KENNEDY Ace Hardware in Worland has immediate full-time
openings in our electrical and
hardware departments. Apply
in person at 801 Big Horn Ave.
LOOKING for Journeyman or Master Electrician. Worland area.
Please call 307-388-0701.
SERVICE/Maintenance
Technician: Sign on bonus of $2,000.00.
Duties include performing preventative maintenance and emergency service calls on residential and
light commercial HVAC equipment. Must have clean MVR, pass
drug test. Pay range $20-30 per
hour, retirement plan, insurance,
company truck, uniforms provided, positive work environment.
E-mail resume to: [email protected]
Turn Up The Heat On
Your Career
At V1 Propane, the nation's
largest propane distributor, we
have an immediate opening for
a hard-working, customer focused Delivery Rep for our
Worland location. We offer:
Full-time schedule; Competitive
Wages; Medical and Dental
Benefits; 401 (k) Savings Plan;
Team Environment. Requirements include a high school
diploma (or equivalent), a valid
CDL with Hazmat and Tanker
endorsements, a great driving
record, and satisfactory completion of a DOT physical, drug test
and background check. Please
send/fax a resume, or apply in
person to:
V1 Propane,
817 N. 10th,
P.O. Box 77,
Worland, WY 82401
Fax: 307-347-9205. Email:
[email protected].
EEO/AA/M/F/D/V
WORLAND Healthcare is now accepting applications for RN/LPN's.
Come join a resident oriented
team and enjoy our generous
benefit package. Sign on bonus
$1,500 for LPN's, $2,000 for RN's.
If interested, please call Kristen at
(307) 347-4285. Housing available. EOE. Drugfree Workplace.
160 Help Wanted
160 Help Wanted
160 Help Wanted
200 For Rent
SAFETY TRAINEE
Airgas Onsite Safety is seeking a
Safety Trainee to join our team in
Worland, Wyoming. Selected individual will learn to support and
augment a successful Operations
Department with a variety of work
activities, with the goal of becoming qualified to drive a commercial
motor vehicle with a hazardous
materials endorsement and to become familiar with the business.
Common tasks include working on
receiving, inspecting, maintaining,
shelving and pulling of company
equipment. The Safety Trainee is
capable (with supervision) of performing some safety functions
and is also responsible for the following: Rig up safety equipment;
Learn how to safely operate a
commercial vehicle and to obtain
a CDL license [w/o a hazardous
materials endorsement]; Receive
or assist in receiving equipment in
from the field; Inspect equipment
for damage/worn parts. If damage
or badly worn parts are identified,
set item aside for repair, part replacement, or other corrective action consistent with the companys
standard procedure or supervisors
instruction;
Breakdown
equipment, work-lines stripped;
Completely clean equipment and
reassemble. Shop test equipment
on Posicheck;
Run pressure
washer, clean and roll hoses;
Sweep and clean shop; Perform
other duties as requested by the
Area Manager.
Requirements include:
High school diploma or GED
and/or CDL with HAZMAT endorsement; Valid drivers license
with good driving record; Ability
to lift 50 lbs; CDL with Hazardous endorsement is required
within 6 months of hire, including
successful completion of all DOT
requirements which includes a
DOT physical, drug test and background check in order for be considered for continued employment; 24-hour on-call as scheduled; must be able to report to
work within 45 minutes when oncall; Overnight travel which includes travel/driving long distance; may require being out of
town for extended periods of up to
60 days. Airgas offers a competitive salary, outstanding benefits
including medical/dental, life &
disability, and 401(k) plan with
match and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Please apply to
www.airgas.com/company/careers. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
Qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment
without regard to their race, color,
religion, national origin, sex, protected veteran status or disability
STINE, Buss, Wolff, and Associates PC, is seeking a permanent
seasonal tax preparer for the
2016 tax season. The Firm will
provide update classes prior to
the filing season. Remote arrangements a possibility. Hourly
rate is $18-$35/hour plus end of
the season bonus, depending on
experience and computer skills.
Prior experience with individual
and business tax preparation is
required. Experience with Ultra
Tax software is desired, but not
required. All resumes will be kept
confidential. If you are interested
in joining our firm, please send
your resume to Stine, Buss, Wolff
and Associates PC, P.O. Box 637
Cody,
WY
82414;
e-mail
[email protected]; or fax
(307) 527-4161.
ONE & TWO Bdrm. Apartments,
$475/mo. & $575/mo. First
month + deposit. 805-233-1313.
WASHAKIE County School District
No. 1 is accepting applications for
the following positions:
TWO
Bdrm.
Apt.,
stackable
washer/dryer. Available immediately. 347-3289.
THE City of Worland will be accepting applications for the position of
Utility
Maintenance/Equipment
Operator. The position requires
the ability to operate specialized
heavy equipment, to do physical
labor and the ability to lift a minimum of 50 lb. A Commercial
Drivers License (CDL), or the ability to obtain a CDL within 30 days
of hire, is required. The applicant
shall have the ability to work under supervision, the temperament
to work with others, and is willing
to learn. Applications can be
picked up at Worland City Hall,
829 Big Horn Avenue or online at
www.cityofworland.org. EOE.
FOR Rent: 3 Bdrm., 2 Bath House,
$750/mo., pets upon approval
with $200 non-refundable deposit,
cleaning & security deposit required. 307-921-3857.
WASHAKIE County is taking applications for a part time position.
Computer knowledge a must.
Person must be able to multi-task
and willing to learn many different
jobs within the county. Flexible
hours, with up to but not guaranteeing 29 hours per week. Applications can be picked up at the
County Clerks office between the
hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm
Monday through Friday. Application form can be found on website
at www.washakiecounty.net. Applications will be taken until July
22, 2015 at 5:00 pm. Washakie
County is an equal opportunity
employer.
160 Help Wanted
Now Hiring
Customer Service Associates, All Shift
Worland, Wyoming
Qualified Candidates must have high school
diploma or equivalent.
Drug test and background checks required.
Great benefits include; Medical, Dental,
Vision,Company Match 401(K), Kroger Stock
Purchase Plan, $3000 tuition reimbursement and
Company Paid Life Insurance.
QUALIFIED CANDIDATES APPLY ONLINE AT
Jobs.loafnjug.com
Pay based on experience. We are proud to offer a
drug-free working environment. E.O.E
Full-time positions:
Paraeducator, 3 positions available, one at each of these buildings – Worland High School,
South Side Elementary and West
Side Elementary; working with
high needs student one-on-one
(West Side will be more than one
student); 35 hours/week, full
benefits available.
Part-time positions
(with retirement benefits):
Diabetic paraeducator - monitors
diabetic students throughout the
district; approximately 20
hours/week.
Swim paraeducator – assists instructor with swim lessons for elementary students; approximately
20 hours/week.
Sign Interpreter – must hold an
Educational Sign Language Interpreter Permit, 29 hours/week.
Part-time positions
(without benefits):
Certified Substitutes needed:
Certified Substitute Teachers,
$15/hour.
Classified Substitutes needed:
Housekeepers, Cooks,
Paraeducators, $12.05/hour.
Applications may be picked up at
the Administration Office, 1900
Howell Ave. or from the district
website at: www.wsh1.k12.wy.us.
QUIET 2 Bdrm., all utilities paid except lights, no pets/smoking,
washer/dryer facility. 388-2127.
TEN Sleep: Commercial office
space, TSI building starting at
$150. 307-272-3814.
TRAILER space for rent. 347-2267
or 431-5732.
TWO Bdrm. Apartment, washer and
dryer on site, good neighborhood, no smoking, no pets.
$475/mo., $450 deposit. Call
431-5190.
TWO Bdrm. Apt., all utilities paid,
$550/mo. + deposit. 431-1906 or
347-4906.
TWO Bdrm. House, $650/mo. + utilities, references & deposit required. No pets. 347-3755.
TWO Bdrm., detached garage, alot
of storage, privacy fence, sprinklers, sunroom, paved driveway.
Call 431-4764.
220 Garage Sales
GOT JUNK? We do! 347-2667,
Garage Sale, 1921 Big Horn Ave.
240 For Sale: Mobile
Homes
1977 16'x60' Trailer, 2 Bdrm., 1
Bath, $8,000 OBO. Need sold!
431-6411.
280 For Sale: Real
Estate
BRAND NEW...3 Bdrm, 2.5 Bathrooms, 3 Car Garage: 305 Aspen
Lodge Drive, $369,000. For sale
by owner - call for showing 307469-2290. View at zillow.com.
290 Livestock & Feed
HAY for Sale:
Small squares, grass/alfalfa
mix $100 per ton.
307-867-2222 or 431-9807
200 For Rent
320 For Sale: Misc.
ACCEPTING applications for one
and two bedroom apartments.
HUD subsidized senior citizen
housing, equal housing opportunity; Worland Gardens! Call 4311985 or 347-6324, leave message.
ARE you ready for winter with your
firewood? I have a DR 5 ton
wood splitter (with table) and Ruelon chain saw for sale. Asking
$350 for the wood splitter and
$125 for the chain saw (paid
$180-used once, still in the box).
Both for $410. 307-921-1762 or
307-921-8128. Both are in very
good condition.
FOR RENT: Newer office or retail
space with off street parking.
Handicapped rest room, carpeted,
air conditioned. 2,400 sq. ft. 3472789 or 388-9599.
FOR RENT: Office or retail space in
newer building with off street
parking. Freshly painted, handicapped rest room, air conditioned.
800 sq. ft. Call 347-2789 or 3889599.
FOUR Bdrm., 2 Bath House, 2 car
garage with huge carport, ½ mile
from town, $750/mo., 1st & last
month's rent, $750 deposit. Available immediately. Call 388-0901
or 347-7940.
IMMACULATE 2 Bdrm., 1 bath
house with garage, no smoking,
no pets, available August 1st,
$750/mo. + deposit, one year
lease. Call 431-1479 for details.
LARGE Studio Apt., $425/mo. +
$425 deposit, includes utilities.
No smoking. Call Lisa, 431-4773.
NICE 2 Bdrm. House, central air,
appliances, fenced backyard. No
pets,
no
smoking
inside.
$700/mo. + utilities. 347-4215.
CUSTOM log swing, $215; Two
(like new) chaise lounge chairs,
$200 each or both $350; Large
dining room table, $200. Must
see to appreciate. 431-8695.
330 Miscellaneous
CANYON ROCK / RICH GEMS
will have a booth at the Rocky
Mountain Federation Mineral &
Gem Show, July 16-18 at the
Cody Sweitzer Gym.
FIREARM TRANSFERS
David, 307-431-9176.
THE Worland Business and
Professional Women are offering
a $1,000 scholarship for adult
women continuing their education who reside in Washakie
County. Applications can be
picked up at the office of Wendy
Press Sweeny, 1116 Robertson
Ave., Sarah Radabaugh's office
at 1511 Charles Ave. or at
the County Extension Office
in the Community Complex.
Applications are due on
August 1st, 2015.
350 Wanted
TWO Bdrm. Apt., $400/mo. + utilities, $400 deposit. 431-1906 or
347-4906.
WE Pay Cash for used firearms.
Buy, sell, trade. The Outdoorsman, 632 Big Horn. 347-2891.
200 For Rent
200 For Rent
Northern Wyoming Daily News, Worland, Wyo., Wednesday, July 15, 2015—11
BLONDIE
WALL STREET —
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks climbed broadly
on Tuesday as investors who had been fretting
over the Greek debt crisis and plunging Chinese
stocks turned their attention back to the U.S.
economy and corporate earnings reports.
JPMorgan Chase and Johnson & Johnson reported second-quarter profits that were stronger
than expected. A government report showed that
Americans cut back on spending at retailers last
month, but some investors interpreted that as
good for stocks since it may make the Federal Reserve more cautious when it starts raising rates
for the first time in nine years.
“It’s back to the mindset that bad news is good
news,” said James Abate, chief investment officer
of Centre Funds. “We think (the Fed) will raise
rates in September, but we don’t think it will be
an aggressive tightening cycle.”
The gains were modest but widespread.
Among the 10 industry sectors of the Standard
and Poor’s 500 index, only utilities fell. It was
the fourth straight gain in a row for the broader
index.
The S&P 500 increased 9.35 points, or 0.5
percent, to 2,108.95. The Dow Jones industrial
average gained 75.90 points, or 0.4 percent, to
18,053.58. The Nasdaq composite climbed 33.38
points, or 0.7 percent, to 5,104.89.
The Commerce Department said retail sales
slipped 0.3 percent in June, the weakest showing
since February. That followed a robust 1 percent
jump in May. A separate report from National
Federation of Independent Business showed an
index of small business optimism fell in June.
Investors were also keeping an eye on Greece
after the country struck a preliminary deal with
its creditors. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has
to convince lawmakers to approve tax hikes and
spending cuts by Wednesday to receive emergency money and re-open the country’s banks, but
he faced dissent even within his left-wing party.
Peter Cardillo, chief economist at Rockwell
Global, a brokerage firm, thinks the Greek crisis
may still spook the stock market. He said investors seemed to be more focused Tuesday on earnings, and hoping some decent reports so far will
continue and buck the currently low expectations
investors have.
U.S. government bond prices rose. The yield
on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.40 percent
from 2.45 percent late Monday.
OIL PRICES —
In oil trading, benchmark U.S. crude rose 84
cents to close at $53.04 a barrel in New York.
Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils
used by many U.S. refineries, rose 66 cents to
close at $58.51 a barrel in London.
In other futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange:
— Wholesale gasoline fell 0.9 cents to close at
$1.931 a gallon.
— Heating oil rose 0.7 cent to close at $1.725
a gallon.
— Natural gas fell 2.4 cents to close at $2.840
per 1,000 cubic feet.
BOARD OF TRADE —
CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mostly
lower Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for September delivery was off 4.75
cents to $5.71 a bushel; September corn was
12.50 cents lower at 4.2825 a bushel; December
oats rose .50 cent at 2.6850 a bushel; while
November soybeans lost 3.50 cents to $10.25 a
bushel.
Beef and pork were higher on the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange. August live cattle was
up .55 cent to $1.4715 a pound; August feeder
cattle gained 3.08 cents to $2.1430 a pound;
while August lean hogs were 1.97 cent higher to
$.7592 a pound.
METALS —
NEW YORK (AP) — Spot nonferrous metal
prices T.
Aluminum -$0.7524 per lb., London Metal
Exch.
Copper -$2.5425 Cathode full plate, LME.
Copper -$2.5445 N.Y. Merc spot Tue.
Lead - $1819.50 metric ton, London Metal
Exch.
Zinc - $0.9214 per lb., London Metal Exch.
Gold - $1157.40 Handy & Harman (only daily
quote).
Gold - $1153.30 troy oz., NY Merc spot Tue.
Silver - $15.345 Handy & Harman (only daily
quote).
Silver - $15.295 troy oz., N.Y. Merc spot Tue.
Platinum -$1030.00 troy oz., Handy & Harman.
Platinum -$1027.90 troy oz., N.Y. Merc spot
Tue.
n.q.-not quoted n.a.-not available r-revised
GOLD —
Selected world gold prices, Tuesday.
London morning fixing: $1153.20 off $0.80.
London afternoon fixing: $1157.40 up $3.40.
NY Handy & Harman: $1157.40 up $3.40.
NY Handy & Harman fabricated: $1249.99
up $3.67.
NY Engelhard: $1159.82 up $4.46.
NY Engelhard fabricated: $1246.81 up $4.80.
NY Merc. gold July Tue. $1153.30 off $1.90.
NY HSBC Bank USA 4 p.m. Tue. $1155.00
off $2.50.
INTERMOUNTAIN GRAIN &
LIVESTOCK —
BLACKFOOT —— white wheat 5.61, down
4; 11.5 percent hard red winter 5.51, down 46;
14 percent spring 5.91, up 24; hard white 5.61,
down 6;
BURLEY —— white wheat 5.60, down 6;
hard red winter 4.76, down 16; 14 percent spring
5.71, down 11; feed barley 5.95, unchanged; hard
white 5.36, down 6;
OGDEN — white wheat 6.11, down 4; 11.5
percent winter 5.21, down 6; 14 percent spring
6.56, down 6; barley 6.00, unchanged; corn 9.00,
down 15;
PORTLAND—— no bids for soft white, white
club or DNS; hard red winter 6.12-6.22, down
6; corn 5.04-5.06, down 12-14; oats 265.00/ton or
3.8475 bushel, unchanged;
NAMPA— Soft white new crop 9.92, down
16cwt; 5.95, down 10 bushel.
LIVESTOCK AUCTION—— Cottonwood
Livestock on July 10.
Boning 101.00-110.00; breaker 85.00-95.00;
feeder 90.00-108.00;
canner/cutter 90.00-101.00; heiferettes
110.00-150.00; stock cows 1300-1875 head;
pairs 1875-2100; bulls 125.00-150.00; baby
calves 325-650 head;
feeder steers: heavy 185.00-219.00, light
220.00-246.00, stocker 225.00-260.00;
feeder heifers: heavy 140.00-210.00, light
195.00-240.00, stocker 220.00-245.00;
Remarks: Heavy yearlings steady to strong.
Fleshy calves 5-10 lower. Slaughter
cos and bulls steady.
LISTINGS —
Tue.’s closing New York Stock Exchange selected
prices:
Stock
Last
Chg
AT&TInc
35.12
+.24
AerojetR
23.78
+.94
Alcoa
10.77
—.05
Altria
51.35
+.02
AEP
55.19
—.15
AmIntlGrp
63.57
+.19
ApldIndlT
39.92
—.14
Avon
5.94
—.08
BPPLC
40.33
+.37
BakrHu
61.13
+.83
BkofAm
17.13
+.11
Boeing
147.75
+1.13
BrMySq
70.06
+.40
Brunswick
54.22
+.69
Caterpillar
84.46
+.82
Chevron
95.55
+.95
Citigroup
55.91
+.37
CocaCola
41.17
+.51
ColgPalm
67.27
—.17
ConocoPhil
59.53
+.60
ConEd
60.42
—.27
CurtisWrt
71.70
+.53
Deere
96.40
+.13
Disney
117.85
—.20
DowChm
53.04
+1.10
DuPont
59.43
—.08
Eaton
66.43
+.02
EdisonInt
57.94
+.22
ExxonMbl
83.11
+.69
FMCCorp
50.90
+.72
FootLockr
70.19
—.30
FAMILY CIRCUS
FordM
GenDynam
GenElec
GenMills
Hallibrtn
HeclaM
Hess
HewlettP
HonwllIntl
Idacorp
IBM
IntPap
JohnJn
LockhdM
Loews
LaPac
MDURes
MarathnO
McDnlds
McKesson
Merck
NCRCorp
NorflkSo
NorthropG
OcciPet
Olin
PG&ECp
Penney
PepsiCo
Pfizer
Praxair
ProctGam
Questar
RockwlAut
SempraEn
SouthnCo
Tegna
Textron
3MCo
TimeWarn
Timken
TriContl
UnionPac
Unisys
USSteel
VarianMed
VerizonCm
ViadCorp
WalMart
WellsFargo
Weyerhsr
Xerox
YumBrnds
14.81
146.97
26.66
57.25
42.56
2.55
64.57
30.51
104.08
57.99
168.61
47.75
99.78
199.05
38.95
16.41
19.26
25.08
98.78
233.83
58.19
29.31
86.72
168.49
74.28
25.58
51.00
9.01
97.13
35.08
119.27
82.04
21.60
125.00
101.98
43.21
32.11
44.33
156.78
89.99
35.36
21.49
96.79
20.85
19.92
87.87
47.41
27.33
73.79
57.25
31.26
10.53
91.99
+.17
+.74
+.19
—.27
+.69
—.11
+.59
—.23
+.31
—.15
—.77
—.05
—.49
+1.17
—.22
+.01
+.11
+.35
+.35
+2.40
+.32
+.23
+.26
+1.19
+.83
—.01
—.22
—.13
—.09
+.26
+.80
+.13
+.03
+.60
+.23
—.19
+.16
+.08
+.31
+.10
+.02
+.03
—.29
+.44
+.03
+.08
+.21
+.08
—.09
+.51
—.39
+.04
+.88
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used cars & trucks. Will trade.
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Iran nuclear deal: Fine ‘new
chapter’ or ‘historic mistake’?
VIENNA (AP) — Overcoming decades of hostility, Iran, the
United States, and five other
world powers struck a historic accord Tuesday to check Tehran’s
nuclear efforts short of building a
bomb. The agreement could give
Iran access to billions in frozen
assets and oil revenue, stave off
more U.S. military action in the
Middle East and reshape the tumultuous region.
The deal sets in motion a yearslong test of Iran’s willingness to
keep its promises to the world —
and the ability of international inspectors to monitor compliance. It
also sets the White House up for
a contentious fight with a wary
Congress and more rocky relations with Israel, whose leaders
furiously opposed the agreement.
Appealing to skeptics, President Barack Obama declared that
the accord “offers an opportunity
to move in a new direction. We
should seize it.”
Under terms of the deal, the
culmination of 20 months of ardu-
Iowa community
drops shock
official
fundraiser plans
VAN METER, Iowa (AP) — The
small Iowa city of Van Meter has
dropped plans for a raffle that
would have let the winner shock
an official with a stun gun.
Bill Daggett, the police chief in
the community of 1,000 west of
Des Moines, told The Des Moines
Register on Tuesday that officials
have changed plans after facing
criticism from the American Civil
Liberties Union of Iowa and others
who learned of the raffle through
the media. The ACLU had questioned whether it was safe or appropriate to shock an official, even
if the effort was for a good cause.
Money raised by selling $5 raffle tickets was intended to help the
police department buy a second
squad car, add speed radar and
potentially expand its six-member part-time and reserve force.
The city administrator and a City
Council member had volunteered
to be stunned at a celebration Saturday, with the winner choosing
which official would be shocked.
“I am pleased to hear that Van
Meter has listened to the very important concerns raised about the
Taser raffle. I hope that this has
resulted in a better understanding
of how dangerous Tasers can be,
and the need to ensure that they
are only used by properly trained
law enforcement personnel operating under clear policies,” said
ACLU of Iowa Director Jeremy
Rosen.
The raffle will continue, but the
winner will be able to shoot the
stun gun at a target.
Daggett said businesses also
promised to make donations to
Van Meter if officials canceled
their plans to stun an official.
“We never expected to have national or international attention
ous diplomacy, Iran must dismantle much of its nuclear program in
order to secure relief from biting
sanctions that have battered its
economy. International inspectors can now press for visits to
Iran’s military facilities, though
access is not guaranteed. Centrifuges will keep spinning, though
in lesser quantities, and uranium
can still be enriched, though at
lower levels.
In a key compromise, Iran
agreed to continuation of the
U.N.’s arms embargo on the country for up to five more years and
ballistic missile restrictions for
up to eight years. Washington
had sought to keep the arms ban
in place, while Russia and China
joined Iran in pushing for an immediate suspension.
On the streets of Tehran, Iranians honked their horns and celebrated in the city’s main square.
President Hassan Rouhani said
a “new chapter” had begun in his
nation’s relations with the world,
even as he denied Iran had ever
or expected to have companies say
we’ll help you out,” he said.
Mowed field
used for
proposal
PORTLAND, Texas (AP) — A
South Texas farmer with friends
who take him high places asked
his girlfriend to marry him by
mowing his proposal into a field.
The Corpus Christi CallerTimes reports Ruston Smith has a
pilot friend who flew him and his
girlfriend over the field.
Smith, who’s a 22-year-old
farmer from Beeville, arranged to
use a plane belonging to his rancher boss and a grassy field on the
owner’s property.
Kobi Sliva of Sinton said “yes”
on Saturday when she saw the
field near Portland mowed with
the message “Marry Me.” The
21-year-old Texas A&M University student says she was in shock
to see such a proposal, which she
says took a lot of thought.
Smith says he decided to do
something special for his girlfriend of six years.
Polish cow on
the run is finally
caught
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Matylda finally moo’ved back home.
The cow escaped from her Polish farm two years ago and lived a
life on the lam in a nearby forest,
sometimes damaging crops. She
has finally been caught.
Owner Leszek Zasada spoke
about his adventure with the
brown cow in a story broadcast
Tuesday by the all-news station
TVN24.
He said Matylda escaped in
2013 from his farm in Zloty Stok,
pursued a nuclear weapon.
While the U.S. partnered in the
talks with Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China, the decades of tensions between the U.S.
and Iran put the two countries at
the forefront of the negotiations.
Whether the nuclear rapprochement will spark a broader
thaw is unclear. Nearly 40 years
after Iran’s Islamic revolution
and the hostage-taking at the U.S.
Embassy in Tehran, the country’s
hardliners remain hostile toward
Washington.
The U.S. and its allies also have
deep concerns about Iran’s support for terrorism in the Middle
East and its detention of several
American citizens.
With key restrictions on Iran’s
nuclear program required for only
a decade, opponents of the deal
say it simply delays Tehran’s pursuit of the bomb.
Critics also say Iran will use
new wealth from sanctions relief
to double-down other destabilizing activities in the region.
in Western Poland, the day after he
brought her home.
She survived two frigid winters
on her own, but the time on the run
took its toll. She lost the calf she
was sometimes spotted with and
returned home with many scars.
Farmers in the area complained
of the damage she caused but nobody was able to catch her until
last Saturday.
Boston’s tower
of filthy snow
melts away
BOSTON (AP) — The last of
Boston’s winter nightmare has finally melted away.
Mayor Martin Walsh announced Tuesday that Boston’s
once-massive pile of filthy snow
has officially dwindled to nothing.
The pile accumulated into a 75foot tower of snow after a recordbreaking winter that dumped
more than 110 inches on the city.
The mound made Bostonians
shiver into the summer, but not
because of the temperature: It
was laden more than 80 tons of
garbage, transforming it into a
repulsive trash heap as the snow
melted.
Officials say two snowstorms
struck after residents put their
trash out, and it got swept up by
plows.
The persistent pile prompted Walsh to hold a contest for
who could guess when it would
melt. He’ll announce the winners
Wednesday.
With summer in full swing and
temperatures flirting with the 90s,
the epic winter has seemed like a
distant bad dream to many Bostonians.
Others had speculated — and
not happily — that the messy
mound might last until Labor Day.
Gov. Charlie Baker captured
the mood Tuesday, tweeting: “Our
nightmare is officially over!”
Gas Line Upgrade
DAILY NEWS/Zach Spadt
Wyoming Gas employee Doug Walker breaks up concrete with a jack hammer Tuesday. Wyoming Gas is upgrading a gas line under the alley behind the 700 block of Big Horn Avenue. The
alley is currently closed and Worland residents should expect it to be closed for at least the
next week.
Plague kills
eastern Utah
prairie dog
colony
New health law
doesn’t infringe
on religious
freedom
VERNAL, Utah (AP) — Wildlife
and health officials say an outbreak
of bubonic plague has killed dozens
of prairie dogs in a colony in eastern Utah.
The Utah Division of Wildlife
Resources says 60 to 80 prairie dogs
were found dead in an area southeast of Vernal last week.
Wildlife program manager Dax
Mangus says plague outbreaks are
common among prairie dogs.
The TriCounty Health Department, which serves the area, is
warning residents to avoid the dead
animals because the disease can
be spread to humans. It’s generally
transmitted by fleas.
The Deseret News reports that if
humans contract the plague, symptoms include fever, headache and
chills. It can be treated with antibiotics.
DENVER (AP) — The federal
health care law doesn’t infringe
on the religious freedom of faithbased nonprofit organizations
that object to covering birth control in employee health plans, a
federal appeals court in Denver
ruled Tuesday.
The case involves a group of
Colorado nuns and four Christian
colleges in Oklahoma.
Religious groups are already
exempt from covering contraceptives.
But the plaintiffs argued that
the exemption doesn’t go far
enough because they must sign
away the coverage to another
party, making them feel complicit
in providing the contraceptives.
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed.
The judges wrote that the law
with the exemption does not burden the exercise of religion.
“Although we recognize and
respect the sincerity of plaintiffs’
beliefs and arguments, we conclude the accommodation scheme
... does not substantially burden their religious exercise,” the
three-judge panel wrote.
Utah death row
inmate says
firing squad is
unconstitutional
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A
Utah death row inmate appealing his sentence of death by firing
squad says the execution method
is cruel and unusual punishment.
Utah recently approved the use of
a firing squad as a backup if lethal
injection drugs are not available.
Ron Lafferty argued in court
documents that the firing squad
will cause a lingering, unnecessarily painful death.