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Bond set as
details emerge
from weekend
attack
BY PHOEBE TOLLEFSON
[email protected]
SHERIDAN— Bond was set at
$20,000 cash for two men charged
with aggravated assault, as details
of a brutal weekend beating were
released.
Dylan Dygert, 21, and Jacob
Olson, 26, appeared in Sheridan
County Circuit Court in connection with a fight early Sunday
morning that left the victim,
Clayton Denny, with serious head
injuries.
Denny, 25, sustained a concussion, a broken facial bone
and multiple head wounds that
required stitches or staples.
Denny, of Billings, Montana, is
half African-American and half
Chippewa and Cree.
Court documents note that a
Sheridan Police Department officer conducted a traffic stop just
before 3 a.m. on May 8 and noticed
Denny, the driver, was bleeding
from various places on his head
and face. He was transported by
ambulance to Sheridan Memorial
Hospital. Denny said he put his
bike in his car at some point
during the night.
Denny told officers that he had
been “jumped” in the alley behind
Beaver Creek Saloon.
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The long journey to graduation
BY MIKE DUNN
[email protected]
SHERIDAN — In the weeks
before graduation, Leann
Schutte spent her days poring
through her nursing books.
Tests were coming up and some
would decide her future.
In that respect, she is like
most students in college. Finals
week consists of a combination
of caffeinated drinks, stress and
endless reading. Yet Schutte
is far from your average college student. She went back to
school after a long hiatus that
included raising a child.
Yet those struggles are
minuscule compared to what
she has experiences in the
past. When Schutte receives
her diploma Saturday at the
Sheridan College commencement ceremony, it won’t just be
the conclusion of an academic
career but the end of a long
journey to a better life for her
and her son.
A downward spiral
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“Nobody ever plans on being a
Nursing student Leanna Schutte stands among her peers during practice for a pinning ceremony Thursday at the
drug addict,” Schutte said.
Bruce Hoffman Golden Dome. Schutte is a single parent graduating from the nursing program after a long road
SEE GRADUATION, PAGE 8
recovering from an addiction to methamphetamine.
Millions would
flow into state
coffers if online
retailers charged
sales taxes
SEE BOND SET, PAGE 7
UW trustees
reduce internal
spending
LARAMIE (AP) — Facing budget
cuts that will likely mean cutting
jobs, University of Wyoming trustees approved reductions in their
own expenses although some trustees said they could do more.
The trustees this week approved
spending $229,000 in fiscal year
2017 for travel, catering and lodging and other board meeting and
activity expenses. That is down
from about $302,000 that they spent
in fiscal year 2015.
“As a board of trustees, we have
to make these cuts wherever possible,” trustee Larry Gubbels said,
noting the board will be cutting the
spending of other UW departments.
“We have to be willing to do it
also.”
Airfare costs have been the largest board expense. The proposed
FY 2017 budget provides $90,000 for
trustee usage of the UW aircraft,
down from nearly $132,000 in FY
2015, the Laramie Boomerang
reported.
SEE SPENDING, PAGE 7
BY LAURA HANCOCK
CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE
instructor, started teaching at Sheridan
College in 1983. She took time off to earn her
Ph.D. and home-school a child. Wohl ran the
Writing Center in the mid-1990s, and was
hired on full time in 1999.
Wohl has written three books of poetry,
each with a distinct theme. Her first was
inspired by the tough weather Wohl encountered after she and her husband moved to
Sheridan in 1978.
“I had an infant and a 2-year-old and the
worst winter I’ve ever lived through,” she
said.
DOUGLAS — If Wyomingites
paid sales tax on items they purchased online, between $23 million
and $46 million would be added to
state coffers each year, Wyoming
Department of Revenue Director
Dan Noble said this week.
The money is especially needed
at a time when revenues from
oil, gas and coal are down significantly. Noble discussed national
efforts to implement a tax on
Internet sales with members of
the Joint Revenue Committee on
Thursday at the Wyoming State
Fairgrounds.
The committee met Wednesday
and Thursday to discuss ways the
state could save and raise money.
Ideas ranged from increasing
public school classroom sizes to
raising taxes on wind energy and
giving local governments more
flexibility with the sales tax. The
committee discussed proposals
and received reports on taxation
from people such as Noble and
hasn’t yet advanced any proposals
to the full Legislature.
SEE RETIRE, PAGE 8
SEE SALES TAX, PAGE 8
Sisters Dr. Jane Wohl, left, and Judy McDowell pose inside the Bruce Hoffman Golden Dome at
Sheridan College. The siblings are retiring this year. Wohl is the college’s English coordinator, with
a combined 24 years of service. McDowell is a faculty member and former director of the Sheridan
College nursing program, she worked 18 years at the college.
Sister duo retires from Sheridan College
BY PHOEBE TOLLEFSON
[email protected]
SHERIDAN— Sisters Jane Wohl and Judy
McDowell are leaving Sheridan College this
month after a combined 51 years. They’ve
been issuing final grades, packing up
their offices and will attend graduation on
Saturday.
Then, it’s on to retirement.
We caught up with them to learn more
about their work and plans for the future.
Jane Wohl
Wohl, English program coordinator and
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Link Crew offers help and advice to SHS freshmen
BY SHAWNIE DETAVERNIER
[email protected]
SHERIDAN — Sheridan
High School freshmen participate in a program called
FLC the first semester of the
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school year that helps them
adjust to life as high school
students. Upperclassmen or
Link Leaders lead the program.
FLC stands for Freshmen
Learning Communities.
These are small groups of
freshmen that Link Leaders
meet with during lunch
of the first semester of the
school year. The focus of
these groups is to establish
relationships between the
freshmen and upperclassmen, and introduce them to
skills that may help them
be more successful as they
begin their high school
experience.
Leadership Seminar is
the course for the upperclassmen or Link Leaders.
For the past two years the
Link Crew has incorporated
the use of a leadership program. The idea was to help
students identify existing
leadership skills and develop new skills that can help
them in their roles as men-
tors to the freshmen.
“Link Crew is a national program and it was
designed for the purposes
of mentoring the freshmen
and helping them to be
more successful in their
first semester of their high
school experience,” Link
advisor Janine Evensen
said. “There has been a
lot of statistics that really
indicated that the more successful [freshmen] feel about
their initial experience
the more likely they are
to finish their high school
degree.”
Link Crew started its run
at SHS six or seven years
ago with approximately
40 upperclassmen as Link
Leaders. More recently,
about 25 students have been
selected to be Link Leaders
every year.
“Finding those students
that have those leadership
abilities, that are able to
take that responsibility (is
difficult),” Evensen said.
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“Because it is hard to get up
in front of those freshmen
and organize activities and
keep them inspired and
working with other fellow
junior and senior students
to make that happen and
feel good about it,” Evensen
said.
Senior Claire Turner
applied to be a Link Leader
at the end of her junior year
and was happy to learn that
she had been accepted into
the program.
“When I was a freshmen
it was so scary and I was
so shy and I was so worried about everything and
I would have liked to have
someone there to help me,
so I was hoping that I could
help someone else,” Turner
said.
A typical meeting includes
the Link Leaders sharing
a lesson in the form of an
activity or video with freshmen.
SEE LINK, PAGE 3
Tidying
up
Volunteer students
Delainy Szmyd,
left, and Janika
Sweeney watch
as Caleb Campbell
ties a necktie for
Sweeney during the
Sheridan High School
Jazz Band Dance
Wednesday evening
at the Kalif Shrine
Center.
JUSTIN SHEELY |
THE SHERIDAN PRESS
Tongue River water quality meeting set for Wednesday
projects have included hosting workshops
to educate the public, animal feeding operation improvement, septic system replaceDAYTON — The Wyoming Department of ment, stream stabilization and stream bank
Environmental Quality will hold a public
protection.
meeting Wednesday in the Lucille Alley
The Clean Water Act allows the state an
Room of Dayton Town Hall from 6-8 p.m. to eight to 13 year window to write a TMDL.
provide information regarding the Tongue
If clean-up efforts are not working and the
River total maximum daily load project.
pollutant is still exceeding its standards at
According to the WDEQ website, when
the end of that time period, a TMDL must
levels of a pollutant such as E.coli, exceed
be submitted to fulfill the state obligation.
state water quality standards for designated Streams in the Tongue River watershed are
uses, the body of water is considered to be
reaching the 13-year mark.
impaired, and the state is required by the
Brich stated that the Tongue River E.
Clean Water Act to develop a TMDL. TMDL coli project began in October 2015 and will
is the amount of pollutant a stream can
be completed by November 2016. The goal
receive and still meet water quality stanof the project is to continue the support of
dards for its designated use, which in this
local efforts to improve water quality while
case is recreation.
fulfilling the obligations of the state under
Water quality monitoring, conductthe Clean Water Act.
ed by the WDEQ and Sheridan County
The cost of the project is $146,000, and has
Conservation District, has shown that E.
been contracted to SWCA Environmental
coli concentration levels in the Tongue
Consultants. SWCA is currently working
River watershed around Ranchester and
with a technical advisory committee of
Dayton exceed the state standards for recre- local stakeholders to complete the TMDL
ational use. The affected rivers and creeks
reports this summer and to develop a water
include Tongue River, Columbus Creek,
quality improvement implementation plan
Little Tongue River, Wolf Creek, Fivemile
this fall.
Creek and Smith Creek.
The TMDL will estimate the percent of E.
Sol Brich, the WDEQ TMDL coordinator,
coli reduction needed to meet state water
stated that E. coli is an indicator of the
quality criteria. The implementation plan
presence of fecal material, which can conwill identify management practices that
tain harmful pathogens such as viruses,
can be used to reduce E. coli concentrabacteria or protozoa. E. coli concentrations tions. Examples of management practices
that exceed state standards reflect an eleinclude reducing storm water runoff, grazvated level of risk of getting ill from activing management and maintaining a riparities such as swimming, fishing or wading
ian buffer to filter water before it hits the
in impaired streams.
creeks.
According to Brich, the SCCD has been
According to Brich, the implementaimplementing water quality improvement
tion plan can be used to apply for funding
projects under multiple watershed manthrough the WDEQ. That funding could be
agement plans since some of the originally
used to cost share water quality improvemonitored streams were determined to
ment management practices. SCCD has
be impaired in 2002. The organization’s
used this funding in its past efforts in the
website states that these implementation
Tongue River.
BY KRISTIN MAGNUSSON
[email protected]
LINK : Preparations for next meeting
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Topics can include studying tips, self-image and why getting involved in school or
community groups can be beneficial.
Link Crew has evolved over the years
with every new class of freshmen and
upperclassmen, but some of the same
debates happen every year.
“The biggest argument that we have
always had is taking away time from
lunch for [FLC]. So with that, the big challenge is trying to overcome that,” Evensen
said.
“I think it might be helpful to not have
[FLC] during lunch just because I feel like
a lot of the kids kind of retaliated because
they didn’t like their lunch being taken
away… participation was always something we had trouble with,” Turner said.
Freshmen Giovanna Viara said she
thought that the semester-long program
was unnecessary.
“Thinking of that much stuff to fit into
that long was obviously pretty difficult
for Link Leaders and also because it is
suppose to get you used to school and have
someone if you need to talk to, but after
about a quarter I feel like you’re pretty situated,” she said.
Evensen said she’s received a mix of
feedback from freshmen on the program’s
usefulness.
When reflecting on her experience as a
Link Leader Turner said she is glad for
the experience.
“Our kids still come and like find us
in the hallways and I feel like we really
touched certain individuals as well as we
grew closer as leaders,” she said.
The preparations for next year’s
Leadership Seminar are currently underway with the application and selection of
new Link Leaders.
House GOP misses self-imposed
deadline to help Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON (AP) —
House Republicans have
missed a self-imposed deadline for a plan to help Puerto
Rico manage $70 billion in
debt, adjourning on Friday
without introducing a bill.
Legislation was expected
this week to create a control
board to help manage the
U.S. territory’s financial
obligations and oversee
some debt restructuring. It
would have been the third
version of the House bill,
which has come under fire
from conservatives who
feared it would set a precedent for financially ailing
states and Democrats concerned the control board
would be too powerful and
favorable to creditors.
House Speaker Paul Ryan
said in a statement Friday
that Republicans want to
ensure the bill is the “best,
most responsible legislation
to tackle Puerto Rico’s fiscal crisis while protecting
American taxpayers.”
Ryan said negotiations
continue with Democrats
and the Obama administration on the issue. He said it
will be introduced in “the
coming days.”
House Natural Resources
Committee Chairman Rob
Bishop, R-Utah, has led
negotiations on the bill and
has said he wants bipartisan support. The aim is to
write legislation that could
pass both the House and the
Senate before Puerto Rico
defaults on a $2 billion debt
payment due July 1. The
territory missed a nearly
$370 million bond payment
May 1 — the largest so far in
a series of missed payments
since last year.
In an interview Friday for
C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers”
program, Bishop said he
believes the House needs to
move forward but lawmakers want to make sure the
legislation doesn’t have any
remaining constitutional or
legal issues.
“We have one shot at getting this right,” Bishop said.
“Once this bill starts moving I think it moves through
Congress very quickly.”
Bishop said the final version yet to be released will
be similar to previous versions, including the control
board setup.
“That basic concept of
what we want to do has
been agreed to by everybody
that’s a player, and so I
think regardless of what the
final version is, that structure will be there,” Bishop
said on C-SPAN.
He said the bill will not
set a precedent for ailing
states, as some have feared.
He said the legislation is
designed to apply only to
Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico has been
mired in economic stagnation for a decade. Financial
problems grew worse as
a result of setbacks in the
wider U.S. economy, and
government spending in
Puerto Rico continued
unchecked.
Under the bill being
drafted, the control board
is expected to direct the
island to create a fiscal plan,
including adequate funding
for pensions. The island has
underfunded public pension
obligations by more than
$40 billion.
Creditors and some
Republicans have expressed
concern that they would
take a back seat to the pen-
sion obligations, while the
Obama administration has
pushed to make sure that
pensions are also a priority.
Bishop has said the aim
of the legislation is to make
sure they are all paid.
“We’re not in the process
of picking winners and losers in this, and that’s why
you have the board in the
first place, so they can make
an orderly process of that,”
Bishop said.
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Commissioners wise to abandon SAWS, city water consolidation
T
he Sheridan County commissioners abandoned a plan to
consolidate the Sheridan Area Water Supply system and
the city of Sheridan water system earlier this month. A
wise decision.
The city water system and the SAWS system are essentially the same thing. The water comes from the same
place. The city operates and maintains both systems. The
SAWS board pays the city for maintenance of its share. In
most ways, you would never know which system you were
on if it weren’t for the name at the top of your bill.
But, the consolidation would have left county customers without any say in how they are charged and how the
system is managed. This is because while the SAWS Joint
Powers Board consists of three county commissioners
and three Sheridan City Council members, a consolidation would have left the decisions solely in the hands of
the city. Sheridan County residents don’t get to vote for
Sheridan City Council members.
While we all like to assume everyone in the city has the
best interests of all Sheridan County residents at heart,
that may not — or at least may not always — be the case.
Creating development within city limits would increase
property tax revenues for the city. A consolidation would
give the city sole control over who gets new water taps
and who doesn’t. What incentive would city officials have
to choose a county development over one within its own
boundaries? While there are plenty of taps available now,
that won’t always be the case.
Considering the city and county officials have not always
seen eye to eye on issues, what reassurances would the
county residents have that they wouldn’t be ignored?
County officials noted that the agreement would have
been written in a way that protected county residents. But,
as years pass, agreements can be re-interpreted to mean
what we want them to mean.
Had the consolidation moved ahead, in all likelihood, it
would have worked out fine. Public perception and state
statutes would have helped to keep any potential issues
in check. Still, putting the care and trust of a class of citizens in the hands of folks not elected to represent that
class doesn’t always work out well. The county was wise to
abandon its plan to consolidate.
Sharing optimism
A
s an avid reader of the New York Times
and a number of other national news publications, I often find myself asking friends
and family members something like “Did
you see that article...?” I like to share things I’ve
read or learned, which is part of why I think I’m
so well-suited for my job. It’s my job to share
news and goings on in the community.
On Thursday, I was scrolling through social
media news feeds when an article from the
NYT caught my eye. It was called “When did
optimism become uncool?”
I’m not always the best
optimist. I try, but sometimes, I just can’t see that
glass half full. I very strongly
admire the folks who have
endless stores of optimism.
Sometimes I rely on friends
and family to help me see
that things were great, are
great and will continue to be
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ed me.
Kristen Czaban
The article explored the
role of pessimism in our
political system. It seems, these days, candidates earn the most votes by convincing voters
that the world has gone to hell in a hand basket
and he or she is the only one who can fix it.
That’s why slogans like “Make America great
again” and “Change we can believe in” resonate. Both slogans imply that we want something that we don’t currently have.
The article also talked about how things like
social media and the 24-hour news cycle help
tip the scales toward pessimism. After all,
glowing reviews don’t get as many clicks and
shares as negative reviews. For some reason,
despite surveys from readers saying they want
more positive news, the negative news stories
are the ones that are most-read, most-shared
and most-watched on all forms of media.
The article went on to point out that things in
our country aren’t so bad. Yes, there are serious issues that need to be addressed. Poverty,
violence and corruption, are just a few examples. Locally, the reduction of energy sector
workforces and companies creates struggles
and challenges we’ll have to work through. But
none of those things mean that we’re doomed.
It is difficult to solve problems when an air of
panic and dread fills the atmosphere. If we’re
all doomed, what’s the point in trying to save
the world? In order to fix some of the things we
face, a certain level of optimism is required.
Optimism opens doors, breeds ideas and
encourages cooperation.
Sheridan is a great town with great people.
While we cannot ignore or gloss over the serious issues we face as a community, country
and world, an air of optimism could help us
solve more of those issues. Again, I’m not
always the most optimistic of individuals, but
this article hit home.
“The optimistic view is that it’s still morning
in America, and if we fix what’s wrong, the
best is yet to come,” Gregg Easterbrook wrote
in the NYT. “Such can-do, better-future thinking needs to make an appearance in the 2016
presidential campaign.”
And, perhaps, it needs to make an appearance in Wyoming and local campaigns, too. I’ll
be keeping it in my own mind as we face the
challenges ahead.
I ate my words, and Trump is still a recipe for ruin
M
y alimentary canal got a lot of traffic this week.
Inside Edition, People magazine, ABC News, CNN, National
Public Radio and broadcasters from
Japan, Germany, Spain and Britain,
among others, all took interest in me
making good on my pledge to eat an
entire column of newsprint if Donald Trump
won the Republican
presidential nomination. The medical-news
website Stat probed the
health risks I might
incur and learned that
newspaper ink is “less
toxic than sodium cyaDANA
nide.”
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The most common
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question I was asked:
Did I learn a lesson?
To this, my answer
is an emphatic “yes”: Never consume
newspaper with Trump wine. The stuff
was undrinkable.
But the meal contained some of the
best news I had ever consumed. Chef
Victor Albisu from Washington’s Del
Campo restaurant, using his instincts
and readers’ suggestions, served me and
The Washington Post’s restaurant critic,
Tom Sietsema, an eight-course meal of
newspaper food fine enough to be called
haute-type cuisine. There was newspaper-smoked Wagyu steak, overcooked to
Trump’s preferred temperature, and, to
honor Trump’s fast-food tastes, a Filet-oFish wrapped in newspaper and fried.
Albisu artfully parodied Trump with
his I-Love-Hispanics Taco Bowl with
grilled newspaper guacamole and his
Chinese ground newspaper and pork
dumplings, spicy enough to set off a
trade war. Albisu’s grilled-newspaper
falafel beats the [expletive] out of all
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malize himself, assuming voters have
short memories. A large number of
Republicans are cravenly choosing
party unity above decency. And we in
the media need a gut check (even as
mine is full of wood pulp): Do we continue to give him endless airtime, essentially free ads? Let him phone into TV
shows instead of questioning him rigorously? Scrape the bottom of the barrel
to find pro-Trump voices in the name of
balance?
This isn’t about ideology; Trump is
opposed by intellectuals on the right
as much as on the left. Nor is it about
an out-of-touch establishment: It’s not
an “elite” position to say that Trump is
fooling supporters by pretending a 45
percent tariff against China or a border
wall paid for by Mexico will solve their
problems, or that Trump is lying when
he says he’ll eliminate the federal debt
while also cutting taxes, increasing
defense spending and protecting entitlements.
Trump didn’t win the nomination
because most Americans, or even most
Republicans, support him. I had to eat
my words because feckless Republican
leaders were too splintered to provide
voters a viable alternative.
Thanks to Chef Victor, eating those
words was painless — pleasurable,
almost — and I remain confident that
the American voter will get it right
about Trump in the end. But if my colleagues in the media continue to treat
Trump as a legitimate democratic figure
— well, that would be a recipe for ruin.
DANA MILBANK is a political reporter for The Washington Post
and has authored two books on national political campaigns and the
national political parties.
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others.
Those dishes with the largest chunks
of newsprint (I at one point noticed I
was eating a Rolex ad) were less enticing because the paper tended to form
spitballs in the mouth. But there was
nothing about the experience a cordial
of Pepto Bismol couldn’t fix. In the end,
eating my words was perfectly palatable.
In that sense, it was a metaphor for
Trump: He is unsavory, but covering
him is a guilty pleasure. And this, I
would argue, is the dirty secret of the
news media in this election. Trump, virtually all of my colleagues in the news
business agree, would be disastrous for
America, and the world. But he’s good
for us. Too often we tend to “vote the
story” and devote lavish coverage to
that which produces the most conflict,
the most outrage — and the largest audience. And he can’t be ignored: He’s the
presumptive GOP nominee.
But this doesn’t mean he deserves to
be treated as if he were Mitt Romney,
John McCain or George W. Bush. He
is fundamentally different, operating
outside of America’s democratic values
and constitutional restraints. He talks
about torturing detainees and killing
the innocent relatives of terrorists. He
talks about restricting First Amendment
freedoms to make it easier to sue those
who criticize him. He talks of banning
an entire religion from entry into the
United States and forcing those here to
register with authorities, as was done in
1930s Germany. He winks at the violence
at his events. His words have rallied
millions against immigrants, Latinos,
African-Americans and the disabled.
Studies of his language and the attitudes of his followers show he has more
in common with fascist leaders than
Americans have seen at this level.
Now Trump is attempting to nor-
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COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES |
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Sheridan poised for summer tourism season
ike a grizzly bear on a hiker in a helmet made of honey,
the summer is upon us. The annual Snickers Cup marks
the unofficial start to the summer travel season here in
Sheridan, which I find somewhat humorous, looking out
my office window on Friday morning over
a vista of snow and sleet.
We somehow managed to luck out with
good weather for most of the Snickers
Cup weekend, and with that good weather we saw plenty of people out and about,
shopping at our local businesses, enjoying a tipple or two at our local watering
holes, and cutting loose at our beautiful
hotels. Our numbers spiked up here at
SHAWN
the visitor’s center about a week ago,
and they continue to climb — there’s a
PARKER
very good chance we set a new visitation
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record in 2016.
But that drive traffic is only telling a
part of Sheridan’s story. What we’re seeing at Sheridan Travel & Tourism, and what I’m hearing
as I work sales conferences and meet with tour companies,
tour operators and the Wyoming Office of Tourism, is that
Sheridan is quickly and quietly maturing as a destination
all its own.
Traditionally, the large tour bus operators that come
to spend a night in Sheridan do just that – they come all
the way from Denver or Spearfish or Deadwood or Rapid
City, deliver their passengers to one of our hotels, maybe
enjoy a dinner at one of our restaurants (accented with
a nightcap), and move on toward Yellowstone or Grand
Teton National Park the next morning. I’m excited to tell
you that things are changing; tour operators are coming
to our office and asking what we can help them see and
do if they add a second night to their Sheridan packages,
because word is spreading about Sheridan’s quintessential
American West way of life.
It’s that way of life that hooked me on my first visit more
than five years ago, so I know what it is folks are after. We
have one of the most beautiful historic downtowns in all
of the Mountain West. Our craft scene — from breweries
to distilleries, leather crafters to artist workshops — is
robust and ever evolving. Our hotels, from the historic to
the modern, are often destinations unto themselves, and
our Bighorn Mountains remain one of the most remarkable outdoor playgrounds in the world. There’s a lot to love
about living in Sheridan, and the world is taking notice.
We’re growing organically and with purpose — we’re
positioned well as a lifestyle destination, and we’re seeing
plenty of visitors who came through for a one-night stay
years ago return to us now for the real Wyoming experience they’ve only ever dreamed about. When I speak to
tour operators or receptive or bus companies or anyone
else in the hospitality industry about Sheridan, I make it a
point to talk about the pride we share as a community for
the place we call home.
People are interested in what we have here, because
what we have here has grown from a desire to make this
the place we want it to be; our tourism attractions are
attractive because they’re first and foremost for locals. The
WYO Rodeo, Suds N Spurs Brewfest, Wyoming Theater
Festival, Don King Days, polo — the list goes on and on
— they’re things we do for one another, and through that
prism we attract the attention of those passing through,
who in turn become repeat visitors.
In short, the summer is upon us, and we’re poised for the
best travel and tourism season we’ve ever had, because
we’ve done so much wonderful work as a community
to make Sheridan one of Wyoming’s great destinations.
That’s why my job is so rewarding — I’m simply selling to
the world the experience I truly love to live.
SHAWN PARKER is the executive director for Sheridan Travel & Tourism.
LETTERS |
Against grocery tax;
‘pocket change’ needed
to make ends meet
I am against tax on foods.
Social Security recipients were
informed last year: No increase on cost
of living. Therefore, their checks remain
the same, but grocery prices rise.
Property owners have noticed increases of taxes every year. It appears there
will be a hefty increase this year.
I feel for the families and seniors
trying to scrape by month to month.
Ones with deep pockets consider tax
on groceries mere pocket change. But
the ‘mere pocket change’ means more
to the less fortunate in our community;
it means, can we make it to the next
month?
Evelyn Thompson
Sheridan
Citizens should
reread Constitution
Re: ‘Professional politicians’
All of us need to read and reread our
Constitution and determine just what
powers the government has. The first
thing to read is Article I, Section 1 of the
Constitution which states, “All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in the Congress of the United States,
which shall consist of the Senate and
House of Representatives.” No where
does it give the executive branch the
power to issue regulations that have the
force of law.
Our Congress, which consists of a
preponderance of professional politicians, has over the years delegated
some of their powers through legislation to the various agencies under the
executive branch. Take a look at the
Environmental Protection Agency that
issues regulations and collects penalties for violations of those regulations.
Recall the requirement that the states
impose 55 mile per hour speed limits, or
lose funds from the highway trust fund?
Before the several original colonies
would ratify the Constitution, they
demanded that the first 10 amendments,
The Bill of Rights, be included in the
Constitution. Take a look at Amendment
X, the 10th Amendment, which states
clearly, “The powers delegated to the
United States by the Constitution,
nor prohibited by it to the States, are
reserved to the States respectively, or to
the People.”
I do not believe you must be a lawyer,
as many of our professional politicians
are, to understand what was intended by
the framers of the Constitution. Also it
might be well if we recall the comment
credited to Benjamin Franklin when
the Constitution was finally ratified
by all of the original states, “You now
have a Republic if you can keep it.” Our
Constitution was intended that that we,
the people, should be able to keep and
preserve our natural rights and prohibit the government from dictating what
rights we could have. King George III
tried to do that and we were forced to
preserve our rights by a bloody are.
Everyone eligible to vote should do
just that for whatever or whoever you
believe will uphold the Constitution.
Remember, freedom was not free and
still freedom is not free.
Robert Blankenfeld
Sheridan
Due process is being kicked off campus
A
unequivocally responded ‘yes.’ ... They
proceeded to engage in consensual sexual
intercourse, during which Jane Doe ...
demonstrated her enjoyment both verbally and non-verbally.”
The next day, one of Jane Doe’s classmates, who neither witnessed nor was
told of any assault, noticed a hickey on the
woman’s neck. Assuming an assault must
have happened, the classmate told school
officials that an assault had occurred.
The 2006 Duke lacrosse rape case fit the
Jane Doe told school officials the sex was
narrative about campus- consensual: “I’m fine and I wasn’t raped.”
es permeated by a “rape
Neal’s lawsuit says she told an adminisculture.” Except there
trator: “Our stories are the same and he’s
was no rape. In 2014, the a good guy. He’s not a rapist, he’s not a
University of Virginia
criminal, it’s not even worth any of this
was convulsed by a mag- hoopla!” Neal recorded on his cellphone
azine’s lurid report of a
Jane Doe saying that nothing improper
rape that buttressed the
had transpired, and soon the two again
narrative that fraternihad intercourse.
GEORGE
ties foment the sexual
Undeterred, CSU Pueblo mixed hearsay
predation
supposedly
evidence
with multiple due process vioWILL
pandemic in “male
lations, thereby ruining a young man’s
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supremacist” America.
present (he has been suspended from the
Except there was no
school for as long as Jane Doe is there)
rape. Now, Colorado
and blighting his future (his prospects for
State University-Pueblo has punished the
admission to another school are bleak).
supposed rapist of a woman who says she
Title IX of the Education Amendments
was not raped.
enacted in 1972 merely says no person
Grant Neal, a CSU Pueblo pre-med major at an institution receiving federal funds
and athlete, began a relationship with
shall be subjected to discrimination on
Jane Doe (as identified in Neal’s lawsuit), the basis of sex. From this the government
although she, as a student in the Athletic
has concocted a right to micromanage
Training Program, was not supposed to
schools’ disciplinary procedures, mandatfraternize with athletes. Jane Doe texted
ing obvious violations of due process.
an invitation to Neal to come to her apartIn 2011, the Education Department’s
ment. The following is from Neal’s comcivil rights office sent “dear colleague”
plaint against CSU Pueblo:
letters to schools directing them to con“As the intimacy progressed, knowvict accused persons on a mere “preponing that they both wanted to engage in
derance” of evidence rather than “clear
sexual intercourse, Jane Doe advised
and convincing” evidence. Schools were
Plaintiff that she was not on birth control. instructed to not allow accused students to
Accordingly, Plaintiff asked if he should
cross-examine their accusers, but to allow
put on a condom. Jane Doe clearly and
accusers to appeal not-guilty verdicts, a
cademia’s descent into perpetual hysteria and incipient tyranny is partly
fueled by the fiction that one in five
college students is sexually assaulted
and that campuses require minute federal
supervision to cure this. Encouraged by the
government’s misuse of discredited social
science (one survey supposedly proving this
one-in-five fiction), colleges and universities
are implementing unconstitutional procedures mandated by the government.
form of double jeopardy.
Although a “dear colleague” letter is
supposedly a mere “guidance document,”
it employs the word “must” in effectively
mandating policies. While purporting
to just “interpret” Title IX, these letters
shred constitutional guarantees. And
the letters evade the legal requirement
that such significant rulemaking must
be subject to comment hearings open to a
properly notified public. Even were CSU
Pueblo inclined to resist such dictates —
academic administrators nowadays are
frequently supine when challenged — it
would risk a costly investigation and the
potential loss of the 11 percent of its budget that comes from Washington.
The Chronicle of Higher Education says
the case raises this “intriguing” question: “What responsibility does a college
have to move ahead with a third-party
complaint if the supposed victim says
she consented?” This question, which in
a calmer time would have a self-evident
answer, will be explored in Neal’s lawsuit.
It should reveal what the school thought
of Jane Doe’s statement exculpating Neal,
who says a school official “brushed off”
the recording and said that Jane Doe
said what she said “just because she was
scared of you.” Neal’s lawyer says he
suspects that Jane Doe might now be intimating something “inappropriate” and is
perhaps scared of losing her place in the
Athletic Training Program.
CSU Pueblo should be scared of joining
those schools that have lost lawsuits filed
by students denied due process. Such suits
are remedial education for educators ignorant of constitutional guarantees.
GEORGE F. WILL is a Pulitzer-prize winning newspaper columnist, author
and television commentator for The Washington Post Writers Group. He
has authored books on baseball, politics, and American culture.
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HEALTH WATCH |
TODAY IN HISTORY |
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mom’s spirit
lives on
O
ur Mom was a leader. When
she discovered 4-H, an all-encompassing, practical, “learnby-doing” youth program, she
was hooked. Of course, all of us kids
became members of “The Highland
Clan 4-H Club.” Relatives and friends
joined us. There was no way we
could go wrong, actively working on
projects that paved the way to developing greater life skills.
Through Mom’s guidance, we
selected specialized areas of focus,
thus becoming more self-sufficient
in valuable ways, “making the best
better” in the truest sense of the
4-H motto. The
emblem, a green
four-leaf clover
with a white
“H” on each leaf,
made perfect
sense to us, since
Mom collected
TERESA
four-leaf clovers, drying and
ARAAS
pressing them.
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Eight scrapbooks
remain on a
shelf in my home
office. The four Hs denote head,
heart, hands and health, and her
pledge is etched in my memory:
“I pledge my head to clearer
thinking,
My heart to greater loyalty,
My hands to larger service,
And my health to better living,
For my club, my community, my
country and my world.” (www.4-H.
org)
Mom was intelligent. She spoke
seven languages fluently, and
translated the “Travels of Marco
Polo” while in college, a feat for
anyone! “Memo” (her nickname)
was creative, a natural artist. We
display her artwork on our walls,
yet many pieces are still stored
away. Her amazing writings are in
original spiral notebooks, unpublished. Frequently, I spend time
“with Mom,” reading her poetry or
leafing through her drawings.
Mom was special, our family
matriarch, supporting us through
tough, lean years. Her faith in a
compassionate, loving God was
unfaltering; she never doubted
our ability to flourish as a family.
Mom was strong-willed, uncompromisingly fighting “battles” for
us, when she believed necessary.
Steadfast and committed to those
in need, she compellingly advocated their causes through editorial
letters to the Press, government
officials and, yes, she wrote to the
Pope!
Mom was compassionate and
generous, creating gifts for holidays and birthdays or “just
because they need a lift,” she
would exclaim. Wrapped with TLC
and a big bow, these offerings of
love were personally delivered,
complete with a hug or two.
Mom enhanced her personal
health and wellbeing through contemplative practices of meditation
and prayer, complementing her
homemaking duties, actively keeping up with five children and Dad,
and her special projects. When
a complicated illness destroyed
her physical ability to run, jump,
garden or chauffeur us kids, Mom
found solace in prayer and peacefilled times at our family cabin in
the Bighorns.
I miss Mom’s physical presence
every single day. Nevertheless, her
spirit lives on in that 4-H pledge we
made before each meeting. When I
meditate, when I pray, as I prepare
meals, while I work with clients
and students, Mom is there. I walk
in nature, Mom guides me in the
gentle whisper of a breeze, touch of
the warming sun. Those who knew
“Memo” understand. They, too,
cherish her continuing guidance.
Forever our leader in powerful
ways, Mom is here in spirit — with
us, moment by precious moment.
Thank you, Mom.
TERESA (TEDDY) E. ARAAS, PhD, CHES, E-RYT-500,
CYT-700 owns local businesses Balanced Living Health &
Wellbeing Consultants, LLC and Santosha Yoga. She holds an
adjunct research fellowship and teaches doctoral courses in
health promotion and wellness in the Department of Health
Sciences, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions,
Provo, Utah.
Taking a ride
A boy rides his bike up the former boardwalk in Kendrick Park on Thursday. The weather this weekend is
expected to be cloudy with highs in the low 50s and a chance of rain.
LOCAL BRIEFS |
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Tween Club to gather Tuesday
SHERIDAN —The Sheridan County
Fulmer Public Library’s Tween Club will
meet Tuesday.
The group gathers each Tuesday at 3:45
p.m. to explore different topics.
The topic for this week is “escape room.”
For additional information, contact the
library at 674-8585.
The library is located at 335 W. Alger St.
Polka Club to gather Sunday
SHERIDAN — The Big Horn Mountain
Polka Club will meet Sunday for its monthly dance.
The event will take place from 1-5 p.m. at
the Elks Lodge.
Music will be performed by Just Jim and
Tammy.
The event is open to the public.
The Elks Lodge is located at 45 W.
Brundage St.
SHS choirs to perform
pops concert
SHERIDAN — The Sheridan High School
choir will perform its “Pops” concert at 7
p.m. Tuesday in the high school auditorium.
The last choir concert of the year will be
composed of mixed choir, treblemakers,
spectrum and honor choir students taking
the stage, with a spotlight on the graduating
seniors.
The choirs will perform contemporary
songs attendees are sure to recognize.
The concert is free and open to the public.
SHS is located at 1056 Long Drive.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY EVENTS |
Sunday
• All day, Ed Green Rifle Frolic Black Powder Shoot, Dannar Angus Ranch, $20 per person/family for the weekend
• 2 p.m., Meet the Artist: Christine Matthews, The Brinton Museum, 239 Brinton Road,
Big Horn, included in regular price of admission
Monday
• All day, Leather crafters workshops, various locations in Sheridan, see www.leathercraftersjournal.com/sheridan2015workshops.html
NATIONAL OBITUARY |
World’s oldest person dies in
New York at age 116
NEW YORK (AP) — Susannah Mushatt
Jones, the world’s oldest person, has died in
New York at age 116.
Jones, who was affectionately known by
family and neighbors as Miss Susie, died
Thursday night at a public housing facility
for seniors in Brooklyn where she had lived
for more than three decades, according to
Robert Young, a senior consultant for the
Los Angeles-based Gerontology Research
Group.
She had been ill for the past 10 days, he
said.
Her death leaves a 116-year-old woman
from Verbania, Italy, Emma Morano, as
the world’s oldest person, and the only
living person who was born in the 1800s,
Young said. Moreno was just a few months
younger than Jones, according to the organization, which attempts to track all living
supercentenarians.
Jones was born in a small farm town near
Montgomery, Alabama, in 1899. She was
one of 11 siblings and attended a special
school for young black girls. When she
graduated from high school in 1922, Jones
worked full time helping family members
pick crops. She left after a year to begin
working as a nanny, heading north to New
Jersey and eventually making her way to
New York.
“She adored kids,” Lois Judge said of
her aunt in a 2015 interview with The
Associated Press. Jones never had any children of her own and was married for only a
few years.
Family members said last year that they
credited her long life to love of family and
generosity to others. Judge said at the time
that she believed it helped that her aunt
grew up on a rural farm, where she ate
fresh fruits and vegetables that she picked
herself.
After she moved to New York, Jones
worked with a group of her fellow high
school graduates to start a scholarship fund
for young African-American women to go
to college. She also was active in her public
housing building’s tenant patrol until she
was 106.
Jones became Guinness World Records’
official oldest person when 117-year-old
Misao Okawa died in Tokyo last year.
Longtime Tennessean political
reporter Daughtrey dead at 76
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Larry
Daughtrey, a longtime political reporter
and columnist for The Tennessean newspaper, has died. He was 76.
Senior Judge Martha Daughtrey of the
6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says her
husband died Thursday following complications from lung disease.
Daughtrey began his career at the
paper while still studying at Vanderbilt
University, and spent his entire career
covering politics in Nashville, declining to
follow Tennessean colleagues such as David
Halberstam, Bill Kovach and Jim Squires to
bigger cities and newspapers.
Daughtrey was often underestimated by
the subjects of his reporting, said Kovach,
who became Washington bureau chief for
The New York Times and the editor of the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
“He was so quiet and almost shy in the
management of himself and his body language and his questions about public figures,” Kovach recalled in a phone interview
on Friday. “They mistook that for a lack of
strength. And how wrong they were.”
Former Vice President Al Gore, who
also got his start at the newspaper, said
Daughtrey’s ability to explain the complex
political issues remains unmatched.
“His work commanded the highest respect
from both sides of the aisle and his voice of
reason will be missed,” Gore said in a statement.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 14, 1948, according to the
current-era calendar, the independent state of Israel was proclaimed
in Tel Aviv.
On this date:
In 1643, Louis XIV became King of
France at age four upon the death of
his father, Louis XIII.
In 1796, English physician
Edward Jenner inoculated 8-year-old
James Phipps against smallpox by
using cowpox matter.
In 1804, the Lewis and Clark
expedition to explore the Louisiana
Territory as well as the Pacific
Northwest left camp near present-day Hartford, Illinois.
In 1900, the Olympic games
opened in Paris as part of the 1900
World’s Fair.
In 1925, the Virginia Woolf novel
“Mrs Dalloway” was first published
in England and the United States.
In 1936, British Field Marshal
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount
Allenby, died in London at age 75.
In 1940, the Netherlands surrendered to invading German forces
during World War II.
In 1955, representatives from
eight Communist bloc countries,
including the Soviet Union, signed
the Warsaw Pact in Poland. (The
Pact was dissolved in 1991.)
In 1961, Freedom Riders
were attacked by violent mobs
in Anniston and Birmingham,
Alabama.
In 1973, the United States
launched Skylab 1, its first manned
space station. (Skylab 1 remained
in orbit for six years before burning up during re-entry in 1979.) The
National Right to Life Committee
was incorporated.
In 1988, 27 people, mostly teens,
were killed when their church bus
collided with a pickup truck going
the wrong direction on a highway
near Carrollton, Kentucky. (Truck
driver Larry Mahoney served 9 1/2
years in prison for manslaughter.)
In 1998, singer-actor Frank
Sinatra died at a Los Angeles
hospital at age 82. The hit sitcom
“Seinfeld” aired its final episode
after nine years on NBC.
Ten years ago: Mexico’s President
Vicente Fox telephoned President
George W. Bush to express concern
about what he called the possibility of a “militarized” U.S.-Mexican
border, a day before Bush’s planned
Oval Office speech on immigration.
Rene Preval was sworn in as Haiti’s
president for the second time in a
decade. Former U.S. poet laureate
Stanley Kunitz died in New York at
age 100. Aras Baskauskas, a 24-yearold yoga instructor from Santa
Monica, California, won “Survivor:
Panama, Exile Island,” the 12th edition of the CBS reality show.
Five years ago: At New York’s
John F. Kennedy International
Airport, Dominique Strauss-Kahn,
head of the International Monetary
Fund and potential candidate for
president of France, was removed
from a Paris-bound plane and
charged with sexually assaulting a
Manhattan hotel maid, Nafissatou
Diallo. (Strauss-Kahn later resigned;
the charges against him were eventually dropped.)
One year ago: President Barack
Obama, at a Camp David summit,
assured Arab allies they were safe
from the threat of an empowered
Iran, pledging an “ironclad commitment” to the Sunni governments
of the Persian Gulf. B.B. King, 89,
the “King of the Blues,” died in
Las Vegas. Award-winning poet
Franz Wright, 62, died in Waltham,
Massachusetts.
Today’s Birthdays: Opera singer
Patrice Munsel is 91. Photo-realist
artist Richard Estes is 84. Actress
Sian Phillips is 83. Former Sen.
Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., is 74. Movie
producer George Lucas is 72. Actress
Meg Foster is 68. Movie director
Robert Zemeckis is 65. Rock singer
David Byrne is 64. Actor Tim Roth
is 55. Rock singer Ian Astbury (The
Cult) is 54. Rock musician C.C. (aka
Cecil) DeVille is 54. Actor Danny
Huston is 54. Rock musician Mike
Inez (Alice In Chains) is 50. Fabrice
Morvan (ex-Milli Vanilli) is 50.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Raphael
Saadiq is 50. Actress Cate Blanchett
is 47. Singer Danny Wood (New Kids
on the Block) is 47.
Thought for Today: “Silence cannot hide anything — which is more
than you can say for words.” —
From the play “The Ghost Sonata”
by Swedish author-playwright
August Strindberg (born 1849, died
this date in 1912).
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Raising Readers
receives $6,000 grant
FROM STAFF REPORTS
SHERIDAN — The
Chandler H. Kibbee and
Mercedes K. Kibbee
Foundation for Children
recently awarded $6,000 to
Raising Readers in Wyoming
to purchase books for distribution in Sheridan County.
Raising Readers in
Wyoming encourages parents to read to their children
by providing new books as
part of well child health care
visits. Medical providers in
Sheridan County distributed
a total of 3,853 books in 2015.
“We are so grateful for this
funding,” Executive Director
Deb Carpenter-Nolting stated. “The gift of $6,000 makes
it possible for our program to
distribute over 1,200 books in
Sheridan County.”
For additional information
on Raising Readers, call
673-1885, email [email protected] or check
out the group’s website www.
raisingreadersinwyoming.
org.
Balow to feds: Don’t meddle
in Wyoming on transgender issue
CHEYENNE (AP) —
Wyoming education superintendent Jillian Balow
said the federal government
shouldn’t tell state educators how to handle sensitive issues such as which
restrooms transgender students should use.
The Obama administration on Friday told school
districts nationwide to allow
Spraying for weeds
A city parks division worker sprays for broadleaf weeds Thursday at Kendrick Park. The warm winter has led to an abundance of weeds
in Sheridan.
Eatons’ horse drive set for May 22
FROM STAFF REPORTS
SHERIDAN — The annual Eatons’ horse
drive through Sheridan is scheduled for
May 22 at approximately 9 a.m.
Eatons’ Ranch hands will drive the
ranch’s horses from their winter pastures
to their summer home at Eatons’ Ranch.
The horses will leave the Wyarno area at
about 7 a.m. They’ll be coming into town
on East Fifth Street, past the Visitor’s
Center, between 9 and 9:30 a.m., and
continuing west on Fifth Street past the
Historic Sheridan Inn, the hospital and the
fairgrounds.
Those hoping to see the horse drive are
encouraged to pick their best viewing
place, but two great choices would be the
deck of the Sheridan County Museum
or the veranda of the Historic Sheridan
Inn. The times are approximate (and also
subject to good weather), but organizers
suggest being at your viewing place before
9 a.m.
For more information, contact Eatons’
Ranch at 655-9285 or 800-210-1049.
Wyoming Watercolor Society
accepting submissions for annual show
styles to the participants. Students attending have represented states across the
SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Watercolor nation traveling as far away as Canada,
Society will host the Watercolor Wyoming Alaska, California, Nevada, New York,
31st annual National Exhibition in
Connecticut and Florida.
Sheridan in August at the Sheridan
Artists are juried into each year’s show
County Fulmer Public Library mezzanine. and compete for prize money, national
Paintings in this show will also be for
recognition and a chance to gain signing
sale. Members and non-members are
membership status. WyWS supplies a forencouraged to enter. Entries are due no
mat for artists to learn, compete and have
later than June 3. A prospectus can be
fun.
found on the website. Membership inforThis year, Frank Francese from Grand
mation is also available.
Junction, Colorado, will teach a five-day
Sponsorship opportunities are available workshop Aug. 15-19 at the Sheridan
for the cash awards which are Best of
County Sportsman Gun Club.
Show, Best Wyoming Artist, first through
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FROM STAFF REPORTS
SPENDING : Three vote against plan
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Trustee John McKinley
said it costs about $1,200
per flight hour to fly trustees in for meetings.
“Because of the large
geographic area, it’s
important that’s available to encourage full
involvement by trustees,”
McKinley said.
The 12-member board,
along with five ex-officio
members, oversees operations and sets tuition at
the state’s only public,
four-year university. Gov.
Matt Mead on Wednesday
said the university will
have to cut $35 million
from its new two-year
budget, which was already
trimmed by the Legislature
earlier this year, because
of falling state revenues.
UW President Dick
McGinity said the university will have to cut personnel although how many
has not been determined.
Catering expenses have
also been a large budget
item, costing more than
$61,000 in 2015. McKinley
plans on cutting the cost
nearly in half to $32,000.
Some of the savings have
already begun. Trustees
are now on their own for
a morning meal instead
of starting the day with
a working breakfast and
are eating packed lunches
rather than a buffet.
“We save $2,000 a meeting if we eat beforehand
and then come to the meeting,” McKinley said.
However, some trustees
believed they could do
more.
Trustee Mike Massie
noted that the reduction
to $229,000 wasn’t all that
much because the $302,000
spent in FY 2015 exceeded
the projected budget of
$240,000 for that year.
He said more savings
could be found, such as
holding fewer large dinner
events with constituents
and others.
In the end, Massie,
Gubbels and two other
trustees voted against the
spending plan.
transgender students to use
the restrooms and locker
rooms corresponding to their
gender identity.
That’s after the Justice
Department and North
Carolina sued each other
over a law in that state
requiring students to use the
restroom that corresponds to
the sex on their birth certificate.
BOND SET: Argument started in bar
blood on Dygert’s shoes and an indication — the document does not specify
what — that attempts had been made to
Detective Jerome Smith of the
wash the blood off.
Sheridan Police Department then
In an interview with Smith, Denny
reviewed footage from the bar that
said he had been drinking at the bar,
showed Dygert and Olson sitting
met Dygert and Olson and got into an
together drinking. Denny approached,
argument regarding a racial remark
along with another man, and Denny
Olson had made. He said after being
and Olson shook hands. Soon after, the told to leave by the bartender, Denny
two appeared to argue and the man
remembered walking down the alley
Denny was with stepped between the
away from the two men.
two.
“The next thing he remembers [is]
As the arguing continued, the barlying on his back in the alley and
tender directed Denny, Dygert and
advised that either Dygert or Olson
Olson out of the bar. Argument constomped on his head,” the court docutinued in the alley until Denny began
ment said.
walking away, moving out of sight of
Denny feared for his life because it
the camera.
didn’t seem the two were going to stop
Olson is then seen jogging after
punching him, the document notes.
Denny. Dygert remained where he was
After the incident, an unnamed witfor less than a minute before quickly
ness at a different scene told officers
walking down the alley in the direction that he or she heard Olson talking on
the two had gone.
his phone to “Mom,” and heard Olson
Roughly 4-5 minutes later, Denny
say he hurt someone and thought the
walked back into view of the camera
person might be dead. He used the term
and placed a phone call. He appeared to “kill” multiple times, the witness told
have trouble maintaining his balance
officers. The same witness heard Olson
and standing still, which was different telling another person he had been in
from how he appeared before leaving
a fight with a black male at the Beaver
the view of the camera, the document
Creek Saloon.
notes. At one point, he lost his balance
Olson also told officers that he acted
and fell against a wall bordering the
in self-defense and continued to say so
alley.
after learning that officers had video
Smith, of the police department,
surveillance. Olson said he was not
met with Dygert in jail, where he was
aware that Dygert had participated in
for an unrelated case. Smith noticed
the fight.
Dygert’s right hand was swollen and
Olson had been out on bond at the
cut. Dygert said he had been in a fight
time of the incident, and Dygert had
with Denny and had been drinking
been on probation.
with Olson.
Olson has faced criminal charges in
Dygert advised that he and Olson
the past, including domestic battery,
were attacked by Denny and were
marijuana possession and driving
forced to defend themselves. Dygert
under the influence.
said he and Olson both punched Denny
Dygert’s past charges include reckwhile he was on the ground. He said
less driving and drinking while under
they continued until they heard somethe age of 21.
one say, “Hey,” at which point they ran
At least half a dozen people attended
away. Smith saw what appeared to be
the court appearance Friday.
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SALES TAX: Two bills in Congress would require online retailers to collect taxes
FROM 1
Rep. Mike Madden, a committee chairman,
said the ultimate solution to lining up state
revenues with expenses will be a combination
of tapping into the state’s rainy day fund and
other measures.
“We can’t solve it by cutting expenses alone,”
the Buffalo Republican said. “We can’t solve it
by raising taxes alone.”
Madden
Noble, the Revenue Department administrator, said neighboring South Dakota enacted a law to collect
taxes on goods purchased online. Almost 70 percent of that
state’s revenues come from sales taxes, he said.
A group of online retailers have sued the state, arguing
that the law is an unconstitutional expansion of powers
and that the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1990s decided states
can’t collect taxes on out-of-state retailers without a physical presence in the state.
Two bills in Congress would require online retailers to
collect taxes and send the money to the states, Noble said.
In the U.S. Senate, the Marketplace Fairness Act is sponsored by Wyoming’s Republican Sen. Mike Enzi. A similar
bill, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, is in
the House.
Enzi’s bill was introduced twice and sent over a year ago
to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, where no action has
been taken on the measure. Enzi continues to speak with
colleagues in the House and Senate to build support for the
bill, said his spokesman, Max D’Onofrio.
Supporters of taxing online sales say brick-and-mortar
retailers are at a disadvantage. They note more and more
products are sold online, meaning sales tax revenues could
diminish over time.
“Barring action from Congress, the Supreme Court will
rule on this,” Noble said.
RETIRE : Teaching
FROM 1
Nursing student Leanna Schutte marches down the aisle with her peers during practice for a pinning ceremony Thursday at the Bruce
Hoffman Golden Dome. Schutte is a single parent graduating from the nursing program after a long road recovering from an addiction to
methamphetamine.
GRADUATION : Motivated by son to get her life back on track
FROM 1
Prison saved her
Schutte is a Sheridan girl, born and
bred. She always had an interest in
helping people, using her personality
and her natural ability to heal to make
others feel better. It was after her high
school graduation that she pursued that
passion. Schutte headed to Portland,
Oregon, to attend massage therapy
school.
After a couple of years on the West
Coast, she moved back to Sheridan,
where she made her first attempt at
attending Sheridan College. Life was
good — for a while.
Battling depression and stress,
Schutte looked far and wide for relief.
She found the answer in drugs.
“I was trying to have it all,” Schutte
said. “I was trying to party and be successful at the same time. It doesn’t work
like that ... I wasn’t meeting my expectations, so I took the easy way out.”
Methamphetamine is considered
one of the most addictive drugs in
the world. It grabs ahold of you and
doesn’t let go, Schutte said. Schutte was
hooked.
“When you are on meth, you don’t
think about the bad days,” she said.
“...It just takes over. I don’t think a lot
of people realize that. Addiction isn’t
always a choice, sometimes it’s a mental thing — it’s a disease.”
Finally, her antidote came, albeit it
was not without consequences.
In 2009, she was arrested for a felony
charge of delivery and conspiracy to
deliver methamphetamine. The judge
sentenced her to 2-4 years in prison
along with a five-year probation period.
“I never wish being arrested or going
to prison on anyone ... but I knew that
was the only way I was going to stop,”
Schutte said.
Being behind bars at the Wyoming’s
Women’s Center correctional facility
in Lusk was somewhat of a relief for
Schutte. In her 19 months in prison,
she was able to kick her habit. Going to
prison probably saved her life, she said.
Once outside prison walls she intended to go back to college and complete
the nursing program she had dropped
out of before her battle with drugs. She
didn’t hit the ground running. Instead,
she worked a job in a kitchen, too
nervous to make the transition back
to school. Then she found out she was
pregnant with her son, Maddax.
He was the motivation she needed.
She immediately found her way back
through the doors of Sheridan College.
“When I became pregnant, I was like
this has to happen now,” Schutte said
about college. “I can’t hold off what I
wanted to do because I was scared of
not completing school.”
College is hard. It’s harder still while
raising a son.
Schutte’s days consisted of waking
up at 5 a.m. to get herself and her son
ready for the day. Then she’d drop her
newborn son off at child care. Classes
started at 9 a.m., were followed by afternoon studying, working out and work.
She picked up her son in the evening,
took care of him, then studied into the
night.
Then, she got up to do it all again the
next day.
“I didn’t get a lot of sleep those days,”
Schutte said. “Maddax was getting
up every two hours or so back then. I
remember falling asleep at my computer while working.”
There were days, she admits, she
wasn’t sure that she was going to finish. Trying to study anatomy while her
toddler was running around the house
screaming wasn’t an easy way to learn.
But it was all about perseverance,
finding strength every day and motivating herself to do what’s best for her and
her child.
“It’s constant work. Even on my
toughest days, I had to get up and show
up to class,” Schutte said. “I wanted to
set an example for (my son). I wouldn’t
be doing what I’m doing now if it wasn’t
for Maddax. Knowing he’s watching me
is always my constant push.”
Graduation
Thoughts of graduation are surreal
for the single mom.
Nearly 10 years from when she started
going to school, Schutte will be earning
her associate degree in nursing. She
plans to move to Gillette to find a job
after graduation.
Schutte went through a gauntlet of
trial and tribulations, some admittedly
self-inflicted, on her way to earning a
degree, but she’s not embarrassed of
her past. She proudly said it made her
the person she is today.
“Everyone has a story and regardless
if you had a drug addiction or not, you
have to keep persevering,” she said.
“People need to realize that they are
worth it. One setback isn’t going to
detour your entire life — everyone is
worth a second chance.”
“Beasts in Snow,” published in 2006, was the
result. Wohl’s “obsession” with the Iraq war
that began in 2003 moved her to write her second book of poems, “Triage,” which published
in 2012. And out this year is “Learning from Old
Masters,” a collection of poems, many about art
or music.
Wohl and her husband, Barry, a pediatrician,
moved to Sheridan from Philadelphia. They had
vacationed out West several times and decided
it was smart to live just a few hours from their
preferred outdoor haunts, rather than 2,000
miles away.
Wohl has taught classes on the literature
of the Holocaust, the American West and on
English composition, “the bread and butter” of
the college’s English department.
One of Wohl’s favorite moments as an instructor came on the last day of the Shakespeare
class she taught this year — a first for her.
Students were told to discuss just two scenes
from “Richard III,” but ended up talking for
more than an hour. They stayed past the end of
class to swap ideas for summer reading.
“Nobody got up, nobody got their books
together, they didn’t want to leave,” she said.
“And it was just so gratifying.”
During retirement, Wohl plans to work on
two novels and a screenplay she’s been kicking
around. She wants to continue teaching writing
in a less formal setting, such as workshops or
writers conferences.
She’ll take road trips and spend time with her
four grandkids.
“I’m really looking forward to not having to
set my alarm,” she said.
Judy McDowell
McDowell has taught at Sheridan College for
18 years, serving as director of the nursing program from 2005-2010, and returning to full-time
faculty since then.
“Working at Sheridan College has been wonderful,” McDowell said. “This is an incredible
institution and I believe so strongly in the
excellence of our nursing program.”
It will be bittersweet to leave, she said.
McDowell said that serving as director of the
nursing program and watching it grow over
the years had been a high point. In addition to
teaching, McDowell works as a nurse practitioner. When she’s in the hospital setting, she
said, her students impress her.
“[They are] wonderful, caring, compassionate
people, and excellent in what they do,” she said.
“That’s a great thing to be a part of.”
McDowell noted that should she need medical
care, she would be comforted to know it was a
Sheridan College graduate providing it.
Although she’s retiring from her full-time
position, McDowell won’t be leaving the college for good. She’ll stick around to teach as an
adjunct and do some tutoring.
She also plans to get back into quilting and
watercolors, and hopes to someday take piano
lessons. She’ll spend time with her son, who
lives in Sheridan, and daughter-in-law, who is
moving to town in the summer.
McDowell will also be lacing up her running
shoes more often with the extra time she’ll
have in retirement. She likes to run and walk,
and has already signed up for a 10-mile race in
Bozeman in June.
Report: China has reclaimed 3,200 acres in South China Sea
WASHINGTON (AP) — China has reclaimed more than
3,200 acres of land in the southeastern South China Sea.
But the country’s focus has shifted to developing and weaponizing those man-made islands so it will have greater control over the maritime region without resorting to armed
conflict, according to a new Pentagon report.
In its most detailed assessment to date of China’s
island-building program, the Defense Department said
three of the land features in the Spratly Islands now have
nearly 10,000-foot runways and large ports in various stages of construction.
And it has excavated deep channels, created and dredged
harbors, and constructed communications, logistics and
intelligence gathering facilities.
The report argues that the accelerated building effort
doesn’t give China any new territorial rights. But it says
the airfields, ship facilities, surveillance and weapons
equipment will allow China to significantly enhance its
long-term presence in the South China Sea.
“This would improve China’s ability to detect and challenge activities by rival claimants or third parties, widen
the range of capabilities available to China, and reduce
the time required to deploy them,” according to the report
released Friday.
“China is using coercive tactics short of armed conflict,
such as the use of law enforcement vessels to enforce mari-
time claims, to advance their interests in ways that are calculated to fall below the threshold of provoking conflict,”
the report adds.
The 3,200 acres only represents China’s reclamation
in the Spratleys and doesn’t include its building in
the Paracels, further northwest, including the contested Woody Island, in its estimates. China has deployed
anti-aircraft missiles to Woody Island.
The Pentagon declined to release details on the amount
of increased reclamation in the Paracels or to provide a
more concrete estimate of the increase in building in the
Spratly Islands.
Chinese officials have defended the land reclamation by
saying it is Beijing’s territory, adding that the buildings
and infrastructure are for public service use and to support fishermen. It accuses the Philippines, Vietnam and
others of carrying out their own building work on other
islands.
The report also notes that China has continued to
assert sovereignty over the East China Sea, including the
Senkaku Islands, which are administered by Japan.
Vietnam, China and Taiwan all claim the Paracels, and
the three along with the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei
claim all or parts of the Spratlys. The U.S. says it takes no
side in the territorial disputes, but supports freedom of
passage through the area.
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AGENDAS |
C. Departmental and branch
report
• Committee reports
A. Friends of the Library (next
meeting June 14)
B. Foundation (next meeting
July 18)
• Continuing Business
A. Update on 2016-17 draft
budget
B. Progress on library logo
• New business
A. Proposed staffing changes
B. Proposed new employee
benefit changes
C. Proposed changes to evaluation process
D. LGLP – volunteer documentation
E. Policy review – nonsmoking
policy
• Adjournment
Dayton Town Council
7 p.m. Wednesday
Dayton Town Hall
• Recite Pledge of Allegiance
• Approval of agenda
A. Additions
B. Deletions
• Approve the minutes of the May 2,
2016, Town Council meeting
• Announcements/correspondence
• Old business
• New business
A. Acknowledge outgoing
Junior Council Allison Reed
B. Hear from Sheridan County
Conservation District, annual funding
request
C. Act on a 24-hour malt beverage permit for Gallery on Main on June
11, 2016, and discuss Street Festival on
June 11, 2016
D. Act on first reading
Ordinance 396, the animal control ordinance
E. Act on first reading
Ordinance 398, the annual mill levy ordinance for the town of Dayton
F. Hold a budget hearing for
the 2016-2017 town of Dayton budget
and act on first reading Ordinance 399 the
budget ordinance for the town of Dayton
fiscal year 2016-2017
G. Act on and approve
survey questions for the Community
Development Plan
• Citizen communique
• Junior Council comments/questions/
request for future agenda items
• Council comments/requests for future
agenda items
• Adjourn to executive session to discuss
legal issues
Ranchester Town Council
6:30 p.m. Tuesday
Ranchester Town Hall
• Call to order and roll call
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Approve and sign minutes from last
regular council meeting that was held
May 3, 2016
• Approval of current agenda
• Old business
A. MDU franchise agreement
• Mayor’s report
A. Community yard sale
• Report on projects
• New business
A. First reading to amend
Title 11 Chapter 25 Section 11-25-110 to
11-25-130 pertaining to delinquent utility
payments
B. Kirk Petty wants to address
painting the caboose
C. Painting the water tank
D. Selling the police car to the
town Frannie
• Special committee reports
• Approval of bills
• Adjournment
Tongue River Valley
Joint Powers Board
7 p.m. Thursday
Dayton Town Hall
• Call to order
• Approval of minutes of April 28, 2016,
meeting
A. Additions
B. Deletions
• Old business
• New business
A. Budget hearing
B. Pay bills
C. WWC project status update
• Public communique
• Adjournment
Clearmont Town Council
6 p.m. Monday
Clearmont Town Hall
• Call hearing to order
• Liquor license hearing — Stop & Shop
LLC, DBA Clear Creek Stop
• Adjournment
• Call meeting to order
• Pledge
• Attendance
• Visitors
A. Jim Gibbs and SCSD3
Representative – Irrigation Line Under
Water Street
B. Jay Ligocki and Dave
Engels, EnTech Inc. – Street/Water Main
Replacement Bid Award
• Approval of minutes
A. April 18, 2016, regular meeting
B May 2, 2016, work session
• Report of treasure and approval of
bills
A. April 2016 bills
• Reports of mayor, council, clerk and
maintenance
A. Mayor — water well, summer help, WAM conference in Cody, street
Sheridan County Public Library
Board of Trustees
4:30 p.m. Wednesday
Sheridan County Fulmer Public
Library
• Call to order and welcome guests
• Disposition of minutes of April 20,
2016
• Treasurer’s report
• Communications
A. Library correspondence
B. Board correspondence
• Director’s report
A. Monthly statistics
B. Items of interest
5-Day Forecast for Sheridan
TODAY
SUNDAY
sweeper
B. Council
C. Clerk
D. Maintenance
• Unfinished business
A. Policy and procedure manuB. Re-allocate countywide
consensus funds — CWC#15100 Upgrade
to Town Hall Facility, CWC#15101 Parks
Upgrade Project
• New business
A. Fiscal year 2017 Budget
B. FY 2017 mill levy ordinance
C. Oath of office – Council Effective June 1, 2016
• Adjournment
Sheridan County Commission
Staff meeting
9 a.m. Monday
Commissioners’ library
Sheridan County Courthouse
• Call to order
• Staff/elected reports
• Forest Service update
• Adjourn
Sheridan County Commission
Regular meeting
9 a.m. Tuesday
Commissioners’ boardroom
Sheridan County Courthouse
• Call to order and pledge
• Consent agenda:
A. Minutes from staff meeting,
May 2, 2016
B. Minutes from regular session, May 3, 2016
C. Minutes from staff meeting,
May 9, 2016
D. Ratify Volunteers of
America Northern Rockies 2014/2015
OJJDP non-participating state grant quarterly report, 4/28/2016
E. Ratify 24-hour catering
permit for Leadership Wyoming at The
Brinton Museum on May 6, 2016 to Big
Horn Smokehouse and Saloon
F. Release of mortgage to
Byron Ross & Kimberly Jo Bergstreser for
Lot 8 Block 1, Poplar Grove PUD – Phase
One and acknowledge payment received
of $10,700.00.
• Consider agenda
• Announcements
• Public comments on matters not on
the agenda
• Consider award of WYDOT 2016 group
seal coat and marking project
• Consider a new retail liquor license for
Walter & Kerrie Bohler DBA Wyarno Bar
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Almanac
Tony J. Pelesky
Tony J. Pelesky, 82, of Sheridan, died Sunday, May
1, 2016, at Sheridan Manor. A memorial service will
be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 21, 2016, at Champion
Funeral Home with Pastor Tony Forman officiating. A reception will immediately follow at the Kalif
Shrine. Online condolences may be written at www.
championfh.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Champion Funeral Home.
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Record high .............................................93 in 2001
Record low ...............................................24 in 2000
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24 hours through 5 p.m. Friday ...................... 0.16"
Month to date................................................. 0.40"
Normal month to date .................................... 0.99"
Year to date .................................................... 6.80"
Normal year to date ....................................... 4.69"
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60/43
Parkman
54/37
Dayton
56/38
Lovell
59/40
Cody
53/40
Ranchester
55/37
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Gillette
54/36
Buffalo
51/39
Worland
61/42
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53/39
Kaycee
56/38
Thermopolis
61/42
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Clearmont
55/38
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WEDNESDAY
Sun and Moon
Sheridan County Airport through 5 p.m. Fri.
• Call to order
• Pledge of Allegiance to the flag
• Invocation to be given by Tony
Forman, Cornerstone Church
• Roll call of members
• Consent agenda
A. Minutes of special council
meeting, May 2, 2016
B. Minutes of regular council
meeting, May 2, 2016
C. Claims
D. Appointment of Jon Oman
to the Planning Commission
E. Appointment of Thayer
Shafer to the Fire Civil Service Commission
F. Reappoint Kevin Kessner to
the Police Civil Service Commission
G. IAFF Local 276 contract
H. Various use permits/off
premise alcohol, malt beverage and
street closures — NMA Third Thursday,
DSA Farmers Market and street closure,
Elks Youth Rodeo pig wrestling, Frontier
Liquor/Pony Lounge Throttle 2 Bottle
Release Party, Greenland Hospitalities car
show, Greenland Hospitalities Big Horn
Country USA
I. Proclamation - Kids to Parks
Day, May 21, 2016
J. Proclamation - Miss
Wyoming Pageant Week, June 20-25,
2016
K. Proclamation - Buddy
Poppies Days, May 24 and 28, 2016
L. Proclamation - American
Legion Poppy Days, May 17 and 21, 2016
• Proclamations to be read
• Staff update — Dan Roberts and
Ken Hirschman, acknowledgement and
update on the recent achievements of the
Utility Maintenance Crew
• Community update — Beth Holsinger
and Zoila Perry on Farmers Market
• Old business
• New business
A. Ordinance 2168 2015 building code adoption
B. Resolution 19-16 amending
40-14 One-Cent Optional Sales and Use
Tax approval
C. Resolution 20-16 funds to
CAST
• Comments from the council and public
• Adjourn
Regional Weather
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MONDAY
A couple of
showers
Sheridan City Council
7 p.m. Monday
Sheridan City Hall
SERVICE NOTICE |
Billings
56/40
Cool with partial
sunshine
• Consider reappointment to Northern
Wyoming Mental Health Center Board
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SPORTS
THE SHERIDAN PRESS
B1
A wave of
bad news
batters
Olympics
past, present
and future
LONDON (AP) — Doping
scandals. Bribery allegations.
Fears about Zika. Political,
economic and corruption
crises.
What else could go wrong?
The past few days have
unleashed a wave of grim
news for the Olympics, battering four host cities — past,
present and future — on
three continents, and further eroding public trust in
the credibility of the global
sports movement.
The 2014 Winter Games
in Sochi, the upcoming
Olympics in Rio de Janeiro,
the 2018 Winter Games in
Pyeongchang, South Korea,
and the 2020 Summer
Olympics in Tokyo — all
have been caught up in an
unprecedented meltdown of
trouble.
Just when the sports world
thought it had pulled away
from the darkest days of the
FIFA and IAAF scandals, a
confluence of turmoil this
week brought the clouds
back and threatened the
image and prestige of the
Olympics, less than three
months before the Aug. 5
opening ceremony in Brazil.
It poses a new test for
the International Olympic
Committee, which endured
its worst crisis with the Salt
Lake City bidding scandal in
the late 1990s.
Richard Ings, former chief
executive of Australia’s
anti-doping agency, said
sports leaders must work
quickly or “sink further into
this quicksand.”
SEE OLYMPICS, PAGE B2
MIKE DUNN | THE SHERIDAN PRESS
Jamy Shassetz, center, defends against a Gillette player. The Lady Broncs lost a double-overtime heartbreaker Friday night at Homer Scott Field.
A sweet loss: Lady Broncs lose in double-overtime thriller
BY MIKE DUNN
[email protected]
SHERIDAN — If the Sheridan Lady Broncs
soccer team had to lose a game, Friday night’s
game was the way to do it.
In what could have been the best-played and
hardest-fought game all season, the Sheridan
Lady Broncs lost a 1-0 heartbreaker to Gillette
on a last-second goal in the second overtime.
While there wasn’t a dry eye on the sidelines
after the game, Sheridan head coach Mallery
Marshall said she couldn’t have been prouder
of her team’s performance Friday night.
“Obviously you always want the W, but I
don’t think you can have a sweeter loss than
when you just lay it all out there,” Marshall
said. “At the end of the time, if the cards don’t
fall your way, then they don’t fall your way.
But I thought the girls laid it all out there
tonight.”
The Lady Broncs’ third loss in as many
games drops them to 3-6-1 in conference play
for the year and 7-6-1 overall.
From the opening minutes, it was destined to
be a battle.
Gillette’s quick forwards kept Sheridan’s
midfielders and defenders on their heels for
the first minutes of the game. But even as they
were backpedaling to keep the ball in front of
them, the Lady Broncs controlled the pace of
the game. On a few occasions, the midfielders
were able to scoot the ball downfield to the forwards, leading to some goal opportunities for
the Lady Broncs.
But once they got down near the goal,
Sheridan ran into a wall — Kierra Cutright.
The sophomore defender from Gillette single-
handedly spoiled three opportunities for the
Lady Broncs to jump out on top in the first
half, leading to a scoreless 40 minutes for
Sheridan.
But on the other side of the pitch, Sheridan
had its own wall. Sophomore keeper Zoie
Jones put on a fantastic defensive show
between the posts with five saves in the first
half, then another half dozen in the second
half.
Gillette got two corners kicks near the end of
regulation that should have ended the game.
In the 72nd minute, a Gillette player got a boot
on a ball and sent it to the opposite side of the
goal from where Jones was. Luckily, defensemen Jamy Shassetz was there to put a head on
it and pop it back into play.
SEE LADY BRONCS, PAGE B2
Broncs heat up in win over Gillette, 2-0, Friday
BY MIKE DUNN
[email protected]
SHERIDAN — The past few weeks, the Sheridan Broncs
soccer team had been experiencing a cold streak. After
beating the top team in the state Friday night, it’s safe to
say the team is heating up.
Sheridan rolled to a dominating 2-0 victory in the last
game of the regular season against the previously undefeated Gillette Camels Friday night at Homer Scott Field.
The Broncs’ second win in as many games meant a sigh of
relief for a team that went through a three-week winless
streak in the middle of the conference schedule.
“We played almost complete soccer, the best we had all
season,” Sheridan head coach Matt Johnson said. “We
played well as a team; we used our support; they hit the
wings like we wanted to. ...It was just a good night overall
for us.”
With the win, the Broncs improve to 5-2-2 in conference
play and 8-3-2 overall this season.
The Sheridan athletes set the pace all game. If the Broncs
wanted to push it down field, they pushed it down field. If
they wanted to kick it to the defenders, they kicked it to
their defenders.
Everything was running smoothly for the Broncs, especially in the first half. Gillette’s elbow throwing got the
Camels in trouble numerous times, setting the Broncs
up for two free kicks and a corner in the first 20 minutes
alone. However, the kicks led to one stop after another as
Gillette’s keeper and defenders were able to knock the ball
away from the net.
SEE BRONCS, PAGE B2
LOCAL SPORTS BRIEFS |
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Lady Broncs in 4th, Broncs
in 5th after first day
of regional track
SHERIDAN — A number of athletes from
Sheridan High School earned top-eight finishes in the preliminaries and finals of the
4A East Regional track meet in Cheyenne
on Friday.
In finals races, Pippin Robinson earned
a second-place finish in the 800-meter run,
earning 8 points for her team. Teammate
Josie Fettig finished in sixth in the same
race, adding 3 points to the team total.
In the 3200-meter race, Xiomara Robinson
earned a second-place finish and eight
points for her team. Teammate Laura
Alicke added 3 points with her sixth-place
finish in the race.
In the field events, Kelsi Mason and Kylie
Sorenson finished sixth and eighth, respectively, in the high jump. The pair added a
total of 3.5 points to the team’s total on day
one of the regional meet.
In the pole vault, Emily Hooge finished
in third while teammates Katy Thiel and
COURTESY PHOTO | BLAINE MCCARTNEY/WYOMING TRIBUNE EAGLE Samara Ordahl finished in sixth and seventh place, respectively. The trio earned 11
Sheridan’s Gracie Edeen races down the track in the 200-meter dash preliminary during the Class 4A points for the SHS team.
East Regional track meet Friday afternoon at Okie Blanchard Stadium in Cheyenne.
Anna Zowada placed eighth in the long
jump, racking up a point for the Lady
Broncs.
The top-eight finishes earned the Lady
Broncs a fourth place spot in the first day
of the regional meet. With 40.5 points, they
trail Campbell County (83.5), Cheyenne
East (58) and Laramie (45.5).
On the boys side, the Broncs finished the
first day of the contest in fifth place with 35
points. They trail Central High School (48),
Laramie (46.5), Campbell County (41) and
Cheyenne East (38.5).
Several Broncs contributed to the team
total on Friday.
Jt Vrieswyk finished in second in the 800meter run, earning 8 points for the Broncs.
He was followed by teammates Tymer Goss
in sixth and Jered McCafferty in eighth
place. The trio earned a total of 12 points.
In the 3200-meter run, Brian Gonda finished in fourth and McCafferty came in
sixth. The pair contributed 8 points to the
team.
The 100-meter relay team ended up in
fourth place with 5 points. The team was
comprised of Tyler Holloway, Alec Riegert,
Bobby Culver and Rion Szatkowski.
In field events, Maxwel Myers finished
in second place in discus, racking up eight
points.
The regional meet will continue Saturday
in Cheyenne.
SEE LOCAL SPORTS BRIEFS, PAGE B2
B2
THE SHERIDAN PRESS
OLYMPICS : Turmoil
LOCAL SPORTS BRIEFS CONTINUED |
FROM B1
Local female
athletes dominate long
jump at 2A regionals
FROM B1
“It’s about sport and the credibility of
sport,” he said. “And the responsibilities rest
with sports administrators who are failing to
reform.”
David Larkin, an attorney and sports corruption expert, blames the continuing scandals on
“a failed governance model, a broken system of
sport justice and a troubled doping system.”
A look at the chaos across the Olympic world:
SOCHI SCANDAL
The 2014 Games were attacked by critics
for a reported $51 billion price tag. Now they
may be remembered for one of the biggest
sporting frauds ever exposed. The former
head of Moscow’s anti-doping lab, Grigory
Rodchenkov, detailed in The New York Times
how Russia operated a state-sponsored scheme
that included exchanging bottles of tainted
urine samples for clean ones through a concealed hole in the wall of the Sochi lab.
The doping program reportedly involved
at least 15 Russian medal winners. Russian
officials denied the allegations Friday, with
President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman
denouncing Rodchenkov’s claims as “a turncoat’s libel.” The World Anti-Doping Agency
will investigate.
The IOC said it “will not hesitate to act
decisively to punish those responsible.” If the
cheating is proven, and it’s unclear how much
hard evidence exists, it could result in mass
disqualifications and stripping of medals. The
Sochi Olympics, one of Putin’s pet projects,
could wind up as Russia’s Shame Games.
The new doping allegations won’t help
Russia’s case for having its track and field athletes reinstated for the Rio Games. They were
suspended by the IAAF following a WADA
panel report that found state-sponsored cheating. Pressure also mounted on Kenya — and its
celebrated distance runners — when the East
African nation was declared non-compliant
Thursday with WADA’s rules.
BLAME IT ON RIO
Never has a host nation been in such political and economic turmoil before an Olympics.
Seven years ago, when the IOC picked Rio
de Janeiro to host South America’s first
Olympics, Brazil was a rising star on the world
stage with a booming, emerging economy.
Now, 84 days before the games begin, the country is in its worst recession since the 1930s. It is
torn by a massive corruption scandal centered
on oil giant Petrobras. Olympic budgets have
been slashed.
The political situation has imploded —
with the Senate voting Thursday to impeach
President Dilma Rousseff. She’s now suspended
and won’t be declaring the Olympics open on
Aug. 5. Her vice president, Michel Temer, is
now the interim president.
While most of the Olympic venues are ready,
concerns remain over the severe water pollution at the sailing and rowing sites.
SHERIDAN — Sheridan County
teams dominated the girls long jump
at the 2A East regional track meet in
Torrington on Friday.
Big Horn and Tongue River athletes
earned six of the top eight finishes in
the event. For Big Horn, Cassidy Enloe
finished in first place, followed by her
teammates Katie Lambert in second,
McKenzie Greenelsh in fourth, Emily
Blaney in fifth and Morgan Nance in
seventh. For Tongue River, LeeAnna
Mitchel finished in third place.
In other finals events at the meet,
several athletes earned top-eight finishes.
In the girls 800-meter run for 1A,
Taziree Smith of Arvada-Clearmont
took third place.
In the girls 800-meter run for 2A,
Mitchell took first place for Tongue
River and teammate Holly Hutchinson
finished in fifth.
On the boys side, in the 1A 800-meter
run, Devon Buckey of Normative
Services, Inc., finished in fourth place.
In the same event for 2A, TRHS athlete
Brennan Kutterer took first place.
In the 2A boys high jump event,
Tongue River’s Matt Lobach added to
his team’s total point score with an
eighth-place finish.
In the 2A boys long jump, Big Horn
teammates Travis Walker and Colton
Bates took fourth and sixth place,
respectively. But, both were outdone
by TRHS athlete Dillon Lyons, who finished in third place.
Also in field events, Big Horn’s Max
Lube finished seventh in the 2A boys
discus event.
Day two of the regional meet will
continue in Torrington on Saturday.
BRONCS:Third seed
FROM 1
But like that old saying goes, if at first
you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.
And the Broncs tried again and again.
Success came in the 34th minute. On
yet another opportunity at the corner,
a beautiful cross landed on the cleat
of Dalton Legerski, who subsequently
tapped the ball into the corner for a
goal.
It wasn’t until the second half that the
Broncs were able to strike again. Jorge
Alubja had the ball 35 yards out at midfield when he sent a lob that kept traveling toward the net. It wasn’t until it got
to the keeper that it looked like it had a
chance, and as the goalie made a final
MIKE DUNN | THE SHERIDAN PRESS.
leap to knock the ball away it floated
The Sheridan Broncs soccer team celebrates after a goal in the second half Friday at Homer
past his fingertips and into the net.
Scott Field. The Broncs handed Gillette its first loss of the season in a 2-0 contest.
No other goals were scored, but
Sheridan had plenty of opportunities
from Noah Iberlin and Legerski near
game.
South twice already this year.
the final minutes to keep the pressure
The Broncs will now head into post“This win just gives them a lot of conon Gillette’s defenders.
season play. As the third seed in the
fidence headed into regionals,” Johnson
Zach Campbell, Sheridan’s senior
East Conference, Sheridan will take on
said. “It reminds them what they are
keeper, knocked away all eight shots
Cheyenne South in a loser-out game to
capable of doing, but we still have
the Camels sent his way throughout the advance to regionals. Sheridan has beat things we need to work on.”
LADY BRONCS : Taking on Cheyenne East in loser-out game
FROM B1
Both teams left everything they had
on the field as the referee blew the
whistle signaling the end of regulation.
Somehow, both teams were able to find
extra energy and put together two fantastic overtime periods.
The extra time included a plethora
of free kicks and corners, it was looking like the game was headed for a
draw as the final seconds ticked down.
Gillette’s Kennedy Schomer, however,
had other plans.
Schomer got a ball at midfield and was
able to get a boot on it. The ball soared
into the corner of the net, just out of the
diving reach of Jones. Gillette celebrated, the official blew the final whistle
and the Sheridan players headed off the
field in disbelief.
“They worked incredibly hard as a
team, and we told them to take it minute
by minute,” Marshall said. “This was a
team that was very talented and really
fast... and we did that. We really, really
played well.”
Now, it’s postseason time for the Lady
Broncs. Sheridan will take on Cheyenne
East in a loser-out game on Thursday.
Marshall expects a tough match against
the team that knocked them out of the
championship game last year.
SCOREBOARD |
MLB |
American League
East Division
Baltimore
Boston
Toronto
Tampa Bay
New York
Central Division
Chicago
Cleveland
Kansas City
Detroit
Minnesota
West Division
W
22
22
19
15
14
L Pct
12 .647
14 .611
18 .514
18 .455
20 .412
GB
—
1
4½
6½
8
W
24
17
17
15
8
L Pct
12 .667
15 .531
18 .486
20 .429
26 .235
GB
—
5
6½
8½
15
W
L Pct GB
Seattle
21 13 .618
—
Texas
20 16 .556
2
Oakland
15 21 .417
7
Houston
15 22 .405 7½
Los Angeles
13 21 .382
8
Thursday
Baltimore 7, Detroit 5
N.Y. Yankees 7, Kansas City 3
Boston 11, Houston 1
St. Louis 12, L.A. Angels 10
Friday
Baltimore 1, Detroit 0
Chicago White Sox 7, N.Y. Yankees 1
Cleveland 7, Minnesota 6
Houston 7, Boston 6
Oakland 6, Tampa Bay 3
Toronto 5, Texas 0
Kansas City 5, Atlanta 1
L.A. Angels at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.
Saturday
Chicago White Sox (Quintana 5-1) at N.Y. Yankees
(Nova 1-1), 11:05 p.m.
Houston (McHugh 4-3) at Boston (Buchholz 2-3),
11:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Santana 0-2) at Cleveland (Kluber 2-4),
2:10 p.m.
Oakland (Graveman 1-4) at Tampa Bay (Andriese
1-0), 4:10 p.m.
Detroit (Sanchez 3-3) at Baltimore (Wright 1-3),
5:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Foltynewicz 0-1) at Kansas City (Gee 0-0),
5:15 p.m.
Toronto (Estrada 1-2) at Texas (Lewis 2-0), 6:05
p.m.
L.A. Angels (Chacin 1-2) at Seattle (Iwakuma 1-4),
7:10 p.m.
Sunday
Chicago White Sox at N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 p.m.
Minnesota at Cleveland, 11:10 p.m.
Oakland at Tampa Bay, 11:10 p.m.
Detroit at Baltimore, 11:35 p.m.
Houston at Boston, 11:35 p.m.
Atlanta at Kansas City, 12:15 p.m.
Toronto at Texas, 1:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Seattle, 2:10 p.m.
National League
East Division
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Miami
Atlanta
Central Division
Chicago
W
22
21
21
18
8
L
13
13
15
16
26
Pct GB
.629
—
.618
½
.583 1½
.529 3½
.235 13½
W
26
L
8
Pct
.765
GB
—
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
West Division
19
18
14
14
16 .543 7½
16 .529
8
21 .400 12½
21 .400 12½
W
L Pct GB
San Francisco
19 18 .514
—
Los Angeles
18 17 .514
—
Colorado
16 18 .471 1½
Arizona
17 20 .459
2
San Diego
16 20 .444 2½
Thursday
Philadelphia 7, Atlanta 4, 10 innings
San Diego 3, Milwaukee 0
San Francisco 4, Arizona 2
St. Louis 12, L.A. Angels 10
L.A. Dodgers 5, N.Y. Mets 0
Friday
Chicago Cubs 9, Pittsburgh 4
Philadelphia 3, Cincinnati 2
Washington 5, Miami 3
Milwaukee 1, San Diego 0
Kansas City 5, Atlanta 1
N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 6:40 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona, 7:40 p.m.
St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.
Saturday
Miami (Nicolino 2-0) at Washington (Roark 2-2),
11:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Locke 1-2) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta
6-0), 12:20 p.m.
Cincinnati (Adleman 1-0) at Philadelphia (Nola 2-2),
5:05 p.m.
Miami (Fernandez 4-2) at Washington (Cole 0-0),
5:05 p.m.
San Diego (Cashner 2-3) at Milwaukee (Peralta
2-4), 5:10 p.m.
Atlanta (Foltynewicz 0-1) at Kansas City (Gee 0-0),
5:15 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Verrett 3-0) at Colorado (Butler 1-1),
6:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Peavy 1-4) at Arizona (Corbin 1-3),
6:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Martinez 4-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Kazmir
2-3), 7:10 p.m.
Sunday
Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 11:35 p.m.
Miami at Washington, 11:35 p.m.
San Diego at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.
Atlanta at Kansas City, 12:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 12:20 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona, 2:10 p.m.
St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 6:05 p.m.
NBA PLAYOFFS |
5)(7SH`VɈZ
All Times MDT
(Best-of-7)
FIRST ROUND
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Cleveland 4, Detroit 0
Sunday, April 17: Cleveland 106, Detroit 101
Wednesday, April 20: Cleveland 107, Detroit 90
Friday, April 22: Cleveland 101, Detroit 91
Sunday, April 24: Cleveland 100, Detroit 98
Toronto 4, Indiana 3
Saturday, April 16: Indiana 100, Toronto 90
Monday, April 18: Toronto 98, Indiana 87
Thursday, April 21: Toronto 101, Indiana 85
Saturday, April 23: Indiana 100, Toronto 83
Tuesday, April 26: Toronto 102, Indiana 99
Friday, April 29: Indiana 101, Toronto 83
Sunday, May 1: Toronto 89, Indiana 84
Miami 4 Charlotte 3
Sunday, April 17: Miami 123, Charlotte 91
Wednesday, April 20: Miami 115, Charlotte 103
Saturday, April 23: Charlotte 96, Miami 80
Monday, April 25: Charlotte 89, Miami 85
Wednesday, April 27: Charlotte 90, Miami 88
Friday, April 29: Miami 97, Charlotte 90
Sunday, May 1: Miami 106, Charlotte 73
Atlanta 4, Boston 2
Saturday, April 16: Atlanta 102, Boston 101
Tuesday, April 19: Atlanta 89, Boston 72
Friday, April 22: Boston 111, Atlanta 103
Sunday, April 24: Boston 104, Atlanta 95, OT
Tuesday, April 26: Atlanta 110, Boston 83
Thursday, April 28: Atlanta 104, Boston 92
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Golden State 4, Houston 1
Saturday, April 16: Golden State 104, Houston 78
Monday, April 18: Golden State 115, Houston 106
Thursday, April 21: Houston 97, Golden State 96
Sunday, April 24: Golden State 121, Houston 94
Wednesday, April 27: Golden State 114, Houston
81
San Antonio 4, Memphis 0
Sunday, April 17: San Antonio 106, Memphis 74
Tuesday, April 19: San Antonio 94, Memphis 68
Friday, April 22: San Antonio 96, Memphis 87
Sunday, April 24: San Antonio 116, Memphis 95
Oklahoma City 4, Dallas 1
Saturday, April 16: Oklahoma City 108, Dallas 70
Monday, April 18: Dallas 85, Oklahoma City 84
Thursday, April 21: Oklahoma City 131, Dallas 102
Saturday, April 23: Oklahoma City 119, Dallas 108
Monday, April 25: Oklahoma City 118, Dallas 104
Portland 4, L.A. Clippers 2
Sunday, April 17: L.A. Clippers 115, Portland 95
Wednesday, April 20: L.A. Clippers 102, Portland
81
Saturday, April 23: Portland 96, L.A. Clippers 88
Monday, April 25: Portland 98, L.A. Clippers 84
Wednesday, April 27: Portland 108, L.A. Clippers
98
Friday, April 29: Portland 106, L.A. Clippers 103
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Cleveland 4, Atlanta 0
Monday, May 2: Cleveland 104, Atlanta 93
Wednesday, May 4: Cleveland 123, Atlanta 98
Friday, May 6: Cleveland 121, Atlanta 108
Sunday, May 8: Cleveland 100, Atlanta 99
Toronto 3, Miami 3
Tuesday, May 3: Miami 102, Toronto 96, OT
Thursday, May 5: Toronto 96, Miami 92, OT
Saturday, May 7: Toronto 95, Miami 91
Monday, May 9: Miami 94, Toronto 87, OT
Wednesday, May 11: Toronto 99, Miami 91
Friday, May 13: Miami 103, Toronto 91
Sunday, May 15: Miami at Toronto, 1:30 p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Oklahoma City 4, San Antonio 2
Saturday, April 30: San Antonio 124, Oklahoma
City 92
Monday, May 2: Oklahoma City 98, San Antonio 97
Friday, May 6: San Antonio 100, Oklahoma City 96
Sunday, May 8: Oklahoma City 111, San Antonio
97
Tuesday, May 10: Oklahoma City 95, San Antonio
91
Thursday, May 12: Oklahoma City 113, San
Antonio 99
Golden State 4, Portland 1
Sunday, May 1: Golden State 118, Portland 106
Tuesday, May 3: Golden State 110, Portland 99
Saturday, May 7: Portland 120, Golden State 108
Monday, May 9: Golden State 132, Portland 125,
OT
Wednesday, May 11: Golden State 125, Portland
121
CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Cleveland vs. Toronto OR Miami
Tuesday, May 17: Toronto or Miami at Cleveland,
6:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 19: Toronto or Miami at Cleveland,
6:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 21: Cleveland at Toronto or Miami,
6:30 p.m.
Monday, May 23: Cleveland at Toronto or Miami,
6:30 p.m.
x-Wednesday, May 25: Toronto or Miami at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.
x-Friday, May 27: Cleveland at Toronto or Miami,
6:30 p.m.
x-Sunday, May 29: Toronto or Miami at Cleveland,
6:30 p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Monday, May 16: Oklahoma City at Golden State,
7 p.m.
Wednesday, May 18: Oklahoma City at Golden
State, 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 22: Golden State at Oklahoma City,
6 p.m.
Tuesday, May 24: Golden State at Oklahoma City,
7 p.m.
x-Thursday, May 26: Oklahoma City at Golden
State, 7 p.m.
x-Saturday, May 28: Golden State at Oklahoma
City, 7 p.m.
x-Monday, May 30: Oklahoma City at Golden
State, 7 p.m.
TRANSACTIONS |
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB — Announced Colorado SS Jose Reyes accepted a suspension through May 31 for violating
Major League Baseball’s Joint Domestic Violence,
Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. Suspended
Cincinnati RHP Ross Ohlendorf three games and
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throwing at Pittsburgh’s David Freese during a May
11 game. Suspended Cincinnati manager Bryan
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amount for the intentional actions of Ohlendorf
while warnings were in place. Suspended Houston
Astros OF Marc Wik for 50 games without pay
following a second positive test for a drug of abuse
under the Minor League Drug Prevention and
Treatment Program.
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Selected the contract
of LHP Matt Purke from Charlotte (IL). Placed LHP
John Danks on waivers for the purpose of giving
him his unconditional release.
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Placed OF Lonnie Chisenhall on the bereavement list. Recalled OF Tyler
Naquin from Columbus (IL).
HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned RHP Josh Fields
and C Max Stassi to Fresno (PCL). Activated RHP
Lance McCullers from the 15-day DL and C Jason
Castro from the paternity list.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Selected INF Gregorio
Petit from Salt Lake (PCL). Recalled INF Jefry Marte from Salt Lake. Designated RHP Javy Guerra
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15-day DL.
NEW YORK YANKEES — Recalled C Gary Sanchez from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Optioned
LHP Tyler Olson to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Recalled C Matt McBride from Nashville (PCL). Optioned RHP Zach
Neal to Nashville.
TEXAS RANGERS — Selecteded the contract
of RHP Matt Bush from Frisco (TL). Optioned OF
Delino DeShields Jr. to Round Rock (PCL).
National League
CINCINNATI REDS — Placed OF Billy Hamilton on
the bereavement list. Recalled INF-OF Jose Peraza
from Louisville (IL).
COLORADO ROCKIES — Reinstated INF Daniel
Descalso from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Ben
Paulsen to Albuquerque (PCL).
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Selected the contract of 1B Tommy Joseph from Lehigh Valley (IL).
Optioned 1B Darin Ruf to Lehigh Valley.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Recalled INF-OF Cole
Figueroa from Indianapolis (IL). Optioned LHP Kyle
Lobstein to Indianapolis.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Selected the contract
of LHP Christian Friedrich from El Paso (PCL).
Activated C Hector Sanchez. Designated OF Jabari
Blash for assignment. Placed RHP Andrew Cashner on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 9.
American Association
JOPLIN BLASTERS — Claimed RHP Patrick MincL`VɈ^HP]LYZMYVT3PUJVSU
SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Released INF John
Contreras.
Atlantic League
LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Reinstated RHP John
Brownell to the active list. Placed OF Delta Cleary
Jr. on the disabled list.
Can-Am League
QUEBEC CAPITALES — Signed RHP Shaun Ellis.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS — Signed RB Jonathan Williams.
CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed DT Vernon
Butler.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed WR Corey
Coleman, WR Jordan Payton, OL Spencer Drango,
WR Rashard Higgins, DB Trey Caldwell and LB
Scooby Wright III.
DETROIT LIONS — Signed DL Louis Palmer.
Released OT Lamar Holmes.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed LB Myles
Jack to a four-year contract.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed RB Joey
Iosefa.
NEW YORK JETS — Signed LB Jordan Jenkins.
Arena Football League
PORTLAND STEEL — Activated QB Shane Austin
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HOCKEY
National Hockey League
LOS ANGELES KINGS — Agreed to the terms with
coach Darryl Sutter on a multiyear contract.
NEW YORK RANGERS — Signed F Pavel Buchnevich on an entry-level contract.
SOCCER
National Women’s Soccer League
SKY BLUE FC — Activated G Erin Nayler. Released G Caroline Casey.
COLLEGE
GEORGIA — Announced sophomore DL Chauncey
Rivers has been dismissed from school following
his third arrest on marijuana charges.
PORTLAND TIMBERS — Waived F Michael
Seaton.
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CLASSIFIEDS
Household Goods &
Appliances
ANTIQUE LAMP w/
Colorful Shade. $50.
751-1866
HARD COVER Explore
America series. 10
books. $25/set. 307674-4086.
LIKE NEW 7' brown
leather couch. $350
307-683-6529
SPRING CLEANING?
NEED TO
DECLUTTER?
SELL ANY ITEM
($50 or less)
FOR FREE IN THE
SHERIDAN PRESS!
For more details,
call Amber 672-2431.
STAMINA INVERSION
Table. $50 672-8463
Boats
Services
Houses, Unfurn for Rent
Office/Retail Space for
Rent
GARDEN
ROTOTILLING
4' Tractor Mt.
Ave Garden (12'x20')
Approx. $50
Sheridan Area
751-7775
3 BR/ 2 Ba. 2 car garage. Beautiful setting.
Big Horn. $1300/ mo.
No pets/smoking.
(307)751-7718
SMALL OFFICE
building. A/C. Good
Location! 751-3828
Available Now!
For Lease
BUILDINGS
FOR LEASE
Rail Road Land
& Cattle Co.
Has Shop Space,
Warehouse Space,
Retail Space,
Office Space and
much more
for lease!
673-5555
Furnished Apts for Rent
1 BR. Util pd exc. elec.
No Smk/pets. Garage.
$495+Dep 674-5838
WKLY FROM $270.
Am. Best Value Inn
672-9757
2014 TRACKER Fishing Boat w/ trailer. 50
hrs pwr motor. Trolling
motor. Fish finders. A
lot of extras. Ready to
put on water. $8,800
obo (307)751-0468
D
SOL
Horses
6YR OLD buckskin mini
mare 31" tall broke to
ride & drive $850. Harness & Cart for sale
$850. Call 672-8641
Unfurn Apts for Rent
1 BR. $600/mo
incl. utils. & cable
No smk/pets. 763-2848.
1 BDRM. $600
No smk/pets. 674-4139.
2 BR. Ranchester 4Plex
$710/mo + dep, util. incl. Non smk. 672-8641.
STUDIO APT. in
Ranchester $500/mo.
util pd., 751-1628
Farm & Ranch Supplies
10" 3 Point. Post Hole
Auger. $175 obo
307-763-1004
2007 KUBOTA BX24
with backhoe, loader
and snowblower – only
320 hours – $12,000,
307-696-7610
1 LEVEL. 1800sq/ft.
3BR/2BA. Double car
garage. No Pets.
$1400/month
307-752-5526
Houses, Furn for Rent
3 BR 1.5 BA.
Dish Washer! Great
Location. No Smoking.
$1300 p/month.
751-3828
Townhomes, Unfurn for
Rent
2 BEDROOM 1.5 bath
duplex, fenced yard.
$800 plus utilities
2 Bedroom 1.5 bath
fourplex
$800 plus utilities.
3 Bedroom 1.5 bath
townhome
$900. Plus utilities.
ALL UNITS LEASE
PLUS DEPOSIT PLUS
CREDIT CHECK
FOR INFORMATION
CALL (307)672-7643
Wanted to Rent
THE ABSAROKA, Inc.
Head Start Center in
Sheridan is seeking a
facility to lease starting
June 2016. We require
a space that includes,
at minimum, area for: 2
to 3 classrooms, bathrooms, a kitchen, at
least 1100 square feet
of outdoor space for a
playground & a parking
area. Please contact
Amber Clark at
307-347-4192
(Absaroka, Inc. Administrative Office) if you
have facility that may
meet our needs.
Business Building for
Ren
3800 SQ/ft Office
Space+ 1100 sq/ft in
finished basement.
$3500/ month incl. util.
251 S Thurmond. Call
Bob (307)751-5034.
FORD 8N tractor with
blade. Rebuilt & restored. $4000 OBO.
672-2638
Pets & Supplies
4,200 sq. FT. office/
shop w/ lot on Coffeen
Ave. $1750/mo. Agent
owned. ERA Carroll
Realty. Call 752-8112
RETIRED COUPLE
desires a small dog in
need of a forever home.
752-4150.
Miscellaneous
2 GUN scabbards for a
Can-Am ATV.
Brand New. $225.00
(307)429-9908
2 BR/1 Ba. W/D hookups. W/S/G & Lawn
care provided. Big Horn
$700/mo. No pets/
smoking. (307)7517718
HAMMER DIE Sets.
Letters & Numbers
Letters $22
Numbers $10
672-5119
Office/Retail Space for
Rent
1100 SQ. FT. of office
space. Close to down
town. Some off street
parking. 751-1164
HAVE AN ITEM you
want to sell for
$50 or more?
Advertise with us!
ONLY $20.16!!!
Run it until it sells!
Call Amber
672-2431
HOT TUB. 6 Person.
Like New. $3400
(307)429-9908
KEY BOARD player
would like to JAM with
other musicians. Country & Oldies, Rock &
Roll. Contact:
Evelyn @ 751-6845
RUBBER STAMPS &
Supplies for sale!
Holliday/ All occasion.
Most are BRAND NEW!
Saturday 9a-12n
1305 LaClede 674-7295
TREE EQUIP for Sale.
56' Aerial lift.
$37,000
1250 Vermeer Chipper.
$18,000
If interested call
751-5277
WORKING REFRIGERATOR. Missing a
couple shelves. Great
for any man cave!
$50.00.
You Haul!!! 674-7295
Miscellaneous for Sale
MEN'S XL VARSITY
Jacket. Dark Green w/
black leather sleeves.
Only worn twice. $100.
307-683-6529.
HIGH VIABILITY AND
PARKING... Office
Suites for Lease located on Coffeen Ave.
All utilities included.
Licensee Owned. Call
Rhonda J. Burkhart at
ABC REALTY COMPANY 307-674-7458
2500 SQ FT Office Retail space w/ parking.
1415 N. Main. 752-4662
EXTRA LARGE 2 BR.
Low utils. $650/mo. +
$500 dep. 1 yr. lease.
Ref's req'd. 751-2445.
Houses, Unfurn for Rent
1 BR/1 Ba. Bonus rm.
12'x16' storage shed.
W/D. $750/mo + util,
dep & 6 mo lease. No
smkg/ No pets. 307672-3507.
3BR / 1BA. Lrg fenced
yard. W/D hooks. $950
+ util, lease & deposit.
Pet negotiable. 307631-6024
3 BR 2 ba 1200 sq/ft living. Country living close
to town. Newly painted.
All utilities paid. No
smk. No pets. Dep
req'd. $1300/mo. 307389-6645.
2BR 1.75 BA. Garage,
hardwood floor, large
fenced backyard.
$1050/mo. Avail 6/1.
752-1951.
1 BR W/D dishwasher.
storage shed. Small
dog neg. No smoking.
750.00/ month 850.00
Dep + utilities. 729 E
Works. 673-1759
3,000-12,000 sq./ft of
executive office building for lease in an established commercial
park. Lease part or all.
Call (307)752-8112
Carroll Realty Co.
APPROX. 800 sq./ft.
office suite. New paint &
carpet. Updated restroom. Handicap ramp.
Parking lot. Close to
down town! 406-5869000
APPROX. 800 sq./ft
retail space.
240 W. Brundage St.
Ideal for a Salon or
small business. Close
to down town; off street
parking available. 7511164
LOOKING FOR A
BEAUTIFUL
PROFESSIONAL
OFFICE to start or
build your business?
Includes janitorial,
utilities, security
doors, conference
room. Street signage
available. Large or
small office space
available at Cottonwood Center, LLC.
672-8700 or 7513828.
Storage Space
CALL BAYHORSE
STORAGE 1005 4th
Ave. E. 752-9114.
INTERSTATE STORAGE. Multiple Sizes
avail. No deposit
req'd. 752-6111.
CIELO STORAGE 7523904
WOODLANDPARK
STORAGE.COM
5211 Coffeen
Call 674-7355
New Spaces
Available!
ELDORADO STORAGE Helping you conquer space. 3856 Coffeen. 672-7297.
Help Wanted
THE SHERIDAN PRESS
Help Wanted
LOOKING TO do odds
& ends. Yard work. Errands. Work around the
house etc. Have extra
hands if needed.
752-8506
Help Wanted
NOW HIRING
bartenders. Must be
available for 6p-2a
shifts. Reliability a
must. Wages start @
$8/hr + tips. Raise after
90 days. Fill out
application at
1402 N. Main St.
CHEF/EXPERIENCED Cook
Wanted. P/T
position preparing
lunch service. Wage
dependent on experience. Please send inquiries/ resume with
references to
ewardell@thebrinton
museum.org 307-6723173
ARBY'S is looking for
friendly clean-cut
personnel to work all
shifts. Top starting
wage
DOE & Benefits.
Please apply in person.
NOW HIRING
Housekeeping
Front Desk, Maintenance, Night
Audit & Laundry.
Top wages. Apply
in person at
Comfort Inn &
Suites
or Hampton Inn
CONSTRUCTION
LABORER wanted. Pay
DOE. Must have a
valid drivers license &
reliable transportation.
Call Randy between
5p-8pm. (307)683-2744
PERKINS RESTAURANT is accepting
applications for all positions. Day and evening shifts available.
Apply in person at
1373 Coffeen Ave or
online at
www.please applyon
line.com/sugarlanden
terprises. EOE
HOME-DELIVERED
MEALS
COORDINATOR
part-time position avail
at the Sheridan Senior
Center. Works 3-4
wknds/month,
8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
$10.50 per hour.
Physically active position. Should be good
with people, organized,
able to handle competing demands, meet
deadlines & communicate effectively with wide
variety of people. Join
our team and work with
a fun & supportive
team of co-workers.
H.S. school diploma or
equivalent. Benefits
include Paid Time Off
(PTO) &Holidays.
Please apply at the
Sheridan Senior Center
211 Smith St.
Applications accepted
until position is filled.
Senior Center is an
Equal Opportunity
Provider, an Equal
Employment Opportunity & At Will Employer.
SCSD #1 is accepting
applications for
Summer Custodian
help. The position will
be approximately 10
weeks. June-Mid August. Apply online at
www.sherid
an.k12.wy.us
Position open until
filled. E.O.E.
JOURNEYMAN
HOUSE painters. Must
know all phases. Excellent pay. 752-4197
THE TOWN of Dayton,
WY is accepting
resumes for a part-time
position of lawn mower
& garbage worker for
the summer months of
2016. Applicant must
be 18 years of age.
Send resumes to Town
of Dayton, P.O. Box
100, Dayton, WY
82836 or drop resume
off at the Town Hall,
608 Broadway, Dayton,
WY. Wages to be
based on experience.
The Town of Dayton is
an equal opportunity
employer. Deadline for
resumes is May 27,
2016
THE
SHERIDAN PRESS
is looking for:
Independent
Contractors
to deliver papers.
If interested please
stop by:
The Sheridan Press
144 East Grinnell
St. Sheridan, WY
82801
FOREMAN POSITION
for S. Eastern MT.
Cow/Calf Operation.
Includes all aspects of
ranch work. Good housing & Competitive compensation package incl.
Mail Résumé & Cover
Letter to
PO Box 71
Big Horn, WY 82833
SHERIDAN RIB &
CHOP HOUSE is seeking ROCKSTARS to
join our team as we
prepare for another
wild & crazy summer –
come have fun & make
some ROCKSTAR $$$!
Hiring for
LINE COOKS,
DISHWASHERS,
PREP COOKS,
HOSTS, SERVERS.
Top $$, flexible
schedule,
fantastic culture, fun
every day! Come to
the restaurant in person (847 N Main) or
apply online at
FRGJOBS.COM.
INTERVIEW
GUARANTEED!
FULL TIME gardener
needed for the summer
months, south east of
Sheridan. Fax resume
to 737-2339 or call
751-5133. Wage based
on experience.
LOOKING FOR a full
time administrative assistant with good communication skills. Need
to have some computer
knowledge. Must be
able to multi-task.
Benefits included. Send
reply to box 242, c/o
The Sheridan Press,
PO Box 2006,
Sheridan, WY 82801
Help Wanted
FULL CHARGE Bookkeeper. Exp. req'd. FT.
Real Estate/Property
Management Industry.
Send resume to box
241, c/o The Sheridan
Press, PO Box 2006,
Sheridan, WY 82801
DOWNER ADDITION
STORAGE 674-1792
Work Wanted
Help Wanted
B3
NOW HIRING
Housekeeping
Front Desk, Maintenance, Night
Audit & Laundry.
Top wages. Apply
in person at
MOTEL 6 &
QUALITY INN.
CITCO FCU is looking for a FT teller.
Excellent benefits
including Health Ins.
Retirement. Vacation
& Sick leave. Wage
DOE. Please
send resume to
PO Box 4067,
Sheridan, WY 82801.
WYOMING THE home
of big open spaces
and fly fishing! We
have an opening for a
sales representative in
the Sheridan area, territory to include the
towns of
Sheridan/Buffalo/Gillette (Campbell,
Sheridan & Johnson
counties). What this
means is we are looking for an experienced sales person
that will have a territory of his/her own to
sell Pella Windows &
Doors to homeowners
& contractors. The
ideal candidate will
grow sales through
cold calling, prospecting, networking & has
the ability to build relationships; professionally & honestly represent products & services. A construction
background is helpful.
So if you love the
great outdoors and
like to sell we are the
place for you! Base
pay plus commissions
to start with. Great opportunity for a go-getter! Please
send resume to
[email protected].
SEEKING DENTAL
Hygienist
Benchmark Dental, in
Riverton, WY, is seeking a Dental Hygienist.
Full or part time work
available beginning
Summer 2016. We are
hoping to find a team
member who is fun,
energetic, personable,
& offers comprehensive periodontal care to
our patients. We
offer competitive pay,
paid vacations, paid
holidays, & optional
entrance into our
group health insurance plan. Relocation
bonus
available. Please call
with questions!
Dr. Brock Olson cell
307-840-1571 or
Dr. Spencer Smith cell
307-840-2553
CLASSIFIEDS
B4 THE SHERIDAN PRESS
Help Wanted
NEEDED FULL TIME
PERSON TO HELP
WITH LAWNS,
SPRINKLERS,
PLANTING, GENERAL
MAINTENANCE, FURNITURE DELIVERIES,
south east of Sheridan.
Must be a self starter,
have own transportation and a valid drivers
license. To start immediately. Wage based on
experience. Fax resume to 307-737-2339
or call 307-751-5133
Help Wanted,
Professional
SCSD #1 is accepting
applications for the
following positions.
-5/7 FTE Spanish
Teacher at TRHS
-Technology
Coordinator
Apply online at
www.sherid
an.k12.wy.us
Position is open until
filled. E.O.E.
Help Wanted,
Professional
ADJUNCT
INSTRUCTORS Ag
Teach Rangeland Mgt.
Fall 2016/Spring 2017
semesters:
• Principles of Range
Management
• Pasture & Rangeland
Monitoring
• Range Plant
Identification
• Survey of Natural Resources Management
Day &/or night classes;
bachelors required,
masters preferred.
Apply online at:
https://jobs.sheri
dan.edu. EOE.
SHERIDAN COLLEGE
• Facilities Specialist
• Early Childhood
Liaison
• Music Instructor & Dir.
of Arts Outreach & Support
• Criminal Justice
Instructor
• Adjunct Instructor Agriculture
• Spear-O-Wigwam
Staff (seasonal/temp.)
Gillette College
• Education Instructor
Great locations & facilities with outstanding FT
benefits.
On-line postings & application at:
https://jobs.sheri
dan.edu
EOE.
TEACHER FOR K-8.
1 room school Decker
MT. Contact Marge
Hamilton 406-757-2215
Lost & Found
LOST RING! Ring is
unusual. Rectangular in
shape. Clear & blue
colored gemstones in
Silver colored setting.
(307)763-8765
LOST: SULCATA
tortoise about 2" in
diameter. He isn't
native to WY. Lost in
Colony South Area.
If found please call
Julie 752-0197
Delivery
problems?
Call 672-2431
Land/Property
Autos & Accessories
ATV’s & Snowmobiles
Campers, Trailers
Garage Sales
FOR SALE:
Mobile Home Lot
located @
630 Mobile Drive
in Ranchester, Wy
307-655-2310
PRIME RATE
MOTORS is buying
clean, preowned
vehicles of all ages.
We also install B&W
GN hitches, 5th Wheel
Hitches, Pickup Flatbeds, Krogman Bale
Beds. Stop by
2305 Coffeen Ave. or
call 674-6677.
2006 HONDA Rancher
TRX 350 4 tracks 4x4.
1,967 Mi. Exel. Cond.
Ramp & Helmet Incl.
$3200 752-5494
KEYSTONE MONTANA
High Country 323 RL
fifth wheel. Lots of
Extras incl. W/D!!!
3 slide outs. Stored
inside. $32,000
307-763-9469
SAT. MAY 14, 8a-12n
1640 Pond View Ct.
Household items.
Yakima rack. Rocker.
Sewing machine.
Saws. Golf cart. Grill
Real Estate
Motorcycles
Pickups & Vans
OPEN HOUSE
Sat. May 14th 1-4pm
749 Idaho Ave.
$223,900
(307)751-8362
Mobile Homes for Sale
1997 14X67 Mobile
Home. Well maintained
2 BR 2 BA. Central air.
All appliances. W/D.
Fenced yard. Shed &
Covered deck.
$25,000 Call/Text
(307)461-0319
TWO CLASSROOM
unit modular building
located in Ranchester,
WY adjacent to Tongue
River Elementary.
The District will accept
sealed bids until 2PM
on May 31, 2016 at the
District Central Office at
1127 Dayton Street
(PO Box 819),
Ranchester, WY.
Please address the
sealed envelope with
“Attn: Modular Bid”.
Anyone wishing to tour
the building & foundation need to contact
Blaine Kerns at
307-751-1343
to set an appointment.
For bidding process
questions, please
contact
Jeremy Smith at
307-655-9541, ext. 131.
Autos & Accessories
13 SP Fuller transmission. $1600. 4 GMC 8
hole wheels 165. $100.
4 875 R165 tires. $300.
OBO. Like new. 7522887
2 LEATHER CAR SEAT
COVERS. $50. 7511866.
BRAHMA TRUCK topper. Black. Excellent
shape. 5' wide x 7'3"
long. $200 OBO. 7634631.
NEW DODGE PU
starter. Fits 1999 & other. Fits 360 or 318 engines. $35. 672-5119.
Motorcycles
GET IT While it's cold!
2004 Harley Davidson Electra glide classic. Excellent condition.
Many Extras. 20k mi.
Ready to Ride $8800
307-674-8259
Motor Homes & RV’s
2005 CHEVY C-4500
stock full size box.
Duramax 75k miles.
Custom painted. Dual
axles. semi tires.
674-8252 $39,000 obo
2012 THOR Chateau
Motor Home 23u. Like
new. 8K Mi. Michelin
Tires. V10 Auto Extended Service Warranty
$52,000 307-674-8259
Campers, Trailers
2011 GMC Denali HD
3500, Crew Cab,
every option available,
108k highway miles,
Duramax Diesel,
Allison Transmission.
New Tires,
$33,000 752-1259
2011 GMC Sierra
SLT 3500, Crew Cab,
103,000 highway mi.
Duramax Diesel.
Allison Transmission.
New Tires, $29,000
752-1259
SET OF re-conditioned
heads. Dodge 360 engine. Around 1999 model. $50. 672-5119.
MAY 15TH 8a-1p 4
families. 3mi. S. of College look 4 pink signs. 2
Saddles. Tack. Dog
houses. Love Seat. Pick
up box trailer. Motor
home. A/C
BIG SKY CYCLE New
Summer Hours: 8a-5p
Tues - Fri. Now open
Saturdays. 672-0855.
'07 CAMEO by
Carriage. 35' 5th whl. 3
slides Immaculate.
B&W hitch & cust.
skirt incl. NADA 41K.
Accept. reas. offers.
751-4206/ 752-6141
LUXURY 2013 Komfort by Dutchman. 5
slides, w/ fireplace. Tall
ceilings. Dble fridge &
freezer. King sized bed.
Arctic pkg. cust. skirting
$55,500 obo 674-8252
Garage Sales
1247 AIRPORT Rd.
Sat. 8a-2p. Gigantic!
Util. Trailer. Weed
Sprayer. Elec. Motors.
Water heater. Furn.
King Mattress. & Misc.
3 PARTY SALE! 1536
S. Mtn View Dr. Sat 8a2p. House hold items.
Bedding. Rain or shine
inside garage.
1954 PAPAGO Dr.
Multi-family. May 13 &
15 (No Sale on Saturday) 7:30a-4p. Like
new Amana washer,
jewelry, bikes, books,
kitchen, household,
benches, generator &
MUCH MORE!
457 E Mountain View
Dr in the back yard.
Sat. 8a-2p.
1998 34' Cardinal 5th
wheel. 3 slides. Very
nice. $13,500. 6727935
BANNER'S Annual Garage sale. sat May 14th
9a-1p. Exit 37 off I-90
look 4 balloons.Tools.
Furn. Books. Bk
Shelves. Pool Table.
trailers & more.
2008 KEYSTONE
Everest like new. 37
feet long. 3-slides. 1
1/2 baths. Sleeps 6.
4-season pkg. $25,000.
Call 672-0996
GARAGE SALE RAIN
CHECK!
Call Amber 672-2431
for details.
Omarr’s Daily Astrological
Forecast
BIRTHDAY GAL: Actress
Alexandra Breckenridge
was born in Bridgeport,
Conn., on this date in 1982.
This birthday gal appears
as Jessie Anderson on “The
Walking Dead” and has
played recurring roles on
“American Horror Story”
and “True Blood.” She also
provided numerous voices
on “Family Guy” from 20052014. On the big screen, her
film work includes “Dark,”
“Other People’s Children,”
and “Zipper.”
ARIES (Mar 21-Apr. 19):
Smart shoppers come out
on top. Be selective about
your purchases and make
sure that you are getting
the best bargain possible.
Be aware of creative ideas
to stretch your dollar this
week.
TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20):
Dress to impress. Others
will think that you are really on the ball if you show
off your sense of style and
good taste. Maintain a professional tone when in social situations in the week
to come.
GEMINI (May 21-June
20): Use brainpower to get
the job done. You’ll get the
greatest satisfaction from
researching facts, crunching numbers and solving
difficult problems. Focus
on fact finding in the week
ahead.
CANCER (June 21-July
22): Get up and go while the
going is good. Your energy
level will be high this week
and you can make the most
of it by dusting off the golf
clubs, taking a hike or simply tackling some household chores.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
Stay on course. Distractions
abound and may have you
questioning whether your
current plan will work. In
the week to come you will
learn that perseverance will
eventually be rewarded.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Thinking outside the box
may miss the mark. The
simplest solutions work the
best as this week unfolds.
Trying to be too creative
or clever may make a task
more difficult than it needs
to be.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22.):
Put on your Sunday best.
In the week ahead spice
up your appearance and
make a striking impression.
Tag along with a special
someone and you may find
yourself on an exciting adventure.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.
21): Be a pillar of support.
A loved one may seem hesitant when visiting new
places or trying new things
but you can make it all better by giving comfort and
reassurance. If no one else
is willing to make a choice,
step in and take charge.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov.
22-Dec. 21): Stray from the
beaten path. Satisfy your
need for excitement in the
week to come by exploring
uncharted territory or try
something that is new or
completely out of the ordinary.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19): Get motivated. Stay
busy this week by working
to achieve a tangible goal,
no matter how big or small
it may be. Enlist the aid of
others to accomplish whatever you set out to do.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18): Get to the point. Don’t
skirt issues in the week
ahead or you may confuse
your audience. A wise elder
or experienced mentor may
have valuable information
to share with you if you
listen.
PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20):
Those around you may have
serious issues to deal with
when all you want is just to
go out and play. In the week
head just go off on your own
and follow whatever whims
that tickle your fancy.
IF MAY 15 IS YOUR
BIRTHDAY: Happy go lucky
group activities can be on
your calendar throughout the upcoming four to
six weeks. Your friendly
manner ill attract new connections and can result in
numerous invitations. The
best time to launch crucial
plans and make key decisions about your future is
early August. That is when
your judgment is at its best
and when you will have
sound advice at your fingertips. Anything that does not
go quite as planned will be
to your advantage. Guard
against becoming involved
in a new romance or investment in October when you
may be blind to the facts.
BIRTHDAY GAL: Actress
Megan Fox was born in
Jeraldine Saunders
Rockwood, Tenn., on this
day in 1986. This birthday
gal has starred in such films
as “Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles,” “Jonah Hex,”
and “Transformers.” She
portrays Reagan on “New
Girl” and co-starred as Sydney on “Hope & Faith.” She
will next reprise her role as
April O’Neil in the upcoming sequel “Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles: Out of the
Shadows.”
ARIES (Mar 21-Apr. 19):
Keep the ball rolling. High
energy levels will allow you
to be very productive and
you will be able to handle
several tasks at once with
ease. Be wary if someone
presses you to make a quick
decision as there may be
more to it than meets the
eye.
TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20):
It’s not whether you win or
lose, but how you play the
game. You may earn more
points with the higher ups
by how you approach a project rather than the ensuing
results. Being diplomatic
will yield respect.
GEMINI (May 21-June
20: Choose words carefully.
Office chatterboxes may
repeat anything you say
to the grapevine so keep
privileged information to
yourself. Stay focused on
objectives and don’t become
sidetracked by someone
else’s.
CANCER (June 21-July
22): Little things mean a lot.
A simple kind gesture or a
brief but merry romp with a
buddy is seemingly insignif-
icant activity that creates
good will. You may be able
to anticipate how events
will unfold.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
You don’t have all the answers. Certain subjects may
be outside your area of expertise. Remain humble and
honest. Avoid becoming involved with activities that
require skills that you don’t
possess.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Think for yourself. Friends
and colleagues may have
convinced you to change
your opinions over an
issue. Make sure that the
views you hold are the ones
you truly feel in your heart.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22.):
The heart may be willing
but the flesh is weak. Romantic pursuits should
remain on a casual level.
Trying to reach an agreement could prove disappointing. You may surprise
an old pal with a call or
visit.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.
21): Set reasonable expectations. Everyone may not
share your zeal for a project
or passion for a cause. Be
helpful and constructive
rather than critical or run
the risk of creating a revolt.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov.
22-Dec. 21): Don’t rock the
boat. Find out how others
feel before making sweeping changes as some prefer
things as they are. Focus on
projects and activities that
you can accomplish on your
own.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19): Mind your p’s and q’s.
Following the rules of etiquette and being diplomatic
and tactful will create a
good impression and earn
you respect. Keep a close
eye on pennies in your
piggy bank.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18): Skeletons may crawl
out of the closet. Indiscretions and mistakes could
come back to haunt you
later. Avoid trying to push
a relationship to another
level as trying to rush
things could prove harmful.
PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar.
20): Out of sight and out of
mind. Go through the day
with a big smile on your
face and a positive attitude
to minimize worries and
problems. Avoid relying too
heavily on others following
through on promises.
IF MAY 16 IS YOUR
BIRTHDAY: The focus can
be on friendships in the
next four to six weeks. In
order to compete on a level
playing field you might
need to join an organization
or group so that you can
learn more about a subject. Plan ahead so you can
launch your most important
plans in August. You will be
luckier and more fortunate
than usual and will find the
support you need to make
almost anything worthwhile a success. People will
be more likely to view you
as a leader then and will
appreciate your executive
skills. September can be
the ideal time for an exotic
vacation.
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CITY
John Heath
Mayor
307-675-4223
Kristin Kelly
Councilor
307-673-4751
Shelleen
Smith
Councilor
307-461-7082
Thayer
Shafer
Councilor
307-674-4118
Alex Lee
Councilor
307-752-8804
Jesus Rios
Councilor
307-461-9565
Kelly Gooch
Councilor
307-752-7137
COUNTY
Eda
Thompson
Clerk
307-674-2500
Pete Carroll
Treasurer
307-674-2520
Nickie Arney
Clerk of District
Court
307-674-2960
John Fenn
4th Judicial
District Court
Judge
307-674-2960
Shelley
Cundiff
Sheridan
County Circut
Court Judge
307-674-2940
William
Edelman
4th Judicial
District Court
Judge
307-674-2960
P.J. Kane
Coroner
307-673-5837
Terry
Cram
Commissioner
307-674-2900
Tom Ringley
Commissioner
307-674-2900
Public Notices
NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE AND FINAL
SETTLEMENT FOR THE
SHERIDAN READINESS CENTER
SUSTAINMENT PROJECT AT
SHERIDAN, SHERIDAN COUNTY, WYOMING
Notice is hereby given that the State of Wyoming,
Wyoming Military Department, has accepted as
complete, according to plans, specifications, and
rules governing the same, the work performed under that certain Service Contract 05SC0076400
between the State of Wyoming, Wyoming Military
Department and Dick Anderson Construction, Inc.,
whose address is: 2675 Heartland Drive, Sheridan, Wyoming 82801 for the work performed, materials, equipment, or tools furnished or used and
services rendered for the substantial completion of
the Sheridan Readiness Center Sustainment
Project, at the Wyoming Military Department,
Sheridan, Sheridan County, Wyoming and the
contractor is entitled to final settlement therefore;
that the Department of Administration and Information will cause said Contractor to be paid the full
amount due him under said contract on June 17,
2016. The date of the first publication is May 7,
2016.
Publish dates: May 7, 14, 21, 2016.
Public Notice
Per §18-3-516 (f) Access to county information is
available as follows: www. sheridancounty.com;
visit/write the Courthouse, 224 S. Main St.,
Sheridan, WY, 82801; or call the specific department.
Publish: May 14, 2016.
Your Right To Know and be
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to read and study these
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We strongly advise those
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records and public meetings.
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
WHEREAS, default in the payment of principal
and interest has occurred under the terms of a
promissory note and mortgage dated November
17, 2009 executed and delivered by Clifford Martin Sorenson and Bonnie Marie Sorenson, as
Mortgagors, in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS), Mortgagee, solely
as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc., recorded on
December 7, 2009 as Rec. No. 657440, Book
758, Page 95, in the public records in the office of
the county clerk of Sheridan County, Wyoming; as
assigned to Nationstar Mortgage LLC, recorded
January 7, 2016 as Rec. No. 2016-724316, Book
921, Page 204, in the public records in the office
of the Sheridan County Clerk, Wyoming. The
premises that are described in the Mortgage are
as follows:
Lot 11 of Block 6 in the Krause
Addition to the Town, now City of
Sheridan, Sheridan County,
Wyoming;
with an address of 1320 Taylor
Avenue, Sheridan, WY 82801.
Nationstar Mortgage LLC, has served a written
Notice of Intent to Foreclose the Mortgage by Advertisement and Sale pursuant to the terms of the
Mortgage to the record owner or party in possession in accordance with the statute ten (10) days
prior to the first publication of the sale.
The amount due and owing on the date of the first
publication is $160,876.85 which includes the unpaid principal and accrued but unpaid interest. Interest continues to accrue on the unpaid balance
at the rate of $23.42 per day.
The property being foreclosed upon may be subject to other liens and encumbrances that will not
be extinguished at the sale and any prospective
purchaser should research the status of title before submitting a bid.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to W.S.§
34-3-101 et seq., (1977 Republished Edition) that
the above described property will be at public venue sold by the Sheriff of Sheridan County, to the
highest bidder at the hour of 10:05 o’clock A.M. on
the 17th day of June, 2016, on the courthouse
steps of Sheridan County.
DATED this 26th day of April, 2016.
BY: Greg B. Asay
Associated Legal Group, LLC
1807 Capitol Ave Suite 203
Cheyenne, WY 82001
(307) 632-2888
Attorney for Nationstar Mortgage LLC
Publish dates: May 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2016.
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Sheriff
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307-674-2535
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Redle
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307-674-2580
STATE
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Mead
Governor
307-777-7434
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Jennings
Representative
House Dist. 30
307-461-0697
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Madden
Representative
House Dist. 40
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Senator
Senate Dist. 21
307-672-6491
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Berger
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House Dist. 51
307-672-7600
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promissory note and mortgage dated July 10,
2008 executed and delivered by Richard R. Toner
and Norma I. Toner, as Mortgagors, in favor of
Lender, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, recorded on July 14, 2008 as Rec. No.
615288, Book 712, Page 20 in the public records
in the office of the county clerk of Sheridan
County, Wyoming. The premises that are described in the Mortgage are as follows:
Lot 9, Block 23, Sheridan Land
Company’s Addition to the City of
Sheridan, Sheridan County,
Wyoming;
with an address of 145 West 5th
Street, Sheridan, WY 82801.
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., has served a written Notice of Intent to Foreclose the Mortgage by
Advertisement and Sale pursuant to the terms of
the Mortgage to the record owner or party in possession in accordance with the statute ten (10)
days prior to the first publication of the sale.
BY: Greg B. Asay
Cheyenne, WY 82001
(307) 632-2888
Attorney for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
promissory note and mortgage dated March 12,
2008 executed and delivered by Russell D. Taylor
and Stacy A. Taylor, as Mortgagors, in favor of
Sheridan State Bank, recorded on March 19, 2008
as Rec. No. 602960, Book 700, Page 357 in the
public records in the office of the county clerk of
Sheridan County, Wyoming; as assigned to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.
(MERS), recorded March 25, 2008 as Book 701 of
Mortgages, Page 74, in the public records in the
office of the county clerk of Sheridan County,
Wyoming; as assigned to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, recorded July 21, 2010 as Book 774 of
Mortgages, Page 106, and also recorded August
6, 2012 as Book 831 of Mortgages, Page 505, in
the public records in the office of the county clerk
of Sheridan County, Wyoming; as assigned to
Federal National Mortgage Association, recorded
November 17, 2014 as Book 894 of Mortgages,
Page 558, in the public record in the office of the
county clerk of Sheridan County, Wyoming. The
premises that are described in the Mortgage are
as follows:
LOT 4, VALLEY WEST SUBDIVISION,
A SUBDIVISION IN SHERIDAN
COUNTY, WYOMING, AS RECORDED
IN BOOK 1 OF PLATS, PAGE 131;
with an address of 9 Timm Drive,
Sheridan, WY 82801.
Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie
Mae”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, beneficiary, by Seterus, Inc., its Attorney-in-Fact, has
served a written Notice of Intent to Foreclose the
Mortgage by Advertisement and Sale pursuant to
the terms of the Mortgage to the record owner or
party in possession in accordance with the statute
ten (10) days prior to the first publication of the
sale.
BY: Greg B. Asay
Cheyenne, WY 82001
(307) 632-2888
Attorney for Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of
America, beneficiary, by Seterus, Inc., its Attorney-in-Fact
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Water for weight loss
Toast this news with a
cool glass of H20! In a recent
University of Illinois study,
people who drank one, two or
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a day took in between 68 and
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For the study, scientists
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Those who bumped up their
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Two recent Virginia Tech
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Start lunch or dinner with
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Deal with personal leaks.
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you’re thirsty, you’ve lost 1
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You’re drinking enough if
your urine in the toilet bowl
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Sip, don’t gulp. Make
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A University of Toronto
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Munch, crunch and spoon
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healthiest foods are also a
great source of additional
Pauline Phillips and Jeanne Phillips
but I’m not really getting any
results. I would really love
some guidance. -- SHY TEEN
IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR SHY TEEN: I think
you are doing everything you
can right now without scaring him off. On the plus side,
this boy is comfortable with
your group or he wouldn’t
be having lunch with you.
If you all socialize beyond
eating together, make sure
he knows he’s welcome. If he
takes you up on it, it will give
you both a chance to get to
know each other better, and
it may help him to overcome
some of his shyness.
DEAR ABBY: My mother
is 70. She lives alone and has
been diagnosed with mild
dementia and hydrocephalus. She has fallen numerous
times and hurt herself, can
no longer drive and needs
help with household tasks.
The problem is, a relative
keeps asking her to baby-sit
her 5- and 7-year-old sons.
The doctor has said in front
of Mom that she shouldn’t,
because the boys will distract
her and she’ll have a hard
time focusing on her balance
and getting up.
I have told this relative that
Mom shouldn’t be watching
the kids, but she refuses
to listen. My mother loves
watching these kids and I
understand that. But I’m
more concerned about her
well-being. Not sure what
to do about this. Can you
help? -- CONCERNED IN
TENNESSEE
DEAR CONCERNED: Speak
to the doctor and see if he/
she will put in writing what
was said to you and your
mom about not baby-sitting.
If you get it in writing, you
can share it with the mother
of those children and the
other relatives.
Frankly, as concerned as I
am about your mother losing
her balance because she is
distracted, I am equally concerned about the welfare of
the kids. If your mom should
fall and hit her head or break
a hip, would they know what
to do to help her? And as she
becomes more confused, if
something like a fire should
happen, would she be competent enough to get the
children out and call the fire
department?
What you have described
could be a recipe for disaster,
and I am shocked at the irresponsibility of that mother.
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FIFA before 2018
World Cup qualifying
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gibraltar and
Kosovo became FIFA members on Friday
and will be fast-tracked into 2018 World Cup
qualifying, which kicks off in Europe in
September.
The vote at the FIFA Congress in Mexico
City increased the global governing body’s
membership to 211.
Kosovo’s entry could lead to a wave of
transfer requests to FIFA from players who
opted to represent countries, including
Albania and Switzerland, before the largely
ethnic Albanian former enclave of Serbia
started to gain international soccer recognition just two years ago.
Serbia refuses to recognize Kosovo’s
2008 declaration of political independence,
which is accepted by more than 100 United
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Nations member states.
It is likely FIFA and UEFA will need to
separate the Serbia and Kosovo national
teams and clubs in competition draws.
Similarly, Gibraltar and teams from
neighboring Spain have been kept apart
since the British territory joined UEFA in
2013.
“It has bene a very long road to FIFA
membership for us — it feels fantastic to be
here and to join you all in FIFA,” Gibraltar
federation president Michael Llamas told
delegates. “As a small country we are realistic about what we can achieve on the
pitch but that is not the point.
“The point is that in the three years of
UEFA membership we have been able to
progress and transform the practices.”
Hints from Heloise
Dear Readers: Aren’t
HUMMINGBIRDS fascinating? I could watch them all
day long! These tiny birds
are amazing acrobats; they
can hover, fly in all directions -- right, left and even
upside down -- and their
wings move so rapidly that
they “hum.” You can hear
them when they buzz by!
Would you like to attract
hummingbirds to your
yard? I have two feeders
outside my window where I
work, and it’s such a delight
to see them buzzing about.
Here’s a recipe for
homemade hummingbird
nectar that you can make:
Combine 1 cup regular,
granulated white sugar and
4 cups water. Use ONLY
white sugar! Bring to a boil
to kill bacteria. Cool, then
place in your hummingbird
feeder(s). Try putting a dab
of petroleum jelly on the
chain holding the feeder to
keep ants at bay.
Change the nectar when
it gets cloudy or has ants in
it. Twice a week is a good
plan, especially if it’s in the
sun, which will cause it to
go bad quickly! To clean the
feeder, use only hot water
and a drop or two of vinegar
-- no soap or detergents. -Heloise
P.S.: No red food coloring
is needed!
Bridge
IF DECLARER THINKS,
SO SHOULD DEFENDERS
Mahatma Gandhi said,
“Happiness is when what
you think, what you say,
and what you do are in harmony.” For a bridge player,
happiness is when what you
think, what you bid, and
what you play are in harmony.
Average players know
the “rules” and follow them
without asking themselves
if that particular deal is an
exception.
In today’s layout, many
players sitting West would
misdefend because they
would play first and think
second -- and kick themselves third!
South is in four spades
after the given Stayman
auction. West leads the
club ace. What should
happen after that?
Note the bidding. Yes,
North, with so many
quacks, might have
raised one no-trump
to three no-trump. But
here that contract can
be defeated if West
guesses to lead the club
ace and continue the
suit from the top. (None
of that fourth-highest
rubbish!) However, with
an unstopped doubleton, it is sensible for
North to use Stayman.
Then, when he rebids
three no-trump over two
hearts, South knows
that his partner has four
spades and corrects to
game in that suit.
REMEMBER WHEN
Dear Heloise: Because I
am a former nurse working
in a hospital setting, we are
seeing more elderly with
forgetfulness, early dementia, etc. Here is my hint:
While you still can, make
a memory book for yourself.
Make it as personal as you
want. Write notes to yourself, and make notes about
your family so you know
how much you love them.
-- Judy R., via email
Judy, no one likes to
think about it, but with the
demographics of our population, there is a probability
of dementia happening to
many. Thanks for writing.
-- Heloise
PAINT BE GONE
Dear Heloise: I had multiple layers of paint on the
cabinet and door hardware. I thought I would be
soaking and sanding the
hardware, but my neighbor
suggested that I soak the
hardware in cheap ammonia. It worked perfectly. It
may take a couple of days,
but the paint came off with
no effort at all. -- Connie C.,
Montgomery, Ala.
Ammonia gives off very
strong fumes, so do work
somewhere with good ventilation. -- Heloise
Phillip Alder
Many Wests would cash
their second club trick, then
wonder where to turn. At
that point, their best move
would be to feign a sudden
illness and to flee the premises. When dummy comes
down with three hearts,
West should realize that his
partner must be void in that
suit. So, at trick two, West
should shift to a heart. East
ruffs and returns a club,
then receives a second ruff
for down one.Phillip Alder
is combining in May 2016
with Kalos to run a bridge
and golf river cruise starting from Bordeaux, France.
Details are available on
Phillip’s website:
www.phillipalderbridge.
com.
Creating a chef’s kitchen
BY MARY G. PEPITONE
UNIVERSAL UCLICK
Homeowners can cook like
experienced epicures by borrowing design details from
commercial kitchens. From creating a well-run workflow in the
kitchen to the use of commercial-grade appliances in homes,
culinary upgrades are big “bon
vivant” business, says National
Kitchen and Bath Association’s
Chief Executive Officer Bill
Darcy. Based in Hackettstown,
New Jersey, NKBA has been a
kitchen and bath professional
association for 50 years, with an
enrollment of more than 60,000
members.
“Cooking is a popular pastime, and the kitchen is the
hub of the home,” Darcy says.
“Professional kitchen elements
bring a level of sophistication
and a gourmet feeling to a residential space.”
When it comes to today’s
kitchen design, being on the
cooking line is part of a homeowner’s lexicon. Whether
there’s a long countertop or a
free-standing island workspace,
a deliberately designed kitchen
is essential to avoid accidents
involving scalding or sharp
items, says Adam Gibson, an
NKBA-certified Kitchen and
Bath Designer for 20 years and
owner of a design firm bearing
his name near Indianapolis.
“A seamless workflow in the
kitchen is essential, and that
means planning out an uninterrupted triangle between the
cooktop, main sink and refrigerator,” Gibson says. “Passes
in the kitchen also require a
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minimum 3-foot clearance, but a
5-foot-wide walkway is ideal, so This cool kitchen, designed by Adam Gibson near Indianapolis, is professionally light, bright and white with an
a person can pass through, even oversized stainless steel refrigerator and freezer.
if a dishwasher, range or refrigerator door is open.”
double ovens, freestanding
the dirty dishes.” To shield
that happens regularly in your
ranges and tower wine storage
guests
from
spills
and
splatters,
home,
you
might
consider
a
pot
The Island
consider a dual-height island
filler which is plumbed into the — in residential kitchens.”
The days of appliances being
The use of new technology
with a 42-inch-high raised
wall above the range.” Gibson
tethered to walls are over. A
in an induction cooktop heats
counter, which comfortably
says faucets that switch on
kitchen island can house a secliquids faster and is a more
accommodates stools, and a
and off with a touch or waving
ond sink, cooktop or dishwashlower 36-inch-high work countmotion are also becoming more efficient way to control the
er.
temperature, Gibson says. Also,
er for stashing dirty dishes.
popular in the home kitchen.
Dimensions of a kitchen
if space allows, homeowners
Also, the kitchen island
island should be at least 4-feetare also opting for the largest
should be surrounded by water
Bring the Heat and Chill Out
long by at least 2-feet-wide, but
refrigerator and freezer they
sources. In addition to having
Elements of professional
are often larger to proportioncan, instead of having a second
a second sink for food preparakitchen design are overlapping
ally fit a kitchen with an open
one stowed in the garage or
tion tasks, many larger kitchinto the residential sector, and
floor plan.
basement.
ens have two dishwashers into
that is no more evident than
“There is a certain amount of which dirty dishes are loaded
Under-the-counter refrigin the appliances people buy.
show that happens when you’re immediately.
erator drawers are also an
“High-grade ranges adapted
preparing a meal, especially
organized way to store bottled
“Instead of a residential faufor residential use take many
when entertaining guests,”
beverages and allow people to
cet, some homeowners opt for
design cues from commerGibson says. “When diners are
serve themselves. An ancillary
a professional sprayer over a
cial-grade ranges,” Darcy says.
able to watch chefs in an open
deep non-divided sink with a
icemaker and wine refrigerator
restaurant kitchen, people only garbage disposal,” Gibson says. “Many designers are including
take cues from professional
multiple appliances -- built-in
see the drama of cooking, not
drink stations in restaurants.
“If boiling pasta is something
You can grow your own herbal tea garden
B
more than 200 varieties of mint to choose
from including aromatic varieties such as
orange, apple, lemon, pineapple, chocolate,
spearmint and peppermint. The whole
This does not take up very much space
plant can be used and with most plants the
or require any special skills, and many of
newer leaves are the most flavorful.
these plants can be brought in for the winLemon Balm is the next plant to consider
ter. Tea has been used by most cultures for in your herb garden. This species can be
many centuries. You can essentially make
confused with mint but it is different. This
a tea out of most anything can be started from seed easily either in
edible. Having something the spring or fall. It likes full sun and moist
warm or hot on these cold conditions. The fresh leaves are again
Wyoming days sure does
preferred, however, dried leaves will keep
help keep the spirits up.
quite well.
The other caution with
Chamomile both German and Roman is
making your own tea
often used in a tea blend. Roman chamoblends is that some plants mile is a low growing perennial with daisy
have certain characterislike flowers. German chamomile is a tall
SCOTT
tics that can affect your
growing annual. Both like a well-drained
HININGER
health (positive or negasoil. The flower heads are preferred for
tive)
depending
on
how
making tea.
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much you use. Also if you
Raspberry leaves can also be used for
are looking at potentially making a tea. For those of you who are
using some of these herbs already growing raspberries or need anothfor health reasons, know that it is difficult
er reason to grow them and use the leaves
to judge the chemical composition, since
for tea and the berries for eating, what a
each plant will vary some and this can
wonderful combination. It is best to use the
vary from year to year. Be mindful.
newer leaves for teas, since the older leaves
Mint has been used for centuries. Not
can be a little astringent, providing a someonly can it be used in teas but many insects what unpleasant taste.
can also use mint during the year. Mint is
The list is endless and that is what makes
a perennial plant and likes a well-drained
this herbal tea gardening so fascinating. As
soil with full sun. However it will grow in
we all know fresh is always better tasting.
a wide variety of soils and growing condiHowever when preserving, a good dehydrations and can be a little invasive. There are tor is beneficial. Then if you use an airtight
rewing tea can be more of an art than
science. The popularity of tea is still
very strong. We can grow our own
herbal teas in Wyoming.
dark container this will help preserve
them. The great thing about growing and
mixing your own tea blend or blends is the
fact you can tailor them to your own wishes and tastes. So enjoy this other benefit of
growing herbs.
SCOTT HININGER is with the Sheridan County Extension office.
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A visual feast
A
s the weather warms up and eating outdoors becomes the right
thing to do, I always take time to
put out the lettuce-ware and other
dishes that speak of fresh eats and warm
nights.
I’ve been collecting lettuce-ware for
about 30 years and I remember spotting my first picks at an outlet mall in
Smithfield, North Carolina, birthplace
of Ava Gardner.
I can’t afford those
polished pricey versions collected by the
likes of Jackie O. and
Brooke Astor but
the plates and bowls
I found were fairly
inexpensive and I’ve
SUSAN
used them with gusto
WOODY
ever since. A summer gazpacho really
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looks beautiful in a
lettuce-ware bowl
and meals take on a
festive air when using special dishes.
I also have a small collection of salt
and pepper sets made to look like
tomatoes, radishes, birds, carrots and
the like. Again they are very inexpensive pieces but they make me smile
when I use them on a summer party
table.
Ever wonder why some fruits and
vegetables have a strong smell?
Michael Mazourek, an assistant professor in plant breeding and genetics
at Cornell University, explains:
Fruits and vegetables have evolved
to attract those animals that are their
primary means of spreading their
seeds. Their aromas are a combination of genetics and the will to survive. Research has shown that fruits
whose main dispensers are primates
have strong odors while fruits with
seeds dispersed by birds have strong
colors. These are two ways to advertise their ripeness.
Chemicals work together to create
an aroma. Fruits and vegetables have
esters which give off a sweet and
fruity smell. Sulfur compounds come
from things like arugula and broccoli. Terpenoids are behind the citrus
aroma of limes, and a component of
the fruity smells in red fruits like
watermelon.
Perception is key. What smells
strong and awful to a child might not
even be noticed by an adult. We can
become desensitized to certain aromas
over time. He relates that green peppers have such a strong aroma that
they can signal when they are ripe.
They smell bitter when unripe and
spicy when ready to eat.
Apples, some melons and many
fruits with pits are called climacteric
fruit. They produce large amounts of
ethylene, a chemical that causes sudden and dramatic ripening. Bananas
are a good example of this and why
they can ripen other fruit in their general vicinity.
As we have shifted to agriculture
where fruits and vegetables are
shipped great distances, botanists
have selected plants that can travel
and sit on shelves for days. This is
why so many store bought tomatoes
don’t have the color or aroma of some
heirloom varieties.
Most fruits and vegetables have
some sort of aroma to advertise their
ripeness. Sniff and smell fruits and
vegetables before buying. Softening,
color and sweetness all go together,
and usually the aromas go along with
that.
(Source: The New York Times)
SUSAN WOODY has been a home and garden writer for marathon
20 years and is a master gardener.
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May is older Americans month: Blaze a trail!
BY LOIS BELL
SHERIDAN SENIOR CENTER
SHERIDAN — Who says that the month of January has
the monopoly on new beginnings? Hats off to those who
realize that a new beginning can begin at any time of the
year. And huzzahs to those who had the epiphany that new
beginnings can begin at any age of life.
May is recognized as Older Americans Month, a recognition that was begun in 1963 under President John F.
Kennedy. First called Senior Citizens Month the name was
later changed to Older Americans Month.
Since 1992, the Administration on Aging has announced
a theme around which to rally during May for older
Americans. The 2016 theme is “Blaze a Trail” waving the
flag to celebrate the ongoing contributions to our communities that older Americans make.
If you haven’t gotten off the bench about trying new
things just because “you’re too old,” here are a few individuals whose names will be shamelessly tossed out to see
if one inspires you to some action of your own choosing.
Author Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote “Little House on the
Prairie” when she was 64 and continued writing until she
was 76. Colonial father Benjamin Franklin was 70 years
old when he signed the Declaration of Independence,
indicating he was very actively involved with the radical
notion and creation of a new democratic society. Have you
heard of Doris Haddock? At the age of 89, Haddock walked
from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., to raise awareness
about the need for campaign finance reform. Five years
later, at the age of 94, Haddock ran for a seat in the U.S.
Senate.
One does not need to look around the country or into
history to discover older residents blazing a trail. In
Sheridan County, there are a number of residents who are
blazing new trails if even for just themselves. At age 79,
Big Horn resident Bill Conrad has set as a personal goal to
be the oldest cyclist in the Cycling Around North Dakota’s
Sakakawea Country annual cycle tour covering 400 miles
on the tour.
Octogenarian Billie Johnson continues to volunteer
her time between three nonprofit organizations; in 2015,
Johnson was selected as a Wyoming Jefferson Award honoree. Two years ago, Kitty Norris-Guile jumped into stage
performance- something she had never done before. Stage
performance and line memorization scared her. Norris-
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Unveiling new experiences isn’t limited by age as recently demonstrated by the cast of the melodrama “The Paper Bag Bandit Rides
Again” recently performed at the Sheridan Senior Center by the Young at Heart Players. May is Older Americans Month celebrating
the contributions of older Americans.
Guile discovered she could perform on stage and continued; Norris-Guile will be turning 68 next week and recently appeared in the melodrama “The Paper Bag Bandit
Rides Again.”
Conrad, Johnson and Norris-Guile are just three examples of the many Sheridan residents who are trying new
things, blazing new trails whether in community service
or for personal enrichment.
Ask someone you know doing something new and different at an older age when they decided to head off on their
new venture. Chances are they will not tell you that they
waited for Jan. 1. They likely declared another date their
own personal New Years Eve to head in new directions.
May is Older Americans Month and an invitation to
“Blaze a Trail!” Maybe the trail is making new friends,
learning a new skill or participating in an activity you’ve
been meaning to do. Maybe it’s time to streamline your
life, downsize your activities and take time for introspection. The month of May could be the new Jan. 1 for you
and a time to take off to blaze your own personal trail into
new experiences. Who knows? You may be the person held
up to be inspiration for others.
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Check out the Senior Center to blaze your trail
O
8, 9 and 10 (or something
like that). But we do know
of folks who go beyond
the menus. These are the
folks who sign up for Jean
Harm’s day trips, volunteer
because they saw a call in
the newsletter and come to
events because “I read it in
the newsletter.” One fan of
the Senior Center’s newsletter tells me that she likes to
curl up and read it “cover to
cover.”
Let’s
May is Older Americans
face it:
Month and this year’s theme
most folks is “Blaze a Trail!” I’d like to
LOIS
just want
have you consider personalBELL
the newsizing this rallying call and
letter for
make it your own. Call it,
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the menus. “Blaze My Trail!” and get
It’s fairly obvious when we
out there to try something
hear that they didn’t know
new. Not sure where to
about an activity that was
start? I’d suggest a baby step
published on page 3 because into the Senior Center. Read
the menus are on pages
the flyers, ask around. Find
ne of the things that I
do at the Senior Center
is to layout and publish
the Senior Center’s
quarterly newsletter. I just
finished the draft of the
summer
edition and
boy! am
I amazed
at all the
things we
have to
offer.
out how to get the Senior
Center’s newsletter for
free via the Senior Center
website at www.sheridanseniorcenter.org or by email.
For a nominal annual suggested contribution, you can
get a hardcopy (if you’re
like my husband, part of the
experience is the feel of the
page and turning them).
In the upcoming summer
edition of Center Stage,
yes, there are the menus.
And our kitchen team pays
attention to making special
meals for notable days and
holidays.
But there are also ongoing art and exercise classes
such as arts and crafts, Tai
Chi and gentle yoga. There
is Bluegrass and Burgers on
the third Tuesday of each
month. You can listen to
music for free and indulge
in a freshly grilled burger
for $2 if you wish. For the
gamesters among you, we
offer Bunco, Dominoes,
pinochle and bridge. There’s
a fan club that loves putting
puzzles together. For avid
readers, there is a library
where books are available
on an honor system.
There are also special
events and performances such as our upcoming community choir’s
Sheridanaires Spring
Follies in June (and we’ve
been known to pack the
house), the Sheridan Rodeo
Parade Broadcast in the dining room and special guest
musicians who perform
over a lunch hour.
For those of you who like
a good outing, find out the
wonderful day trips Jean
Harm has scheduled for the
summer. Jean has a lot to
offer including a few overnight trips around Wyoming
such as one to Cody, Heart
Mountain Confinement Site,
with a Red Canyon Wild
Mustang tour included.
You may be ready to dabble your toes into travel but
don’t want to travel alone
or know how to plan a trip.
Consider our three-day trip
to the musical in Medora
referred to as the “Branson
of North Dakota.” (You will
want to check out day trips
and travel sooner than later
as there are deadlines to
sign up and pay for those).
So, if you’re ready to try
something new — blaze a
new trail for yourself — consider checking out the activities at the Senior Center as
one of the places that may
be calling your name. We’re
not asking you to marry
us — just try out something
that catches your attention
and see if it’s a fit. If it’s
not, please consider trying
something else. If it is, we
welcome you as a fellow
adventurer!
LOIS BELL is the communications director at the
Sheridan Senior Center. Center Stage is written
by friends of the Senior Center for the Sheridan
Community. It is a collection of insights and
stories related to living well at every age.
SENIOR CENTER HAPPENINGS |
• Like to quilt? An unfinished quilt has been donated to the Senior Center.
Anyone who wants to help
finish the quilt may do so.
The quilting frame is set
up at the Green Boomerang
Store, 226 N. Main St. The
store hours are Wednesday
– Saturday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
When finished, the quilt will
be sold and proceeds will
come to the Senior Center.
• Summer is a great time
to explore and travel! The
Senior Center is offering
some “big” trips this summer:
— Big Horn Basin
Tour: Lovell/Kane, Heart
Mountain Confinement Site,
Red Canyon Wild Mustang
tour, Cody. June 28 – 30, $375
per person. Cost includes
two nights motel, admission
fees, one lunch and transportation. Reservations and
payment required by June
14. Details are available at
the Sheridan Senior Center
at 211 Smith St. or by calling
Jean Harm at 672-2240.
PEOPLE
Fulmer to host Wyoming Reads celebration
FROM STAFF REPORTS
SHERIDAN — Sheridan County
Fulmer Public Library will host the
annual Wyoming Reads celebration on
Tuesday beginning at 9 a.m.
More than 350 first-graders from
throughout Sheridan County will
come to the library to learn about
the library and the services it offers
as well as receive a free book to take
home.
Wyoming Reads is sponsored
through the Sue Jorgensen
Foundation, an organization based
in Casper that focuses on advancing
child literacy.
Each year since 2006, the program has given a free book to every
first-grader in the state of Wyoming
to encourage an early love of reading.
The Sheridan County Public Library
System has participated in the program each year since its inception.
“It is a really great project,” said
Michelle Havenga, Fulmer children’s
librarian. “Every first-grader in the
state of Wyoming is receiving a free
hardback book. I think they are giving out more than 7,000 books this
year. Back in January, the kids got to
choose one of six books. On Tuesday
they will receive their book and a
bookmark in a book bag and will
receive information about our summer reading program. And each book
has a book plate with the child’s name
in it.”
In addition, library staff will read
stories in various locations of the
library to the children, the students
will get to tour The Wyoming Room
and they will each have the chance
to sign a large thank you card that
will be sent to the Sue Jorgensen
Foundation.
The Sheridan County Fulmer Public
Library is located at 335 W. Alger St.
Warm
welcome
First Federal Bank & Trust
recently opened its new Home
Loan Center in Sheridan. To celebrate, Chamber Ambassadors
held a ribbon cutting with the
Home Loan Center employees.
Pictured, from left, are Chamber
Ambassador Brenda Rendon; First
Federal employees Alex Hullinger,
Mallory Ritter, Tracy Larsen,
Larissa Sutton, Stephanie Aggers,
Heather Jaros, Brandy Campbell,
Kevin Bailey, Maren Borsheim
and Chandra Legerski; and
Ambassador Theresa Hamilton.
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Julia Fenn earns this week’s Summit Award
This week’s Summit
Award winner, Julia
Fenn, was seen sporting a
Michigan State Spartans
T-shirt at a recent pickleball
tournament in Sheridan.
The word is out that this
stellar student and even
more exceptional human
being will be attending
Michigan State University
this fall.
Fenn is no stranger to this
community, and
to say she has
garnered significant attention
in her young life
thus far is an
understatement.
Her accomplishFenn
ments as a tennis
sensation have
been extolled in feature
articles and photographs
locally in The Sheridan
Press and in newspaper and
radio coverage throughout
the state and region. She
was even featured in Sports
Illustrated magazine’s Faces
In The Crowd section in its
Nov. 2, 2015, edition.
Playing tennis has been a
culmination of determination, hard work and love of
the sport since Fenn was 8
years old. She played on the
varsity tennis team at the
number one singles position
all four years at Sheridan
High School and remarkably
was undefeated the entire
time, never losing a set or
a match. She received allstate and all-conference honors every year, and in her
senior year Fenn attained
the distinction of becoming
the only female athlete in
Wyoming’s history to win
the No. 1 singles state championship title all four years.
She accomplished that feat
with an incredible 58-0
record. Fenn’s domination
on the courts earned her the
2015 Intermountain Summer
Sportsmanship award,
the United States Tennis
Association Intermountain’s
(6th District) State
Sportsmanship award and
countless accolades and
honors throughout her
career.
Fenn’s athletic prowess
in tennis is matched by her
dedication and commitment
to education, and she has
fulfilled all expectations
to excel in academics as
well. Despite her love of
tennis, she has always
prioritized her passion for
learning. Throughout high
school Fenn was named to
the Principal’s Honor Roll
maintaining straight As
and a formidable 4.0 GPA.
Her challenging curriculum
consisted of no less than 10
Advanced Placement classes (including AP biology,
calculus AB, calculus BC,
chemistry, environmental science, psychology,
Spanish, statistics, U.S.
government and politics,
and U.S. history which qualified her for an AP Scholar
Award), gifted and talented
English 9, 10, 11 and a genetics class offered through
Sheridan College.
It is no surprise that Fenn
is the designated valedictorian for the Class of 2016.
Brent Leibach, SHS principal, shared the following
profound statement about
this outstanding senior:
“Julia Fenn is a perfect
example of that one student
that every educator hopes
he/she gets to experience in
a professional career. Julia
combines excellence both
in and out of the classroom
at a level that I have never
witnessed in my 35-year
career. Her GPA and academic scores along with her
extracurricular accomplishments are off the chart, but
it is her leadership, desire,
work ethic and character
that separate her from her
peers. SHS, this community
and this state have all been
the beneficiaries of this
young lady’s achievements.
She is simply the ‘best of the
best’!”
Fenn credits her instructors as instilling and nurturing a desire to learn. “The
teachers at SHS are amazing. They have inspired
me to immerse myself in
the subject material rather
than memorize facts to earn
a grade.” Others who have
guided this remarkable
young lady are first and
foremost, her family. Her
parents, John and Armella
Fenn, and her brother Tom
are admittedly the strongest
forces in her life, reflecting
in her a deep sense of family
values, generosity and kindness. “My family has always
been my biggest supporter
and they have sacrificed so
much of their time to help
me achieve my goals. I will
always be thankful for their
love and support.”
There is not much that
Fenn hasn’t done in giving
back to her community
and being an active participant and integral figure
in many facets of student
activities. She is president
of the National Honor
Society, student council
advisor with the Wyoming
High School Activities
Association, member of the
district and state championship “We the People” team,
member of the Fellowship
of Christian Athletes,
junior board member with
the Sheridan Community
Tennis Association, and was
crowned 2015 Homecoming
Queen. In addition, Fenn
spends time as a math tutor,
tennis instructor and volunteer for many local events
and fundraisers.
One of Fenn’s most difficult decisions of late has
been her choice of colleges.
She had several options,
including academic and
athletic full-ride scholarships, but in the end chose
Michigan State after earning the prestigious Starr
Charitable Foundation
Scholarship which provides
a full-ride academic scholarship as well as being accepted into the Honors Program.
Given her affinity for math
and science, Fenn will pursue a career in medicine.
Local folks will certainly
follow with interest the
future successes of this
impressive individual.
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his Sunday is the birthday of the church. Acts 2 tells
the story of how on the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit
came upon the gathered believers. They all started glorifying God and the folks outside, who came from every
corner of the Roman Empire, heard their
speech each in their own language. Some
wondered what was going on? Others said
they are just full of new wine.
but it is really, “The Acts of the Holy Spirit working
through the Apostles.” On Pentecost, the folks from
everywhere else heard God being praised in their native
languages. As the book goes on telling us of the actions of
Peter, John, Phillip, Stephen, Barnabas and Paul it records
how the good news traveled out into that surrounding
world, carried by Spirit-led people. Their Acts lead them
from Jerusalem to Rome from the religious center to the
political center of the ancient world.
This Sunday we send our young folk off with blessings.
They will find themselves swimming in a deeper end of the
pool and that is how it should be. This Sunday we will give
them our blessing, and pray they know the Spirit is always
with them. We pray that they will always feel that they are
welcome back here, but most of all we pray that they find
a home in Christ’s church wherever they end up. So it is
the Acts of the Holy Spirit through the followers of Jesus
Christ continue. May the seed that we all sow to the world
bear a rich harvest for the Lord.
The congregation I serve will also this
Sunday celebrate our graduating high
school seniors. We have five this year.
By next fall, four of the five plan to be
scattered far from Sheridan. They will
be continuing their formal educations or
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High school graduation is one of the
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most of us it marks a shift away from our
family of origin and toward establishing
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Pentecost sets the tone for the rest of the Book of Acts.
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Church Calendar
ARVADA COMMUNITY CHURCH
(non-denominational)
223 Main St., Arvada, 758-4353. Pastor
Bob Moore. Sunday: 11 a.m. service,
11:30 a.m. children’s Bible study.
BAHA’I FAITH OF SHERIDAN
673-4778. The Baha’i Faith for
Devotional Programs from the sacred
writings of all religions and Study
Circles.
BETHESDA WORSHIP CENTER
5135 Coffeen Ave., 673-0023, www.
bethesdaworship.com. Pastor Scott
Lee. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. service, children’s ministry, nursery. Wednesday:
6 p.m. Bible study, HS youth group
BIG HORN CHURCH
115 S. Third St., Big Horn, 751-2086 or
655-3036. 115 S. Third St., Big Horn,
673-0157. Pastors Sherman Weberg
and Jon Willson. Sunday: 9:15 a.m.,
prayer time; 10 a.m., worship service;
2:00 p.m. Bible study. Wednesday: 7
p.m. youth and adult Bible study
BUDDHIST MEDITATION
FELLOWSHIP
1950 E. Brundage Lane. Sunday: 7-8
p.m. Sessions include discussion
of the dharma reading, sitting and
walking meditation. For information call Victor at 672-3135 or email
[email protected]
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
1660 Big Horn Ave., 672-3149. Pastor
Terral Bearden. Sunday: 9:30 a.m.
Sunday school, 10:45 a.m. worship service, 6 p.m. Bible study.
Wednesday: 7 p.m. prayer meeting.
Thursday: 6 p.m. youth group.
CALVARY CHAPEL SHERIDAN
606 S. Thurmond, 751-2250, www.
ccsheridan.org, email: nanelson@
fiberpipe.net. Pastor Nels Nelson.
Sunday: 10 a.m. non-denominational
worship service, teaching through the
Bible verse by verse.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
1769 Big Horn Ave., 763-6040.
Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Bible classes,
10:30 a.m. worship and communion.
Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. Bible study.
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF
LATTER DAY SAINTS
Ranchester branch, 1066 Big Horn Ave.,
Ranchester, 655-9085. President
James Boulter. Sunday: 10 a.m.
Sacrament meeting, 11:20 a.m.
Sunday school and primary meetings,
12:10 p.m. Priesthood and Relief
Society meetings.
LATTER DAY SAINTS
Sheridan 1st Ward, 2051 Colonial Dr.,
672-2926. Bishop Kim Anderson.
Sunday: 9:30-10:40 a.m. Sacrament
meeting, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Sunday
school meeting, 10:40 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. Primary meeting, 11:40 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. Priesthood, Relief Society
and Young Women’s meetings.
LATTER DAY SAINTS
Sheridan 2nd Ward, 2051 Colonial
Dr., 672-6739. Bishop David Bailey.
Sunday: 1:30-2:40 p.m. Sacrament
meeting, 2:50-4:30 p.m. Primary
meeting, 2:50-3:30 p.m. Sunday
school meeting, 3:40-4:30 p.m.
Priesthood, Relief Society and Young
Women’s meetings.
LATTER DAY SAINTS
Sheridan 3rd Ward, 2051 Colonial Dr.,
673-7368. Bishop Charles Martineau.
Sunday: 9-9:50 a.m. Priesthood,
Relief Society and Young Women’s
meetings, 9-10:40 a.m. Primary
meeting, 10-10:40 a.m. Sunday
school meeting, 10:50 a.m. to noon,
Sacrament meeting.
LATTER DAY SAINTS
Sheridan YSA Branch, 2051 Colonial Dr.,
673-9887, Branch President Bradley
G. Taylor. Sunday: 1 p.m. Priesthood
meeting and Relief Society, 2 p.m.
Sunday school, 2:50 p.m. Sacrament
meeting.
CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY
2644 Big Horn Ave., 751-5238. Father
Lewis Shepherd. Sunday: 10 a.m.
prayer and mass.
CLEARMONT COMMUNITY CHURCH
Across from gymnasium in Clearmont,
758-4597. Pastor Shane Haynes.
Sunday: 9 a.m. worship service, 9:45
a.m. children’s church.
CORNERSTONE CHURCH
4351 Big Horn Ave., 672-8126, www.cornerstoneofsheridan.org, email: [email protected]. Pastor
Tony Forman. Sunday: 8:30 a.m.
worship service, 10:30 a.m. worship
service with children’s church. Call
the church for youth group, Women
of the Word and B.O.O.M. (for kids
grades 1-5) schedules.
DAYTON COMMUNITY CHURCH
318 Bridge St Dayton, 655-2504, Pastor
Matt Tremain, Associate Pastor Collin
Amick. Sunday worship 9 am, Sunday
School 10:30 am, Sunday MS Youth
Group 4pm, HS Youth Group at 5:30,
Awana’s Monday 6:15. Miscellaneous
studies throughout the week.
FAMILY LIFE CENTER (Foursquare
Gospel Church)
118 W. Fifth St., 674-9588, familylifecenter.biz. Pastor Scott Orchard.
Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10
a.m. worship service. Wednesday: 7
p.m. adult Bible study.
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD
1045 Lewis St., 674-6372, email:
fi[email protected]. Pastor
Jay Littlefield. Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday
school, 10 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. evening fellowship.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
3179 Big Horn Ave., 674-6693, www.
fbcsheridanwy.org, email: office@
fbcsheridanwy.org. Senior pastor
John Craft, Associate Pastor of
Community Life Falk Alicke, Associate
Pastor of Youth Ministries Shane
Rosty. Sunday: 9:30 worship service,
Sunday school classes for all ages
and nursery; 10:50 a.m. worship ser-
vice, adult class, children’s programs
and nursery, 6 p.m. senior high youth
group. Wednesday: 6 p.m. junior high
youth group, children’s program and
adult Bible study. Small group Bible
studies meet throughout the week.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
(Disciples of Christ)
102 S. Connor St., 674-6795, www.
sheridandisciples.org. Pastor Doug
Goodwin. Sunday: 8 a.m. worship, 9
a.m. Sunday school, 10 a.m. worship.
Tuesday: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thrift Store
open. Wednesday: 10 a.m. Bible
study. Saturday: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Thrift Store open.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST,
SCIENTIST (Christian Science
Church)
455 Sumner St., 672-2041. Sunday: 11
a.m. church and Sunday school (10
a.m. June-Aug). Wednesday: 7:30
p.m. testimony meeting. Reading
Room: 45 E. Loucks St., Suite 015,
open weekdays except holidays 1:304 p.m.
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
907 Bellevue Ave., 672-2505, Pastor
Jody Hampton. Sunday: 9:45 a.m.
Sunday school for all ages, 10:45
a.m. worship and children’s church,
6:30 p.m. praise and Bible study.
Wednesday: 7 p.m. Bible study and
prayer meeting for all ages.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
(UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST)
100 W. Works St., 672-2668, www.
sheridanfirstcongregationalucc.wordpress.com, email: [email protected]. Sunday: 11 a.m. worship
service. Monday through Friday: noon
to 12:45 p.m. Lunch Together.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
2121 Colonial Drive, Sunday — 8 a.m.
Worship, Communion, 10 a.m.
Worship, Sunday School, Graduate
recognition, 11:30 a.m. Bible Study,
1:30 p.m. Sugarland Worship, 4-6
p.m. Paint Post event. Monday —
Lunch together thru Thursday. 7 p.m.
Bell choir rehearsal, VBS Meeting.
Tuesday, 7 p.m. Session meeting.
Wednesday — 10 a.m. Circles meet.
Thursday, 6:30 a.m. Breakfast Study,
9:30 a.m. Women’s study, 7 p.m. choir
practice. Friday — Office open 8-noon.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
First United Methodist Church for:
Saturday — UM Men’s Parking Lot
Sale. Sunday — Pentecost Sunday
– WEAR RED. Praise Singing 9:30,
Worship Service 9:45, Fellowship
10:45. Tuesday — Closet Open 9:00
a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
GRACE ANGLICAN CHURCH
1992 W. Fifth St., 307-461-0237, email:
[email protected], Facebook:
Grace Anglican Church. Pastor Kevin
Jones. Sunday: 10 a.m. church service.
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH
(Independent-Fundamental)
1959 E. Brundage Lane (one-fourth
mile east of Interstate 90 on Highway
14), 672-7391, www.gracebaptistsher-
idan.org. Pastor Stephen Anderson.
Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday school for all
ages, 11 a.m. worship service with children’s church and nursery provided, 6
p.m. worship service with nursery provided. Tuesday: 6:30 a.m. men’s Bible
study, 9 a.m. women’s Bible study
(every other week). Wednesday: 7
p.m. Bible study and prayer, Bible
club for children and youth.
GRACE CHAPEL
Story. Pastor William Dill. Sunday: 10
a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. worship.
HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH
260 E. Loucks St., 672-2848, www.
holynamesheridan.org, email: [email protected].
Pastor: Father Jim Heiser, Associate
Pastors: Father Brian Hess and
Father Michael Ehiemere. Sunday: 8
a.m., Mass; 10 a.m., Mass; 5:30 p.m.,
Mass. Monday through Thursday: 7
a.m., Mass. Friday: 8:20 a.m., Mass.
Saturday: 8 a.m., Mass; 4-5 p.m.
(or by appointment), Sacrament of
Reconciliation; 6 p.m., Vigil Mass.
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH
(LCMS)
1300 W. Fifth St., 674-6434, email:
immanuellutheran82801@gmail.
com. Pastor Paul J. Cain, email:
[email protected]. Home of
Martin Luther Grammar School (K-5
Classical Christian Education, www.
SheridanMLGS.blogspot.com, email:
[email protected], accredited
by NLSA and CCLE). Sunday: 8:05
a.m. The Lutheran Hour on KWYO
1410 AM, 9:15 a.m. Sunday school and
Bible class, 10:30 a.m. Divine service.
Wednesday: 7 p.m. service. MondayFriday: 9:05 a.m. By the Way on
KROE 930 AM.
LANDMARK INDEPENDENT BAPTIS
T CHURCH
Sheridan Holiday Inn, Sheridan Room,
307-461-0964, email: [email protected]. Pastor Clayton
Maynard. Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday
school, 11 a.m. worship service.
Wednesday: 6 p.m. Bible study.
MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE CHURCH
54 W. Eighth St., 6732-6400, www.
mountainalliance.com. Pastor Ron
Maixner. Sunday: 9 a.m. worship service, 6 p.m. youth group.
MOUNTAINVIEW FELLOWSHIP
BAPTIST CHURCH (SBC)
54 W. Eighth St., 673-4883. Pastor Jim
Coonis. Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday
school, 11 a.m. worship service. Call for
mid-week Bible study information.
NEW COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
24 Grinnell Ave., 672-5790, www.
newcovenantwy.org. Pastor Ron Ellis.
Sunday: 10 a.m. worship, 11:30 a.m.
Sunday school.
OLD APOSTOLIC LUTHERAN
CHURCH
111 Metz Road. Sunday service 11 a.m.
Sunday school follows the morning
service. Everyone welcome.
OUR LADY OF THE PINES CATHOLIC
CHURCH
34 Wagon Box Road, Story, 672-2848.
Saturday: 5:30 p.m. reconciliation,
6 p.m. mass served by Holy Name
Catholic Church.
PRAIRIE DOG COMMUNITY CHURCH
Prairie Dog Community Clubhouse,
southeast of Sheridan at intersection
of Highway 14 East and Meade Creek
Road (County Road 131), 672-3983.
Pastor Terry Wall. Sunday: 9 a.m.
non-denominational worship service.
QUAKER WORSHIP SHARING
(Religious Society of Friends)
Second and fourth Sundays. Call Gary
Senier, 683-2139, for time and place.
RANCHESTER COMMUNITY CHURCH
1000 Highway 14, Ranchester, 6559208. Pastor Claude Alley. Sunday: 9
a.m. Sunday school, 10 a.m., worship
service, 10:15 a.m. children’s church.
Thursday: 9 a.m. to noon, 1-3 p.m.
Community Cupboard and Clothes
Closet open.
THE ROCK CHURCH
Non-denominational, contemporary
Christian church. 1100 Big Horn Ave.,
673-0939, www.bighornrock.com.
Pastor Michael Garneau and Pastor
Rod Jost. Sunday: 8:45, 10:30 a.m.
worship.
ST. EDMUND CATHOLIC CHURCH
310 Historic Highway 14, Ranchester,
678-2848. Mass: Sunday 10 a.m..
Reconciliation: The first Sunday of
the month immediately following
mass. Served by Holy Name Catholic
Church.
ST. PETER’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
1 S. Tschirgi St., 674-7655, email: [email protected]. Pastor John
Inserra — Rector, Family Minister Dr.
John Milliken. Sunday: 7:30 a.m. Quiet
Holy Eucharist with traditional language and no music; 10 a.m. Choral
Holy Eucharist with hymns and choir.
Tuesday: 10 a.m. healing service.
THE SALVATION ARMY
150 S. Tschirgi St. 672-2444 or 6722445. Captain Donald Warriner,
Lieutenant Kim Warriner. Sunday: 10
a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m.,worship.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
345 S. Main St., 672-5969, [email protected]. Pastor Chuck
Gadway, 303-229-2103. Saturday:
9:30 a.m. lesson study, 11:15 a.m.
church service. Call for time and location of home prayer.
SHERIDAN WESLEYAN CHURCH
404 W. Brundage Lane, 672-0612,
www.sheridanwesleyan.org. Pastor
Darrell White. Sunday: 8:30 a.m. worship with children’s church and nursery available, 9:45 a.m. Connection
Hour for all ages, 11 a.m. worship with
children’s church and nursery available. Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. Splash
for children 4-years-old through 5th
grade, 6:30 p.m. transFORMED Youth
for 6-12 grades. Call office for weekly
connection groups schedule.
STORY COMMUNITY CHURCH
4 Ponderosa Drive, Story, 307-2170393, Facebook: Story Community
Church. Pastor John Constantine.
Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 11
a.m. worship, 5:30 p.m. youth group.
SUNRISE ASSEMBLY OF GOD
570 Marion St., 674-8424. Pastor John
Jackson. Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday
school, 11 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. worship. Wednesday: 7 p.m. worship and
adult Bible study.
THEE CHURCH OF CHRIST
45 E. Loucks St. (Old Post Office
Building), Suite 19. 672-2825. Richard
Snider 672-2825, Scott Osborne 6728347. Sunday: 10 a.m. Bible class,
11 a.m. worship and communion.
Wednesday: 7 p.m. Bible study.
TONGUE RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH
(Southern Baptist)
305 Coffeen St., Ranchester, 752-0415,
email: [email protected].
Pastor Granger Logan. Sunday: 9:45
a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. worship,
6:30 p.m. worship. Wednesday: 6:30
p.m. prayer service and Bible study.
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
135 Crescent Drive, 672-2411, [email protected]. Pastor Phil Wold.
Sunday: 8:30 a.m., Worship with
Holy Communion; 9:45 a.m., Coffee
Fellowship, Sunday School for All
Ages, Meet Your Prayer Partner,
Trinity Choir Rehearsal; 11:00 a.m.,
Worship with Holy Communion
(BASICS); 12 Noon, End of Year
Sunday School Picnic at Kendrick
Park. Monday: 6:30 p.m., Sheridan
Arts Council Meets at Trinity; 7:00
p.m., Scouts & Webelos. Tuesday:
12 Noon, Care Team Ministry Meets.
Wednesday: 10:15 a.m., Noah’s Ark
Ice Cream Party, Fellowship Hall;
12 Noon, Pastor’s Class; 1:30 p.m.,
Circle II; 6:00 p.m., BASICS Practice;
7:00 p.m., Trinity Choir Rehearsal.
Thursday: 7:30 a.m., Women’s Early
AM Study at the Holiday Inn; 10:15
a.m., Noah’s Ark Ice Cream Party,
Fellowship Hall; 6:30 p.m., Property
Committee Meeting. Friday: 11:00
a.m.-1:00 p.m., Noah’s Ark Picnic.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
FELLOWSHIP
1950 E. Brundage Lane, 672-3325,
www.sheridanuu.org. President Bill
Bradshaw. We are a welcoming, nondogmatic and spiritually liberal fellowship. Weekly Sunday service and
Montessori-based religious education
for ages 3 years to fifth grade at 10
a.m., followed by a time for coffee
and fellowship. Meditation pratice
every Sunday 7-8 p.m.
VALLEY LUTHERAN CHURCH
(WELS)
Meets at 1981 Double Eagle Drive, Suite
B, 672-9870. Sunday: 9 a.m. Bible
class, 10:15 a.m. Worship.
WAGON WHEEL BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor Terry White. 325-207-1407.
Meets at the YMCA in the Whitney
Room. Sunday:1:30p.m.
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There’s room at the inn
Vacancies rise along with mounting losses of energy jobs
BY ROBERT WITHAM
GILLETTE NEWS RECORD
GILLETTE — In a typical Gillette neighborhood on a residential street lined with signs advertising homes for sale
or rent, Jake Smith is busy moving his family out of their
rental home.
“We moved here in November,” Smith said. “I moved
here to work at Black Thunder (mine). They didn’t tell me
they were going bankrupt before I moved up here.”
Smith worked as a millwright at the mine, and before
moving to Gillette with his wife and two young children,
he was a millwright at a foundry in Utah.
He came to Gillette searching for a better opportunity for
his family, but what he found was a coal industry under
siege. And although Arch Coal Inc.’s Black Thunder mine
is the second most productive coal mine in the nation,
Smith saw the writing on the wall. As a newbie at the
mine, he decided to leave before he was laid off.
Shortly after on March 31, 230 Black Thunder workers
were laid off, along with 235 from Peabody Energy’s North
Antelope Rochelle mine.
“I left before because I knew it was coming, and I was the
new guy, so I tried to get a jump on everybody else finding
a job,” Smith said.
Even with a head start on the job search, Smith said
his strategy didn’t work out. He’s still looking and now is
forced to move.
The Smiths are one of hundreds of Gillette families left
with few options after a year of energy industry layoffs,
mostly from the area’s oil fields and coal mines.
Now the effects of those layoffs are beginning to ripple through the community, and as people take their job
searches outside of Gillette, the city’s vacancy rate is skyrocketing.
About 18 months ago, finding an apartment to rent was
difficult with a stingy vacancy rate of only 0.7 percent. By
the end of March, the vacancy rate had jumped to 12 percent.
For families like the Smiths, having to move to find work
isn’t how they expected to be spending their spring and
summer.
“It’s a pain in the butt,” Smith said. “We have to move
our kids’ schools. We really like it here in Gillette. We
wish we could stay. I’ve been looking hard since January
and I haven’t been able to find anything to keep us here.”
Out of a job and out of money to continue paying his
rent, Smith said he’s out of options.
“There’s no work. Everybody’s jumping ship,” he
said.“It’s crazy how the industry can change everything
that quick.”
For now, the Smiths will put their belongings in a storage unit in Utah. Smith finally lined up a summer job
with a home automation startup that will have the family
traveling over the next few months from Denver to Dallas.
They hope to find something more stable in Utah this fall.
“We’ll see,” he said.
Layoffs lead to vacancies
Energy jobs across the state, and particularly around
Campbell County, have been declining for months as prices for both oil and coal have dropped along with a demand
for production.
Going on a year, it’s been one hit after another for those
commodities.
The most telling blows, however, have been felt since the
beginning of the year, which has seen about 550 high-paying, formerly stable long-term coal mining jobs. While
that was preceded by the loss of thousands of Wyoming oil
jobs, some of those were transient jobs, held by out-of-state
workers who came for the jobs, then left when they dried
up.
For Powder River Basin coal, 2016 has been an unprecedented year. After more than four decades of growth and
stability, the market has bottomed out. That has led to
something workers in the Powder River Basin, home to
the nation’s most productive and efficient coal mines, had
COURTESY PHOTO | GILLETTE NEWS RECORD
Jake Smith carries some of his families’ belongings out of their Harder Drive apartment on April 29. Smith quit his job at Black
Thunder mine in January feeling that layoffs in the industry were eminent.
until recently felt immune from — job insecurity.
Overall, Campbell County has lost 1,700 jobs over a
12-month period, dropping from a workforce of 25,313 in
March 2015 to 23,614 this past March, according to the
Wyoming Department of Workforce Services.
Plenty of apartments
The Smith family is one of many looking outside
Campbell County for better opportunities, and many
believe the exodus that’s leaving more apartments and
rentals vacant will get worse before it improves.
Many of those laid-off coal miners received severance
packages. As that severance money draws thin and the
school year comes to a close, school district officials and
apartment managers said they expect to see more movement when school lets out.
The rental vacancy rate for apartments and other buildings was at a recent low of 0.7 percent during the third
quarter of 2014, according to the city of Gillette Planning
Division. That vacancy rate has climbed every quarter
since, hitting a high of 12 percent during the first quarter
of this year.
Manufactured and mobile home vacancies have also
increased, though not as dramatically. Rental vacancies
for manufactured and mobile homes were at a low of 4.8
percent during the fourth quarter of 2014, and have since
climbed to 9.9 percent.
The combined average rental vacancy rate for both types
of dwellings is now at 11 percent.
The speed of which vacancies have increased “is scary,”
said Kristy Brayton, property manager at Indian Hill
Apartments. “I’m not getting the quality of applicants that
I used to get. It seems like I’m not getting the flat-out traffic
that we used to get.”
Brayton said some of her tenants have moved because
they are financially secure and are taking advantage of
lower housing prices to purchase a home. Many more,
however, are moving because they have lost jobs.
“The majority that have moved out are moving in with
in-laws or family,” she said.
Sara Costello is the property manager for the Warlow
Drive Apartments in Gillette, and said rental numbers are
down across town. She is just waiting it out to see where
the downward trend will bottom out.
“People are weighing their options,” she said about renters. “If they are moving, they are moving out of town.”
Mountain View Apartments only has a few tenants who
are employed in the coal mines, but has lost renters who
were employed in the oil industry.
“The first part of the year we were having a lot leave for
work (elsewhere),” said Kim McCuin, community manager
for Mountain View. Those people mostly worked in oil and
gas.
“When they are leaving, they are going out of state,” she
said
McCuin said she has been working in the business
for 12 years and seen downturns before, but realized in
November that this downturn feels different.
“Nobody is doing anything wrong,” McCuin said. “We’re
all in this together.”
Apartment complexes across the city are discounting
rent and offering move-in specials in an effort to fill vacancies.
Mountain View recently lowered the rent for some
two-bedroom apartments from $785 a month to $705. It is
also offering a $99 deposit special.
By the numbers
Vacancy rates are determined by a quarterly survey
performed by the city’s Planning Department. For the
latest survey, the city surveyed 1,677 apartments or other
residential rental units and 1,431 manufactured or mobile
home units, said Mike Cole, planning manager for the city.
Those represent about half of the rentals in the city.
That means there are about 400 vacant apartments and
rental homes available, a significant jump from an estimated 22 vacancies after the third quarter of 2014 when the
rate was 0.7 percent.
Combined, the apartments and mobile home numbers
represent a vacancy rate of about 11 percent, according to
the city survey. That extrapolates out to about 680 available places to rent in the city.
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THE SHERIDAN PRESS

The Sheridan Press E-Edition May 14, 2016

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