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Commissioners
vote to purchase
bank building
Photo courtesy of the Department of Energy
Rep. David Miller proposed a $15,000 study to determine how Wyoming would cope with a catastrophic national event. Rep. Dan Zwonitzer
said other legislators added an aircraft carrier and raising a standing army to make fun of Miller’s bill. The bill was defeated on a third reading, 30-27, in the House, where it needed 31 votes to pass.
Are you ready for the end?
Lawmakers review symbolic
bills as session wraps up
RYAN JAMES
Rocket-Miner Staff Reporter
ROCK SPRINGS — The Wyoming
Legislature has attracted nationwide attention for a couple of proposed bills
written to make statements about the
federal government.
As the session proceeds to its scheduled end on March 9, state senators and
representatives expressed strong negative and positive feelings about legislation
that attracted the spotlight.
State Rep. Allen Jaggi, R-Lyman, sponsored legislation calling on the U.S. Congress to acquire Central Park in New
York City to introduce wolves and other
endangered species there. Jaggi said the
bill was not to be taken literally, but was
a rebuke of the government telling
Wyoming how to manage its wolves.
“I put it in half in jest and half seriously,” Jaggi said.
JOEL GALLOB
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Kolb said the location was important.
“This building offers tremendous potential for the future, and
the potential for more parking,”
he said.
He also said it will enhance
downtown Rock Springs.
“It will do more than the (Urban Renewal Agency) has done
for that area,” Kolb said. “It will
help that area grow in a positive
direction.”
Commissioners said the site
could host county entities that
are in temporary housing to provide better public access and better services.
“This will be very good for
how the county does business,”
Van Matre said.
West said no entity has talked
about moving to the building, and
while none would be pressed into
relocating, he said the benefits of
a permanent location should be
an incentive.
West also said an architect will
need to remodel the building to
meet Americans with Disabilities
Act requirements.
Commissioners also said this
did not signal a relocation of
county services.
“There is no intent to move any
service that is in Green River to
Rock Springs,” West said.
Johnson said Deputy County
Attorney Cliff Boevers will work
with the bank’s lawyers to complete the transaction.
“As of now, it’s a done deal,”
Johnson said.
ROCK SPRINGS — The
Sweetwater County Commission
voted Tuesday to purchase the
former Rock Springs National
Bank property for $600,000.
Commissioners Gary Bailiff,
Wally Johnson, Don Van Matre
and John Kolb voted to purchase
the property. Commissioner Reid
West abstained from the vote because he has a brother who is on
the bank’s board of directors.
Sweetwater County Commission Chairman Johnson said the
building located at 333 Broadway,
Rock Springs, is an extremely
valuable piece of property. The
building has 20,000 square feet,
and with the going rate of $200
to $300 per square foot, the
building should be worth about
$4 million.
He said the sale would also include the parking lot located at
205 Broadway next to the building.
Johnson said the property
could act as a place to consolidate
services at one location and
would appreciate in value.
“I very much appreciate the
way this was handled,” Johnson
said.
The commissioners also credited the Hays family, including
chief negotiator Keith Hay, for
helping the county get the property for a reasonable price.
Bailiff said negotiations started
at $900,000.
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Carlo Harryman/Rocket-Miner
The Sweetwater County Commission moved to buy the former Rock
Springs National Bank building at 333 Broadway, Rock Springs.
Photo courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Photo courtesy of the National Park Service
Rep. Allen Jaggi, R-Lyman, drafted legislation asking the federal government to manage the land in New York City’s Central Park by turning it into a wilderness area. He
said it was a response to the federal government intervening in the state’s management of its wolf population. The legislation passed the House and was sent to the
Senate, where it died when it was not considered by the committee of the whole.
Wyoming’s wolf management plan has been a
prominent issue this legislative session. In addition
to a bill required before the federal government
can return control of the animals to the state, a
protest bill was submitted in response to the government telling Wyoming how to manage its wolf
population.
Wyoming GOP starts protracted caucus process
MEAD GRUVER
Associated Press
CHEYENNE (AP) — Former
Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney added a small margin to his
Super Tuesday victories by picking up four delegates in the first
round of Wyoming’s Republican
presidential caucuses.
A fifth delegate from the Cow-
boy State went to Texas Rep.
Ron Paul.
Romney edged former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum by
two votes to pick up his first
Wyoming delegate in Laramie
County, the state’s most populous. Big Horn, Natrona and
Washakie counties also went for
Romney.
Republicans in Weston Coun-
ty near the Black Hills in the
state’s northeastern corner
pledged their delegate to Paul.
Tuesday’s voting launched a
long state GOP process that will
choose 29 delegates by the time
it’s over at the Republican state
convention in April.
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2011 drug raid
leads to multiple
arrests, charges
RYAN JAMES
ROCK SPRINGS — One
person pleaded guilty to drug
offenses and was sentenced
Thursday and another was arrested and charged with drug
offenses on Saturday following
a 2011 investigation by Rock
Springs police detectives who
searched two local businesses.
On March 3, detectives with
the
Rock
Springs Police
Department
Street Crimes
Unit arrested
Jesus Sosa on
an outstanding
warrant.
Sosa, 44, of JESUS SOSA
Rock Springs
was charged with 11 counts of
possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to deliver and
defrauding drug screens. Sosa
is a manager at XXX 107 Video
on Ninth Street in Rock
Springs. Sosa’s bond was set
at $4,000 cash or surety.
SEE CHARGES, PAGE 3
Going for the gold to
pull people downtown
PAUL MURRAY
ROCK SPRINGS — To draw
more people downtown, members of the Rock Springs Urban
Renewal Agency Organization
Committee discussed ideas such
as hosting a triathlon race.
During the discussion at the
March 5 meeting, the idea of a
marathon race was rejected since
there are already three or four annual marathon races in Wyoming.
Committee Chairman Cheryl
Confer suggested the triathlon
race possibility.
Urban Renewal Agency board
member John Nootz said he was
concerned about the date of the
event since the URA already
sponsors numerous events during the summer.
Rock Springs City Councilman
Glennise Wendorf, who is the
Council liaison to the URA, said
she would support the triathlon
proposal.
“It could bring in a whole new
set of people,” she said.
Other committee members
suggested a theme to the race,
such as Butch Cassidy, which
might inspire some participants
to come in costume. Committee
member Charlie Winter said this
might cause some controversy,
but at least it would generate
some publicity.
The Organization Committee
took no final action on the
triathlon race proposal. The proposal would be a matter for the
URA board of directors to decide.
The board’s next meeting is
scheduled for 5 p.m. Monday,
March 12 at the URA Office, 450
S. Main St.
RODS & RAILS
URA/Main Street Manager Jeff
Pedersen discussed plans for the
Rods & Rails Car Show on Saturday, June 30. The event will feature motorcycles and boats as
well as cars, Pedersen said.
Winter said one problem with
such events is that the railroad
tracks split downtown and it was
important for people on both
sides of the tracks to feel like they
are a part of the event.
The Organization Committee
discussed how to obtain more
volunteers for events such as the
Blues ‘N Brews Festival on Aug.
11. Nootz suggested asking people in a more positive way. Instead of contacting people and
asking them if they would volunteer, Nootz suggested telling people an event was coming and asking them if they could be counted
on to help.
Otherwise, he said people will
simply come up with reasons why
they cannot help.
Pedersen also discussed the
downtown Farmer’s Market. He
said the URA may end up taking
over sponsorship and responsibility for the event. If the URA does
not take over the Farmer’s Market, the event may be moved
from downtown. Pedersen said
this is a decision that the URA
board would have to make.
Rennard
Jensen,
Connie
Jensen, Dave Swann, Orman
Tripp, Alice Paul and John
Kennedy also attended the Monday meeting.
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‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’
composer dies
LONDON (AP) — How do you
sum up the work of songwriter
Robert B. Sherman? Try one
word: “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.”
The tongue-twisting term,
sung by magical nanny Mary
Poppins, is like much of Sherman’s work — both complex and
instantly memorable, for child
and adult alike. Once heard, it
was never forgotten.
Sherman, an American who
died in London at age 86, was
half of a sibling partnership that
put songs into the mouths of nannies and Cockney chimney
sweeps, jungle animals and
Parisian felines.
CHEYENNE — A bill that expands the definition of public
meetings passed the state House
on Monday.
The House approved Senate
File 27 on third and final reading.
It passed the House in a vote of
56 to 4 with two representatives
excused. The Laramie County
delegation all voted for the bill. It
already has cleared the state Senate.
The House approved an
amendment on Monday from
Rep. Tom Lubnau, R-Gillette.
“This amendment doesn’t
change the law in any way, shape
or form,” he said. “It just makes it
easier to understand.”
The change deals with two
places in the existing statute that
make information confidential.
“We’re just adding some statutory references to make easier understanding of our statutes,” Lubnau said.
The bill will return to the Senate
for consideration of the amendment.
SF 71 clarifies the state’s public
meetings law. It defines meeting
to include communications that
are in person, by telephone or other electronic means.
The bill says that public officials
cannot conduct meetings by electronic methods unless the public
has access, too.
A companion bill that would expand public records is heading for
a conference committee.
The House approved Senate
File 25 last week. Senators voted
against it because of a technical
error in the amendment.
A committee of senators and
representatives will meet to try to
fix the language. As of Monday, a
meeting date had not been set.
Bill attacks
invasive species
CHEYENNE — A bill aimed at
preventing destructive zebra and
quagga mussels from invading
Wyoming’s waters was approved
on first reading in the state House
on Monday.
These organisms are called invasive aquatic species. They
wreak havoc on municipal water
DAN TESLICH
WEST PLAINS, Mo. — Dan
Teslich, 83, of West Plains,
Mo., died Monday, March 5,
2012, at his home.
He was born on
June 23, 1928, in
Rock Springs, to Dan
and Julia Gilbert Teslich.
He married Phyllis
Ann Shelton on June
1, 1970, in Evanston.
She preceded him in
death on Feb. 7,
2008.
Mr. Teslich worked as a
carpenter and was a veteran
who served with the U.S. Air
Force.
He is survived by five children, William Thomas Cates
and wife Karen of Southern
California, Paulanne Kern
Prince Harry runs with Usain Bolt
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) —
It wasn’t much of a race, but
then it really couldn’t have been
as the world’s fastest man and
Britain’s Prince Harry met up on
a track Tuesday in the Jamaican
capital.
Wearing a tracksuit emblazoned with Jamaica’s colors of
green, black and gold, the prince
got off to a false start and was
about 50 meters down the track
as Usain Bolt bent over with
laughter. The Olympic medalist
then jogged up to a grinning
Harry, making one of his signature skyward points for a crowd
of onlookers at the University of
the West Indies in the Jamaican
capital.
Harry then joined Bolt for a
few pointing poses to an appreciative crowd.
Later, the two exchanged
pleasantries and talked about
running for a small audience, including many athletes. The
prince noted Jamaica’s international reputation as a track and
field powerhouse and said it was
impressive for a small nation of
nearly 3 million.
“Don’t go running off to America because you have a clear talent your country needs,” he told
a group of up-and-coming Jamaican athletes as he sat beside
Bolt.
Harry is touring the Caribbean
as part of a Diamond Jubilee tour
in honor of Queen Elizabeth II as
she celebrates 60 years on the
throne. The 27-year-old prince,
who made earlier stops in the
Bahamas and Belize, arrived by
private jet and received a 21-gun
salute from members of the Jamaica Defense Force.
Harry also met with the new
prime minister, Portia Simpson
Miller, who repeated her position
that Jamaica should sever ties
with the British monarchy after
a lighthearted lunch with Harry
and several guests at a 19th-century Georgian-style mansion. Jamaica has been independent
from Britain since 1962 but still
recognizes the queen of England
as the titular head of state.
“This is just another phase in
LEGISLATIVE BRIEFS
Open meetings bill
passes House
Robert Sherman and his brother Richard composed scores for
films including “The Jungle
Book,” “The Aristocats,” “Mary
Poppins” and “Chitty Chitty
Bang Bang.” They also wrote the
most-played tune on Earth, “It’s
a Small World (After All).”
Sherman’s
agent,
Stella
Richards, said Tuesday that Sherman died peacefully in London
on Monday.
Son Jeffrey Sherman paid tribute to his father on Facebook,
saying he “wanted to bring happiness to the world and, unquestionably, he succeeded.”
Jeffrey Sherman told The Associated Press that his father had
learned the craft of songwriting
from his own father, Tin Pan Alley composer Al Sherman.
“His rule in writing songs was
keep it singable, simple and sincere,” Jeffrey Sherman said.
supplies, recreation facilities and
agriculture.
“This is a war in perpetuity,”
said Rep. Kermit Brown, RLaramie. “It will never be over.
Our hope is that it can be a war of
exclusion before (the mussels) get
into Wyoming waters.”
The state decontaminated 18
boats suspected of carrying mussels in 2010 and 10 in 2011.
Senate File 71 will try to hold
the line at the state’s perimeter,
Brown said.
“We’re saying anybody who
brings a boat in the state has to
have it inspected,” he added.
It also broadens the required inspection to include any conveyance that touches water, like a
water truck.
The original bill included an appropriation of $1.7 million. That
has been cut to $283,000 of onetime money, mostly to pay for
signs, plus another $569,000 for
the biennium.
our political history,” she told reporters after the lunch, without
offering a deadline for a possible
change.
Though many older Jamaicans
are fond of the woman affectionately known as “Mrs. Queen,”
pro-republic sentiment on the island has increased in recent
years. Simpson Miller said that
many Jamaicans were behind the
move to replace the queen and
instead adopt a republican form
of government.
But she stressed that Jamaica
would continue to have very
close ties with Britain and that
she harbored no bad feelings toward the queen.
“She is so warm. We’re all in
love with her,” she said. Minutes
before, she quipped that she was
charmed also by Harry, telling
reporters: “We might not let him
go.”
About a decade ago, former
Prime Minister P.J. Patterson
made a similar call to replace the
queen but the effort fizzled amid
political bickering. In 2002, Jamaica’s Parliament moved to
sever ties with its former ruler by
changing its oath of allegiance
from the queen to the Jamaican
constitution.
The change to a republican
form of government requires a
public referendum and amending Jamaica’s constitution.
Harry arrived for their lunch in
a black Range Rover under
heavy security. The two embraced and warmly chatted on
the steps of the Devon House
mansion, where they ate citrus
salad with mango dressing,
jerked pork, curried coconut
shrimp and Jamaica’s Blue
Mountain coffee.
In an interview Thursday with
The Associated Press, Simpson
Miller said political change is
necessary to eliminate the vestiges of colonialism.
“I think the fact that August
coming will be 50 years since we
have gained our independence,
that it’s time for us to sever the
ties,” she had said.
At the track stadium, though,
there was nothing but enthusiasm for the prince, especially
among the young women in the
crowd. Female university students waved enthusiastically and
cheered for him, calling for him
to come out of his motorcade.
“It’s the first time I have ever
been this close to royalty,” 23year-old medical student Shikera
Fearon said as the prince pulled
away.
and husband Wayne of
Racine, Wis., Rodney Cates
and wife Fontella of West
Plains, Cheryl Martinez and husband
Floyd
of
Rock
Springs and Cathy
Leatherwood
and
husband Billy of West
Plains; 14 grandchildren; several greatgrandchildren; three
sisters, Helen Bush of
Ogden, Utah, Mildred
Brent of Olympia, Wash., and
Julia Leatherwood of West
Plains; and several nieces and
nephews.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, wife and two
grandchildren.
Condolences can be left at
robertsondrago.com.
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Council tables
proposed city
ordinances
PAUL MURRAY
ROCK SPRINGS — Four ordinances, including one to make
private parking lot owners responsible for filling potholes
and another to change fire lane
requirements, were tabled before a third reading Tuesday.
Rock Springs Mayor Carl
Demshar and City Councilmen
Glenn Sugano, Rob Zotti, David
Halter, David Tate, Joyce Corcoran and Billy Shalata voted to
table the proposals. Councilman
Chad Banks was absent.
In an interview following the
meeting, Demshar said he directed city staff to review the
proposed amendments to determine if any stipulations are already included in the city code.
He said they would need to
make this determination and
clean up the language before
there could be further consideration of the amendments.
BLIND TRAINING FACILITY
The Council also approved
sending a letter to state lawmakers stating their support for a
training facility in Rock Springs
for blind and visually-impaired
people. The facility would be designed to help people achieve
social and economic independence.
Rock Springs resident Robin
Lonnevik and Green River Lions Club President Harry
Holler both appeared to request
city support for the training facility.
Holler said Wyoming does
not have a single facility of its
own to train and provide vocational education for blind and
visually-impaired people.
Lonnevik said, “It’s really sad
that Wyoming citizens have to
leave the state to get help.”
Holler said the letter would
help the state Lions Clubs get
funding for the proposed facility during the 2013 legislative
session.
“I think it’s a wonderful
thing,” Corcoran said.
Green River Lions Club President Harry Holler, center left, and Rock
Springs resident Robin Lonnevik, center right, appeared before the
Rock Springs City Council on Tuesday to request a letter of support
to the Wyoming Legislature for the proposed training facility in
Rock Springs for the blind and visually-impaired.
Santorum, Romney duel
in Ohio, split other states
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick
Santorum and Mitt Romney
split six states and dueled in an
almost impossibly close race in
Ohio on a Super Tuesday that
stretched from one end of the
country to the other in the most
turbulent Republican presidential race in a generation.
A resurgent Santorum broke
through in primaries in Oklahoma and Tennessee and in the
North Dakota caucuses, raising
fresh doubts about Romney’s
ability to corral the votes of conservatives in some of the most
Republican states in the country. Romney had a home-state
win in Massachusetts to go with
victories in Vermont and in Virginia, where neither Santorum
nor Newt Gingrich qualified for
the ballot. He also led in early
Idaho caucus returns and —
most important — padded his
lead for delegates to the Republican National Convention.
On the busiest night of the
campaign season, Ohio was the
marquee matchup. No Republican has ever won the White
House without carrying the
state in the fall.
After trailing for much of the
night, Romney forged ahead in
a count that stretched toward
midnight. With votes tallied in
91 percent of the state’s
precincts, he led by about 5,000
votes out of 1.1 million cast.
Gingrich had a victory in his
column — his first win in more
than six weeks.
Texas Rep. Ron Paul pinned
his hopes on Idaho and Alaska
as he scratched for his first victory of the campaign season.
Whatever the outcome, Romney was on track to pad his lead
in the hunt for delegates.
Applications for Green River
sewer insurance coming soon
JOEL GALLOB
Rocket-Miner Reporter
GREEN RIVER — Green River is preparing to send information on sewer insurance to residents following the City Council’s decision to make property
owners responsible for the lines
connecting homes with the sewer main, even when pipes
stretch beyond property lines.
Green River Public Information Officer Stephen Pyles said
the city has gotten a lot of calls
and complaints about the utility
line protection program. He said
homeowners can expect to get a
brochure in the mail with city
utility bills in late March or early April that will explain the insurance program and enable
homeowners to sign up.
Pyles said research showed
eight of 10 Wyoming cities contacted require homeowners to
be responsible for their sewer
lines all the way to the main line
in the road. The Council amended the code to define who is responsible for sewer lines.
Pyles said the city will offer
homeowner insurance for sewer
lines through Service Line Warranties of America under an
agreement with the National
League of Cities, of which
Green River is a member.
Pyles said residents will be
able to take out insurance under
the program for a cost of $4 to
$6 per month. He said the payout for a broken line would cover $4,000 in repair costs.
In addition, Pyles said homeowners can also take out waterline insurance under the same
program and cost to receive a
$4,000 maximum.
Pyles said there are no annual caps on the insurance, so the
insurance can be used any number of times per year by an insured homeowner. He also said
tree root damage would be covered in the warranty program.
Pyles said the city is not a
party to the insurance and contracts would be between homeowners and the insurance company.
City Councilman Gary Killpack said, “If you do an annual
payment, you get a 15 percent
discount, and that is on top of
the 10 percent the city is turning
back to the citizens.”
The insurer had offered
Green River 10 percent on each
sale, but the Council said it
would use the money to provide
a 10 percent discount in prices.
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Trooper injured in
one-car rollover Sat.
LARAMIE — A Wyoming Highway Patrol
trooper stationed in Laramie remains hospitalized with non-life threatening head, neck
and hand injuries sustained when the troopers patrol vehicle rolled early Saturday morning.
The trooper was injured and remained in
the patrol vehicle during the rollover maneuver due to properly wearing the vehicle’s seat
belt and shoulder harness.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol Dispatch
Center in Cheyenne received a cell phone call
from a passer-by just after midnight on Saturday reporting that a patrol car had rolled into
the median divider east of Laramie. The
crash occurred approximately seven miles
east of Laramie in a section known locally as
Telephone Canyon.
The trooper, who was westbound and negotiating a downhill left-hand curve in the
roadway, was attempting to catch up to a vehicle when a patch of black ice was encountered on the roadway.
The black ice caused the trooper to lose
control of the vehicle as it went off the roadway into the median and struck the cement
divider. After impacting the cement divider,
the vehicle then rolled one complete time
coming to rest in the roadway.
The trooper had to be extricated from the
vehicle by Laramie Fire Department personnel and was alert when transported by ground
ambulance to Ivinson Memorial Hospital in
Laramie.
The Ford patrol vehicle, which landed on its
wheels after rolling, is a total loss.
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GOVERNMENT CONTINUITY
Rep. David Miller, R-Riverton,
introduced what became known
as the doomsday bill. It would
have funded a $15,000 study to
determine how well Wyoming is
prepared for a nationwide political and economic collapse.
However, it drew national attention following the addition of
proposals for the state to implement a draft, raise a standing
military and buy an aircraft carrier.
Rep. Dan Zwonitzer, RCheyenne, said he supported the
study proposed by the bill, but
the aircraft carrier and state military were added by other legislators to make fun of the basic
premise.
He stressed the additions
were eliminated before the
Wyoming House voted on it.
“There is some charged language in that bill. The media got
away from us on that one,”
LOCAL VOTES
House Bill 85, study on government continuity
House, third reading
Aye: Rep. Allen Jaggi
Nays: Reps. Joe Barbuto, Stan Blake, Bernadine Craft, John Freeman
Excused: Rep. Kathy Davison
House Joint Resolution 13, creating a Central Park wilderness
House, third reading
Aye: Jaggi
Nays: Barbuto, Blake, Craft, Freeman
Excused: Davison
Zwonitzer said. “That (bill) I
thought actually had some good
purpose, and the intent was solid. It really was meant to insulate Wyoming, to protect it.”
Rep. John Hastert, D-Green
River, said the introduction of
these bills took away time on the
floor, time in committees and
spent taxpayer money.
During the biennial session,
there is less time for lawmakers
to focus on legislation beyond
the budget.
For example, Rep. Stan Blake,
D-Green River, said a Medicaid
and hospice bill died Monday
night for a lack of time because
they wasted so much time on
distracting proposals.
“There’s a lot of good bills that
go by the wayside while we debate nonsense,” Blake said.
Rep. Bernadine Craft, D-Rock
Springs, said discussing joint
resolutions like the Central Park
wilderness bill takes an amazing
amount of their time.
Hastert said resolutions are
basically meaningless. Mostly,
resolutions are used to tell the
U.S. Congress where a state legislature stands on a particular issue, Hastert said.
Of 76 resolutions introduced
in the past six years, only 12
were passed and only one received a response from the federal government.
“I think it’s a poor use of our
time and a poor use of our resources,” Craft said.
Rep. Clarence Vranish, REvanston, said sometimes the
Legislature just needs some
comic relief.
CHARGES
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for
April 16.
In March 2011, investigators said they
seized hundreds of suspected drug paraphernalia. According to Wyoming statute, drug
paraphernalia means all equipment, products
and materials of any kind when used, advertised for use, intended for use or designed for
use for manufacturing, converting, preparing,
packaging, repackaging, storing, containing,
concealing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling or
otherwise introducing into the human body a
controlled substance.
Law enforcement officers also said they
found numerous synthetic urine kits and
detoxifying agents, which are commonly used
to defeat blood or alcohol screenings. It is unlawful for anyone to deliver or possess with
the intent to deliver, drug paraphernalia or to
offer for sale synthetic urine or any objects
designed to falsify blood or alcohol screenings.
DENNIS HANNEY
Dennis Hanney, owner of Rose Petal Lingerie, pleaded guilty to 13 misdemeanor
charges Feb. 29. Hanney was charged with
seven counts of delivery or possession of
paraphernalia with intent to deliver, four
counts of delivery or possession of alcohol
screening devices and two counts of unlawful
possession of a schedule I controlled sub-
stance known as spice, a synthetic cannabinoid that mimics the effects of THC in marijuana.
The RSPD seized thousands of paraphernalia as well as synthetic urine kits and detoxifying agents during the 2011 raid. When
asked about the gap between Hanney’s arrest
in July 2011 and conviction in February, RSPD
Detective Tim Robinson said the results of
the chemical analysis on the spice were unavailable for several months.
Hanney has been free on bond since July
and pleaded guilty to the charges in a plea
agreement, Robinson said.
Hanney was placed on four-year supervised
probation.
CAUCUS
Statewide, Romney won 57
percent of Tuesday’s caucus vote.
Santorum won 33 percent, Paul 3
percent, and Gingrich 0 percent.
Seven percent of the 487 caucus
votes were uncommitted.
At the Laramie County caucus
in Cheyenne, Jack Mueller was
chosen as the Romney delegate
and urged his fellow Republicans
to unite against President Barack
Obama this fall.
“We need to talk more about
OMG,” Mueller said as he turned
over a clipboard and read a
bumper sticker on the back:
“Obama Must Go.”
Another Laramie County caucus-goer, wearing black boots
and a bolo tie, said he would prefer Santorum or Gingrich — but
would settle for Romney as the
nominee if it came to that.
“If Romney becomes the
choice of the Republican Party,
naturally I’ll vote for Romney because another four years of Obama ... forget about it,” said Eric
Miller of Cheyenne.
Wyoming has more Republican
delegates than such states as
Connecticut, Nevada and Oregon. Wyoming has a Republican
governor, all-Republican congressional delegation and Republican
majorities in its Legislature, all of
which grant it additional delegates under Republican National
Committee rules.
Still, no candidate has campaigned or run major advertising
in the Cowboy State. While overwhelmingly
Republican,
Wyoming is geographically isolated from all of the other Super
Tuesday states except Idaho,
making it a costly and time-consuming place to campaign.
In 2008, Romney won eight of
12 delegates in the Wyoming caucuses, which were held in January
in a bid to increase their influence. The national party docked
Wyoming half of its 28 national
convention votes that year because it broke party rules by moving up its caucus date.
Even then, Wyoming’s caucus-
es — sandwiched between Iowa
and New Hampshire — drew little attention, and none of the major candidates visited.
Last month, Romney won a
straw poll of registered Republicans at precinct caucuses and
Santorum was a close second.
The straw poll was nonbinding,
however, and didn’t involve the
same Republicans who vote for
national delegates.
This week’s voters are party insiders who were chosen at the
precinct caucuses.
On Wednesday, Niobrara
County Republicans will choose
another delegate. Republicans in
Carbon, Lincoln, Johnson, Park,
Platte and Sublette counties
choose six delegates at county
meetings scheduled Saturday.
Wyoming’s 11 other counties
will send alternates to the Republican National Convention in
Tampa, Fla., in August. Fourteen
at-large delegates will be chosen
at next month’s Wyoming state
convention, while Wyoming’s two
Republican National Committee
members and the state party
chair are automatic national delegates.
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Tiny Tots Pinups
FIRST CANDLE: Lillian Nicole
Harbison celebrated her 1st
birthday on March 6, 2012. She
is the daughter of Josh Harbison and Britney Gould, both of
Rock Springs. Her grandparents
are Shelly Bergeron of Rock
Springs, Rory and Brandace
Eckhardt of Casper and the late
Amy Solis. Her great-grandparents are Ken and Roberta Ward
and Dennis and Eileen Carlson,
all of Rock Springs, and Butch
Gould of Michigan. She has a
brother, Kevin, 3.
SWEET GIRL: Charlie Rose
Pierantoni celebrates her 3rd
birthday on March 7, 2012. She
is the daughter of Cody and
Amy Pierantoni of Rock
Springs. Her grandparents are
Jim and Kathy Pierantoni of
Rock Springs and Johnnie and
Rosie Dillman of Torrington.
Her great-grandparents are
Sarah Pierantoni and Lorrie
and Pat Pivic, all of Rock
Springs, and Pauline Dillman of
Torrington. She has a sister,
Camryn May Pierantoni, 10;
and a brother, Conner Marino
Pierantoni, 7.
NASA Space Grant Community College STEM Scholars include from the left, Robert Hawkes, Amanda Gerrard, Cody Nice and Whitney Cranmore.
WWCC students benefit
from NASA scholarships
ROCK SPRINGS — Wyoming
NASA Space Grant Community
College STEM Scholarships
were recently awarded to 10
Western Wyoming Community
College students.
Students who received the
scholarship are Rock Springs
residents Kayleigh Ackerman,
Robert Hawkes, Sierra Johnson,
Jessica Kostoff and Cate Vercimak; from Green River, Corey
Worden; from Evanston, Amanda Gerrard; from Gillette, Cody
Nice; from Utah, Cameron
Lowry; and from Montana,
Whitney Cranmore.
According to WWCC Assis-
tant Professor of Information
Technology Carla Hester-Croff,
local Space Grant Advisory
Board representative, students
at affiliated community colleges
who are majoring in science,
technology, engineering, math
and some health science fields
are eligible for STEM scholarships.
The students must be fulltime students and U.S. citizens.
Qualified majors at WWCC
include chemistry, computer
science, engineering, geology,
mathematics, physics, biological
sciences and pre-pharmacy. In
additions to WWCC, communi-
ty college affiliates with
Wyoming include Casper College, Northern Wyoming Community College District, Central
Wyoming College, Eastern
Wyoming College, Laramie
County Community College
and Northwest College and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
STEM scholarships are a program of the Wyoming NASA
Space Grant Consortium, which
sponsors educational and research programs in support of
NASA’s missions and serves as
a link between residents of
Wyoming and NASA programs.
Wyoming NASA Space Grant
Consortium is one of 52 consortia representing each state, the
District of Columbia and Puerto
Rico.
Programs in addition to
STEM scholarships at affiliated
community colleges include research fellowships for students
at Wyoming’s two- and fouryear colleges, resources for
Wyoming elementary and secondary school teachers and educational programs for the general public.
For more information visit wyomingspacegrant.uwyo.edu.
Attention GRHS seniors: Would
you like a $1,000 scholarship?
GREEN RIVER — The Mark
Levitt Scholarship Committee is
offering a $1,000 scholarship to a
Green River High School senior.
Students who have maintained
a C average who are graduating
in May 2012 are encouraged to
apply. The scholarship can be
used for any certificate, advanced
diploma, degree or trade school
program. The deadline to apply
for the scholarship is March 15.
The scholarship is named after
Levitt, who was a teacher who
died of cancer.
Qualifying students need to
provide an essay of no more than
1,000 words introducing themselves, identifying the qualities
they share with Levitt and an explanation of how these qualities
exemplify their own integrity and
HOW TO APPLY
Applications will be taken only through e-mail. All essays, photos,
videos and documents must be attached to a plain-text email and
sent to [email protected]. The deadline is March 15.
The e-mail must include:
• Mark Levitt Memorial Scholarship Application in the subject
line.
• An applicant’s full name, address and phone number.
• The student’s grade-point average.
• The certificate, advanced diploma, degree or trade school program an applicant seeks to attain. There must also include an address and phone number for the program. Organizers said proof of
acceptance into the program is advisable.
strong personal character.
Students are encouraged to be
creative. In addition to the essay,
students may send written works,
videos or pictures showing their
artwork or designs. Organizers
said the examples should give an
impression of the applicants,
their future plans, the programs
they plan to attend after gradua-
tion and their passions.
Organizers said Levitt was an
exceptionally good teacher who
had not been an exceptionally
good student. They said even as
a student, he had ideas about
teaching and was later passionate
about the subjects he taught, the
students in the classes he taught
or teams he coached and about
education as a whole. The scholarship application said Levitt believed education was more than
the grade or the ambition to earn
the grade. It said Levitt thought
learning was a lifelong endeavor.
For more information about
the scholarship, send an e-mail to
[email protected] with a
reference to the Mark Levitt
Memorial Scholarship in the subject line.
Paintings of dogs fetch prices to bark at
SUE MANNING
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dogs
seem to be as popular on a canvas
these days as they are on a leash,
with paintings of dogs drawing
big bucks and big crowds.
At the annual “dogs only” art
auction held after the Westminster Dog Show, two price records
were broken this year, said Alan
Fausel, vice president and director of fine art at Bonhams, the
auction house that runs the
event.
“Dejeuner,” a painting that
shows dogs and cats eating from
a large dish, set a record for the
artist, William Henry Hamilton
Trood (1860-1899), when it sold
for $194,500, Fausel said. That
record was broken an hour later
when Trood’s “Hounds in a Kennel,” showing a half-dozen dogs
staring at a bird outside their
cage, sold for $212,500.
Bonhams’ Dogs in Show &
Field auction is the only one in
the country devoted solely to
dogs. It was the best auction in
years, Fausel said, adding: “The
dog art market is certainly turning a corner.”
The William Secord Gallery in
Manhattan is the only gallery in
the nation dedicated exclusively
to dog art. “We have had an increase in visitors over past years,
but also a substantial increase in
sales compared to this time last
year,” said Secord, widely considered the world’s foremost authority on 19th century dog paintings.
Through March 24, the gallery is
exhibiting and selling 150 dog
pieces that Geraldine Rockefeller
Dodge bequeathed to St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center in
Madison, N.J.
AROUND SWEETWATER COUNTY
United Methodist
Women discuss
history, new
members
ROCK SPRINGS — The
United Methodist Women
met and discussed mission
pledges and church membership on March. 1.
During the meeting hosted
in the social hall of the
church, Ethel Nauman presented the prayer calendar.
Three missionaries have
birthdays this month.
Nauman also said it is
Women’s History Month and
spoke of women’s place in the
world.
She said in some countries
women are considered worthless and killed at birth.
The group also planned
how to honor the 20 new
members received at the
church. The group decided to
present them with a cake during coffee hour on March 4.
Following the meeting,
Marj Schaefer presented a
pledge service program where
members made pledges for
missions.
Those attending were President Mary Lou Henderson,
Schaefer, Alma O’Hare, Nauman, Irene Hanrahan, Mary
Lou
Jessen,
Shirley
Gasperetti, Betty Jane Leosco
and Margaret Bettolo.
The next meeting will be on
April 5.
Buddecke, Paugh
win at bunco
games
ROCK SPRINGS — Marcia
Buddecke had the most buncos, and Theresa Paugh had
the most wins at the March 2
bunco games played at the
Young at Heart Recreational
Center.
Mary Jane Mathews won
the traveling prize. Marge
Christiansen and Luella Logan tied with the most losses.
Other bunco players included Holly Burke, Delma Miller,
Norma Paoli and Darhl
Simkin.
Hill, Rafferty win at
pinochle games
ROCK SPRINGS — Lorraine Hill was the winner of
the March 1 pinochle games
played at the Young at Heart
Recreational Center.
Jim Rafferty placed second,
and Betty DuPape came in
third.
Other pinochle players included James Baker, Betty Bybee, Merry Jackson, Luella
Logan, Frank Willoughby,
Bob Willoughby and Gary
Jensen.
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Celebrating Seuss
ROCK SPRINGS: Learning Land Preschool students celebrated the birthday of Dr. Seuss. Participants included,
front from left, Kylynne Leon, Brody Bodenhagen, Jensyn Cordova, Gracie Green and Tucker Hansen; and,
in back, Clara Luzmoor, Ethan Veesart, Karston Searle, Corynn Bell and Parker Costantino.
Starzz
ROCK SPRINGS: Members of the Junior Jazz fifth- and sixth-grade division Starzz basketball team include, front from left, Jenae Ramirez, Skya Legerski, July Martinez and Shelby Click; and, in back, coach
Sandy Thomas, Abby Bettolo, Sarye Thomas, Shawnee May and coach Becky Legerski.
Supporting Students
ROCK SPRINGS: Expedition Academy received a check from United Steelworkers Local 13214. They donated money to help support the breakfast program at Expedition Academy. Staff members donate their services to prepare the meals so the students can start their day with a hot breakfast. Expedition Academy and
Sweetwater County School District No. 2 food service work together purchasing supplies for the breakfast
so that it is bought at the most affordable price possible. United Steelworkers Local 13214 help make this
program possible by providing money to purchase the breakfast food. Those who attended the presentation are, from left, Principal John Poole, students Maddyson Wagstaff, Madisen Danzl and James Johnson, and United Steelworkers Local 13214 Pat Gomez.
Students Of The Week
ROCK SPRINGS: The Independence High School students of the week were Kolby Kinnear, left, and
Micheil Thompson, right. They were honored by Principal Randy “Doc” Wendling.
Estrogen lowers breast cancer risk in some women
MARIA CHENG
AP Medical Writer
LONDON (AP) — Women who
take estrogen after menopause
appear to have a lower risk of
breast cancer even years after
they quit taking the hormone, according to a new analysis of a
landmark study.
The results are reassuring news
for women who have had hysterectomies and use the pills to relieve hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause, the researchers and other doctors say.
Previous observational studies
have suggested a possible connection between estrogen and breast
cancer. The new research found
women who had a hysterectomy
who took estrogen-only pills for
about six years were about 20 percent less likely to develop breast
cancer than those who didn’t take
the hormone, and the benefit lasted for at least five years. The
study was published online
Wednesday in the journal, Lancet
Oncology.
“If women are suffering from
serious menopause symptoms
and have had a hysterectomy,
then estrogen alone is a reasonable approach,” said Garnet Anderson, of the Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center in Seattle and the study’s lead author.
Doctors have long prescribed
hormones for women after
menopause to relieve symptoms
like hot flashes and night sweats.
The pills were also believed to be
good for bones, the heart and
have other health benefits.
In the 1990s, researchers began
a large, U.S. funded study, known
as the Women’s Health Initiative,
looking at the effects of estrogenprogestin combination pills and
estrogen-only therapies. The estrogen-progestin part of the study
was stopped in 2002 when the
combo pill was linked to higher
risks for heart attacks and breast
cancer. In 2004, the estrogen
study was halted after researchers
detected stroke and blood clot
risks in that group.
Those results shook up conventional wisdom about hormone replacement therapies and led
women to stop taking them in
droves. Now the advice is to take
the hormones to relieve symptoms at the lowest dose possible
for the shortest amount of time
because of the potential risks.
Estrogen-only pills are recommended for the approximately 25
percent of women in menopause
who have had hysterectomies.
Other women are prescribed the
combo pill: estrogen alone can
raise their risk of cancer of the
uterus.
In the new analysis, Anderson
and colleagues tracked more than
7,600 postmenopausal women
aged 50 to 79 who had a hysterectomy. Roughly half took estrogen
while the other half took placebo
pills for about six years. Most
women in both groups had yearly mammograms. The women
were followed for about 12 years.
In the group that took estrogen,
there were 151 cases of breast cancer versus 199 in those on fake
pills. That amounted to a 23 percent lower risk of cancer, researchers said. In women who developed breast cancer, there were
six deaths among those who had
taken estrogen compared to 16 in
those who took placebos. The
lower risk of breast cancer didn’t
apply to women with a family history of the disease or those who
previously had benign breast
lumps. Doctors said women
should not take estrogen to lower
their breast cancer risk since the
hormone comes with slightly
higher chances of stroke and
blood clots. Research published
last year found those problems
appeared to fade after women
stopped taking the pills.
“Estrogen on its own appears to
be safe,” said Dr. Anthony Howell,
professor of medical oncology at
the University of Manchester,
who co-authored a commentary
in journal. Scientists aren’t sure
why estrogen appeared to lower
the risk of breast cancer, but Howell said altering the amount of estrogen in the body might help
stop tumor growth, since fluctuating levels could interfere with tumor development.
Other experts weren’t convinced. “It’s inconsistent with the
totality of evidence that finds estrogen increases breast cancer
risk,” said Valerie Beral, director of
the cancer epidemiology unit at
Oxford University. She said the
analysis was a subset of a larger
trial that wasn’t designed to
specifically look at breast cancer.
“If you want to take hormone
replacement therapy, estrogenonly has a much lesser effect on
breast cancer than with progestin,” she said. “But to say it protects against breast cancer is
wrong.”
Dr. Peter Bowen-Simpkins,
medical director of the London
Women’s Clinic and a spokesman
for Britain’s Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists,
said the study was still reassuring
news for women who had hysterectomies seeking relief from
menopausal symptoms.
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Lady Tigers
prowl on to state
Defensive-minded Rock Springs faces nemesis
Gillette in opening round of 4A tourney
ROBERT MORGAN
Rocket-Miner Sports Reporter
ROCK SPRINGS — It’s been
a successful road for the Rock
Springs High School girls’ basketball team this season.
The Lady Tigers easily finished second in the 4A western
conference play, captured thirdplace honors at the regional
tournament and won 23 games
this season. The reward for a job
well done: a trip to the state
championship tournament.
Rock Springs’ six seniors
have a chance to win one more
piece of hardware with the help
of their underclassmen teammates, who would like nothing
more than to help make that
happen.
The Lady Tigers will have
their hands full right from the
start. They will kick off bracket
play at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at
Casper College against Gillette
High School.
The Lady Camels had the top
seed from the Eastern Conference before last weekend’s regional tournament. They were
upset, 54-36, by second-seeded
Laramie High School in the finals. GHS had swept LHS during the season and was the favorite to earn the season sweep
at regionals.
The Lady Camels enter the
state tournament with an 18-7
overall record. The team’s last
win was in the second round of
the regional tournament, where
GHS defeated Cheyenne East
High School, 59-36.
TIGER OUTLOOK
RSHS brings a 17-8 record in
the state finals, where it is seeking a top-three finish regardless
of the opponent. RSHS seeks a
much different outcome than in
week three of the season when
it lost a 71-45 decision to the
Lady Camels.
The Lady Tigers have turned
things around since the first
month of the season by using a
stingy defense that only allows
44.2 points a game average.
They proved that point at regionals last week in a 42-36 upset loss to Evanston High
School and a 38-24 win over
Kelly Walsh High School in the
third-place game.
The defense has been anchored by the play of senior tandem Grace Newman and Theresa Allgaier. They rank fifth and
sixth in the Western Conference
with 2.5 steals averaged a game.
Rock Springs will need its
trademark defense against a
GHS team that ranks second in
the state in scoring with 63.3
points a game. Only an undefeated 23-0 Natrona County
High School scores more at
63.6 points per outing.
The Lady Camels’ offensive
star is Sierra Toms, No. 20, who
ranks fourth in scoring in the
conference with 14.3 points a
game. Another scoring threat
from GHS is Dani Williams, No.
3, who averages 10.3 points a
game.
One reason for the duo’s
point production is the play of
point guard Julia Seamans, No.
4, who ranks second in
Wyoming in assists with 3.2 a
game.
RSHS is not without its offensive gems. Allgaier ranks second
BY THE NUMBERS
Rock Springs
Gillette
46
Points per game
63.3
44.2 Points allowed per game 45.3
17
Wins
18
267
Total steals
445
36 Three-pointers per game 82
6.6 Offensive rebound avg. 11.9
58 Free Throw percentage 68
in scoring in the West Conference with 11.3 points and 2.6 assists a game. Grace Newman is
not far behind as she is fourth in
the conference at 9.2 points a
night. She is also second in rebounding with 7.4 per rebounds
contest.
The Lady Tigers have several
other playmakers who have
helped shape this into a banner
season. Freshman post Mariah
Smith is the team’s top offensive rebounder and ranks eight
in total rebounds in the conference at 5 per game. Senior Dani
Torpey is also first off the bench
and has been an enforcer at
both ends of court.
Senior Amanda Jackson and
sophomore Grace Newman are
two reasons why RSHS’ fullcourt pressure defense has frustrated teams this season. The
duo is quick and plays a big part
in why the Tigers have a knack
in forcing more than 18
turnovers a game.
The winner between RSHS
and GHS will advance to the
semifinals to face the winner between No. 1 NCHS and CEHS
at 4:30 p.m. Friday. The loser
will return to the court at 10:30
a.m. Friday against the loser of
the same game.
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Rock Springs High School sophomore point guard Summer Newman looks for an opening in the defense
before making her move. The Lady Tigers hope to make a winning move at the state tournament with a
Thursday first-round game against Gillette High School.
RS, GR girls wrap up successful indoor track season
ROBERT MORGAN
Rocket-Miner Sports Reporter
GILLETTE — Rock Springs and
Green River high schools had fewer female track and field athletes than most
of the 4A schools at the state championships over the weekend, but that did
not prevent the teams from turning in
some of the best times in Wyoming.
Both schools completed the twomonth season by placing athletes in the
top eight of several events. Most of the
qualifiers are underclassmen who provide plenty of promise for the upcoming
outdoor season as well as next year on
the indoor surface.
RSHS had the best local finish in the
team standings as it was seventh with 30
points, six spots in front of GRHS with
14. Cheyenne East High School ran away
with the state title with 85 points, just
ahead of runner-up Gillette High School
with 79.5. Cody High School was third
with 74 points.
Lady Tiger Karli Piaia turned in one of
the best individual performances. Despite a nagging muscle pull, the freshman managed to finish in the top five of
two events and was among the fastest in
another race. She gave the Tigers their
highest finish when she captured third-
place honors in the 1,600 meters with a
time of 5:33.37 seconds, her second
fastest time of the year. Selina Ramsey
was seventh in the same event with a
speedy time of 5:36.48.
Piaia earned her way back on the podium where she finished fifth in the 3,200
meters with a time of 12:09.42. Ramsey
was just two spots behind once again after she stopped the clock at 12:14.52.
RSHS’ Mesa Weidle also took seventh
in the 400 meters with a time of 1:02.57.
Emily O’Lexey gave Rock Springs its
best placing in the field events. She
brought home fifth place in state in the
shot put where she recorded a heave of
35 feet, 0.5 inches.
Unlike RSHS, the Lady Wolves’ highest finishes were in field events where
Sierra Nussbaum earned third-place
honors by breaking her own school
record with a leap of 34 feet, 6.25 inches in the triple jump.
Another GRHS record fell in the 55meter hurdles when Holly Huber finished sixth in the state with a time of
9.54 seconds. She beat her own school
record by more than two-tenths of a second.
Green River’s Jodi Rae Orton earned
her place on the podium in the high
jump. She took home fifth-place honors
by clearing 4-10.
The Lady Wolves’ fastest time on the
track was in the 4x200-meter relay. The
foursome of Tayliann Cutler, Megan
Steege, Morgan Wyant and Camrie Oliver qualified for the finals and placed
eighth with a time of 1:57.55.
“Like our boys, I thought our girls performed well, too. We are really proud of
their performances,” GRHS coach Steve
Boyd said. “We have a lot of young, firstyear track athletes, and they competed at
or beyond their potential, which is all you
can ask. I was also happy to see two of
our freshmen earn medals at their first
meet.”
TRACK RESULTS
Top 10 teams
1. Cheyenne East, 85
2. Gillette, 79.5
3. Cody, 74
4. Laramie, 67.50
5. Kelly Walsh, 58
6. Cheyenne Central, 46.5
7. Rock Springs, 30
8. Star Valley, 26
9. Sheridan, 25
10. Thermopolis, 22.50
13. Green River, 14
Individual results
55 meters
1. Jessy Eatmon, East, 7.42
2. Taylor Hockley, Kelly Walsh, 7.46
3. Brooke Myers, Cody, 7.51
200 meters
1. Jessy Eatmon, East, 26.51
2. Taylor Hockley, Kelly Walsh, 26.79
2. Mandi Anderson, Evanston, 26.79
400 meters
1. Mandi Anderson, Evanston, 1:00.55
2. Logan Yurek, East, 1:00.56
3. Cassidy Meade, Laramie, 1:00.83
7. Mesa Weidle, Rock Springs, 1:02.57
Reanna Jereb, Rock Springs, 1:06.67
Cassie Johnson, Rock Springs, 1:08.66
Kelsey Tuttle, Rock Springs, 1:09.66
Kaylee Tuttle, Rock Springs, 1:14.37
Green River High School runners await the start of the 800-meter race
at the indoor state championships. The speedsters include, from left,
freshmen Hannah Wilde and Jonna Lake and sophomore Alyssa
Sanders.
800 meters
1. Cassidy Meade, Laramie, 2:23.43
2. Alexis Oaks, Riverton, 2:26.69
3. Katie Rotellini, Sheridan, 2:28.37
Reanna Jereb, Rock Springs, 2:34.39
Selina Ramsey, Rock Springs, 2:34.62
Karli Piaia, Rock Springs, 2:34.76
Cassia Catterall, Rock Springs, 2:36.78
Ali Piaia, Rock Springs, 2:43.98
Jonna Lake, Green River, 2:44.49
Alyssa Sanders, Green River, 2:47.52
Hannah Wilde, Green River, 2:52.68
Cheyenne McMicheal, Green River,
2:55.45
Allie Cornell, Green River, 2:57.20
Brandy Stover, Green River, 2:59.28
Nicole Robertson, Rock Springs, 3:00.46
1,600 meters
1. Angel Adams, Laramie, 5:29.61
2. Abby Phillips, Gillette, 5:31.83
3. Karli Piaia, Rock Springs, 5:33.37
7. Selina Ramsey, Rock Springs, 5:36.48
Cassia Catterall, Rock Springs, 5:52.83
Ali Piaia, Rock Springs, 6:15.95
Nicole Robertson, Rock Springs, 6:38.87
Haley Butterfield, Rock Springs, 7:34.37
3,200 meters
1. Abby Phillips, Gillette, 11:43.50
2. Hailey Ricks, Star Valley, 11:55.77
3. Anne Brinegar, Cody, 12:02.29
5. Karli Piaia, Rock Springs, 12:09.42
7. Selina Ramsey, Rock Springs, 12:14.52
55-meter hurdles
1. Heidi Pfoor, Central, 8.68
2. Jessie Eaves, Thermopolis, 8.69
3. Desiree Murray, Cody, 9.17
6. Holly Huber, Green River, 9.54
4x200 relay
1. East, 1:51.70
2. Kelly Walsh, 1:52.19
3. Star Valley, 1:53.69
Rock Springs, 1:56.01
Green River, Tayliann Cutler, Megan
Steege, Camrie Oliver, Morgan Wyant,
1:57.55
4x400 relay
1. Central, 4:11.67
2. Laramie, 4:15.81
3. Cody, 4:19.93
Rock Springs, 4:26.14
4x800 relay
1. Laramie, 10:07.65
2. Gillette, 10:09.95
3. Rock Springs, 10:15.12
Green River, Jonna Lake, Alyssa Sanders,
Allie Cornell, Hannah Wilde, 11:20.21
High jump
1. Haley Crawford, Cody, 5-3
2. Brooke Myers, Cody, 5-0
3. Shana Wilcoxson, East, 5-0
5. Jodi Rae Orton, Green River, 4-10
Pole vault
1. Kari Campbell, Laramie, 10-9
2. Logan Yurek, East, 10-6
3. Brittney Saenz, Gillette, 10-0
Long jump
1. Shana Wilcoxson, East, 16-11
2. Mikaela Schneider, Kelly Walsh, 16-9
3. Paige Steinmetz, Glenrock, 16-7.5
Sierra Nussbaum, Green River, 15-0
Megan Steege, Green River, 14-6
Stormi Adams, Green River, 12-9.5
Kaylee Tuttle, Rock Springs, 12-9.5
Hannah Harper, Rock Springs, 12-5.5
Madori O’Melia, Green River, 11-7
Triple jump
1. Shana Wilcoxson, East, 36-1.5
2. Heidi Pfoor, Central, 35-5.75
3. Sierra Nussbaum, Green River, 34-6.25
Emily Ice, Rock Springs, 31-10.75
Stormi Adams, Green River, 29-4
Hannah Harper, Rock Springs, 28-8.5
Hannah Wilde, Green River, 27-4.5
Shot put
1. Cassidy Koski, Gillette, 38-9.25
2. Sylvan Roberts, Cody, 37-2.25
3. Shayla Christenson, Sheridan, 35-2
5. Emily O’Lexey, Rock Springs, 35-0.5
Alex Wadsworth, Rock Springs, 30-4.25
Shelby Porter, Rock Springs, 28-7.5
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Coaches agree UNLV
has an unfair advantage
Rebels to play Mountain West Tournament at home
ROBERT GAGLIARDI
Wyo. Sports
LAS VEGAS — University of
Wyoming coach Larry Shyatt has
already said he doesn’t like the
fact his team must play No. 20
UNLV on its home court for the
second time in five days when the
Mountain West Tournament begins Thursday.
The other coaches in the MW
agree.
“I think it’s absolutely unfair,”
San Diego State coach Steve Fisher said during Monday’s MW
coaches’ teleconference. “It’s not
done in any other major conference. ... It makes no sense, other
than it’s good for the TV when it
pans to the crowd and shows all
those people.
“Nobody wants to play Vegas
on their own floor. The last time I
looked, nobody has beaten them
there this year.” UNLV finished 160 at the Thomas & Mack Center
and won those games by more
than 20 points a game. UW lost at
UNLV 74-63 last Saturday.
Shyatt and most of the coaches
in the conference were asked
about the fairness of having the
tournament at UNLV’s home arena. The MW is in its 13th year and
all but three of them have been at
the Thomas & Mack Center save
a stretch from 2004-06 where it
was played at the Pepsi Center in
Denver.
Las Vegas is more of a destination city for fans and the MW
does better financially with the
tournament here — thanks in
large part to UNLV.
In the nine previous years when
the tournament has been at the
Thomas & Mack Center, UNLV
has won it three times and been in
the finals three others.
“As coaches we’ve asked for
this to be changed and it’s been
voted down each time,” Colorado
State coach Tim Miles said.
“What’s not being taken into account is we, as coaches, deal directly with the student-athletes on
a daily basis. When those kids get
the bracket and the first thing
they do is drop their head because
they’re on UNLV’s side of the
bracket, or they breathe a sigh of
relief they’re not on UNLV’s side
of the bracket, it really makes a
difference. “You can’t tell me any
of this was done in the best interest of the student-athletes.”
First-year UNLV coach Dave
Rice has seen both sides of this.
He is a former assistant coach at
UNLV from 1994-2004, but was
an assistant at former MW member Brigham Young from 2005-11.
In the 2007 and 2008 tournaments UNLV beat BYU in the finals, and in 2010 UNLV won in
the semifinals.
“I’ve always said — and I’ve
been consistent about this even
during my time at BYU — is Las
Vegas is absolutely the best place
to host the conference tournament,” Rice said. “I was a part of
the UNLV staff that played Utah
in the 2004 (MW Tournament) title game and there were just a few
thousand people in the seats.
“Having it in Las Vegas is a positive and fans like coming here.
Certainly, it’s a situation where we
do like having it on the floor
University of Wyoming Cowgirl point guard Chelan Landry looks to make a pass while guarded by UNLV
guard Mia Bell. UW coach Larry Shyatt is not happy his team must play UNLV at Las Vegas again.
(where) we play all of our home
games. It certainly is an advantage for us. It would be hypocritical for me not to say that.”
WHAT WILL IT TAKE?
All of the coaches have praised
the league for its balance and parity this season.
Five of the eight teams finished
with records at or above .500 in
the league play, and only two (Air
Force and Boise State) had overall records below .500.
The MW has been ranked in the
top five in conference RPI most of
the season, ahead of bigger
leagues like the Pac-12 and Atlantic Coast. All eight MW teams
are ranked in the upper half of this
week’s RPI, which ranks all 344
Division I teams.
So what will it take for someone
to win three games in three days
to capture the tournament title?
“You have to play well, and that
means you have to make shots,”
said Fisher, who has been at San
Diego State for all 13 MW Tournaments. “Offensive rebounding will
be a factor, as well good old-fashioned luck. “Stay out of foul trouble. Hopefully those close calls go
your way, and how many 50-50
calls do you get? When it comes
to one-and-done, that’s probably
going to be the difference in who
moves on and who goes home.”
PILIPOVICH MAIN GUY
Last week Air Force lifted the
interim tag off coach Dave
Pilipovich.
Jeff
Pilipovich
replaced
Reynolds who was fired a few
weeks ago. The Falcons (13-15, 311) are the seventh seed and plays
second-seeded New Mexico (246, 10-4) at 7 p.m. Thursday in the
quarterfinals of the MW Tournament.
“It has stabilized everything,”
Pilipovich said. “We’re looking
forward to the future and the future starts Thursday against New
Mexico.”
Cowgirls rested and ready
for Horned Frogs
COWGIRLS GAME DAY
Game: Wyoming (No. 5 seed, 11-16) vs. TCU (No. 4 seed, 16-13)
When: 3:30 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas
TV: The Mtn.
SCOTT NULPH
Wyo. Sports
Perhaps no other team in the Mountain West needed a break
more than the University of Wyoming Cowgirls.
With just 10 scholarship players, it’s no coincidence that three
Cowgirls are among the top seven in the league in minutes played
and four starters average at least 30 minutes a game.
The Cowgirls looked like they were limping toward the finish line,
losing their last three conference games to finish 7-7 in MW play
and 11-16 overall.
So the week between the end of the regular season and the beginning of the Mountain West tournament, starting Wednesday in
Las Vegas, couldn’t have come at a better time.
The fifth-seeded Cowgirls will play fourth-seeded TCU in a quarterfinal game at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
“I hope it’s helped,” UW coach Joe Legerski said. “You get to this
time of year and everybody’s tired, everybody’s bruised.
“I believe this group’s given me everything they’ve had all season
long and we’re going to ask them to do the same thing as long as
we can stay in the tournament.”
Legerski said that a key to playing well this time of year is having enough energy to keep the game fun.
The ninth-year coach admitted some of his teams in the past that
have appeared to have run out of gas.
With such a young team this season, Legerski isn’t sure what his
team has left in the tank as they head to Vegas.
“This has been a unique season,” he said. “I never think about the
inexperience when we’re playing the game. But I know when you
go into practice what you’re trying to teach and what this team can
do. I have to make sure we’re not complicating things too greatly
in our game plans.
“For this group to by 7-7 and not have a losing season in conference play, they’ve done a remarkable job.”
Legerski said he gave the team last Wednesday and Thursday off
and worked strictly on fundamentals Friday and Saturday. The
Horned Frogs have been UW’s main focus the last two days in practice.
“At this point in the season there’s not many things you can make
adjustments to,” Legerski said. “It’s just fine-tuning some of the
things we want to do offensively and defensively and then hopefully eliminate some of the mistakes.”
NCAA Division I wrestling selection
announcements will be live on Wed.
LARAMIE — The NCAA Division I Wrestling Selection Committee will announce the final
40 at-large selections for the
2012 NCAA Wrestling Championships live at NCAA.com on
Wednesday. A total of 290 automatic qualifying spots were
awarded during last week’s conference tournaments.
Beginning at 11 a.m. Wednesday, the list of 33 competitors in
each weight class will be systematically rolled out as they are
finalized by the NCAA Division
I Wrestling Selection Committee.
The unveiling begins with the
wrestlers in the 125-pound
weight class and will continue
with each of the subsequent
weight classes throughout the
afternoon until the 33 heavyweight participants have been
released.
Wrestling fans can log on to
NCAA.com to find an up-to-theminute list of competitors in the
championship field.
In addition, fans with a Facebook account can track the latest qualifiers by following the
NCAA Wrestling Facebook page
at
Facebook.com/
NCAAWrestling. Status updates
linking to the list of qualifiers
will be posted the minute the
latest weight class has been finalized.
On Sunday on the campus of
Northern Iowa, six University of
Wyoming wrestlers earned automatic bids to the NCAA Championships as the Cowboys won
their third-consecutive West Regional title.
Four won their respective
weight class, including senior
Shane Onufer (165), sophomore
Pat Martinez (174), senior Joe
LeBlanc (184) and redshirt junior Alfonso Hernandez at 197
pounds.
Senior Michael Martinez (125
pounds) and redshirt freshman
Zach Zehner (133) finished second in their weight class to earn
the automatic bid.
Once all 330 participants have
been released, fans can log on to
NCAA.com at 4 p.m. when the
selection committee will reveal
the 13 seeded wrestlers in each
weight class as well as all 170
first-round matchups.
Following the selection show,
complete brackets for the NCAA
Division I Wrestling Championships will be available on
NCAA.com.
The 2012 national tournament will be hosted by the University of Missouri at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo.,
on March 15-17.
SPORTS BRIEFS
CAA coaches say
1 NCAA bid is
not enough
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) —
Drexel coach Bruiser Flint ignores talk the Colonial Athletic Association had a subpar
year and will be a one-bid
league when the NCAA selection committee’s work is finished.
Once his top-seeded Dragons lost in the championship
game on Monday night 59-56
to Virginia Commonwealth,
Flint had a ready argument for
why his team deserves a spot.
“We won 27 games. We lost
in the championship. We won
the regular season. I think our
résumé, our stuff, speaks for itself,” Flint said after the Dragons’ dramatic comeback fell
short.
“What do you want me to
say? Can we beat teams in the
Big Ten, Big 12, Pac 12, Big
East? Of course we can,” Flint
said. “No question about that.
I think our league proves that
every time we get into the
NCAA tournament.
“Should we be in? You win
27 games — what do you want
me to do? I won 19 in a row.
What do you want me to do? If
you can’t get in with that, it’s
pretty hard. It’s pretty hard.”
Drexel’s school-record 19game winning streak stretched
to Jan. 2 and was the secondlongest in the country, trailing
only top-ranked Kentucky’s
22-game roll. The Dragons has
also won 25 of their past 27
games, and Flint and other
coaches hope the league’s
NCAA history helps, too.
George Mason made midmajor history in the 2007 tournament when it won four
times to reach the Final Four,
and VCU did the Patriots one
better last year, winning in the
First Four and beating five
BCS-level schools to give the
league two Final Four teams in
six years.
Old Dominion coach Blaine
Taylor’s team beat Notre
Dame as a No. 11 seed in the
first round in 2010, and lost by
two points to eventual national runner-up Butler in the first
round last year. The CAA had
a record three teams in the
field last year, with George Mason beating Villanova in the
first round before losing to
Ohio State, and the Rams
making their run as one of the
last four teams in.
The politics, moreso than
the results, favor schools from
major conferences, Taylor
said.
Report: Colts,
Manning
breaking up
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The
Peyton Manning era in Indianapolis is expected to end
Wednesday, according to a report.
Citing anonymous sources,
ESPN reported Tuesday that
the Colts plan to hold a news
conference to announce the
long-expected decision. Manning is expected to attend.
Team owner Jim Irsay and
Manning’s agent, Tom Condon, did not immediately respond to messages left by The
Associated Press.
Manning turns 36 later this
month, and missed the entire
2011 season after a third neck
surgery. Before that, he’d never missed a game in his 13 NFL
seasons.
He is owed a $28 million
bonus, and with the Colts
holding the top draft pick, they
apparently have decided it was
too risky and pricey to keep the
four-time league MVP.
Manning led the Colts to the
2006 NFL title.
Heat roll past Nets,
108-78, end
two-game slide
MIAMI (AP) — LeBron
James scored 21 points and
capped his night by banking in
a half-court shot, Chris Bosh
added 20 points and the Miami Heat snapped a two-game
slide by rolling past the New
Jersey Nets 108-78 on Tuesday
night.
The win came with a cost:
Dwyane Wade turned his right
ankle late in the first half and
did not return, finishing with 13
points. Wade missed six games
earlier this season after spraining the same ankle, though the
team said he could have returned to this one if needed.
The Heat made 12 of their
first 15 shots on the way to a
10th-straight home win. James
finished 9 for 11, adding nine
rebounds and six assists, and
the 78 points allowed matched
Miami’s season-best.
Hawks beat Pacers
for third-straight
victory
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —
Josh Smith had 27 points and
nine rebounds, leading the Atlanta Hawks to their thirdstraight victory, 101-96 over
the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday
night.
Smith scored 13 points in the
first quarter, 11 in the third, and
fell three points shy of his season high.
Jannero Pargo had 16 points,
while Marvin Williams and
Zaza Pachulia each scored 12
for the Hawks.
David West scored a seasonhigh 24 points for the Pacers,
who have lost two straight.
Danny Granger had 19 points
and eight rebounds, and
George Hill scored 15 points off
the bench for Indiana.
The Hawks led by as much
as 10 points in the first half and
never gave it up.
Maggette scores
29 as Bobcats dump
Magic, 100-84
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) —
Corey Maggette scored a season-high 29 points, Gerald
Henderson hit some big shots
in the fourth quarter, and the
Charlotte Bobcats overcame a
20-point, first-half deficit to
beat the Orlando Magic 10084 Tuesday night.
The Bobcats came in having
lost 21 of their last 22 games,
but seemed to get a spark after
coach Paul Silas was ejected in
the second quarter with the
team trailing by 18.
The Bobcats also got a big
game from rookie center Bismack Biyombo, who battled
toe-to-toe
with
Dwight
Howard and had 10 points and
a career-high 15 rebounds.
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Ewing among
10 chosen
for college
hoops hall
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)
— Joe B. Hall played under
Adolph Rupp at Kentucky in
the late-1940s. He spent seven years as an assistant to
the Baron of the Bluegrass,
too. So when Rupp stepped
down after winning nearly
900 games and four national championships, and Hall
was appointed his successor,
the size of the challenge never really occurred to him.
“I wasn’t in awe of Coach
Rupp,” Hall said. “I never attempted to reach his shadow
in the program. I just felt
very honored to have
coached in that program and
to follow Coach Rupp.”
Ignorance
certainly
turned out to be bliss. Hall
won nearly 300 games for
the Wildcats, and reached
the same pinnacle as his
predecessor when he captured the 1978 national title.
On Tuesday, Hall was announced as part of the 10member class that will be inducted into the National
Collegiate Basketball Hall of
Fame in November.
“It means so much to me
personally, but it also makes
me proud of my family, and
for all the players that I
coached, to the assistant
coaches,” Hall said. “It’s also
an extra honor to be coming
into this Hall of Fame with
such an illustrious group of
honorees.”
The rest of the class includes a trio of future New
York Knicks: Patrick Ewing
of Georgetown, Earl Monroe
from Winston-Salem State
and Willis Reed of Grambling. Kansas star Clyde
Lovellette was selected
along with North Carolina’s
Phil Ford and Wyoming’s
Kenny Sailors.
Dave Robbins, who won
more than 700 games at Virginia Union, joins Hall as the
two coaches to be inducted.
Businessmen Jim Host and
Joe Dean will go in as contributors.
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Sailing into the Hall of Fame
Wyoming’s Kenny Sailors selected to National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
LARAMIE — Kenny Sailors,
the inventor of the jump shot, the
1943 National Player of the Year
at the University of Wyoming and
the oldest living Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament, is one of 10 individuals who
have been selected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of
Fame induction class of 2012.
Joining Sailors in the 2012 class
of inductees are: Georgetown center Patrick Ewing; Kansas center
Clyde Lovellette; North Carolina
guard Phil Ford; Winston-Salem
State guard Earl Monroe; Grambling center Willis Reed; Kentucky coach Joe B. Hall; Virginia
Union coach Dave Robbins; and
contributors Jim Host, of founder
of Host Communications, and Joe
Dean, of Converse and LSU.
ONE MORE HONOR
Sailors led Wyoming to the
1943 NCAA Championship and
was the National Player of the
Year and Most Outstanding Player in the ‘43 NCAA Tournament.
He is also credited with creating
the jump shot.
“There have been a number of
people who have tried to get me
in (the hall) through the years,”
Sailors said.
“I want to thank all those individuals, and I want to thank all
those who were involved in the
selection process. Now that it has
happened, I’m very proud that
I’ve made it. It’s probably about
the last honor I will receive, and
it’s probably the biggest.
“Some people think I’m as old
as Methuselah. The only thing
Methuselah didn’t have that I do
is the jump shot. I think the jump
shot has done more to keep me in
front of the people who select
these type of honors than anything. I’m honored to be selected,
even though I am a little late in
years, and I’m honored to be joining coach (Everett) Shelton in the
hall.”
Sailors, who turned 91 on Jan.
14, 2012, and his former head
coach, Everett Shelton, are the
only two representatives from the
state of Wyoming in the National
Collegiate Basketball Hall of
Fame. Shelton was inducted in
the inaugural class of the Nation-
KENNY SAILORS
al Collegiate Basketball Hall of
Fame in 2006.
After teaming with Shelton to
lead Wyoming to the NCAA
Championship in 1943, Sailors
enlisted in the Marines and
served in the South Pacific during
World War II. After being away
from the game he loved for two
years, Sailors returned to
Wyoming for the 1945-46 season
and once again earned All-America honors.
THE CLASS OF 2012
The announcement of the class
was made by the National Association of Basketball Coaches
Foundation on Tuesday.
“The class of 2012 has incredible roots in the game of college
basketball from the player who introduced the jump shot at
Wyoming to the domination of a
7-footer at Georgetown,” said
Reggie Minton, deputy executive
director of the NABC and chair of
the selection panel. “This group
of coaches, players and contributors will no doubt bring back
memories of national championships, All-American performances and the tremendous
growth of the sport throughout
the years.”
The class of 2012 will be inducted into the National Colle-
March’s madness in full swing this week
JOHN MARSHALL
AP Basketball Writer
The madness of March kicked
off over the weekend with some
wild finishes and the first NCAA
tournament berths.
Now, it’s time for the big boys to
get going.
After teams like No. 11 Murray
State, Virginia Commonwealth
and Creighton secured spots in
the 68-team bracket, all the major
conferences will play their tournaments this week.
There’s still plenty to be decided and the possibility of some
must-watch games, so if you’re a
college hoops fan it might be time
to stock the fridge and check the
vacation schedule at work.
This should be good.
BIG EAST
Tuesday-Saturday, New York.
The BEast is typically one of the
most difficult conference tournaments to get through and this
year’s should be no different. No.
2 Syracuse is the favorite after finishing the regular season 30-1 and
17-1 in conference, the lone loss
coming while Fab Melo was suspended. It doesn’t figure to be
easy for the Orange, though. Not
only is Syracuse dealing with the
distraction of self-reported violations of its own drug code, it’s had
some squeakers down the stretch.
The Big East is also loaded with
eight, possibly even nine teams
with a shot at getting into the
NCAA tournament. No. 9 Marquette played well down the
stretch, while No. 13 Georgetown,
No. 23 Notre Dame, Louisville
and Cincinnati appear to have
their NCAA invites waiting. Defending national champion Connecticut, South Florida, West Virginia and Seton Hall all could use
a good conference tournament, so
there figures to be hard-fought
games from the start at Madison
Square Garden.
ACC
Thursday-Sunday in Atlanta.
North Carolina. Duke. That’s all
you need to know about this conference tournament. OK, maybe
not all, but the possibility of a
third matchup between these rivals makes the ACC tourney
worth watching. The sixth-ranked
Blue Devils won the first matchup
on freshman Austin Rivers’
buzzer-beating 3-pointer — you
know, the one you’ve seen on
ESPN hundreds of times — but
the fourth-ranked Tar Heels got
their revenge last week by routing
Duke. But before we get ahead of
ourselves and lock those two
neighboring teams into the final,
don’t forget about No. 17 Florida
State. The Seminoles beat Duke
and North Carolina in January
and finished third in the ACC. Virginia and North Carolina State
also are angling for NCAA bids, so
keep an eye on them.
BIG 12
Wednesday-Saturday in Kansas
City, Mo. Another season, another conference title for No. 3
Kansas. The Jayhawks earned
their eighth straight Big 12 title in
the regular season and will head
into the conference tournament as
the No. 1 seed. Again. Kansas can
lock up a No. 1 seed in the NCAA
tournament if it wins the Big 12
tournament and could even sneak
in if it loses. Either way, it’s not going to be an easy run for the Jayhawks. No. 5 Missouri beat
Kansas in February and No. 25
Iowa State, making its own bid for
an NCAA invite, also knocked off
the Jayhawks. No. 12 Baylor is capable of beating anyone at any
time, too. The marquee matchup
in the final would be another Border War between Tigers and Jayhawks. Could be right up there
with Duke-Carolina III.
BIG TEN
Thursday-Sunday, Indianapolis.
The regular season was a weekly
beatdown and the battles figure to
continue in Indy. No. 8 Michigan
State appeared to be a lock to win
the regular-season title, taking a
two-game lead with two games
left. The Spartans tripped up,
though, losing to No. 15 Indiana,
then blew a 15-point lead to lose to
No. 7 Ohio State on Sunday in
what coach Tom Izzo called the
toughest loss in his 17 years in
East Lansing. That created a
three-way tie between Michigan
State, Ohio State and Michigan.
The conference tournament will
feature five teams in the Top 25 —
Wisconsin is No. 14 — so every
game, even the first-round ones,
has the potential to go down to
the wire. Ohio State has to be the
favorite heading in, particularly after Michigan State freshman
Branden Dawson went down with
a knee injury.
SEC
Thursday-Saturday, New Orleans. Top-ranked Kentucky is the
clear favorite after setting a school
record with 30 regular-season
wins and becoming the third team
since Alabama in 1956 to go unbeaten in SEC play. What the conference tournament likely will determine is whether the Wildcats
get a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament — they may get one even
with a loss — and how many
teams get in. The SEC could be in
line to get six teams into the big
bracket, but the games will have
to fall just the right way. Tennessee and Vanderbilt should
have good enough resumes to get
in and No. 22 Florida will likely
get a nod despite struggling at the
end of the season. Alabama, Ole
Miss and Mississippi State could
use a good run through the tournament and Arkansas may have
to get the automatic bid after losing five of its final six games.
PAC-12
Wednesday-Saturday, Los Angeles. A down year in the Pac-12
could mean an ugly selection Sunday. Yes, just one bid. Washington
won the regular-season title, but
could be left out if it doesn’t win
the conference tournament. Even
though it didn’t win the regularseason title, California has been
pegged as the team with the best
chance at getting an NCAA tournament invite, but that could go
away quickly with a weak conference tournament. Arizona appeared to be in line for an at-large
NCAA bid after winning seven of
eight games, only to end the season with a loss to Arizona State,
which could be an inexcusable
setback in the eyes of the NCAA
tournament selection committee.
Oregon also is considered to be
on the bubble and the conference
was so, uh, competitive that five
or six different teams could end
up earning the automatic berth.
Kenny Sailors, the oldest living Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament, is one of 10 individuals who have been selected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame induction class of 2012.
giate Basketball Hall of Fame
Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, at the Midland Theatre in Kansas City, Mo.,
as part of a three-day celebration
of college basketball. The hall of
fame is located in the College
Basketball Experience, a world facility that provides a multi-faceted
interactive experience for fans of
the game.
On Nov. 19-20, Kansas, Saint
Louis, Texas A&M and Washington State will compete at Sprint
Center in the CBE Classic.
This year’s class of inductees
will also be recognized during this
year’s NCAA Final Four in New
Orleans.
ABOUT THE HALL OF FAME
In 2006, the first class was inducted into the newly-formed National Collegiate Basketball Hall
of Fame. The pioneer class included the game’s inventor, James
Naismith, and coach John Wooden. Anyone who was enshrined in
the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for men’s college basketball prior to 2008 was
a member of the founding class of
the National Collegiate Basketball
Hall of Fame.
Former Wyoming head coach
Everett Shelton, who died on
April 16, 1974, was inducted as a
member of that founding class in
2006. Shelton was inducted
posthumously into the Naismith
Memorial Basketball Hall of
Fame in 1982.
Since that time, five more classes have traveled to Kansas City
for a weekend of festivities. Those
classes have included the likes of
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Danny
Manning, Larry Bird and Earvin
“Magic” Johnson.
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Eastern Libya pulls away
from central government
Israel hears pleas for caution on Iran
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) —
Tribal leaders and militia commanders declared oil-rich eastern
Libya a semiautonomous state
on Tuesday, a unilateral move
that the interim head of state
called a “dangerous” conspiracy
by Arab nations to tear the country apart six months after the fall
of Moammar Gadhafi.
Thousands of representatives
of major tribes, militia commanders and politicians made the declaration at a conference in the
main eastern city of Benghazi, insisting it was not intended to divide the country. They said they
want their region to remain part
of a united Libya, but needed to
do this to stop decades of discrimination against the east.
The conference declared that
the eastern state, known as Barqa, would have its own parliament, police force, courts and
capital — Benghazi, the country’s
second-largest city — to run its
own affairs. Foreign policy, the
national army and oil resources
would be left to the central government in the capital Tripoli in
western Libya. Barqa would cover nearly half the country, from
the center to the Egyptian border
in the east and down to the borders with Chad and Sudan in the
south.
Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, head of
the Tripoli-based interim central
government known as the National Transitional Council,
warned the declaration “leads to
danger” of eventually breaking
up the North African nation of 6
million. But he also said it was to
be expected, because the east
played a pivotal role in ending
Gadhafi’s rule.
“Some Arab nations, unfortunately, have supported and encouraged this to happen,” he said,
without naming any countries.
“These nations are funding this
kind of unacceptable strife,” he
added at a news conference in
Tripoli. “What happened today is
the beginning of a conspiracy
against Libya and Libyans.”
Asked by The Associated
Press, Abdul-Jalil’s office refused
to specify which Arab nations
Associated Press
were allegedly supporting division in Libya.
The interim leader has not in
the past blamed any Arab nation
for meddling, while praising Gulf
nations like Qatar, which was
supportive of the rebels fighting
Gadhafi.
Abdul-Jalil appealed to Libyans
for patience and resolve in the
face of the country’s mounting
problems.
Fadl-Allah Haroun, a senior
tribal figure and militia commander, said the declaration
aims for administrative independence, not separation.
“We are not talking about
changing the flag or national anthem. We are talking about different administration, a parliament
and managing the financial affairs,” he said.
The east was the cradle of last
year’s uprising and civil war that
ousted Gadhafi. In the early days
of the revolt, the entire east came
under opposition control and remained that way until Gadhafi
fell in August. The eastern rebels
set up the National Transitional
Council, originally in Benghazi,
which then moved to Tripoli and
became the central government.
The goal for the east now is to
revive the system in place from
1951 until 1963, when Libya,
ruled by a monarchy, was divided
into three states: Tripolitania in
the west, Fezzan in the southwest
and Cyrenaica in the east — or
Barqa, as it was called in Arabic.
Easterners say the step is necessary to end the marginalization
their region suffered for decades
under Gadhafi’s rule. The former
dictator focused development
and largesse on the west, allowing infrastructure to decline in
the east, an area that was a constant source of opposition to the
regime.
Many in the east accuse the
National Transitional Council of
continuing to favor the west. After Libya declared liberation in
October, the NTC and the interim government moved its offices
to Tripoli in the west. The majority of Cabinet ministers are from
the west.
Putin faces steep challenge
in Russian protests
LYNN BERRY
WHITHER THE PROTESTS
Associated Press
The protesters say Putin’s
promises to restore elections for
governors and to allow opposition
parties to take part in parliamentary elections are proof that they
can be a force for change. They
vow to keep up the pressure out
on the streets. But it is not clear
that they can maintain momentum now that the election is over.
The mood at a protest on Monday was gloomier, and several
hundred activists provoked a police crackdown by trying to occupy the central square after it was
over. Some of the opposition leaders are becoming more confrontational, which could undermine the
unity of a peaceful movement that
has allowed liberals, leftists and
nationalists to make common
cause. On a more positive note,
the protest movement may be giving rise to a new civic activism, as
shown by the tens of thousands of
volunteers who served as poll
monitors during Sunday’s election.
The movement also has encouraged some people who planned to
leave the country to stay and do
their part to make Russia a better
place for themselves and their
children.
MOSCOW (AP) — The urban
professionals who have risen up
against Vladimir Putin are the
very people he needs to move
Russia forward.
So far he has shown few signs
of understanding who they are
and what they want.
How Putin responds to the
challenge, and whether he can
stop the protests from spreading,
will play a crucial role in determining the fate of his new term as
president and of Russia itself.
The factors that will shape the
nation’s future:
PUTIN FATIGUE
Evidence of vote-rigging to save
Putin’s unpopular party from defeat in a December election set off
a series of unprecedented
protests. Long-stirring anger
among young professionals and
what has become known as the
“creative class” was no longer confined to the Internet, but on display on the streets of Moscow and
other cities. Protest rallies became
a celebration of this newfound
sense of community and purpose.
The protesters are tired of the
corruption Putin has fostered and
the stifling political system that
has deprived them of a voice in
how their country is governed.
Mostly, though, they are just
tired of Putin.
PUTIN’S CHOICE
Now that his return to the
Kremlin is secured, the big question is how Putin will respond to
the protests and the deeper grievances they represent. Will he tighten the screws or follow through on
promises of political reform? His
actions so far suggest he will try to
do both. It will be a difficult balancing act.
If he cracks down too hard on
the opposition, or tries to control
the Internet or the independent
broadcasters that have become
platforms for free discussion, he
could incite further anger.
Ditto if his political reforms turn
out to be just window dressing.
But if Putin genuinely opens up
the political system, he risks losing
control over parliament and the
governors who rule in his name
across the vast country.
WHAT COULD BRING
PUTIN DOWN
Putin has made no attempt to
reach the new generation of educated, urban Russians and doesn’t
seem to know how. Even his humor, often crude and filled with
references to old Soviet films, falls
flat.
He appears to be betting that he
can contain the protesters’ anger
and prevent them from broadening their appeal. The danger to
Putin is the Russian economy, still
dependent on exports of oil and
gas despite grand plans to modernize industry. To consolidate his
support ahead of the election,
Putin threw money at all sectors
of the population, promising billions of dollars in new spending
that will severely strain the budget.
If Putin doesn’t deliver, his support base may turn against him.
And if the workers, teachers and
government employees who were
bused to Putin’s campaign rallies
decide to join the opposition
protests instead, he’s doomed.
JOSEF FEDERMAN
AND DAN PERRY
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces significant pressure at home to coordinate with
the United States in any attack
against Iran’s nuclear program,
despite his public insistence on
Israel’s right to act alone.
With the clock ticking toward
a monumental decision by Netanyahu, it largely could come
down to whether he trusts President Barack Obama — a man
with whom Netanyahu, often
jokingly referred to as an “Israeli
Republican,” seems markedly ill
at ease.
The signs from this week’s
summit at the White House are
not particularly good. The two allies agree that Iran is on a path
that could eventually lead to the
production of a nuclear weapon,
but part ways over urgency: Netanyahu seems impatient with
Obama’s statements that tough
new economic sanctions imposed by the West be given time
to work.
But if he decides to strike
alone, Netanyahu would be
courting an astounding array of
consequences.
An Israeli attack would likely
unleash retaliation, in the form of
Iranian missiles as well as rocket
attacks by Iranian proxies
Hezbollah and Hamas on its
northern and southern borders.
Especially daunting is the
prospect of sustained missile
strikes on Tel Aviv, a bustling
business and entertainment capital whose populace is psychologically ill-prepared for a homefront war.
It also would likely cause oil
prices to skyrocket at a time
when the global economy is already struggling — risking a new
recession for which Israel would
absorb much if not most of the
blame.
Iran is widely expected to attack American targets in response to any Israeli strike — a
scenario that could directly influence the outcome of this fall’s
U.S. presidential election. Israel
can hardly contemplate a genuine rift with its closest ally;
without U.S. diplomatic, military
and financial support the Jewish
state would be dangerously ex-
‘Israel must always have the ability
to defend itself, by itself, against
any threat.’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
posed on multiple fronts.
Few here would dispute that a
nuclear-armed Iran is an existential threat, mindful of Iranian
calls for Israel’s destruction, support for anti-Israel militant
groups, and development of sophisticated missiles capable of
striking Israel. Concerns were
only heightened by a recent report by the U.N. nuclear agency
that found Iran continues to enrich uranium — a key step toward developing a bomb — and
by Iran’s movement of enrichment facilities deep underground.
But after months of strikingly
open debate about an Israeli military strike, awareness of the
colossal risks involved appears to
be sinking in. A growing number
of senior figures have raised concerns that Israel should not act
alone.
Two former Israeli military
chiefs on Tuesday lambasted Netanyahu’s heated rhetoric about
Iran’s nuclear ambitions, saying
the threats of an imminent military strike are actually weakening Israel.
“This is not a Jewish problem,”
Shaul Mofaz, who headed the
military from 1998 to 2002 and
later served as defense minister,
told Israel Radio. “It is a strategic
problem facing the whole world.”
Mofaz, who was born in Iran
and moved to Israel as a child,
said Israel “is not a ghetto” and
that despite its military might
must fully coordinate with the
U.S. on any plan to strike Iran.
Both Mofaz, who is now an opposition lawmaker, and Dan Halutz, the military chief from 2005
to 2007, criticized Netanyahu for
invoking Holocaust imagery in
describing the threat posed by a
nuclear-armed Iran.
Halutz said the Holocaust references diminished the actual
genocide of 6 million Jews at the
hands of the Nazis and blew the
Iranian threat out of proportion.
“We are not kings of the
world,” Halutz said. “We should
remember who we are.”
Both echoed a similar warning
issued recently by Meir Dagan,
the former head of Israel’s
Mossad intelligence agency.
A recent poll suggested the
public, normally hawkish on security matters, agrees. The survey, conducted by the Israeli Dahaf agency for the University of
Maryland, said 81 percent of Israelis oppose a solo attack on
Iran. At the same time, it said
two-thirds of Israelis would support military action if coordinated with Washington.
The poll, released last week,
questioned 500 Israelis and had
a margin of error of 4.3 percentage points.
At their high-stakes White
House meeting on Monday, Obama appeared to make little headway with Netanyahu. In public
comments both before and after
the meeting, the Israeli leader repeatedly stressed his country’s
right to act alone.
“Israel must always have the
ability to defend itself, by itself,
against any threat,” he declared
to raucous applause in a speech
to the pro-Israel lobby group
AIPAC — the same forum that
heard Obama, a day before, decry “too much loose talk of war.”
At a news conference Tuesday,
Obama implied that Israeli pressure for urgent action was not
supported by the facts, saying
that a decision was not necessary within the next weeks or
months.
Efforts to find a diplomatic solution appeared to get a boost
Tuesday when world powers
agreed to a new round of talks
with Tehran, and Iran gave permission for inspectors to visit a
site suspected of secret atomic
work.
While stressing his preference
for a diplomatic solution, Obama
said Monday that the U.S. would
strike Iran if necessary and
pointedly rejected suggestions
that “containment” of a nucleararmed Iran would be acceptable.
The tough talk was clearly aimed
at convincing Netanyahu that the
United States accepts that the
problem is global and truly “has
Israel’s back,” as Obama insisted.
The U.S., which has large
forces stationed near Iran in the
Persian Gulf and far more powerful weapons at its disposal, is
in a much better position to
strike.
A recently retired senior security official said Tuesday that Israel’s military — armed with sophisticated American warplanes,
missiles and unmanned drones
— has sufficient military capability to damage Iran’s program in
coming months. But afterward,
key installations will be hidden
underground and out of reach of
Israeli capabilities.
At that point, the United
States with its superior firepower — B-1 and B-2 bombers, powerful bunker-busting bombs, aircraft carriers — would still be
able to act even if Israel could
not, the former official said.
Speaking on condition of
anonymity because of the delicacy of the issue, he added that
Iran is not pushing its program
forward at full speed, preferring
to inch ahead just enough to
make progress while not providing a clear pretext for attack.
The official said it was in Israel’s interest not to attack but
receive real assurances that the
United States would do so if
sanctions had conclusively failed.
The official said Iran is capable
of being persuaded to drop its
nuclear ambitions — but that this
required a more determined and
airtight sanctions regime than
currently in place.
Israel sees two critical deficiencies in the current sanctions,
despite their escalation to include oil exports and the Iranian
central bank: First, the U.S. oil
sanctions have been delayed until summer — pushing their beginning, and certainly any effect
— past Israel’s perceived window
of opportunity; second, China,
Russia and India have not been
compelled to join in — making
the measures less than truly crippling.
If Israel loses faith, Israeli defense officials and external military analysts say its threats are
far from empty.
Israel has been warning of an
Iranian nuclear threat for nearly
two decades, and the military
has been systematically planning
ways to stop the Iranians for
years.
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Special Forces soldier
dies trying to save kids
MICHAEL BIESECKER
AND EMERY P. DALESIO
Associated Press
HOPE MILLS, N.C. (AP) — A
decorated Green Beret leapt
from the second-story of his
burning home early Tuesday,
wrapped himself in a blanket and
ran back inside in an attempt to
save his two young daughters.
Firefighters recovered the
body of Chief Warrant Officer
Edward Cantrell on the second
floor of his North Carolina home,
not far from the remains of 6year-old Isabella and 4-year-old
Natalia.
“He never made it back out,”
said Debbie Tanna, spokeswoman for the Cumberland
County sheriff’s office.
Cantrell’s wife and the girl’s
mother, Louise, also jumped
from the second floor. She was
treated and released from a
Fayetteville hospital for smoke
inhalation. The family dog, a Rottweiler named Sasha, also survived the fire.
Cantrell was a special forces
paratrooper who served six tours
in Iraq and Afghanistan. Friends
and relatives gathered to recover what they could from burnedout house in Hope Mills, a small
community about a 20-minute
drive from the gates of Fort
Bragg.
The house, which featured a
broad front porch with tall
columns, was built in 1920. Tanna said the old home’s timbers
were likely very dry, causing a
fast-moving blaze. The cause of
the fire is still under investigation.
A sign at the end of the driveway blocked with yellow police
tape says “The Cantrells Est.
Feb. 7, 2004.” Bouquets of flowers and two teddy bears had been
placed nearby.
Firefighters from Cotton Volunteer Fire Department, which is
less than two miles away, were on
the scene within four minutes of
receiving the dispatch call. Assistant Chief Kevin Dove said the
house was already engulfed in
flames.
“They perished before our arrival,” said Dove, a veteran firefighter. “It was horrible.”
Cantrell, 36, was a member of
the 3rd Special Forces Group at
Fort Bragg. He held the rank of
chief warrant officer 2, which authorized Cantrell to lead half of
his 12-member Green Beret team
if it was split up, said Lt. Col.
April Olsen, a spokeswoman for
Army Special Forces Command.
Records show Cantrell joined
the Army in 1994, listing a home
address in Plant City, Fla. He had
one combat deployment to Iraq
and five to Afghanistan, returning from the last mission in August, Olsen said.
His record included four
Bronze Stars and one Purple
Heart, awarded for wounds suffered in a war zone, Olsen said.
“There are no words to express the sorrow felt in our closeknit community when a family
suffers such a tragedy,” the command said on its Facebook page.
Family members declined interview requests, as did a soldier
who served with Cantrell.
Isabella attended nearby Ed V.
Baldwin Elementary School.
Principal Todd Yardis said the
girl’s teacher and a grief counselor broke the news of what
happened to her classmates
shortly after they arrived in the
morning.
Yardis said both Cantrell parents had been very active at the
school, with Edward Cantrell
sometimes stopping by in his
Army uniform. He recounted
how excited the young girl was
when her father returned home
from his most recent tour of duty.
“Bella was a very happy, loving
girl,” Yardis said. “She was one of
those students who would run up
and hug you around the leg when
you passed her class in the hall.”
Yardis said Cantrell was a hero
for trying to save his girls. The father had recently spoken about
retiring from the service, rather
than returning overseas and being separated from his family
again.
Eight women allege rape,
harassment in military suit
ERIC TUCKER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Eight current and former members of the U.S. military allege in
a new federal lawsuit that they
were raped, assaulted or harassed during their service and
suffered retaliation when they
reported it to their superiors.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in
U.S. District Court in Washington, accuses the military of having a “high tolerance for sexual
predators in their ranks” and
fostering a hostile environment
that discourages victims of sexual assault from coming forward
and punishes them when they
do. The suit claims the Defense
Department has failed to take
aggressive steps to confront the
problem despite public statements suggesting otherwise.
The eight women include an
active-duty enlisted Marine and
seven others who served in the
Navy and Marine Corps. Seven
women allege that a comrade
raped or tried to sexually assault
them, including in a commanding officer’s office after a pub
crawl in Washington and inside
a Naval Air Station barracks
room in Florida. The eighth
says she was harassed and
threatened while deployed to
Iraq, only to be told by a superior that “this happens all the
time.”
“There (are) no circumstances under which women
who are brave enough and patriotic enough to stand up and defend this nation should have to
be subjected to being called
‘slut, whore, walking mattress,”‘
said Susan Burke, a lawyer representing the women. “This is
the year 2012. This kind of conduct is not acceptable.”
The women say they’ve suffered depression, anxiety and
post-traumatic stress disorder
because of the assaults. One
woman says she tried to commit suicide after being raped inside her home by a senior officer and his civilian friend.
The lawsuit names as defendants past and present military
leaders, including Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his
predecessors.
Defense Department spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said she
could not discuss pending litigation, but said the military has no
tolerance for sexual assault. Under a policy announced in December, service members who
report a sexual assault have the
option of quickly transferring to
another unit or installation.
She said the department has
also increased funding for investigators and judge advocates to
receive specialized training in
sexual assault cases and has appointed a two-star officer to direct a sexual assault response
and prevention office. The Pentagon is assembling a data system to track reports of sexual
assault and is reviewing how
commanding
officers
are
trained in preventing and responding to rape cases.
“It is important that everyone
in uniform be alert to the problem and have the leadership
training to help prevent these
crimes,” Smith said in a written
statement.
The Marine Corps issued a
statement Tuesday evening saying it takes sexual assault allegations seriously and continues to
improve in responding to and
preventing rapes within the
ranks. The statement challenged the allegations of two
former Marines — Ariana Klay
and Elle Helmer — who are part
of the lawsuit, saying their
claims had been investigated
and properly handled. Although
The Associated Press normally
does not identify victims of sexual assault, Klay and Helmer
agreed to publicly discuss their
case.
“Commanders are expected
to foster a climate where
Marines will trust their command to listen respectfully, respond confidentially, investigate
immediately, and take appropriate action,” the statement said.
A similar lawsuit was filed last
year in federal court in Virginia.
But the case was dismissed after the government argued in
part that the judiciary had to defer to military decisions on command and discipline. That decision is being appealed.
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Obama: Time has come to
wind down Afghan war
BEN FELLER
AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid
fresh concerns over the safety of
American forces, President
Barack Obama on Tuesday said
the accidental burning of Qurans
in Afghanistan and the retaliatory killings of U.S. troops gave new
credence to the need to end the
war.
“I think that it is an indication
of the challenges in that environment, and it’s an indication that
now is the time for us to transition,” Obama said during a White
House news conference.
Obama announced no speeding
up of the NATO-backed plan to
end
combat
missions
in
Afghanistan at the end of 2014,
saying “that continues to be the
plan.” But he said the violence
aimed
at
Americans
in
Afghanistan that followed the accidental burning of Qurans on a
U.S. base was “unacceptable.”
Six Americans were killed in retaliatory violence. Obama offered
his apologies to Afghan President
Hamid Karzai, a move that was
roundly criticized by his Republican presidential rivals as weak
and unnecessary.
From Congress, Obama was
getting tugged from another direction. A letter calling for Obama
to accelerate the withdrawal of
U.S. troops from Afghanistan had
the backing of 23 senators, mostly Democrats but including two
conservative Republicans, Sens.
Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul
of Kentucky.
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.,
who circulated the letter with Sen.
Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said in a
statement that there “something
fundamentally wrong with spending $88 billion for national building in Afghanistan while we’re
asking Americans to make tough
cuts here at home.”
Foreign policy and domestic
politics battled for top billing in
Obama’s first White House news
conference of the year, which coincided with Super Tuesday, the
10-state voting contest for Republican presidential hopefuls.
Obama insisted that diplomacy
can still resolve the crisis over
Iran’s possible pursuit of nuclear
weapons, and he accused his Republican critics of “beating the
drums of war.”
Obama said he emphasized
that message in his private meetings with Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu this week, and implied
that Israeli pressure for urgent action was not supported by the
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Reece Lodder/ Department of Defense
U.S. Marine Sgt. Jeremy Scott, left, and Lance Cpl. Tyler Dickinson play chess after work on Patrol Base Bury
in the Garmsir district in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Feb. 26, 2012. Scott, a squad leader, and Dickinson, an assaultman, are assigned to Kilo Company, 3rd Battaltion, 3rd Marine Regiment. President Barack
Obama said recent events indicate it is a time of transition in Afghanistan, though the timeline to end
combat missions remains the end of 2014.
facts, saying that a decision was
not necessary within the next
weeks or months.
Addressing another international crisis in Syria, Obama said
the violence there was “heartbreaking” but he showed no new
willingness for military involvement in that Mideast country.
Obama said unilateral military
action by the United States
against the government of Syrian
President Bashar Assad would be
a mistake. And he rejected a comparison to Libya, where the United States and allies did intervene
last year, saying the situation in
Syria is more complex. In Syria,
Russia has blocked a U.N. Security Council resolution against Assad’s government, and Assad’s
military is better equipped and
more powerful than the Libyan
force.
More than 7,500 people have
been killed in Syria during the
year-long government crackdown
on the opposition.
Turning to domestic politics,
Obama said higher gasoline
prices as a result of Mideast worries would be bad for any president running for re-election, and
he also said he was working to expand America’s energy base.
Obama also dismissed as
laughable the suggestion by some
Republican critics that he actually
supports increased gas prices. No
president facing re-election would
want to see gas prices rise, he
said, because of the hardship that
would cause American families.
In the past month, gasoline
prices have risen by more than 28
cents per gallon, making gasoline
the most expensive ever for this
time of year. On Tuesday, the nationwide average for regular unleaded slipped less than a penny
to $3.764 per gallon, ending a
string of price increases that began on Feb. 8.
Obama said he had asked his
attorney general to examine
whether speculation in the oil
markets is driving up oil prices.
The president also made an
election year appeal to women, a
key voting bloc for Obama in the
general election. Obama confidently asserted that Democrats
would have a “better story” than
Republicans to tell female voters
November on everything from
housing to education to contra-
ception.
Obama’s campaign has been
particularly pointed in his outreach to women on the issue of
access to birth control. The president made a pointed entry in the
debate last week when he called a
Georgetown University Law
School student who was criticized
by radio commentator Rush Limbaugh because of her vocal support for his administration’s requirement of birth control insurance coverage.
Obama said he telephoned Sandra Fluke, who was labeled a
“slut” by Limbaugh, because he
doesn’t want people who speak
their minds about policy issues to
be discouraged or attacked.
Asked to comment on Limbaugh’s apology, Obama says he
doesn’t know “what’s in Rush
Limbaugh’s heart.”
Obama said the incident made
him think of his two daughters
and his hopes that they can engage in issues they care about in
the future. He said he doesn’t
want his daughters “attacked or
called horrible names” for speaking their minds and being good
citizens.
Diplomacy, not war: New Iran nuclear talks seen
ANNE GEARAN,
BRADLEY KLAPPER
AND ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
(AP)
—
Alarmed by rising talk of war, the
United States, Europe and other
world powers announced Tuesday that bargaining will begin
again with Iran over its fiercely
disputed nuclear efforts. Tehran,
for its part, invited inspectors to
see a site suspected of secret
atomic weapons work.
In Washington, President
Barack Obama declared he had
been working to avert war with
Iran during intensive meetings
with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week. Israel, fearing the prospect of a nuclear Iran, has been stressing a
need for possible military action,
but Obama said sanctions and
diplomacy were already working.
The president rebuffed Republican critics, who say his reluctance to attack Iran is a sign of
weakness, holding up the specter
of more dead Americans in another Mideast war.
“When I see the casualness
with which some of these folks
talk about war, I’m reminded of
the costs involved in war,” Obama
said. “This is not a game. And
there’s nothing casual about it.”
Although Obama’s remarks
were suffused with American
election-year politics — they
came the same day as the biggest
batch of Republican primaries to
choose his opponent in November — he spoke for capitals
around the world in warning that
“bluster” and posturing to appear
tough on Iran could edge the
world closer to an avoidable war.
European Union foreign policy
chief Catherine Ashton said the
five permanent members of the
U.N. Security Council and Germany had agreed to a new round
of nuclear talks with Iran more
than a year after suspending
them in frustration.
Previous talks have not resolved international suspicions
that Iran is engaging in a nuclear
energy program as cover for an
eventual plan to build a bomb. On
a practical level, the negotiating
group also has failed to strike a
deal for Iran to stop enriching
uranium that might one day be
turned into bomb fuel.
The rush to diplomacy was
partly an answer to increasingly
hawkish rhetoric from Israel,
which is publicly considering a
military strike on Iranian nuclear
facilities this spring. Obama and
Western allies say such a strike
would be risky and premature,
and that there is still time to persuade Iran that it is better off
without nuclear weapons.
Iran insists that its program is
only for energy production and
other peaceful purposes.
In sitting down with Iran, Ashton said negotiators want “constructive dialogue” that will deliver real progress in resolving the
international community’s longstanding concerns on its nuclear
program.”
The time and venue of the new
talks have not been set.
Iran has a history of agreeing
to talks or other concessions
when it feels under threat, and
Western leaders have grown
skeptical that Iran will bargain in
good faith..
Following gatherings in fivestar European hotels, Iran often
publicly rejects pressure but privately agrees to small compromises. Diplomats return home to
consult their presidents and
prime ministers, and Iran, the
theory goes, presses on with its
nuclear development work.
However, initially mild economic sanctions on Iran have
grown stronger and more difficult
for the government to circumvent. The oil-rich country is still
able to sell its oil, mostly in Asia,
but labors under severe banking
restrictions that will get far
tougher this summer. Europe
also imposed an unprecedented
oil embargo on Iran, to take effect
in July.
Obama and others said diplomacy and such sanctions should
be given more time
Iran appeared to partially answer concerns Tuesday from the
U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency that it has something
to hide, by announcing longsought access to its Parchin military complex southeast of
Tehran. The IAEA has singled
out the complex, which Iran had
long refused to open for inspection.
Terms appeared limited and
unclear in Iran’s announcement.
In Washington, speaking at his
first news conference this year,
Obama said he saw a “window of
opportunity” to use diplomacy instead of military force to resolve
the dispute. He declared anew
that his policy on Iran is not one
of containment but of stopping
Tehran from acquiring a nuclear
weapon.
Britain’s foreign secretary,
William Hague, said the onus
would “be on Iran to convince the
international community that its
nuclear program is exclusively
peaceful.”
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle called for a diplomatic solution. “A nuclear-armed
Iran must be prevented,” he said
Obama publicly rejected the assertion, heard most loudly from
Republicans and Israelis, that the
window for diplomacy was closing.
“It is deeply in everybody’s interests — the United States, Israel
and the world’s — to see if this
can be resolved in a peaceful fashion,” Obama said. “This notion
that somehow we have a choice
to make in the next week or two
weeks or month or two months is
not borne out by the facts.”
A day earlier, Netanyahu said
Israel could not afford to wait
much longer. Following a lengthy
meeting with Obama at the White
House, he accused Iran of a shell
game that allows it to get ever
closer to a bomb.
A leading Democratic senator
emerged from discussions with
Netanyahu on Tuesday saying he
was convinced that an Israeli
strike was likely. Asked whether
he had made such a decision, Netanyahu would say only that he
had decided not to talk about it.
“I think it’s likely because Iran
is not responding to the international call for it to abide by the
U.N. resolutions,” said Senate
Armed Services Committee
Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich.
“Iran is violating six different
U.N. resolutions. I think that being the case, they continue to do
it, don’t open up their uranium facilities to inspection and don’t
stop the enrichment of uranium,
then I would say an attack on
them by Israel is very likely.”
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BUSINESS
rocketminer.com
Consumer Credit
Hovnanian Earns
Economists expect the Federal
Reserve’s report on consumer credit
for January to show growth of $10
billion, according to a survey by FactSet.
Over the past year, consumers
have been increasing their borrowing.
They are taking on more debt after
seeing the unemployment rate drop
and the economy improve, albeit
modestly. Many are also leaning on
their credit cards and loans to make
up for wages that didn’t keep pace
with inflation last year.
The housing market still has quite a
ways to go before anyone labels it
recovered. Homebuilder Hovnanian
Enterprises reports its fiscal firstquarter earnings on Wednesday.
Recently the company said
that its first-quarter preliminary
net contracts climbed 27 percent,
with the strength continuing into
February. Contract signings typically indicate where the housing
market is headed. There’s a oneto two-month lag between a signed
contract and a completed deal.
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MSFT
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AA
Anadarko
APC
Apple Inc
AAPL
310.50
BP PLC
BP
33.62
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BHI
41.91
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BAC
4.92
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CVX
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31.94
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by most recent dividend announcement. p - Initial dividend, annual rate not known, yield not shown. r - Declared or paid in preceding 12 months plus stock dividend. t - Paid in
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Commodities
FUELS
CLOSE
Crude Oil (bbl)
104.70
Ethanol (gal)
2.29
Heating Oil (gal)
3.19
Natural Gas (mm btu) 2.36
Unleaded Gas (gal)
3.23
Copper, oil and
platinum fell on
worries about
demand. China,
a major
commodities
consumer, is
targeting slower
economic
growth, and
Europe is still
struggling with its
debt crisis.
METALS
Gold (oz)
Silver (oz)
Platinum (oz)
Copper (lb)
Palladium (oz)
PVS.
106.72
2.29
3.22
2.36
3.26
%CHG %YTD
-1.89
+5.9
-0.26
+3.9
-0.91
+8.6
+0.04 -21.2
-0.86 +20.2
CLOSE
1671.40
32.74
1611.90
3.73
670.00
PVS.
1703.00
33.65
1662.60
3.85
705.35
%CHG %YTD
-1.86
+6.7
-2.70 +17.5
-3.05 +15.2
-3.15
+8.7
-5.01
+2.2
CLOSE
PVS.
%CHG %YTD
AGRICULTURE
Cattle (lb)
1.26
Coffee (lb)
1.93
Corn (bu)
6.58
Cotton (lb)
0.92
Lumber (1,000 bd ft) 268.50
Orange Juice (lb)
1.93
Soybeans (bu)
13.30
Wheat (bu)
6.54
1.28
2.02
6.66
0.93
270.60
2.00
13.19
6.68
-2.05
-4.24
-1.24
-0.37
-0.78
-3.33
+0.80
-2.06
+2.3
-14.9
+1.8
+0.6
+8.7
+14.3
+11.0
+0.2
Stocks Recap
1,400
S&P 500
3,040
Nasdaq composite
1,360
Close: 1,343.36
Change: -20.97 (-1.5%)
2,960
Close: 2,910.32
Change: -40.16 (-1.4%)
1,320
2,880
10 DAYS
1,440
10 DAYS
3,000
1,360
2,800
1,280
2,600
1,200
2,400
1,120
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Question of the Day
A triple-digit decline in the
Dow Jones industrial average
is most likely to make me?
A. watch market closely
B. look for patterns
C. check 401(k) balance
D. do nothing
Quick click your answers at
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In this election year, I’m most
interested in
a candidate’s view on?
Social
issues
67%
Creating
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iPad 3 Expected
HOV
Local Stocks
Apple is expected to unveil the iPad 3 at a press event in
San Francisco on Wednesday. Although it might best be
referred to as
the next generation iPad,
because even
its name is
veiled in
secrecy. Last
year, sales of the iPad 2 began in the U.S. nine days after
the product announcement.
Since the first iPad came out in 2010, sales of traditional
computers have slowed. Rival PC and phone makers
have been unable to mirror Apple’s tablet success.
S&P 500
1,343.36
DOW
12,759.15
CRUDE OIL
$104.70
30-YR T-BONDS
3.08%
q
q
q
q
-20.97
NASDAQ
2,910.32
-203.66
GOLD
$1,671.40
-2.02
EURO
$1.3110
-.07
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.12%
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q
q
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Dow falls more than 200,
interrupting 2012 rally
JOSHUA FREED
AP Business Writer
Stocks suffered their biggest losses
in three months Tuesday, the first hiccup in a strong and steady rally to start
the year. Wall Street worried about the
global economy and waited while
Greece pressured the last investors to
sign on for its bailout.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell
more than 200 points, giving up more
than a quarter of its 745-point advance
since Jan. 1, the best start to a year in
the U.S. market since 1998.
The sell-off, which spread west from
Europe, also interrupted a period of unusual calm on Wall Street. Before Tuesday, the Dow had not fallen 100 points
for 45-straight trading sessions, the
longest streak since 2006.
The decline of 203.66 points was the
worst for the Dow since Nov. 23 and
left the average at 12,759.15. It was only
last week that the Dow closed above
13,000 for the first time since May
2008, four months before the worst of
the financial crisis.
“When things go straight up and
don’t ever correct or have some sort of
normal pullback, as an investor, that
makes me nervous,” said Ed Hyland, a
global investment specialist with J.P.
Morgan Private Bank.
The gradual rally had been powered
by optimism about the U.S. economic
recovery. But investors realized that
Greece’s debt problems, Europe’s economic problems and Israel’s Iran problems were still very much their problems, too.
Stocks fell sharply from the opening
bell and never mounted a serious
comeback. The Dow was down as
much as 227 points. All but one of the
30 stocks in the average finished the
day lower. Intel managed a gain of 7
cents.
All 10 industry groups in the Standard & Poor’s 500 declined. Bank
stocks, which typically take a hit when
there is any reason to worry about
Greece, led the declines, followed by industrial and materials companies,
which depend on strength in the world
economy.
Alcoa, which makes aluminum and
depends heavily on world economic
demand, fell 4.1 percent, the worst of
the Dow 30. China revised its projection for economic growth on Monday
to 7.5 percent this year, down from 8
percent.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index
fell 20.97 points, its worst decline since
Dec. 8, to 1,343.36. The S&P had not
declined 1 percent or more for 45straight trading days, also the longest
streak since 2006. That year, the S&P
put together 94 in a row.
The Nasdaq composite index
dropped 40.16 points to 2,910.32. The
Nasdaq last week broke through 3,000
for the first time since December 2000,
during the collapse in dot-com stocks.
Last year, sell-offs like this were
much more common. The S&P fell by
at least 1 percent on 48 trading days,
roughly one in every five. During the
depths of the financial crisis in the last
four months of 2008, it happened
roughly one in every three days.
Stocks fell more than 3 percent
Tuesday in Germany, Spain and
France, and 1.9 percent in Britain.
Greece stepped up pressure on private
investors to swap their Greek government bonds for replacements with a
lower face value and interest rate.
Major banks and investment funds
have signed on for the swap, but it remains unclear whether hedge funds,
which had already bought the bonds at
a steep discount and may profit from
bond insurance payouts if Greece defaults, will agree. The deadline is Thursday.
The swap is vital for Greece to cut its
debt and get a bailout of (euro) 130 billion, or $172 billion, from other countries and the International Monetary
Fund. Without the bailout, Greece
could default on its debt later this
month and rattle markets around the
world.
American Express, Twitter team up on retail deals
BOSTON (AP) — American Express
cardholders can use the Twitter online
messaging service to get exclusive discounts and other deals from more than
a dozen retailers under a partnership
announced Tuesday.
Cardholders signing up for the service can tweet a Twitter hashtag, or
search term, that’s unique to a specific
offer. After the purchase, deal savings
are automatically credited to that customer’s American Express card statement within one to three days.
Customers with American Express
consumer or business card accounts
can visit a Web site https://sync.americanexpress.com/twitter to sync their
card with Twitter and qualify for the
deals.
That involves entering a name, card
nmber and e-mail address.
The service is designed to streamline
the use of social media to take advantage of discounts. A customer can stay
on Twitter to qualify for a deal rather
than being redirected to a merchant’s
Web site, entering a promotion code
and printing a coupon. A clerk at a
checkout stand doesn’t need to be notified about the discount because
tweeting the deal’s hashtag loads the
offer onto a customer’s card account.
Savings are passed on to the customer
if a qualifying purchase is made.
Typical offers are expected to be of
the “Buy $50 worth of items, get $10
back” variety, said Ed Gilligan, vice
chairman with New York-based American Express Co.
Presidential tea leaves
65%
64
57
The number has been repeated so often that it's an was a solid connection between the market’s direction in
article of faith: No president has been re-elected since the three years leading up to Election Day and the voting
results. Gains of 20 percent or more for the Dow nearly
World War II with an unemployment rate higher than
7.2 percent.
assured victories for sitting
Re-election results
Friday’s unemployment
presidents. Drops of 10 percent
1984 - Ronald Reagan vs. Walter Mondale
or worse got them tossed.
report is expected to show
Unemployment (Nov. 1984):
7.2%
that unemployment remains at
The Socionomics researchers
Dow (Nov.1981-84):
42%
8.3 percent. That’s a big gap
say everything can be traced
1992 - George H.W. Bush vs. Bill Clinton
for President Barack Obama
back to the prevailing optimism,
7.4%
to close, but the stock market
and that the stock market is the
Dow (Nov. 1989-92):
22%
also turns out to be a pretty
best gauge of how the country
1996 - Bill Clinton vs. Bob Dole
good predictor, according to a
is feeling. Bad day? Time to sell.
5.4%
recent study. And it’s pointing
Things looking up? Time to buy.
Dow (Nov. 1993-96):
64%
in Obama’s favor.
But some think the theory
The Dow Jones industrial
sounds suspect and that there’s
average is up 63 percent since President Barack
a danger of oversimplify
oversimplifying — relying on the Dow,
Obama took office. It was just below 8,000 then and
while ignoring everything from scandals and wars to
stands near 13,000 today.
third-party candidates.
The study was backed by the Socionomics
There’s another number to watch. No
Institute, a think tank whose researchers
president has been re-elected with
dug up data on economic output,
a Gallup approval rating below
prices, unemployment and
48 percent. Obama’s
stock-market performance
numbers are improving
and matched them to
but he’s teetering
presidential elections.
on the edge at 45
What they found
percent.
Tax policy
33%
Foreign
relations
0%
Results do not reflect a scientific poll.
They show only how readers responded. Figures may not total 100 due to rounding.
Source: FactSet
Matthew Craft,
J. Paschke • AP
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What Rush
Limbaugh is
really about
FROMA HARROP
Too bad the Republican candidates had to comment on Rush
Limbaugh’s flaming attack on a
female law student at Georgetown University. El Rushbo plays
troubadour to the party’s right
wing from his home in its entertainment wing. The business of
the entertainment wing is show
business. That means making
money off talk shows, books and
TV appearances — and running
the publicity machine at hysterical volume. It does not mean
keeping the interests of the Republican Party foremost.
My take on Limbaugh is that
he was losing his spotlight tan
and needed a UV blast of attention. Thus the “conservative” radio personality called the selfpossessed Sandra Fluke “a slut”
and “a prostitute” for testifying in
favor of requiring all employers to
cover birth control. Elaborating
further, he suggested that mandating coverage for contraceptives amounted to the public paying women to have sex. In return,
the women should tape themselves in the act, he ventured,
“and post the videos online so we
can all watch.” Attention he got.
President Obama called Fluke
and said he’d stand by her, while
his press secretary characterized
the attacks as “reprehensible.”
But the Republican candidates —
though already in hot water with
many women voters — so feared
Limbaugh’s wrath that they issued mild responses. Mitt Romney squeaked out that “it’s not
the language I would have used.”
Rick Santorum offered that “an
entertainer can be absurd.” (Not
just entertainers, Rick.)
Full disclosure: Limbaugh targets me on occasion. But though
he’s said such unflattering things
as “she might be stupid,” I don’t
mind much. She who dishes it
out should be able to take it. In
any case, my right-wing friends
are so mightily impressed when
the Great One finds me worthy of
notice, they invite me to lunch
and pick up the check.
I confess to a tiny soft spot for
Rush. In top form, he can amuse
as well as irk. Meanwhile, he
faces stiff competition, as others
crowd the stage El Rushbo once
dominated.
Sarah Palin was the Republican choice four years ago to
stand one heartbeat away from
the presidency. She’s now on Fox
talking about the media getting
“wee-weed” over Santorum’s Satan talk. Then there’s Ann Coulter, the late Andrew Breitbart and
an army of industrious online
provocateurs.
Climbing the greasy pole of the
24/7 right-wing news cycle requires finding increasingly violent ways to express contempt for
liberals and their attitudes. But
having been at this for a quarter
of a century, Rush is getting a bit
old hat. Next to what else is out
there, his Angry White Male riffs
seem almost staid. Hence, the
graphic amplification at the expense of a poorly chosen victim.
It’s one thing to gargle vile
things into the mike, even if they
ultimately hurt the cause one purports to serve. It’s quite another
to offend advertisers. When advertisers go, so does the money.
Several advertisers, perhaps having eyed the exits for some time,
pulled out after the offensive remarks. That alone explains Limbaugh’s eagerness to issue a rare
regret.
Whether his media empire fully recovers remains to be seen.
Abject apologies didn’t work too
well for talk radio king Don Imus.
In a similar verbal belch, he called
the splendid Rutgers University
women’s basketball team “nappyheaded hos.”
As for Limbaugh’s intended
target, I imagine that she’s
tougher than he is. And women
not in the business of responding
angrily to swipes at their gender
are laughing at the shtoopidity.
Which makes me want to end
with a gem from the Rush Limbaugh Treasury of Humor:
“Women should not be allowed
on juries where the accused is a
stud.” Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck.
To find out more about Froma Harrop, and read
features by other Creators Syndicate writers
and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate
Web page at www.creators.com.
YOUR OPINION
To: Editor
From: Edward A. DeCastro
Showing Marine pride
is not unprofessional
It was my pleasure to attend
the Parent-Teacher Conference
at Rock Springs High School the
evening of 1 March 2012. Having
served in the Marine Corps, I
now teach mathematics to
Sweetwater’s high school students.
In prior years of service in
Sweetwater School District One,
my military service was recognized on Veterans Day. This year,
that honor was not forthcoming,
and so I elected to advertise my
prior military service by wearing
a long-sleeved T-shirt, in compliance with a recently enacted
dress code for teachers, that advertised my prior service in the
Marines.
During the Parent-Teacher
Conference, I was approached by
an administrator and informed
that my attire was less than pro-
fessional. I am highly offended by
this comment and would like to
know by whose standard is the
Marine Corps lacking in professionalism.
My service to this country did
not require an ultimate price paid
by so many, for which I am grateful to whatever power I owe my
life. I made no outstanding contributions to the success of any
mission; I received no significant
combat medals; I achieved no position of honor. I served quietly,
unnoticed, for my entire tour of
duty and was fortunate enough to
return to my home on my own
power.
Nonetheless, I am proud of my
Marine heritage and of the fellow
Marines with whom I served and
those I have had the great privilege to know. The statement that
my attire was unprofessional is
unacceptable and unwarranted. A
retraction of this statement is in
order and I request such be made
public by those to whom the administration at Rock Springs
High School report.
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The West struggles to
kill zombie subdivisions
For the past several years, I
have marveled at a basketball
court planted in the middle of a
field on the outskirts of Delta,
Colo., a town of 9,000
people in rural western
Colorado. It’s a goodlooking court with a
smooth cement surface
and nets on the rims.
But I never see anyone
playing on it, or even
driving on the curvy
road that leads to it.
The lack of players
and drivers can be
traced to the great housing bust of 2008, which
halted the development
of this subdivision.
Though the streets, park
and fire hydrants had all
been installed, the peo- PAUL
ple never came to buy LARMER
the lots and build
homes. Just one new
house — probably the model
home — sits several hundred
yards away from the court.
This is a common sight in
many Western communities
these days, not only in large metropolises such as Phoenix and
Las Vegas, but also in rural areas.
Take the extreme case of Teton
County, Idaho.
In the early 2000s, Teton Valley, a gorgeous agricultural area
just over the pass from Jackson,
was one of the hottest secondhome markets in the West, and
developers flooded its small
towns and county offices with
proposals for rural subdivisions.
For awhile, everyone from the
welcoming famers and real es-
tate agents to the construction
workers and developers made a
lot of money, even as a political
rift opened up between greenleaning newcomers and
the conservative Mormon farming community that had long run the
show.
That ended abruptly
with the housing bust.
As Allen Best reported
in High Country News
recently, about 7,200
lots that were approved
and mapped out, or
platted, stand vacant today. Many of the vacant
lots have become marooned without good
roads and utilities; others are weaved in with
lots where houses were
built, but those houses
either also stand vacant
or, if they’re occupied,
hold their occupants in a kind of
limbo. The county government is
also on the hook financially. It
approved many of the subdivisions without requiring developers to pay upfront for infrastructure. So far, Best reports, the
county has negotiated “replat”
agreements on a handful of developments, but it is reluctant to
pressure developers and banks
to do more deals for fear of being
sued.
If I could script an ending for
this story, it would be about how
a profound economic bust
brought the community together to create a new vision for
Teton Valley, one that balances
environmental protection and
Writers
On The
Range
DOONESBURY By Garry Trudeau
smart growth. But that would be
fiction, at least at this point.
Though backed by a vocal,
pro-planning group, Teton
County’s effort to craft a new
comprehensive plan that would
prevent future housing disasters
is meeting stiff resistance. At a
meeting with farmers, held in
January, ideas
such as downzoning
—
educing the allowable densities for subdivisions in rural
areas — and
conservation
“overlays” —
the
various
maps showing
wildlife habitat, wetlands
and other sensitive
areas
that should be
protected —
were met with
vehement opposition, Best
reports.
“It
was a pitchforks and torches
meeting. The answer to everything was ‘no,’” said one person
who attended.
Jaydell Buxton, whose grandfather homesteaded in Teton
County in 1888, has already sold
a thousand acres of his farmland
to a developer, and he’s among
those who are leery of any
tougher regulations. “I get really angry,” he said. “We’ve been
overtaken by the Easterners” —
his term for the conservationists
and others who want regula-
tions. “I see bicycle riders here,
young people riding in the middle of the day!”
And so, the rural West remains
mired in a planning battle that is
only exacerbated by a bust. Part
of the battle is cultural and political — an old guard fearful of losing its power to a new guard with
different values.
Another part is
purely economic; where one
group sees the
downturn as an
opportunity to
regulate against
the wild swings
of the real-estate economy,
another sees it
as the time to
loosen up and
sweeten deals
for developers
anything to get
the good times
rolling again.
I may yet see
people
dribbling
and
shooting on the zombie basketball court near Delta, kids’ voices mingling with the sounds of
nail guns, hammers and saws.
Or, more likely, since it may take
another decade for Delta’s real
estate market to reignite, I’ll
watch the court slowly melt back
into the field from which it
sprang.
‘I may yet see
people dribbling
and shooting on the
zombie basketball
court near Delta,
kids’ voices
mingling with the
sounds of nail
guns, hammers and
saws.’
Paul Larmer is the executive director of High
Country News (hcn.org), based in Paonia,
Colo. He is a contributor to the magazines oped service, Writers on the Range.
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DEAR ABBY
WONDERWORD By
David Ouellet
MOMMA by Mel Lazarus
By Abigail Van Buren
DEAR ABBY: Several years ago
you printed a poem about forgiveness in your column. It described very well the benefits of
the practice, and it was accompanied by a sort of “forgiveness
schedule” for every day of the
week.
I clipped the column and saved
it, but over time I seem to have
lost it. Could you please run this
piece again? — DANIELA IN
TORONTO
DEAR DANIELA: I’m glad to
oblige. The poem you have requested, “Decide to Forgive,” was
written by the late Robert Muller,
former assistant secretary-general of the United Nations. Now,
with so much turmoil going on in
the nation and in the world, its
sentiments are particularly relevant.
This poem is part of a collection of letters, poems and essays
that are collected in my booklet
“Keepers” because so many Dear
Abby readers had clipped them
and continue to request that they
be reprinted.
Here is the poem you have requested:
GARFIELD by Jim Davis
DOG EAT DOUG by Ryan Anderson
DECIDE TO FORGIVE
Decide to forgive
For resentment is negative
Resentment is poisonous
Resentment diminishes and
devours the self.
Be the first to forgive,
To smile and to take the first
step
And you will see happiness
bloom
On the face of your human
brother or sister.
Be always the first
Do not wait for others to forgive
For by forgiving
You become the master of fate
The fashioner of life
A doer of miracles.
To forgive is the highest,
Most beautiful form of love.
In return you will receive
Untold peace and happiness.
And here is the program for
achieving a truly forgiving heart:
SUNDAY: Forgive yourself.
MONDAY: Forgive your family.
TUESDAY:
Forgive
your
friends and associates.
WEDNESDAY: Forgive across
economic lines within your own
nation.
THURSDAY: Forgive across
cultural lines within your own nation.
FRIDAY: Forgive across political lines within your own nation.
SATURDAY: Forgive other nations.
Only the brave know how to
forgive. A coward never forgives.
It is not in his nature.
BECKER BRIDGE Slam-Double Convention
AGNES by Morrie Turner
ZACK HILL by J. Deering and J. Macintosh
JANRIC CLASSIC SUDOKU
BLONDIE by Dean Young and Dennis Lebrun
HOROSCOPE
By Holiday
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Your will is
strong, and what you want may indeed be
what is best for everyone. However, you
must be careful not to overpower others
with the intensity of your passion.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) The games you
choose are hard enough on their own, so
there’s no need to put up with team members who drag you down. Seek those who
are warm, supportive and positive.
ONE BIG HAPPY... by Rick Detorie
CROSSWORD By
Thomas Joseph
GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Multitasking will
prove to be generally a rotten idea except
in the instances of listening to audio
books while traveling or making phone
calls while you walk an unpopulated
stretch of track or sidewalk.
CANCER (June 22-July 22) You’ll act in a
vigorous and determined way to exert
your authority and have a meaningful impact on how things turn out. You may
spend a good deal of time working out
how you might alter the behavior and
thinking of others.
FLO AND FRIENDS by John Gibel and Jenny
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) If you’re feeling discouraged, you’ll rely too much on outer
forces to shape your path. That’s why you
need to make sure that you’re feeling up
and enthusiastic before you ever leave the
house. Call a peppy friend.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You’ll go into the
day with a take-charge attitude, and you’ll
use your knowledge to alter your circumstances. Your winner’s mindset is unstoppable, though you should be warned that
some will try.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) As much as you
may try to avoid being the center of attention today, the eyeballs will still be trained
on you. It has to be this way because you
know what you’re doing and you need to
teach others.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) You’ll be aware
of how social conditioning shapes behavior. The one who is trying hard to live up to
an image of independence may really
need your help. Your compassion helps
you see the truth.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You won’t
have time to be very self-conscious, because you’re so focused on experiencing
all you can in one day. You may even dare
to sing solo in public or dance for no reason.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You’re likely
to put more emphasis on substance than
form, though not immediately. A lovely
package will draw you in. But you won’t
stay “in” if there’s nothing compelling inside it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You may be
concerned about being criticized or
judged harshly, but it doesn’t keep you
from putting your best work out there for
all to see. Your courage keeps you moving
forward.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You’ll be inspired by a person who really seems to
have it all together. You’re already planning your future involvement with this
person, whether or not you realize it.
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Man charged with
battery and stalking
JOEL GALLOB
ROCK SPRINGS — A Rock
Springs man faces a charge of
battery and stalking following
an initial report about a truck
abandoned between the railroad
tracks in October.
James Daniel Biesheuvel, 30,
of Rock Springs appeared in the
3rd Judicial District Court of
Judge Jere Ryckman on Feb. 16.
Third District Circuit Court
Judge E. Victoria Schofield previously set bond at $50,000.
If convicted of stalking and
battery, he faces maximum
penalties of six months in jail on
the battery charge and a $750
fine and up to 10 years in prison
and a $10,000 fine on the stalking charge.
According to court documents, Sweetwater County
Deputy Sheriff Brad Wallendorf
responded 2 miles west of
Wyoming Highway 191 S. on
Oct. 5, 2011, to a report of a
truck parked between railroad
tracks. Wallendorf said the pickup was unoccupied and he was
about to contact railroad authorities, when Biesheuvel appeared
with scratch marks on his neck
and chest. Biesheuvel allegedly
said he had been following his
girlfriend, Jennifer Mitchell.
Biesheuvel said he followed
Mitchell to the Village Inn and
saw her kiss a man. Biesheuvel
said he confronted Mitchell and
allegedly fought with a man later identified as James Nichols.
He said he changed vehicles
and his phone so he could follow Mitchell without being identified.
He told the deputy the man
who kissed Mitchell earlier allegedly followed him, so he tried
to elude him by driving to the
railroad right of way. When he
could shake the vehicle, he allegedly said he stopped to fight
the man. Wallendorf said there
was no evidence of a fight or the
tracks of another vehicle.
Cpl. Joe Tomich interviewed
Nichols, who said he was attacked by a man who matched
Biesheuvel’s description.
Tomich also spoke with
Mitchell, who said she had broken up with Biesheuvel, though
he allegedly kept calling and following her.
She said he allegedly tried to
force his way into her residence
on Oct. 4, 2011, and followed
her vehicle on Oct. 5, 2011. She
said she had stopped at the Village Inn when Biesheuvel allegedly attacked Nichols without provocation.
According to court documents, Mitchell previously
made multiple calls to law enforcement
complaining
Biesheuvel had allegedly harassed her. On Sept. 30, 2011,
Mitchell showed Tomich text
messages from Biesheuvel asking her not to call law enforcement.
On Sept. 24, 2011, Sheriff’s
Deputy Brett Peterson responded to Mitchell’s residence after
she said Biesheuvel allegedly assaulted her. He saw several
bruises on Mitchell’s arms,
which she said Biesheuvel
caused.
On Aug. 31, 2011, Biesheuvel
was observed filming Mitchell’s
residence. He allegedly said he
was recording evidence she was
cheating on him.
Between Aug. 31 and Sept. 30,
2011, law enforcement responded to multiple calls concerning
Biesheuvel allegedly harassing
Mitchell and her associates, including threats of violence or
reckless driving. Biesheuvel was
warned not to trespass at
Mitchell’s residence.
Tomich said he reviewed
these incidents with Biesheuvel,
who allegedly agreed his behavior, including following Mitchell
and going through her cell
phone history, could be seen as
harassment.
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Welfare drug testing bill
voted down 17 to 13 Mon.
TREVOR BROWN
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
CHEYENNE — State senators
on Monday voted down a proposal that would have denied aid to
welfare recipients caught using
drugs.
The Senate voted 17-to-13 to reject the legislation allowing the
state to randomly drug test residents enrolled in Personal Opportunities with Employment Responsibilities, or POWER, program.
Opponents called the legislation unnecessary, citing state Department of Family Services officials who have said there is no
proof of a significant drug problem among the program’s recipients.
“These people barely have time
to take care of their kids,” said
Sen. Bill Landen, R-Casper.
“Many are single-parent moms,
and (DFS) told us maybe 1 percent (of the recipients use illegal
AT A GLANCE
On Monday, the state Senate
rejected House Bill 82, which
would have required drug
tests for some welfare recipients. The legislation passed
the House last week.
drugs).
“I’m just not sure if it’s worth
the investment to find out something that I think we already
know.”
The measure passed the House
last week despite strong objections of many Democrats.
Before the Senate vote on
Monday, the chamber accepted
an amendment to the House’s
version. It would have allowed
random testing of 100 of the
adult recipients instead of screening all who get the aid.
There are 347 families
statewide — or 650 people —
who get benefits through program. The pay-after-program is
intended to provide aid for children or low-income residents
with children.
The random screenings would
have only applied to the adult
cases, which make up about a
third of the program.
Sen. Kit Jennings, R-Casper,
who co-sponsored the bill, said it
would have provided an answer
to the many constituents he
hears from who ask why they
have to get drug-tested for their
jobs but welfare recipients get a
pass.
Jennings said the random tests
also would have provided a definitive answer to the question of
whether there is a drug problem.
“We can do a random test for a
year and come back and say there
is a problem or there is not a
problem,” he said. “If the numbers come back and say there is a
problem, we would all come back
and see if there is something we
can do.”
But Sen. Chris Rothfuss, DLaramie, said the bill would do
more harm than good. He said
the most likely result is that a
small number of people would
choose not to apply for the benefits because of the testing.
“This is a program that is designed to help children,” he said.
“The outcome of this randomized
experiment is going to be that 1
or 2 percent won’t show up and
their kids will probably go hungry.”
Sen. John Hastert, D-Green
River, said there were constitutional problems with the bill since
the state has no probable cause
or reasonable suspicion that the
people it is testing are drug users.
“By singling out this specific
program, there is a sense of discrimination,” he said. “Why not
drug test other forms of public
assistance that we have? Like
should we require drug testing for
any type of subsidy?”
Bill ending retirees’ COLAs moves along
BECKY ORR
WHAT’S NEXT?
CHEYENNE — A bill that
would end cost-of-living raises for
public retirees for many years
was approved on first reading in
the House on Monday
The approval followed a long
debate about Senate File 59. The
House will have to approve it two
more times.
The bill discusses ending costof-living hikes. The Legislature
could provide them, but not by
using money from the state’s retirement system.
Wyoming’s retirement plans
were never intended to provide
cost-of-living raises, said Rep.
Rosie Berger, R-Big Horn.
But that is what happened.
From 1991-2008, the state provided COLAs for the largest public employee retirement plan.
The raises ranged from 1-3 percent.
The state House approved a
bill on first reading on Monday that would end automatic cost-of-living raises for
public retirees. Representatives must approve the bill
two more times.
“We are not trying to tell you
funds aren’t sound. They are,” she
said.
But, she added, members of
the Joint Appropriations Committee wonder about the future of
the retirement system. Giving
cost-of-living raises has started
eroding away at the heart of the
fund, she said.
Joint Appropriations recommended that a retirement plan
must achieve a funding ratio of
120 percent to give such raises.
One study says it could take
more than 40 years for the state’s
largest retirement fund to reach
the goal.
House Appropriations last
week approved an amendment
that the funds have to reach 105
percent.
“I know this has given your
constituents heartburn,” Berger
told the representatives.
The bill also strips authority
from the retirement board to
grant COLAs. But it does give it
a duty to have an education plan
for all employees.
“No future cost-of-living increases are built into the plan,”
she said.
Rep. Pete Illoway, R-Cheyenne,
opposed the measure.
“We’re jumping the horse a little bit early,” he said. “This is one
of the best plans in the nation.
We’re crying wolf before it’s necessary to cry wolf.
“To eliminate future COLAs altogether is wrong. I’m not sure
the system is really broken.”
Illoway said the bill sends the
wrong message to employees and
potential state employees.
Rep.
Ken
Esquibel,
DCheyenne, called it micromanaging.
“We are a citizen’s Legislature,”
he said. “I don’t think there are
very many of us that have institutional knowledge to make these
types of decisions. That is why
we have a board.”
But Rep. William “Jeb” Steward, R-Encampment, supports
the bill.
“We’re trying to protect the
corpus or the assets of the retirement plan,” he said.
Rep. Amy Edmonds, RCheyenne, also spoke in favor of
the bill. It represents two years of
study by Joint Appropriations.
“It’s a very prudent measure,”
she said, adding that it’s critical to
provide state employees a sound,
stable system.
TREVOR BROWN
CHEYENNE – A plan to
spend a $1.78 million to boost
voluntary workplace safety programs got initial approval from
the state Senate on Monday.
Senators backed House Bill
89 on its first reading. It would
let the state spend $1.28 million
to hire five safety consultants to
provide courtesy inspections
that can be requested by companies.
The consultants would check
compliance issues without the
threat of citing or fining the
companies.
The bill also starts a
$500,000 fund to provide
matching grants so companies
can get extra training or safety
equipment.
The money would come from
the Industrial Accident Fund
and would be part of the Department of Workforce Services’
standard budget.
Rep. Tom Lubnau, R-Gillette,
sponsored the bill and worked
with Gov. Matt Mead to craft
the proposal.
The governor announced earlier in the year that reforming
the state’s safety standards is a
priority for him.
In addition to supporting the
bill, he said he intends to use his
executive power to transfer vacant positions to create three
new Occupational Safety and
Health Administration safety
consultants.
The safety initiatives follow
Utah engineers
develop thumbpulling video game
controller
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —
University of Utah engineers
have designed a new kind of
video game controller with a
thumb-pulling mechanism that
mimics the tug of a fishing line
or the recoil of a gun.
Mechanical engineering professor William Provancher is
demonstrating the device this
week at a Vancouver electronics
WHAT’S NEXT?
House Bill 89, aimed at
boosting voluntary compliance with workplace safety
programs, will need to pass
two more readings in the
Senate. Since the House already approved the bill, it
would move to Gov. Matt
Mead’s desk if it earns final
Senate approval.
the release of a report from
Timothy Ryan, the state’s former occupational epidemiologist. It criticized the state’s efforts to combat workplace accidents.
Ryan wrote there is a “lack of
a culture of safety in Wyoming”
and that has contributed to the
state having the worst or second-worst occupational fatality
rate in the nation each of the last
eight years.
Mead and Lubnau said they
favor the “carrot over the stick”
policy of providing companies
more safety resources rather
than step up enforcement.
Rep. Mary Throne, DCheyenne, is a co-sponsor of
HB 89. She argued the measures in the bill should be combined with higher fines for safety violations.
Earlier in the session, the
House voted down a separate
bill that Throne was pushing. It
would have hiked the penalties
for a safety violation causing the
death of a worker up to
$125,000.
symposium.
Controllers that give touch
feedback emerged in 1997 with
Nintendo64’s “rumble pack,”
which simulated the vibrations
of a car motor.
The new controller gives the
player directional cues by
stretching the skin of the thumb
tips in different directions.
Developers say the controller
makes games more realistic by
simulating the impact of a
crash, the push of ocean waves
or the sensation of crawling on
the floor in a shooting scenario.
A patent is pending on the device.
School buses live on after retirement
AERIN CURTIS
CHEYENNE — What do cellars, campers and livestock transports have in common?
All three can be made from retired school buses.
In Wyoming, about 60 to 100
buses are replaced every year, according to the Wyoming Department of Education. But they
don’t all end up in the same
place.
Local districts have the choice
of trading buses in to the dealer
or “surplusing” them.
If the buses become part of a
district’s surplus items, they go
up for auction, said Bob Peyton,
transportation
administrator
with Laramie County School
District No. 1.
“Guys like to make campers
out of (used buses),” he said.
“You’d be surprised what people
do with them.”
The district has sold them to
the YMCA and programs like
Head Start, Peyton said.
Some groups that buy used
school buses intend to keep them
running, said Jerry Bowman,
LCSD2’s transportation coordinator. In the rural district, he
added, several church groups
have called to ask about buying
buses.
However, others buy buses
with many uses in mind, said
Dave Mills, co-owner of Rocky
Mountain Bus Sales. The company buys, then resells used buses.
He’s sold them to hog farmers
and people who use them to haul
hay.
“(Farmers) like school buses
because they’re shorter than a
semi(trailer), and you could sanitize them easily and compartmentalize them easily,” he said.
While some may want the buses for parts, others make them
into racing buses or bury them as
cellars, Mills said.
“One lady drained her pond,
and she wanted to buy a bus to
fill the hole and make a fallout
shelter,” he said.
A common method is to use
the top emergency escape hatch
as the entrance for a buried bus,
he said.
School buses come in several
sizes, but the most common type
is one that carries about 72 students, officials said.
A new bus of that type can cost
between
$100,000
and
$150,000, depending on the features, Bowman said. A used bus,
or one at auction, often sells for
much less.
However, before a Wyoming
district retires that bus, it has to
have collected either 175,000
miles or be 12 years old, Peyton
said. The age and mileage limits
are in the Education Department’s rules.
In LCSD2, most buses don’t
reach that 12th birthday, said
Bowman. Though, he added,
buses close to retirement can be
pulled off regular routes to act as
spares, if the district needs to
stagger how many buses are being replaced.
In LCSD1, a bus’ life span depends on whether it runs a city
or rural route, Peyton said.
“The last three years or four
years, we’ve surplused, rather
than trading them,” he said. “We
kind of like to surplus them for
the public use.”
Horse trainer works with mustangs for adoptions
RYAN COSTELLO
Rawlins Daily Times
RAWLINS (AP) — Off an inconspicuous dirt road that
branches from the “Old Highway” to the north, is a ranch with
a red roof.
The modest structure is
halfway between Rawlins and
Sinclair, but planted between
white-capped mountains and
snow-dusted fields, it feels far
away from both.
The idyllic setting is what its
inhabitant, 21-year-old Encampment native Solomon Griffith,
imagined while growing up on a
more modernized compound
that operated to a soundtrack of
four-wheeler engines instead of
horse hooves.
He’s young in his field, but
Griffith has already trained a
number of horses measured in
the 100s.
After not much longer than a
year training horses professionally, he’s doing it competitively.
Griffith recent picked up a pair
of horses that he’ll have until June
to teach and train for the Mustang Makeover, a competition between 38 horsemen to prepare
feral horses for adoption.
The event culminates June 9 in
Fort Collins, when horses are
judged based on body condition
and a myriad newly learned skills.
“This is the biggest thing I’ve
ever done as far as competition,”
Griffith said.
Among the most influential figures responsible for Griffith’s articulate knowledge of horses and
their education is Joe Middleton.
Middleton first met Griffith last
summer, when they both worked
on the same ranch in Encampment.
Griffith knew his way around
horses from a rodeo résumé that
spanned almost a decade, but
that was it.
“He was just a young man
building fences, riding horses —
all kinds of ranch stuff,” Middleton said.
The 75-year-old was there for
training’s traditional days, when
the horses were mean and the
trainers were meaner.
“The whole approach was different back then,” Middleton said.
The herds that roamed western
Wyoming were inbred and aggressive — Middleton called them
“jugheads” — not like today’s
well-maintained, well-mannered
bloodlines.
The common approach was to
“break” the horse, more or less
punishing the animal into submission.
“It really, in a sense, broke the
horse’s spirit,” Griffith said. “The
horse didn’t enjoy what it was doing, it just knew that if it didn’t do
it right, it was going to get
spurred, whipped and everything
else.”
Sometime around World War
II, a new method of training —
what would eventually be known
as modern natural horsemanship
— was making its way down from
the Pacific Northwest.
The trend was credited to a
pair of brothers, Tom and Bill
Dorrance, and was championed
most in Middleton’s day by a man
named Ray Hunt.
The updated approach resulted
in the horse naturally performing
a desired action instead of having
it beaten in. The relationship was
much more student-teacher than
master-beast.
It would be the method Griffith
learned, thanks mostly to Middleton.
“He began to ask me questions
about how he should do this and
that,” Middleton said. “I started
telling Solomon the things he was
doing wrong and the things he
was doing right.”
Perhaps the most important element to the approach Griffith
learned is trust, and that it’s not
there if you don’t earn it.
“A mustang off the range views
humans as predators,” Griffith
said. “It’s scared to death when it
gets near a human. The first thing
you need to do before you can
teach that horse anything is
you’ve got to teach it not to be
scared of you and that you’re not
there to hurt it.”
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ACCURATE IRRIGATION
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HANDWRITING AND Healing. White Mountain Library, 6:30 p.m., March 8.
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CUSTOM DRAPERIES
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Windows (307) 350-6579
EXPERIENCED AUTO DETAILING, licensed and insured, will accept all major
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389-1844, leave message.
TOWING: Cars, Trucks,
Semi’s, Machinery. Also
private property towing.
Call 389-9225.
ELECTRICIANS ON CALL
24 hours
Tarpon Energy, 382-2709
CALL MONTE Vista Construction. Now scheduling
roofs for spring. 382-0767.
DANIEL DORMAN Painting.
Interior/Exterior painting,
drywall repair, texturing
and more. Free Estimates,
great pricing. 371-6354.
TREE SERVICE - Available
for trimmings and removals. 307-212-0184.
EXPERIENCED Housekeeper, can clean your kitchen,
bathroom or entire home.
Call (970) 485-1639, leave
message.
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CLEANING.
Moving
in-out only, 307-371-1877.
S&E PROFESSIONAL Cleaning. Insured and licensed.
For all your cleaning needs,
307-389-7062.
IMMACULATE CLEANING.
Residential and carpet
cleaning. One time or
scheduled cleaning services. 307-371-3640.
KINDEL PAINTING - Serving
Sweetwater County over 30
years. Free estimates. Call
362-7679 or 350-9369.
ACCURATE
IRRIGATION.
Lawn and landscape, installation, repair, mowing.
307-389-9792.
LOOKING FOR a contractor
that does his own work?
HOLP CONSTRUCTION has
your on-the-job contractor.
Now doing estimates for
spring remodeling projects: additions, basement,
kitchens and baths. Call
Terry, 362-6680. www.holp
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SHEILA’S DETAILING - Cars,
trucks, semis. Call Sheila,
(307) 922-3520.
CLEARVIEW Improvement
And Service District, 117
Mountain View. Regular
meeting March 8, 7 p.m.
Special meeting March 15,
7 p.m.
SPEED BUMP
BY DAVE COVERLY
HEAVY INDUSTRIAL acres
for sale. For inquiries and
appointments
call
TARUFELLI DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION. 362-2247,
(307) 389-5380.
SHAKE MAKER - Monday
through Friday 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. 628 Broadway Street,
Broadway Burger Station.
No phone calls please.
EZ CASH is looking for a
Part-Time Customer Service Representative. Applicant must have excellent
customer service skills,
computer skills, and money
handling experience. Bring
resume to 160 Uinta, Green
River, or 2400 Foothill Blvd.,
Suite 1, Rock Springs.
NOW HIRING for a Sales
Representative (Part Time)
in Rock Springs, WY.
*Requirements*
High School Graduation or
GED required valid driver’s
license, and auto insurance. Must be hard working, reliable, and dependable. Must be able to perform physical requirements. Background Check
and Drug Screen required.
Full job description online.
Apply at www.amerch.com
Click search for part time
jobs. Enter Job #1103398.
CDL DRIVER needed to haul
sand. Oilfield, pneumatic
experience a must, clean
driving record. Call (307)
389-3240.
CASHIERS NEEDED for all
shifts. Must be Honest,
Hardworking, Dependable
and enjoy working with
people. Apply at the
Texaco on 1620 Elk Street.
RIG WELDER with truck to
work on drilling rigs. North
Dakota, Wyoming areas.
Call 389-2843, 389-9385.
EXPERIENCED SERVER. Pick
up application at Broadway
Burger Station. No phone
calls, please.
J.W. McKimm & Sons Inc. is
looking for CDL Drivers.
Please apply in person at
290 Signal Dr. NO PHONE
CALLS!!!
LOOKING FOR an experienced Dental Hygienist
that is hard working, a
team player, and has good
rapport with people. A Hygienist who has desire and
ability to educate patients,
build trust, and establish
life-long patients. Please
fax resumes to Wind River
Dental LLC at 307-367-2818
Job number 301. Job closing March 8.
JOB OPPORTUNITY! Security company looking for
part-time
(weekends,
nights) Security Guards in
the Rock Springs area. We
will train. Must have a
clean background, clean
driving record. Call (877)
352-7248 or 970-301-0765.
LOOKING FOR responsible,
dependable, trustworthy
dog sitter available on
most weekends. The dog is
a 6 year old, friendly,
trained Border Collie. Great
pay. To inquire, call (740)
516-9448.
FULL-TIME BAKER. No experience necessary. Apply
at Cowboy Donuts, 1573
Dewar Drive, #4.
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1990
CHEVY
Corvette,
black, $6000. 389-3086.
2005 CADILLAC DeVille. Silver,
power
windows,
heated/cooled seats, very
clean, 119,000. Excellent
condition, $6800 or best.
Call Justin at 307-389-9967.
2009 HYUNDAI Sonata limited. Adult owned, $16,000
firm. 382-5517.
1987 CHEVY - Purchase or
parts. 871-2910.
1990 DODGE diesel 4x4 3/4
ton. Runs great. OR lots of
parts. Best offer. 350-8360
or 350-8366.
1997 CHEVY Silverado 1500,
4x4, $3700, 382-2005, leave
message.
105
‘K’
Street,
Rock
Springs. New Life Ministries, Wednesday through
Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
105 K St., upstairs, Rock
Springs. Huge Antique and
Collectable sale. Wednesday only 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Pottery, glassware, huge
hot wheels collection, old
kitchenware, art work, new
camping gear, electronics,
speakers, 36 in. JVC TV with
stand, Rock Springs advertising collectibles, Pepsi,
Coca Cola, Big Chief bottles, old canning jars, salt
and pepper shakers, DVD’s,
PS1, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360,
Sega Dreamcast, games
and game systems. Huge
amount of new items.
371-5774.
SINGLE
BEDROOM,
off
street parking, no smoking,
no pets, $700/month. One
year lease. 371-2514.
WELL-KEPT ONE bedroom.
Deposit and reference required. No smoking or pets.
$600. 371-7420.
THREE BEDROOM house,
stove, refrigerator, fenced
and grass, $1000 per
month, 362-2929.
TWO BEDROOM, available
March 15, no pets. References, contract required.
354-7384, 362-6840.
ROOM FOR rent, Rock
Springs. (307) 747-5571.
120 B Midnight, Rock
Springs. Three bed, two
bath, rent $1100 per month,
deposit starts at *$1100.
Call Southwest Real Estate,
307-382-9180 or visit:
southwestwyoming.com
Equal Housing.
PART-TIME BARTENDER apply in person, 516 Elk St.
No phone calls please.
Joe’s Liquor and Bar.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE ASSISTANT
(Green River Center)
Western Wyoming Community College announces an
immediate opening for the
above position in the
WWCC Green River Center.
This is a full-time, 12 month
per year position. The successful applicant will perform clerical and secretarial functions which support
the day to day activities of
the Workforce Development Office. Three years of
clerical experience is required. Knowledge of Microsoft Office, Word and
Outlook is required. Ability
to communicate effectively
verbally and in writing is
also required. Net typing
proficiency of 50 words per
minute plus the ability to
pass the English skills Usage Test at the 75th percentile is also required.
Closing date of receipt of
WWCC application forms is
Wednesday, March 14,
2012. The WWCC English
usage test and typing test
must be taken to be considered for this position.
WWCC application forms
and information regarding
the clerical test may only
be obtained from: Rock
Springs Workforce Center,
2451 Foothill Boulevard,
Suite 100, Rock Springs,
Wyoming or by calling
(307) 382-2747. WWCC is an
Equal Opportunity Employer.
1124 EDGAR Apartment C three bed, one bath, rent
$950, deposit starts at
*$950. No pets/No smoking., Southwest Real Estate,
(307) 382-9180 or visit:
Equal Housing.
UPCOMING APARTMENTS
for rent; two bedroom, one
bath for only $780, deposit
$400. Pet friendly, first two
months free pet rent. Best
deal in town. Call 382-6281.
MONROE APARTMENTS in
Green River. Two bed, 1.5
bath. $700/month, $700 deposit. No pets allowed. Call
Southwest Real Estate,
307-382-9180 or visit:
Equal Housing.
SEVERAL ONE bedroom
units in Green River. Turnkey Properties, 871-2772.
NEWLY REMODELED two
bedroom, one bath, $800
per month plus electric, no
pets, 8x15 storage on site.
350-0128, 382-6542.
GREEN
RIVER,
two
bedroom, one bath. Coin
laundry. 307-875-5036.
MALE LOOKING for roommate to share expenses or
two bedroom furnished,
gone a lot, no smoking,
362-7597, 362-7302.
THREE BEDROOM town
houses in Green River. One
year lease. No Pets. Call
389-1077, 871-1351.
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TWO BEDROOM, partly
furnished, call 362-2530.
FOUR BEDROOM, one bath
in Rock Springs. Remodeled, fenced yard. No
smoking! No pets! $1200
per month, $1200 deposit.
389-2734.
TOWNHOUSE, 408 Arrowhead Way. Three bedroom,
2.5
bath,
refrigerator,
washer, dryer, two car garage. No pets. $1350 a
month. Available April 1,
2012. (916) 202-7277.
THREE BEDROOM, 2.5 bath
townhomes. No pets. Call
875-5036.
MOBILE HOME space for
16x80 or small double. Pets
welcome (some restrictions apply). Must be
newer home. Contact Horizon Park, 307-382-5833.
ONE BEDROOM, one bath.
$450 a month. Tenant pays
electricity and gas. No
pets. Call 389-2254.
6 MONTH old female
Pom-Poo, $300. 371-7204.
CHINCHILLAS FOR sale,
young and old. 382-4188,
leave message.
CHIHUAHUA PUPPIES. First
shots,
CKC
registered.
Three boys short haired
$200, one boy long haired
$400. Lyman, 307-787-6062.
4000 SQ. FT. heated commercial zoned building
with .5 acre fenced yard in
north Rock Springs area
available for lease. Call
352-6439 please leave message.
JAPANESE CHIN, 1.5 years
old, $200 or best offer. Call
389-1213.
7500 SQ. FT. light industrial
(County) zoned building for
lease. Several offices, four
14 ft. bay doors, wash bays.
One acre fenced yard with
concrete, asphalt and electrical service. 382-3311.
HORSE CORRAL for sale,
CMS Corral (FMC Park Corrals). Call 354-6981.
#2 BOWKER Rd., Rock
Springs, WY. 5000 sq. ft. industrial building with offices, secure parking. Call
Steve at 307-371-3763.
REFRIGERATORS, $100 and
up. Washers and dryers,
$150 and up. Stoves and
electric, $125 and up. Call
Blaine, (307) 212-2432.
WANTED, DEAD or alive:
appliances. Call Blaine
(307) 212-2432.
TAKE NOTICE that the following vehicles will be sold at public
auction at 11:00 a.m. on Monday,
March 19th, 2012 at 493 E. 5th S.
Green River, WY to satisfy all
towing and storage fees: 1999 purple Dodge Durango WY 4-9359,
VIN#
1B4HS28Y6XF521411.
Amt owed $2,125.00. 2011 black
carry-on 5 x 8 trailer, VIN#
4YMUL0817BT025160.
Amt
owed $325.00.
Wild Card Towing
Mar. 7, 14________________
Public Notice
The Wyoming Mining Council
will hold a quarterly meeting on
March 30, 2012 at 8 a.m. at the
State Mine Inspector’s Office at
the Wyoming State Offices in the
White Mountain Mall, 2451 Foothill Blvd., Rock Springs, WY. Interested persons may obtain an
agenda by writing the State of
Wyoming Mine Inspector, PO
Box 1094, Rock Springs, WY
82902.
Mar. 7_____________________
AUXILIARY GYM FLOOR REFINISH/GRHS - 2012
Bids will be opened at 2 p.m. on MARCH 21, 2012 at the School District #2 Central Office, 320 Monroe Avenue, Green River, WY.
Specifications may be obtained from the Sweetwater County School District #2 Central Office, 320 Monroe Avenue, Green River, WY or on the
School District #2 website www.sw2.k12.wy.us. The link is under District Notices. All bids are submitted on separate forms provided and shall
be marked:
SALON EQUIPMENT and
desk for sale. 354-7245.
PICKIN’ PALACE has Banjos
and Mandolins. 553 N. Front
Street, Rock Springs.
SAILBOAT, 26 foot ocean
cruiser. Equipped with everything, $4800. Call (541)
707-0295.
CALL FOR BIDS
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Trustees, Sweetwater County
School District #2, Green River, Wyoming will receive sealed bids for:
10x10 SHED, $300
389-3086
PINE BAR table and leather
back chairs, $200. Propane
refrigerator, works, from
camper, about 5 ft. tall,
$100. Ashley display cabinet, $150. Jiffy 10 in. ice auger, used twice, with sled,
paid $599, asking $300.
(307) 321-0051 after 3 p.m.
or leave message.
2006
EXTREME
Edition
Terry Camp Trailer. Comes
with
stabilizer/equalizer
hitch. Like brand new condition, $11,000 or best offer.
871-2910.
THE WYOMING Business Council Board of Directors will meet at
8:30 a.m., March 15, 2012, in the Upper Ag Hall of the Wyoming State
Fair Administration Building on the Wyoming State Fairgrounds to consider the following: Two Business Ready Community and four Community Facilities applications. The Wyoming State Fairgrounds is located at
400 W Center, Douglas, WY 82633. Audio is available at
1-866-931-7845 by using call-in code 589138. To address the board by
telephone you must register in advance by calling 307-777-2803 or
emailing [email protected]. Registration deadline to speak is
March 9, 2012, by 5 p.m. For more information call Linda Hollings at
307-777-2803 or visit www.wyomingbusiness.org.
Mar 7____________________________________________________
1998 LINCOLN III D Classic
portable welding machine,
excellent condition, $4100.
(307) 851-3343.
PIPE BEVELING machines, 4
in., 8 in., and 12in., excellent
condition, $2050 for all.
307-851-3343.
1991 TRAILMOBILE Flatbed
Trailer. 48 ft. long x 102 in.
wide; steel, tandem axle,
good rubber, good brakes,
new paint, bulkhead. Good,
sturdy flatbed in Rock
Springs,
REDUCED
TO
$9800. Call Lloyd (208)
757-2307.
1992 KAWASAKI KX250,
runs but has low compression, $700/best. 389-3025.
250 POUND sheet rock jack,
$250; 14 in. tube light kit,
$150; 10 in. tube light kit,
$100. Call 382-5519 or (307)
797-0329.
BUYING JUNK Cars, Semis,
Machinery. Prices from $35
to $1000. 389-9225.
STORAGE AND shop units.
(307) 875-2848.
SOLID OAK computer hutch
with drawers and file, $300.
Call after 6 p.m. 922-4177.
26 IN. LADIES’ bike, seven
gears, white and seafoam
green, 2 years old, excellent condition, $200 or best
offer, 382-4409.
NORTH OF town, three bedroom, two bath, all appliances furnished, no smoking, no pets, available third
week on March, $1000 plus
utilities, 382-2638, 350-9055.
TWO
BED,
1.5
bath,
includes washer and dryer,
no pets, $700 per month,
call 389-2254.
KID PROOF metal bunk bed
with trundle, dresser, night
stand, good condition, purchased at RC Willeys, $500.
Call 362-8138.
2005 FORD Escape XLT 4x4 Great for winter driving,
NADA/KBB is $9400, asking
$8000. Must see and drive,
Call 307-751-3312.
2005
POLARIS
Ranger
side-by-side. Winch, plow
and cab, $7500. 389-3086.
AUXILIARY GYM FLOOR REFINISH/GRHS - 2012
BEAUTIFUL 1700-plus sq. ft.
townhome in Garbett’s new
Morningside community.
Starting price, $164,900.
Call Craig Knudsen, Garbett
Realty, (307) 922-3822.
ONE CEMETERY plot, value
$450, make offer, (206)
244-6689.
5248 SQ. FT. commercial
space for lease. Colt Stratton, All Star Real Estate,
371-4967.
40 FENCED Acres With
Power - Could Be Subdivided (Investment Opportunities). 307-354-7865 or
354-7866.
1994 28x70 Dutch. Three
bedroom, two bath in Pioneer Park, Green River.
$52,000. (307) 250-7880.
2000 BELLAVISTA 76x16.
Four bed, two bath. $40,000.
Call 307-389-3203.
2010 16x80. Lots of landscape, two sheds, redwood
deck and more. $69,900, option with new furniture.
307-922-3683, 307-922-3474.
STILL AVAILABLE! 2008
16x80 three bedroom, two
bath located in Aspen Village on a large lot with
huge 12x16 shed, sprinkler
system and extra parking.
Kim Stratton, All Star Real
Estate, 307-389-1358.
1987 MERCEDES 560 SEL.
167,000 miles, black on
black, $2500. 875-6817.
The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to
waive any and all informalities in the bids. The Board will accept the bid
that in their opinion is the best bid.
Clerk, Board of Trustees
/c/ Sheri Smith
Sweetwater County
School District #2
Green River, WY
Mar. 7____________________________________________________
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the Western Wyoming Community College
will accept sealed bids for the ATRIUM ELEVATOR UPGRADES
PROJECT. A bid packet must be used and is available from Administrative Services. A mandatory pre-bid meeting is scheduled for 10:00
a.m., Thursday, March 15, 2012 for those bidders who have not previously seen the project. The College will accept bids until 2:00 p.m.,
Thursday, March 29, 2012. For information concerning the specifications or the bidding process contact Tammy Register, (307) 382-1606.
By: Shannon Honaker
President, Board of Trustees
Western Wyoming Community College
Mar. 7, 14_________________________________________________
STATE OF WYOMING COUNTY OF SWEETWATER IN THE
DISTRICT COURT THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
)
) Probate No. P-12-12-R
BIRDIE l. CHILDRESS, DECEASED
)
——————————————————— )
NOTICE OF PROBATE
TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN SAID ESTATE:
You are hereby notified that on the 22nd day of February, 2012, the estate of the above-named decedent was admitted to probate by the
above-named Court, and that Michael D. Childress was appointed personal representative thereof.
Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the decedent or to her
estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned at
205 C Street, Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate are required to
file them in duplicate with the necessary vouchers, in the office of the
Clerk of said Court, on or before three months after the date of the first
publication of this notice, which first publication is made on February
29, 2012, and if such claims are not so filed, unless otherwise allowed or
paid, they will be forever barred.
DATED February 27, 2012.
MICHAEL D. CHILDRESS
Personal Representative
LEMICH LAW CENTER
205 C Street
Rock Springs, WY 82901
phone: (307) 382-6600.
Feb. 29 Mar. 7, 14__________________________________________

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