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Technology in education
Beer tax
repeal legislation
passes third
reading in House
CHEYENNE (AP) — The
Wyoming House of
Representatives has passed a
bill that would eliminate
Wyoming’s tax on beer and
other malt beverages.
The House voted 49-11
Thursday in favor of House Bill
141. The proposal now goes to
the Senate for debate.
The state’s malt beverage
excise tax is 2 cents per gallon.
The tax hasn’t increased since
1935 and is the lowest in the
country.
The Wyoming Tribune Eagle
reports that supporters of the
bill say the tax should be
repealed, since it only nets the
state less than $300,000 a year.
Bill would let
state invest up
to $50M for new
products
CHEYENNE (AP) — A bill to
let the state invest up to $50 million in companies seeking to create value-added products from
Wyoming’s minerals has passed
a final vote in the House and is
headed to the Senate.
Many of Wyoming’s natural
resources are turned into energy
or taken out of state to create
what’s known as value-added
products. House Bill 53 would
create an in-state value-added
products program under the
Wyoming Business Council to
generate jobs and businesses.
Examples of such products
include turning coal or natural
gas into products that can be
used to make chemicals or fuels.
The Casper Star-Tribune
reported Friday that critics contend the measure could lead to
bad investments.
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Seals was using technology for the benefit of
clients.
“We only had two desktop computers clients
could use at that time,” Nielsen said. “It got us
to thinking, ‘You and I use technology —
tablets, laptops and cellphones — why not
expect the same of our participants?’”
Staff voted to use funds raised from last
year’s Easter Seals play produced for
Disability Awareness Month in March to purchase 11 Chromebooks. Easter Seals also purchased several tablets after receiving advice
about applications for tablets that can be used
for speech therapy.
Nielsen has seen positive results from
increased technology use by Easter Seals participants. She hopes that enhancing access to
technology will become part of the organization’s budget and educational philosophy.
Education and Community Team Leader
Mariah Mitchell said previously clients would
use the computers at the Sheridan County
Fulmer Public Library. They eventually began
requesting more computer time, saying they’d
like to use email or Facebook to communicate
with friends and family, watch videos on
YouTube and just have fun on the Internet.
CHEYENNE (AP) — A private
company finally will be able to
drill legally for oil at Teapot
Dome, a remote Wyoming oilfield
that remains best known for a
political scandal that embroiled
the administration of President
Warren G. Harding in the early
1920s.
The Energy Department
announced Friday that it had
finalized the sale of the 9,481-acre
Teapot Dome oilfield to New
York-based Stranded Oil
Resources Corporation for $45.2
million. Stranded Oil was the
highest of nine bidders last fall.
Most of the easily accessible oil
in the oilfield 35 miles north of
Casper already has been tapped
out since drilling resumed in the
mid-1970s. Stranded Oil specializes in enhanced oil recovery, or
recharging depleted oil fields
with techniques such as injecting
carbon dioxide underground.
Extensive data on the characteristics of Teapot Dome exists
from decades of research and
development projects at the oilfield, Stranded Oil President and
Chief Executive Officer Mark See
said in a press release.
“By targeting properties with
known characteristics, we reduce
the uncertainty and risk generally associated with oil exploration,” See said.
Several aging oilfields in
Wyoming have benefited from
enhanced oil recovery. The technique in recent years has helped
push Wyoming oil production
upward after 20 years of decline.
Few oilfields anywhere have a
history like Teapot Dome.
The site was once one of three
federal government oil reserves
that were to be left untouched
except with the exception of use
as emergency fuel supplies for
the U.S. Navy.
In the early 1920s, Harding’s
interior secretary, Albert Fall,
accepted $400,000 in “loans” from
prominent oilmen Edward
Doheny and Harry Sinclair to
secretly open the oil reserves to
drilling. Fall was convicted in
1929 of taking bribes and served
a year in prison.
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Easter Seals client Wesley Sikkenga listens to music in his iPhone as he works on a word puzzle Wednesday
at Easter Seals in Sheridan. Apart from the more obvious functions, Sikkenga uses the phone to run a
speech therapy app.
Easter Seals clients
benefit from new
technology purchase
BY HANNAH SHEELY
THE SHERIDAN PRESS
SHERIDAN — A simple question asked a little over a year ago has led to clients at Easter
Seals finding new ways to learn, communicate
and accomplish goals such as finding a job,
losing weight and becoming better readers.
While an investigation by the Commission
on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
may not typically be seen as a way to find
inspiration, it was last year, Easter Seals
Wyoming Assistant Director Brandy Nielsen
said.
CARF commended Easter Seals staff for its
use of technology to maintain documentation
and confidential records on clients. However,
CARF officials wanted to know how Easter
Gov. sells
scandalized
Teapot Dome
oilfield for $45M
Dispute continues over Crow
off-reservation hunting rights
BY KELLI HEITSTUMAN-TOMKO
THE SHERIDAN PRESS
SHERIDAN — A few members of the Crow
Nation are gearing up for a pitched battle in
an arena where, historically, they have not
done so well.
Colton and Clayvin Herrera and Ronnie
Fisher were cited in October for poaching elk
in January 2014 near Eskimo Creek in the
Bighorn Mountains. Their defense, they have
said, will be that off-reservation hunting rights
are outlined in the 1868 Treaty of Laramie
with the Crows.
Article 4 in that treaty gives Indians living
on the reservation the right to hunt “...the
unoccupied lands of the United States so long
as game may be found thereon...” and as long
as the Native Americans maintain peace with
those living near the hunting districts.
The Crow Nation has traditional off-reservation hunting grounds in Montana, Wyoming
and South Dakota. According to Leslie Plain
Feather, an official in the Crow Nation’s legislative branch, Wyoming has its own ideas
about Article 4.
“We don’t really have problems with
Montana or South Dakota,” Plain Feather said.
“It’s always Wyoming.”
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These replicas of a Native American animal hide shield, a leather scabbard and a leather
dress adorned with elk teeth are made to be historically accurate to a time when Native
Americans hunted freely in the region. Artifacts courtesy of the Sheridan County Museum.
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TECH: Clients sign up for time on devices
animals and often tells others what she has
learned or seen in a video online, Mitchell
That’s when Mitchell and other staff
said.
members began exploring the educational
Mitchell said several clients have found
uses of technology. After the Chromebooks reading programs online and greatly
and tablets were purchased — and immedi- improved their reading comprehension.
ately put into near constant use as clients
Several participants took a sign language
signed up daily for time on the technologiclass online, and once each section of the
cal devices — using the Internet was intecourse was done, the students would sit in
grated into the goals that clients set for
a circle and practice what they had just
themselves.
seen in the Internet video. Many Easter
For example, Larry Longland has learned Seals clients also use the Internet to find
how to access the Wyoming at Work website games that help them learn how to count
to search for a job. He regularly looks for
money, tell time and more.
jobs that interest him and reports his find“It’s just another avenue for us to get
ings to his job coach.
across a point,” Mitchell said. “This one
“It’s not easy finding a job, especially if
might sink in and work, and they might
you want to become a professional cook,”
latch on to this avenue.”
Longland said. “I am looking on
Breann Small uses her time online to find
Wyomingatwork.com. I incorporate this
inspiration to lose weight, which is one of
into my goal, as well, and it becomes part of her goals. She watches exercise videos and
my time management skill to look for
finds advice on weight loss. On Wednesday,
work.”
Small was emailing her mom to tell her
Mistie Stedillie also uses the Internet to
she’d lost 8 pounds. Small said her mom
help her in her job search. She used Google loves getting emails from her, especially
voice search on one of the Chromebooks
when they contain such good news.
Wednesday to look up videos of job interMany clients also utilize the Internet to
views so she could prepare for a job interstay in touch. Mary Cichonski regularly
view of her own.
emails her mom to talk about her day and
Stedillie already volunteers at Sheridan
what she is learning.
Manor and the Dog and Cat Shelter and
“I’m really glad for computers. They
would like to find a job where she can care
make me feel more connected,” Cichonski
for animals and people who need a little
said.
extra help.
“Me, too!” Small chimed in.
“It’s really fun, if you really think about
Mitchell said that Easter Seals particiit. It’s a rush I get sometimes. I love it,”
pants have found an increased sense of
Stedillie said about using the Internet to
equality and worth through the use of techresearch various skills she will need once
nology.
she gets into the workplace.
“They like feeling like they’re, ‘kept in
Stedillie also uses the Internet to research the loop,’ so to speak, that they’re not being
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JUSTIN SHEELY | THE SHERIDAN PRESS
Easter Seals client Breann Small watches videos on a Chromebook Wednesday at Easter Seals in
Sheridan.
left behind out of technology,” Mitchell
said.
Learning to maneuver the Internet on
their own also boosts their confidence.
“When they get out there and are searching themselves for something that truly
interests them, that’s when it’s fun because
they they’re just like, ‘Yeah, I can do this!,’”
Mitchell said. “The more they feel they can
do this, then they get more confident in
themselves and their role in society and
how they perceive themselves in society.”
Wyoming Senate postpones Medicaid expansion vote
CHEYENNE (AP) — Members of the Wyoming State
Senate say they want assurances the state won’t get stuck
with ballooning costs if they vote to support a bill to
expand the federal Medicaid program in the state to offer
health insurance coverage to 17,600 low-income adults.
Sponsor Sen. Michael Von Flatern, R-Gillette, said the
bill to expand Medicaid would help “a portion of the population that’s less fortunate than everyone in this room,”
while also bringing economic development to the state.
The Senate adjourned Friday afternoon after hours of
questioning Von Flatern about the state’s obligations if it
opts to accept federal funds for the program expansion.
The Senate intends to resume discussion of the bill
Monday. It would require three rounds of approval in the
Senate before it could head to the House.
Medicaid expansion is a cornerstone of the federal
Affordable Care Act. The expansion plan would extend
coverage to single adults in Wyoming making from 100
percent to 138 percent of the federal poverty level.
According to figures from the Wyoming Department of
Health, Wyoming missed out on roughly $120 million in
federal funds last year by not accepting Medicaid expansion. The federal government has promised to pay 100 percent of the cost of expansion through 2016 and then taper
off funding to 90 percent, leaving the state to cover 10 percent.
Pressure is rising in Wyoming to accept federal expansion dollars. Gov. Matt Mead, a Republican who initially
opposed Medicaid expansion, called on lawmakers in his
State of the State address early this month to send him an
expansion bill.
‘I think anybody out there that votes for that
has got to be prepared to say if they’re going to vote for
a tax increase, are they going to vote to cut education,
or local government.’
Charles Scott
Wyoming Senator, R-Casper
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Hospitals around the state have been covering over $100
million a year in uncompensated care from treating people
lacking health insurance, according to an industry group.
Supporters of expansion such as the Wyoming Business
Alliance say accepting federal funds would be an important move toward making sure rural Wyoming hospitals
can keep their doors open.
The Senate on Friday adopted an amendment presented
by Cheyenne Republican Sen. Tony Ross, chairman of the
Senate Appropriations Committee, to strip out a $1.5-million appropriation from the expansion bill that would have
gone to administrative expenses.
Wyoming Health Department Director Tom Forslund testified this week to Ross’s committee that expanding the
program would free up enough money from other health
department programs that the department could cover
expansion costs with no drain on the state’s general fund.
Senate President Sen. Phil Nicholas, R-Laramie, advised
Von Flatern and other bill supporters to come in Monday
ready to answer questions about whether the state participation in the expansion would stop permanently if the federal government ever breaks its promise to continue to
pay 90 percent of costs. Nicholas said he wants more solid
information about how expanding the program could help
Wyoming hospitals and other details.
Speaking after Friday’s Senate session, Von Flatern said
he believes he has “an optimistic 50-50” to see the bill
through final approval in the Senate. He said the amendment stripping the state funding out of the bill helps its
chances.
Early in its consideration of the bill on Friday, the
Senate voted to reject an amendment sponsored by Sen.
Charles Scott, R-Casper, that would have required participants to pay into savings accounts. He has argued that
requiring participants to pay into the program would
encourage them to keep medical costs down.
Scott, chairman of the Senate Labor, Health and Social
Services Committee, said after the Senate voted to reject
his amendment that he won’t support Medicaid expansion
without some similar type of cost control.
“I think anybody out there that votes for that has got to
be prepared to say if they’re going to vote for a tax
increase, are they going to vote to cut education, or local
government,” Scott said. “What are they going to cut in
two years or three years when we have to come up with
somewhere between $50- and $70 million to pay for the
thing?”
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Sheridan resident competes, wins at
National Western Stock Show
FROM STAFF REPORTS
SHERIDAN — Maybe it was
beginner’s luck for Sheridan resident T.J. Cox.
Cox didn’t think he had a
chance of winning at the
National Western Stock Show in
Denver. He and his 4-year-old border collie “Ice” had never competed in a stock dog trial, and they
were going up against the top cattle dogs in the region.
But somehow, Cox said, they
came home with first prize.
Cox had no intention of submitting Ice for the competition. Ice is
naturally smart, Cox said, saying
his dog somehow figures out how
to get through obstacles while on
his ranch. However, when it came
to course trials, Ice couldn’t get it
done.
But in the days leading up to
the stock show, Cox figured he
would give it a try
“I knew I was going down there
anyways and I thought, ‘I might
as well take the dog,’” he said.
Ice was a late entry — one of
the last of the 54 herding dogs in
the division to enter.
The first day of the trial Ice got
lost on the course. The final run
only took the top 20 dogs — and
Cox was the last one to make the
cut. Cox said even making the
finals was an accomplishment.
“I was super nervous; I didn’t
believe I had enough dog to do it
(win first place),” Cox said.
It only took one run for Ice to
figure out the course.
In the final run, Cox said his
dog’s natural intelligence kicked
in. With a nine-minute time limit,
Cox and Ice were able to finish
the course with a time of five
minutes and two seconds, which
was good enough for first place.
“He just pulled it together,” Cox
said about his dog. “I was still in
disbelief after we finished the
finals, and I thought, ‘Wow, I got
lucky because there are a lot of
better dogs here.’”
For the first-place finish, Cox
received a belt buckle, a cash
prize and a blue ribbon.
He also gained something even
more special.
“I am a believer in my dog
now,” Cox said.
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Learning continues after school lets out
Tongue River Elementary teacher Joyce Moreno sorts out carnivore and herbivore toy dinosaurs with Alex
Bair, middle, and McKenna Smith during the school’s Title 1 night Thursday. The event kicked off the One
Book One School program with more than 230 in attendance. Sen. Bruce Burns, R-Sheridan, donated the
books to be read by the students and their families throughout the month of February.
Suspect shot by authorities outside Montana hospital
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana
authorities say a man being sought by a
violent offender task force was shot and
injured by law enforcement following an
exchange of gunfire outside a Billings hospital.
Billings Police Lt. Mark Cady said members of the task force confronted the man
after spotting him at Billings Clinic at
about 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Cady says the suspect had been asked to
surrender when he apparently pulled out a
gun and exchanged fire with several members of law enforcement.
The unidentified suspect was shot at least
one time.
He was taken into the nearby emergency
department for treatment. Details on his
injuries were not immediately available.
The U.S. Marshals Service task force
includes deputy marshals, police and county sheriff ’s deputies.
3 plead not guilty in
reservation stabbing death
CASPER (AP) — Three people charged
with the stabbing death of a man on the
Wind River Indian Reservation during a
confrontation over drugs and money have
again denied federal charges.
KTWO-AM reports Susan Chippewa
pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in
the June death of Jared Little Whiteman.
Byron Spoonhunter and Jaymes
Whiteplume denied charges of aiding and
abetting first-degree murder during hearings before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kelly
Rankin.
They were arraigned Jan. 20 on a superseding indictment filed to correct the
spelling of Whiteplume’s first name.
A witness told investigators that he and
another man picked up Little Whiteman at
his grandmother’s house on June 2 and
took him to a trailer on the reservation.
Prosecutors allege Whiteplume held
Little Whiteman down while Chippewa and
Spoonhunter stabbed him.
Trial is set for March 16.
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Ambassadors help Nordic skiers
enjoy Grand Teton Park
JACKSON (AP) — Taking off
from the Bradley-Taggart trailhead in Grand Teton National
Park, cross-country skiers or
snowshoers can explore a
groomed road or untracked
backcountry terrain, but with
unpredictable weather and
exertion, outings can carry an
edge.
Beginning this year, winter
warriors have some friendly
faces to help them out of a bind
or a binding malfunction. Seven
days a week, a slew of volunteer Nordic Ambassadors are
cruising the cross-country
tracks, armed with hand and
toe warmers, duct tape and
plenty of maps to help anyone
in need.
The Nordic Alliance, a group
of cross-country enthusiasts
whose goal is the promotion of
the Tetons as a world-class
Nordic skiing destination,
began seeing the need for an
ambassador program years ago.
Member Phil Leeds, co-owner of
Skinny Skis, kept hearing his
customers talk about skiers'
need for a helping hand.
"Can't we do more?" he asked.
"People get lost and don't know
how to get into bindings."
Clad in clearly marked red
jackets, these volunteers take
three-hour shifts greeting
guests as they click into crosscountry skis or help people find
their way. Generally, the dangers of cross-country skiing are
low, but Sue and Steve Morriss
know that sometimes old bindings can give out or people need
some extra wax to get them
back to the parking lot. Others
can get cold, tired, hungry or
lost when a sudden storm blows
away tracks.
"People just kind of lighten
up, their eyes, when they see a
friendly face out there," Steve
Morriss said.
The idea came from the summer's Grand Teton pathways
ambassadors who offer similar
services to cyclists in need of
assistance, park spokesman
Andrew White said.
"It's just kind of expanding
the idea onto a snow-covered
landscape," he said. "We're really blessed with a great group of
people who want to volunteer in
the park."
Services extend to the internet. Last year, another Nordic
Alliance member Nancy Leon
launched JHNordic.com to offer
all visitors a comprehensive
source for trail maps, difficulty
and grooming reports.
"My real goal is for JH Nordic
to be a trusted, reliable information source and resource for
not only the local community
but also for our seasonal guests
and also potentially vacation
guests," she said.
The site offers overviews of
roughly 80 winter trails including Cliff Creek-Wyoming
Range, The Big Holes, East
Jackson and the Stilson to R
Park trail. Elevation profiles
with images and features have
also been added to the site. Last
year, JHNordic.com had 6,000
users. This year, 1,500 users visited JHNordic in the first
month of winter alone.
Even with online resources,
people can still lose their way
after setting out on the trails,
and it is not uncommon for
Steve Morriss to come upon
someone who just wants to
know how to get to Jenny Lake.
‘My real goal is for JH
Nordic to be a trusted, reliable
information source and
resource for not only the local
community but also for our
seasonal guests and also
potentially vacation guests.’
Nancy Leon
Nordic Alliance member
But, on a clear Friday or
Monday, travel to and from is as
easy as following the freshly
groomed tracks. Twice a week,
the park grooms the trails into
a smooth track for snowshoers,
walkers and cross-country
skiers. The machines even set
cross-country tracks to guide
skiers kicking and gliding.
This isn't a new idea. For
almost a decade following the
turn of the century, multi-use
tracks were groomed regularly.
However, the park's funding
tightened up around 2010 and
grooming lost its consistency.
Then last year, both of the
park's groomers broke down.
"Visitors had expectations of
grooming and found disappointment," Leeds said. "We can do
more about grooming."
Passionate nordic skiers and
partner organizations, like the
Grand Teton National Park
Foundation, Nordic Alliance
and Teton County/Jackson
Parks and Recreation, got
together last summer to find a
way to offer this bit of custom
service.
They raised over $10,000 of a
$20,000 goal to plow every
Monday and Friday, weather
permitting. Each plow run costs
around $850 to clear the 28-mile
loop from Taggart lot to Signal
Mountain.
Through these concerted
efforts, snow folks of all skill
levels, from expert skiers to
first-day amateurs, can enjoy
the park.
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Is Kinskey in pursuit of good government or a personal vendetta?
S
tate Sen. Dave Kinskey (R-Sheridan)
has renewed what seems to be a personal battle against firefighter unions by
sponsoring a bill in the Legislature that
would make arbitration with these unions
nonbinding to government bodies throughout
Wyoming.
If the bill becomes law, there is nothing
to stop a city from letting the 30-day negotiation time limit pass, then go into arbitration and approve a contract that favors the
governing body. Arbitration becomes moot.
During the last legislative session, an
identical bill was introduced but failed to
get the votes for consideration. This time,
however, Sen. Kinskey’s bill has steam. He
has 20 co-sponsors, including state Rep.
Rosie Berger, R-Big Horn, and state Rep.
Mike Madden, R-Buffalo. Thursday, it was
referred to the Minerals, Business and
Economic Development Committee.
We don’t believe the bill will succeed.
Eliminating the power that the union
holds in the negotiating process is a primary reason the union exists in the first
place. Unions were formed to create safe,
fair work environments in numerous sectors of the American economy more than
100 years ago. The sweatshops many associate with the rise of the union movement
don’t exist anymore; yet the safety and fairness of the employees from management
remains relevant. Unionized fire departments — there are six in Wyoming — negotiate contracts through collective bargaining because they must always be available
to protect the public. They cannot strike.
Sen. Kinskey struggled with firefighter
union arbitration outcomes during his
years as mayor of Sheridan. During the
last nine years, the Sheridan Firefighters
IAFF Local 276 has squared off six times in
arbitration with the city, most recently a
year ago. In comparison, the other
Wyoming firefighter unions and the cities
they serve have been at an impasse but a
few times.
In the February 2014 dispute, an arbitration panel appointed to settle a pay dispute
between the city of Sheridan and the
Sheridan Firefighters IAFF Local 276 determined the city should give raises to firefighters of Sheridan Fire-Rescue. The
union had asked for a 2 percent increase in
pay for each grade, but the arbitrators recommended a 4 percent increase for each
grade and step. In addition, the arbitrators
recommended an overall 6 percent increase
in pay to offset contributions into firefighter pension plans.
Sen. Kinskey was appointed last year to
fill the seat of the late Sen. John Schiffer,
R-Kaycee by commissioners from Sheridan
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season buzz
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
“We received no assurances from anyone
that he is alive. We are waiting, just waiting.”
— Jawdat al-Kaseasbeh, brother of
Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh,
who is held captive by Islamic State militants.
T
his time of year is always a blast for
me. I never watch the red-carpet
awards shows, but I like to read the
follow-up coverage on who won and
who was nominated.
The coverage helps me pick out the
movies I may have missed throughout
the year and need to either catch in the
local theater for the film festival or on
Netflix when they are released.
For example, I haven’t even heard of
“Birdman,” but apparently from all the
buzz, it is worth checking out.
As usual, too, the Netlix series
“House of Cards” has gotten several
nods during awards season. I have to
admit, this is one show to which I have
been glued. I wasn’t
an early fan; I didn’t
start watching it until
last year.
But, when I had the
flu and nothing else to
do I caught up on the
first few seasons. Now,
I’m hooked. Can’t
wait for that one to
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the awards season
gets me excited for all of the great
movies I know will come in 2015.
My husband and I are sure to see the
next “Avengers” movie. We’ve seen
them all so far and just can’t seem to
get enough of the action.
The book nerd in me can’t wait to see
“Still Alice.” The book club I am in is
reading that one right now, and if the
movie is anything like the book it will
be a tearjerker.
One of our friends found an article
online titled, “12 Books to Read Before
They Hit the Big Screen.” So, that’s
what our book club is doing.
After “Still Alice” will be the Johnny
Depp film, “Don’t Point That Thing at
Me,” about an art dealer.
Others on the list include “In the
Heart of the Sea,” “Serena,” “Paper
Towns” and the final installment of
The Hunger Games books,
“Mockingjay.”
Of the books on the list, I’ve only read
a few. Between those, and the ever-growing stacks of unread books on the
shelves scattered around my house, I
have my work cut out for me.
If you can’t find me at home, in the
office or curled up in my overstuffed
chair with a book, you’ll likely find me
at the movies.
and Johnson County. Sen. Kinskey says
Senate File 123 is about accountability and
good government; that elected officials
should make these decisions, not unelected
arbitrators from out of town.
Firefighter union officials disagree, saying firefighters will be at a disadvantage
during negotiations and that since city
councils churn in election cycles, there’s
no guarantee that consistent, informed
decision-making involving public safety
can be made.
Tom Kinnison, a former city leader and
former member of the state Legislature,
was one of the arbitrators representing the
city in 2014 during the last process.
Kinnison said at the time he hoped the
decision would stop the continued arbitration and prevent the measure from going to
court. If Sen. Kinskey’s bill becomes law,
court challenges will surely follow.
“If he had to do it all over again, he
wouldn’t do it. You don’t throw away your
life for something that’s yellow and weighs
a lot.”
— Ted Thomas, cousin of fugitive treasure hunter Tommy Thompson, who is being
held without bond in Florida in connection
with a 2012 lawsuit about gold he brought
up in 1988 from a 19th century shipwreck.
A season of wretched excess
B
eer, Benjamin Franklin supposedly
said but almost certainly didn't, is
proof that God loves us and wants us
to be happy. Without cannonballing
into deep theological waters, perhaps
Deflategate proves the same thing.
This scrumptious NFL pratfall -- think of
someone insufferably
self-important stepping
on a banana peel; hello,
Donald Trump -- has
come to lighten the
mood of America's
annual Wretched
Excess Season. It consists of the days -- this
year, 12 of them -GEORGE
between the State of the
Union address and the
WILL
final merciful tick of
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the clock of the Super
Bowl.
The State of the Union has become,
under presidents of both parties, a political pep rally degrading to everyone. The
judiciary and uniformed military should
never attend. And Congress, by hosting a
spectacle so monarchical in structure
(which is why Thomas Jefferson sent his
thoughts to Congress in writing) deepens
the diminishment of the legislative
branch as a mostly reactive servant of an
overbearing executive.
Catching the State of the Union's rising
wave of choreographed spontaneity and
synthetic earnestness, the nation then
surfs into the long run-up to the Super
Bowl. This storm before the storm delivers
hurricane-force gusts of anticipatory
analysis forecasting the minute nuances of
enormous people throwing their weight
around. The chatter culminates in 60 minutes of actual football -- men risking con-
cussions and other crippling injuries for
our amusement. And for selling beer (see
above) and other stuff.
Game Day XLIX (Roman numerals are
attached to Super Bowls as to popes, but
with less reason than for the bishop of
Rome) will be swaddled in many pre-game
hours of advertising leavened by eruptions of patriotic kitsch. So, herewith a
suggested pre-game reading: Ben
Fountain's Iraq War novel "Billy Lynn's
Long Halftime Walk." It is set not at a
Super Bowl but at a Thanksgiving Day
NFL game in Dallas, so the difference is of
degree, and not much of that.
Anyway, this year the tedium of
Wretched Excess Season has been relieved
by Deflategate, itself a permutation of
wretched excess. Unless you have allowed
yourself to be distracted by the dismemberment of Ukraine, Islamic State beheadings and counting the U.S. military personnel in Iraq that are not wearing real
boots that are actually on the ground, you
know this:
When the New England Patriots won a
Super Bowl berth by defeating the
Indianapolis Colts 45-7, 11 footballs in the
Patriots' custody, and for the team's use on
offense, were filled with less air than NFL
rules require, making them easier to pass
and catch. Perhaps the 11 balls spontaneously lost exactly the same amount of
air in the 2 hours or so between when the
officials checked them and kickoff.
Religions have been founded on less startling occurrences, but judge not lest ye be
judged to be judgmental.
The Patriots' head coach, Bill Belichick,
a detail-obsessed martinet of Prussian
severity but without even a Junker's flair
for jollity, says he is stumped. Perhaps a
rogue equipment manager decided on his
own to put deflated balls into the famously
and exquisitely sensitive hands of the
Patriots' $27 million quarterback, Tom
Brady, who never noticed. There has not
been such an unmysterious mystery since
an 18-and-a-half-minute gap occurred in
President Nixon's White House tapes of a
conversation between Nixon and his chief
of staff in the Oval Office three days after
the Watergate break-in.
Concerning cheating, let the sport that is
without sin cast the first scuffed baseball.
Baseball players have tampered with
themselves (e.g., performance-enhancing
drugs) and their equipment (e.g., corked
bats). Teams with creative groundskeepers
have given an outward tilt to infield foul
lines when a team adept at bunting comes
to town. And on at least one occasion a
gifted base stealer has reached first base
only to find himself standing in a muddy
swamp on an otherwise dry infield.
But let us not allow fallen humanity's
sins to spoil today's fun. On the secondhighest calorie-consumption day of every
year (second to Thanksgiving), we celebrate the end of Wretched Excess Season
by gathering around our televisions, as
around a continental campfire. In this
communal experience we say: Take the
day off, better angels of our nature,
because nothing says America like football
played indoors in air conditioning on
grass in the desert.
Tomorrow, we will still not be sure who
or what blew up the USS Maine in Havana
harbor on Feb. 15, 1898. But it would be
good to know the whereabouts of the
Patriots' equipment manager that day.
GEORGE WILL writes on politics, law and social character. Will began
writing for The Washington Post in 1974. He is a contributor for Fox News, a
Pulitzer Prize recipient for commentary, and is the author of 12 books.
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VOICES
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015
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What is it about Sheridan that we like so much?
M
aybe it is our expansive history, which includes the
Old West, Indian Wars, mining, railroad, polo, ranching, entrepreneurs, adventurers and people with a
vision about what this place could be. Or it may be
our scenery, with our city being surrounded by wide open
spaces that use the Bighorn Mountains as a backdrop of
incredible beauty and strength.
It may also be the Western culture that is reflected in our
vibrant downtown and the sense of community we enjoy when greeting neighbors in local businesses or on our many
pathways and trails. It is as simple as
watching horses herded through town
every May on their way to work another
season at a dude ranch, or walking a dog
on the South Park path and listening to
the ripples of Little Goose Creek. It is
seeing visitors taking photos of the statJOANNE
ues on display throughout our downtown
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and watching a ballgame at Thorne|
Rider Park. We feel safe, unrushed and
confident of our future.
We are also proud of our educational
system that offers anything from a toddler’s first classes to
a college student’s continuing education. Perhaps this is
why Sheridan residents are such tenacious problem
solvers: We are a community of doers and thinkers with a
strong sense of stewardship. We are respectful of our local
traditions, yet open to change because Sheridan is a place
of vitality and curiosity. We’ve been able to honor our past
without being stuck in it, because we want to make sure
that our actions of today will be ones that keep Sheridan
the special place it is for our children and their children.
What really makes Sheridan so special are the people.
Some are talented in art, music and culture. They share
their gift with us at WYO Theater performances and other
live entertainment venues. Others are craftsmen who work
leather and metal into world-renowned pieces. Most are
business-ready and driven to succeed in our diversified
economy. People of all ages volunteer and give back time
and effort to make Sheridan the community they cherish:
gathering at 7 a.m. on a cool spring morning to plant flowers and hang up more than 120 flower baskets on Main
Street; participating in an all-volunteer Annual
Community Holiday Dinner; organizing benefits and
fundraisers for our neighbors in need of a boost; donating
to food drives; and dozens of other ways that demonstrate
our generosity and spirit.
More than anything, Sheridan is known for its civility,
neighborliness and interesting people. It is a community
that votes and prides itself on maintaining an atmosphere
of approachable and accessible government. It is also a
place of celebration, which we do at Third Thursday
Street Festivals, WYO Rodeos and hometown parades. We
are passionate about our city. We love living here, we love
the lifestyle that’s ours to enjoy, and we thoroughly love
our collective enthusiasm for all things Sheridan.
One fun way to support our beautiful downtown is by
attending the Downtown Sheridan Wild West Wine Fest on
March 6 at the Elks Lodge 520. The annual fundraiser is a
prime source of funding for downtown revitalization.
Funds raised go toward beautification and flowers.
Flowers are no small feat; there are more than 150 flower
pots that will need to be planted, hung and watered twice a
day. The funds raised also go toward the master plans and
streetscape master plans that are continually updated and
implemented year after year. Last but not least, they go to
run the Sheridan Farmers Market, Third Thursday Street
Festival, and all of the other promotional events that bring
locals and tourists downtown to shop, dine and play. For
more information and to purchase your tickets, see downtownsheridan.org or call 672-8881.
JOANNE GARNETT is a Downtown Sheridan Association board member.
LETTERS |
Press coverage hurtful
Re: Clemens death
I must commend you on your bold
reporting. My daughter was killed on
Jan. 16. You published the article in
the Press. I get that. She had a DUI on
Jan. 11, which you printed in the
report. I get that as well. What I do not
get is why you had to report a second
time about a DUI that happened a
week prior to the accident. Really? Was
that necessary? Why did Sheridan
Media leave a comments section on the
article for only two days and when it
filled up with negative comments they
pulled the comment section and
blocked the ability to comment? Why
is that?
I am so angry that you never once
thought about the damage you have
caused to an already tragic event. Did
you ever once think of innocent children and what repercussions they
would face? I think you saw a story,
small town, big news and news sells
doesn’t it? Sadly it is always at the
expense of family and friends.
I must commend you on the suicide
ruling which was published in big,
bold letters on Jan. 27. I do not even
have the reports back, but you seem to
have details. Perhaps you could call me
and give me the facts. When toxicology
reports come back, perhaps you will be
first to report them as well or give me
a call and tell me your findings. You’re
on top of things aren’t you?
It is too late for damage control on
this one. There will always be another
story about drugs or alcohol, or suicides, and I just pray that none of you
ever have to be a victim of circumstances like this. Shame on you! I hope
your tragedies won’t take front and
center stage. You will never know how
it feels until it happens to you.
It was a nice touch printing the suicide hotline number. Let me be the one
to report to you on that matter. I called
every rehabilitation center and help
line I could find in the entire state.
What I heard from all of them was,
“I’m sorry we have a six to eight week
waiting period unless it is court committed.” When we seek help for loved
ones we don’t have six to eight weeks
to wait. Perhaps you could find more
numbers that would be beneficial for
all and print that.
If you’re having an affair and you
die two weeks later of a heart attack,
odds are both items will be printed in
the Sheridan Press. Your priors definitely make the news.
If I can spare one family or person
from this kind of devastation, it was
worth writing this. My daughter can’t
defend herself. Maybe you can write
and tell me why she committed suicide. It would certainly put my mind to
rest, and you are professional
reporters right? Wow.
Susan Clemens
Sheridan
‘Appointed’ Sen. Kinskey’s
arbitration legislation
Re: Press, Jan. 27
I take exception to the word “firefighter” in the headline. Rather,
“Kinskey Sponsors an Arbitration
Bill” would be more accurate.
Kinskey, as mayor, could not negotiate with the city firefighters for nine
years. The city spent funds to arbitrate
six times. Sen. Kinskey wants to eliminate “binding” arbitration. Sen.
Kinskey counsels us that elected officials are accountable to the public and
should have the final word on employment contracts with firefighters.
Sen. Kinskey is currently an appointed senator. Mayor John Heath is an
appointed mayor. Sheridan city council, with an appointed mayor and two
appointed councilmen, voted out in
2014 ward representation. The present
mayor is promoting a city administrator government. The city administrator is “hired” to govern the city on the
day-to-day basis. The administrator
would function in a relationship to
other city employees.
Sen. Kinskey’s bill has the support of
state Rep. Mike Madden of Buffalo and
state Rep. Rosie Berger of Big Horn.
Maybe Sen. Kinskey should live in
Buffalo and not carpetbag in Sheridan.
Vicki Taylor
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Recycling beneficial
nationally, locally
Re: Environment, employment
Currently less than 35 percent of
households and less than 10 percent of
businesses in the U.S. recycle.
Improving and increasing recycling is
one of the greatest opportunities for
our environment, our natural
resources, and our economy. If U.S.
recycling levels can reach 75 percent, it
will be the environmental benefit of
removing 50 million cars from the
road each year and it will generate 1.5
million new jobs. Here are more fast
facts from Recycle Across America:
• Five plastic bottles (PET) recycled
provides enough fiber to create one
square foot of carpet or enough fiber
to fill one ski jacket.
• Recycling one ton of plastic bottles
saves the equivalent energy usage of a
two person household for one year.
• Recycling a single aluminum can
saves enough energy to power a TV for
three hours.
• It requires 95 percent less energy
and water to recycle a can than it does
to create a can from virgin materials.
• Making paper from recycled paper
reduces the related contribution to air
pollution 95 percent.
• Recycling a stack of newspaper
just 3 feet high saves one tree.
• Making glass from recycled material cuts related water pollution by 50
percent.
• Recycling just one glass jar saves
enough electricity to light an 11 watt
CFL bulb for 20 hours.
• Recycling cardboard only takes 75
percent of the energy needed to make
new cardboard.
• Recycling 1 ton of cardboard saves
46 gallons of oil.
From a local perspective, recycling
extends the life of our existing landfills. That keeps our living expenses
lower than they otherwise would be.
The way I see it, you are either part of
the problem or part of the solution. If
you are already recycling, thank you.
If you’re not already recycling, don’t
wait another day to take steps to be
part of the solution.
(Source: http://recycleacrossamerica.org/recycling-facts )
Suzanne Beaudelaire
Sheridan
Bernie Sanders is right to be outraged
B
ernie Sanders is in his natural state -- of
agitation.
It's just 9 a.m., but the socialist senator,
contemplating a presidential run as a
Democrat or as a populist independent, is red
in the face and his white hair askew. In a
conference room at The Washington Post,
he's raising his voice, thumping his index
finger on the table and gesturing so wildly that his
hand comes within inches
of political reporter Karen
Tumulty's face.
"We are living in the
United States right now at a
time when the top onetenth of 1 percent own
more wealth than the botDANA
tom 90 percent," the
MILBANK
Vermont lawmaker says in
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his native Brooklyn accent.
"One family, the Walton
family of Wal-Mart, owns
by itself more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of the American people."
And then there are the Kochs, "the second
wealthiest family in America, worth $85 billion ... who are now prepared to buy the
United States government."
"You're looking at the undermining of
American democracy, okay?"
Okay, okay, okay. I remark on his prodigious indignation.
"It's early in the morning," Sanders boasts.
"Catch me later in the afternoon."
The real outrage, though, is that so few people share his fury.
There's widespread agreement about the
problem -- that inequality is as bad as it has
been in America since the crash of '29. Even
Republican leaders are talking about it (their
solution, alas, is a tax system with even more
breaks for the wealthy.) But there's no sign
yet of the mass anger that could turn into a
political movement.
This is the week we would have seen it. As
my colleague Matea Gold reported, the Koch
brothers and their fundraising network plan
to spend $889 million on the 2016 race. That
sort of brazen bid to buy an election should
come with naming rights -- perhaps the
Charles G. and David H. Koch White House,
to match the Charles G. and David H. Koch
United States Senate they financed in 2014.
A half dozen of those whose new Senate
seats were acquired with Koch money attended a Koch confab in Palm Springs over the
weekend to thank their patrons.
But the news elicited no more outrage than
previous acquisitions of the House of
Representatives (aka Citi Field). "The anger
is there," Sanders says, but "it's an anger that
turns into saying, 'go to hell, I'm not going to
participate in your charade. I'm not voting.'
So it's a weird kind of anger. It's not people
getting out in the streets. ... We're at the stage
of demoralization."
That leaves Sanders' populist candidacy in
an awkward place. He can mount a symbolic
primary campaign against Hillary Clinton
that goes nowhere. "Can you mobilize people?
Can you tap the anger that's out there?"
Sanders asks rhetorically. "The answer is -you know what? -- I don't exactly know that
we can."
Or he can run as an independent and perhaps take enough votes in a general election
to be a spoiler. But he doesn't seem inclined
to be a Ralph Nader, who doomed Al Gore in
2000 and saw no difference between the two
parties. "There is a difference," says Sanders,
who caucuses with Senate Democrats.
Sanders faults President Obama for the
current demoralization. "I think he had a
moment in history to do what President
Roosevelt did in 1932," he says. "He had the
opportunity to say to the American people,
'look, millions of people have lost jobs ...
[and] it's because of what JPMorgan did, it's
because of what Morgan Stanley did, what
Goldman Sachs did."
"Is that moment today?" Sanders continues.
"No ... I think he lost that extraordinary
opportunity." Democrats remain "too tepid"
in taking on big money, and Clinton won't be
"as bold as she needs to be."
Clinton comes from the corporate wing of
the party. Though there are nascent signs of
a tea party of the left emerging, no candidate
represents it. Sanders, a 73-year-old socialist,
is charismatically challenged, and Sen.
Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who has more
flair, doesn't appear to be contemplating a
run. Even if she did, the primaries are so
dominated by big money that it's not clear
Warren could pose a viable challenge to
Clinton.
No wonder Sanders is so agitated. "You
have to take on the Koch brothers and you
have to take on Wall Street and you have to
take on the billionaires," he says, gesticulating madly and fuming about the "oligarchy"
running government. "Not to get you too
nervous," he says, but "I think you need a
political revolution."
As Sanders is learning, you can't have a
populist revolution without people.
DANA MILBANK is a political reporter for The Washington Post and has
authored two books on national political campaigns and the national political
parties.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015
HEALTH WATCH |
TODAY IN HISTORY |
Psychologists
offer 3 tips to
strengthen
willpower
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
O
ur willpower is tested
every day, whether it is hitting the snooze button
rather than going for a
morning workout or choosing
fruit over a cupcake at lunchtime.
The decisions that lead to a
healthier life are often difficult,
and the American Psychological
Association’s annual Stress in
America survey has revealed that
not having enough willpower was
the top reason people
cited for
being
unable to
make
healthy
lifestyle
changes as
part of
TOM
their New
SCHNATTERBECK Year’s
reso|
lutions.
Willpower is the ability to
delay gratification, resisting
short-term temptations in order
to meet long-term goals. One
reason adopting healthy behaviors may be so difficult is that
resisting temptation can take a
mental toll. In fact, some
experts liken willpower to a
muscle that can get fatigued
from overuse. The good news is
that, also like a muscle, willpower can be strengthened to help
achieve lifestyle-related goals,
such as eating healthy or losing
weight.
About this time every year, I
talk to people who make New
Year’s resolutions to be more
physically active. Living and
working in Wyoming, it is very
important to them to be active
and engaged in the outdoors.
However, only a small percent
say they are doing a good job at
it. In reality, most adults have
tried to make a behavior change
and many are still trying.
If you believe that a lack of
willpower is holding you back
from achieving healthy goals,
psychologists suggest these
three tips that can help
strengthen self-control:
• Focus on one goal at a time.
It is more effective to focus on a
single, clear and modest goal
rather than attacking a list of
goals at once or being too ambitious out of the gate.
Succeeding at the first goal will
free up willpower so it can then
be devoted to the next goal.
• Monitor your behavior
toward your goal. People who
track their daily food intake are
more likely to succeed at goals.
Don’t let small slip-ups derail
progress. Make a reasonable
plan to meet the goal and
recommit each day to making
progress toward that goal.
• Seek support. Having support systems can help people
reach their goals. Being surrounded with friends and family who will be supportive of the
goals, and willing to help, can
make a big difference.
If people feel overwhelmed or
are unable to meet their goals
on their own, they might want
to consider seeking help.
Psychologists and other mental
health providers are trained to
help with behavioral and
lifestyle changes. They can help
address triggers that prompt
people to make unhealthy choices, identify positive ways to
change unhealthy habits and
develop new skills and ways of
thinking.
To learn more about willpower and mind/body health, visit
www.apa.org/helpcenter and
follow on Twitter at
@APAHelpCenter.
TOM SCHNATTERBECK, Psy.D. is a psychologist with
Northern Wyoming Mental Health Center.
JUSTIN SHEELY | THE SHERIDAN PRESS
New tools develop new skills
Easter Seals client Mistie Stedillie smiles as she shares about how she uses a Chromebook to research job skills and
connect with the world Wednesday at Easter Seals in Sheridan.
LOCAL BRIEFS |
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Akcita Win to meet Tuesday
SHERIDAN — The February Akcita Win
meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn in the
Gourmet Room on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Heidi Heuerman will be the guest speaker
and will discuss landscape fiber painting.
The meeting will also include the Secret
Sister unveiling.
The event is free and open to the public.
For additional information, contact president
Karen Kjerstad at 751-5939.
SMH to host final ACA
presentations
SHERIDAN — Sheridan Memorial Hospital
staff will offer three final public presentations
to assist individuals interested in signing up
for health insurance through the marketplace
under the Affordable Care Act.
The presentations will be held Tuesday from
11 a.m. to noon and 6-7 p.m. and Wednesday
from 11 a.m. to noon. All three presentations
will be held in the SMH conference room B.
The Health Insurance Marketplace offers a
wide variety of Wyoming-based health plans.
All plans cover prescriptions, hospital stays,
doctor visits and more. Some people may qualify for financial help to pay premiums and outof-pocket expenses, such as deductibles and copays. Depending on eligibility, the Affordable
Care Act may provide a tax credit to help applicants afford health coverage purchased
through the marketplace.
For those who already have health insurance
through the marketplace, staff can help them
review their plan and decide if they need to
make changes for 2015.
Sheridan Memorial Hospital staff and Enroll
Wyoming Navigators will be available to help
individuals understand how the Health
Insurance Marketplace works, review coverage
options and assist with enrollment.
To learn more about the ACA, attend a public
presentation or contact the hospital at 672-1010
to schedule an appointment with a navigator.
The hospital is located at 1401 W. Fifth St.
Next Jentel Presents
set for Tuesday
SHERIDAN — The Jentel Artist Residency
Program will present this month’s artists and
writers at “Jentel Presents” on Tuesday.
From 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Sagebrush
Community Art Center a variety of artists and
writers will present about their craft and their
time at the residency program located in
Ucross. The free event is open to the public,
and light refreshments will be served.
Presenters include: mixed media artist
Sharon Shapiro of Louisa, Virginia; playwright PJ Paparelli of Chicago; gouache
painter Kreh Mellick of Penland, North
Carolina; short story writer Philip Damon of
Bellingham, Washington; encaustic painter
Mille Guldbeck of Grand Rapids, Ohio; and
mixed media painter Justin Kim of Long
Island City, New York.
The Jentel Foundation offers dedicated individuals a supportive environment in which to
further their creative development. For more
information on the Jentel Artist Residency
Program, see jentelarts.org or call Jentel at 7372311.
The Sagebrush Community Art Center is
located in the old train depot on the corner of
Broadway Avenue and Fifth Street.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY EVENTS |
Sunday
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Bernice Gordon, crossword puzzle
constructor, dies at 101
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bernice Gordon, a
prolific crossword constructor whose puzzles
were published in major newspapers and
brain-teaser books, has died at the age of 101.
Gordon died at her Philadelphia home early
Thursday, her son Jim Lanard confirmed
Friday. A private memorial service was
planned, he said.
A Philadelphia native and University of
Pennsylvania graduate, Gordon raised three
children before working as an artist and traveling around the world. She began creating the
puzzles in her 30s because she enjoyed the
mental challenge. Her puzzles were published
in The New York Times, The Philadelphia
Inquirer and others including puzzle books
from Dell and Simon & Schuster.
In an interview with The Associated Press
on her 100th birthday a year ago this month,
she said the puzzles “make my life” and that
she constructed a new puzzle grid every day.
Gordon is credited with pioneering the
“rebus” puzzle, which requires solvers to occasionally use symbols instead of letters. Her
first rebus in the Times used an ampersand to
represent the letters AND, so an answer like
SANDWICH ISLANDS had to be entered as
S&WICH ISL&S. Readers reacted strongly in
hundreds of letters, some complaining that it
was cheating and others applauding the novel
approach, she said.
“It’s something new. It was an innovation,”
Gordon told the AP.
Among the scores of Gordon’s grids that the
Times has published since her 1952 debut was
a 2013 collaboration with teenage constructor
David Steinberg, a regular Times contributor.
Steinberg said the puzzle that emerged blended
Gordon’s deep classical knowledge and his
penchant for modern language.
“Our styles are a bit different in that way, but
we still had a lot of fun collaborating,” he said.
Peter Mucha, a former Inquirer reporter who
wrote a story about Gordon in 1995 and
remained friends with her, said he was
impressed that she used computer programs to
develop crossword puzzles. And he often marveled at the breadth of her vocabulary.
“She would just pull these obscure words out
of a hat,” Mucha said Friday.
Today’s Highlights in
History:
On Jan. 31, 1865, the U.S.
House of Representatives
joined the Senate in passing
the 13th Amendment to the
United States Constitution
abolishing slavery, sending it
to states for ratification. (The
amendment was adopted in
Dec. 1865.) Gen. Robert E. Lee
was named general-in-chief
of the Confederate States
Army by President Jefferson
Davis.
On this date:
In 1606, Guy Fawkes, convicted of treason for his part
in the “Gunpowder Plot”
against the English
Parliament and King James I,
was executed.
In 1797, composer Franz
Schubert was born in Vienna.
In 1915, entertainer and TV
personality Garry Moore was
born in Baltimore.
In 1929, revolutionary
Leon Trotsky and his family
were expelled from the Soviet
Union.
In 1934, President Franklin
D. Roosevelt signed the Gold
Reserve Act.
In 1945, Pvt. Eddie Slovik,
24, became the first U.S. soldier since the Civil War to be
executed for desertion as he
was shot by an American firing squad in France.
In 1958, the United States
entered the Space Age with
its first successful launch of a
satellite into orbit, Explorer I.
In 1961, NASA launched
Ham the Chimp aboard a
Mercury-Redstone rocket
from Cape Canaveral; Ham
was recovered safely from the
Atlantic Ocean following his
16 1/2-minute suborbital
flight.
In 1971, astronauts Alan
Shepard, Edgar Mitchell and
Stuart Roosa blasted off
aboard Apollo 14 on a mission
to the moon.
In 1980, Queen Juliana of
the Netherlands announced
she would abdicate on her
birthday the following April,
to be succeeded by her daughter, Princess Beatrix.
In 1990, McDonald’s Corp.
opened its first fast-food
restaurant in Moscow.
In 2000, an Alaska Airlines
MD-83 jet crashed into the
Pacific Ocean off Port
Hueneme, California, killing
all 88 people aboard.
Ten years ago: Jury selection began in Santa Maria,
California, for Michael
Jackson’s child molestation
trial. (Jackson was later
acquitted.) SBC
Communications Inc.
announced it was acquiring
AT&T Corp. for $16 billion.
Five years ago: The annual
World Economic Forum concluded a five-day meeting in
Davos, Switzerland, with
widespread agreement that a
fragile recovery was under
way but no consensus on
what was going to spur job
growth. Roger Federer beat
Andy Murray 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (11)
for a fourth Australian Open
championship. The AFC
defeated the NFC 41-34 in the
Pro Bowl, played ahead of the
Super Bowl for the first time.
Beyonce became the first
woman to win six Grammy
Awards in one night; Taylor
Swift won four Grammys,
including album of the year,
for “Fearless.”
One year ago: The longdelayed, controversial
Keystone XL oil pipeline
cleared a major hurdle
toward approval as the U.S.
State Department reported no
major environmental objections to the proposed $7 billion project. A week of peace
talks aimed at stemming
Syria’s civil war ended in
Geneva with no concrete
progress.
Thought for Today: “We
live in a moment of history
where change is so speeded
up that we begin to see the
present only when it is
already disappearing.” — R.D.
Laing, Scottish psychiatrist
(1927-1989).
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State Senate approves
sports concussion
liability bill
Reading
to pass
the time
CHEYENNE (AP) — The state Senate has passed a
bill that would provide greater legal protections to
school districts and staff against lawsuits stemming
from head injuries suffered by student-athletes.
Senate File 98 was approved on a 21-9 vote Friday. It
now goes to the House for further debate.
The bill says failure to implement required concussion-related protocols, in whole or in part, cannot be
considered as increasing the inherent risks of any
sport or recreation activity.
Five-year-old Cian Marcus looks at
a book as his older sister engages
with the Civil Air Patrol physical
training exercise Thursday evening
at the Wyoming National Guard
Armory in Sheridan.
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AGENDAS |
Sheridan City Council
7 p.m. Monday
Sheridan City Hall
55 Grinnell St.
• Consent agenda items
A. Approval of minutes — Jan.
12
• Call to Order
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Invocation to be given by Tony
Forman, Cornerstone Church
• Roll Call of members
• Approval of Consent Agenda
A. Agenda
B. Minutes of regular Council
meeting Jan. 19
C. Claims
D. Approve job description for
financial and administrative services
director
• Communications from Junior Council
• Mary Randolph, director Wyoming
Rural Development Council/Wyoming
Main Street impact presentation
• Old business
• New business
A. Consider adoption of the
updated Parks and Recreation Master
Plan
B. Consideration of Resolution
04-15 to evaluate city administrator position
C. IAFF Local #276 union
negotiations
11. Comment from the Council and the
public
A. Ron Patterson to give presentation on Holly Ponds dedication and
economic development
Dayton Town Council
7:30 p.m. Monday
Dayton Town Hall
• Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance
• Approval of agenda
a. Additions
b. Deletions
• Approve minutes of the Jan. 19 secondary council meeting.
• Reports - Utility clerk/building permits, fire department, law enforcement,
engineering, employees, planning committee, joint powers board natural gas,
council
• Approve warrants
• Old business
• Announcements/correspondence.
New business
a. Liquor license hearing for
Mountain Inn Bar, Crazy Woman Saloon,
Branding Iron Café and The Corner
Grocery
b. Approve hours the bars can
be open 24 hours in 2015
c. Approve hours the Corner
Grocery can be open during Dayton Days
2015
d. Approve catering permits
for Crazy Woman Saloon, Mountain Inn
Bar Inc. and Wyoming Wings for Dayton
Days 2015
e. Interview applicants for
vacant Council position
• Council comments/requests for
future agenda items.
• Citizen Communique’
Sheridan County School District 2
6 p.m. Monday
Central Office boardroom
201 N. Connor St.
• Call to Order
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Recognition
A. We the People
• Approval of agenda
• Welcome – audience Comments
B. Approval of bills for payment
• Old business
A. Capital construction
update
B. Graduation Counts
C. Approval of Policies
• New business
A. Local enhancement
acknowledgment/agreement
B. FY15 quarterly financial
update
• Reports and communication
A. Board of Trustees
1. Board Reports
2. Committee
Reports
3. Other
B.
PTO/Parents/Students/Organizations
C. Site Administration and
Staff
• District reports
A. Superintendent
1. Board goal
updates
• Executive session
A. Personnel matters
Sheridan County Commission
Regular meeting
8:45 a.m. Monday
Second floor commission library, #216
Sheridan County Courthouse
224 S. Main St.
SUNDAY
• Consider novation with KWN
Construction, LLC, Dick Anderson
Construction, Inc
• Consider transportation and utility
systems and facilities on federal lands
(SF299)
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• Call to Order and Pledge
• Consent agenda:
a. Minutes from staff meeting, Jan. 20
b. Minutes from regular session, Jan. 20
c. Minutes from staff meeting,
Jan. 26
d. Ratify proxy appointment
to John Stopka, airport manager, for CO
Colony Ditch Company and Big Horn
Reservoir Company Annual Meeting
e. Ratify Amendment 7 to the
Sheridan County Flexible Benefit Plan
f. Acknowledge relinquishment of restaurant liquor license for
Cantadas, LLC d.b.a. Big Horn Mercantile;
g. General county vouchers,
January
h. General airport vouchers,
January
• Consider agenda
• announcements
• Award for service, Predator
Management Board
• Public comments on matters not on
the agenda
• Presentation — Wyoming Community
Development Authority
• Consider Change Order 2 for Sheridan
County Exhibit Hall upgrades
• Consider Award for Bid Package B –
Runway designation change
Milder with
snow, 1-3"
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and colder
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Temperature
High/low .........................................................51/20
Normal high/low ............................................37/12
Record high .............................................64 in 1989
Record low ............................................. -28 in 1985
Precipitation (in inches)
24 hours through 5 p.m. Friday ...................... 0.00"
Month to date................................................. 0.45"
Normal month to date .................................... 0.54"
Year to date .................................................... 0.45"
Normal year to date ....................................... 0.54"
Sheridan County Parks and Recreation
Board
Following the Sheridan County
Commission meeting Tuesday
Commissioners’ boardroom
Sheridan County Courthouse
224 S. Main St.
• Call to Order and Pledge
• Public comments on matters not on
the agenda
• Announcements
a. Rod Liesinger, director of
Public Works — Kleenburn Recreation
Area Update
• New business
a. Consider reappointment
b. Ratify calendar year 2014
expenses for the following: Kleenburn
Recreation Area, Story Park, 3-Poles and
other expenses — total $33,062.12
c. Ratify Bighorn Audubon
Society designation of the Kleenburn
Recreation Area as an important bird area
(November 2014)
d. Consider acknowledgement
of the Public Land Users Committee
Master Plan for 3-Poles Recreation Area
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• Pledge of Allegiance
• Call to Order and Roll Call
• Approve and sign minutes
• Approval of agenda
• Old business
• Mayor’s report
• Report on projects
A. 122 Main St. property
• New business
• Special committee reports
• Approval of bills
• Adjournment
Sun and Moon
Sheridan County Airport through 5 p.m. Fri.
Winning numbers:
18-31-39-45-55;
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Megaplier 5X
Regional Weather
TUESDAY
Mainly cloudy
with flurries
Almanac
Here are the results
of Friday’s
Mega Millions
lottery drawing:
Ranchester Town Council
6:30 p.m. Tuesday
Ranchester Town Hall
Sheridan County Commission
Staff meeting
9 a.m. Tuesday
Second floor commission boardroom
Sheridan County Courthouse
224 S. Main St.
MONDAY
19
Big
Breakfast
• Call to Order and Pledge
• Roll call
• Approval of agenda
• Approval of minutes — Nov. 6, 2014
• Matters from the public for items not
on agenda
• New business
a. S-14-002M: Whispering
Hills Estates Minor Subdivision: This is an
application from Scott and Susan Wright
to subdivide property situated in the
NE¼SW¼ of Section 13, T57N, R86W. The
property consists of ± 42.36 acres and is
zoned Urban Residential. The proposed 3
lot development would be accessed off
of Prairie Lane, a proposed private road.
• Matters from the staff
a. Discussion on review of
notification requirements.
b. Action taken at Dec. 2 and
16 County Commission meeting concerning planning Items (mobile home park
renewals, THC Commercial Event Center
CUP & Replat of Tracts 5-8, Adkins Valley
Subdivision).
• Matters from commissioners
Billings
35/15
A bit of
afternoon snow
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2590 N. Main • 672-5900
Sheridan County Planning and Zoning
Commission
5:30 p.m. Thursday
Second floor commissioners boardroom
Sheridan County Courthouse
224 S. Main St.
• Call to order
• Voucher review
• Staff/elected updates
• Update — Jay McGinnis
• Update — VOA
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TEAPOT: Testing site
Dome to the Energy
Department in 1977. In
The leasing of Teapot
1993, Teapot Dome became
Dome became public
the site of the Rocky
knowledge in 1922, but
Mountain Oilfield Testing
Harding died unexpected- Center, where the governly in 1923 before a congres- ment tested oil developsional investigation could ment technologies includreveal full details about
ing enhanced oil recovery.
the scheme.
Since 1976, Teapot Dome
The U.S. Supreme Court has produced over 22 milinvalidated the Teapot
lion barrels of oil and genDome leases in 1927 and
erated more than $569 milthe oilfield went undevellion in revenue for the fedoped until 1976, when
eral government, accorddrilling resumed. The
ing to the Energy
Navy transferred Teapot
Department.
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HUNT: Article matches treaties signed with other tribes
arrested for hunting in
Uinta County in October
In May 2013, the legisla1868, just four months
tive branch of the Crow
after both the treaty with
Nation filed a joint action
the Bannocks and the
resolution that they would
Territory of Wyoming
fully exercise their right to were put into place.
off-reservation hunting
It might seem odd that a
rights pursuant to the 1868
120-year-old legal case is
Treaty with the Crows.
hanging over the heads of
Plain Feather said the tribe Fisher and the Herreras,
has sent notices of the reso- but the judges of the
lution to Wyoming,
Circuit Court of the
Montana and South Dakota United States for the
as well as to President
District of Wyoming came
Barack Obama, the U.S.
to a decision that is still
Attorney General and the
being disputed. The decisecretaries of interior and
sion of that court was that
agriculture. Plain Feather
the terms of Article 4 of
said no one has responded
the treaty with the
to the notices yet.
Bannocks had been “perishWyoming Game and Fish
able and intended to be of
officials at the district
limited duration.”
office in Sheridan had no
But no suggestion of limicomment on the dispute
tation is mentioned in the
other than to say they
treaty with the Bannocks
would continue to enforce
and given that the language
Wyoming laws and regulain that treaty is identical to
tions.
the language in the 1868
Indian treaties in the
Treaty with the Crows,
West varied little and
some say that the Crow
Article 4 of the 1868 treaty
treaty is also meant to last
with the Crows is identical
into the present day.
to the article in several
One hundred years after
other treaties with other
the decision made by the
tribes, including the
courts in the Race Horse
Bannocks who share a
case, Thomas L. Ten Bear
reservation with Shoshoni
and the Crow Nation filed
Indians in southeastern
an appeal with the 10th U.S.
Idaho.
Circuit Court of Appeals
The treaty with the
for the District of Wyoming
Bannocks was signed July
after Ten Bear’s conviction
3, 1868. Traditional
for killing an elk in the
Bannock hunting grounds
Bighorn National Forest in
stretched into the area that November 1989. Ten Bear
became the Territory of
and the Crow Tribe named
Wyoming only two weeks
the Wyoming Game and
after the treaty was signed. Fish Department and the
Though provisions of the
Wyoming Game and Fish
act of setting up a new state Commission in the suit,
said they would ensure that and argued the rights of
the treaties would remain
the Crow Tribe to hunt in
in place, a Bannock Indian
the national forest as part
named Race Horse was
of the 1868 Treaty with the
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some speeding
fines OK’d
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A pair of fur moccasins are shown at the Sheridan County
Museum.
Crows. The state of
Wyoming evoked the 11th
Amendment to the U. S.
Constitution — a state’s
sovereign immunity
against litigation from the
citizen of another state or
nation — and the suit was
instead filed against WGFD
director Chuck Repsis and
commission director
Francis Petera, individually.
The Crow Tribe argued
that the Race Horse decision should not control the
decision of the Ten Bear
appeal. The doctrine of the
decision made by the court
for Race Horse had been
overruled by the Supreme
Court in other cases concerning the rights of tribes
to hunt and fish on traditional grounds in other
states. In United States v.
Winans, the court recognized that the United States
was aware that private ownership of lands formerly in
the hands of the Indians
had been forseen and the
treaties stood to help the
CHEYENNE (AP) — A House committee has endorsed a proposal that would
change the state’s fine schedule for
motorists traveling on stretches of highways that have been set to an 80 mph
limit.
The House Transportation, Highways
and Military Affairs Committee voted 63 Thursday for House Bill 181. The bill
now goes to the full House for debate.
The Wyoming Department of
Indians preserve their way
of life, and the formation of
states in no way stood in
the way of the treaties.
But the 10th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals for the
District of Wyoming disagreed. In their decision
against Ten Bear, they stated that the Crow Tribe’s
right to hunt off-reservation as laid out in Article 4
of the 1868 Treaty of
Laramie with the Crows
was repealed by the admission of the state of
Wyoming to the Union.
The 10th Circuit also held
that state management of
wildlife was irreconcilable
with any tribal treaty
rights to hunt off-reservation and that even if that
right did still exist, the
national forest land was not
"unoccupied."
More than 20 years after
their last defeat, Fisher and
the Herreras will renew a
battle that has been waging
for more than a century
and is not quite ready to
end.
Transportation increased the speed limits to 80 mph on nearly 500 miles of
highways in July after a bill was passed
last year that allowed Wyoming to be
one of the few states that could have
speed limits up to 80 mph.
The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports
that the committee voted to reject a separate bill that would have required variable speed limit signs on highways with
80 mph limits.
PRODUCTS: PRBRC: previous projects went nowhere
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Under the bill, a company would
need a business plan, balance sheet
and sufficient cash, said Rep. Norine
Kasperik, R-Gillette, who introduced
the bill in the House Wednesday.
A Sheridan-based landowner
group, the Powder River Basin
Resource Council, opposes HB53. It
says previous projects went nowhere,
including a planned $50 million state
investment in a coal gasification
project with GE Energy in 2008 that
was put on hold three years later.
Value-added products are already
available on the market at lower
prices than would be the case with
Wyoming startups, said Shannon
Anderson, a resource council attorney.
“It’s a pretty risky technology for
the state to bet on,” Anderson said.
Supporters insisted the legislation
could help Wyoming.
“We want to take some of our natural resources and turn them into a
product with additional value so that
all the people we’re educating at the
university, so that our children all
have jobs within our state,” Rep.
Mike Greear, R-Worland, said this
week.
SPORTS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015
FRIDAY’S SCORES |
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOYS BASKETBALL
Big Horn 55,
Moorcroft 44
Burns 62, Lingle-Fort
Laramie 60
Cheyenne East 67,
Campbell County 66
Cody 72, Pinedale 37
Encampment 70, HannaElk Mountain 37
Kaycee 69, ArvadaClearmont 48
Laramie 47, Cheyenne
South 41
Lovell 53, Jackson Hole
50
Lusk 71, Saratoga 45
Lyman 61, Wind River 55
Meeteetse 41, Ten Sleep
34
Powell 52, Mountain
View 40
Sheridan 57, Cheyenne
Central 54
Wheatland 68, Newcastle
36
Wright 65, Sundance 41
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Burns 66, Lingle-Fort
Laramie 43
Campbell County 70,
Cheyenne East 56
Casper Kelly Walsh 53,
Riverton 47
Casper Natrona 77,
Evanston 37
Cheyenne South 35,
Laramie 20
Douglas 68, Torrington
46
Encampment 40, HannaElk Mountain 35
Greybull 28, Shoshoni 25
Little Snake River 51,
Rangely, Colo. 39
Lovell 71, Jackson Hole
39
Lyman 65, Wind River 39
Newcastle 41, Wheatland
36
Pinedale 48, Cody 41
Powell 45, Mountain
View 35
Rawlins 52, Worland 48
Saratoga 44, Lusk 37
Sheridan 49, Cheyenne
Central 43
St. Stephens 73, Dubois
36
Ten Sleep 45, Meeteetse
24
Thermopolis 51, Rocky
Mountain 38
Upton 44, Hulett 21
Varmalov makes
23 saves in
Avs’ shutout of
Predators
DENVER (AP) — Semyon
Varlamov made 23 saves for
his fourth shutout of the season, and the Colorado
Avalanche beat the Nashville
Predators 3-0 on Friday night.
Jarome Iginla, Maxime
Talbot, and Gabriel
Landeskog had goals for the
Avalanche, who earned an
important win in their pursuit of a playoff berth.
Colorado is trying to stay in
the thick of the race after a
slow start to the season. The
Avalanche are two points
behind Calgary for the second
wild-card position in the
Western Conference but they
have played one more game
than the Flames.
Colorado improved to 8-3-3
in its last 14 games and has
moved into fifth place in the
Central Division. The
Avalanche earned three of a
possible four points against
the division-leading
Predators.
Nashville’s Marek Mazanec
made 25 saves in his first start
of the season.
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When the wolves came to town
Rams take on
Moorcroft and win
BY MIKE PRUDEN
THE SHERIDAN PRESS
BIG HORN — For the second night in a row,
the Big Horn Lady Rams blew their opponent
out of the water while the Rams battled to
come away with another close win.
Friday night it was the Moorcroft Wolves
who came to town, and in the early game,
they weren’t much of a matchup for the Big
Horn Lady Rams in a 73-19 blowout. After
beating Riverside 66-21 last night, the Lady
Rams carried the momentum into the gym on
Friday, turning Moorcroft miscues into buckets — lots of buckets.
The Lady Wolves didn’t put much pressure
on the Big Horn defense. Moorcroft simply
could not get anything going offensively. It
wasn’t until the 1:24 mark of the first quarter
before Moorcroft scored their first points,
and by that point it was a steep uphill battle.
Big Horn started the game on a 16-0 run. By
halftime, it was 38-10.
While the Lady Rams have shown that they
can score points in many of their games this
season, it was last night’s third quarter that
was a break from the norm for Justin
Kidneigh’s Big Horn squad. Kidneigh said
they’ve put an emphasis on keeping the offensive firepower going out of the locker room at
halftime, something they have had trouble
with up to last night’s matchup with
Moorcroft.
Thursday night the Lady Rams scored 20, 20
and 18 in the first, second and fourth quarter,
respectively. They only scored eight in the
third. Last night, they scored 26 in the third
quarter, their highest scoring quarter of the
game.
“The girls came out and they were loose,”
Kidneigh said of the big third quarter.
“Whatever it was, we got it done. We want to
be a team that’s pretty consistent across all
four quarters.”
SEE RAMS, PAGE B2
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Lady Rams’ Madison Booth shoots for two against Moorcroft Friday night at Big Horn High School. The
Lady Rams devastated the Lady Wolves 73-19.
Seahawks
repeat a scary
prospect
for NFL
PHOENIX (AP) — Here are some scary
thoughts for the rest of the NFL:
A win Sunday will stamp the Seahawks as
one of the best teams of the Super Bowl era.
And, given Seattle’s makeup and philosophy,
the future for the franchise might be brighter
than for any other club.
Rarely has a team with so many key young
players been so formidable. The last such
group might have been the Jimmy Johnson
Cowboys of the early 1990s, when Dallas had
the Triplets: future Hall of Famers Emmitt
Smith, Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin.
Seattle has its own trio of All-Pros, but on
defense: cornerback Richard Sherman, safety
Earl Thomas and middle linebacker Bobby
Wagner. All are 26 or younger.
They’re complemented by young talent all
over the lineup, from Kam Chancellor (26) in
the secondary to linebacker K.J. Wright (25) to
offensive leaders quarterback Russell Wilson
(26), receivers Doug Baldwin (26) and
Jermaine Kearse (25 next week), tight end
Luke Willson (25) and a bunch of twentysomethings on the line.
SEE BOWL, PAGE B2
Broncs beat Cheyenne
Central on the road Friday
FROM STAFF REPORTS
SHERIDAN — Both Sheridan
High School basketball teams
found themselves on the good
side of the scoreboard in two
tight matches against Cheyenne
Central High School Friday
night.
The Sheridan Lady Broncs (131) scratched out a close 49-43 victory over the Cheyenne Central
Lady Indians (10-4), and the
Sheridan Broncs (6-3) were able
to pull out a 57-54 victory.
The Lady Broncs’ battle was
close from beginning to end. A
hot-handed Cheyenne Central
team kept the score tight with
lights-out 3-point shooting.
After the first quarter ended
with a 14-14 tie, Robbi Ryan
scored the last five points of the
first half to give the Lady Broncs
a slim two-point lead.
“(Cheyenne Central) was a very
disciplined team. … They were
shooting lights from the 3-point
line,” Lady Broncs head coach
Jessica Pickett said.
The Lady Broncs came back
into the second half and limited
the Lady Indians’ second-chance
opportunities. The game stayed
close until deep in the fourth
quarter when the Lady Broncs
extended the lead to 40-35.
Ryan once again led the Lady
Broncs with 15 points and 12
rebounds. The Broncs extended
their winning streak to 10 after
last night’s game.
Sheridan’s top spot in the 4A
east conference will be contested
quickly when they take on
Cheyenne East today. East’s 13game winning streak ended last
night with a 70-56 loss to the
Campbell County Lady Camels.
“We are looking for another
tough fight,” Pickett said about
the game against Cheyenne East.
“They are a good ball club. …
They are going to be looking for
redemption, so we just have to
bring it.”
Immediately after the girl’s
game, the Broncs decided they
would win a close game of their
own.
A close 19-18 Sheridan lead in
the first quarter was extended
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Sheridan's Robbi Ryan drives into the Cheyenne Central defense for a basket
in the first half Friday evening at Central High School. Sheridan defeated the
Lady Indians 49-43.
once the Broncs went on a 15-4
run in the second. A 33-28
Sheridan lead at the half was
thanks to a 10-point quarter by
Dylan Daniels
The Broncs pulled further
ahead in the third quarter after a
10-0 run, but the Indians hung on.
With only 3:33 left in regulation,
the Indians fought their way back
to make it a 54-52 ball game.
The final seconds of the game
proved to be a nail biter. After
having the ball down by three in
the final seconds, a missed 3point shot by the Indians propelled the Broncs to a 3-0 conference record.
Sheridan takes on Cheyenne
East (8-3) today in Cheyenne.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015
BOWL: Seattle looks for back-to-back Super Bowl win Sunday against New England
FROM B1
All of them already have experienced the
ultimate success on the field, and if they
can beat New England for a second straight
championship, the D word frequently will
be thrown around.
“For us to win the Super Bowl back-toback years, we definitely could be a team
that’s talked about as a dynasty,” Wright
says. “I’m glad that the core players of this
team are still together. The more we continue to stay around here, the more championships we’ll win.”
Very possibly.
But it’s not just the talent coach Pete
Carroll and general manager John
Schneider have collected, and how quickly
Seattle locked up key personnel with contracts; only Wilson and Wagner need to be
re-signed among the elite players.
It’s the culture the Seahawks have developed.
Unlike the Patriots, who emulate the
approach of their reveal-nothing coach and
front office, the Seahawks are free-wheeling. It some ways, they resemble a college
team, which makes perfect sense: Before
turning around the Seahawks, Carroll won
two national titles at Southern Cal.
While the methods of Bill Belichick clearly work in New England — no franchise has
been more successful overall in the last 15
years — the Patriots last won a championship a decade ago. Although Tom Brady
says he hopes to quarterback the team well
into his 40s (he’s 37), the current roster
doesn’t strike fear for the future the way
Seattle’s might.
‘For us to win the Super Bowl
back-to-back years, we definitely could
be a team that’s talked about as a
dynasty. I’m glad that the
core players of this team are still
together.’
K.J. Wright
Seattle Seahawks linebacker
That’s true even if the Patriots win
Sunday in a dead-even game: The betting
line is pick-em.
“There are a number of kind of tenets
you know, but developing a really competitive roster, keeping it young, always trying
to upgrade,” Carroll says of the program
he’s installed in Seattle since arriving in
2010. “That mentality is really pervading. It
shows up everywhere. The style of play
that we want, that we agreed to, about
being a physical team and running the football and playing defense on teams. And
with that thought, those are all just kind of
the tenets that we’ve built it on and we’ve
tried to remain uncommonly consistent in
that commitment. I think that’s at the core
of everything.”
The Nolls and Landrys and, yes,
Belichicks might scoff at the openness. But
in the Gen X NFL, letting players “be themselves,” as Sherman says, could be the way
to go.
In a copycat league, if the Seahawks come
through Sunday, who’s to say Seattle’s
approach won’t be emulated? Lots of the
Seahawks think so, even hope so.
With championships in the bank and
money to spend under the salary cap, the
Pacific Northwest becomes an even more
attractive landing spot. And that will be
true even if — as expected — some of
Carroll’s assistants leave for promotions
elsewhere this offseason.
“I know that the guys that are here really
want to be here, and want to have the style
of coaching,” says center Max Unger, a sixyear veteran. “I think that it really just
focuses on what you do well and highlighting that within your position. It’s just a positive mindset.”
And then there’s the ultimate attraction:
winning rings.
“Man, that’s why I stayed because of
being able to play in these types of games
and just a chance to play on this team,”
says defensive end Michael Bennett, who
left Tampa after four seasons, won a championship last year on a one-season deal, and
then re-signed with the Seahawks. “I mean,
this team is full of energy, full of superstars, full of everybody who wants to be
successful.
“I mean, money can’t put a price on winning. I know a lot of guys who have made a
lot of money and they are still upset that
they can’t be in this spotlight. Pro Bowls
are one thing, MVP is one thing, but Super
Bowl is a whole other atmosphere. When
you win a Super Bowl, you get so much
notoriety and you get the chance to really
be on a great team. Money just can’t put a
price on that.”
RAMS: Back and forth
FROM B1
While the Moorcroft
bench continued chants of
“defense,” it wasn’t enough
to stop the red hot Lady
Rams. Big Horn hit five 3pointers in the game, all in
the second half as they
cruised to their 12th win of
the season.
Emily Blaney led all scorers with 16 to go along with
her six steals. Bailey Bard
added 12 points and four
steals, and three Lady
Rams — Abby
Buckingham, Mollie Caiola
and Ashton Koltiska — all
finished with eight points.
In the nightcap, it took
some sturdy defense by the
Big Horn boys to squeak
out a 55-44 win over the
Wolves.
A back and forth battle,
an offensive struggle for
most of the game, came
down to back-to-back defensive stops by the Rams late
in the fourth quarter.
After Big Horn stretched
the lead to six, Collin
Powers volleyball-spiked a
Moorcroft floater into the
ground, kept the ball in
play and preserved the Big
Horn lead with 1:20 to play.
A turnover at the other end
of the floor gave the Wolves
another shot to cut the
lead, but the Rams defense
forced a five-second call
with just under a minute
left.
“Up to that point, our
defense had really stepped
up,” Big Horn head coach
Ryan Alley said of the fivesecond call. “That was just
kind of a culmination of
the kids working their tails
off. I was really proud of
the effort they gave, especially on the defensive
end.”
A few free throws and a
Seth Kite and-1 sealed the
deal for the Rams, who held
onto their biggest lead of
the game at the most opportune time — when the final
buzzer sounded.
Kite led the Rams with 14
points. Colton Bates added
13 and Powers chipped in
10.
The Rams are inching
closer to a .500 record, sitJUSTIN SHEELY | THE SHERIDAN PRESS
ting at 8-9 after last night’s
win. Both the boys and
girls are at Sundance today Big Horn’s Zack Blaney (40) puts up a shot against the Wolves as Rams, from left, Nolan McCafferty, Colton Bates and Collin Powers
look on during the game Friday at Big Horn High School. The Rams won 55-44 over Moorcroft.
to round out a three-game
weekend.
LOCAL SPORTS BRIEFS |
SHUTOUT: Talbot scores fourth goal of the season
FROM STAFF REPORTS
FROM B1
Sheridan Lady Generals beat
Western Wyo. College 93-83
SHERIDAN — The Sheridan College Lady Generals (18-4)
picked up another quality conference win on the road against
the Western Wyoming College Mustangs.
“I am really pleased with the way we played,” head coach
Frank McCarthy said. “It was a good win for us.”
The 93-83 win for the Lady Generals was spearheaded by
JoAnna Hanson with 22 points and seven rebounds along with
Sierra Toms with 26 points and seven boards.
Sheridan College will make its way up to Casper College
today. Sheridan lost to Casper 81-94 in their last matchup on
Jan. 16, and McCarthy said he expects another battle this week.
The Avalanche didn’t capitalize on an early power
play but scored 26 seconds after Nashville returned
to full strength.
O’Reilly put a shot on goal from the half boards,
and Nathan MacKinnon tried to stuff it past
Mazanec. The puck leaked through to the front of
the crease where Talbot flipped it into the open net
at 13:49 of the first.
It was Talbot’s fourth goal of the season.
Nashville had two good scoring chances in the second period. Gabriel Bourque had a breakaway, but
the puck slipped off his stick before he could get off
a shot.
Later in the period, rookie Filip Forsberg went in
alone on Varlamov, but the goalie made the save to
Bronc swimmers fair well in Casper
SHERIDAN — The Sheridan Bronc swimmers faired well
against some of the top teams in the state Friday night in
Casper.
The Broncs had some great individual performances in the
200 meter freestyle. Sheridan’s Oscar Patten finished first and
was followed by a third place finish from Presley Felker and a
fifth place finish by Jacob Ahlstrom.
Another Bronc first place performance came from Jakob
Eckard in the 100 meter butterfly.
Zach Ahlstrom took fourth place out of 26 competitors in the
50 meter freestyle, Felker grabbed the second spot in the 400
meter freestyle and the Bronc 200 meter freestyle relay teams
took second and fourth.
Bronc wrestlers win 2 in Cheyenne
SHERIDAN — Bronc wrestlers had a busy night Friday after
back-to-back duels with Laramie and Cheyenne South.
The Broncs took down the Cheyenne South Bison in a 59-16
rout in their first duel of the night, then followed up with a
sound 45-30 victory against the Laramie Plainsmen.
The Broncs will wrap up the weekend in Cheyenne in two
duels against the East Thunderbirds and the Central Indians.
Knocked
down
Sheridan's Coy Steele battles
Cheyenne Central's Jackson
Ayala for a loose ball in the first
half Friday evening at Central
High School. Sheridan defeated
the Indians 57-54.
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keep Colorado in the lead.
Iginla scored an insurance goal at 5:54 of the third.
Colorado again couldn’t convert on a power play,
but just 6 seconds after it expired, Matt Duchene fed
Iginla from behind the net. His one-timer beat
Mazanec.
The Predators pulled Mazanec for an extra skater
with 2:15 left, and Landeskog scored a minute later
to seal the victory.
NOTES: MacKinnon had two assists. ... Iginla’s
goal was the 1,200th point of his career. ... Predators
C Mike Ribero was ejected at 6:33 of the third. ... The
Avalanche recalled D Stefan Elliott after D Erik
Johnson had right knee surgery that will sideline
him for 3-to-8 weeks. ... Nashville G Pekka Rinne is
expected to miss up to three weeks because of a
sprained knee.
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B3
SCOREBOARD |
NBA |
National Basketball Association
By The Associated Press
All Times EST
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
d-Atlanta
39
8
.830
d-Toronto
32
15
.681
Washington
31
16
.660
d-Chicago
30
18
.625
Cleveland
28
20
.583
Milwaukee
24
22
.522
Miami
20
26
.435
Charlotte
19
27
.413
Brooklyn
18
28
.391
Detroit
17
30
.362
Boston
16
29
.356
Indiana
17
31
.354
Orlando
15
34
.306
Philadelphia
10
37
.213
New York
9
38
.191
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
d-Golden State 36
7
.837
d-Memphis
34
12
.739
Houston
33
14
.702
d-Portland
32
15
.681
L.A. Clippers 32
15
.681
Dallas
31
17
.646
San Antonio
30
17
.638
Phoenix
27
20
.574
New Orleans 25
22
.532
Oklahoma City 23
23
.500
Denver
19
28
.404
Sacramento
16
29
.356
Utah
16
30
.348
L.A. Lakers
13
34
.277
Minnesota
8
38
.174
d-division leader
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Thursday’s Games
Milwaukee 115, Orlando 100
Indiana 103, New York 82
Memphis 99, Denver 69
L.A. Lakers 123, Chicago 118,2OT
Friday’s Games
Philadelphia 103, Minnesota 94
Atlanta 105, Portland 99
Houston 93, Boston 87
Toronto 127, Brooklyn 122, OT
Cleveland 101, Sacramento 90
New Orleans 108, L.A. Clippers 103
Dallas 93, Miami 72
Golden State at Utah, 9 p.m.
Chicago at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Sacramento at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Houston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Cleveland at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Portland at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Denver, 9 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 9 p.m.
Phoenix at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Miami at Boston, 1 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at New York, 2 p.m.
GB
—
7
8
9½
11½
14½
18½
19½
20½
22
22
22½
25
29
30
GB
—
3½
5
6
6
7½
8
11
13
14½
19
21
21½
25
29½
ECHL |
NFL |
NFL Playoff Glance
By The Associated Press
All Times EST
Wild-card Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 3
Carolina 27, Arizona 16
Baltimore 30, Pittsburgh 17
Sunday, Jan. 4
Indianapolis 26, Cincinnati 10
Dallas 24, Detroit 20
Divisional Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 10
New England 35, Baltimore 31
Seattle 31, Carolina 17
Sunday, Jan. 11
Green Bay 26, Dallas 21
Indianapolis 24, Denver 13
Conference Championships
Sunday, Jan. 18
Seattle 28, Green Bay 22, OT
New England 45, Indianapolis 7
Pro Bowl
Sunday, Jan. 25
At Glendale, Ariz.
Team Irvin 32, Team Carter 28
Super Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 1
At Glendale, Ariz.
New England vs. Seattle, 6:30 p.m. (NBC)
AHL |
American Hockey League
By The Associated Press
All Times EST
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP
W
Manchester
43
27
Portland
45
24
Providence
45
22
Worcester
43
22
St. John’s
46
19
East Division
L
10
18
17
16
21
GP
W
L
OL SL
Hershey
42
24
13
4
1
Wilkes-Barre/Sc45 24
17
1
3
Lehigh Valley 43
20
18
4
1
Binghamton
42
17
20
4
1
Norfolk
44
17
22
3
2
Northeast Division
GP
W
L
OL SL
Syracuse
43
27
11
5
0
Springfield
44
26
14
4
0
Hartford
43
25
13
3
2
Albany
45
21
15
4
5
Bridgeport
44
19
19
5
1
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Midwest Division
GP
W
L
OL SL
Rockford
45
26
13
4
2
Milwaukee
42
24
13
2
3
Grand Rapids 43
23
16
3
1
Chicago
44
21
17
5
1
40
18
16
3
3
Lake Erie
North Division
GP
W
L
OL SL
42
24
12
5
1
Utica
Adirondack
43
23
16
3
1
43
20
17
6
0
Hamilton
Toronto
42
18
17
7
0
Rochester
44
18
25
1
0
West Division
GP
W
L
OL SL
Oklahoma City 43
28
10
2
3
San Antonio
42
24
14
4
0
Texas
43
18
15
10
0
Charlotte
43
16
21
5
1
Iowa
44
15
27
1
1
NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point
for an overtime or shootout loss.
Friday’s Games
St. John’s 4, Albany 1
Syracuse 6, Rochester 4
Manchester 3, Portland 1
Toronto 3, Utica 2
Hartford 8, Bridgeport 6
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 5, Springfield 0
Hershey 6, Lehigh Valley 1
Norfolk 5, Binghamton 3
Providence 5, Worcester 4
Grand Rapids 3, Milwaukee 0
Rockford 3, Chicago 2, OT
Lake Erie at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
Hamilton at Iowa, 8 p.m.
Charlotte at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Hamilton at Iowa, 1:30 p.m.
Utica at Toronto, 3 p.m.
St. John’s at Albany, 5 p.m.
Milwaukee at Grand Rapids, 7 p.m.
Portland at Bridgeport, 7 p.m.
Syracuse at Hershey, 7 p.m.
Providence at Worcester, 7 p.m.
Springfield at Hartford, 7 p.m.
Rochester at Adirondack, 7 p.m.
Norfolk at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m.
Lehigh Valley at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 7:05 p.m.
Rockford at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Lake Erie at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
Charlotte at Texas, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Norfolk at Hershey, 2 p.m.
OL SL
4
2
3
0
5
1
3
2
5
1
ECHL at A Glance
By The Associated Press
All Times EST
EASTERN CONFERENCE
East Division
GP
W
L
OL SL
Florida
39
28
7
1
3
Reading
42
27
13
1
1
Greenville
43
25
15
1
2
Elmira
44
23
16
0
5
Orlando
38
20
15
3
0
South Carolina 43
18
18
1
6
Gwinnett
39
14
22
2
1
North Division
GP
W
L
OL SL
Toledo
39
28
6
3
2
Fort Wayne
41
28
10
1
2
Cincinnati
40
19
17
0
4
Wheeling
40
20
20
0
0
Kalamazoo
37
18
16
1
2
Indy
43
14
22
4
3
42
11
25
4
2
Evansville
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP
W
L
OL SL
Allen
40
30
6
2
2
Wichita
41
20
15
2
4
Tulsa
43
20
19
1
3
Quad City
39
18
15
4
2
Rapid City
42
17
22
0
3
Missouri
39
16
19
2
2
Brampton
39
13
24
2
0
Pacific Division
GP
W
L
OL SL
Colorado
42
28
14
0
0
Ontario
42
25
11
2
4
Idaho
43
26
13
1
3
Utah
42
19
16
4
3
Bakersfield
43
18
19
2
4
Alaska
39
17
18
3
1
Stockton
42
13
28
1
0
NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point
for an overtime or shootout loss.
Friday’s Games
Toledo 4, Cincinnati 0
Orlando 4, South Carolina 0
Wheeling 4, Kalamazoo 1
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Take a breath
Sheridan Bronc Jakob Eckard competes in the 200 SC meter IM against Gillette Thursday afternoon at Sheridan Junior High
School.
Florida 4, Greenville 0
Reading 3, Indy 2
Elmira 2, Fort Wayne 1
Rapid City at Allen, 8:05 p.m.
Quad City at Wichita, 8:05 p.m.
Gwinnett at Evansville, 8:15 p.m.
Brampton at Tulsa, 8:35 p.m.
Utah at Bakersfield, 10 p.m.
Idaho at Ontario, 10 p.m.
Colorado at Alaska, 11:15 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Greenville at Florida, 7 p.m.
Toledo at Fort Wayne, 7:30 p.m.
Wheeling at Kalamazoo, 7:30 p.m.
Reading at Cincinnati, 7:35 p.m.
Elmira at Indy, 7:35 p.m.
Brampton at Quad City, 8:05 p.m.
Wichita at Missouri, 8:05 p.m.
Gwinnett at Evansville, 8:15 p.m.
Idaho at Ontario, 9 p.m.
Utah at Stockton, 10:30 p.m.
Colorado at Alaska, 11:15 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
No games scheduled
Monday’s Games
No games scheduled
TRANSACTIONS |
Friday’s Sports Transactions
By The Associated Press
BASEBALL
COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended
Milwaukee LHP Tyler Alexander, Baltimore 3B
Austin Anderson, San Francisco RHP Dylan
Brooks 50 games and free agent RHP Tyler
Gonzales 100 games for violations of the Minor
League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with 1B
Steve Pearce on a one-year contract.
BOSTON RED SOX — Signed RHP Alexi Ogando
to a one-year contract. Designated LHP Drake
Britton for assignment.
NEW YORK YANKEES Agreed to terms with RHP
Scott Baker to a one-year minor league contract.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with 2B
Ramon Santiago on a minor league contract.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with OF
Jonny Gomes on a one-year contract. Traded
RHPs David Hale and Gus Schlosser to Colorado
for Cs Jose Briceno and Chris O’Dowd.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with
LHP Neal Cotts on a one-year contract. Designated
OF Elian Herrera for assignment.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Assigned INF Jake
Elmore outright to Indianapolis (IL).
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Designated OF
Chris Dominguez for assignment.
American Association
LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed INF Mike
Gilmartin.
SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Signed INF Tom
Mendonca.
Can-Am League
NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Sold the contract of C
Dwight Childs to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Frontier League
GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed RHP Joel
DePorte.
ROCKFORD AVIATORS — Signed LHP Roberto
Padilla.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Signed LHP
Eric Green and RHP Brandon Hardin.
WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Announced
manager Bob Bozzuto will return next season.
WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Signed OF
Ryan Deitrich.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Assigned F Ryan Kelly
to Los Angeles (NBADL).
NEW YORK KNICKS — Signed F Lou Amundson
for the remainder of the season.
SACRAMENTO KINGS — Signed F Quincy Miller
to a second 10-day contract.
NBA Development League
RIO GRANDE VALLEY VIPERS — Acquired G
Travis Bader from ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne
(France).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CHICAGO BEARS — Agreed to terms with wide
receivers coach Mike Groh on a two-year contract
extension through the 2016 season.
GREEN BAY PACKERS — Fired special teams
coordinator Shawn Slocum.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Named Mike Nolan
linebackers coach.
TENNESSEE TITANS — Fired vice president of
player personnel Lake Dawson.
Canadian Football League
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS — Signed SB
Weston Dressler to a four-year contract extension.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Recalled D Dillon
Fournier from Indy (ECHL) to Rockford (AHL).
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Activated D Ryan
Murphy from injured reserve. Assigned RW Josh
Anderson to Springfield (AHL).
DALLAS STARS — Assigned F Taylor Peters from
Texas (AHL)
DETROIT RED WINGS — Waived D Brian Lashoff.
Recalled D Alexey Marchenko from Grand Rapids
(AHL). Assigned D Xavier Ouellet to Grand Rapids.
FLORIDA PANTHERS — Assigned D Dylan Olsen
to San Antonio (AHL).
MINNESOTA WILD — Assigned G Johan
Gustafsson from Iowa (AHL) to Alaska (ECHL).
NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled F Zach
Budish from Cincinnati (ECHL) to Milwaukee
(AHL).
NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Recalled G Kent
Simpson from from Stockton (ECHL) to Bridgeport
(AHL).
WINNIPEG JETS — Reassigned F T.J. Galiardi to
St. John’s (AHL). Placed F Matt Halischuk on
injured reserve.
American Hockey League
BINGHAMTON SENATORS — Recalled G Scott
Greenham from Evansville (ECHL).
BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Recalled F
Lukas Sutter from Stockton (ECHL).
CHICAGO WOLVES — Recalled F Nathan
Longpre from Kalamazoo (ECHL).
PROVIDENCE BRUINS — Returned F Spencer
Asuchak to Allen (ECHL). Assigned D Frankie
Simonelli to South Carolina (ECHL).
ECHL
ALLEN AMERICANS — Loaned F Greger Hanson
to Oklahoma City (AHL).
EVANSVILLE ICEMEN — Added G Brent Troyan
as emergency backup.
IDAHO STEELHEADS — Returned D Patrick
Cullity to Springfield (AHL). Traded D Colin Shea to
Stockton for D Shawn Boutin.
KALAMAZOO WINGS — Added G Larkin
Saalfrank as emergency backup.
ONTARIO REIGN — Added G Spencer McLay as
emergency backup.
STOCKTON THUNDER — Added G Dave Guy as
emergency backup.
WHEELING NAILERS — Signed G Jeff Wyer.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
COLUMBUS CREW — Acquired M Cedrick
Mabwati from Real Betis (Spain).
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Re-signed F
Juan Agudelo.
North American Soccer League
ARMADA FC — Signed Ms Bochy Hoyos, Lucas
Scaglia and Lucas Trejo.
COLLEGE
LIMESTONE — Announced the resignation of field
hockey coach Lindsay Jackson. Promoted assistant field hockey coach Kim Keever to interim head
coach.
SAN FRANCISCO — Named Melissa Phillips
women’s assistant soccer coach.
VIRGINIA UNION — Named Troy Taylor quarterbacks coach and Bill Holt offensive line coach.
WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER — Promoted interim
head football coach Kevin Bullis to head football
coach.
Super Bowl XLIX to feature battle between Seattle, New England
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ATHLETICS
4:30 p.m.
NBCSN — Armory
Invitational, at New York
GOLF
1 p.m.
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Open, third round, at Scottsdale,
Ariz.
3 p.m.
CBS — PGA Tour, Phoenix
Open, third round, at Scottsdale,
Ariz.
TGC — LPGA, Coates
Championship, final round, at
Ocala, Fla.
4 a.m.
TGC — European PGA Tour,
Dubai (UAE) Desert Classic,
final round
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BASKETBALL
Noon
ESPN — Teams TBA
ESPN2 — Teams TBA
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FOX — Providence at St.
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ESPNEWS — South Florida at
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2 p.m.
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FS1 — Villanova at DePaul
4 p.m.
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ESPN2 — Wichita State at
Northern Iowa
ESPNU — Georgia at South
Carolina
6 p.m.
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ESPNU — Purdue at
Northwestern
7 p.m.
ESPN — Duke at Virginia
8 p.m.
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Oklahoma St.
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10 p.m.
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NBA BASKETBALL
9 p.m.
ESPN — L.A. Clippers at San
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NFL FOOTBALL
9 p.m.
NBC — NFL Honors Award
Show, at Glendale, Ariz.
SOCCER
7:40 a.m.
NBCSN — Premier League,
Newcastle at Hull City
9:55 a.m.
NBCSN — Premier League,
teams TBA
12:30 p.m.
NBC — Premier League,
Manchester City at Chelsea
TENNIS
3 a.m.
ESPN — Australian Open,
men's championship, at
Melbourne
WOMEN'S COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
Noon
FSN — UTEP at Middle Tenn.
Sunday
GOLF
1 p.m.
TGC — PGA Tour, Phoenix
Open, final round, at Scottsdale,
Ariz.
3 p.m.
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Open, final round, at Scottsdale,
Ariz.
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1 p.m.
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St.
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Cal
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NHL HOCKEY
1 p.m.
NBCSN — St. Louis at
Washington
NFL FOOTBALL
6 p.m.
NBC — Super Bowl XLIX, New
England vs. Seattle, at Glendale,
Ariz.
SOCCER
8:30 a.m.
FS1 — Scottish League Cup,
semifinal, Celtic vs. Rangers, at
Glasgow, Scotland (Hampden
Park)
NBCSN — Premier League,
Arsenal vs. Aston Villa, at
London
11 a.m.
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Swansea City at Southampton
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THE SHERIDAN PRESS
BABY BLUES® by Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman
COMICS
www.thesheridanpress.com
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015
DRS. OZ & ROIZEN
Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Michael Roizen
MARY WORTH by Karen Moy and Joe Giella
BORN LOSER® by Art and Chip Sansom
GARFIELD by Jim Davis
North America is under a
snack attack -- and the snacks
are winning! Seems more and
more of you are substituting
grab-and-go foods for real
meals. In fact, snacking is up
15 percent as quick munching replaces breakfast, lunch
or dinner for almost half of
you. But finding healthy
snack foods can be tough -one reason Americans ended
up spending $48 billion a year
on salty or sugary munchables, three times more than
they spent on fruit and vegetables. That's a lot of buck
for very little nutritional
bang!
Now nothing replaces the
nutritional and emotional
benefits of a sit-down meal
with the family, but everyone
has to eat on the run occasionally. So here's how you
can grab a "snack as a meal"
that provides you with the
fuel you need to do your best
at work, school, home and
play.
1. Make sure your snacky
meals deliver what you need.
Depriving yourself of fuel
and nutrients in a snacky
meal, then OVEREATING to
make up for it later, is a formula for weight gain and
nutritional deficiencies.
That's why it is important to
make sure your "snack as a
meal" provides 400 calories
from a mix of protein (about
12 grams per meal for
women; 15-18 for men) and
complex carbs (from beans,
fruits, whole grains and
greens). That'll give you the
minerals and vitamins you
need, too.
2. Stock your fridge, freezer
and pantry with easy graband-go foods. Keep unsalted
nuts, dried fruit without
added sweeteners and nut
butters (peanut, almond,
cashew) on hand. In the
fridge, stock seasonal fruits
and veggies you love, along
with nonfat yogurt, hummus,
low-fat cheese and wholegrain bread or small wholegrain pitas or tortilla wraps.
In the freezer, keep frozen
fruit (strawberries, raspberries and mango chunks) and
veggies (bags of frozen kale,
edamame and peas). Keep
countertop goodies like
ground flax seeds, roasted
sunflower or sesame seeds,
bananas, tomatoes and avocados handy, too.
2. Breakfast snacking.
Whirl up a smoothie in 30
seconds to take on your commute -- combine fresh or
frozen fruit, yogurt, kale,
unsweetened almond or soy
milk and a little flax seed.
Toss together a half-ounce of
nuts and a half-ounce of
dried fruit in a baggie; eat it
with a piece of fresh fruit. Or
spread almond butter on a
whole-grain tortilla, top with
banana slices, sprinkle with
raisins and cinnamon, then
roll and go!
3. Lunch snacking. Put an
easy-open pouch of tuna in
water, pre-washed greens,
avocado chunks and a drizzle
of dressing made from olive
oil and lemon juice into a
tightly sealed container.
Mash beans on a tortilla, top
with tomato, avocado and
cheese, fold it up and tuck
into a sandwich bag. Toss eatand-run sides into your lunch
bag, too -- like fresh fruit,
baby carrots, red pepper and
zucchini strips (cut in
advance and keep in your
fridge.) You can enjoy it at
your desk -- IF AND ONLY IF
you make a point of standing
up and walking around every
hour for at least five minutes.
4. Dinner snacking. Not
home at dinnertime? Try this
make-ahead snack: Zucchini
chips. Blot thinly sliced zucchini rounds with a paper
towel; toss with a little olive
oil and sea salt. Bake at 400 F
for 10 minutes. Remove from
oven, cool, then re-bake at 350
F for extra crunch. Store in
individual-size zip-lock baggies for portability. Enjoy
them with grab-n-go broiled
chicken tenders, seasoned
with sriracha or a nonfat
yogurt dill and cucumber
sauce.
5. Just want a between
mealtime boost? Your best
bet is a half-ounce of nuts
plus an apple, orange, pear, a
cup of berries or sliced veggies. And here's something
different. Mix 1/2 cup almond
butter with 1/2 cup of puffed
quinoa and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Refrigerate for 20 minutes,
then roll into marble-size
balls. Store in the refrigerator, in a container lined with
parchment paper. The next
time you reach in for a snack,
you'll be pleasantly surprised.
DEAR ABBY
Pauline Phillips and Jeanne Phillips
FRANK & ERNEST® by Bob Thaves
REX MORGAN, M.D. by Woody Wilson and Tony DiPreta
ZITS® by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman
DILBERT by S. Adams
ALLEY OOP® by Dave Graue and Jack Bender
DEAR ABBY: I am 21 and
confused. My boyfriend,
"Ethan," and I broke up five
months ago, but we recently
got back together. The problem is, he hides the fact that
we're together. I'm not
allowed to put anything on
Facebook or even comment
or "like" anything on his
page. He hardly even talks to
me or comes to see me, and
when we do talk or see each
other, we end up in a fight.
We used to be great together,
but things are no longer the
way they were.
Ethan insists he's not cheat-
ing on me, but it's hard to
believe him, because when
we got back together he had
been talking to a girl who
lives a few miles away from
him. I don't want to end our
relationship. Ethan says he
loves me and doesn't want to
leave me, but I don't know
what to think anymore. Any
advice? -- DRIFTING IN
OHIO
DEAR DRIFTING: Yes.
Wake up, honey. The relationship you cherished with
Ethan is over. A man who is
in love with a woman sees
and talks with her often, and
doesn't hide her from the
world or get into a fight with
her every time he sees her.
That he would forbid you to
mention that you are back
together on Facebook and
refuse to permit you to comment on his posts is a huge
red flag.
You asked my advice, and
here it is: Take a giant step
backward and see Ethan for
who he is -- a person who
doesn't tell the truth and is
very likely a cheater. If he
was sincere, he'd be telling
the world the happy news
about your reunion.
DEAR ABBY: I'm a 16-yearold girl and a junior in high
school. I love my best friend
and we are very close with
each other. How do we maintain a strong friendship
when we go to college? We
are planning on going to different colleges, possibly in
different states. We don't
want to lose what we have
right now. -- GOOD FRIEND
ON THE WEST COAST
DEAR GOOD FRIEND: Do
it the way everyone else does
-- through instant messaging
and social media. But understand that both of you will
have new responsibilities
that will occupy your time,
and you will be meeting new
people and forming additional relationships. It doesn't
have to have a negative
impact on your close friendship if you both approach it
with the right attitude.
College is a time for growth
and expansion. When you see
each other during vacations
from school, you can share
that with each other.
Dear Abby is written by
Abigail Van Buren, also
known as Jeanne Phillips,
and was founded by her
mother, Pauline Phillips.
Contact Dear Abby at
www.DearAbby.com or P.O.
Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA
90069.
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For Lease
BUSINESS, OFFICE or
RETAIL SPACE
54 South Main:
GROUND LEVEL –
2750 sq. ft. Clean ready
to move in, includes
kitchen space and large
manager’s
office.
$1,850.00 plus utilities
per month.
UPPER LEVEL –
2 office suite, each
office
approximately
15’x20’, quiet with large
windows. $425.00 with
utilities included.
Contact: (307) 6727491
BUILDINGS
FOR LEASE
Rail Road Land
& Cattle Co.
Has Shop Space,
Warehouse Space,
Retail Space,
Office Space and
much more
for lease!
673-5555
Roommate Wanted
DAYTON. ROOMMATE
wanted. 2 BR/2 Ba
townhome. $450 all
inclusive. Must like cute
animals. Smoking OK!
751-9166.
ROOMMATE WANTED
$300/mo. Furn. Room
w/ T.V. 1/2 utilities,
cable, wifi & phone.
Smoking ok. Bill 7637241
Furnished Apts for Rent
1 BR. No smk/pets.
$650 + elec. Coin-Op
W/D. 307-674-5838.
1BR. NO smk/pets.
$575 + elec + dep.
Coin-Op W/D. 307-6745838.
ROCKTRIM. $500 / mo.
Wi-Fi/Cable. 752-8783.
WKLY
FR
$210.
Monthly
fr
$630.
Americas Best Value
Inn. 672-9757.
Unfurnished Apts for
Rent
Unfurnished Apts for
Rent
BIG 3 BR. Porch, gar.,
laundry, creek, sun
room,
$1200,
incl.
H/W/S, No smk./pets.
Close
to
park
&
downtown. 752-4066
Help Wanted
HEIDI'S MOBILE
HOME CT. #52. 2 BR/1
ba. $650/mo + W/S/G +
lot rent. 1st & last req.
No smk. Pet dep.
763-0675.
CLEANING TECH/
JANITOR. Asst
supervisory capacity.
Experienced, able,
capable and
independent
oriented. Evenings /
weekends, 5-6 days
week. 25-40 hrs weekly.
Bondable. Excellent
personal history. Non
smoking work
environment. Wyoming
drivers license required,
no restrictions. Good
physical condition. Able
to lift 25#. Operate floor
machines. Ability to
work flexible and
changing schedule. $12
/ Hr.
Send letter of
application with job
history and
references to:
RPM Professional
Cleaning Services, Inc.
862-B Lincoln Dr.
Sheridan, Wy. 82801
Fax. (307) 674-4776
Email:
[email protected]
Mobile Hm. Space for
Rent
COZY 2BR. Off street
parking. Washer/Dryer. RV SPACE, Big Horn.
Oak Hardwood floors. By day, month or year.
$600 + Dep + Elec. No 674-7718.
smkg/pets. Lease/ref's.
Storage Space
Call for appt. 752-4735.
CIELO STORAGE
NICE CLEAN 2 BR,
752-3904
quiet neighborhood,
DOWNER
ADDITION
ldry. hkps, sm storage
STORAGE 674-1792
unit. $625/mo + $500
dep.
INTERSTATE
1 yr. lease. 751-2445.
STORAGE. Multiple
Broadway Apts.
2 bdrm, 1 bath
townhouse
Available in
Dayton, WY.
Rent based on
income.
Please call
307-751-1752 or
1-888-387-7368
Toll-Free for application
Equal Housing
Opportunity
Sizes avail.
No deposit req'd.
752-6111.
E L D O R A D O
STORAGE Helping you
conquer space. 3856
Coffeen. 672-7297.
$150/MO. 16' x 30' rm.
12' ceiling. Overhead
door. 307-256-6170.
$150/MO. 13' x 31' WE
HAVE
an
room. Dock. Overhead immediate opening for a
door. 307-256-6170.
T U M B L I N G
INSTRUCTOR. If you
CALL
BAYHORSE
2 BR Clean Duplex
are interested, please
STORAGE
1005
4th
Apt., 750 Absaraka,
review
the
Ave.
E.
752-9114.
New carpet. W/D. No
responsibilities
and
smok/PETS. $800 +
Work Wanted
qualifications on-line at
elect. 674-5981.
HOUSE
PAINTING, www.sheridanrecreation
Houses, Unfurnished for general labor, cleaning .com or give us a call at
& cleanup. New Ref's. 307-674-6421.
Rent
683-7814 (cell).
ACTIVITIES AIDE
3 BR, 2 Ba. $1000/mo +
position at Sheridan
Help Wanted
util. $1000 dep. No
smoking/no pets. Avail SANFORD'S IS now Manor. Must be willing
to work evenings &
mid-Feb. Call 674-7155. hiring for full time and
part time dishwashers & weekends. Looking for
LGE, IMMACULATE
cooks.
Experience a fun, outgoing person
4 BR/3 Ba. in Big Horn.
who is great with
preferred
but
not
Carport, storage, RV
elderly.
Must be able to
necessary. Apply at 1
Parking. W/D hooks.
pass background check
East Alger.
W/S/G & lawn care
& have clean driving
TACO JOHN'S/GOOD
provided. $1500/mo.
record. Please apply
TIMES is looking for
No smoking/pets.
online at
daytime shifts. Clean
307-751-7718.
www.savacareers.com
cut appearances &
or call Breann at
LGE 2 BR/1 Ba in Big
pleasing personality are
307-673-2116.
Horn. W/S/G provided.
essential. Stop by our
H
E
R I T A G E
W/D Hookups.
store for application and
WOODWORKS,
a
$750/mo. 1 pet
your interview.
custom home builder in
w/ approval.
References. $10.00+
Sheridan, is now hiring
307-751-7718.
per hr DOE.
a Full Time experienced
2BR, 1 ba, 1 car gar,
LOOKING
TO
hire carpenter seeking long
fenced backyard, A/C, e x p e r i e n c e d term employment. Must
W/D, no smoking/pets. siding/gutter
installer. be quality oriented,
$850/mo + util. Lease & Wages
DOE.
Call dependable, interested
dep. 672-3507.
Wyoming Seamless at in working with logs and
reclaimed
wood.
655-9272.
2 BR, 2 story,
Company paid health
Ranchester on the
TAKING
benefits. Call our office
Tongue River, $750/mo.
APPLICATIONS
at 763-4017 to apply.
+ util., pets neg.
FOR:
752-3039
Journeyman
NOW HIRING
Electrician to Work
4 BR 2 BA.
housekeepers.
for a Good Solid
Nice neighborhood.
Apply at
Company. Bring
Close to school.
Candlewood Suites
resume to 1851 N.
$1650/mo. 673-5555.
1709 Sugarland Dr.
Main St. 674-9710
Help Wanted
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82801
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Requirements include
Quickbooks
experience minimum
of 1 year, A/R, A/P,
Payroll, Quarterly
Reports,
Reconciliations of
Accounts. Please
submit your resume to
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No phone calls
please.
FT POSITION. For
more info
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Autos-Accessories
PRIME RATE
MOTORS Installs
B&W GN Hitches, 5th
Wheel Hitches, CM
Flatbeds, Krogman
Bail Beds, We're also
buying
Vehicles of all ages!
Stop by 2305 Coffeen
Ave. or Call 674-6677.
2001
JEEP
Grand
Cherokee
Limited
4.7LV8,
Sun
Roof,
Leather Seats Trailer
Tow Package, Alum
Wheels, Silver Metalic
Color 307-674-8980
2006 HONDA CRV.
AWD. Heated Leather
Seats. Located in
Sheridan.
Call 307-680-3220.
Autos-Accessories
NEED EXTRA
CASH? PRIME RATE
MOTORS will buy
your clean vehicle.
Stop by 2305 Coffeen
to get an appraisal or
call 674-6677.
Professional Trades
BUD'S BACKHOE
SERVICE
Get the snow & ice that
plows leave behind!
752-0008.
Lost & Found
Antiques
REWARD! CAT LOST
on 1/28/15 near 17th
& Walnut. Answers to
RUFUS - 17 lb. fluffy,
brown, male tabby w/
green eyes. If seen,
please call
307-851-0075.
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Hints from Heloise
Dear Readers: Winter is a
good time to clean out stuff that
we all have! Here are a few
Heloise hints to JETTISON
JUNK! My "two minutes or 120
seconds" plan is all it takes.
Every day, focus on one task
for two-minute intervals of
time. Keep going if you are "on
a roll," but just get started!
Bathroom: Change out towels
or wipe the toilet tank. Clean a
mirror or counter.
Living room: Pick up and
straighten pillows. Dust end tables or coffee tables.
Kitchen: Clear a counter. Add
items to the dishwasher. Clean
off switch plates. Or select one
shelf in the fridge to clean out.
Readers, what is your quick
method of cleaning? -- Heloise
PET PAL
Dear Readers: Linda in Pennsylvania sent us a picture of
her beagle, Charley, hiding
under a blanket. Charley is
wearing the "cone of shame"
after some recent surgery. No
worries; he is just fine! To see
Charley and our other Pet Pals,
go to www.Heloise.com and
Heloise
click on "Pets." -Heloise
STAINBUSTER
Dear Heloise: I
have read many
times a reader's difficulty in getting
rid of wine or red-sauce stains.
My mom's method is very simple: Just pour boiling water
over the stain, and in seconds it
will be gone. Don't do any pretreatment! It must be poured
slowly and directly on the
stain. (I have not tried this on
silk.) -- Terry in Alabama
Terry, this is an old, old, old
hint from way back! It was suggested to stretch the stained
area over a bowl, then pour
boiling water through the material. It does work on some
stains, but on others it may not.
-- Heloise
SOUR TOWELS
Dear Heloise: In a recent column, you mentioned how to
deal with sour-smelling towels.
Your hint referred to adding
baking soda (Heloise here: add
a cup of baking soda to the
rinse cycle). How do you do this
for front-loading machines? -- A
Reader, Bozeman, Mont.
A simple solution! Wash towels as you normally do. When
the cycle is done, put 1 cup of
baking soda in the machine
and run it one more time, only
on rinse. Baking soda is a wonderful freshener and cleaner,
and it's cheap! I have compiled
a collection of my favorite hints
involving baking soda in a
handy pamphlet. If you would
like to receive one, send $5 and
a long, stamped (70 cents), selfaddressed envelope to:
Heloise/Baking Soda, P.O. Box
795001, San Antonio, TX 782795001. Baking soda makes a
quick, safe and handy tooth polish on a damp toothbrush.
Brush, rinse and you'll have
fresh breath. -- Heloise
RUST REMOVER
Dear Heloise: Last winter, I
found some pliers that were
rusted shut so bad you couldn't
hammer them open. I put them
in a bath of vinegar for several
days, and they finally loosened
up. Now, they work like a new
pair! -- Shirley in Oklahoma
Bridge
Phillip Alder
RATHER THAN SIGNAL, TAKE CONTROL
A.J. Kitt, a former
World Cup alpine ski
racer, said, "You have no
control over what the
other guy does. You only
have control over what
you do."
That is sometimes true
at the bridge table, but
occasionally you can
"control" what your
partner does with your
signals. For example,
you are defending
against a spade contract
and badly need partner
to shift to a heart. If you
can make a discard, an
unnecessarily high
heart would ask partner
to lead that suit. You
hope this controls his
play, but you cannot be
sure. Maybe partner has
his own plan in mind. If
you can take total control, do so.
In this deal, South is in
four spades. West leads
the diamond ace. When
East signals
with his nine,
West cashes
the diamond
queen and continues with the
diamond king.
What should East discard?
North might be
tempted to rebid two
hearts, hoping partner
can steer into no-trump
with a diamond stopper. Two hearts,
though, is a reverse,
which "guarantees"
longer clubs than
hearts. Two no-trump
accurately describes
the nature -- balanced - and high-card power
-- an excellent 17, 18, 19
or a poor 20 points -- of
the North hand. Also,
it is in theory gameforcing.
East would like a
heart shift at trick
four. But the heart
four might not look
high to his partner.
Similarly, the club
Omarr’s Daily Astrological
Forecast
BIRTHDAY GUY: Actor
Michael C. Hall was born in
Raleigh, N.C., on this date
in 1971. This birthday guy
starred in the title role of
"Dexter" from 2006-2013. He
also starred as David Fisher
on "Six Feet under" from
2001-2005. On the big screen,
Hall's film resume includes
roles in "Cold in July," "Kill
Your Darlings" and
"Gamer." Hall has performed on the stage in
Broadway productions of
"Chicago" and "Cabaret."
ARIES (March 21-April
19): Remain open-minded in
the week ahead. Partners or
friends may want to experiment or break with tradition. Go along with spur of
the moment ideas and you'll
have a one-of-a-kind experience.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20): Apply your skills and
focus on constructive activities. Your partners or
coworkers could be inspirational in the week ahead.
Follow the leader and end
up at the top of the pecking
order.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
Here today usually means
gone tomorrow. Fascinating
new acquaintances could
brighten your week, but
you shouldn't fear they'll
leave as fast as they arrived. A new friendship
may last.
CANCER (June 21-July
22): Perfect timing promotes
prosperity. Push hard in
the week ahead and your
dreams of financial security
can come true. You can har-
ness a powerhouse of energy and use it for accomplishment.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In
the game of life, you may be
tagged as "it." Make intelligent plans for the future
and then follow through.
You'll be offered several opportunities to achieve your
dreams as this week unfolds.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Brainstorming sessions can
result in advancement this
week, as you're likely to receive attention for your
ideas. However, take into
consideration that some
people may hide their fears
and concerns.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
Polish your public persona.
This is a good week to promote your wares in the
marketplace, especially if
you let the buyers come to
you. Expect excitement
where matters of the heart
are concerned.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.
21): Remember that to play
in the major leagues you
must maintain a reliable
batting average. An obsession with something or
someone could force you to
practice until you're perfect
this week.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Keep the faith,
baby. Follow through on
promises in the week ahead
and everything will turn
out just fine. A lack of focus
or faith could cause understanding to breakdown
within your family.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19): To everything there is a
season. This week, the celestial weather signals
green lights on many levels,
so it can be a great time to
push your way to the top.
Don't ignore opportunities
for romantic moments.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18): Play hard and work
hard all week. Make important phone calls and touch
base with old friends this
week without ignoring financial obligations. Shine
as the center of attention.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20): Make hay while the sun
shines. Flirtations are possible. The week to come
may bring extra work and
responsibilities, so actively
focus on spending quality
time with loved ones whenever you can.
IF FEBRUARY 1 IS YOUR
BIRTHDAY: With all your
drive and determination,
you can succeed at anything
close to your heart during
the next 4-6 weeks, when
you're a bit wiser and more
far seeing than usual. In
late April and early May
you could be distracted by
something or someone
that's not what it seems.
Wait until late in the month
to make irrevocable decisions. Look for lucky breaks
and the chance to make permanent improvements in
all areas of your life in late
May. You'll be more likely
to succeed at anything you
begin late in May, early
June or in October.
BIRTHDAY GUY: Actor
seven might not look
low, discouraging. East
should take control. He
should ruff his partner's
winner and cash the
heart ace. Then there is
no danger that the contract will make.
Note that if the defenders do not take the first
four tricks, South runs
for home with six spades
and four clubs.
Jeraldine Saunders
D.C. Douglas was born in
Berkeley, Calif., on this day
in 1966. This birthday guy is
a prolific voice actor in
video games, most notably
Albert Wesker in the "Resident Evil" franchise and Legion in the "Mass Effect"
franchise. He played the
role of Kurtz on "The Young
and the Restless" and has
appeared on episodes of
"Haunted Hathaways,"
"NCIS" and "2 Broke Girls."
ARIES (March 21-April
19): Your best qualities are
glowing in neon. You could
meet fascinating new contacts. It's a good time to let
creative ideas flow by starting a web log or writing
down your ideas.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20): Social rituals are a necessary evil. In the public
arena, send thank you notes
and make the necessary
conciliatory noises. In private, rely on intuition to
guide your hand and heart.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
It takes time for people accept new ideas. Anything
vague or mysterious could
set off alarms or cause tension. Don't make important
changes or key decisions
until concerns are addressed.
CANCER (June 21-July
22): Shift your mental gears.
Be prepared to try something different and poised
to adopt new attitudes
where your money is concerned. Interesting information can be stored away for
future use.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
Work your plan and plan
your work. All work and no
play might make Jack a dull
boy, but you aren't Jack.
Your playtime won't suffer
if you remain on track and
chase down your existing
objectives.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
You're like that famous
pink bunny of advertising
fame and can beat your
drum with extra energy.
Mind your own business
and don't get caught up in
office intrigues or neighborhood gossip.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
Follow through with paperwork and crucial small details. You have the
discipline to tackle responsibilities and the intelligence to make sweeping
changes. Friends can help
you in many ways.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov.
21): Meet others face to face
rather than being a shrinking violet. A brief period of
seclusion might help you recover your poise, but eventually you'll be forced to
re-enter the public arena.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Accentuate the
positive. Yielding negotiation points out of sympathy
could cast a veil of unease
on a pet project or deal.
Wait to act rather than acting now for a better chance
for success.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19): Misunderstandings
may put a blockage between
you and a key person. If
you're frustrated or mystified by subtle intrigues, be
assured that they'll soon
fade. Loyal companions require affection.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18): Light bulbs turn on in
your head. Record your latest brainstorm and save it
for future use. Your assessment of a volatile situation
is correct but won't help
you calm the waters.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20): Your popularity may
soar even when you're involved in simple, routine
tasks. Have a shoulder
ready for a friend's sob
story. Don't let fear and
worries about control issues ruin negotiations.
IF FEBRUARY 2 IS YOUR
BIRTHDAY: You could feel
like the belle of the ball between now and the beginning of next month and
have the drive, foresight
and initiative to make anything you begin a huge success. Don't push important
interpersonal issues in late
March or early April when
your extravagance and selfassurance could get out of
hand. That is not a good
time to commit to a new job
or relationship. It might be,
however, a prime time to
consider long-term plans
and think about the future.
Your next best time for wisdom and luck will occur if
you implement your ideas
and put projects into motion during late May or October.
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Kristin Kelly
Councilor
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Shelleen
Smith
Councilor
307-461-7082
Thayer
Shafer
Councilor
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Alex Lee
Councilor
307-752-8804
Jesus Rios
Councilor
307-461-9565
Kelly Gooch
Councilor
307-752-7137
COUNTY
Pete Carroll
Treasurer
307-674-2520
Eda
Thompson
Clerk
307-674-2500
Nickie Arney
Clerk of District
Court
307-674-2960
John Fenn
4th Judicial
District Court
Judge
307-674-2960
William
Edelman
4th Judicial
District Court
Judge
307-674-2960
Shelley
Cundiff
Sheridan
County Circut
Court Judge
307-674-2940
P.J. Kane
Coroner
307-673-5837
Terry
Cram
Commissioner
307-674-2900
Tom
Ringley
Commissioner
307-674-2900
Mike
Nickel
Chairman
Commissioner
307-674-2900
Steve
Maier
Commissioner
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Dave
Hofmeier
Sheriff
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Bob
Rolston
Commissioner
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
NOTICE OF INVITATION
COAL EXPLORATION LICENSE APPLICATION
MTM 107885
Members of the public are hereby invited to participate
with Ambre Energy in a program for the exploration of
coal deposits owned by the United States of America in
the following-described lands located in Big Horn
County, Montana, encompassing a total of 12,618.11
acres:
T. 8 S., R. 40 E., P. M.M.
Sec. 27: W2SW, SWSESW
Sec. 28: S2N2, S2
Sec. 29: S2
Sec. 32: SW
Sec. 34: W2NWNE, N2NENW,
SENENW
T. 9 S., R. 39 E., P. M.M.
Sec. 12: Lots 1-4, W2E2, W2
Sec. 13: Lots 1-4, W2E2, W2
Sec. 14: All
Sec. 23: All
Sec. 24: Lots 1-4, W2E2, W2
Sec. 25: Lots 1-4, W2E2, W2
Sec. 26: All
T. 9 S., R. 40 E., P.M.M.
Sec. 2: Lots 1-2, S2NE, SENW,
E2SW, SE
Sec. 4: Lot 4, SWNW
Sec. 5: Lots 1-4, S2N2, SW, N2SE,
SWSE
Sec. 7: Lots 1-4, E2, E2W2
Sec. 8: NWNE, NWSWNE, NW,
NWNESW, NWSW, NWSWSW
Sec. 11: N2NE, NENW
Sec. 17: W2SW
Sec. 18: Lots 1-4, E2, E2W2
Sec. 19: Lots 1-3, E2, E2W2
Sec. 20: W2SWNE, W2, S2NESE,
NWSE, S2SE
Sec. 23: E2, E2NW, SWNW, SW
Sec. 24: All
Sec. 25: N2, SW
Sec. 26: All
Sec. 29: NE, N2SW, SWSW, N2SE
Sec. 30: Lots 2-4, E2SW, SE
T. 9 S., R. 41 E., P.M.M.
Sec. 19: Lot 5
Any party electing to participate in this exploration
program shall notify, in writing, both the State Director,
Bureau of Land Management, 5001 Southgate Drive,
Billings, Montana 59101-4669, and Ambre Energy, 170 S.
Main St., Suite 700, Salt Lake City, UT 84101. Such
written notice must refer to serial number MTM 107885
and be received no later than 30 days after publication
of this Notice in the Federal Register or 10 calendar days
after the last publication of this Notice in the Sheridan
Press newspaper, whichever is later.
The proposed exploration program is fully described,
and will be conducted pursuant to an exploration plan
to be approved by the Bureau of Land Management.
The exploration plan, as submitted by Ambre Energy is
available for public inspection at the Bureau of Land
Management, Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate
Drive, Billings, Montana, during regular business hours
(9 a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday through Friday.
For further information contact Robert Giovanini,
Mining Engineer, or Connie Schaff, Land Law Examiner,
Branch of Solid Minerals (MT-921), Bureau of Land
Management, Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate
Drive, Billings, Montana 59101-4669, telephone 406
896-5084 or 406 896-5060, respectively.
/s/ Phillip C. Perliwitz
Phillip C. Perlewitz
Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals
Date: January 21, 2015
Publish:January31, February7, 2015.
STATE
Matt
Mead
Governor
307-777-7434
Rosie
Berger
Representative
House Dist. 51
307-672-7600
Mark
Jennings
Representative
House Dist. 30
307-461-0697
John
Patton
Representative
House Dist. 29
307-672-2776
Mike
Madden
Representative
House Dist. 40
307-684-9356
Dave
Kinskey
Senator
Senate Dist. 22
307-461-4297
307-278-6030
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS |
Default: Failure to fulfill an obligation, especially the obligation to
make payments when due to a lender.
Encumbrance: A right attached to the property of another that may
lessen its value, such as a lien, mortgage, or easement.
Foreclosure: The legal process of terminating an owner’s interest in
property, usually as the result of a default under a mortgage.
Foreclosure may be accomplished by order of a court or by the
statutory process known as foreclosure by advertisement (also
known as a power of sale foreclosure).
Lien: A legal claim asserted against the property of another, usually
as security for a debt or obligation.
Mortgage: A lien granted by the owner of property to provide
security for a debt or obligation.
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Wyoming Public Service Commission (Commission)
has given Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. (MDU)
authority pass on a wholesale gas cost decrease of
$0.623 per dekatherm (Dth) to its Residential, Firm
General Service, and Small and Large Interruptible
customers and a decrease of $0.625 to its Seasonal
customers through its Commodity Balancing Account,
effective on and after February 1, 2015.
The average Residential and Firm General Service
customers using approximately 13.0 Dth in February
2015 may expect a monthly gas bill decrease of
approximately $8.10 or -8.90%, before taxes. Actual
bills will vary with usage.
The proposed retail rate decreases result in a projected
dollar-for-dollar decrease in the Company’s February
2015 total revenues of approximately $217,427 using
projected sales volumes. The decreases do not change
the Company’s authorized rate of return.
Pursuant to Commission Rule §§ 249 and 250 a utility
may apply to pass on to its customers known or
prospective wholesale commodity cost increases or
decreases on a dollar-for-dollar basis and subject to
public notice, opportunity for hearing and refund.
MDU’s application is on file at the Commission’s offices
in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and in the Company’s Sheridan,
Wyoming, business office, and may be inspected by any
interested person during regular business hours.
Anyone who wants to file an intervention petition,
request for a public hearing, or a statement, public
comment or protest in this matter must file in writing
with the Commission on or before February 27, 2015. A
proposed intervention or request for hearing must set
forth the grounds under which they are made and the
position and interest of the petitioner in this
proceeding.
If you want to intervene in this matter or request a
public hearing that you will attend, or want to make a
statement, a protest or a public comment, and you
require reasonable accommodation for a disability,
please contact the Commission at (307) 777-7427, or
write to the Commission at 2515 Warren Avenue, Suite
300, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, to make
arrangements. Communications impaired persons may
also contact the Commission by accessing Wyoming
Relay at 711. Please mention Docket No. 30013-301-GP15 in your communications.
Dated: January 28, 2015.
Publish: January 31, February 7, 2015.
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Wyoming Public Service Commission
(Commission) has given Powder River Energy
Corporation (PRECorp) authority to adjust its Cost of
Power Adjustment (COPA) to reflect a net increase of
$2,340,833 per annum in wholesale power costs
charged by its supplier, Basin Electric Power
Cooperative, effective for usage on and after January 10,
2015, subject to notice, protest, intervention petition,
opportunity for hearing, refund, and such further action
as the Commission may deem appropriate.
Residential customers are included in the
“All Other” category of Rate Classes. The effect of the
proposed $0.000384/kWh reduction in credit (i.e.,
increase) on an average residential customer monthly
bill is approximately $0.34 per month, based on an 898
kWh/month typical residential usage, excluding taxes.
Actual bills will vary with usage.
PRECorp’s application is on file with the
Commission at its offices in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and at
PRECorp's offices in Sundance, Wyoming, and may be
inspected by any interested person during regular
business hours.
Anyone desiring to file a public comment,
statement, protest, intervention petition or request for
a public hearing in this matter must file with the
Commission in writing on or before February 20, 2015.
Power of Sale: A clause commonly written into a mortgage
authorizing the mortgagee to advertise and sell the property in the
event of default. The process is governed by statute, but is not
supervised by any court.
Probate: The court procedure in which a decedent’s liabilities are
settled and her assets are distributed to her heirs.
Public Notice: Notice given to the public or persons affected
regarding certain types of legal proceedings, usually by publishing
in a newspaper of general circulation. This notice is usually
required in matters that concern the public.
Disclaimer: The foregoing terms and definitions are provided merely as a guide to the
reader and are not offered as authoritative definitions of legal terms.
The petition shall set forth the grounds of the proposed
intervention or request for hearing and the position and
interest of the petitioner in this proceeding.
If you wish to intervene in this matter or
request a public hearing that you will attend, or want to
make a statement, a protest or a public comment, and
you require reasonable accommodation for a disability,
call the Commission at (307) 777-7427, or write to the
Commission at 2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 300,
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002. Communications impaired
persons may contact the Commission through Wyoming
Relay by dialing 711. Please contact us as soon as
possible to help us serve you better and please include
reference to Docket No. 10014-157-CP-14.
Dated: January 21, 2015.
Publish: January 24, 31, 2015.
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Redle
County
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Burns
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The photo pictures the
Carneyville underground
coal mine facilities.
Carneyville was one of
the earliest of the coal
mining towns north of
Sheridan which were in
operation into the 1920s
and early 1930s.
The stories are told in
Stanley Kuzara's book
"Black Diamonds of
Sheridan, Wyoming."
The photo is in the Slack
collection in the Sheridan
County Museum's
Memory Book project.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015
Hayward, Utah Jazz upset Golden
State Warriors 110-100
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gordon
Hayward scored 26 points and grabbed 15
rebounds as the Utah Jazz upset the
league’s highest-scoring team, the
Golden State Warriors, 110-100 on Friday
night.
It was Jazz’s first win in three tries
against the Warriors.
Hayward showed no lingering effects
from sinus congestion that held him out
of practice Thursday. He added six
assists to his double-double. The Jazz got
a huge lift from the bench with 17 points
from Trevor Booker and 15 from Trey
Burke.
Stephen Curry had his ninth 30-point
game of the season and finished with 32.
His fellow All-Star backcourt teammate
Klay Thompson was held to 12 after scoring at least 22 in the last five games. The
Warriors were never able to put together
one of their trademark scoring runs.
Sheridan County School District #2
Kindergarten Registration
2015-2016
Wednesday, February 11th – Friday, February 13th
8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Children must be five years old on or before
September 15, 2015 to be eligible
Registration will be held at your neighborhood school (school boundary
maps can be accessed at the District website at www.scsd2.com)
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Henry A. Coffeen Elementary (1053 S. Sheridan)
Highland Park Elementary (2 Mydland)
Meadowlark Elementary (1410 DeSmet)
Sagebrush Elementary (1685 Hillpond)
Story Elementary (103 Fish Hatchery Rd, Story)
Woodland Park Elementary (1010 E. Woodland Park)
Be sure to bring a
Birth Certificate,
Immunization Records, &
A Current Utility Bill
For further information, please call: Stults at 674-7405, ext. 5108
JUSTIN SHEELY | THE SHERIDAN PRESS
Swim for it
Sheridan Bronc Presley Felker competes in the 200 SC meter freestyle against Gillette Thursday afternoon at
Sheridan Junior High School.
Blackhawks Hall of Famer Stan
Mikita has brain disorder
CHICAGO (AP) — The family of Stan
Mikita said Friday that the Chicago
Blackhawks Hall of Famer has been diagnosed with a suspected brain disorder and
is “facing some serious health issues.”
He “is currently under the care of compassionate and understanding care givers,”
his family said in a statement. They offered
no other information on Mikita’s condition
other than noting that he may suffer from
Lewy body dementia.
Mikita, 74, played his entire 22-season
career for the Chicago Blackhawks from
1958 to 1980 and was on the Blackhawks
team with Bobby Hull that won the Stanley
Cup in 1961. He is the franchise’s all-time
leader in games played, points and assists
and is second in goals.
Mikita was inducted into the Hockey Hall
of Fame in 1983 and has been a
Blackhawks team ambassador since 2007.
Mikita was at a ceremony in 2011 when the
Blackhawks unveiled bronze statues of him
and Hull outside the United Center. In 1980,
Mikita’s No. 21 was the first ever retired by
the Blackhawks.
“We are thinking of Stan and his family
at this difficult time and wish him well,”
the team said in a statement.
Lewy body dementia is a progressive disease that causes problems with thinking,
movement, behavior and mood. It’s associated with abnormal protein deposits in the
brain called Lewy bodies. There’s no
known cure, but people can live with the
disease for a number of years. How quickly
symptoms develop varies from person to
person.
“The family of Stan Mikita truly appreciates the support he has received over the
many years he has played, worked and
lived in the Chicago area,” they said in the
statement. “They hope the fans will keep
him in their thoughts and prayers and
respect his privacy during this difficult
time.”
Mavericks embarrass Heat in 2nd half, win 93-72
MIAMI (AP) — Down by 16 points in the
second half, the Dallas Mavericks were in
big trouble.
For a couple minutes, anyway.
The Mavericks pulled off the ultimate
turnaround — going from the receiving
end of a blowout to administering one, and
doing so with almost unbelievable speed
and ease.
A 37-2 run was more than enough, and
the Mavericks embarrassed Miami with a
93-72 win on Friday night. It was the 600th
regular-season victory for Dallas coach
Rick Carlisle and another troubling chapter in the erratic story of the Heat season.
“At some point you say, ‘This is enough,’”
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “We don’t
know how we get into these situations, but
it will change.”
Dallas trailed 49-33 in the third quarter.
The score the rest of the way: Dallas 60,
Miami 23.
No Dwyane Wade, no Luol Deng, and no
chance for the Heat once the run started for
the Mavericks.
Charlie Villanueva scored 14 of his season-high 20 points after halftime for Dallas,
which got 12 points apiece from Dirk
Nowitzki and Monta Ellis, and an 11-point,
13-rebound effort from Tyson Chandler.
“You’ve got to beat the guys that are out
there and Miami is well-coached, they’re
athletic, they’re going to play hard, so we
had to take this game,” Nowitzki said.
“They weren’t going to give it to us and
that’s what we did there in the second
half.”
Miami’s Hassan Whiteside had 16 points
and 24 rebounds, matching the second-most
for a single game in franchise history.
James Ennis scored 15, Chris Bosh had 12
and Mario Chalmers scored 10 for the Heat,
who now head out on a weeklong road trip
clinging to the No. 7 spot in the Eastern
Conference.
“Speechless,” Whiteside said, when asked
about the second-half collapse.
Whiteside was dominant early with 14
rebounds in the first 8 minutes alone, and
the Heat led 45-33 at the half. When
Whiteside went out late in the third, Miami
led 60-51.
When he returned, Miami was down 72-
60, having been outscored 21-0 during his
absence — and the run just kept going.
So now, without Wade on Friday night —
and probably for a few more games —
because of his strained hamstring, the
Heat need “all hands on deck,” Spoelstra
said.
Some of those hands on Friday?
Norris Cole shot 1 for 10, Shawne
Williams shot 1 for 6, Danny Granger shot 0
for 6. Take away Whiteside’s 7-for-11 night,
and the rest of the Heat shot 22 for 77 — 29
percent.
“Just a tough one,” Heat guard Tyler
Johnson said.
TIP-INS
Mavericks: It was Villanueva’s first 20point game since he finished with 21
against San Antonio on Feb. 8, 2013. ... F
Chandler Parsons missed the game because
of an illness. It forced the Mavs into using
their 10th lineup of the season. ... Dallas
went from down 16 to up 26 at one point in
the second half, a 42-point swing in about
20 minutes.
Heat: Wade will not accompany Miami on
at least the first part of its weeklong road
trip that starts Sunday in Boston, staying
home to continue rehabbing his strained
hamstring. ... Deng (calf) is improving and
will travel, Spoelstra said after Miami used
a 19th lineup in 46 games. ... Johnson made
his home debut, getting three assists in the
second quarter.
BATTIER RETURNS
Retired NBA player Shane Battier, who
ended his career with the Heat and won
two championships in Miami, was working
again in the arena on Friday night. Battier,
who has kept his South Florida home, got a
loud ovation from early arriving fans when
he walked onto the court about 40 minutes
before tip-off.
FIRST QUARTER BLANKS
Dallas won despite shooting just 18 percent in the first quarter. Miami led 15-13
after the opening 12 minutes, despite shooting 23 percent — days after shooting 71 percent in the first quarter against Milwaukee
and actually trailing 30-29 after that period.
UP NEXT
Mavericks: At Orlando on Saturday.
Heat: At Boston on Sunday.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015
What to
do for
February
I
nside: Tackle one messy
closet each weekend. If
necessary purchase new
organizing bins or baskets.
If you don’t have a batteryoperated pill remover to
defuzz your favorite
sweaters, you can use a finetooth
comb; it
will catch
the pill and
leave the
garment
intact. Lay
the sweater
on a table.
Hold the
SUSAN
comb flat
WOODY
against the
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fabric and
gently
move it up
and down or from side to
side, taking care not to hook
the teeth on the sweater.
Now that your houseplants
have been inside for a few
months, they may need rinsing off to wash away accumulating dust. Put them in
the shower for a few minutes
then dry off leaves.
Give everyone a break and
throw open those curtains.
Set aside time to perform
simple repairs to clothing,
such as replacing buttons,
fixing hems or patching
holes. Use mercerized
thread, which glides easily
and is more durable than
regular thread.
Clean and organize book
shelves.
Don’t just daydream about
summer vacations — plan
them now. Choose a location
and book travel and hotel
arrangements early for the
best price and availability.
Replace your bedding for a
quick makeover. For an easy
custom duvet cover, use two
flat sheets. Place sheets
back to back, and sew
around the perimeter, allowing for a 1/2-inch seam.
Leave an opening at the bottom. To close, sew twill-tape
ties or Velcro tape to the
inside edges.
Buy seed packets now for
best selection. Start a “wish
list” file from all those seed
catalogs you’ve received.
Has your honey crystallized in the jar? Cold air,
age, or an excessive amount
of pollen in the honey may
be to blame. Microwave an
uncovered jar on high heat
for about 15 seconds or until
liquified. Or, place jar in a
pot of hot water for about 10
minutes. Store honey at
room temperature and use it
within a year of purchase.
Pack or restock a car
breakdown kit. Fill a canvas
bag with such items as a
flashlight and batteries, fixflat spray, jumper cables,
flares, motor oil and a small
tool kit.
Take delicate curtains to
be professionally cleaned.
Hand wash those that can be
laundered at home, then let
them line dry out of direct
sunlight. Press and steam
before rehanging.
Outside: On a bright
sunny day clean a few windows and do some winter
watering. Water trees and
shrubs that were planted
within the last two years.
Do a little yard cleanup.
Pile up all the limbs and
other debris that has blown
through so far. Clean up
flowerbeds a little. Those
seed heads you saved for the
birds are probably spent,
cut off dead plant tops and
mulch a little or fluff up the
mulch that is in place.
SUSAN WOODY has been a home and garden
writer for more than 20 years and is a master
gardener.
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Book it:
Open shelving pairs style with substance
BY ELAINE MARKOUTSAS
UNIVERSAL UCLICK
Bookshelves are a necessity in most homes, not
only for the obvious, but as
a catch-all for other stuff.
Some people, even in this
day of the Kindle, have
more books than yards of
shelving to contain them.
For others, books may be
limited to just a few, perhaps of the coffee table
variety. And the stuff —
well, everything from
tchotchkes to personal
treasures, including heirlooms, collectibles, travel
souvenirs to framed family
photos — gets a home,
with a few volumes to
share space, if they're
lucky.
Freestanding bookcases
are fairly standard issue,
with only wood, stain or
paint finish, molding
details and thickness of
shelves the distinguishing
parameters. But with open
shelving, design really has
stepped up. As a retail category, it has grown steadily in recent years. From
industrial wire looks to
touches of Hollywood
Regency, the choice of
styles runs from sleek polished stainless steel and
brass to earthy weathered
woods and burnished metals.
By definition, the French
word, pronounced ay-taZHER, means a piece of
furniture or a stand with
open shelves "for small
ornaments," according to
the American Heritage
Dictionary, or "for small
objects, bric-a-brac, etc.,"
according to Random
House, which cites that it
came into use around 1840.
Then there's a relative, the
baker's rack, which, of
course, was strictly utilitarian in origin.
We tend to think about
these examples as metal
pieces, and many of
today's models are, or at
least they combine metal
and wood.
But the earliest models
actually were crafted from
wood, especially exotic
grains or even gilt wood,
in the time of Louis XV.
Elaborate carvings were
not unusual, nor was
embellishment, such as
spindles between shelves.
What's popular today
never approaches such
excess. Most styles are
COURTESY PHOTO | UNIVERSAL UCLICK
One of the newest entries at Wisteria in its spring collection is the elegant etagere, shown in a
soft gold finish.
modern, which not only
suits the uptick in simplicity we've been seeing in in
home decor, but also
serves a need for more pivotal and easier to mix furnishings. Even pieces with
turn-of-the century industrial inspiration are cleanlined. Some pieces even
are fitted with casters, like
bar carts, for easy mobility.
Stretched out wide and
upward, shelves can be off
kilter, appear to be floating
or even be reconfigured
into mazelike cubbies.
Versatility is one thing
driving interest. Etageres,
narrow or wide, can fit
into almost any room of
the house: foyer, living and
dining rooms, kitchen,
family room, bedroom and
bath. That they're decorative and functional is a
plus. In the bath, for example, they provide extra
storage, and a handsome
way to store towels, bath
salts and soaps, as well as
sponges. In an office, they
can hold references and
supplies as well as objets.
They're chameleons that
adapt and can be changed
up easily to display collections that are fluid.
The iconic designer
Billy Baldwin designed a
set of tubular brass
etageres for Cole Porter's
New York City apartment
in 1955, and they towered
at 9 feet 4 inches. As in his
own place, Baldwin placed
a pair of towers and a
wider version on either
side of a doorway, all on
one wall, to dramatic
effect. The late Milo
Baughman, who long
designed for Thayer
Coggin, and whose works
are collectible, often
appearing on 1st dibs, an
online marketplace for
design and antiques, created a series of striking,
modern gleaming glass
and chrome designs in the
'60s and '70s, many with
the kinds of staggered
shelves we see today.
So admit it, you've seen
plenty of wonderful
images of open bookshelves and etageres in
magazines and on retailer
websites, where they all
look so ... perfect. If you're
intimidated by the idea of
filling one, lest it look sloppy or not quite magazine
worthy, don't fret. At least
one retailer, Wisteria,
actually has tackled the
subject, with illustrations,
on its blog.
"How to Style a
Bookshelf" features three
easy steps. First, gather
books and accessories. "We
suggest using items of
varying shapes and sizes.
You'll need a few round
shapes, square shapes and
more organic ones as
well." They suggest one of
their amethyst geodes,
which could be used on a
shelf, (on top of a book), as
a decorative accessory or
as a bookend. Baskets are
recommended not only to
add warmth and texture
but also to organize.
Their second step is to
arrange. "Order (decorative and functional items)
by size, color or subject
depending on personal
preference. Be sure to mix
it up by having some
books standing and a few
lying down — this will
break up groupings and
create a visual flow. ...
Juxtapose the square
shapes of books with
something round and add
a pop of color while you're
at it!"
And finally, Wisteria suggests creating height on
each shelf. "Use a mix of
taller and shorter items to
create a dynamic movement. Glass risers are perfect for lifting up shorter
items and they blend perfectly into any decor, while
they add a bit of shine."
Of course, if you need
storage, there are baskets
as well as pretty boxes that
handle the task with style.
But don't forget the books.
Billy Baldwin had plenty
of them on his own
etageres — and as pictures
tell the story, they appear
to have been well read, not
just props. Still, hardbacks
add life and warmth to a
room. Said Baldwin: "The
best decoration in the
world is a room full of
books."
Vertical gardening may be in your future
V
ertical gardening is a theme that has been
around since ancient Babylon’s hanging
gardens. We all can remember window
boxes, well just stack several of these
together.
Many people do not have the space, want to
take up less space or they want to dress up an
area. This type of planting can use many types
of plants such as the traditional use of vines.
However, of the many choices of plants to
choose from edible ones can add color and texture. This technique works on a main level or
on different levels such as balconies or decks.
From an architectural viewpoint, by adding a
vertical green structure to a wall, building or a
fence can either hide or add some interest to
an otherwise drab looking area These vertical
structures outside can utilize a series of wires,
a trellis, a pergola, a post or some other vertical structure to enhance. Vines of many types
are used for this purpose quite well, they add
color and texture not only in their leaves but
also in their flowers and fruits. In addition,
fruit trees can be trained to grow on a trellis
system next to a wall or fence providing the
same effect and defiantly taking up much less
space.
Instead of thinking about just using pole
beans, peas, cucumbers a
bracket system set against a
wall can hold trays of vegetables or herbs. A wall on a
deck could support many
treys and the floor space is
minimal compared to what
the space would be if all the
trays were laid out on the
SCOTT
deck or the amount of pots
HININGER
that would be needed. This
system utilizes floor space
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much more efficiently and
can really dress up an area.
Trellises are a good way to grow many vegetables, and provide an easy means to picking
them. They also keep the leaves and fruit off
the ground, eliminating many insect and disease problems. Also the idea of having vegetables at a height that is more accommodating to
individuals who have a hard time bending over
is quite appealing. These systems can also be
brought indoors during the wintertime, which
can add versatility and variety.
There are some restaurants (I have not heard
of any in Wyoming) that have these vertical
tray systems and they use the fresh herbs in
their cooking. These trays are swapped out
regularly to replant or to regrow in a greenhouse setting. This design system can be utilized on a small scale in a home setting, particularly if there are some bigger windows available to let in more sunlight. Having some of
your favorite vegetables or herbs available and
fresh all winter long can add some diversity to
our diets. Many of these plants are used in
such small quantities and are not necessarily
used on a daily basis, so by having some small
pots or trays of them, they do not take up
much room and there could be plenty of variety available.
I have been noticing more commercial available systems available to homeowners, check
out online or garden centers for these this
year. However, you can utilize shelving with
small pots, or design and construct something
specific for your needs or space. I have also
noticed the availability of more dwarf varieties of fruit trees, particularly tropical varieties such as lemons and limes. These can be
grown in small pots or can also be trained on a
trellis indoors to add some design alternatives
and create a conversation piece.
SCOTT HININGER is with the Sheridan County Extension office.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015
Healthy U Kicks off 2015 with focus on support groups
BY BRITTANY HOBLIT
SHERIDAN SENIOR CENTER
SHERIDAN — The “Healthy U”
mini-health fair took place at the
Sheridan Senior Center on
Tuesday, Jan. 27. This monthly
community resource fair takes
place in the Senior Center lobby
and is free to the public.
January’s fair titled
“Community Support Groups”
highlighted local resources that
strive to support healthy living.
NAMI (National Alliance on
Mental Illness) was present, providing information about supportive services for individuals
with mental illness and their
loved ones.
Renea Parker with Welch
Cancer Center shared details
about “A Shared Journey,” a cancer support group meeting at the
Senior Center at 5:30 p.m. on
Mondays.
The Parkinson Support Group
meetings at the Senior Center on
Mondays will start on Feb. 9 at
5:30 p.m.
Sheridan Memorial Hospital’s
Alyssa Wright, with the Diabetes
Education program, provided
educational materials about diabetes management while
Stella Montano, director of
Family Caregiver Services,
shared information about family
caregiver support, a Senior
Center program.
Next month’s “Healthy U” will
Valentine
tributes, facts
D
id you know that you
can celebrate
Valentine’s Day several
times a year?
According to an article by
Elizabeth Hanes on the
History website, called “6
Surprising Facts about St.
Valentine,” because of the
abundance of St. Valentines on
the Roman Catholic roster, you
can choose
to celebrate
the saint
multiple
times each
year.
COURTESY PHOTO | BRITTANY HOBLIT
Renea Parker from the Welch Cancer Center was one of the community participants at the Senior Center’s January
Healthy U community health fair. The January fair brought representatives from area support groups for information on
their programs. More than 50 people attended the first monthly fair of 2015 at the Senior Center.
take place in the Senior Center
Lobby at 211 Smith St. on Feb. 24
and is free to the public. The
focus is on integrative therapies
in health promotion with professionals from the fields of
acupuncture, aromatherapy, massage therapy and chiropractic
practices.
AARP announces 2015 driver safety schedule
FROM SHERIDAN SENIOR CENTER
How can you keep up on changes in driver safety tips and techniques and
changes in “rules of the road”? Consider taking a driver safety course. The investment of time is minimal compared to the payoff including possible discounts on
your auto insurance.
AARP offers its driver safety course to drivers age 50 years and older. Attendees
learn tips on minimizing the effects of dangerous blind spots around their vehicle,
proper following distances, safe ways to change lanes, the effects of medications on
driving and more including how to manage and accommodate common age-related
changes in vision, hearing and reaction time.
For those who are computer-inclined, AARP also offers an online Driver Safety
course. Visit www.aarp.org and follow the links for more information.
If you are interested in attending an on-site AARP driver safety course, sign up
is easy by calling the Sheridan Senior Center Monday through Friday at 672-2240.
Some courses are offered over two afternoons and some are offered all day on a
Saturday. Fees will be collected at the beginning of the class.
Feb. 17, 18
Tuesday, Wednesday
1 -4 p.m.
March 14
Saturday
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
April 14, 15
Tuesday, Wednesday
1 -4 p.m.
May 16
Saturday
9 a.m. – 4 p.m
June 20
Saturday
9 a.m. – 4 p.m
July 18
Saturday
9 a.m. – 4 p.m
Aug. 11, 12
Tuesday, Wednesday
1 -4 p.m.
Sept. 8, 9
Tuesday, Wednesday
1 -4 p.m.
Oct. 13, 14
Tuesday, Wednesday
1 -4 p.m.
Nov. 14
Saturday
9 a.m. – 4 p.m
No driver safety class in December.
The Senior Center has partnered with AARP for many years in bringing these
safety driver courses to the community.
I don’t need a weapon – I am one
BY LOIS BELL
SHERIDAN SENIOR CENTER
SHERIDAN — Be aware of your surroundings. Don’t be afraid to turn
around if you think you’re being followed. You don’t need to know martial
arts to know self-defense. These tips
and more on self-defense will be shared
next week at a free demonstration hosted by the Sheridan Senior Center.
Under its popular “When I’m 64 or
More” life planning lecture series for
the community launched last year, the
Sheridan Senior Center is offering a
demonstration on self-defense Tuesday
evening, Feb. 3, 5:30-7 p.m. at the Senior
Center. The presentation is being
offered at no charge to attendees thanks
to funding under AARP-Wyoming’s Life
Reimagined.
Francine Russell of Empower
Wyoming will demonstrate techniques
in self-defense. She will be accompanied by instructor Stormy Broad and
assistants Daniel Furnish and Raegan
Allred. Kelly Broad joins the demonstration in full impact suit as part of
the demonstration. Some attendees in
the audience may have the opportunity
to try techniques at the demonstration
if they choose.
One goal in the mission of Empower
Wyoming is to strive to end violence
through personal safety training. The
majority of Russell’s students have
been women but men are also invited.
Russell and company were guest presenters at the Senior Center’s “When
I’m 64” program in August 2014. The
presentation was well-received by attendees who requested a sequel to the summer demonstration.
Sheridan Girl Scout Troop 1334 will
be providing sandwiches and salad for
attendees. Beverages will also be provided. There is no charge for the snacks
or the evening and the program is open
to all ages.
SENIOR CENTER HAPPENINGS |
• Have a favorite grandmother, grandfather, wife, husband, aunt or uncle you
would like to pay tribute to? The Senior
Center has kicked off its annual
Valentine Tribute! Hang a valentine in
the Senior Center’s dining room at 211
Smith St. before Feb. 13 with a lovely
tribute message like “I Love You” or
“You are the Marshmallow in my Hot
Chocolate” or whatever! There are three
sizes and prices and monies support
Senior Center programs. Plus, it makes
our dining room look grand!! Call 6722240 for information. Valentines will be
available to take home with you after
Feb. 16.
Besides
Feb. 14, you
might
decide to
RINDY
celebrate
WEST
St.
|
Valentine
of Viterbo
on Nov. 3.
Or maybe you want to get a
jump on the traditional
Valentine celebration by feting St. Valentine of Raetia on
Jan. 7.
Yet another fun fact on this
site also states that in all,
there are about a dozen St.
Valentines, plus a pope. The
saint we celebrate on
Valentine’s Day is known
officially as St. Valentine of
Rome in order to differentiate him from the dozen or so
other Valentines on the list.
Because “Valentinus”—from
the Latin word for worthy,
strong or powerful — was a
popular moniker between the
second and eighth centuries
A.D., several martyrs over
the centuries have carried
this name. There was even a
Pope Valentine, though little
is known about him except
that he served a mere 40 days
around A.D. 827.
I really get a kick out of
learning more about history
and fun facts not only here in
the United States, but around
the world. Well one of the
fun facts that I annually get
most enthused about here at
the Senior Center is our
Valentine’s Tribute program.
It is unique and it is underway. This time of year
brings out many special
thoughts within perfect view
of all who attend meals at
the Center. This year, we
have a fun new twist.
In addition to spreading
the “love” around the
Center’s Dining Room, there
is the possibility to win some
free meal tickets. People who
dedicate a heart tribute this
year, have the choice to hang
it on either the North or
South side of the Center
Dining Room. The challenge
is to see which side of the
dining room – North or
South can hang the most
number of heart tributes on
their side! Please be assured
it is not a civil war or uprising over table calling. It’s in
complete fun and team spirit.
This year’s tributes are
available in THREE sizes:
large - $20; medium - $10 and
small - $5. Folks can dedicate
their hearts to be hung over
specific tables. People who
sit on the winning side can
have their name entered to
win a free meal ticket.
Fourteen names will be
drawn from the winning
side. The deadline is noon
Feb. 13 and it is more than
acceptable to re-hang past
year hearts with a donation!
We hope that you consider a
tribute to a grandmother,
grandfather, favorite aunt or
uncle! We also always have
hearts dangling from the
ceiling to kids, grandkids
and friends. We hope to see
your love very soon, and to
my dear hubby I will be waiting for your love-ly words on
the big heart!
RINDY WEST is the development director at the
Sheridan Senior Center. Center Stage is written by
friends of the Senior Center for the Sheridan
Community. It is a collection of insights and stories
related to living well at every age.
YOUTH
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2015
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Why Big Horn?
Berry recognized
as natural leader
COURTESY PHOTO |
Big Horn High School seniors, from left, Garrett Allen, Christian Iberlin, Jack Roberts and Jackson Woody relax together over lunch last week at BHHS.
Many students attribute the school's smaller student body to higher student satisfaction levels.
Smaller student body contributes to student satisfaction
BY KAYLIN MCKINLEY
BIG HORN HIGH SCHOOL
BIG HORN — They may not be a large
force, but the Big Horn High School Rams
are ones to be reckoned with. The 141 students at BHHS have prospered alongside
larger schools under high academic expectations.
The teachers and students at the Big
Horn schools have always prided themselves on academic and athletic prowess,
touting a student to teacher ratio of 10 to
one.
“I’m proud to be a part of a school where
everyone knows your name,” junior Max
Lube said. “And the students and teachers
are all extremely hardworking.”
Academically, BHHS has consistently
scored at the top of the pack for
Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming and
American College Testing scores.
According to officials at Sheridan County
School District 1, the high school has tested
above both the state and national composite averages for the ACT for the past three
years.
In 2011, BHHS received the Blue Ribbon
Award — an honor granted to school systems by the U.S. Department of Education
for academic excellence including high
placement in their respective state and
other factors.
This achievement was followed in 2012
with a bronze award and placement on the
U.S. News and World Report list of “Best
High Schools in Wyoming.”
‘I’m proud to be a part of a school
where everyone knows your name.’
Max Lube
Big Horn High School student
Recently, Big Horn School added more
after-school groups.
The indoor track, cross-country, speech
and debate teams had strong first-year
attendance numbers, and students are
eagerly waiting for the start of the school’s
first soccer season in the spring.
“It’ll be tough starting out, but I’m glad
we can get the program started for the kids
coming up,” student Richard Stanley said.
The younger Rams of Big Horn Middle
School gained numerous groups as well,
including cross-country, wrestling and
robotics.
Though Big Horn’s small student body
has prevented the development of a wider
curriculum, the high school’s upperclassmen have been able to take online college
courses, along with traditional classroom
courses, at Sheridan College.
On campus, students have the opportunity to partake in programs like Chinese,
accounting and several career-specific
introductory classes.
With their tuition and books paid in full
by the school district, the young scholars
are racking up college credit and reveling
in the wide class variety.
“I think that’s one of the great things
about Big Horn: you can take whatever
classes interest you, whether they be
online or at the college, as long as you’re
willing to fight for it,” senior Eddie Atter
said.
Atter added that he will be leaving his
high school career with 47 college credits,
including those earned from an Artificial
Intelligence class. He was able to create his
own advanced curriculum with the assistance of SCSD1 Superintendent Marty
Kobza.
With the addition of sports, the endless
online course opportunities and the strong
on-site academics, it is clear that the Rams
are small but mighty.
Facebook down? Now what will you do?
Outage brings jokes,
marketing pitches
to Twitter
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) —
For many, the hour without a
Facebook was a golden opportunity for a joke — or a marketing pitch — on other social
media sites.
Facebook said the outage that
made its sites inaccessible
worldwide for about an hour
Tuesday was self-inflicted.
Users in the Eastern U.S. itching to post photos of the big
snowstorm had to turn to other
outlets, while companies, like
the dating app Tinder, that
depend on Facebook and
Instagram to reach their customers, had to wait.
For many, though, the outage
was just a blip, a sign that
while Facebook has become an
important communications tool
for some 1.35 billion people
worldwide, a temporary shut-
down does not have the same
crippling effect as the shutoff
of electricity, water, the
Internet or a city’s public transit system.
It’s also a lesson, perhaps, in
what happens when we rely on
a free service that, while very
stable, does not promise 100
percent uptime. Facebook’s last
significant outage was nearly 5
years ago.
People took to Twitter to complain and joke about the outage,
while companies such as CocaCola took it as a viral marketing opportunity. The hashtag
“#facebookdown” generated a
cascade of tweets, including an
image of a T-shirt with the
words “I survived #facebookdown.”
“Kind of like the snowstorm
that was supposed to cripple
New York City, this didn’t have
much of an impact on
Facebook,” said Debra Aho
Williamson, an analyst with
research firm eMarketer. “It
was over quickly, it was easily
fixed and life came back to normal fairly quickly.”
She added that while it’s possible that companies that rely
on Facebook’s login tool to let
people access their sites and
apps lost a “little bit of traffic”
or a tiny bit of ad revenue, for
the length of time that the outage lasted it’s unlikely to have
had a big effect.
“Life will go on, I think we’ll
all survive,” Williamson said.
More than 7,500 websites had
services affected by the
Facebook outage, according to
Web tracking firm DynaTrace.
Users of PCs and Facebook’s
mobile app reported they lost
access in Asia, the United
States, Australia and the U.K.
Facebook-owned Instagram was
also inaccessible.
Facebook said the disruption
was caused by a technical
change and wasn’t a cyberattack. “This was not the result of
a third party attack but instead
occurred after we introduced a
change that affected our configuration systems,” its statement
said.
The temporary loss of service
may be Facebook’s biggest out-
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age since Sept. 24, 2010, when it
was down for about 2.5 hours.
Outages were more common
in the site’s early years, when
its backup systems and data
centers were not as robust as
they are now. These days, the
Menlo Park, California-based
company routinely tests its
infrastructure and sometimes
even takes down part of it
intentionally to check its
resilience.
On its website for developers,
Facebook said the “major outage” lasted one hour.
The outage occurred at midday in Asia, and after Facebook
was restored, some users
reported that the site was loading slowly or not functioning
fully.
Lizard Squad, a group notorious for attention-seeking antics
online, claimed responsibility
on Twitter for the outages, but
Facebook said this was not the
case.
Guillermo Lafuente, security
consultant at MWR
InfoSecurity, said a technical
fault was more plausible.
Academics for All is pleased to
announce that Adam Berry, son of
John and Janet Berry of Big Horn, is
this week’s Summit Award winner.
Berry has maintained a GPA of 3.6
while taking advanced college
preparatory classes and being a
multi-sport athlete. He is recognized
by his teachers and peers as a natural leader who combines
dedication and hard work
with kindness and a
strong sense of fun.
Berry took Gifted and
Talented English (GATE)
his freshman through
junior years and is now
Berry
taking Advanced
Placement British literature, taught by Mike Clift. Berry says
Clift “opened my eyes to reading
more carefully and deeply,” adding,
“I never found myself wanting to
read books as much as I have in Brit
Lit.”
Jeanne Hackman, Berry’s GATE
teacher, says of him, “He responds
well to academic challenges with a
positive attitude. Adam is a compassionate leader who will help anyone
in need. He can motivate, inspire and
mentor his peers.”
Berry has taken AP psychology, AP
biology and AP U.S. government. He
is currently enrolled in AP calculus.
He’s taken three years of computer
aided drafting and design (CADD),
two years of French, and two years
of journalism. The journalism class
publishes the school newspaper, The
Ocksheperida. This year, Berry is the
sports editor.
Last year, Berry was a member of
the “We the People” team organized
by his AP history instructor, Tyson
Emborg. They won their state competition and traveled to Washington,
D.C., for nationals. Emborg says,
“Adam is full of life and positive
energy. Academically he has a knack
for taking complex issues and ideas
and simplifying them into easy-tounderstand chunks. I really appreciate his drive to make things and
those around him better.”
Last June, Berry attended Boys
State in Douglas. He was elected governor and was selected by the other
delegates to attend Boys Nation in
Virginia. He met Gov. Matt Mead during Boys State and then job shadowed him for a day, flying on the
state plane to Lander and Gillette for
meetings.
Berry is currently student body
president, having previously served
as student council treasurer and
freshmen class president. He is a
member of the National Honor
Society. He served as a Link Crew
leader this fall, helping freshman
transition to high school. He is a
four-year leader in the Fellowship of
Christian Athletes. He was chosen as
junior prom prince last year and
homecoming king this fall.
Berry serves on the Wellness
Council of Sheridan County. Cody
Sinclair, who serves with him, says
“Adam’s contributions to the board
are remarkable for a person his age.
At meetings he provides thoughtful
insight and asks great questions. . .
During our Walk to School event this
fall, Adam was the person that made
the event a success.” Berry is also a
junior city councilor.
A four-year veteran of the varsity
tennis team, Berry played basketball
for three years and was on the varsity track team last year. This year,
Berry tried out for the spring musical, “Mary Poppins,” and was selected to play Bert, the male lead.
When asked how he manages his
time, Berry says, “It’s all about
organization, in my head and in my
planner. Forgetting things can kill
you. And sometimes I just have to
sacrifice something I want to do. But
the support of my family and teachers really helps, too.”
Berry will be attending the
University of Wyoming next fall. He
is interested in the exercise physiology and biomechanical engineering
programs. But he will, as always, be
exploring all his options and looking
for ways to contribute.
Summit Award
Academics for All is an all-volunteer
group of individuals and donors
who support academic excellence in
Sheridan County School District 2.
Members of the committee include
Beth Bailey, Mary Brezik-Fisher,
Anne Gunn, Ryan Maddux, Tempe
Murphy, Bill Patton, Doug Raney
and Gina Thoney.
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T
he recollections shared herein are
mostly from my father, Jack
Bearden, and my mother, Ann
Bearden.
My line of the Bearden family came
out of Alabama and settled along the
western border of Arkansas. They
were a rough bunch. My great-grandfather was known to discipline his
boys with a bullwhip. My grandfather, Fay, had mentioned the proudest
memories of his
father were of the
times and places
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flavor. The only
Bearden of notoriety was a soldier in
the Civil War who was only remembered for his foul mouth. My great
grandmother had a Bible that she was
known to read, but we have no known
Christians in the Bearden family until
her son, Fay.
My grandfather and his wife, Lacey,
moved to Mobete, Texas, with their
four children to live as poor farmers.
That move proved to be the pivotal
move for my family. It was there that a
Southern Baptist pastor shared the
good news of Jesus Christ with Fay
and Lacey and they both trusted Jesus
as their Lord and Savior. Fay remembers that day as Aug. 1, 1929, but my
dad says that he remembers them
being baptized in the river when he
was 7, which would have been 1931.
For my line of the Beardens, everything changed. Though grandpa was
an angry man in many ways, he
began to be conformed to the image of
Christ. Knowing Jesus and serving
Him was the most important thing in
his life.
At the age of 11 my dad, Jack, trusted Jesus as his Lord and Savior. Three
years later he followed our Lord in
baptism. Five years later he was a soldier in WWII where he maintained
his walk with Christ in the most
adverse of circumstances. In 1950 he
married my mother, Ann. They had
three children, all of whom trusted
Jesus as their Lord and Savior as children and are still walking with Jesus
to this day. I’ve never known my dad
to deny our Lord and, many years
later, discovered he was a very active
personal evangelist.
I trusted Jesus as my Lord and
Savior in the fall of 1965 in my fifthgrade Sunday school class at the First
Baptist Church in Guymon,
Oklahoma. My pastor, M.J. Lee taught
the story of Nicodemus from John 3:121. Having been raised under the
teaching of God’s word, I was very
familiar with this passage. I knew
that God loved the world. I just didn’t
realize that I needed to trust Jesus to
give me God’s love. I heard that I need-
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ed to be born again but I was still
clueless. Then M.J. got to verse 8.
“The wind blows where it wishes, and
you hear the sound of it, but you cannot tell where it comes from and
where it goes. So is everyone who is
born of the Spirit.”
It was like someone turned the
sound off in that room. A flood of
understanding washed over me and
for the first time I realized that I was
the sinner that Jesus died and rose
again for, that I needed to trust Jesus
for the forgiveness of my sins, to
make me right with God, and give me
His love. The next thing I physically
heard was M.J. asking my class if
there was anyone who wanted to trust
Jesus as their Lord and Savior. I
raised my hand and my Sunday
school teacher, George Cambell, made
sure I understood the good news. I did
and I prayed to God that Jesus would
come into my life and take over and
He did.
Jesus has been my life ever since.
I’ve been trying to walk with Him
and to share His good news with all
who would listen. Though my faith
has been feeble, His faithfulness has
been immeasurably strong!
God will do the same for you and
your family if you and they will trust
Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Won’t
you do so today?
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Church Calendar
ARVADA COMMUNITY CHURCH (nondenominational)
223 Main St., Arvada, 758-4353. Pastor Bob
Moore. Sunday: 11 a.m. service, 11:30 a.m. children’s Bible study.
BAHA’I FAITH OF SHERIDAN
673-4778. The Baha'i Faith for Devotional
Programs from the sacred writings of all religions and Study Circles.
BETHESDA WORSHIP CENTER
5135 Coffeen Ave., 673-0023, www.bethesdaworship.com. Pastor Scott Lee. Sunday: 10:30
a.m. service, children’s ministry, nursery.
Wednesday: 6 p.m. service, youth ministry,
children’s ministry, nursery.
BIG HORN CHURCH
115 S. Third St., Big Horn, 751-2086 or 655-3036.
Pastor Sherman Weberg. Sunday: 9:15 a.m.
prayer time, 10 a.m. worship service, 5 p.m.
Bible study. Wednesday: 7 p.m. youth and
adult Bible study.
BUDDHIST MEDITATION FELLOWSHIP
1950 E. Brundage Lane. Sunday: 7-8 p.m.
Sessions include discussion of the dharma
reading, sitting and walking meditation. For
information call Victor at 672-3135 or email
[email protected]
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
1660 Big Horn Ave., 672-3149. Pastor Terral
Bearden. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Sunday school,
10:45 a.m. worship service, 6 p.m. Bible study.
Wednesday: 7 p.m. prayer meeting. Thursday:
6 p.m. youth group.
CALVARY CHAPEL SHERIDAN
606 S. Thurmond, 751-2250,
www.ccsheridan.org, email: [email protected]. Pastor Nels Nelson. Sunday: 10 a.m.
non-denominational worship service, teaching through the Bible verse by verse.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
1769 Big Horn Ave., 763-8347. Rev. Rick Sykes.
Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Bible classes, 10:30 a.m.
worship and communion. Wednesday: 6:30
p.m. Bible study. Community carol sing Dec. 14
at 3 p.m. Christmas Eve candlelight service
Dec. 24 at 7:30 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER
DAY SAINTS
Ranchester branch, 1066 Big Horn Ave.,
Ranchester, 655-9085. President James
Boulter. Sunday: 10 a.m. Sacrament meeting,
11:20 a.m. Sunday school and primary meetings, 12:10 p.m. Priesthood and Relief Society
meetings.
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER
DAY SAINTS
Sheridan 1st Ward, 2051 Colonial Dr., 672-2926.
Bishop Kim Anderson. Sunday: 9:30-10:40
a.m. Sacrament meeting, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Sunday school meeting, 10:40 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. Primary meeting, 11:40 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Priesthood, Relief Society and Young
Women’s meetings.
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER
DAY SAINTS
Sheridan 2nd Ward, 2051 Colonial Dr., 672-6739.
Bishop David Bailey. Sunday: 1:30-2:40 p.m.
Sacrament meeting, 2:50-4:30 p.m. Primary
meeting, 2:50-3:30 p.m. Sunday school meeting, 3:40-4:30 p.m. Priesthood, Relief Society
and Young Women’s meetings.
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER
DAY SAINTS
Sheridan 3rd Ward, 2051 Colonial Dr., 673-7368.
Bishop Charles Martineau. Sunday: 9-9:50
a.m. Priesthood, Relief Society and Young
Women’s meetings, 9-10:40 a.m. Primary
meeting, 10-10:40 a.m. Sunday school meet-
ing, 10:50 a.m. to noon, Sacrament meeting.
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER
DAY SAINTS
Sheridan College Branch, 2051 Colonial Dr., 6739887, Branch President Bradley G. Taylor.
Sunday: 1 p.m. Priesthood meeting and Relief
Society, 2 p.m. Sunday school, 2:50 p.m.
Sacrament meeting.
CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY
2644 Big Horn Ave., 751-5238. Father Lewis
Shepherd. Sunday: 10 a.m. prayer and mass.
CLEARMONT COMMUNITY CHURCH
Across from gymnasium in Clearmont, 7584597. Pastor James P. Stark. Sunday: 9 a.m.
worship service, 9:45 a.m. children’s church.
CORNERSTONE CHURCH
4351 Big Horn Ave., 672-8126, www.cornerstoneofsheridan.org, email: [email protected]. Pastor Tony
Forman. Sunday: 8:30 a.m. worship service,
10:30 a.m. worship service with children’s
church. Call the church for youth group,
Women of the Word and B.O.O.M. (for kids
grades 1-5) schedules.
DAYTON COMMUNITY CHURCH
318 Bridge St., Dayton, 655-2504. Pastor Dennis
Goodin. Sunday: 9 a.m. worship service, 10:30
a.m. Sunday school.
FAMILY LIFE CENTER (Foursquare Gospel
Church)
118 W. Fifth St., 674-9588, familylifecenter.biz.
Pastor Scott Orchard. Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday
school; 10 a.m. worship service. Wednesday: 7
p.m. adult Bible study.
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD
1045 Lewis St., 674-6372, email: [email protected]. Pastor Jay Littlefield.
Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday school, 10 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. evening fellowship.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
3179 Big Horn Ave., 674-6693, www.fbcsheridanwy.org, email: [email protected].
Senior pastor John Craft, Associate Pastor of
Community Life Falk Alicke, Associate Pastor
of Youth Ministries Shane Rosty. Sunday: 9:30
worship service, Sunday school classes for all
ages and nursery; 10:50 a.m. worship service,
adult class, children’s programs and nursery, 6
p.m. senior high youth group. Wednesday: 6
p.m. junior high youth group, children’s program and adult Bible study. Small group Bible
studies meet throughout the week.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Disciples of
Christ)
102 S. Connor St., 674-6795, www.sheridandisciples.org. Pastor Doug Goodwin. Sunday: 8
a.m. worship, 9 a.m. Sunday school, 10 a.m.
worship. Tuesday: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thrift Store
open. Wednesday: 10 a.m. Bible study.
Saturday: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thrift Store open.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST
(Christian Science Church)
455 Sumner St., 672-2041. Sunday: 11 a.m.
church and Sunday school (10 a.m. June-Aug).
Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. testimony meeting.
Reading Room: 45 E. Loucks St., Suite 015,
open weekdays except holidays 1:30-4 p.m.
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
907 Bellevue Ave., 672-2505, Pastor Jody
Hampton. Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school
for all ages, 10:45 a.m. worship and children’s
church, 6:30 p.m. praise and Bible study.
Wednesday: 7 p.m. Bible study and prayer
meeting for all ages.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
(UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST)
100 W. Works St., 672-2668, www.sheridanfirstcongregationalucc.wordpress.com, email:
[email protected]. Sunday: 11 a.m.
worship service. Monday through Friday: noon
to 12:45 p.m. Lunch Together.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
2121 Colonial Drive, Sunday: 8 a.m.– Worship; 10
a .m.– Worship, Communion, no Sunday
School; Souper Bowl of Caring; After worshipchildren’s choir meet; 11:30 a.m.- Confirmation
Parent meeting; 4 p.m.- Girl’s School Worship.
Monday: 7 p.m. - Bell practice. Wednesday:
Noon- PW Luncheon; 4:30/6:00- LOGOS.
Thursday: 6:30 a.m.- Breakfast Study; 9:30
a.m.- Women’s study; 6 p.m. - Women’s study;
7 p.m.- choir practice
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
First United Methodist Church for: Sunday: 8:15
a.m. Hand Bell Practice, 9:30 a.m. Praise
Singing, 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:00 a.m.
Children’s Sunday School, 10:45 a.m.
Fellowship, 11:15 a.m. Native American
Ministry Mtg.; Tuesday: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
The Closet is Open; Wednesday: 10:00 a.m.
UMW General Meeting, 6:30 p.m. Financial
Peace University Class; Thursday: 5:30 p.m.
Building Committee Meeting, 7:00 p.m. Choir
Practice
GRACE ANGLICAN CHURCH
1992 W. Fifth St., 307-461-0237, email: [email protected], Facebook: Grace Anglican
Church. Pastor Kevin Jones. Sunday: 10 a.m.
church service, 6 p.m. church service at Java
Moon Coffee Shop, 176 N. Main St.
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH (IndependentFundamental)
1959 E. Brundage Lane (one-fourth mile east of
Interstate 90 on Highway 14), 672-7391,
www.gracebaptistsheridan.org. Pastor
Stephen Anderson. Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday
school for all ages, 11 a.m. worship service with
children’s church and nursery provided, 6 p.m.
worship service with nursery provided.
Tuesday: 6:30 a.m. men’s Bible study, 9 a.m.
women’s Bible study (every other week).
Wednesday: 7 p.m. Bible study and prayer,
Bible club for children and youth.
GRACE CHAPEL
Story. Pastor Philip Wilson. Sunday: 10 a.m.
Sunday school, 11 a.m. worship.
HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH
260 E. Loucks St., 672-2848, www.holynamesheridan.org, email: [email protected]. Pastor: Father Jim Heiser,
Associate Pastors: Father Brian Hess and
Father Michael Ehiemere. Sunday: 8 a.m.,
Mass; 10 a.m., Mass; 5:30 p.m., Mass. Monday
through Thursday: 7 a.m., Mass. Friday: 8:20
a.m., Mass. Saturday: 8 a.m., Mass; 4-5 p.m.
(or by appointment), Sacrament of
Reconciliation; 6 p.m., Vigil Mass.
IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS)
1300 W. Fifth St., 674-6434, email: [email protected]. Pastor Paul J.
Cain, email: [email protected]. Home of
Martin Luther Grammar School (K-5 Classical
Christian Education,
www.SheridanMLGS.blogspot.com, email:
[email protected], accredited by
NLSA and CCLE). Sunday: 8:05 a.m. The
Lutheran Hour on KWYO 1410 AM, 9:15 a.m.
Sunday school and Bible class, 10:30 a.m.
Divine service. Wednesday: 7 p.m. service.
Monday-Friday: 9:05 a.m. By the Way on
KROE 930 AM.
JOY JUNCTION CHILDREN’S CHURCH
Interdenominational ministry for ages 4
through high school. Vans are available to pick
up and deliver children. Co-directors and pastors: Karl Hunt, 672-8145 and David Kaufman,
307-461-1506, email:
[email protected]. Sunday: 10 a.m.
to noon, worship service at YMCA, 417 N.
Jefferson St. Wednesday: 5:30-7:30 p.m.
youth meeting for junior high and high school,
First Assembly of God basement, 1045 Lewis
St.
LANDMARK INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
CHURCH
Sheridan Holiday Inn, Sheridan Room, 307-4610964, email: [email protected].
Pastor Clayton Maynard. Sunday: 10 a.m.
Sunday school, 11 a.m. worship service.
Wednesday: 6 p.m. Bible study.
MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE CHURCH
54 W. Eighth St., 6732-6400, www.mountainalliance.com. Pastor Ron Maixner. Sunday: 9
a.m. worship service, 6 p.m. youth group.
MOUNTAINVIEW FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST
CHURCH (SBC)
54 W. Eighth St., 673-4883. Pastor Jim Coonis.
Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. worship service. Call for mid-week Bible study
information.
NEW COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
24 Grinnell Ave., 672-5790, www.newcovenantwy.org. Pastor Ron Ellis. Sunday: 10
a.m. worship, 11:30 a.m. Sunday school.
OLD APOSTOLIC LUTHERAN CHURCH
111 Metz Road. Sunday service 11 a.m. Sunday
school follows the morning service. Everyone
welcome.
OUR LADY OF THE PINES CATHOLIC
CHURCH
34 Wagon Box Road, Story, 672-2848. Saturday:
5:30 p.m. reconciliation, 6 p.m. mass served
by Holy Name Catholic Church.
PRAIRIE DOG COMMUNITY CHURCH
Prairie Dog Community Clubhouse, southeast of
Sheridan at intersection of Highway 14 East
and Meade Creek Road (County Road 131),
672-3983. Pastor Terry Wall. Sunday: 9 a.m.
non-denominational worship service.
QUAKER WORSHIP SHARING (Religious
Society of Friends)
Second and fourth Sundays. Call Gary Senier,
683-2139, for time and place.
RANCHESTER COMMUNITY CHURCH
1000 Highway 14, Ranchester, 655-9208. Pastor
Claude Alley. Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday school,
10 a.m., worship service, 10:15 a.m. children’s
church. Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. Bible study.
Thursday: 9 a.m. to noon, 1-3 p.m. Community
Cupboard and Clothes Closet open.
THE ROCK CHURCH
Non-denominational, contemporary Christian
church. 1100 Big Horn Ave., 673-0939,
www.bighornrock.com. Pastor Michael
Garneau and Pastor Rod Jost. Sunday: 9 and
10:45 a.m. worship.
ST. EDMUND CATHOLIC CHURCH
310 Historic Highway 14, Ranchester, 678-2848.
Mass: Sunday 10 a.m.. Reconciliation: The first
Sunday of the month immediately following
mass. Served by Holy Name Catholic Church.
ST. PETER’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
1 S. Tschirgi St., 674-7655, email: [email protected]. Pastor John Inserra —
Rector, Family Minister Dr. John Milliken.
Sunday: 7:30 a.m. Quiet Holy Eucharist with
traditional language and no music, 9 a.m. new
family service in the chapel, 10 a.m. choral
Holy Eucharist with hymns and choir. Tuesday:
10 a.m. healing service.
THE SALVATION ARMY
150 S. Tschirgi St. 672-2444 or 672-2445.
Captain Donald Warriner, Lieutenant Kim
Warriner. Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday school, 11
a.m.,worship.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
345 S. Main St., 672-5969,
www.sheridan23adventistchurchconnect.org.
Pastor Gary Force, 303-882-7601. Saturday:
9:30 a.m. lesson study, 11:15 a.m. church service. Call for time and location of home prayer.
SHERIDAN WESLEYAN CHURCH
404 W. Brundage Lane, 672-0612, www.sheridanwesleyan.org. Pastor Darrell White.
Sunday: 8:30 a.m. worship with children’s
church and nursery available, 9:45 a.m.
Connection Hour for all ages, 11 a.m. worship
with children’s church and nursery available.
Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. Splash for children 4years-old through 5th grade, 6:30 p.m.
transFORMED Youth for 6-12 grades. Call
office for weekly connection groups schedule.
STORY COMMUNITY CHURCH
4 Ponderosa Drive, Story, 683-3018, Facebook:
Story Community Church. Pastor John
Constantine. Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday
school, 11 a.m. worship, 5:30 p.m. youth group.
Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. Bible study.
SUNRISE ASSEMBLY OF GOD
570 Marion St., 674-8424. Pastor John Jackson.
Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. worship. Wednesday: 7 p.m. worship and adult Bible study.
THEE CHURCH OF CHRIST
45 E. Loucks St. (Old Post Office Building), Suite
19. 672-2825. Richard Snider 672-2825, Scott
Osborne 672-8347. Sunday: 10 a.m. Bible
class, 11 a.m. worship and communion.
Wednesday: 7 p.m. Bible study.
TONGUE RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH
(Southern Baptist)
305 Coffeen St., Ranchester, 752-0415, email:
[email protected]. Pastor Granger
Logan. Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school, 11
a.m. worship, 6:30 p.m. worship. Wednesday:
6:30 p.m. prayer service and Bible study.
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
135 Crescent Drive, 672-2411,
[email protected]. Pastor Phil Wold. Sunday:
Souper Bowl Sunday; 8:30 a.m., Worship with
Holy Communion; 9:45 a.m. Sunday School
for All Ages, Coffee Fellowship, Trinity Choir
Practice; 11:00 a.m., Worship (BASICS).
Monday-Friday: Trinity’s Week to Serve Lunch
Together. Monday: 7:00 p.m., Scouts and
Webelos. Tuesday: 1:30 p.m., Ministerial
Association; 7:00 p.m., Stewardship
Committee Meeting. Wednesday: 5:30-8:00
p.m., LOGOS; 7:00 p.m., Trinity Choir
Rehearsal. Thursday: 7:30 a.m., Women’s
Early AM Study at the Holiday Inn, 5:15 p.m.,
Worship & Music Committee Meeting; 6:00
p.m., BASICS Practice at Greenhouse for
Living; 7:00 p.m., Missional Outreach
Committee Meeting.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP
1950 E. Brundage Lane, 672-3325, www.sheridanuu.org. President Bill Bradshaw. We are a
welcoming, nondogmatic and spiritually liberal fellowship. Weekly Sunday service and
Montessori-based religious education for ages
3 years to fifth grade at 10 a.m., followed by a
time for coffee and fellowship. Meditation
pratice every Sunday 7-8 p.m.
VALLEY LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS)
Meets at 1981 Double Eagle Drive, Suite B, 6727599, www.valleylutheran.com. Pastor Gary
Schult. Sunday: 9 a.m. Bible class, 10:15 a.m.
worship.
WAGON WHEEL BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor Terry White. 325-207-1407. Meets at the
YMCA in the Whitney Room. Sunday:1:30p.m.
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Feb. 7 fundraiser to benefit Sagebrush Community Art Center
FROM STAFF REPORTS
SHERIDAN — A “Love on Your Art”
fundraising event will be held Feb. 7 at the
historic Sheridan Inn beginning at 5:30
p.m.
Proceeds from the event will go toward
operations and the building purchase fund
for the Sagebrush Community Art Center.
The fundraiser will include silent and
live auctions, food and a no-host bar.
Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill will be in
attendance along with the Buffalo Bill
Band.
Costumes are welcomed, but not required
to attend. Awards will be given for best
grand ballgown, best period attire and best
Buffalo Bill look-alike.
Tickets for the event are $40 and are
available at the Sagebrush Community Art
Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
through Friday.
The Sagebrush Community Art Center is
located at 201 E. Fifth St.
The Historic Sheridan Inn is located at
656 Broadway St.
For additional information, contact the
art center at 674-1970.
Next ‘Tween Takeover Challenge’
to offer a mystery bag challenge
FROM STAFF REPORTS
SHERIDAN — The Sheridan County
Fulmer Public Library will offer programming for “tweens” through February.
Organizers of the events said the programs were developed because many kids
have outgrown children’s story time, but
aren’t quite ready for the teen section and
are often overlooked.
The program, “Tween Challenge
Takeover,” will include activities and
experiments that will draw from the fields
of science, technology, engineering, art,
mathematics and the “maker-space” move-
COURTESY PHOTO | DENNIS JACOBS
Sheridan College rodeo athlete Trig Clark rides a bronc during the AgriPark open house in
November. The SC rodeo banquet will be held Feb. 7 at the Holiday Inn.
SC rodeo banquet set for Feb. 7
FROM STAFF REPORTS
SHERIDAN — The fifth annual
Sheridan College rodeo banquet is set
for Feb. 7 at the Holiday Inn.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner is
scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
Former Sheridan College rodeo athlete and 2014 College National Finals
Rodeo all-around champion Taygen
Schuelke will be in attendance along
with 2014 reserve national champion
saddle bronc rider Zeke Thurston. The
pair helped the SC team finish fourth at
the CNFR in 2014.
The banquet will include live and
silent auctions and live entertainment
by Sam Platts and the Kootenai Three, a
band from Montana.
Tickets for the event are $50 per person and must be purchased in advance
through the SC Information Desk or the
SC Foundation.
Ticket sales and donations will help
fund scholarships for rodeo athletes and
operating costs for the men’s and
women’s teams.
For additional information, call 6746446 ext. 4006.
Main Denver airport bans sale of
marijuana-themed souvenirs
DENVER (AP) — Tourists who fly to
Colorado, home of legal pot, can forget
about buying souvenir boxer shorts,
socks or sandals with a marijuana leaf
on them when passing through the
Denver airport.
The airport has banned pot-themed
souvenirs, fearing the kitsch could taint
the state’s image.
Marijuana possession and any potrelated advertising were already forbidden. Airport executives extended the
ban this month after a retailer sought a
free-standing kiosk to sell the boxer
shorts and similar items that played off
Colorado’s place as the first state to
allow recreational marijuana sales.
Airport officials feared the souvenirs
would send the wrong message.
“We don’t want marijuana to be the
first thing our visitors experience when
they arrive,” airport spokesman Heath
Montgomery said.
The spurned retailer is mulling a lawsuit, noting that the souvenirs are legal
and that the airport already has a large
exhibit celebrating craft brewers, whose
product, like marijuana, is legal only for
people 21 and older.
“Why is everybody so riled up about
the picture of a plant?” asked Ann
Jordan, owner of High-ly Legal
Colorado, which makes the shorts, socks
and “pot flop” sandals that are already
sold in Denver-area music stores.
Benzino
arrested after
gun found in bag
But it’s unlikely that Jordan would
have a strong claim. Airports have
broad discretion to control concession
operators, and they can limit freespeech activities, such as handing out
brochures.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1992
that airport terminals are not public
forums, siding with the Port Authority
of New York and New Jersey against a
religious group that wanted to distribute pamphlets.
The legalization measure approved by
Colorado voters in 2012 allows any property owner to prohibit possession of pot,
and airports in Denver and Colorado
Springs do. Violators face possible civil
citations.
Denver International Airport has
given no possession citations since
legalization, Montgomery said.
Last year, 29 people were caught trying
to board planes with marijuana. In each
case, police declined to issue citations,
and the passengers were allowed to
board planes after throwing out the
weed.
In Washington state, the only other
state with recreational marijuana sales,
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
does not ban pot possession or marijuana-themed souvenirs, Sea-Tac
spokesman Perry Cooper said.
Colorado’s smaller airports don’t ban
marijuana-themed souvenirs, either.
ATLANTA (AP) — Police say former
reality television star Benzino was
arrested at the Atlanta airport after a
loaded handgun was found in his carryon bag.
Benzino, whose real name is Raymond
Scott, told The Associated Press on
Wednesday it was an “unfortunate and
honest mistake.” He says he forgot to
TRMS
releases
2nd-quarter
honor roll
FROM STAFF REPORTS
RANCHESTER — Officials
at Tongue River Middle
School recently released the
names of students who
earned a spot on the
school’s honor rolls.
The following students
earned at least a 3.0 GPA in
the second quarter and had
no grades lower than a C.
Eighth grade
Angelina Bird, Aspen
Boulter, Dalaynie Dearcorn,
Elias Dillon-Bennett,
Harmony Eyler, Sam
Homola, Bona McKenzie,
Cyla Moore, Trenton Smith,
Bailee Stewart, Hayley
Uecker, Taylor Velos, Austin
Wood
Seventh grade
Kyle Breen, Alexis
Higdon, Miles Homola,
Naomi Morales, Kayce
Pearce, Brielle Prehemo,
Cade Reish, Anyah
Rodriguez, Allen Williams,
Raessa Willis
Sixth grade
Ethan Arizona, Kaden
Borzenski, Zach Cook, Ivy
Dearcorn, Ty Doke,
Jameson George, Cole
Gilbert, Hanna Hill,
Donovan Klier, Addie Miller,
Jon Mitchell, Hunter
O’Neal, Alexis Rainey,
James Richards, Jesse
Rodriguez, Ethan
Rosenlund, Jaden SmithGarnica, Annie Swisher,
Austin Weckesser
EDITOR’S COLUMN: The Superintendent’s
Honor Roll (Jan. 29) and Principal’s Honor Roll
(Jan. 30) were published earlier in the week.
remove the gun from his bag.
He was charged Tuesday with carrying
a gun in an unauthorized location and
released an hour later on $3,000 bond.
Benzino, the CEO of Hip-Hop Weekly
magazine, appeared on VH1’s reality
show “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” and is a
former co-owner of The Source magazine.
ment.
The programs will be on Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 3:30-5 p.m. and are meant
for kids in fifth through seventh grades.
The following is the schedule of activities
planned through February.
Feb. 3 and 5 — Mystery Bag Challenge
Feb. 10 and 12 — Computer coding
Feb. 17 and 19 — Robots
Feb. 24 and 26 — Marble maze
For additional information, contact the
library at 674-8585.
The Sheridan County Fulmer Public
Library is located at 335 W. Alger St.
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