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Chauvin: bigger<br />
sentence to be sought<br />
for ex-officer<br />
Track: lady<br />
Wolverines win roy<br />
Peck Invitational<br />
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County<br />
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Sunday, <strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Ranger<br />
Western Wyoming’s Sunday newspaper<br />
16 pages today<br />
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WYOMING DIGEST<br />
JURY AWARDS FAMILY $2.2M<br />
(Wne) — a natrona County jury<br />
awarded more than $2 million in damages<br />
last week to the wife and daughter of a<br />
man killed as a result of poor traffic control<br />
during construction on an intersection.<br />
bill gray, 62, of Casper, was riding his<br />
motorcycle on the evening of sept. 12,<br />
2017 when he was hit by a driver at the<br />
intersection of the Old yellowstone<br />
Highway and Cole Creek road. He was<br />
airlifted to a Denver hospital with serious<br />
injuries, where he died two weeks later.<br />
MAN PLEAS TO MURDER OF CHILD<br />
green rIVer (Wne) – a week after<br />
arriving in green river, Christopher<br />
nielsen recalls feeling stressed about not<br />
having any job prospects and the possibility<br />
of being homeless. He had come to green<br />
river from utah to help look after his<br />
friends’ two children as they worked to<br />
establish themselves after moving to the<br />
city. nielsen told third Judicial District<br />
Court Judge suzannah robinson that one<br />
of the children, 5-year-old anthony James<br />
radcliff, wasn’t listening to him as he tried<br />
to convince the child to eat his meal.<br />
“I lost my temper and shook anthony,”<br />
he said. He faces life in prison without<br />
parole.<br />
BODY FOUND OUTSIDE FT. BRIDGER<br />
eVanstOn (Wne) — the uinta<br />
County sheriff’s Office issued a press<br />
release thursday concerning a man’s body<br />
discovered in the bridger Valley.<br />
“During the afternoon hours of monday<br />
april 26 ... the uinta County sheriff’s<br />
Office responded to the report of a body<br />
that had been located in a haystack/field<br />
outside of fort bridger,” the release said.<br />
“the body appeared to be that of an adult<br />
male, and appeared to have been deceased<br />
for some time.”<br />
the body was located close to the area<br />
where trevor boyd, who was reported as a<br />
missing person, had last been seen in<br />
november 2020.<br />
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and maintain six feet of separation.<br />
fremont County school District 24<br />
Diploma day at CWC<br />
has received an exception to Wyoming<br />
Public Health orders regarding event<br />
capacity, six-foot spacing, and face coverings,<br />
according to an announcement<br />
Wednesday.<br />
Other provisions, which mandate frequent<br />
hand hygiene and quarantining<br />
for COVID-19 symptom-bearers, are<br />
still in place, and buses still are subject<br />
to national COVID-19 requirements.<br />
school officials said this week’s variance<br />
“can be revoked if things change<br />
for the worse,” but starting Wednesday<br />
“masks will not be required in our<br />
Steve McAllister, who retired last year from the Central Wyoming College faculty, was introduced<br />
Friday night as professor emeritus during college commence exercises. He turned to<br />
speak to graduating students as he began his remarks. Sharon Dalton, who was not able to<br />
attend, also earned the professor emeritus distinction.<br />
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Staff Writer<br />
schools.”<br />
“anyone and everyone is welcome to<br />
continue to wear them, but they are not<br />
required,” officials said in a statement<br />
online. “Please respect those that continue<br />
to mask, as they may have a family<br />
member they are trying to protect.”<br />
COVID<br />
behind bars<br />
relief, routine and<br />
reflection as vaccines<br />
become available<br />
now that they can receive COVID-19 vaccinations,<br />
local residents who were incarcerated during<br />
the global pandemic say they look forward to<br />
resuming more normal prison activities.<br />
“In here it’s business as usual now,” Wyoming<br />
Honor farm inmate robert burress, 65, said this<br />
month.<br />
Public health precautions still are in place, he<br />
noted, but most people have grown accustomed to<br />
social distancing and face coverings.<br />
“When you walk out in the morning you have<br />
your hat, your gloves, and your mask,” burress<br />
said. “It’s just common now. (you) feel naked without<br />
it.”<br />
WHf inmate Josiah arthur, 23, said he “had an<br />
issue” with mask-wearing at first, but he eventually,<br />
“you get used to it,” he said.<br />
Distancing requirements were more impactful,<br />
however, limiting the educational programming<br />
options that usually<br />
are available in<br />
prison.<br />
arthur said he<br />
was at the Wyoming<br />
Honor<br />
Conservation Camp<br />
and boot Camp in<br />
newcastle when the<br />
Wyoming<br />
LAST IN A SERIES<br />
Department of Corrections initially began implementing<br />
COVID-19 restrictions, and the limits on<br />
gatherings “kind of made things difficult.”<br />
“Over there, you get used to working together as<br />
a team,” arthur said. “We couldn’t really come<br />
together and work together as much as we did<br />
before.”<br />
WHf inmate Dusty Harris, 39, said he had<br />
been looking forward to taking anger management<br />
and other classes offered in prison, but those<br />
haven’t always been available during the pandemic<br />
due to social distancing requirements.<br />
“you can’t group,” he said. “so if you’re trying to<br />
work on yourself to better yourself, it’s very frustrating,<br />
because it’s not going on right now.”<br />
arthur said alcoholics anonymous and<br />
narcotics anonymous group meetings are now<br />
available again, and Harris expressed hope that,<br />
due to the availability of vaccinations, more group<br />
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WORLD<br />
Prosecutors<br />
seek higher<br />
sentence for<br />
Chauvin in<br />
Floyd death<br />
mInneaPOlIs (aP) —<br />
Prosecutors are asking a judge to<br />
give Derek Chauvin a more severe<br />
penalty than state guidelines call<br />
for when he is sentenced in June<br />
for george floyd’s death, arguing<br />
in court documents filed friday<br />
that floyd was particularly vulnerable<br />
and that Chauvin abused his<br />
authority as a police officer.<br />
Defense attorney eric nelson is<br />
opposing a tougher sentence, saying<br />
the state has failed to prove<br />
that those aggravating factors,<br />
among others, existed when<br />
Chauvin arrested floyd on may<br />
25.<br />
Chauvin, who is white, was<br />
convicted last week of seconddegree<br />
unintentional murder,<br />
third-degree murder and seconddegree<br />
manslaughter for pressing<br />
his knee against floyd’s neck for 9<br />
1/2 minutes as the black man said<br />
he couldn’t breathe and went<br />
motionless.<br />
WORLD & NATION<br />
<strong>May</strong><br />
Prosecutor Jerry Blackwell spoke as Hennepin County Judge<br />
Peter Cahill heard motions before the court in the trial of former<br />
Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020<br />
death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn. Court TV via AP<br />
even though he was found<br />
guilty of three counts, under<br />
minnesota statutes he’ll only be<br />
sentenced on the most serious one<br />
— second-degree murder. While<br />
that count carries a maximum sentence<br />
of 40 years, experts say he<br />
won’t get that much.<br />
Prosecutors did not specify how<br />
much time they would seek for<br />
Chauvin.<br />
under minnesota sentencing<br />
guidelines, the presumptive sentence<br />
for second-degree unintentional<br />
murder for someone with<br />
no criminal record like Chauvin<br />
would be 12 1/2 years. Judges can<br />
sentence someone to as little as 10<br />
years and eight months or as<br />
much as 15 years and still be within<br />
the advisory guideline range. to<br />
go above that, Judge Peter Cahill<br />
would have to find that there were<br />
“aggravating factors,” and even if<br />
those are found, legal experts have<br />
said Chauvin would likely not face<br />
more than 30 years.<br />
In legal briefs filed friday, prosecutors<br />
said Chauvin should be<br />
sentenced above the guideline<br />
range because floyd was particularly<br />
vulnerable with his hands<br />
cuffed behind his back as he was<br />
face-down on the ground, and<br />
that he was intoxicated. they<br />
noted that Chauvin held his position<br />
even after floyd became<br />
unresponsive.<br />
Sunday<br />
2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Final phase of Afghanistan pullout beginning<br />
Kabul, afghanistan (aP) — the final phase of<br />
ending america’s “forever war” in afghanistan after<br />
20 years formally began saturday, with the withdrawal<br />
of the last u.s. and natO troops by the end of<br />
summer.<br />
President Joe biden had set may 1 as the official<br />
start of the withdrawal of the remaining forces —<br />
about 2,500-3,500 u.s. troops and about 7,000<br />
natO soldiers.<br />
the herculean task of packing up already had<br />
begun. the military has been taking inventory, deciding<br />
what is shipped back to the u.s., what is handed<br />
to the afghan security forces and what is sold as junk<br />
in afghanistan’s markets. In recent weeks, the military<br />
has been flying out equipment on massive C-17<br />
cargo planes.<br />
the u.s. is estimated to have spent more than $2<br />
trillion in afghanistan in the past two decades.<br />
Defense department officials and diplomats said<br />
the withdrawal has involved closing smaller bases<br />
over the last year. they said that since biden<br />
announced the end-of-summer withdrawal date in<br />
mid-april, only roughly 60 military personnel had<br />
left the country. the u.s. and its natO allies went<br />
into afghanistan together on Oct. 7, 2001 to hunt<br />
the al-Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.<br />
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<strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Idaho, Utah<br />
population<br />
booms buck<br />
U.S. trend<br />
salt laKe CIty (aP) —<br />
two Western states known for<br />
their rugged landscapes and wideopen<br />
spaces are bucking the trend<br />
of sluggish u.s. population<br />
growth, which dipped to the lowest<br />
level since the great<br />
Depression, though different<br />
forces are powering the population<br />
booms in utah and Idaho.<br />
In utah, births largely drove<br />
the fastest growth in the country<br />
over the past decade. In neighboring<br />
Idaho, newcomers from<br />
California and other states helped<br />
it capture the second spot.<br />
“I don’t ever remember seeing<br />
anything like this,” said bill<br />
rauer, executive officer of the<br />
Idaho building Contractors<br />
association in southwest Idaho,<br />
the state’s most populous area.<br />
“(builders) are running at a breakneck<br />
pace right now.”<br />
for both states, which have<br />
long been lightly populated, the<br />
expansion comes with rapid economic<br />
growth, sparking concerns<br />
about strains on infrastructure,<br />
rising housing prices and a sharp<br />
increase in the cost of living that<br />
could threaten the area’s quality of<br />
life in the long term.<br />
as the states tucked between<br />
the rocky mountains and the<br />
West Coast enter the next decade,<br />
leaders will have to wrestle with<br />
how to keep the growth rolling<br />
without letting costs spiral out of<br />
control for individual households<br />
or straining the natural resources<br />
that help draw people to the area.<br />
the majority of Idaho’s growth,<br />
about 60 percent, has been driven<br />
by people moving into the state<br />
between 2010 to 2019, according<br />
to data from the Census bureau’s<br />
american Community survey.<br />
One in five of those came from<br />
California, many of them retirees<br />
seeking lower housing prices and<br />
some of the most pristine wilderness<br />
in the continental u.s.<br />
the biggest growth driver in<br />
utah, by contrast, is new births.<br />
as home to the Church of Jesus<br />
Christ of latter-day saints, a faith<br />
that puts a high value on family,<br />
utah has long been among the<br />
states with the highest birth rate,<br />
largest households and youngest<br />
overall population: 31 years old<br />
compared to 38 in the u.s. as a<br />
whole in 2019.<br />
While the fertility rate has<br />
slowed a bit in recent years, natural<br />
growth still accounts for about<br />
70 percent of the state’s boom.<br />
“We’re still a lot younger and we<br />
still have more kids than most<br />
states,” said mallory bateman, a<br />
senior research analyst at the<br />
university of utah’s Kem C.<br />
gardner Policy Institute.<br />
In-migration was also strong.<br />
the state added tech jobs and the<br />
landscape of snowy mountains<br />
and five national parks promised a<br />
strong work-life balance. the state<br />
clocked a growth rate of 18.4 percent,<br />
more than double the<br />
national rate.<br />
that growth has helped power<br />
the state’s largest economic expansion,<br />
increased tourism and<br />
expanded the middle class. amid<br />
the massive economic upheaval<br />
wrought by the coronavirus pandemic,<br />
both utah and Idaho have<br />
been ranked among states with<br />
the lowest unemployment rates.<br />
but with that good news comes<br />
strain. In 2019, utah housing<br />
prices surged nearly 11 percent,<br />
while incomes rose less than 4<br />
percent. that trend has accelerated<br />
during the pandemic as people<br />
spending more time at home look<br />
to move to larger spaces while<br />
fewer people are putting their<br />
houses up for sale.<br />
It’s making it harder for young<br />
utah families to follow the path<br />
their parents took. matthew<br />
Clewett, 26, and his wife,<br />
bethany, want to have a large<br />
family like the ones they grew up<br />
in, but high housing costs could<br />
put a serious damper on that plan.<br />
the couple bid on at least 10<br />
houses in northern utah before<br />
they could close on a starter home<br />
for themselves and their infant<br />
daughter in march.<br />
DIGEST<br />
FOR JAN. 6 RIOTERS, PRISON MAY BE OFF TABLE<br />
WasHIngtOn (aP) — more than 400 people have<br />
been charged with federal crimes in the Jan. 6 attack on the<br />
Capitol. but prison time may be another story.<br />
With new defendants still flooding into Washington’s federal<br />
court, the Justice Department is under pressure to quickly<br />
resolve the least serious of cases. While defendants charged<br />
with crimes such as conspiracy and assaulting officers during<br />
the insurrection could be looking at hefty sentences, some<br />
members of the mob who weren’t caught joining in the violence<br />
or destruction could see little to no time behind bars.<br />
“the people who were just there for the ride and somewhat<br />
clueless, I think for most of them they probably will not get<br />
prison time. and for what it’s worth, I think that’s appropriate,”<br />
said rachel barkow, a professor at the new york<br />
university school of law. “Having a misdemeanor on their<br />
record, going through all this is probably a pretty big wake-up<br />
call for most of the folks,” she said.<br />
the siege was like nothing the country had ever seen, as the<br />
mob of supporters of then-President Donald trump descended<br />
on the Capitol to stop the congressional certification of Joe<br />
biden’s election victory. but in the months since, trump loyalists<br />
have worked to minimize the assault, while Democrats<br />
and others want justice for what they saw as a crime against<br />
democracy and the rule of law.<br />
after trump’s impeachment by the House resulted in an<br />
acquittal by the senate, these criminal cases are one possible<br />
route for justice.<br />
It’s a formidable task for lawyers and judges alike to determine<br />
the appropriate punishment to seek and hand down.<br />
many defendants had steady jobs and no criminal records, factors<br />
typically rewarded with leniency in the criminal justice<br />
system.<br />
INDIA LAUNCHES EFFORT TO INOCULATE ALL ADULTS<br />
neW DelHI (aP) — In hopes of taming a monstrous<br />
spike in COVID-19 infections, India opened vaccinations to<br />
all adults saturday, launching a huge inoculation effort that<br />
was sure to tax the limits of the federal government, the country’s<br />
vaccine factories and the patience of its 1.4 billion people.<br />
the world’s largest maker of vaccines was still short of critical<br />
supplies — the result of lagging manufacturing and raw<br />
material shortages that delayed the rollout in several states.<br />
and even in places where the shots were in stock, the country’s<br />
wide economic disparities made access to the vaccine<br />
inconsistent.<br />
the country’s ambitious effort was also partly overshadowed<br />
saturday by a fire in a COVID-19 ward in western<br />
India that killed 18 patients, and the death of 12 COVID-19<br />
patients at a hospital in new Delhi after the facility ran out of<br />
oxygen for 80 minutes.<br />
Only a fraction of India’s population will be able to afford<br />
the prices charged by private hospitals for the shot, experts<br />
said, meaning that states will be saddled with immunizing the<br />
600 million Indian adults younger than 45, while the federal<br />
government gives shots to 300 million health care and frontline<br />
workers and people older than 45.<br />
so far, government vaccines have been free. now, some<br />
states might not be able to provide vaccines for free, as vaccine<br />
companies take over setting prices.<br />
National Day of Prayer<br />
Lord Pour Out Your Love, Life, and Liberty<br />
(based on 2 Corinthians 3:17)<br />
<strong>May</strong> 6th, <strong>2021</strong> at 6:30 p.m.<br />
Gathering outdoors on the lawn at:<br />
Hillcrest Baptist Church<br />
1002 W. Main St.<br />
Riverton, Wy 82501<br />
307-856-9593<br />
“We have boldness and conviction to Pray for America<br />
because the word of God teaches us that our FERVENT<br />
PRAYERS are EFFECTIVE and that our Loving God<br />
responds to His children’s EARNEST PLEAS in<br />
MIGHTY WAYS that AVAIL MUCH!!”<br />
The Family of Linda Marie<br />
Herbst would like for all the<br />
friends to know how very much we<br />
appreciated all that was done to<br />
support us through the shock of her<br />
death. Linda will never be forgotten,<br />
and we will not forget the many<br />
things done by so many to support<br />
us at this time.<br />
Thank you all,<br />
Love from Linda's Family<br />
Sunday<br />
GOP seeks to<br />
convince vaccine<br />
skeptics within<br />
its own ranks<br />
Riverton Community<br />
Blood Drive<br />
Will be held Tuesday, <strong>May</strong> 11,<br />
from 12:00 – 5:30 p.m. at the<br />
United Methodist Church, 1116<br />
West Park Avenue, Riverton, WY.<br />
Appointments can be made by<br />
calling 307-851-3908 or by<br />
visiting www.vitalant.org and<br />
entering Sponsor Code: Riverton.<br />
You must have an appointment<br />
to donate. Donors must be well<br />
and must also wear a mask. All<br />
donations will be tested for<br />
coronavirus antibodies.<br />
WasHIngtOn (aP) —<br />
When a group of republican doctors<br />
in Congress released a video<br />
selling the safety of the coronavirus<br />
vaccine, their message wasn’t<br />
explicitly aimed at their conservative<br />
constituents, but nonetheless<br />
had a clear political bent.<br />
getting the shot is the best way<br />
to “end the government’s restrictions<br />
on our freedoms,” rep.<br />
larry bucshon, an Indiana<br />
republican and heart surgeon<br />
who donned a white lab coat and<br />
stethoscope when he spoke into<br />
the camera.<br />
the public service announcement<br />
was the latest effort from<br />
gOP leaders to shrink the vaccination<br />
gap between their party<br />
and Democrats. With vaccination<br />
rates lagging in red states,<br />
republican leaders have stepped<br />
up efforts to persuade their supporters<br />
to get the shot, at times<br />
combating misinformation spread<br />
by some of their own.<br />
“medicine and science and illness,<br />
that should not be political,”<br />
said Dr. brad Wenstrup, a<br />
republican congressman from<br />
Ohio and a podiatrist who has<br />
personally administered coronavirus<br />
vaccine shots both as an<br />
army reserve officer and as an<br />
ordinary doctor. “but it was an<br />
election year and it really was.”<br />
Wenstrup said both parties<br />
helped foment some skepticism,<br />
though increasingly vocal moves<br />
by other republicans amount to<br />
acknowledgement that gOP vaccine<br />
hesitancy is a growing public<br />
health problem — and potentially<br />
a political one.<br />
“things could easily spiral<br />
quickly if we don’t solve this redstate-blue-state<br />
issue,” said Kavita<br />
Patel, a physician and health policy<br />
expert who worked in the<br />
Obama administration.<br />
Patel said life could return to<br />
normal in certain parts of the<br />
country while the pandemic continues<br />
to rage elsewhere — potentially<br />
even disrupting in-person<br />
voting in primaries ahead of next<br />
year’s midterm elections.<br />
“We could be sitting here in the<br />
winter-fall with an entirely different,<br />
scary version of the pandemic,”<br />
she said. “One driven by a<br />
combination of variants and people<br />
who didn’t want to get vaccinated.”<br />
It’s easy to spot potential trouble<br />
spots now — and the political<br />
pattern.<br />
mississippi has the nation’s lowest<br />
vaccination rate, with less than<br />
31 percent of its population<br />
receiving at least one anti-coronavirus<br />
shot. and the four states<br />
that proceed it in national rankings,<br />
alabama, louisiana, Idaho<br />
and Wyoming, according to an<br />
associated Press analysis of<br />
Centers for Disease Control and<br />
Prevention data. they all vote reliably<br />
republican in presidential<br />
races.<br />
by contrast, the five states with<br />
the highest vaccination rates<br />
backed Democrat Joe biden in<br />
november. new Hampshire leads<br />
the nation with 60 percent of its<br />
population receiving at least one<br />
dose, followed by massachusetts,<br />
Vermont and Connecticut. the<br />
fifth highest vaccination rate state,<br />
maine, awarded three of its electoral<br />
votes to biden and one to<br />
former President Donald trump.<br />
republicans are more likely<br />
than Democrats to say they definitely<br />
or probably won’t get vaccinated,<br />
44 percent versus 17 percent,<br />
according to a poll released<br />
in february from the associated<br />
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Rep. Larry Bucshon, R-Ind., spoke on the House floor at the<br />
Capitol in Washington.<br />
House Television via AP<br />
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Demetio Penascoza, Deacon Rich, Ted Ray, Sharon Dalton, For<br />
Washakie Drm Group, Karen and Melissa Brown, Ladies of St.<br />
Margaret's Church and Davis Funeral Home.<br />
The Family of Rosalie Jacobson<br />
Press-nOrC Center for Public<br />
affairs.<br />
Hence this week’s video, where<br />
texas republican rep. michael<br />
burgess, an obstetrician who reassured<br />
viewers that rather than rush<br />
the vaccine out in an unsafe fashion,<br />
federal officials “cut bureaucratic<br />
red tape, not corners. and<br />
they got the job done in record<br />
time.” the video also credited the<br />
trump administration’s Operation<br />
Warp speed with bringing the<br />
vaccine so quickly.<br />
amid polling showing that<br />
republican men were among the<br />
most likely vaccine holdouts,<br />
senate minority leader mitch<br />
mcConnell said earlier this<br />
month, “I can say as a republican<br />
man, as soon as it was my turn, I<br />
took the vaccine.” even trump,<br />
who was vaccinated privately<br />
while in office, suggested on fox<br />
news Channel that he’d be willing<br />
to record a video urging vaccination.<br />
Doing so would be an aboutface<br />
for trump, who as president<br />
long said he’d be willing to take a<br />
vaccine but also relished politicizing<br />
the pandemic. He suggested<br />
that lockdowns recommended by<br />
his administration’s experts were<br />
governmental overreach, mocked<br />
then-candidate biden for wearing<br />
a mask in public too frequently<br />
and used racist terms like “China<br />
virus.”<br />
not all republican lawmakers<br />
feel the same sense of urgency to<br />
raise the vaccination rate.<br />
“If you have a vaccine, quite<br />
honestly, what do you care if your<br />
neighbor has one or not?”
FREMONT COUNTY<br />
Sunday<br />
Page A-4 <strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
‘March for the Missing’<br />
Wednesday from789<br />
Casino to City Park<br />
From staff reports<br />
local residents will gather for a<br />
public march next week to remember<br />
missing and murdered indigenous<br />
people.<br />
the missing and murdered<br />
Indigenous Peoples march for<br />
Justice begins at 4:30 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, may 5, at the 789<br />
smokeshop and Casino, 10367<br />
Wyoming Highway 789 south of<br />
riverton, and proceed north to<br />
riverton City Park.<br />
the first mmIP march for<br />
Justice in riverton took place in<br />
2018, involving more than 150<br />
people including city officials,<br />
advocacy groups, and the local<br />
police department, organizer<br />
letara lebeau said in an e-mail this<br />
week.<br />
“(We) are looking forward to<br />
continuing to create and promote<br />
awareness for mmIP representing<br />
the Wind river reservation and<br />
surrounding towns,” she wrote.<br />
the number of Indigenous people<br />
who have been identified as<br />
missing and murdered is “staggering,”<br />
lebeau said.<br />
“Our women and girls are being<br />
taken from us in an alarming way,”<br />
she wrote, citing the Centers for<br />
Disease Control and Prevention<br />
when she said, “Our women are<br />
murdered at a rate 10 times higher<br />
than other ethnicities, and (murder)<br />
is the third leading cause of<br />
death for our women. …<br />
“these numbers speak for themselves,<br />
yet it is surprising to me how<br />
few people know about these<br />
events.”<br />
Letara LeBeau is the organizer<br />
of Wednesday’s march,<br />
starting at 4:30 p.m.<br />
most murders of Indigenous<br />
women are committed by nonnative<br />
people on native-owned<br />
land, lebeau continued, but it is<br />
difficult to investigate such incidents<br />
“because of the lack of communication<br />
between state, local,<br />
and tribal law enforcement.”<br />
“there is a major concern about<br />
jurisdiction issues that affect the<br />
q Please see “March,” page A-7<br />
Highway ‘fog sealing’ work to start<br />
Monday, road segments near Lander<br />
Highway shoulder fog sealing is scheduled to<br />
begin next week on three highways near lander.<br />
On monday, may 3, crews will focus on u.s.<br />
Highway 287/Wyoming Highway 789 between mileposts<br />
54.43 and 59.58 southeast of lander.<br />
On tuesday, may 4, the operation will move to<br />
Wyoming Highway 132 (blue sky Highway)<br />
between mileposts 7 and 15.19 north of ethete.<br />
the final phase of the fog sealing project will<br />
occur Wednesday, may 5, on Wyoming Highway<br />
131 (sinks Canyon road) between mileposts 1.75<br />
and 9 southwest of lander.<br />
“We’re asking people to avoid driving, running or<br />
bicycling on the fog-sealed highway shoulders for 24<br />
hours,” Wyoming Department of transportation fog<br />
sealing foreman tyd erickson of meeteetse said in a<br />
press release, adding, “all work is dependent upon<br />
favorable weather.”<br />
WyDOt will use quick-drying oil to seal the<br />
highway shoulders as part of its summer chip-sealing<br />
maintenance program. erickson said the same roadways<br />
will be chip-sealed later on in the season.<br />
Legislators win pro-life recognition<br />
From staff reports<br />
Wyoming right to life recognized<br />
four fremont County lawmakers<br />
this month for their efforts<br />
in advancing several "pro-life" bills<br />
during the state’s recent legislative<br />
session.<br />
Wyoming rep. tim salazar, r-<br />
riverton, and Wyoming rep.<br />
John Winter, r-thermopolis,<br />
earned the organization’s “silver<br />
medal” status, while Wyoming<br />
rep. ember Oakley, r-riverton,<br />
was awarded a “bronze medal.”<br />
Wyoming rep. Pepper Ottman,<br />
r-Dubois, earned special recognition:<br />
the Platinum award.<br />
“(she) went over and above the<br />
call on all of the eight life bills<br />
in the <strong>2021</strong> session,” Wyoming<br />
right to life president marti<br />
Halverson said. “(Her) hard work<br />
and steadfast advocacy for life<br />
from conception to natural death<br />
is appreciated more than words<br />
can express.”<br />
this year’s award recipients<br />
q Please see “Medal,” page A-7
<strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Boys and Girls Club breakfast<br />
Sunday<br />
Retired Major League Baseball pitcher Dave Dravecky, seated left, signed an autograph for Jacob and Jenni Wildcat during<br />
Tuesday’s Boys and Girls Club welcome breakfast in Riverton. Right, Mary Margaret Stockton smiled as she got a<br />
bug from a supporter. She has been pivotal in development of the new Boys and Girls Club set to open later this year.<br />
Breakfast organizers said the event raised $91,000 for the effort.<br />
Photos by Carlie Edelman<br />
Page A-5<br />
New Enos Foundation<br />
aims at development of<br />
excellence on reservation<br />
the Chief Washakie<br />
foundation has established an<br />
endowment fund -- the Zedora<br />
teton enos excellence fund -- at<br />
the university of Wyoming that<br />
benefits the Wind river Indian<br />
reservation community.<br />
“I wanted to see this endowment<br />
created because of a passion<br />
for education and being an entrepreneur,<br />
and to help others know<br />
that they can get out and do<br />
something,” says shoshone elder<br />
and entrepreneur Zedora teton<br />
enos, the fund’s namesake and<br />
great-granddaughter of Chief<br />
Washakie.<br />
“at the beginning, I wanted to<br />
set an example -- and set a good<br />
example -- and let others know<br />
what we can do. I want our people<br />
to know that they can roll up<br />
their sleeves and do something for<br />
themselves.”<br />
enos is a lifelong champion of<br />
education, business development<br />
and service for the Wind river<br />
Indian reservation community.<br />
she is a trustee of the Chief<br />
Washakie foundation.<br />
“the Chief Washakie<br />
foundation has been an amazing<br />
philanthropic partner for the<br />
university of Wyoming, and<br />
today’s gift is another milestone in<br />
meeting critical needs of the Wind<br />
river reservation,” said uW president<br />
ed seidel. “uW is committed<br />
to helping grow this fund as<br />
well as our relationship with the<br />
Wind river reservation community.”<br />
the Zedora teton enos<br />
excellence fund will support university<br />
outreach, service and programming<br />
to address critical needs<br />
and priorities of the Wind river<br />
reservation community, and will<br />
reward demonstrated excellence in<br />
addressing those needs. focus<br />
areas include entrepreneurship,<br />
cultural and language preservation,<br />
and community development<br />
activities.<br />
the fund continues the commitment<br />
of the Chief Washakie<br />
foundation and uW to higher<br />
education and community develq<br />
Please see “Enos,” page 7
Page A-6<br />
Today in<br />
HISTORY<br />
today is sunday, may 2, the<br />
122nd day of <strong>2021</strong>. there are<br />
243 days left in the year.<br />
today’s Highlight in History:<br />
On may 2, 1994, nelson<br />
mandela claimed victory in the<br />
wake of south africa’s first democratic<br />
elections; President f.W. de<br />
Klerk acknowledged defeat.<br />
On this date:<br />
In 1519, artist leonardo da<br />
Vinci died at Cloux, france, at<br />
age 67.<br />
In 1670, the Hudson’s bay Co.<br />
was chartered by england’s King<br />
Charles II.<br />
In 1863, during the Civil War,<br />
Confederate gen. thomas<br />
“stonewall” Jackson was accidentally<br />
wounded by his own men at<br />
Chancellorsville, Virginia; he died<br />
eight days later.<br />
In 1890, the Oklahoma<br />
territory was organized.<br />
In 1957, sen. Joseph r. mc-<br />
Carthy, r-Wis., died at bethesda<br />
naval Hospital in maryland.<br />
In 1972,<br />
a fire at the<br />
sunshine silver<br />
mine in<br />
Kellogg,<br />
Idaho,<br />
claimed the<br />
lives of 91<br />
workers who<br />
succumbed<br />
to carbon<br />
monoxide<br />
poisoning. longtime fbI<br />
Director J. edgar Hoover died in<br />
Washington at age 77.<br />
In 2005, Pfc. lynndie<br />
england, the young woman pictured<br />
in some of the most notorious<br />
abu ghraib photos, pleaded<br />
guilty at fort Hood, texas, to<br />
mistreating prisoners. (However,<br />
a judge later threw out the plea<br />
agreement; england was later<br />
convicted in a court-martial and<br />
received a three-year sentence, of<br />
which she served half.)<br />
In 2010, record rains and flash<br />
floods in Kentucky, mississippi<br />
and tennessee caused more than<br />
30 deaths and submerged the<br />
grand Ole Opry House stage.<br />
actor lynn redgrave died in<br />
Kent, Connecticut, at age 67.<br />
In 2018, two black men who’d<br />
been arrested for sitting at a<br />
Philadelphia starbucks without<br />
ordering anything settled with the<br />
company for an undisclosed sum<br />
and an offer of a free college education;<br />
they settled separately<br />
with the city for a symbolic $1<br />
each and a promise to set up a<br />
$200,000<br />
program for<br />
young entrepreneurs.<br />
ten years<br />
ago: Osama<br />
bin laden<br />
was killed<br />
by elite<br />
american<br />
forces at his<br />
Pakistan<br />
HOOVER<br />
BIN LADEN<br />
compound, then quickly buried<br />
at sea after a decade on the run.<br />
five years ago: the first u.s.<br />
cruise ship in nearly 40 years<br />
pulled into Havana Harbor,<br />
restarting commercial travel on<br />
waters that had served as a stage<br />
for a Cold War hostility.<br />
One year ago: a new york<br />
City police officer was caught on<br />
video pointing a stun gun at a<br />
man and violently taking him to<br />
the ground over an alleged social<br />
distancing violation.<br />
Today’s Birthdays: singer<br />
engelbert Humperdinck is 85.<br />
former International Olympic<br />
Committee President Jacques<br />
rogge is 79. actor-activist bianca<br />
Jagger is 76 singer-songwriter<br />
larry gatlin is 73. rock singer<br />
lou gramm (foreigner) is 71.<br />
actor Christine baranski is 69.<br />
fashion designer Donatella<br />
Versace is 66. Commentator<br />
mika brzezinski is 54. Indiana<br />
gov. eric Holcomb is 53. rock<br />
musician todd sucherman (styx)<br />
is 52. Wrestler-turned-actor<br />
Dwayne Johnson (aKa the<br />
rock) is 49. former soccer player<br />
David beckham is 46. actor<br />
ellie Kemper is 41. actor robert<br />
buckley is 40. actor gaius (gy’-<br />
ehs) Charles is 38. Pop singer<br />
lily rose Cooper is 36. Olympic<br />
gold medal figure skater sarah<br />
Hughes is 36.<br />
The way it was<br />
Sunday<br />
snow bird mine -- 1890<br />
life during the late-19th century<br />
gold rush near south Pass could be<br />
hard, particularly if you got sick. that’s<br />
where this place came in.<br />
the biggest part of the gold rush had<br />
passed by the 1870s, but a second,<br />
smaller boom arrived in the closing<br />
years of the old century and the first<br />
years of the new one. the snow bird<br />
mine found some success in gold, but<br />
it played a vital role in what passed for<br />
health care in the gold mining district<br />
high in the Wind river mountains.<br />
several times over the course of<br />
about 20 years, the mine was deployed<br />
as a “sick house” or “pest house,” where<br />
sick, contagious residents of the area<br />
were taken so they could be isolated<br />
<strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
from the rest of the community — and<br />
vice-versa.<br />
One outbreak brought whooping<br />
cough to the area, and a couple of families<br />
fled to the mountaintop mine<br />
headquarters for safety. another case<br />
involved smallpox, and this time the<br />
mine was used as a makeshift hospital<br />
where patients were isolated and treated<br />
with the best methods available in the<br />
remote spot.<br />
more information about sickness<br />
and health during the south Pass gold<br />
rush era is detailed in the spring edition<br />
of the friends of south Pass newsletter.<br />
Photo: The headquarters of the Snow<br />
Bird Mine, used as an isolation building in<br />
gold rush days, in 1890. Friends of South Pass photo<br />
WYOMING & WEST<br />
THE<br />
Hooves, not tires, for this forest crew<br />
In the Shoshone<br />
horses and mules<br />
are indispensable<br />
By Mark Davis<br />
Powell Tribune<br />
Via Wyoming News Exchange<br />
Jess Hicks, an assistant packer with the Shoshone National Forest, worke through a packing test during a clinic put on<br />
by the specialty string crew for the few agencies in the west who have mules they use for back-country maintenance.<br />
Winding through the back-country<br />
trails of the shoshone national forest on<br />
a company steed, Jason brengle can’t<br />
believe how fortunate he is to work in one<br />
of the few wild places left in america.<br />
He hasn’t always been this lucky.<br />
In his 20-plus years of working for the<br />
federal government, the professional range<br />
manager has worked in national parks and<br />
forests of varying types.<br />
but none like the shoshone, he said.<br />
“It was the forest that brought me<br />
here,” brengle said while preparing to<br />
freeze brand new members of the agency’s<br />
stock. “I felt like working in the wilderness<br />
was where my skills could be useful.”<br />
brengle, who was born and raised on a<br />
ranch in western south Dakota, runs the<br />
shoshone’s stock program, called the specialty<br />
string. What makes the string special<br />
is its mules.<br />
they’re a little-known asset that not<br />
only save taxpayer money, but also brings<br />
in significant revenue to the forest. Very<br />
little of the work performed by brengle<br />
and a crew of back-country rangers could<br />
be done without mules.<br />
the program has been wending its way<br />
through wilderness areas of the shoshone<br />
for the past 33 years.<br />
the string was initiated in response to<br />
the 1988 fires in and around yellowstone<br />
national Park. more than 790,000 acres<br />
of the park’s 2.2 million acres burned (36<br />
percent of the total acreage). another<br />
400,000 acres was torched in the<br />
shoshone, outside the park.<br />
remnants of the fire can still be seen by<br />
looking south from the Clark’s fork<br />
Overlook off Wyoming Highway 296, or<br />
by hiking the north fork of the shoshone<br />
river trailhead off u.s. 14-16-20, a few<br />
miles east of yellowstone’s east entrance.<br />
While the mules are rarely used in<br />
fighting fires, it’s definitely a lot easier to<br />
hike through one of the nation’s most<br />
beautiful gems thanks to their assistance<br />
on some of the hundreds of miles of backcountry<br />
trails.<br />
Without mules, much of the work<br />
maintaining the trails and building<br />
bridges and structures would be too<br />
expensive for the shoshone, which is<br />
always struggling to secure funding.<br />
soon after the yellowstone fires, the<br />
string was put to work on trail maintenance,<br />
capable of doing what horses can’t:<br />
hauling in the tools and massive amounts<br />
of materials for construction projects in<br />
the wilderness.<br />
more than 80 percent of the forest is<br />
inaccessible by road. the forest service<br />
could employ helicopters to move materials,<br />
but while faster than the mule string,<br />
the paperwork needed to use a helicopter<br />
in designated wilderness — which generally<br />
prohibits the use of motorized vehicles<br />
or even motorized chainsaws — is extensive.<br />
even more prohibitive is the cost of<br />
flying.<br />
“If you have to bring in helicopters to<br />
do the work, all the sudden you’ve spent<br />
more on that one project than the whole<br />
year’s budget for the mule string,” brengle<br />
said.<br />
the string was discontinued for a few<br />
years, he said, due to budget concerns.<br />
“It tends to be one of the first things on<br />
the chopping block because, you know, it’s<br />
just not known how important it is.”<br />
soon after the program closed, projects<br />
started to come up that required a budgetfriendly<br />
option mixed with the brute force<br />
and mountain savvy of a mule.<br />
the shoshone forest got its mules back<br />
and now has about 70 horses and mules<br />
in the stock program.<br />
mule strings are rare in the forest<br />
service. the shoshone team is one of only<br />
three or four in the country, said Kristie<br />
salzmann, public affairs officer for the<br />
forest service.<br />
“there’s only a few places in the<br />
national forest system that have that kind<br />
of skill set to teach other employees. We’re<br />
one of them,” salzmann said.<br />
representatives from the nebraska, rio<br />
grande and bighorn national forests gathered<br />
on the south fork last week for a<br />
training session led by Crosby Davidson,<br />
trails and wilderness manager. for two<br />
days crews learned the rare skill of correctly<br />
packing a mule. building materials are<br />
heavy and awkward. mules simply have<br />
more capacity for the “oddball” loads than<br />
horses, as well as the mentality for the<br />
job.<br />
“they’re more self-preserving than a<br />
horse would be,” said Jess Hicks, assistant<br />
packer for the specialty string.<br />
“they’ll usually stay put for a while<br />
[when they get in trouble]. a horse might<br />
blow up and cause a pretty big wreck.”<br />
Hicks is working his dream job.<br />
He, too, was born and raised on a<br />
ranch, and he was looking for something,<br />
anything other than sitting in an office<br />
all day.<br />
“During the summertime, we’re gone<br />
pretty much every day,” Hicks said. “We’re<br />
working weekends. sometimes it’s pretty<br />
crazy for us. last summer we didn’t have<br />
much off time until, pretty much,<br />
October.”<br />
Despite the long hours, Hicks said he<br />
loves the unique job.<br />
Photo by Mark Davis, Powell Tribune<br />
“It’s nice to get away from town. It’s<br />
cool country back there,” he said. “It’s<br />
what I loved to do as a kid.”<br />
brengle is trying to get the word out<br />
that the tools of his trade — the stock —<br />
are well worth your tax dollars.<br />
“In this age of new technology, people<br />
forget that these types of primitive skills<br />
and the animals to do it are still needed.”<br />
the stock program has also brought in<br />
hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional<br />
revenue to the forest over the years<br />
through subcontracting the string to individuals<br />
and companies looking to move<br />
materials in the back-country areas, he<br />
added.<br />
In 2018, for example, the mule string<br />
was shipped to michigan to assist in getting<br />
materials into otherwise inaccessible<br />
areas to build a boardwalk for visitors<br />
seeking to hike in nature.<br />
“We work very hard to use the funds<br />
we get efficiently and effectively,” brengle<br />
said. “If you hear word that they’re thinking<br />
about cutting funding on something<br />
like this, get vocal if you want to keep our<br />
forest trails open.<br />
“this is important work.”
<strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
The<br />
Medal<br />
were selected based on the number of “life<br />
bills” they sponsored, co-sponsored, and voted<br />
for, Halverson said. Of the eight bills drafted<br />
during the session, three were signed into law.<br />
Restrictions for higher ed<br />
House bill 253 – now enrolled act 89 –<br />
prohibits the university of Wyoming and<br />
Wyoming community colleges from spending<br />
money on abortion care, or insurance coverage<br />
for abortion care, “as a condition of receiving<br />
or expending any monies” appropriated from<br />
the state, according to the legislation.<br />
“It should be a condition upon them receiving<br />
those funds that they’re not going to use<br />
other funds under its control for abortion,”<br />
March<br />
Continued from page A-4<br />
mmIP epidemic,” lebeau said.<br />
but, she added, such incidents<br />
don’t only occur on the reservation.<br />
“It is down the street, it’s in your<br />
urban neighborhood, it’s in homes,<br />
it’s everywhere,” lebeau said. “We<br />
cannot begin to tell you about the<br />
violence that our women face.”<br />
more than 5,710 incidents<br />
involving missing and murdered<br />
native women were recorded in<br />
2016, lebeau said, and 84 percent<br />
of native women have experienced<br />
violence in their lifetime.<br />
“It goes deep and has significant<br />
value,” lebeau said.<br />
she encouraged mmIP supporters<br />
to wear red – “the only<br />
color spirits see,” according to various<br />
tribes – in order to “call back<br />
the missing spirits of our women<br />
and children so we can lay them to<br />
rest.”<br />
lebeau is an enrolled member<br />
of the northern arapaho tribe and<br />
has been involved in the mmIP<br />
movement for more than five<br />
years.<br />
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Wyoming rep. Chuck gray, r-Casper, said<br />
during discussion march 22 on the House<br />
floor.<br />
gray also earned the Platinum award this<br />
year.<br />
During the same march 22 discussion,<br />
Ottman likened abortion care to “elective<br />
care,” noting that, when procedures like<br />
“facelifts” are eliminated from benefit packages,<br />
premium prices can be lowered.<br />
“If we eliminate … any kind of procedure<br />
that is elected instead of necessary, we can get<br />
better rates,” Ottman said, suggesting that similar<br />
results could occur if abortion care is no<br />
longer covered in health insurance plans at<br />
higher educational institutions in the state.<br />
Enos<br />
opment on the Wind river<br />
Indian reservation. Previously, in<br />
2003, the Chief Washakie<br />
foundation established the Chief<br />
Washakie memorial endowment.<br />
to date, the endowment has provided<br />
scholarships to over 200 students<br />
to attend uW.<br />
the excellence fund was established<br />
through a $90,000 gift<br />
from the Chief Washakie<br />
foundation and will be maintained<br />
in perpetuity by the uW<br />
foundation. It will be awarded<br />
annually under the direction of<br />
the Chief Washakie memorial<br />
awards Committee.<br />
Quoting Chief Washakie,<br />
eastern shoshone business<br />
Council Co-Chair John Washakie<br />
says, “I fought to keep our land,<br />
our water and our hunting<br />
grounds. today, education is the<br />
weapon my people need to protect<br />
them.” John Washakie is the greatgrandson<br />
of Chief Washakie and<br />
Jack Nicholas’ last request was<br />
for the list of phone numbers of<br />
his 5 children and 19<br />
grandchildren. He painstakingly<br />
set out to call each one. He<br />
wanted to tell them one more<br />
time how much he loved them<br />
and how proud he was of them.<br />
If his 24 young great<br />
grandchildren had their own<br />
phones, he would have called<br />
them too. Although he fought<br />
leaving his family, neighbors, and<br />
the state he so dearly loved, Jack<br />
told Kim, a wonderful nurse at<br />
the Lander hospital, that he was<br />
ready to go with a smile on his<br />
face. Jack’s family deeply thanks<br />
Kim and all the healthcare<br />
workers at the Lander Clinic and<br />
the Lander Hospital for helping<br />
the family and Jack as he reached<br />
the end of his life. It was a life<br />
well lived.<br />
Jack was born in Gillette,<br />
Wyoming in 1927 to Thomas<br />
Arthur and Mary Margaret<br />
Nicholas. He spent much of his<br />
time on the family ranch north of<br />
Gillette until his family moved to<br />
Casper. When he reached his<br />
teens, Jack yearned for adventure.<br />
He ran away at 13. When caught,<br />
he ran away again. On one<br />
escapade, Jack endeavored to<br />
sneak out of Casper on an<br />
eastbound coal train.<br />
Unbeknownst to him, the train<br />
headed north! Jack’s father<br />
located him in Buffalo, covered in<br />
coal cinders, and dragged him<br />
home by the ear. At 16, Jack<br />
clandestinely joined the Army.<br />
His parents foiled his attempt by<br />
refusing to sign a waiver required<br />
for anyone under 17.<br />
Undeterred, Jack graduated<br />
Natrona County High School and<br />
joined the Army on his 17th<br />
birthday.<br />
Jack served his country proudly<br />
during World War II. When the<br />
war ended, he was stationed in<br />
Kansas and studied pre-veterinary<br />
medicine at the University of<br />
Kansas. After serving in the<br />
Army, his adventures continued.<br />
He studied at Casper College and<br />
the University of Colorado in<br />
Boulder. He also built houses in<br />
Casper with his brothers and<br />
cowboyed. The time he cherished<br />
the most was working for the<br />
O’Neil family on their ranch<br />
outside of Big Piney. One of the<br />
Big Piney stories he often<br />
recounted was when a horse died<br />
in the winter. Jack and another<br />
enos’ brother.<br />
the creation of the excellence<br />
fund was supported by eastern<br />
shoshone and northern arapaho<br />
business council members.<br />
“as we witness the decline of<br />
revenue from energy statewide and<br />
reservationwide, this excellence<br />
fund comes at a critical time,” says<br />
lee spoonhunter, co-chairman of<br />
the northern arapaho business<br />
Council. “It encourages entrepreneurship<br />
that will allow us to<br />
diversify our economy.”<br />
“Chief Washakie has been honored<br />
in many ways: there is a<br />
county here in Wyoming named<br />
after him, a town, military post,<br />
military ship, national forest,<br />
wilderness area, ranger district, a<br />
mountain range and several<br />
mountains,” John Washakie says.<br />
“It’s not unusual that a person of<br />
his stature also is recognized by<br />
the state of Wyoming with a statue<br />
in our nation’s Capitol and our<br />
PAID OBITUARY<br />
W.J. “Jack” Nicholas<br />
ranch hand dug a grave in the<br />
frozen ground. The grave turned<br />
out to be a bit too shallow and the<br />
horse’s legs emerged from the<br />
snow. Being ever resourceful,<br />
they just sawed off the legs! Jack<br />
got his due while taming a bronc.<br />
The bronc trampled him and<br />
broke his shoulder and ribs. Beat<br />
up, Jack headed south to<br />
Albuquerque to recover in a<br />
warmer climate. He decided to<br />
go to the University of New<br />
Mexico while he recuperated. It<br />
was there his life changed forever.<br />
In early 1949, Jack went on a<br />
blind date with a cute, spunky girl<br />
named Alice. Alice Marion<br />
Howison from Lemon Cove,<br />
California became the love of<br />
Jack’s life. He never took off<br />
again. The summer after they<br />
met, Jack and Alice worked in a<br />
pack station in Mineral King,<br />
California. Alice worked in the<br />
kitchen and Jack packed horses<br />
and mules in the Sierras out of<br />
Mineral King. They were married<br />
at Christmas in 1949 in Lindsay,<br />
California. Jack and Alice<br />
finished school at the University<br />
of Wyoming. Alice studied<br />
English and Jack studied law.<br />
Alice and Jack laughingly<br />
remembered living in the “Butler<br />
Huts” where they had to share a<br />
bathroom with their neighbors.<br />
Jack worked part-time for New<br />
Method Laundry to make ends<br />
meet and served as a member of<br />
the Wyoming Law Review<br />
Editorial Board. Following law<br />
school, Jack and Alice moved to<br />
Lander, Wyoming.<br />
Jack’s legal career in Lander<br />
spanned over 40 years. He loved<br />
the law and politics. Jack and<br />
Alice were long time volunteers<br />
for the Fremont County<br />
Republican Party. Jack was<br />
elected to the Wyoming House of<br />
Representatives in 1969. After his<br />
Sunday<br />
W.J. “Jack” Nicholas<br />
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Duties for physicians<br />
senate file 96 – now senate enrolled act<br />
50 – allows for a charge of murder if an<br />
unborn child dies as a result of actions against<br />
a pregnant woman, and senate file 34 – now<br />
senate enrolled act 61 – imposes “duties on<br />
physicians performing abortions,” requiring<br />
“commonly accepted means of care that would<br />
be rendered to any other infant born alive” to<br />
be employed in the treatment of “any viable<br />
infant aborted alive.”<br />
“this bill’s amendments to existing law now<br />
require that every infant born alive must<br />
receive the same means of care to preserve life<br />
and health, even if born as the outcome of an<br />
abortion,” Halverson said.<br />
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state’s Capitol, but the lasting legacy<br />
that will have influence far into<br />
the future is the work the Chief<br />
Washakie foundation is doing<br />
through educating our people and,<br />
now, through the Zedora teton<br />
enos excellence fund.”<br />
Zedora teton was born in 1941<br />
to marie Washakie and Charlie<br />
teton. shoshone is her first language.<br />
she was raised by her<br />
maternal grandmother, Josie<br />
trehero Washakie, a daughter-inlaw<br />
of Chief Washakie as the wife<br />
of Washakie’s son, george<br />
Washakie.<br />
through her grandma Josie,<br />
Zedora inherited the family passion<br />
for education, a foundation<br />
of moral teachings and cultural<br />
traditions, and family stories going<br />
back to the early 1800s. these are<br />
passed down from the “Old man,”<br />
Chief Washakie, through Josie and<br />
other family members to each new<br />
generation of the Washakie family.<br />
term, he successfully ran for<br />
Fremont County District Court<br />
Judge. Jack served as district<br />
judge for 12 years. Following his<br />
second term, he decided to obtain<br />
his Masters of Laws degree from<br />
the University of San Diego<br />
School of Law.<br />
For over 70 years, Alice and<br />
Jack have loved their Lander<br />
community, Fremont County, and<br />
the State of Wyoming. Jack was a<br />
lifelong member of the Lander<br />
Rotary Club and was deeply<br />
grateful to the club for sending<br />
his 5 children on youth exchanges<br />
to countries all around the world.<br />
Jack was also honored to serve as<br />
a founding director of the<br />
National Outdoor Leadership<br />
School (NOLS) and to help<br />
establish the Lander Ski Area, the<br />
South Pass Historic Preserve, the<br />
Inter-Mountain Regional Medical<br />
Program (now WWAMI) and the<br />
Fremont County Pioneer<br />
Museum. He and Alice were<br />
members of the Holy Rosary<br />
Catholic Church.<br />
Jack is survived by his wife and<br />
soul mate, Alice, his children Patty<br />
and Garry Trautman of Lander,<br />
John and Tracy Nicholas of Carl<br />
Junction, Missouri, Phil and<br />
Karen Nicholas of Laramie, Bob<br />
Nicholas and Lily and Steve<br />
Sharpe of Cheyenne, and his<br />
brother and sister-in-law, Bob and<br />
Manuela Nicholas of Beaverton,<br />
Oregon. He is also survived by<br />
19 of the best grandchildren a<br />
man could ever have and 24<br />
wonderful great grandchildren.<br />
He was preceded in death by his<br />
granddaughter Kaitlin Nicholas,<br />
his parents, his brothers Tom,<br />
Fred and Dave, and his sisters<br />
Ruth and Patty.<br />
Besides his family, Jack’s<br />
passion was ranching and raising<br />
livestock. From the 1960’s until<br />
he could no more, Jack spent his<br />
free time on the ranch. Forever a<br />
cowboy and a teacher, Jack taught<br />
his children, grandchildren and<br />
great grandchildren how to ride,<br />
work and live the Western way of<br />
life. Dad and Grandpa - you will<br />
be sorely missed. And no one will<br />
miss you more than Alice. Happy<br />
trails.<br />
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Private services were held on<br />
April 19, <strong>2021</strong>. Donations in lieu<br />
of flowers to Fremont County<br />
Pioneer Museum would be deeply<br />
appreciated by the family.<br />
Virus<br />
classes will be available again soon<br />
“for the individuals who want to<br />
break the cycle of the revolving<br />
door.<br />
“that’s the worst part about the<br />
whole pandemic for me, is not<br />
being able to take the opportunity<br />
to program in these different classes,”<br />
he said. “I’m tired of the<br />
lifestyle I was living. I want something<br />
different. so I feel like I’m<br />
being cheated in a lot of ways.”<br />
at the same time, he said, being<br />
incarcerated during the pandemic<br />
will motivate him to avoid prison<br />
time in the future.<br />
“last time I didn’t think prison<br />
time was that bad,” Harris said,<br />
referring to a previous incarceration.<br />
Prison was easy compared to<br />
county jail. (but) now with this<br />
whole pandemic … I’ll remember<br />
this experience as ‘I never want to<br />
come back.’”<br />
‘Getting through’<br />
at least the situation is easier at<br />
the minimum-custody honor<br />
farm, WHf inmate Daniel black,<br />
39, said this month.<br />
“you get to be outside, (and)<br />
you can stay active, stay busy, kind<br />
of keep your mind off things,” he<br />
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said. “(We can) keep on pushing,<br />
doing what we have to do, getting<br />
through this little bit of time we<br />
have.”<br />
Wyoming Women’s Center<br />
inmate rachelle lynch, 23, who<br />
had never been in prison before,<br />
said “being incarcerated, period, is<br />
tough on many people” without a<br />
global pandemic to contend with.<br />
but, describing herself as “strong<br />
minded” and “OK being alone,”<br />
lynch said prison also has been “a<br />
place where you take time for yourself<br />
and really think about what<br />
you want to do with your life.”<br />
“I feel like it saved me, in a<br />
way,” she said. “It took me away<br />
from a lot of, I guess, negative<br />
environments that I was in, and it<br />
just opened my eyes and made me<br />
realize a lot of things. I feel like<br />
I’m ready to get my life together.”<br />
————<br />
Editor’s note: Reporting is made<br />
possible through a grant from<br />
Wyoming Humanities funded by the<br />
“Why it Matters: Civic and<br />
Electoral Participation” initiative,<br />
administered by the Federation of<br />
State Humanities Councils and<br />
funded by Andrew W. Mellon<br />
Foundation.<br />
My Wyoming bucket list<br />
for <strong>2021</strong> includes all of<br />
the Cowboy State
OPINION<br />
<strong>May</strong><br />
Page A-8<br />
We’re No. 50<br />
Wyoming is the least-populated U.S.<br />
state, and it’s going to stay that way<br />
every movie star who hit it big probably has a writer to thank<br />
falthough we in Wyoming aren’t quite so isolated from national<br />
and world events as we might like to think, there is something<br />
to be said for the fact that some crucial issues that impact the<br />
lives of millions of americans simply don’t apply to us.<br />
take the u.s. Census, for instance.<br />
many in our state can remember a time when Wyoming wasn’t<br />
the least-populated state in the nation. We were barely larger<br />
than alaska in the 1980 count, and it passed early in that<br />
decade, when the 49th state admitted to the union gained nearly<br />
160,000 residents. Wyoming, meanwhile, lost about 12,000<br />
during the 1980s.<br />
before then, Wyoming, nevada and Vermont were locked in<br />
a low-population battle to see which would be the smallest state,<br />
people-wise.<br />
but that’s all over now, and has been for a good long while.<br />
the newest u.s. Census data was unveiled during the past<br />
week, and Wyoming, decisively, remains the state with the<br />
fewest people. Vermont was about 60,000 ahead of us in the<br />
2010 census, and we lost more ground over the decade to the<br />
geographically small evergreen state, which could fit within<br />
fremont County.<br />
those are the numbers. accompanying the head count in<br />
national coverage of the preliminary census data are headlines<br />
about census “winners and losers.”<br />
Which states grew the fastest? Which states lost population?<br />
Which states got new congressional seats? Which states lost congressional<br />
seats?<br />
none of that applies to Wyoming.<br />
We grew, but we weren’t one of the fast-growing states. there<br />
was some “outmigration” from the state, much of it in the past<br />
couple of years, but our birth rate made up for it. We didn’t<br />
shrink.<br />
Planning how to deal with hordes of new people rushing to<br />
Wyoming won’t be necessary, nor will worries about how to<br />
reverse a stampede out of the state.<br />
Congressional seats? Wyoming will continue to have the same<br />
number of members of the House of representatives as we<br />
always have had: one.<br />
there will be no need to redraw congressional districts in<br />
Wyoming, no concerns about which political party or independent<br />
commission or court process will be in charge of the shape<br />
of Wyoming’s district. We will, as ever, remain one big square.<br />
more telling is the emerging economic reality that Wyoming’s<br />
position as the least-populated state in the nation is not likely to<br />
change in anyone’s lifetime. at about 577,000 people, we are<br />
bigger than we have ever been, true, but our state’s population<br />
would have to almost double in order for us to get a second<br />
u.s. representative — and Wyoming’s population is not going<br />
to double before the 2030 census, the 2040 census, or any foreseeable<br />
census.<br />
Whatever “booms” we have seen in the past often has been<br />
more about fiscal growth that population growth. that will be<br />
even more true in the decades ahead.<br />
During times of flourishing minerals production and energy<br />
development, more people, certainly, have moved into<br />
Wyoming. but the sorts of minerals jobs which increased<br />
fremont County’s population from 30,000 to 40,000 over the<br />
course of about 20 years don’t really exist anymore. When the<br />
atlantic City Iron mine was hiring, those were “family type jobs<br />
when workers arrived, were paid good wages with benefits,<br />
moved into houses they bought, and enrolled kids in school.<br />
that was even more true of the uranium boom which largely<br />
affected riverton. now, even if the uranium industry were to be<br />
revived, extraction techniques have changed, and big, open-pit<br />
mines buzzing with hundreds of highly paid workers wouldn’t<br />
be the way to get the ore out of the ground.<br />
across the state, in Campbell County, there still is lots of coal<br />
employment, but it’s down, and nobody believes it will re-grow<br />
to the levels it once enjoyed. lower demand and more automation<br />
and efficiency in the mines will keep any job gains smaller.<br />
Diversification efforts in Wyoming’s economy are under way.<br />
the maven Outdoor equipment expansion plan in lander is an<br />
example of individual company growth that can result in new<br />
employment of a dozen or two.<br />
these are positive, welcome, local developments that must be<br />
embraced. but they are company gains, not industry gains.<br />
realistically, their promise lies more in stabilizing our state than<br />
growing it.<br />
none of this is being written necessarily in a despairing tone.<br />
many who live in Wyoming are quite comfortable with the population<br />
realities here. yes, we would welcome some economic<br />
growth, but we probably wouldn’t be so happy about a north<br />
Dakota-style boom which brought chronic housing problems,<br />
increased crime, and stressed-out the available social services.<br />
On a list of 50 states, one has to be the smallest. and, pretty<br />
much as far as the mind can see, everyone knows which state it’s<br />
going to be.<br />
Wyoming. We’re no. 50, and holding. get used to it.<br />
— Steven R. Peck<br />
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2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
biden’s second hundred figure to be tougher<br />
WasHIngtOn (aP) — Joe<br />
biden's presidency is entering a<br />
new and more perilous phase<br />
where he is almost certain to face<br />
stiffer republican opposition and<br />
also have difficulty keeping<br />
Democrats united as he pushes<br />
for $4 trillion in additional<br />
spending on programs that have<br />
echoes of the new Deal and the<br />
great society.<br />
Past the 100-day mark, with<br />
positive approval ratings and a<br />
far-reaching, nearly $2 trillion<br />
COVID-19 relief bill to show for<br />
it, biden is now facing far more<br />
uncertain terrain. the president is<br />
racing against the calendar, governing<br />
with the most slender of<br />
majorities on Capitol Hill while<br />
knowing that historically the<br />
party that holds the White House<br />
loses seats in midterm elections,<br />
which would cost Democrats<br />
control of Congress after the<br />
2022 vote.<br />
His next 100 days will feature<br />
his first foreign trip but will be<br />
dominated by his push to pass his<br />
expansive plans on infrastructure<br />
and children, families and education,<br />
which would expand the<br />
social safety net for children,<br />
increase taxes on the wealthy and<br />
fund projects that his critics say<br />
are infrastructure in name only.<br />
Overall, his approach is less<br />
about stimulating the economy<br />
than stabilizing it over the long<br />
term with middle-class jobs, and<br />
proving that a democracy, even a<br />
bitterly divided one, remains<br />
capable of doing big things.<br />
"In another era when our<br />
Jonathan Lemire<br />
ASSOCIATED PRESS<br />
grandpa gasser was a man among men<br />
beaver rim has always had a<br />
bit of an atavistic draw to me, an<br />
ancestral appeal.<br />
I first learned of the area as a<br />
youngster hunting rocks with<br />
my uncles Chris Pallas and<br />
ralph gasser. We scoured the<br />
hills for agates, petrified wood,<br />
jade, and the occasional rattlesnake.<br />
those were my salad days,<br />
young, with no responsibilities,<br />
on vacation to a place I loved<br />
with no cares in a world that<br />
seemed to last forever.<br />
Well, those are the joys of<br />
youth, and they pass much too<br />
quickly.<br />
through the years I’ve hunted<br />
the rim, taken obscure twotrack<br />
roads just for the fun of it,<br />
and explored much of the area.<br />
Once we found a weather balloon,<br />
with its plastic shroud<br />
ripped by the howling winds<br />
that sometimes roar up from the<br />
basin from the distant Wind<br />
river mountains. I was hunting<br />
antelope with a friend from college,<br />
andy Herbst. by then<br />
andy was a deputy sheriff in the<br />
Randy Tucker<br />
war zone of los angeles County.<br />
Weather balloons launched by<br />
national Weather service are<br />
pre-paid to be dropped at any<br />
u.s. Post Office if they are<br />
found. that’s part of the tracking<br />
of these unique atmospheric<br />
devices. We contemplated having<br />
andy drive back to los<br />
angles to mail the remnants of<br />
the balloon from there, just to<br />
mess with the minds of the<br />
weather service guys who track<br />
the balloons, but in the end, I<br />
just dropped it off locally.<br />
democracy was tested, franklin<br />
roosevelt reminded us: In<br />
america, we do our part," biden<br />
said in his address to Congress on<br />
Wednesday night. "that's all I'm<br />
asking. that we all do our part.<br />
and if we do, then we will meet<br />
the central challenge of the age by<br />
proving that democracy is durable<br />
and strong."<br />
biden has made personal overtures<br />
to republicans in Congress,<br />
but the efforts were aimed at least<br />
as much at republican voters,<br />
who have been far more supportive<br />
of his plans.<br />
a nod to bipartisanship is also<br />
important to reassure moderate<br />
Democrats such as sen. Joe<br />
manchin of West Virginia that<br />
the president is at least trying to<br />
win over republicans, even if in<br />
the end he might push ahead<br />
without them.<br />
His task may be easier given<br />
the hopeful signs of a strong economic<br />
recovery, with an annualized<br />
growth rate of 6.4 percent<br />
during the first three months of<br />
the year. With the relief bill<br />
passed, biden's economic team is<br />
now able to focus on structural<br />
issues such as income inequality,<br />
systemic racism and shortfalls in<br />
public investment.<br />
"these were ideas that were<br />
germinating pre-pandemic," said<br />
Heather boushey, a member of<br />
the White House Council of<br />
economic advisers. "It feels like<br />
these are things that we've known<br />
we needed to do."<br />
several aides are now focused<br />
on distributing billions of dollars<br />
from the relief package for housing,<br />
school upgrades and state and<br />
local government aid.<br />
the administration also wants<br />
to measure the results of the<br />
spending to show Congress that<br />
its relief programs are succeeding.<br />
One example: the expanded<br />
child tax credit is of critical<br />
importance because biden has<br />
proposed extending the one-year<br />
increase through 2025 as part of<br />
his families plan.<br />
"We know that implementing<br />
the enhanced child tax credit<br />
right is critical not just to cutting<br />
child poverty this year but to<br />
showing it can be done well so<br />
that it builds support for extending<br />
it on and on," said gene<br />
sperling, named by biden to<br />
oversee the relief programs.<br />
With such expensive and wideranging<br />
programs, biden has not<br />
shied away from comparisons<br />
between his own ambitious legislative<br />
agenda and those championed<br />
by a pair of his Democratic<br />
predecessors, franklin D.<br />
roosevelt and lyndon b.<br />
Johnson. When the $1.9 trillion<br />
COVID relief bill was passed in<br />
march, biden gathered with<br />
Harris and a few senior staff<br />
members in the roosevelt room<br />
to watch the vote.<br />
biden recalled that it was in<br />
that room where, as vice president,<br />
he and President back<br />
Obama watched the final passage<br />
of the affordable Care act some<br />
11 years earlier. but he remembered<br />
that room being packed<br />
with people, something impossible<br />
to do during the pandemic.<br />
"If we didn't have COVID,<br />
we'd probably all be raising a glass<br />
together but instead this is what<br />
we are doing," biden said, according<br />
to two White House officials<br />
who were not authorized to speak<br />
publicly about private moments.<br />
the meaning was clear: even<br />
in a moment of triumph, the<br />
pandemic was ever-present. but<br />
now, with virus cases falling and<br />
vaccinations spreading, biden<br />
must guide the nation toward<br />
reopening from COVID-19 lockdowns.<br />
to this point, the public has<br />
largely gone along. gallup polling<br />
shows biden's average approval<br />
rating over his first three months<br />
in office is 56 percent, higher<br />
than Donald trump's at 41 percent<br />
but slightly lower than<br />
barack Obama's at 63 percent.<br />
but biden fares less well on<br />
some specific issues such as immigration<br />
and the border. West<br />
sometime I’d find spent .50<br />
caliber shells from b-24s and b-<br />
17s training their gunners out of<br />
the World War II us army-air<br />
force base in Casper in preparation<br />
for the most hazardous duty<br />
of the war, battling the talented,<br />
well-equipped luftwaffe in the<br />
skies over europe.<br />
relics of a bygone era stirred<br />
my imagination again this week<br />
when my mom gave me a letter<br />
my grandfather eugene gasser<br />
wrote almost a century ago, on<br />
april 22, 1923.<br />
grandpa gasser had immigrated<br />
to the united states from<br />
switzerland not long before that<br />
and was trying to homestead<br />
somewhere on beaver Creek,<br />
just below beaver rim, northwest<br />
of present-day sweetwater<br />
station.<br />
He spent that first winter on<br />
his new homestead with five<br />
horses, living in a sheep wagon.<br />
the letter home 98 years ago<br />
was written in german but<br />
translated by my mom’s cousin<br />
q Please see “Tucker,” page A-9
<strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong> Page A-9<br />
Sunday<br />
NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS<br />
QUIZ<br />
NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS<br />
by Knowledge unlimited<br />
What’s name of<br />
Academy Awardwinning<br />
director?<br />
1 . ..?.. made history as the first<br />
woman of color to win the Oscar<br />
for best Director; her movie<br />
“nomadland” also won for best<br />
Picture.<br />
Chloe Zhao<br />
regina King<br />
Dee rees<br />
lulu Wang<br />
2 . Derek Chauvin was found<br />
guilty on three counts in the<br />
killing of george floyd, the most<br />
serious of which was ..?.. murder.<br />
first-degree<br />
second-degree<br />
third-degree<br />
accidental<br />
3 . the u.s. House voted in<br />
favor of statehood for ..?.., but the<br />
measure is unlikely to pass in the<br />
senate.<br />
Puerto rico<br />
guam<br />
the Dominican republic<br />
Washington, D.C.<br />
4 . a number of countries are<br />
sending ventilators and other supplies<br />
to ..?.., a country devastated<br />
by a huge new surge in COVID-<br />
19 infections.<br />
Italy<br />
Pakistan<br />
south africa<br />
India<br />
5 . President biden officially<br />
recognized the massacre of<br />
armenians during WWI as a<br />
genocide, angering the government<br />
of ..?...<br />
Pakistan russia<br />
turkey Iran<br />
6 . former u.s. Vice President<br />
Walter mondale, who served<br />
under President ..?.., died at age<br />
93.<br />
gerald ford<br />
ronald reagan<br />
Jimmy Carter<br />
george H.W. bush<br />
7 . tV personality and former<br />
Olympic champion ..?..<br />
announced plans to run for governor<br />
of California.<br />
Caitlyn Jenner<br />
Carl lewis<br />
Jackie Joyner-Kersee<br />
mark spitz<br />
8 . President biden pledged to<br />
cut u.s. carbon emissions by at<br />
least half of 2005 levels by the<br />
year ..?...<br />
2025 2030<br />
2035 2050<br />
9 . Idriss Deby, the late president<br />
of ..?.., was killed while visiting<br />
frontline soldiers battling<br />
rebels in the northern part of the<br />
country.<br />
uganda<br />
republic of the Congo<br />
ghana<br />
Chad<br />
10 . actor, producer, and director<br />
..?.. won the Jean Hersholt<br />
Humanitarian award from the<br />
academy awards for his extensive<br />
philanthropic work.<br />
Denzel Washington<br />
tyler Perry<br />
spike lee<br />
barry Jenkins<br />
ANSWERS<br />
1. Chloe Zhao<br />
2. second-degree<br />
3. Washington, D.C.<br />
4. India<br />
5. turkey<br />
6. Jimmy Carter<br />
7. Caitlyn Jenner<br />
8. 2030<br />
9. Chad<br />
10. tyler Perry<br />
PUZZLE ANSWERS<br />
tucker<br />
ernst into english.<br />
mom often tells me I look like grandpa<br />
gasser, I talk like him, and when I sing, she<br />
says our voices were identical.<br />
eugene was 59 years old when I was born<br />
in 1956. I only knew him as an old man, but<br />
his strength was often recalled by my uncles.<br />
my uncle eugene, his oldest son, was a powerful<br />
man as well, a legend in the oil fields of<br />
midwest, in natrona County.<br />
my dad related a story when the sons and<br />
sons-in-law were messing around one day trying<br />
to lift a heavy pipe off a stack.<br />
gene, my dad, and my other uncles,<br />
ralph, Quentin and Chris, couldn’t budge it,<br />
but grandpa tested the weight, moved a bit,<br />
and then lifted it, to the amazement of the<br />
younger generation.<br />
I often think of what my grandfathers<br />
must have been as young men, without my<br />
mom and dad even a twinkle in the eye.<br />
back to the letter. It reveals a lonesome<br />
young man fighting the forces of nature in a<br />
hostile environment that a more empathetic<br />
spirit would never have placed him in.<br />
from april 1923: “for a couple of days, I<br />
have been in the forest to make posts for my<br />
own home place. from here to Hans it is a<br />
whole journey, about 10 miles. therefore I<br />
am living in a gypsy wagon for three or four<br />
weeks, not in a tent as I had written to mother.<br />
“unfortunately, I came into a blizzard yesterday,<br />
in a way you can see it only over here.<br />
today also, the weather hasn’t changed.<br />
“to get out of the wagon I have to dig first<br />
a tunnel through the snow, but frankly said, I<br />
have nothing to seek outdoors, and luckily I<br />
have enough wood and food for about 30<br />
days.<br />
“the wagon is good and has a very good<br />
stove. In spite of the storm, I like to live here.<br />
yes, the gypsy life is nicer than you think. for<br />
eight days I have not seen any human being,<br />
and I think it will be some 14 days until I<br />
will see the next.<br />
“sorry, here I have no ink, that’s the reason<br />
I am writing with a pencil. from here to the<br />
next farm it’s a distance like between Hallau<br />
and schaffhausen (about 10 miles) maybe<br />
there is a sheep camp with some thousand<br />
sheep in the near area.<br />
“then too, I’m learning cooking, step by<br />
step. yesterday, I had a misfortune with it. I<br />
wanted to cook beans, and since I like beans<br />
so much I thought for myself, ‘now, for this<br />
time I want plenty of them.’ for half measure,<br />
I filled the pan with bean kernel, but<br />
this pan was too small, and in a couple of<br />
hours I had two big pans full of bean soup. I<br />
knew that the beans expand, but I didn’t<br />
know they would expand like a just married<br />
wife.”<br />
that was my grandfather’s humor, and his<br />
outlook on life as a young, strong man living<br />
alone in one of the harshest environments in<br />
the continental united states.<br />
He passed away at age 75 in 1973, when I<br />
was 16.<br />
We shared a love of geography, history,<br />
Continued from page A-8<br />
agriculture, and a healthy respect for the natural<br />
world. He was suspicious of politicians,<br />
as I am, and he had many american Indian<br />
friends when it was looked down upon by<br />
many for white people to associate with the<br />
arapaho and shoshone people.<br />
When mom tells me we were very much<br />
alike, I take that as a compliment.<br />
the excerpt I reprinted here was just a<br />
snippet of a much longer letter home. When<br />
it was written, my grandmother, Clara Voch,<br />
was still two years from arriving in fremont<br />
County. my grandfather carved out a future<br />
for both of them when she finally arrived.<br />
Perhaps the most telltale connection to<br />
what once was in fremont County, and will<br />
never be again, is the post office he mailed<br />
the letter from.<br />
It was postmarked Hailey, fremont<br />
County Wyoming.<br />
Hailey was a brief settlement on the bottom<br />
of beaver rim, somewhere between<br />
sweetwater station and Hudson, big enough<br />
to have a post office, but not big enough to<br />
survive the tumultuous america of the 1930s.<br />
I often think of those days. a young man<br />
battling the elements with just a few horses,<br />
an ax, some hand tools, and his 1892 octangle<br />
barreled .44-.40 Winchester rifle.<br />
He passed almost half a century ago, but<br />
his influence on me remains. He was a man<br />
among men.<br />
---------<br />
Editor’s note: Staff writer Randy Tucker is a<br />
retired public school educator.<br />
Holiday Mathis<br />
YOUR HOROSCOPE<br />
ARIES (March 21-April 19).<br />
the relationship in which each<br />
person contributes to his or her<br />
own brand of marvelousness will<br />
produce a combined power that<br />
culminates in a pinata-esque<br />
explosion! sweetness scatters<br />
everywhere.<br />
TAURUS (April 20-<strong>May</strong> 20).<br />
It appears that someone took a<br />
big leap forward, when, in fact,<br />
this was just a series of small but<br />
consistent steps over time —<br />
doable for anyone with the tenacity.<br />
you are most certainly in the<br />
category.<br />
GEMINI (<strong>May</strong> 21-June 21). If<br />
you think you’ve experienced the<br />
full range of human emotion,<br />
don’t worry — there’s much more<br />
deliciousness to come. you won’t<br />
have to seek it, but moving deeper<br />
into areas you already enjoy will<br />
hasten your destiny.<br />
CANCER (June 22-July 22).<br />
your standards are high, and you<br />
give with great mindfulness.<br />
unless and until you get the feeling<br />
that you’re adding something<br />
to the project that your group<br />
would not have otherwise, you<br />
will not be satisfied.<br />
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Once<br />
your heart sets a quest in motion,<br />
it’s pretty difficult to stop the<br />
search. However, since things<br />
often show up when you’re not<br />
looking for them, you’ll benefit<br />
from a break and a distraction.<br />
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).<br />
you’re open to the magical, wonderful<br />
happenings, but you’re also<br />
aware of the stomach-churning<br />
risks involved. One won’t happen<br />
without the other, and most likely,<br />
the risk comes first.<br />
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).<br />
anger won’t stay with you long. It<br />
can’t. It’s too destructive to carry<br />
around. It’s a bomb you either<br />
have to throw or diffuse. the way<br />
to turn it off is to honestly ask<br />
yourself, “What has been lost?”<br />
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).<br />
thoughts are the seeds of a reality<br />
that’s as solid as the building<br />
you’re in. someone thought,<br />
“there should be a building<br />
here,” and now there is. there’s a<br />
thought you’ve had lately that<br />
someone will one day stand<br />
inside.<br />
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.<br />
21). you get to make the rules of<br />
this game. Whatever you want<br />
from the others, give it to whatever<br />
degree you are able. you’ll get<br />
the ball rolling with your example.<br />
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.<br />
19). Can a person cultivate more<br />
compassion, or is it mysteriously<br />
bestowed in fixed amounts that he<br />
or she can tap into and use or not<br />
use? Whatever the nature, your<br />
compassion will be fully activated<br />
today.<br />
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).<br />
Competition isn’t a good use of<br />
your energy today. even competing<br />
with yourself is pointless —<br />
not a fair game, since you’re never<br />
the same person two days in a<br />
row. show up and do your best<br />
and you’ve already won.<br />
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).<br />
your internal environment is<br />
worth addressing since it’s the<br />
temperature and lighting scheme<br />
you live in all day. give intentional<br />
thought to what would make<br />
you feel more comfortable.<br />
tHIs WeeK’s bIrtHDays.<br />
your love-hate relationship with<br />
self-regulation is about to change<br />
into all love. you’ll get into the<br />
swing of treating yourself so<br />
sweetly and nudging, nay, seducing<br />
( yourself into the habits that<br />
give you the life and look you<br />
want.<br />
you’ll leverage social vibes skillfully;<br />
relationships lend a leg up<br />
in the professional world and vice<br />
versa. leo and Cancer adore you.<br />
your lucky numbers are: 3, 40,<br />
11, 2 and 8.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE<br />
East Division W L Pct GB<br />
Philadelphia 13 14 .481 _<br />
Washington 11 12 .478 _<br />
new york 10 11 .476 _<br />
atlanta 12 15 .444 1<br />
miami 11 15 .423 1½<br />
Central Division W L Pct GB<br />
milwaukee 16 10 .615 _<br />
st. louis 15 12 .556 1½<br />
Cincinnati 12 14 .462 4<br />
Pittsburgh 12 14 .462 4<br />
Chicago 12 15 .444 4½<br />
West Division W L Pct GB<br />
san francisco 16 10 .615 _<br />
los angeles 16 11 .593 ½<br />
san Diego 15 12 .556 1½<br />
arizona 14 12 .538 2<br />
Colorado 9 17 .346 7<br />
All Times EDT<br />
Friday's Games<br />
st. louis 7, Pittsburgh 3<br />
Washington 2, miami 1, 10 innings<br />
Philadelphia 2, n.y. mets 1<br />
Cincinnati 8, Chicago Cubs 6<br />
milwaukee 3, l.a. Dodgers 1<br />
toronto 13, atlanta 5<br />
arizona 7, Colorado 2<br />
san Diego 3, san francisco 2<br />
Saturday's Games<br />
Washington 7, miami 2<br />
Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati 2<br />
n.y. mets 5, Philadelphia 4<br />
st. louis 12, Pittsburgh 5<br />
toronto 6, atlanta 5, 10 innings<br />
l.a. Dodgers at milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.<br />
Colorado at arizona, 8:10 p.m.<br />
san francisco at san Diego, 8:40 p.m.<br />
Sunday's Games<br />
miami (rogers 3-1) at Washington (scherzer 1-2),<br />
1:05 p.m.<br />
st. louis (martínez 1-4) at Pittsburgh (Crowe 0-<br />
0), 1:05 p.m.<br />
atlanta (anderson 2-0) at toronto (stripling 0-1),<br />
1:07 p.m.<br />
Chicago Cubs (Williams 2-2) at Cincinnati<br />
(mahle 1-1), 1:10 p.m.<br />
l.a. Dodgers (urías 3-0) at milwaukee (tbD),<br />
2:10 p.m.<br />
Colorado (gonzález 1-0) at arizona (Kelly 2-2),<br />
4:10 p.m.<br />
san francisco (gausman 1-0) at san Diego<br />
(musgrove 2-2), 4:10 p.m.<br />
n.y. mets (Peterson 1-3) at Philadelphia (eflin 1-<br />
1), 7:08 p.m.<br />
Monday's Games<br />
milwaukee at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.<br />
l.a. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs, 7:40 p.m.<br />
n.y. mets at st. louis, 7:45 p.m.<br />
san francisco at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.<br />
Pittsburgh at san Diego, 10:10 p.m.<br />
EASTERN CONFERENCE<br />
Atlantic Division W L Pct GB<br />
x-brooklyn 43 21 .672 —<br />
x-Philadelphia 42 21 .667 ½<br />
new york 35 28 .556 7½<br />
boston 34 30 .531 9<br />
toronto 26 37 .413 16½<br />
Southeast Division W L Pct GB<br />
atlanta 35 30 .538 —<br />
miami 34 30 .531 ½<br />
Charlotte 31 32 .492 3<br />
Washington 29 35 .453 5½<br />
Orlando 20 44 .313 14½<br />
Central Division W L Pct GB<br />
milwaukee 39 24 .619 —<br />
Indiana 30 33 .476 9<br />
Chicago 26 38 .406 13½<br />
Cleveland 21 43 .328 18½<br />
Detroit 19 45 .297 20½<br />
x-clinched playoff spot<br />
All Times EDT<br />
Friday's Games<br />
Philadelphia 126, atlanta 104<br />
Washington 122, Cleveland 93<br />
Portland 128, brooklyn 109<br />
memphis 92, Orlando 75<br />
boston 143, san antonio 140, Ot<br />
milwaukee 108, Chicago 98<br />
Phoenix 121, utah 100<br />
sacramento 110, l.a. lakers 106<br />
Saturday's Games<br />
Charlotte 107, Detroit 94<br />
golden state 113, Houston 87<br />
miami 124, Cleveland 107<br />
Indiana 152, Oklahoma City 95<br />
atlanta 108, Chicago 97<br />
Orlando 112, memphis 111<br />
new Orleans 140, minnesota 136, Ot<br />
Dallas 125, Washington 124<br />
Denver at l.a. Clippers, 10 p.m.<br />
toronto at utah, 10 p.m.<br />
Sunday's Games<br />
brooklyn at milwaukee, 3:30 p.m.<br />
Scoreboard<br />
Major league glance<br />
NBA glance<br />
East Division GP W L OTPts GF GA<br />
x-Pittsburgh 52 34 15 3 71 178 142<br />
x-Washington 51 32 14 5 69 175 152<br />
x-n.y. Islanders 51 31 15 5 67 143 114<br />
boston 50 30 14 6 66 150 123<br />
n.y. rangers 52 26 20 6 58 167 139<br />
Philadelphia 51 22 22 7 51 144 186<br />
new Jersey 51 17 27 7 41 136 178<br />
buffalo 52 13 32 7 33 126 185<br />
Central Division GP W L OTPts GF GA<br />
x-Carolina 51 34 10 7 75 166 121<br />
x-florida 53 34 14 5 73 175 148<br />
x-tampa bay 51 34 14 3 71 170 130<br />
nashville 52 28 22 2 58 142 146<br />
Dallas 51 21 17 13 55 140 133<br />
Chicago 51 22 23 6 50 146 167<br />
Detroit 53 18 26 9 45 117 162<br />
Columbus 52 16 25 11 43 123 172<br />
nOte: two points for a win, one point for<br />
overtime loss. the top four teams in each division<br />
will qualify for playoffs under this season's<br />
temporary realignment.<br />
x-clinched playoff spot<br />
y-clinched division<br />
All Times EDT<br />
Friday's Games<br />
montreal 5, Winnipeg 3<br />
Colorado 3, san Jose 0<br />
los angeles 2, anaheim 1<br />
arizona 3, Vegas 0<br />
Saturday's Games<br />
boston 6, buffalo 2<br />
Detroit 1, tampa bay 0, sO<br />
n.y. Islanders 3, n.y. rangers 0<br />
Carolina 2, Columbus 1, Ot<br />
new Jersey 4, Philadelphia 1<br />
toronto 5, Vancouver 1<br />
Pittsburgh 3, Washington 0<br />
montreal 3, Ottawa 2, Ot<br />
florida 5, Chicago 4<br />
minnesota 4, st. louis 3, Ot<br />
(All times Eastern)<br />
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts<br />
Sunday, <strong>May</strong> 2<br />
MLB BASEBALL<br />
1 p.m.<br />
mlbn — atlanta at toronto Or Detroit at<br />
ny yankees<br />
7 p.m.<br />
esPn — ny mets at Philadelphia<br />
NHL glance<br />
Sports on TV<br />
AMERICAN LEAGUE<br />
East Division W L Pct GB<br />
boston 17 11 .607 _<br />
toronto 13 12 .520 2½<br />
baltimore 13 14 .481 3½<br />
new york 13 14 .481 3½<br />
tampa bay 13 15 .464 4<br />
Central Division W L Pct GB<br />
Kansas City 16 9 .640 _<br />
Chicago 15 11 .577 1½<br />
Cleveland 12 13 .480 4<br />
minnesota 9 16 .360 7<br />
Detroit 8 20 .286 9½<br />
West Division W L Pct GB<br />
Oakland 16 12 .571 _<br />
Houston 15 12 .556 ½<br />
seattle 15 12 .556 ½<br />
los angeles 12 12 .500 2<br />
texas 12 16 .429 4<br />
All Times EDT<br />
Friday's Games<br />
n.y. yankees 10, Detroit 0<br />
Houston 9, tampa bay 2<br />
boston 6, texas 1<br />
toronto 13, atlanta 5<br />
Cleveland 5, Chicago White sox 3<br />
minnesota 9, Kansas City 1<br />
baltimore 3, Oakland 2<br />
seattle 7, l.a. angels 4<br />
Saturday's Games<br />
n.y. yankees 6, Detroit 4<br />
Kansas City 11, minnesota 3<br />
Houston 3, tampa bay 1<br />
Chicago White sox 7, Cleveland 3<br />
baltimore 8, Oakland 4<br />
texas 8, boston 6<br />
toronto 6, atlanta 5, 10 innings<br />
l.a. angels at seattle, 9:10 p.m.<br />
Sunday's Games<br />
Detroit (ureña 1-3) at n.y. yankees (Kluber 1-2),<br />
1:05 p.m.<br />
atlanta (anderson 2-0) at toronto (stripling 0-1),<br />
1:07 p.m.<br />
Houston (Javier 3-0) at tampa bay (Hill 1-1),<br />
1:10 p.m.<br />
Cleveland (Plesac 1-3) at Chicago White sox<br />
(giolito 1-2), 2:10 p.m.<br />
Kansas City (Keller 2-2) at minnesota (berríos 2-<br />
2), 2:10 p.m.<br />
boston (richards 1-2) at texas (foltynewicz 1-3),<br />
2:35 p.m.<br />
baltimore (Zimmermann 1-3) at Oakland<br />
(manaea 3-1), 4:07 p.m.<br />
l.a. angels (bundy 0-2) at seattle (sheffield 1-2),<br />
4:10 p.m.<br />
Monday's Games<br />
texas at minnesota, 7:40 p.m.<br />
Cleveland at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.<br />
tampa bay at l.a. angels, 9:38 p.m.<br />
toronto at Oakland, 9:40 p.m.<br />
baltimore at seattle, 10:10 p.m.<br />
WESTERN CONFERENCE<br />
Southwest Division W L Pct GB<br />
Dallas 36 27 .571 —<br />
memphis 32 31 .508 4<br />
san antonio 31 31 .500 4½<br />
new Orleans 29 35 .453 7½<br />
Houston 16 48 .250 20½<br />
Northwest Division W L Pct GB<br />
x-utah 45 18 .714 —<br />
Denver 42 21 .667 3<br />
Portland 35 28 .556 10<br />
Oklahoma City 21 43 .328 24½<br />
minnesota 20 45 .308 26<br />
Pacific Division W L Pct GB<br />
x-Phoenix 45 18 .714 —<br />
l.a. Clippers 43 21 .672 2½<br />
l.a. lakers 36 27 .571 9<br />
golden state 32 32 .500 13½<br />
sacramento 26 37 .413 19<br />
Portland at boston, 7:30 p.m.<br />
miami at Charlotte, 8 p.m.<br />
new york at Houston, 8 p.m.<br />
Philadelphia at san antonio, 8 p.m.<br />
Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.<br />
sacramento at Dallas, 8 p.m.<br />
toronto at l.a. lakers, 10 p.m.<br />
Monday's Games<br />
Indiana at Washington, 7 p.m.<br />
Orlando at Detroit, 7 p.m.<br />
golden state at new Orleans, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Portland at atlanta, 8 p.m.<br />
new york at memphis, 9 p.m.<br />
Philadelphia at Chicago, 9 p.m.<br />
Denver at l.a. lakers, 10 p.m.<br />
san antonio at utah, 10 p.m.<br />
Tuesday's Games<br />
Charlotte at Detroit, 7 p.m.<br />
Phoenix at Cleveland, 7 p.m.<br />
brooklyn at milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Dallas at miami, 8 p.m.<br />
golden state at new Orleans, 8 p.m.<br />
sacramento at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.<br />
toronto at l.a. Clippers, 10 p.m.<br />
West Division GP W L OTPts GF GA<br />
x-Vegas 49 35 12 2 72 165 108<br />
x-Colorado 49 33 12 4 70 171 120<br />
x-minnesota 50 32 14 4 68 162 135<br />
st. louis 49 23 19 7 53 147 154<br />
arizona 51 22 24 5 49 137 160<br />
san Jose 51 20 26 5 45 138 176<br />
los angeles 48 19 23 6 44 128 141<br />
anaheim 51 15 29 7 37 110 164<br />
North Division GP W L OTPts GF GA<br />
x-toronto 51 33 13 5 71 172 133<br />
edmonton 48 29 17 2 60 154 130<br />
Winnipeg 50 27 20 3 57 153 143<br />
montreal 50 23 18 9 55 145 145<br />
Calgary 49 22 24 3 47 131 140<br />
Ottawa 51 19 27 5 43 141 177<br />
Vancouver 45 19 23 3 41 119 147<br />
nashville 1, Dallas 0, Ot<br />
Colorado 4, san Jose 3<br />
Calgary at edmonton, 10 p.m.<br />
los angeles at anaheim, 10 p.m.<br />
Vegas at arizona, 10 p.m.<br />
Sunday's Games<br />
tampa bay at Detroit, 3 p.m.<br />
Monday's Games<br />
boston at new Jersey, 7 p.m.<br />
Chicago at Carolina, 7 p.m.<br />
Dallas at florida, 7 p.m.<br />
n.y. Islanders at buffalo, 7 p.m.<br />
nashville at Columbus, 7 p.m.<br />
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.<br />
toronto at montreal, 7 p.m.<br />
Washington at n.y. rangers, 7 p.m.<br />
Winnipeg at Ottawa, 7 p.m.<br />
anaheim at st. louis, 8 p.m.<br />
Vegas at minnesota, 8 p.m.<br />
edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m.<br />
los angeles at arizona, 10 p.m.<br />
Colorado at san Jose, 10:30 p.m.<br />
NBA BASKETBALL<br />
3:30 p.m.<br />
abC — brooklyn at milwaukee<br />
7:30 p.m.<br />
nbatV — Portland at boston<br />
NHL HOCKEY<br />
3 p.m.<br />
nbC — tampa bay at Detroit<br />
SPORTS<br />
Sunday<br />
<strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
RHS girls win 20-team Roy Peck meet<br />
lander tiger<br />
boys second<br />
By Randy Tucker<br />
Staff Writer<br />
the riverton High school girls<br />
defended their home track<br />
saturday with a strong first-place<br />
finish in a field of 20 teams at the<br />
annual roy Peck Invitational.<br />
lander’s boys placed a close second<br />
to mountain View on their<br />
side of the meet. the tiger girls<br />
were fourth.<br />
the riverton boys finished<br />
fourth.<br />
the lady Wolverines were<br />
paced by sprinter elena Pedrin<br />
with wins in both the 100- and<br />
200-meter dashes.<br />
riverton also won the 4x100-<br />
meter relay with anna Hutchison,<br />
annie Vincent and Jocelyn toso<br />
joining Pedrin. the winning time<br />
of 50.69 earned the quartet an<br />
automatic berth at the state track<br />
meet in Casper in three weeks.<br />
Pedrin and Vincent joined ella<br />
Judd and Ciarah Hall for a runnerup<br />
finish in the 4x400-meter relay.<br />
freshman phenom Kiana<br />
swann of shoshoni continued to<br />
drop her times in the 800- and<br />
1600-meter runs. the lady blue<br />
ninth-grader was boxed in on the<br />
first lap by a pair of rock springs<br />
runners but broke through the gap<br />
on the first curve of lap two in the<br />
800-meter run, sprinting the final<br />
300 meters for season best 2:24.03.<br />
lander’s relay unit of avery<br />
bever, avery Crane, Hazel<br />
Womack and marlee Jones won<br />
the sprint medley relay by three<br />
seconds over second-place Kemmerer.<br />
bever and Crane ran 200-<br />
meter legs, Womack the 400-meter<br />
leg, and Jones brought home the<br />
gold with a solid two laps in the<br />
800-meter anchor leg.<br />
mountain View brought an outstanding<br />
small-school team to the<br />
meet and won the boys division<br />
behind three first-place finishes by<br />
sprinter and jumper ashton<br />
schofield.<br />
He won the 100 meters in a<br />
close race over Western Heritage<br />
lutheran academy senior Kaden<br />
Dower of riverton, then ran away<br />
with the 200 after Dower false<br />
started. schofield also won the<br />
high jump with a leap of 6-5.<br />
mountain View scored 105<br />
points, with the lander boys a<br />
close second at 99.<br />
the tigers continued their<br />
dominance in the distance races.<br />
Kaleb simonson set a new personal<br />
best, cracking the 10-minute<br />
barrier in the 3200-meter run with<br />
an outstanding time of 9:53.87.<br />
sam Kistemann edged<br />
simonson in the 1600, winning<br />
the race over his teammate by .22<br />
second.<br />
In all, eight lander distance<br />
runners scored in the 800-, 1600-<br />
and 3200-meter runs.<br />
another barrier was broken by<br />
riverton senior rylan Koehn, who<br />
threw his personal best in the discus.<br />
the discus is the only event in<br />
track and field where a wind blowing<br />
into your face can be an advantage.<br />
the meet changed from a<br />
hot, sunny morning to a windy,<br />
cool afternoon, and Koehn played<br />
it perfectly, tossing the discus high<br />
into the air and catch some lift<br />
from headwind.<br />
His winning throw of 158-3<br />
shattered the 150 mark and flirted<br />
with 160 feet.<br />
most fremont County teams<br />
remain close to home next weekend<br />
competing either in thermopolis<br />
on friday or at the shane<br />
brock memorial meet in lander<br />
on saturday.<br />
Roy Peck Invitational<br />
Riverton<br />
<strong>May</strong> 1<br />
girls team scores: 1. riverton<br />
96, 2. rawlins 83, 3. mountain<br />
Lander pole vaulter Kyra Simonson cleared a height for the Lady Tigers early in Saturday’s Roy<br />
Peck Invitational track and field meet in Riverton.<br />
Photos by Randy Tucker<br />
View 81, 4. lander 74 ,5.<br />
evanston 72, 6. rock springs 53,<br />
7. saratoga 45, 8. Worland 43, 9.<br />
green river 40, 10. shoshoni /<br />
Kemmerer 22, 12. thermopolis<br />
15, 13. Wind river 11, 14 big<br />
Piney 9, 15. st. stephen’s 7, 16.<br />
Wyoming Indian 5, 17. Dubois<br />
4, 18. encampment/little snake<br />
river 3, 20 Western Heritage 1<br />
Event results<br />
100-meter Dash: 1. elena<br />
Pedrin, rIV 13.03, 2. anna<br />
Hutchison, rIV 13.50, 3. abigail<br />
gribowskas, lan 13.73, 4.<br />
Jocelyn toso, rIV 13.76, 7.<br />
avery bever, lan 13.95<br />
200-meter Dash: 1. elena<br />
Pedrin, rIV 27.17<br />
400-meter Dash: 1. eva<br />
nitschke, raW 1:01.72, 3. mina<br />
King, Wr 1:04.01, 4. abigail<br />
gribowskas, lan 1:04.18, 8.<br />
ellie Kaufman, lan 1:05.99<br />
800-meter run: 1. Kiana<br />
swann, sHO 2:24.03, 6. marlee<br />
Jones, lan 2:36.21<br />
1600-meter run:1. Kiana<br />
swann, sHO 5:33.24, 2. marlee<br />
Jones, lan 5:57.71, 46. bri<br />
rich, lan 6:03.20, 7. Kyra<br />
simonson, lan 6:11.60<br />
3200-meter run: 1. lilly<br />
Williams, eVn 12:31.33<br />
100-meter Hurdles: 1. eva<br />
nitschke, raW 15.57, 5. avery<br />
Crane, lan 17.59<br />
300-meter Hurdles: 1. eva<br />
nitschke, raW 47.37, 5. lily<br />
swanson, lan 50.07, 6. avery<br />
Crane, lan 50.45<br />
4x100-meter relay: 1.<br />
riverton 50.69, 7. Dubois 57.00,<br />
8. Wind river 57.31<br />
4x400-meter relay: 1.<br />
evanston 4:20.70, 2. riverton<br />
4:30.45, 3. lander 4:35.84<br />
4x800-meter relay:1. rawlins<br />
10:57.07, 4. Wyoming Indian<br />
12:13.95<br />
sprint medley relay: 1.<br />
lander 4:29.65, 5. riverton<br />
5:10.64, 7. shoshoni 5:38.15<br />
long Jump: 1. Whitney<br />
bennett, sar 16-7, 2. annie<br />
Vincent, rIV 16-5, 3. Jocelyn<br />
toso, rIV 16-1, 5. mina King,<br />
Wr 15-2, 6. lily swanson, lan<br />
15-1, 8. Kelsey Wilson, WHla<br />
14-10.5<br />
triple Jump: 1. Whitney<br />
bennett, sar 34-4, 3. anna<br />
Hutchison, rIV 32-0, 4. Ciarah<br />
Hall, rIV 30-3.5<br />
High Jump: 1. stacia barker,<br />
eVn 5-2, 3. asha reid, lan 5-<br />
0<br />
Pole Vault: 1. mylie micheli,<br />
mV 9-0, 7. maren baker, Dub<br />
7-0,<br />
shot Put: 1. Haylee rudy, mV<br />
36-9, 2. summeri bass, rIV 36-<br />
3.5<br />
Discus: 1. Kameron Wilson,<br />
rs 104-3, 3. anna Hutchison,<br />
rIV 98-5, 5. Jessica goggles, ss<br />
95-5, 7. summeri bass, rIV 93-<br />
11<br />
q Please see “Track,” page A-15<br />
Summeri Bass continued her strong throwing season for<br />
Riverton, finishing second in the shot put and seventh in the<br />
discus to pile up points for the Wolverines.<br />
Riverton sophomore Braden Vincent won his heat of the 200-<br />
meters Saturday afternoon, then placed seventh in the final.
<strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
CLASSIFIEDS<br />
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Call: 307-463-1999<br />
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5-95 Announcements<br />
20 Garage Sales<br />
IF YOU are afraid in your own home because<br />
of violence or abuse, let us help.<br />
You don’t need to be alone or silent any<br />
longer. The office of Family Violence and<br />
Sexual Assault offers free and confidential<br />
services. Rules for acceptance and particpation<br />
in the program are the same for<br />
veryone without regard to race, color, naional<br />
origin, age, sex or handicap. Please<br />
all 307-856-4734 or 307-332-7215, 24<br />
ours a day, 7 days a week. Collect calls<br />
ccepted.<br />
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40 Happenings<br />
ADULT CHILDREN of Alcoholics group<br />
eets on Wednesdays from 11am-1pm at<br />
he Methodist Church (basement side<br />
oor) located at 307 N. Main, Pavillion.<br />
07-856-1192 or 307-856-4979.<br />
AL-ANON MEETINGS are held every<br />
onday at 7pm and Thursdays at 12pm at<br />
St. James Episcopal Church, 519 East<br />
ark, Riverton.<br />
BORED? WANT SOME CHEAP ENTER-<br />
TAINMENT?<br />
Check out the Wind River Heritage Center,<br />
1075 S Federal Blvd., Riverton.<br />
Come see what our wildlife looks like close<br />
up and go back in time visiting<br />
our Wax Museum and horse-drawn farm<br />
quipment. A great way to spend a<br />
ouple hours. 5/person or $10/family. Open<br />
from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM<br />
Monday through Saturday.<br />
COME AND SHARE Conversation<br />
and Encouragement with others who<br />
understand the ups and downs as you<br />
adjust to life without your loved one.<br />
A Bereavement Support Group meets<br />
every Monday, 1:30-2:30pm, Alternating<br />
between Riverton and Lander Senior Centers.<br />
For More Information Call<br />
307-856-1206 or visit www.helpforhealthwy.org<br />
DO YOU have a Revolutionary PATRIOT<br />
in you family tree? Consider membership<br />
in the National Society Daughters of the<br />
American Revolution (NSDAR). For more<br />
information contact<br />
mblankenship@wyoming.com or<br />
cwmurray@wyoming.com<br />
DUBOIS AA is held at the Dubois Town<br />
Hall, 712 Meckem, Tuesdays and Thursdays<br />
at 6pm.<br />
DUPLICATE BRIDGE Club meets at the<br />
Reach Clubhouse Friday afternoons at<br />
12:30pm. Open to the public. Make sure to<br />
bring a Bridge partner. For more information<br />
call 307-856-6356.<br />
FREE CANCER PATIENT TRANSPORTA-<br />
TION. Fremont County Road to Recovery,<br />
offering Free Transportation for Cancer Patients<br />
to their Treatments at Rocky Mountain<br />
Oncology with hopes of expanding<br />
services. Road to Recovery is a support<br />
service through the American Cancer Society.<br />
We are also seeking VOLUNTEER<br />
Drivers. For more information call: 307-<br />
335-5366 or email grttch524@gmail.com.<br />
BOOK SALE<br />
Riverton Library Balcony<br />
Wednesday, <strong>May</strong> 5<br />
11a.m. - 3:00p.m.<br />
Hardcover = $1.00<br />
Paperback = 50 cents<br />
At Riverton Branch Librar y<br />
Find Your Happenings<br />
in the<br />
SUNDAY CLASSIFIEDS<br />
STRANGE BREW<br />
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<br />
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<br />
FRESH ACCEPTANCE AA<br />
The meeting schedule is:<br />
7:00am & 7pm - Tuesday, Friday<br />
7:00am - Thursday<br />
10:00am - Saturday<br />
7:00pm - Sunday<br />
118 1/2 North 5th street, Riverton, WY<br />
(Brown House) Contact Phone: 307-350-<br />
2164<br />
Zoom Meetings:<br />
7:00 am - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday,<br />
Friday<br />
7:00 pm - Sunday<br />
Zoom Address:<br />
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FRESH AIR AA Group meets at St. James<br />
Episcopal Church, 519 East Park, Riverton,<br />
Sun., Tues., & Thurs., 7pm. Call 307-<br />
851-4839 for more information.<br />
LEGAL AID of Wyoming, Inc. Legal Assistance<br />
for domestic violence victims. 9 a.m.-<br />
4 p.m., Monday – Friday. Legal advice hotline:<br />
877-432-9955.<br />
MEETING OF THE RIVERTON FLIGHT<br />
OF THE YELLOWSTONE REGIONAL<br />
COMPOSITE SQUADRON OF THE CIVIL<br />
AIR PATROL.<br />
Meeting will be 1st, 2nd, and 3rd<br />
Thursday at VFW Post 954, Lander and<br />
3rd Thursday at Grace Reformed Fellowship,<br />
545 East Main Street, Lander.<br />
Time will continue to be 5:30pm for all<br />
meetings<br />
Members of the Civil Air Patrol and interested<br />
members of the public may attend to<br />
learn about volunteering in the Civil Air Patrol<br />
to train to fulfill its three congressionally<br />
chartered core missions: Emergency Services,<br />
Aerospace Education, Cadet Programs.<br />
Contact Information: Capt Karl<br />
Falken, CAP, (307) 850-8573 /<br />
winderver.cc@wywg.cap.gov<br />
MONDAYS:<br />
Bereavement Support Group meets from<br />
1:30 to 2:30 p.m. every Monday alternating<br />
between Riverton and Lander senior centers.<br />
For More Information Call 307-856-<br />
1206 or visit www.helpforhealthwy.org.<br />
AL-ANON MEETINGS are held at 7 p.m.<br />
every Monday at St. James Episcopal<br />
Church, 519 E. Park, Riverton.<br />
LANDER NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS<br />
meets at 7 p.m. Mondays at the Trinity<br />
Episcopal Church, 860 S. Third St.<br />
RED PATH AA Meetings take place at 7<br />
p.m. Mondays at St. Stephen’s Mission,<br />
134 Mission Rd.<br />
Free veteran acupuncture 10 a.m. to noon<br />
the first Monday of every month. Walk-in<br />
basis. Located at the Soldiers House 1201<br />
E. Jackson Ave, Riverton.<br />
TUESDAYS:<br />
ALL ARTISTS ARE WELCOME to come to<br />
the Lander Artists Guild meetings held at<br />
noon on the second Tuesday of every<br />
month at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 830<br />
S. Third St., Lander. Open painting 10 a.m.<br />
- 2 p.m., bring a sack lunch. For more information<br />
call Ella McDonell at 349-9689<br />
or Ellen Gartner at 332-5729.<br />
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Parkinson’s Exercise Group meets every<br />
Tuesday at the senior center at 1-2 p.m.<br />
For more information, contact Marjane Ambler<br />
at 307 332-3732 or the senior center<br />
at 332-2746.<br />
DUBOIS AA held at 6 p.m. Tuesdays,<br />
Dubois Town Hall, 712 Meekem Rd.<br />
SMALL GROUP SERENDIPITY BIBLE<br />
STUDY, FREE, at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday.<br />
A study for everyone. Seventh-Day<br />
Maranatha Church, 163 S. Fifth St., Lander.<br />
AMERICAN LEGION POST 33 will meet at<br />
7:00pm, the third Tuesday of each month<br />
at the VFW Hall. Contact Mark Keiser at<br />
307-360-3228 for more information.<br />
Free veteran healing touch sessions the<br />
first Tuesday of every month at the Soldiers<br />
House 1201 E. Jackson Ave. Riverton,<br />
WY. Please call Nancy Sehnert to<br />
schedule a 30 minute appointment 850-<br />
6208.<br />
ALL ARTISTS ARE WELCOME to come to<br />
the Lander Artists Guild meetings held at<br />
noon on the second Tuesday of every<br />
month at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 830<br />
S. Third St., Lander. Open painting 10 a.m.<br />
- 2 p.m., bring a sack lunch. For more information<br />
call Ella McDonell at 349-9689<br />
or Ellen Gartner at 332-5729.<br />
WEDNESDAYS:<br />
LANDER ROTARY CLUB MEETING: held<br />
at noon every Wednesday at the Oxbow<br />
Restaurant. Call 332-2749 for information.<br />
Visitors welcome.<br />
Open Studio, 6 p.m. Lander Art Center.<br />
LIONS CLUB MEETING held at 6:30 p.m.<br />
on the First and Third Wednesday of every<br />
month at the Oxbow Restaurant, Lander.<br />
332-7164 or 332-5578.<br />
RED PATH AA Meetings take place at 7<br />
p.m. Wednesdays at St. Stephen’s Mission,<br />
134 Mission Rd.<br />
THURSDAYS:<br />
T.O.P.S. 9-10:30 a.m. Thursdays, Two Sisters<br />
Bed and Breakfast, 786 S. Third St.,<br />
Lander. Call Dianna 438-0209.<br />
AL-ANON MEETINGS are held at noon on<br />
Thursdays at St. James Episcopal Church,<br />
519 E. Park, Riverton.<br />
Parkinson’s Exercise Group meets every<br />
Thursday at the senior center at 1-2 p.m.<br />
For more information, contact Marjane Ambler<br />
at 307 332-3732 or the senior center<br />
at 332-2746<br />
THE PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP<br />
The Fremont County Parkinson’s Support<br />
Group meets at 2 p.m. the first Thursday<br />
of every month at the Lander Senior Center.<br />
For more information, contact Marjane<br />
Ambler at 307 332-3732 or the senior center<br />
at 332-2746<br />
DUBOIS AA held at 6 p.m. Thursdays,<br />
Dubois Town Hall, 712 Meekem Rd.<br />
FREMONT COUNTY ATV Association<br />
meets the first Thursday of every month at<br />
7:00 p.m. Jan/Mar/<strong>May</strong>/July/Sept/Nov at<br />
the commissioners meeting room in the<br />
courthouse in Lander. Feb/April/ June/Oct<br />
at the High Plains Power building at 1775<br />
E. Monroe in Riverton. (August-picnic) (December-Christmas<br />
party) Find us on facebook<br />
LANDER NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS<br />
meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays at the Trinity<br />
Episcopal Church, 860 S. Third St.<br />
ACOA: 7-8 p.m., Thursdays 885 Clinchard<br />
St. Contact 349-1890.<br />
NEW BEGINNINGS AA meetings are held<br />
at 5:30pm daily at 118½ North 5th Street<br />
East, Riverton.<br />
PLEASE JOIN THE C & K VOLUNTEERS<br />
knit and crochet for various programs.<br />
Meetings are 2nd & 4th Mon. at 1pm, For<br />
more information and NEW location please<br />
call contact Roni at 307-856-6664. Yarn<br />
available and donations still Welcome!<br />
RED PATH AA meetings take place at St.<br />
Stephen’s Mission, 134 Mission Road,<br />
Mon. & Wed. at 7pm, Sat. at 11am and<br />
Sun., 8am.<br />
RIVERTON ARTISTS GUILD holds its<br />
weekly painting sessions at the Fremont<br />
County Fairgrounds Heritage Hall Bldg.<br />
Wed. from 10-2pm with constructive critique<br />
feedback at the end of every session.<br />
Come and join us. All media and subject<br />
matter are welcome.<br />
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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME<br />
By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek<br />
Now arrange the circled letters<br />
to form the surprise answer, as<br />
suggested by the above cartoon.<br />
(Answers tomorrow)<br />
Jumbles: GROWL THUMP EYEFUL ABOUND<br />
Answer: <br />
was done, and they liked it — A “HOLE” LOT<br />
RIVERTON COMMUNITY FOOD BANK<br />
Call for appointment. Donations welcomed.<br />
20 Gardens North Drive, Riverton. 307-<br />
463-0141<br />
RIVERTON MUSEUM<br />
Wednesday, <strong>May</strong> 5, 6pm, Historic Preservation<br />
in Riverton: Riverton Museum<br />
Speaker Series, Free.<br />
Join the Fremont County Historic Preservation<br />
Commission at the Riverton Museum<br />
in the presentation of the history<br />
and stories about some of the most important<br />
and recognizable buildings and<br />
homes in Riverton and some of the<br />
preservation efforts being made to protect<br />
these buildings.<br />
This event can be attended in person at<br />
the Riverton Museum or virtually. If you<br />
are interested in attending the presentation<br />
virtually, please call the museum at<br />
(307)856-2665 to get the Zoom link. Admission<br />
is free<br />
T.O.P.S. TAKE Off Pounds Sensibly.<br />
Thursday, 9 am, Lander Sr. Center, 205<br />
S. 10th Street Lander, contact Dianna<br />
McIntosh Call 307-438-0209<br />
THE ANONYMOUS AA Group meetings<br />
are held Mon. and Fri. at 7pm at the Pavillion<br />
Community Church, 311 N. Main. Contact<br />
number: 307-856-7635.<br />
THE SOLDIERS PROJECT -WYOMING<br />
CHAPTER PHONE LINE is NOT an emergency<br />
line. All veterans and their loved<br />
ones, there is FREE confidential mental<br />
health care available. Call and leave a<br />
message. Your call is typically answered<br />
within 48 hours. 307-856-1244<br />
THE SOLDIERS PROJECT -WYOMING<br />
CHAPTER PHONE LINE is NOT an emergency<br />
line. All veterans and their loved<br />
ones, there is FREE confidential mental<br />
health care available. Call and leave a<br />
message. Your call is typically answered<br />
within 48 hours. 307-856-1244<br />
WELCOME HOME: Please contact one of<br />
the Veterans Honor Guard concerning any<br />
Military Personnel returning from an area<br />
of conflict so we can give them a Welcome<br />
Home. Contact: Pat Lawson 307-851-7400<br />
or Jim Arndt 307-851-3763.<br />
WIND RIVER FLYWHEELERS<br />
The 25th Wind River Flywheeler Antique<br />
Engine and Tractor Show will be at the<br />
Park at the East side of Shoshoni,<br />
Wyoming on June 12 th & 13 th -<br />
FREE! The Tractor Drive is at 10 am both<br />
Saturday and Sunday, and a Tractor pull<br />
(1:30pm). There will be craft vendors, engines<br />
and tractors, a 1913 50 hp Case<br />
Steam Engine will steam corn at 11 am<br />
and 2pm. For kids there is a Barrel Train,<br />
Pedal Tractors and a Sand Box. Food<br />
vendors and music (Pack in the Mail) will<br />
be available for lunch, including Dutch<br />
oven cooking. At 1:00<br />
pm, the Flywheelers will be AUCTIONING<br />
off, John Deere quilts, and other items.<br />
Contacts: Carlta Witthar at 856-1164 or e-<br />
mail: cmaule@wyoming.com. Vendors -<br />
call Cindy<br />
Leonhardt at 856-6804.<br />
WIND RIVER FLYWHEELERS<br />
The 25th Wind River Flywheeler Antique<br />
Engine and Tractor Show will be at the<br />
Park at the East side of Shoshoni,<br />
Wyoming on June 12 th & 13 th -<br />
FREE! The Tractor Drive is at 10 am both<br />
Saturday and Sunday, and a Tractor pull<br />
(1:30pm). There will be craft vendors, engines<br />
and tractors, a 1913 50 hp Case<br />
Steam Engine will steam corn at 11 am<br />
and 2pm. For kids there is a Barrel Train,<br />
Pedal Tractors and a Sand Box. Food<br />
vendors and music (Pack in the Mail) will<br />
be available for lunch, including Dutch<br />
oven cooking. At 1:00<br />
pm, the Flywheelers will be AUCTIONING<br />
off, John Deere quilts, and other items.<br />
Contacts: Carlta Witthar at 856-1164 or e-<br />
mail: cmaule@wyoming.com. Vendors -<br />
call Cindy<br />
Leonhardt at 856-6804.<br />
WYOMING STAR QUILT GUILD Meets at<br />
7pm on the First Monday of each Month at<br />
the Stitching Corral , 826 West Main<br />
Street. Guests are Welcome. For More Information<br />
ca Vicki at 851-8172 or<br />
Donnabelle at 856-5891.<br />
45 Public Notices<br />
CLASSIFIED ERRORS: Please check<br />
your classified ad. This newspaper will accept<br />
responsibility for errors on the first day<br />
of publication only. Call us immediately at<br />
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95 Services Offered<br />
CLEANING HOUSES<br />
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weekly and every other week<br />
All Cleansers and Tools Supplied.<br />
Experience & References.<br />
Riverton only please. (307) 240-7338.<br />
ERIC RAYMOND - OWNER<br />
RESIDENTIAL, MODULAR<br />
MANUFACTURED.<br />
Heating, A/C, Duct Work, Repair Service,<br />
Air Quality Control.<br />
520 East Main Street, Riverton.<br />
24 Hour Service<br />
307-856-2888<br />
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GOT A Rock Chip<br />
or a Cracked Windshield?<br />
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Small Engine Service Offered.<br />
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307-855-7000<br />
Total Pest Control, Pet Friendly,<br />
FREE Estimates<br />
Wyoming Insured and Licensed<br />
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Locally Owned & Operated<br />
Riverton, Wyoming<br />
240-295<br />
Lawn/Farm/Ranch<br />
250 Hay/Grain/Feed<br />
PRE-INOCULATED CERTIFIED Alfalfa<br />
seed. Vernema, Perry, Wrangler, TV<br />
Blend, and Surpass. $3.25/lb. call<br />
Richard Haun @ 307-856-5748 or 307-<br />
851-9830.<br />
295 Livestock<br />
BLACK ANGUS BULLS, For Sale. Yearlings<br />
and Two’s. We Select for Fertility,<br />
Mothering Ability, and Growth. Reasonably<br />
priced. Call Shippen Angus at: 307-856-<br />
7531 or 307-858-2440<br />
BLACK ANGUS BULLS, For Sale. Yearlings<br />
and Two’s. We Select for Fertility,<br />
Mothering Ability, and Growth. Reasonably<br />
priced. Call Shippen Angus at: 307-856-<br />
7531 or 307-858-4220<br />
300-370 Real Estate<br />
Rentals<br />
301 General Real Estate Rentals<br />
EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY. All<br />
real estate advertising in this newspaper is<br />
subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act,<br />
which makes it illegal to advertise any preference,<br />
limitation or discrimination based<br />
on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial<br />
status or national origin, or intention<br />
to make any such preferences, limitations<br />
or discrimination. Familial status includes<br />
children under that age of 18 living with<br />
parents or legal custodians, and pregnant<br />
women and people securing custody of<br />
children under 18. This newspaper will not<br />
knowingly accept any advertising for real<br />
estate which is in violation of the law. Our<br />
readers are hereby informed that all<br />
dwellings advertised in this paper are available<br />
on an equal opportunity basis. To report<br />
discrimination call Wyoming Fair<br />
Housing at Wyoming Relay (Voice) 1-800-<br />
877-9975 or call HUD toll free at 1-800-<br />
669-9777.<br />
315 Apts. Unfurnished<br />
<br />
DILLON VISTA APTS: Spacious 1 and<br />
2BR available, on-site laundry facilities.<br />
Pet Friendly. Multiple Lease Options Available.<br />
First month plus $500 security. Call<br />
for apt. (307) 332-2050.<br />
315 Apts. Unfurnished<br />
FREE 1/2<br />
MONTH RENT<br />
(With 1 Year Lease)<br />
Short Term Leases Available<br />
ALL UTILITIES PAID!<br />
PET FRIENDLY!<br />
Riverton Manor<br />
Apartments<br />
820 North 1st St. • Riverton<br />
307-856-3514<br />
riverton@spartan-mgmt.com<br />
1 BR $670<br />
2 BR $770<br />
(CHA Vouchers<br />
Accepted)<br />
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For those 62 and older or<br />
disabled regardless of age. <br />
Rent based on income and<br />
subsidized by Rural Development.<br />
Community room, elevator,<br />
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security building, beauty shop,<br />
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exercise <br />
room, <br />
two <br />
laundries <br />
on<br />
each floor, full fire sprinkler <br />
system, inside mail room.<br />
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This is a smoke-free property.<br />
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2220 Rose Lane<br />
Riverton, WY 82501<br />
(307) 856-6068<br />
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340 Mobile Homes for Rent<br />
MOBLE HOME IN country 10 miles from<br />
town, No pets, All electric, References<br />
needed. 307-857-7058<br />
375-410 Employment<br />
385 Help Wanted<br />
FREMONT COUNTY SCHOOL DIS-<br />
TRICT NO. 25, RIVERTON, WYOMING.<br />
Positions open for <strong>2021</strong>-22 School Year.<br />
Certified: Elementary Music<br />
Teacher Grades K, 1, 2 and 3; Science<br />
and Math Teacher (both endorsements,<br />
preferred) for High School; Math Teacher<br />
– 7th Grade at Middle School; Transition<br />
Home to School Liaison; Learning Resource<br />
SPED Teacher for Kindergarten;<br />
Academic Intervention Teachers (MTSS<br />
Tier 3 Interventions). Six positions available:<br />
Elementary Math or Reading, Middle<br />
School Math or Reading, High School<br />
Math or Reading, K-5 full-time Elementary<br />
Teacher for Spur Virtual Academy<br />
(onsite position). Applications are received<br />
electronically, and job descriptions<br />
are located<br />
at: https://www.applitrack.com/fremontcountysd/onlineapp/.<br />
Fremont County<br />
School District #25 is an Equal Opportunity<br />
Employer.<br />
See HELP<br />
WANTED at<br />
the Top of the<br />
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385 Help Wanted<br />
FREMONT COUNTY SCHOOL DIS-<br />
RICT NO. 25, RIVERTON, WYOMING.<br />
Positions open for <strong>2021</strong>-22 School Year.<br />
Certified: Elementary Music<br />
Teacher Grades K, 1, 2 and 3; Science<br />
and Math Teacher (both<br />
endorsements, preferred) for High<br />
School; Math Teacher – 7th Grade at<br />
Middle School; Transition Home to<br />
School Liaison; Learning Resource SPED<br />
Teacher for Kindergarten; Academic Intervention<br />
Teachers (MTSS Tier 3 Interventions).<br />
Six positions available: Elementary<br />
Math or Reading,<br />
Middle School Math or Reading, High<br />
School Math or Reading, K-5<br />
full-time Elementary Teacher for Spur Virtual<br />
Academy (onsite position). Applications<br />
are received electronically and<br />
job descriptions are located at:<br />
https://www.applitrack.com/fremontcountysd/onlineapp/<br />
Fremont County School District #25 is an<br />
Equal Opportunity Employer.<br />
Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with<br />
several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers<br />
1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column<br />
and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once.<br />
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investigate every phase of investment opportunities.<br />
We suggest you consult your<br />
own attorney, and ask for a free pamphlet<br />
or for free further information from the company<br />
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VACANCY NOTICE<br />
Fremont County School District #21<br />
Fort Washakie, Wyoming<br />
<strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
will be accepting applications for the following position:<br />
Substitute Custodians<br />
Qualifications for Custodian:<br />
• High School Diploma or GED<br />
Open until filled. Send letter of application,<br />
resume and a Classified application to:<br />
Human Resources<br />
Fremont County School District #21<br />
90 Ethete Road<br />
Fort Washakie, WY 82514<br />
Email to: supersecty@fortwashakieschool.com<br />
dsmith@fortwashakieschooL.com<br />
Applications may be obtained at the District Office,<br />
on our web site: www.fortwashakieschool.com<br />
or by calling (307) 332-5983<br />
Fremont County School District #14<br />
638 Blue Sky Highway<br />
Ethete, Wyoming 82520<br />
Fremont County School District #14 will be accepting<br />
applications for the following positions:<br />
• Deaf and Hard of<br />
Hearing Teacher<br />
• Substitute Teachers<br />
($165/day Substitute Permit;<br />
$200/day Certified Teacher)<br />
• Substitute Bus Drivers<br />
Fremont County School District #21<br />
Fort Washakie, Wyoming<br />
VACANCY NOTICE<br />
Now accepting applications for the following position:<br />
Middle School PE/Health Teacher<br />
To close at 4:00 p.m. on <strong>May</strong> 14, <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Qualifications: Teacher certificate<br />
Send letter of application, resume and a Certified<br />
application to: Human Resources<br />
Fremont County School District #21<br />
90 Ethete Road Fort Washakie, WY 82514<br />
supersecty@fortwashakieschool.com<br />
dsmith@fortwashakieschool.com<br />
Applications may be obtained at the District Office,<br />
on our web site: www.fortwashakieschool.com<br />
or by calling (307) 332-5983.<br />
• Substitute Cooks<br />
Interested applicants should complete the electronic application posted on the<br />
Fremont County School District #14 website at<br />
www.wyomingindianschools.com.<br />
Be prepared to submit a current vitae, certification papers, copies of transcripts<br />
and 3 letters of recommendation. Current applications<br />
may be renewed if less than one year old.<br />
Paper applications for classified positions can be picked up at the district office.<br />
Unless otherwise noted, these positions are for the 2020-<strong>2021</strong> school year.<br />
Please direct all applications and inquiries regarding<br />
these opportunities to<br />
Robin Vail at:<br />
Fremont County School District #14<br />
638 Blue Sky Highway<br />
Ethete, Wyoming 82520<br />
(307) 332-3904 ext. 1176<br />
FAX (307) 332-7567<br />
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IN THE SUNDAY<br />
CLASSIFIEDS<br />
(307) 463-1999
<strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
385 Help Wanted 385 Help Wanted<br />
Sunday<br />
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STATE OF WYOMING ) IN THE DISTRICT COURT<br />
) SS.<br />
COUNTY OF FREMONT ) NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT<br />
The<br />
Page A-13<br />
Riverton and Lander Opportunities<br />
• EVS/Custodian<br />
•Cook<br />
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415-470 Merchandise<br />
420 Miscellaneous<br />
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FREE LeafFilter estimate today. 15% off<br />
Entire Purchase. 10% Senior & Military<br />
Discounts. Call 1-888-989-2246.<br />
468 Want to Buy/Trade<br />
MIKE COLLECTS MUSIC RECORDS.<br />
all 307-851-4118<br />
475-540 Recreation<br />
479 General Recreation<br />
FREE to giveaway, a jumpseat for an<br />
UTV for a side by side. Is equipped with<br />
seatbelts. CALL 307-856-9826<br />
Everybody’s<br />
Talkin’ About<br />
the Classified<br />
Bargains!<br />
Check ‘Em<br />
Out!<br />
THE SUNDAY<br />
CLASSIFIEDS<br />
CALL<br />
463-1999<br />
Public Notices<br />
NORTHERN ARAPAHO TRIBE<br />
Arapahoe Water Supply L-III Tank and Transmission Main and Casino Loop<br />
Project – Casino Loop Phase<br />
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS<br />
Sealed Bids for the construction of Arapahoe Water Supply L-III Tank and Transmission<br />
Main and Casino Loop Project – Casino Loop Phase will be received by<br />
the Northern Arapaho Tribe, C/O Jola Wallowingbull, Tribal Engineering Department,<br />
located at 501A Ethete Road, Ethete, WY 82520, until 3:00 PM local time on <strong>May</strong> 27th,<br />
<strong>2021</strong>, at which time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read. The bid opening<br />
will be held remotely only using WebEx virtual meeting software. Webex meetings can<br />
be accessed either by phone or through most common web browsers via an emailed<br />
link. Bidders who want to access the bid opening can emai paden.anderson@hdrinc.com.<br />
The project consists of installing approximately 4500 LF of 10 IN waterline, and an<br />
pproximately 480 LF bore under the Little Wind River. The project is located in the<br />
ommunity of Arapahoe, WY. Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. Bids<br />
shall be on firm unit and lump sum price basis for the respective bid items as indicated<br />
in the Bid Form. Unit prices and estimated quantities are solely for the purpose of comaring<br />
bids.<br />
Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. Bids shall be on a firm unit price<br />
asis, with additive alternate bid items as indicated in the Bid Form. Unit prices and<br />
stimated quantities are solely for the purpose of comparing bids.<br />
The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is HDR Engineering Inc., P.O. Box 467,<br />
25 Main Street, Lander, Wyoming 82520. Phone: 307-228-6060. Prospective Bidders<br />
ay examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office on Mondays through Fridays<br />
etween the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm, and may obtain copies of the Bidding Docments<br />
from the Issuing Office as described below.<br />
A PDF of the Contract Documents may be obtained, for a non-refundable deposit of<br />
20.00, from the Quest CDN website at http://www.hdrinc.com/WYbids. Bidders are<br />
required to be registered on the Quest CDN website to receive updates and addenda.<br />
Bidding Documents also may be examined at the following locations:<br />
1. HDR Engineering, Inc.<br />
325 Main Street, Lander, WY 82520<br />
2. Northern Arapaho Tribal Engineering Department<br />
501A Ethete Road, WY 82520<br />
3. Regional Bid Centers<br />
Printed copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing Office,<br />
during the hours indicated above, upon payment of $200.00 for each set. Partial sets<br />
of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor<br />
Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda<br />
if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office.<br />
A pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00 AM local time on <strong>May</strong> 11th, <strong>2021</strong> at the<br />
HDR office in Lander. Space is limited so please limit the amount of attendees per organization.<br />
The pre-bid conference will also be held remotely using Webex software.<br />
Webex meetings can be accessed either by phone or through most common web<br />
browsers via an emailed link. Bidders who want to access the bid opening can email<br />
aden.anderson@hdrinc.com. Attendance at the pre-bid conference is highly encouraged<br />
but is not mandatory.<br />
Bid security shall be furnished in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.<br />
Qualified Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) are encouraged to submit bids<br />
on this project. Bidders that use a subcontractor(s)/supplier(s) are required to make a<br />
good faith effort at soliciting DBE subcontractor/supplier participation. Bidders shall submit<br />
the required DBE Good Faith Effort Documentation form and other related forms<br />
with their bids.<br />
Pursuant to W.S. 16-6-106, “preference is hereby given to materials, supplies, agricultural<br />
products, equipment, machinery and provisions produced, manufactured or<br />
grown in Wyoming, or supplied by a resident of the state, quality being equal to articles<br />
offered by the competitors outside of the state.”<br />
The Northern Arapaho Tribe reserves the right to waive irregularities and to reject bids<br />
Section 746 of Title VII of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (Division A -<br />
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies<br />
Appropriations Act, 2017) and subsequent statutes mandating domestic preference applies<br />
an American Iron and Steel requirement to this project. All listed iron and steel<br />
products used in this project must be produced in the United States. The term “iron and<br />
steel products” means the following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or<br />
unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks,<br />
flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete,<br />
and construction materials. There are currently no deminimis and minor component<br />
project waivers in place for any portions of this project.<br />
OWNER: Northern Arapaho Tribe<br />
By: Jola Wallowingbull Date: 4/26/<strong>2021</strong><br />
itle: Northern Arapaho Tribal Engineering Department Director<br />
UB: The Ranger and Lander Journal<br />
<strong>May</strong> 2, 9, 16 and 23, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Send legal advertising to Kim Draper<br />
legals@wyoming.com<br />
IN THE MATTER OF THE )<br />
CHANGE OF NAME OF ) Civil Action Case No. 43053<br />
Tasha Lenee Reeves, )<br />
Petitioner. )<br />
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION<br />
You are hereby notified that a Petition For Change of Name, Civil Action No. 43053,<br />
has been filed on behalf of Tasha Lenee Reeves in the Wyoming District Court for the<br />
9th Judicial District, whose address is P.O. Box 370, Lander, WY 82520, the object and<br />
prayer of which is to change the name of the above-named person from Tasha Lenee<br />
Reeves to Tasha Lenee Messenger.<br />
Any objection must be filed with the District Court within 30 days following the last<br />
date of publication of this notice, or an Order Granting Name Change may be granted<br />
without further notice.<br />
DATED this 2nd day of April, <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
PUB: The Ranger<br />
April 11, 18, 25 and <strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF FREMONT COUNTY, WYOMING<br />
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT<br />
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE )<br />
OF: )<br />
FLORENCE MARGARET COX, )<br />
Deceased. ) Probate No. 12692<br />
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR DECREE OF SUMMARY DISTRIBUTION<br />
TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN SAID ESTATE:<br />
You are hereby notified that on the 15th day of April, <strong>2021</strong>, ALLYSON ULRICH applied<br />
for issuance of a summary decree of distribution pursuant to the provisions of Wyo.<br />
Stat. Ann. § 2-1-205, claiming she is entitled to receive distribution of all of the Decedent’s<br />
right, title, and interest to real and personal property as follows:<br />
REAL PROPERTY:<br />
ESTIMATED VALUE<br />
i. 565 Cedar Street, Lander, WY 82520, $198,200. 00<br />
(½ interest as joint owner with Allyson Ulrich)<br />
LEGAL DESCRIPTION:<br />
Lot 6, Block 2, Chevy Chase Addition to the City of Lander,<br />
Fremont County, Wyoming.<br />
OUTSTANDING LIENS:<br />
ESTIMATED VALUE<br />
i. Medicaid Lien $333,764.54<br />
BY CLERK OF COURT:<br />
Kristi H. Green<br />
Clerk of District Court<br />
All persons interested in this estate shall file their objections to entry of a summary<br />
decree of distribution in this matter at by the 25th of <strong>May</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>, in the Fremont County<br />
Courthouse, Lander, Wyoming, or, the Court may enter its decree distributing the foregoing<br />
real property to the Applicant.<br />
DATED this 22nd day of April, <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Adam E. Phillips WSB# 6-4231<br />
Attorney for the Applicant<br />
260 Lincoln St.<br />
Lander, WY 82520<br />
(307) 332-2034<br />
Fax: (307) 335-3269<br />
PUB: The Ranger<br />
April 25 and <strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Shoshone Utility Organization<br />
Fort Washakie Transmission Main Project<br />
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS<br />
Sealed Bids for the construction of Fort Washakie Transmission Main Project will be<br />
received by the Shoshone Utility Organization located at 27 N Fork Road, Fort<br />
Washakie, WY 82514, until 3:00 PM local time on <strong>May</strong> 12, <strong>2021</strong> at which time the Bids<br />
received will be publicly opened and read. The project consists of construction of approximately<br />
9,300 lineal feet of water main, exploratory excavation, and reconnection<br />
of water mains and water services due to abandonment of a parallel main.<br />
Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. Bids shall be on firm unit and lump<br />
sum price basis for the respective bid items as indicated in the Bid Form. Unit prices<br />
and estimated quantities are solely for the purpose of comparing bids.<br />
The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: HDR Engineering, Inc., P.O. Box<br />
467, 325 Main St, Lander, Wyoming 82520. Phone 307-228-6060. Prospective Bidders<br />
may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office on Mondays through Fridays<br />
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and may obtain copies of the Bidding<br />
Documents from the Issuing Office as described below.<br />
A PDF of the Contract Documents may be obtained, for a non-refundable deposit of<br />
$20.00, from the Quest CDN website at http://www.hdrinc.com/WYbids. Bidders are<br />
required to be registered on the Quest CDN website to receive updates and addenda.<br />
Bidding Documents also may be examined at the following locations:<br />
1. HDR Engineering, Inc.<br />
325 Main Street, Lander, WY 82520<br />
2. Shoshone Utility Organization<br />
27 N Fork Road, Fort Washakie, WY 82514<br />
3. Regional Bid Centers<br />
Printed copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing Office,<br />
during the hours indicated above, upon payment of $200.00 for each set. Partial sets<br />
of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor<br />
Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda<br />
if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office.<br />
A pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00 AM local time on <strong>May</strong> 5, <strong>2021</strong>, at the<br />
Shoshone Utility Organization, 27 N Fork Rd, Fort Washakie, WY 82514. Attendance<br />
at the pre-bid conference is highly encouraged but is not mandatory.<br />
Each bid or proposal with a total bid price of $150,000.00 or more must be accompanied<br />
by a Certified Check, Cashier’s Check, or Bid Bond payable to the Eastern<br />
Shoshone Tribe, in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount of the<br />
bid. Successful Bidders shall furnish an approved Performance Bond and a Labor and<br />
Materials Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the<br />
contract amount. Insurance as required shall be provided by the successful Bidder(s)<br />
and a certificate(s) of that insurance shall be provided.<br />
All laborers and mechanics employed by the Contractor or subcontractors in performance<br />
of the construction work shall be paid Davis Bacon wage rates as required by federal<br />
laws. The Contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment<br />
are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin,<br />
and must be compliant with all tribal and federal laws pertaining to employment and hiring<br />
practices<br />
This project is funded by the Indian Health Service (IHS). Award of the project will<br />
be contingent upon receiving funding and award concurrence from the IHS.<br />
No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled time for the public opening of bids. The<br />
right is reserved to reject any or all proposals received, to waive informalities, to postpone<br />
the award of the contract for a period of not to exceed thirty (30) days, and to accept<br />
the lowest responsive and responsible bid which is in the best interest of the Owner.<br />
The Eastern Shoshone Tribe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Contractor is required<br />
to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Contractor is required to meet TERO<br />
Compliance Requirements for this project.<br />
OWNER: Shoshone Utility Organization<br />
By: Erin Martin Date: April 21, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Title: Director<br />
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Public Notices<br />
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF FREMONT COUNTY, WYOMING<br />
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT<br />
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE )<br />
OF: )<br />
HOWARD DALE LAUSCH, )<br />
Deceased. ) Probate No. 12696<br />
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR DECREE OF SUMMARY DISTRIBUTION<br />
O ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN SAID ESTATE:<br />
You are hereby notified that on the 21st day of April, <strong>2021</strong>, SARAH COUNTRYMAN<br />
applied for issuance of a summary decree of distribution pursuant to the provisions of<br />
Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 2-1-205, claiming she and her siblings are entitled to receive distribution<br />
of all of the Decedent’s right, title, and interest to real and personal property as follows:<br />
PERSONAL PROPERTY:<br />
i. HMDE Utility Trailer, no VIN $150.00<br />
ESTIMATED VALUE<br />
i. Contract for Deed and Mortgage, $40,700.00<br />
165 N Missouri Ave, Hudson, WY 82515<br />
All persons interested in this estate shall file their objections to entry of a summary<br />
decree of distribution in this matter by the 25th of <strong>May</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>, in the Fremont County<br />
Courthouse, Lander, Wyoming, or, the Court may enter its decree distributing the foregoing<br />
real property to the Applicant.<br />
DATED this 22nd day of April, <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Adam E. Phillips WSB# 6-4231<br />
Attorney for the Applicant<br />
260 Lincoln St.<br />
Lander, WY 82520<br />
(307) 332-2034<br />
Fax: (307) 335-3269<br />
PUB: The Ranger<br />
April 25 and <strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
PUBLIC NOTICE<br />
Pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and the Wyoming Public Service<br />
Commission’s (Commission) Procedural Rules and Special Regulations, notice is<br />
hereby given of the Application of Rocky Mountain Power (RMP or the Company) requesting<br />
authority to decrease rates to refund deferred Net Power Costs (NPC) under<br />
Tariff Schedule 95; and to decrease rates pursuant to Tariff Schedule 93, Renewable<br />
Energy Credits (RECs) and Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) emission allowances, as more fully<br />
described below:<br />
RMP is a public utility, as defined in W.S. §37-1-101(a)(vi)(C), providing retail electric<br />
public utility service under certificates of public convenience and necessity issued by<br />
the Commission. RMP is subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction pursuant to W.S. §37-<br />
2-112.<br />
On April 15, <strong>2021</strong>, the Company submitted an Application together with testimony,<br />
exhibits and revised tariff sheets requesting authority to revise and change rates pursuant<br />
to two different rate schedules: [i] its Energy Cost Adjustment Mechanism (ECAM)<br />
Tariff Schedule 95, and, [ii] its REC and SO2 revenue adjustment mechanism (RRA)<br />
Tariff Schedule 93.<br />
The total ECAM deferral from calendar year 2020 was a credit of approximately $1.6<br />
million, which consists of: [i] deferred ECAM costs resulting in a credit of $2.02 million<br />
after the 30 percent sharing band; [ii] a credit for accrued interest of approximately $0.25<br />
million; [iii] a credit of approximately $100 thousand from the 2017 ECAM; [iv] a credit<br />
of approximately $0.9 million for the Barclay’s Settlement ordered by the Commission<br />
in the 2020 ECAM (Docket No. 20000-582-EM-20); and, [v] a charge of approximately<br />
$1.4 million to true-up revenues from the 2019 ECAM (Docket No. 20000-558-EM-19)<br />
and the 2020 ECAM. The Company is proposing to revise Tariff Schedule 95 by replacing<br />
the current charge to customers approved to recover approximately $13.3 million<br />
(adjusted for load) with rate credits to refund the approximately $1.6 million, for a total<br />
decrease of approximately $14.9 million.<br />
Under Tariff Schedule 93, the Company is proposing to refund to customers approximately<br />
$1.1 million to account for calendar year 2020 balancing account adjustments<br />
and <strong>2021</strong> forecast sales revenues for REC and SO2 products in the market. From the<br />
currently approved approximately $0.9 million sur-credit, this results in a rate decrease<br />
of approximately $166 thousand from current rates.<br />
The combined effect of the 2020 RRA and ECAM in this Application represents an<br />
overall proposed rate decrease of approximately $15.1 million, resulting in individual<br />
rate schedule decreases ranging between 0.9% through 2.9%, or an average of approximately<br />
2.4% for all rate classes. RMP requests that the Commission approve the<br />
proposed decrease on an interim basis, effective July 1, <strong>2021</strong>, subject to further review<br />
and hearing.<br />
This is not a complete description of RMP’s Application. You may the Application at<br />
RMP’s Wyoming offices and at the Commission’s offices in Cheyenne, Wyoming, during<br />
regular business hours or on line at http://psc.wyo.gov/.<br />
Anyone desiring to file a public comment, statement, protest, intervention petition or<br />
request for a public hearing in this matter must file with the Commission in writing on or<br />
before <strong>May</strong> 20, <strong>2021</strong>. Petitions shall set forth the grounds of the proposed intervention<br />
or request for hearing as well as the position and the interest of the petitioner in this<br />
proceeding.<br />
If you wish to intervene in this matter and you require reasonable accommodation<br />
for a disability, please contact the Commission at (307) 777-7427, or write to the Commission<br />
at 2515 Warren Avenue, Suite 300, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, to make<br />
arrangements. Communications impaired persons may also contact the Commission<br />
by accessing Wyoming Relay at 711. Please mention Docket No. 20000-599-EM-21 in<br />
your communications.<br />
PUB: Lander Journal<br />
April 25 and <strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Shoshone Utility Organization<br />
Fort Washakie Storage Tank Project<br />
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS<br />
Sealed Bids for the construction of Fort Washakie Storage Tank Project will be received<br />
by the Shoshone Utility Organization located at 27 N Fork Road, Fort Washakie,<br />
WY 82514, until 3:30 PM local time on <strong>May</strong> 12, <strong>2021</strong> at which time the Bids received<br />
will be publicly opened and read. The project consists of the following construction items:<br />
Demolition of an existing water storage tank, reclamation of existing tank site, and construction<br />
of a new 90,000 gallon steel-bolted, epoxy-coated water storage tank with a<br />
concrete floor.<br />
Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. Bids shall be on firm unit and lump<br />
sum price basis for the respective bid items as indicated in the Bid Form. Unit prices<br />
and estimated quantities are solely for the purpose of comparing bids.<br />
The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: HDR Engineering, Inc., P.O. Box<br />
467, 325 Main St, Lander, Wyoming 82520. Phone 307-228-6060. Prospective Bidders<br />
may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office on Mondays through Fridays<br />
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and may obtain copies of the Bidding<br />
Documents from the Issuing Office as described below.<br />
A PDF of the Contract Documents may be obtained, for a non-refundable deposit of<br />
$20.00, from the Quest CDN website at http://www.hdrinc.com/WYbids. Bidders are<br />
required to be registered on the Quest CDN website to receive updates and addenda.<br />
Bidding Documents also may be examined at the following locations:<br />
1. HDR Engineering, Inc.<br />
325 Main Street, Lander, WY 82520<br />
2. Shoshone Utility Organization<br />
27 N Fork Road, Fort Washakie, WY 82514<br />
3. Regional Bid Centers<br />
Printed copies of the Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing Office,<br />
during the hours indicated above, upon payment of $200.00 for each set. Partial sets<br />
of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor<br />
Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda<br />
if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office.<br />
A pre-bid conference will be held at 10:30 AM local time on <strong>May</strong> 5, <strong>2021</strong>, at the<br />
Shoshone Utility Organization, 27 N Fork Rd, Fort Washakie, WY 82514. Attendance<br />
at the pre-bid conference is highly encouraged but is not mandatory.<br />
Each bid or proposal with a total bid price of $150,000.00 or more must be accompanied<br />
by a Certified Check, Cashier’s Check, or Bid Bond payable to the Eastern<br />
Shoshone Tribe, in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount of the<br />
bid. Successful Bidders shall furnish an approved Performance Bond and a Labor and<br />
Materials Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the<br />
contract amount. Insurance as required shall be provided by the successful Bidder(s)<br />
and a certificate(s) of that insurance shall be provided.<br />
All laborers and mechanics employed by the Contractor or subcontractors in performance<br />
of the construction work shall be paid Davis Bacon wage rates as required by federal<br />
laws. The Contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment<br />
are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin,<br />
and must be compliant with all tribal and federal laws pertaining to employment and hiring<br />
practices<br />
This project is funded by the Indian Health Service (IHS). Award of the project will<br />
be contingent upon receiving funding and award concurrence from the IHS.<br />
No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled time for the public opening of bids. The<br />
right is reserved to reject any or all proposals received, to waive informalities, to postpone<br />
the award of the contract for a period of not to exceed thirty (30) days, and to accept<br />
the lowest responsive and responsible bid which is in the best interest of the Owner.<br />
The Eastern Shoshone Tribe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Contractor is required<br />
to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Contractor is required to meet TERO<br />
Compliance Requirements for this project.<br />
OWNER: Shoshone Utility Organization<br />
By: Erin Martin Date: April 21, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Title: Director<br />
PUB: The Ranger<br />
April 21, 25 and <strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Sunday<br />
Public Notices<br />
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT<br />
IN AND FOR FREMONT COUNTY, WYOMING<br />
TAMARA SONGER, )<br />
Plaintiff, ) Civil No. 42712<br />
vs. )<br />
ISEBEL HIATT AND DUSTY HIATT, )<br />
Defendant. )<br />
NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE<br />
WHEREAS, an Order of Sheriff’s Sale was entered in the District Court of Fremont<br />
County, Wyoming, Ninth Judicial District on the 13th day of April, <strong>2021</strong>, in said action,<br />
permitting the sale of certain real property by public auction located at 13 Ore Road,<br />
Jeffrey City, Fremont County, Wyoming, more particularly described as follows:<br />
A part of the NE¼SW¼ of Section 10, T. 29N., R. 92 W. of the 6th P.M.,<br />
County of Fremont and State of Wyoming, more particularly described as follows:<br />
Commencing at the S¼ corner of Section 10; thence north along the northsouth<br />
center line of said Section 10, a distance of 1308.19 feet; thence on a deflected<br />
angle to the left of 75°49'21", a distance of 572.40 feet to the point of<br />
beginning; thence continuing along the last described course, a distance of<br />
166.90 feet to a point on the easterly line of a utility easement, thence on a deflected<br />
angle to the right of 78º25'25" along said easterly line, a distance of<br />
516.23 feat, thence on a deflected angle to the right of 90º06'00'', a distance of<br />
163.51 feet; thence on a deflected angle to the right of 89º54'00", a distance of<br />
549.43 feet to the point of beginning, containing 2.00 acres.<br />
including<br />
The East 80.00 feet of the SW¼ of Section 10, T.29N., R.92W., of the 6th<br />
P.M. County of Fremont, State of Wyoming, lying North of U.S. Highway No.<br />
287 and being more particularly described as follows:<br />
Commencing at the S¼ corner of said Section 10; thence North along the<br />
North-South centerline of Section 10, a distance of 584.60 feet to the point of<br />
beginning, said point of beginning also being on the Northerly right-of-way line<br />
of U.S. Highway 287; thence continuing along said North-South centerline, a<br />
distance of 2,053.58 feet to the center of said Section 10; thence on a deflected<br />
angle to the left of 89º40'19", along the East-West centerline of said section 10,<br />
a distance of 80.00 feet equidistance from the North-South centerline of said<br />
Section 10, a distance of 2,033.58 feet to a point on the Northerly right-of-way<br />
line of said U.S. Highway No. 287; thence on a deflected angle to the left of<br />
104º20'37", along said Northerly right of way line, a distance of 82.57 feet, to<br />
the point of beginning, containing 3.75 acres.<br />
NOW THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that I, the undersigned Sheriff of Fremont<br />
County, Wyoming will offer for sale the above described premises, for cash to the highest<br />
bidder and in accordance with the law, at the front door of the Courthouse nearest<br />
to the office of the Clerk of District Court in Lander, Fremont County, Wyoming at 10:00<br />
o’clock in the a.m., on the 3rd day of June, <strong>2021</strong>, to satisfy said partition.<br />
PUB: The Ranger<br />
<strong>May</strong> 2, 9, 16 and 23, <strong>2021</strong><br />
BANK RESTORATION AND UTILITY CROSSINGS<br />
OF THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE POPO AGIE RIVER<br />
Project Category: Construction, Directional Bore, Sanitary Sewer (Gravity),<br />
Sewer Force Main, Water Resources (River/Stream),<br />
Water Utilities<br />
Project Name:<br />
Bank Restoration and Utility Crossings of the Middle Fork<br />
of the Popo Agie River<br />
County/City/State: Fremont, Lander, Wyoming<br />
Location/Site Directions:<br />
Bids Close:<br />
25-MAY-<strong>2021</strong> – 02:00:00 PM MDT<br />
Bids Received by & Bid: Bids shall be submitted to the City of Lander at the Soliciting<br />
Agent’s office; Strike Consulting Group LLC, 205 S.<br />
3rd Street, Lander, WY 82520 by no later than 2:00 PM<br />
on <strong>May</strong> 25, <strong>2021</strong>, at which time they will be opened and<br />
read aloud.<br />
Estimated Value: $750,000 - $1,000,000<br />
Pre-Bid Meeting A non-mandatory pre-bid conference will be held 10:00<br />
Information:<br />
a.m. on <strong>May</strong> 18, <strong>2021</strong>, at Strike Consulting Group with site<br />
visits to follow.<br />
Project Description: The proposed improvements consist of replacement of<br />
utility river crossings that include bored waterline, gravity<br />
sanitary sewer, and force main sanitary sewer, at four sites<br />
on the Popo Agie River. These four sites will also include<br />
bank restoration consisting of vegetated riprap and a hardened<br />
riffle. The fifth site will only include bank restoration.<br />
The project also includes abandonment of an existing sanitary<br />
sewer crossing outside of the riparian zone.<br />
Owner:<br />
City of Lander<br />
Soliciting Agent: Soliciting Agent<br />
Strike Consulting Group<br />
205 S. 3rd Street, Lander, WY 82520<br />
ph: 307-335-8466<br />
contact: Bryce Roberts<br />
e-mail: broberts@strike-cg.com<br />
Project Documents Complete digital project bidding documents are available<br />
at www.questcdn.com. You may download the digital documents<br />
for $15 by inputting Quest Project Number<br />
7771822 on the website’s project search page. Please<br />
contact QuestCDN Customer Support at 952-233-1632 or<br />
info@questcdn.com for assistance in membership registration,<br />
downloading and working with digital project information.<br />
PUB: The Ranger and Lander Journal<br />
<strong>May</strong> 2, 9 and 16, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Ryan Lee, Sheriff<br />
Fremont County Wyoming<br />
Advertisement for Bids<br />
CITY OF RIVERTON<br />
Lewis Street Improvement Project<br />
The City of Riverton, Wyoming invites sealed bids for the Lewis Street Improvement<br />
Project to include the following:<br />
Overlay and pave a portion of Lewis Street. Replace an existing metal culvert. Install<br />
curb, gutter and valley pans as well as curb turn fillet radius’s to facilitate drainage.<br />
Other concrete work will include adjusting existing water valves in asphalt and pouring<br />
a diamond concrete collar around them.<br />
Bids shall be delivered to:<br />
Kristin S. Watson, City Clerk<br />
City of Riverton<br />
816 North Federal Boulevard<br />
Riverton, WY 82501<br />
on or before 2:00 p.m., on <strong>May</strong> 12th, <strong>2021</strong> at which time and place all bids will be publicly<br />
opened and read aloud. Each bid shall be placed in a sealed envelope, clearly<br />
marked on the outside with the name of the bidder, and contain the words “Lewis Street<br />
Improvement Project”.<br />
Each bid must be accompanied by a bid bond or cashier’s check in the amount of<br />
five percent (5%) of the total bid. The successful bidder will be required to post performance<br />
and payment bonds, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the<br />
bid.<br />
All bid documents, plans, and specifications may be obtained from www.publicpurchase.com.<br />
In order to receive all related project documentation, please remember to<br />
select “Add me to Plan Holders” on the website.<br />
A pre-bid conference is scheduled for 10:00 am, Tuesday, <strong>May</strong> 4th, <strong>2021</strong> where people<br />
can attend in-person at the Public Works Building, 714 West Monroe Ave., or by<br />
calling in. Dialing instructions to join the call will be posted to www.publicpurchase.com<br />
prior to the pre-bid meeting.<br />
Submitted bids shall not be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days after opening.<br />
The City of Riverton reserves the unilateral right to accept or reject any or all bids,<br />
make substitutions and waive informalities and technicalities as will be in the best interest<br />
of the City of Riverton, and to accept the bid which is deemed to be in the best interest<br />
of the City of Riverton.<br />
The City of Riverton is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on<br />
the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, and handicap status in employment<br />
or the provision of services. The City of Riverton does not discriminate on the<br />
basis of handicap status in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in<br />
its programs or activities. The City Clerk has been designated to coordinate compliance<br />
with the nondiscrimination requirements contained in Section 504 of the American with<br />
Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations.<br />
Pursuant to Wyoming Statute §16-6-106, “Preference is hereby given to materials,<br />
supplies, agricultural products, equipment, machinery and provisions produced, manufactured,<br />
supplied or grown in Wyoming, quality being equal to articles offered by the<br />
competitors outside the state”.<br />
In accordance with Wyoming Statute §15-1-113 (p), all bidders are informed of the<br />
provisions contained in Wyoming Statute §15-1-113, which are a part of the contract<br />
documents and are incorporated herein by reference.<br />
Dated this 28th day of April, <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Brendan P. Thoman, Engineer<br />
City of Riverton<br />
PUB: The Ranger<br />
April 28, <strong>May</strong> 2 and 5, <strong>2021</strong><br />
<strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Public Notices<br />
CITY OF RIVERTON<br />
Regular Council Meeting<br />
Tuesday, <strong>May</strong> 4, <strong>2021</strong> at 7:00 pm<br />
At 6:45 P.M. on Tuesday, <strong>May</strong> 4, <strong>2021</strong>, the Finance Committee will meet in the City Hall<br />
Council Chambers to consider bills to be paid. This meeting is open to the public.<br />
1) Call to order.<br />
2) Pledge of Allegiance.<br />
3) Invocation.<br />
4) Roll call: Ward I: Kyle Larson, Vacant<br />
Ward II: Karla Borders, Kristy K. Salisbury<br />
Ward III: Mike Bailey, Lindsey Cox<br />
5) Declaration of quorum.<br />
6) Approval of the Agenda.<br />
7) Communication from the Floor – Citizen’s Comments.<br />
8) Consent Agenda:<br />
• Approval of the Minutes – April 20, <strong>2021</strong> Regular Council Meeting.<br />
• Approval of the Minutes – <strong>May</strong> 5, <strong>2021</strong> Finance Committee Meeting.<br />
• Approval of the Finance Committee Recommendations – <strong>May</strong> 5, <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
9) Introduction and Oath of Office: Riverton Police Department Personnel.<br />
10) Consideration of Ordinance No. 21-003, 3rd & Final Reading: Annexation of Various<br />
Parcels to Riverton Corporate Boundary.<br />
11) Consideration of Ordinance No. 21-004, 3rd & Final Reading: Adoption of 2020 National<br />
Electric Code (NEC) – NFPA 70.<br />
12) Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. 21-005, 1st Reading: Unauthorized<br />
Use of a Motor Vehicle.<br />
13) Bid Award: Airport Gate Project.<br />
14) Bid Award: Snow Removal Equipment (SRE) Hangar Improvement Project.<br />
15) Dog Park Location Discussion.<br />
16) Consideration of Classic Aviation Fly-in Event.<br />
17) Ward I Unexpired Term Interviews.<br />
18) Quarterly Fiscal Health Report.<br />
Reports and Comments:<br />
19) Council Committee Reports and Council Members’ Roundtable.<br />
20) City Administrator’s Report – WAM Voting Delegate Form.<br />
21) <strong>May</strong>or’s Comments.<br />
22) Executive Session – if needed.<br />
23) Adjourn.<br />
PUB: The Ranger<br />
<strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS<br />
FREMONT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS<br />
LANDER, WYOMING<br />
FREMONT COUNTY DELINEATOR PROJECT<br />
GENERAL NOTICE<br />
Fremont County Commissioners (Owner) is requesting Bids for the construction of<br />
the following Project: Fremont County Delineator Project<br />
Bids for the construction of the Project will be received at the Fremont County Courthouse<br />
located at 450 North 2nd Street, Lander, Wyoming 82520, until Thursday, <strong>May</strong><br />
20, <strong>2021</strong>, at 10:00 am local time. At that time the Bids received will be publicly opened<br />
and read.<br />
The Project includes the following Work: Installation of flexible delineator posts along<br />
paved county roads and metal delineator posts at approaches along the same paved<br />
county roads.<br />
Bids are requested for the following Contract: Fremont County Delineator Project<br />
Owner anticipates that the Project’s total bid price will be approximately $350,000 to<br />
$585,000.<br />
OBTAINING THE BIDDING DOCUMENTS<br />
Information and Bidding Documents for the Project can be found at the following designated<br />
website: www.inberg-miller.com<br />
Bidding Documents may be downloaded from the designated website. Prospective<br />
Bidders are urged to register with the designated website as a plan holder, even if Bidding<br />
Documents are obtained from a plan room or source other than the designated<br />
website in either electronic or paper format. The designated website will be updated periodically<br />
with addenda, lists of registered plan holders, reports, and other information<br />
relevant to submitting a Bid for the Project. All official notifications, addenda, and other<br />
Bidding Documents will be offered only through the designated website. Neither Owner<br />
nor Engineer will be responsible for Bidding Documents, including addenda, if any, obtained<br />
from sources other than the designated website.<br />
PRE-BID CONFERENCE<br />
A pre-bid conference will not be conducted for this Project.<br />
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS.<br />
For all further requirements regarding bid submittal, qualifications, procedures, and<br />
contract award, refer to the Instructions to Bidders that are included in the Bidding Documents.<br />
This Advertisement is issued by:<br />
Owner: Fremont County Commissioners<br />
By: Billy Meeks<br />
Title: Superintendent of Transportation Department<br />
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<strong>May</strong> 2, 9, and 16, <strong>2021</strong><br />
FREMONT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE<br />
Request for Bid<br />
Installation of Roof Coating at Lander Valley High School<br />
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Trustees of Fremont County School District<br />
#1 will receive sealed Bid Proposals on or before 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, <strong>May</strong> 12th, to<br />
clean roof and install 80mil Monolithic rubber membrane over existing roof surface, approximate<br />
square footage of the project is 111,680 sqft. The full scope of work will be<br />
included in the bid package.<br />
All submitted Bids shall be sealed and must be received by Fremont County School<br />
District #1, 863 Sweetwater Street, Lander, WY 82520 no later than 2:00 p.m., <strong>May</strong> 12,<br />
<strong>2021</strong>. Proposals may be delivered in person, via US Postal Service, or via commercial<br />
parcel service. Proposals will not be accepted via facsimile transmission, email, or any<br />
other electronic or telephone means. Any proposals received after the above state time<br />
and date will be returned unopened to the sender. It is the responsibility of the bidders<br />
to arrange appointments for inspection or to obtain additional information.<br />
Only such bids that have been received by the District at the address, time and date<br />
listed above with complete responses will be considered.<br />
Proposals shall be submitted in accordance with the Contract Drawings, Specifications,<br />
and other Contract Documents as prepared by Fremont County School District<br />
#1. Additional information may be obtained by contacting Travis Sweeney 307-332-<br />
4711.<br />
Each proposal shall be accompanied by a Certified or Cashier’s Check or Bid Bond<br />
for not less than five percent (5%) of the bid amount, made payable to the Fremont<br />
County School District #1. If certified or cashier’s check is used in lieu of bid bond, execution<br />
of a 100% Performance and 100% Payment Bond must accompany bid. The<br />
Bid Bond or the Cashier’s Check shall be forfeited in the event the successful bidder<br />
fails or refuses to enter into the Contract or to furnish the required Performance and<br />
Payment Bonds.<br />
The successful bidder will be required to furnish a Faithful Performance Bond and a<br />
Materials Payment Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract<br />
price.<br />
Fremont County School District #1 reserves the right to accept any, or to reject any<br />
and or all Proposals, or waive any informality in a Proposal.<br />
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INVITATION FOR BIDS<br />
Sealed bids, entitled “Mountain View Cemetery Expansion: Phase 1, Riverton,<br />
Wyoming” will be received by the Mountain View Cemetery District, 3540 W. Main<br />
Street, Riverton, WY 82501 until 3:00 P.M. local time on <strong>May</strong> 18, <strong>2021</strong>, in accordance<br />
with the plans, specifications and other contract documents.<br />
At said place and time, and promptly thereafter, all proposals that have been duly received<br />
will be publicly opened and read aloud. No bid may be withdrawn within a period<br />
of sixty (60) days after the scheduled time for the opening of bids.<br />
The scope of the project shall generally include, but not necessarily be limited to:<br />
1. Site clearing, earthwork, topsoil placement, fencing, dryland seeding.<br />
A pre-bid conference will be held at the Mountain View Cemetery Office, 3540 W.<br />
Main Street, Riverton, WY 82501 beginning at 2:00 P.M. on <strong>May</strong> 10, <strong>2021</strong>. Attendance<br />
at the pre-bid conference is mandatory. All bidders are encouraged to attend. The Contractor<br />
must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated<br />
against because of their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.<br />
Plans and specifications may be examined in the Mountain View Cemetery Office or<br />
in the Architect's Office. Copies of said documents may be obtained from the Landscape<br />
Architect, Steiner Thuesen PLLC, 1925 Grand Avenue #105, Billings, MT 59102, telephone<br />
406-252-5545. Digital copies are provided at no charge. Hard copies can be provided<br />
for a non-refundable reproduction charge of $100.00 per set, shipping charges<br />
may apply. Project Manager is Nathan Steiner. All bidders must be on the planholders<br />
list to submit a bid.<br />
Each bid or proposal must be accompanied by a Certified Check, Cashier's Check,<br />
or Bid Bond payable to Mountain View Cemetery District, in an amount not less than<br />
five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid. Successful bidder(s) shall furnish an<br />
approved Performance Bond, Labor and Material Payment Bond, each in the amount<br />
of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount. Insurance as required shall be<br />
obtained by the successful bidder(s) and a certificate of that insurance shall be provided.<br />
The right is reserved to reject any or all proposals received, to waive informalities in<br />
the bids, to postpone the award of the contract for a period not to exceed sixty (60)<br />
days, and to accept the lowest responsive and responsible bid which is in the best interest<br />
of the OWNER. In accordance with the provisions of Wyoming Statute Annotated<br />
§16-6-101, et seq., preferences are hereby given to contractors residing in Wyoming<br />
and to materials, supplies, agricultural products, equipment, machinery, and provisions<br />
produced, manufactured or grown in Wyoming, or supplied by a resident of the state,<br />
quality being equal to articles offered by the competitors outside of the state. Any bidder<br />
claiming preference must submit evidence of Wyoming residency as defined in Wyo.<br />
Stat. Ann. §16-6-101.<br />
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<strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Public Notices<br />
PUBLIC NOTICE<br />
I, Olson’s Autobody & Towing, hereby make public notice that I am in possession of<br />
the following vehicle:<br />
YEAR: 1971 MAKE: International MODEL: Scout II<br />
VIN: 183880G465214 Amount Owed: $22,125.00<br />
Last known owner of record: Joseph T. Webb, Box 1374, Riverton, WY 82501. Lien<br />
Holder: Unknown.<br />
Any person or persons who may hold some claim to the above-described vehicle is<br />
requested to contact me at 307-857-0382. If no contact is made by <strong>May</strong> 17, <strong>2021</strong>, I will<br />
take possession of the above-described vehicle.<br />
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FREMONT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 2<br />
Multi-Year Propane Invitation to Bid<br />
Fremont County School District 2 (FCSD2), Dubois, Wyoming will be selecting a<br />
ropane vendor for <strong>2021</strong>-2022 & 2022-2023 school years. For more information about<br />
the Multi-Year Propane Services bid, please go to our website at<br />
https://www.fremont2.org/Business_Services. Applications must be received in the<br />
school district business office by 2:00 p.m. (MT) on <strong>May</strong> 14, <strong>2021</strong>. Proposals will be<br />
opened and reviewed at that time.<br />
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FREMONT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 2<br />
Multi-Year Invitation to Bid – No. 2 Diesel Dyed Heating Oil<br />
Fremont County School District 2 (FCSD2), Dubois, Wyoming will be selecting a vendor<br />
for No. 2 Diesel Dyed Heating Oil for the <strong>2021</strong>-2022 and 2022-2023 school years.<br />
For more information about the Multi-Year No. 2 Diesel Dyed Heating Oil bid, please go<br />
to our website at https://www.fremont2.org/Business_Services. Applications must be<br />
received in the school district business office by 2:00 p.m. (MT) on <strong>May</strong> 14, <strong>2021</strong>. Proposals<br />
will be opened and reviewed at that time.<br />
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR FREMONT COUNTY, WYOMING<br />
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT<br />
N THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE )<br />
OF ) PROBATE NO. 12623<br />
HARMAINE ANNE DALY, )<br />
Deceased. )<br />
NOTICE OF PROBATE<br />
TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN SAID ESTATE:<br />
You are hereby notified that on the 9th day of September, 2020, the Last Will and<br />
Testament of decedent was admitted to probate by the above-named court, and Michael<br />
Daly will act as executor thereof. Any action to set aside the Will shall be filed in the<br />
Court within three months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or thereafter<br />
be forever barred.<br />
Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the decedent or to her Estate are<br />
requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned at 277 Main Street, Suite 3,<br />
Lander, WY 82520.<br />
Creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate are required to file them in<br />
duplicate with the necessary vouchers, in the office of the Clerk of said Court, on or before<br />
three months after the date of the first publication of this notice, and if such claims<br />
are not so filed, unless otherwise allowed or paid, they will be forever barred.<br />
Dated the 15th day of April, <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
James Trent Whiting<br />
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Seventh Derby win for trainer Baffert, with unexpected horse<br />
lOuIsVIlle, Ky. (aP) — John Velazquez<br />
was in a familiar place, in the lead aboard<br />
medina spirit in the Kentucky Derby and holding<br />
off the stretch bid of three challengers. this<br />
time, bob baffert couldn’t believe what he was<br />
seeing.<br />
medina spirit won by a half-length saturday,<br />
giving baffert his seventh victory, the most of<br />
any trainer in the race’s 147-year history.<br />
the jockey and trainer — both Hall of<br />
famers — teamed up eight months ago to win a<br />
pandemic-delayed Derby in september with<br />
authentic, who raced to an early lead and hung<br />
on. that wasn’t so surprising.<br />
this one was.<br />
Track<br />
Boys team scores<br />
1. mountain View 105, 2. lander 99, 3. rawlins 87, 4.<br />
evanston 83, 5. riverton 65, 6. rock springs 63, 7. Worland<br />
45, 8. green river 36, 9. Kemmerer 33, 10. thermopolis 16,<br />
11. Western Heritage lutheran academy 14, 12. big<br />
Piney/Wind river saratoga 13. 15. Dubois 10, 16. little snake<br />
river 7<br />
Event results<br />
100-meter Dash: 1. ashton schofield, mV 11.23, 2. Kaden<br />
Dower, WHla 11.30, 3. tristan Watkins, rIV 11.58, 6.<br />
braden Vincent, rIV 11.68<br />
200-meter Dash: 1. ashton schofield, mV 23.25, 3. shawn<br />
Cozzens, lan 23.95, 5. Charles Dillon, Wr 24.62, 6. tristan<br />
Watkins, rIV 24.89, 7. braden Vincent, rIV 24.95<br />
400-meter Dash: 2. austin Peternal, Kem 52.28, 6. Caleb<br />
sent off at 12-1 — astronomical odds for a<br />
colt trained by the white-haired, two-time triple<br />
Crown winner — medina spirit was in a street<br />
fight thundering down the stretch.<br />
the dark brown colt was pressed by<br />
mandaloun on his outside. Hot rod Charlie<br />
was coming fast outside of mandaloun, with 5-<br />
2 favorite essential Quality giving chase on the<br />
far outside.<br />
“I kept waiting for all those horses to pass<br />
him,” baffert said. “When he got to the eighth<br />
pole, we said, ‘this guy has got a shot.’”<br />
Velazquez knew he had plenty of horse left.<br />
“We got to the 16th pole and he put his ears<br />
down and kept fighting,” the jockey said. “I was<br />
Crowley, rIV 53.75<br />
800-meter run: 1. Charles fossey, rs 2:02.70, 2. blaine<br />
goklish, lan 2:05.25, 4. sam Kistemann, lan 2:10.18, 5.<br />
Kaleb simonson, lan 2:11.18<br />
1600-meter run: 1. sam Kistemann, lan 4:44.63, 2. Kaleb<br />
simonson, lan 4:44.85, 4. ethan Kraft, lan 4:49.13, 6.<br />
Connor mays, lan 4:56.88<br />
3200-meter run: 1. Kaleb simonson, lan 9:53.87, 3. Kaden<br />
Chatfield, rIV 10:24.07<br />
110-meter High Hurdles: 1. mario guerrero, raW 15.82, 3.<br />
gage gose, lan 16.32, 7. Colby Jenks, Wr 17.31, 8. Wyatt<br />
trembly, Dub 17.46<br />
300-meter Intermediate Hurdles: 1. Cade francom, eVn<br />
41.39, 2. gage gose, lan 42.48<br />
4x100-meter relay: 1. mountain View 44.57, 3. riverton<br />
45.83, 5. lander 46.95, 8. Wind river 48.16<br />
so proud of him.”<br />
In the paddock, baffert watched in amazement<br />
as one of the least heralded Derby runners<br />
of his long career dug in at the front.<br />
“you could tell he was laying it down and<br />
Johnny was riding hard,” baffert said. “He was<br />
just relentless.”<br />
medina spirit led all the way and ran 1 1/4<br />
miles in 2:01.02. He paid $26.20, $12 and<br />
$7.60. the victory was worth $1.86 million.<br />
Velazquez earned his fourth Derby victory<br />
aboard the colt that was purchased as a yearling<br />
for $1,000 and was a bargain-basement buy at<br />
$35,000 for current owner amr Zedan of saudi<br />
arabia.<br />
Continued from page A-10<br />
4x400-meter relay: 1. evanston 3:39.93, 3. riverton 3:47.89,<br />
5. lander 3:51.36, 7. Dubois 4:00.27<br />
4x800-meter relay: 1. rawlins 9:01.93, 5. riverton 9:56.63<br />
sprint medley relay: 1. rock springs 3:40.68, 2. lander<br />
3:41.36, 3. Wind river 3:43.19<br />
long Jump: 1. luke branson, mV 21-0.5, 3. bryan st. Clair,<br />
lan 19-8.5<br />
triple Jump: 1. luke branson, mV 45-3.5, 3. ryan Wells,<br />
Dub 40-8.5,4. matt gordon, rIV 39-4.5<br />
High Jump: 1. ashton schofield, mV 6-5,<br />
Pole Vault: 1. Connor micheli, mV 14-0, 5. Isaac Vasquez,<br />
lan 10-0, 7. Jon Hernandez, rIV 9-6<br />
shot Put: 1. Payton Vernon, eVn 56-5, 3. rylan Koehn 48-<br />
10.5, 4. Kaden Dower, WHla 46-10, 8. Kris topaum, rIV 44-7<br />
Discus: 1. rylan Koehn, rIV 158-3, 7. Caden smith, rIV<br />
129-0, 8. Kaden Dower, WHla 128-8<br />
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF FREMONT COUNTY, WYOMING<br />
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT<br />
N THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF )<br />
EVERLY JEAN TREMBATH, ) Probate No. 12693<br />
eceased. )<br />
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR<br />
SUMMARY DECREE OF DISTRIBUTION<br />
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 15, <strong>2021</strong>, Dean E. Trembath, pursuant to<br />
he provisions of Wyo. Stat. § 2-1-205, filed an Application for Summary Decree of Disribution<br />
in the above-captioned estate.<br />
Said Application for Summary Decree of Distribution requests that all real property<br />
owned by the decedent be set over to said Applicant and distributees, including the following<br />
described interests in and to the following property, to-wit:<br />
Lot 15, Block 1, Replat of Spruce Addition to the City of Riverton,<br />
Fremont County, Wyoming.<br />
Property Address: 404 Elizabeth Drive, Riverton, Wyoming 82501<br />
Any objections to said Application should be filed with the office of the Clerk of District<br />
Court, Fremont County, Wyoming, on or before <strong>May</strong> 25, <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
DATED this 22nd day of April, <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Kristi H. Green<br />
Clerk of District Court<br />
Ninth Judicial District<br />
Fremont County, Wyoming<br />
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April 25 and <strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
INVITATION TO BID<br />
DUBOIS ROAD MAINTENANCE CONTRACT, FREMONT COUNTY, WYOMING<br />
Fremont County Government, Lander Wyoming (OWNER) invites sealed bids for the<br />
Dubois Road Maintenance Contract to include the following:<br />
Conducting gravel road blading, snow removal and other maintenance activities on<br />
approximately 45 miles of County-maintained roadways in the Dubois Area.<br />
Bids shall be delivered to: Billy Meeks, Superintendent, Fremont County Courthouse,<br />
450 N 2nd Street, Room 310, Lander, Wyoming 82520, by 2:00 pm, Wednesday, <strong>May</strong><br />
12, <strong>2021</strong>, at which time all bids will be opened and reviewed.<br />
Each bid shall be placed in a sealed envelope clearly marked on the outside with the<br />
name of the bidder and contain the words "Bid for Dubois Area Maintenance Contract."<br />
Bid Bond, Performance and Payment Bonds will not be required. Successful Bidder<br />
will be required to provide insurance as specified in the bid documents.<br />
The Project bid documents may be obtained at the offices of the County Superintendent,<br />
Fremont County Courthouse, Room 310, 450 North 2nd Street, Lander,<br />
Wyoming 82520, (307) 332-1038.<br />
Bids may not be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days after opening. It is to be<br />
understood that the OWNER may reject any and all bids, make substitutions and waive<br />
any informalities and technicalities as will be in its best interest.<br />
Fremont County Government is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate<br />
on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age and handicapped<br />
status in employment or the provision of services.<br />
Fremont County Government<br />
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2020-<strong>2021</strong><br />
Sunday<br />
<strong>May</strong> 2, <strong>2021</strong><br />
LANDER VALLEY<br />
HIGH SCHOOL<br />
RIVERTON HIGH<br />
SCHOOL<br />
Zachary Renz is a senior at Lander Valley<br />
High School. He is the son of Jonathan<br />
and LaRae Renz. In school Zachary is in<br />
digital and multimedia art, and advanced<br />
two-dimensional art. He places 30th in speed cubing for<br />
Pikes Peak competition, received 2 academic letters, and his<br />
artwork has been featured and sold at the Cheyenne<br />
Mountain Zoo. Outside of school Zachary loves computer<br />
building and programming, worldbuilding, writing and<br />
songwriting, piano, guitar, language learning (mostly italian),<br />
origami, juggling, speed stacking, coffee brewing and history.<br />
Nominating faculty member Joy Jones said, “Zach is<br />
positive, energetic, innovative, and always willing to do<br />
whatever it takes to complete his work. He takes risks and<br />
gives his best effort, but more than that he accepts feedback<br />
from his teachers and peers and uses it to improve his<br />
projects. He is a trustworthy leader in my class and is always<br />
willing to help others in any way he can.” After graduation<br />
Zachary plans to attend CWC, publish a book, and become<br />
fluent in Italian.<br />
WIND RIVER<br />
HIGH SCHOOL<br />
Chris Burk is a freshman at Wind<br />
River High School. He is the son of<br />
Jay and Arletta Burk. In school Chris<br />
participates in football, basketball, and track. He was a<br />
Wyoming State Art Symposium participant, is on the<br />
honor roll, and has lettered in football. Outside of<br />
school Chris enjoys hanging out with friends and<br />
playing basketball. Nominating faculty members said,<br />
“Chris is an overall positive, kind, and hard-working<br />
individual. Academically, he takes his classes seriously<br />
and always shows up ready to learn with a driven<br />
attitude. Not only is Chris a team player in his sports,<br />
he is a positive role model to his peers on a day to day<br />
basis. It is evident that his peers look up to him and<br />
turn to him in various ways. Chris will be wildly<br />
successful in his life!” After graduation Chris plans to<br />
attend college.<br />
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FORT WASHAKIE<br />
HIGH SCHOOL<br />
Leonardean Standing Rock is a junior at<br />
Fort Washakie High School. She is the<br />
niece of James Tahkeal and Martina<br />
Standing Rock. In school Leonardean is on the B honor roll.<br />
Her favorite class is her Engineering class because she gets to<br />
build and learn about new things that she didn’t know she<br />
could do. Outside of school Leonardean likes to paint and<br />
take pictures. She also likes to play video games. After<br />
graduation Leonardean plans to attend college at the<br />
University of Washington or the University of Oklahoma to<br />
study landscape architecture or become a veterinarian.<br />
ARAPAHO CHARTER<br />
HIGH SCHOOL<br />
Donavan Underwood is a junior at<br />
Arapaho Charter High School. He is the<br />
son of Stephanie Armstrong and<br />
Marland Underwood. In school Donavan ran cross country,<br />
and participates in basketball. He is on the B honor roll, and<br />
won the Native American Pacesetter award. Outside of school<br />
Donavan likes to run to keep fit, drive around, and spend time<br />
with his family. Nominating faculty members said, “Donavan<br />
is focused on finishing high school so that he can enlist and<br />
join the Marines. He shows respect and is always willing to<br />
help Grandpa Ray, classmates, Principal Law and Ms. Kay.<br />
Anything that needs done, Donavan sees and does. He is<br />
honest and trustworthy and looks out for his siblings and<br />
family.” After graduation Donavan plans to enlist in the United<br />
States Marine Corps.<br />
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Abby Lipson is a senior at Riverton<br />
High School. She is the daughter of<br />
Deborah Isaacs and David Lipson. In<br />
school Abby participates in jazz choir, drama, speech and<br />
debate, and the musical. Outside of school Abby dances at<br />
Main Street dance with Regan Marynowski three times a<br />
week. Nominating faculty member Mrs. Annette Benn-<br />
Thornton said, ““Abby is a one-of-a-kind student<br />
possessing both intelligence and unending creativity. She is<br />
hard-working, responsible, and kind. Her dedication to<br />
academic achievement and the performing arts is<br />
demonstrated in her quality of work and determination to<br />
improve at all levels. My experience with Abby<br />
academically is exceptional. She enhances class discussion<br />
with interesting and insightful questions and comments.<br />
She is exceptionally talented at dance, acting, and public<br />
speaking. She is a genuine leader destined for great<br />
opportunities in her future.” After graduation plans to go<br />
to Casper College as a dance major for two years before<br />
transferring somewhere else to get a bachelors in dance<br />
education to become a choreographer.<br />
DUBOIS<br />
K-12 SCHOOL<br />
Mia Jory is a freshman at Dubois K-<br />
12 School. She is the daughter of<br />
Matt Jory and Ingela Deakins. In<br />
school Mia is on the honor roll, and participates in<br />
volleyball, basketball, and track and field. Outside of<br />
school Mia enjoys hanging out with friends and<br />
practicing sports. Nominating faculty member Tina<br />
Baker said, “Mia is a great student and role model. She’s<br />
willing to help where needed and has a great attitude on<br />
school and life in general. She’s dependable and you<br />
always get her best work in class and on the athletic<br />
field.” After graduation Mia plans to attend the<br />
University of Wyoming and then go to Medical school.<br />
SHOSHONI HIGH<br />
SCHOOL<br />
Megan Gardner is a junior at Shoshoni<br />
High School. She is the daughter of<br />
Jennifer and James Gardner. Outside of<br />
school Megan enjoys hanging out with friends, spending<br />
time with her pet dog, and spending time with her family.<br />
Nominating faculty member Teresa DeWitt said, “Megan is<br />
that one student who ALWAYS has a smile on her face<br />
no matter what. She is willing to help out any student in<br />
need and is a great friend to others. Academically she has<br />
come so far in her classes this year by giving 110% and is<br />
just an overall AMAZING person.” After graduation<br />
Megan plans to attend wither CWC or the University of<br />
Wyoming.<br />
WYOMING INDIAN<br />
HIGH SCHOOL<br />
Corwin Howell is a senior at Wyoming<br />
Indian High School. He is the son of<br />
Ann and Charles Howell. In school<br />
Corwin participates in cross country, basketball, student council,<br />
traditional club, speech and debate, and track and field. Outside<br />
of school Corwin enjoys drawing, pow wows, and spending time<br />
with his family. Nominating faculty member Josie Redman said,<br />
“Corwin has been working very hard to pass his math classes and<br />
recover credit from last semester. His future goals that he has set<br />
for himself are high and attainable. I can’t wait to see him<br />
succeed in all of his future endeavors.” After graduation Corwin<br />
plans to attend college and major in businesses and politics.<br />
ST. STEPHEN’S<br />
INDIAN SCHOOL<br />
Jamison AfterBuffalo is a senior at St.<br />
Stephen’s Indian School. Jamison was<br />
nominated by Dawn Schmidt. Dawn<br />
says, “Jamison After Buffalo's enthusiasm and excellent<br />
work has been a joy these past few weeks.”