RangerArchive April 29, 2021

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WYOMING DIGEST 

WEA IN SEARCH OF K-12 FUNDING 

CHeYenne (Wne) – Although state 

lawmakers adjourned earlier this month 

without addressing Wyoming’s dire K-12 

funding outlook, the Wyoming education 

Association is determined to keep a solutions-oriented 

conversation alive. 

“While education funding is a massive 

issue in Wyoming, it is truthfully a symptom 

of a much larger and more significant 

issue: our state’s economic management,” 

Tate Mullen, government relations director 

for the WeA, said at a virtual meeting 

Monday evening. “Our state’s economy has 

to be diversified. This doesn’t mean building 

on existing industries, but bringing in 

new industries that will provide economic 

stability to the state and its residents.” 

“There seems to be a substantial disconnect 

between understanding the importance 

and value of education – which I think the 

people of Wyoming get. But the disconnect 

seems to be how those services are paid for 

(and) where those dollars come from,” 

Mullen said. “What we must address is the 

(lack) of political will to address this issue.” 

STATE WORKER DISTURBED PEACE 

CHeYenne (Wne) – Wyoming 

Division of Criminal Investigation employee 

Tina Trimble has pleaded guilty in 

Cheyenne Municipal Court to disturbance 

of the peace (rude behavior). 

Trimble accosted local business order 

Christie King after King asked Trimble to 

pick up a receipt. Trimble began verbally 

fighting with King and got close to her, 

according to court documents. King’s arms 

were full at the time, but she was able to 

push Trimble back and told Trimble, “You 

need to back up.” 

Trimble moved toward King again, and 

King “used a front leg kick to gain distance 

from Trimble.” 

Trimble and King were then physically 

fighting, with King receiving scrapes on her 

elbow and an injury to her head. Trimble 

admitted to grabbing King’s hair during the 

incident, according to court documents. 

LOCAL TEACHER ON SNACK WRAPPER 

LARAMIe (Wne) — A Laramie 

teacher is featured on the wrapper of a bar 

made by Boulder, Colorado-based company 

Bobo’s Baked goods as part of a national 

promotion to honor teachers and healthcare 

workers. 

Annette Falcon teaches Spanish at the 

University of Wyoming Lab School, and 

her masked visage appears on the front of 

Bobo’s limited-edition “Hero” chocolate 

chip oat bars. 

Falcon has taught Spanish for more than 

25 years. At the Lab School, she teaches 

grades K-8. 

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Singer-guitarist Quinn Cerovski entertained Wednesday afternoon at the Riverton 

Branch Library “chalk the walk” activity. Look for more chalk the walk pictures in a 

coming Ranger edition. 

Photo by Steve Peck 

Probe of railcar explosion deaths could 

last months; no OSHA comment now 

By Katie Roenigk 

Staff Writer 

Work force safety officials say their investigation 

into last week’s fatal railcar explosion in Shoshoni 

could continue for several months. 

Until then, the Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration will offer no comment on the incident, 

Wyoming Department of Workforce Services communications 

manager Ty Stockton said Wednesday. 

Stockton also noted that OSHA may not have jurisdiction 

over the incident, which occurred at a railcar 

repair yard and could fall under the purview of the 

Federal Railroad Association instead. 

The investigation is ongoing despite the jurisdictional 

questions, Stockton said, adding that OSHA 

does not approach the incident from a “criminal or 

otherwise standpoint,” but rather “in terms of workplace 

safety and whether the rules were followed.” 

Wyoming even has an occupational epidemiologist 

who determines whether each workplace safety incident 

represents a “one-off sort of thing” or signals a 

need to “make some changes (to) protect workers,” 

Stockton said. 

Other elements of the case – for example, the question 

of cause – often are investigated by partnering 

agencies like local fire departments and police departments, 

“depending on the incident,” he said. 

Workers Memorial Day 

Stockton took the opportunity to point out that 

Wednesday was Workers Memorial Day – “a day to 

pay tribute to people who have died on the job.” 

Two local men died in last week’s explosion: Dallas 

Mitchell, 28, of Riverton, and Daniel Conway, 18, of 

Shoshoni, both employees of Wasatch Rail Repair. 

Officials said the men were inside of a railcar tanker 

conducting routine maintenance when an explosion 

occurred at about 3:25 p.m. Wednesday, April 21. 

Shoshoni Police Department chief Chris Konija said 

the spark that ignited the explosion likely was produced 

by the work the men were doing inside of the 

tanker – using a grinder to remove paint and perform 

an ultrasound test checking the thickness and integrity 

of the welds inside of the vessel. 

“The common practice is for a metal wheel to 

remove some of the paint so the test can be conducted 

against the metal,” Konija said. “That is believed to be 

what provided the spark, or source of the initial ignition.” 

What remains unknown, Konija said, is how the 

gaseous concentration in the container reached a combustible 

density level. 

“We’re trying to explain (that),” he said. 

“There are multiple theories of how that came to 

be, but we don’t have enough information at this time 

to make a determination of exactly why that level was 

present.” 

Safety protocols would have dictated that the railcar 

workers test the tanker for explosiveness, breathability, 

and oxygen saturation before entering the confined 

space, Konija said, and if the test had indicated 

the air was unsafe, “they would not have entered, as far 

as my understanding of the proper procedures.” 

“ 

You have a few people that are 

rebels. I know a lot of people 

that have been written up 

because they weren’t wearing 

their mask. 

By Katie Roenigk 

Staff Writer 

DUSTY HARRIS 

Wyoming Honor Farm inmate 

COVID 

behind bars 

A diagnosis in prison 

brings considerations 

different from ‘outside’ 

Prison inmates in Wyoming who have had to 

endure weeks-long periods of isolation during the 

COVID-19 pandemic have come up with unique 

strategies to cope with the quarantine requirements. 

Some were able to pass the time watching television 

or playing video games, while inmates without 

those resources turned to books and calisthenics to 

occupy their minds and bodies. 

For Wyoming Honor Farm inmate Josiah 

Arthur, 23, the key was exercise. 

“Most of the time I’d just work out (to) stay 

sane,” Arthur said this month. “I had no other 

choice.” 

Other people told him they spent time drawing, 

writing letters, or writing poetry. 

“(There were) all kinds of things that would keep 

them busy,” Arthur 

said. 

Rachelle Lynch, 

23, said the prison 

quarantine experience 

was “lonely” – 

but she also appreciated 

the opportunity 

to protect herself 

from COVID-19. 

“I thought it was 

SECOND IN A SERIES 

a great idea, actually,” Lynch said, remembering her 

reaction when she was placed in quarantine for the 

first time at the Wyoming Women’s Center in Lusk. 

“I mean, it’s tough, because you can’t be around 

people as much. But on the plus side, you’re not 

getting sick, either.” 

Lynch, who said she has a “very weak immune 

system,” noted that she was “so scared” of catching 

COVID-19. 

But she was more concerned about her friends 

and relatives outside of the prison walls, whom she 

felt were more likely to be exposed to the virus than 

she was in prison, where inmates had to follow rigorous 

safety protocols. 

“They’re out there,” Lynch said of her loved 

ones. “Your family is out there getting sick. … 

They’re getting sick, and you’re worried about 

them, (but) you can’t leave. You can’t be there with 

them. And that’s hard.” 

Family ties 

Conversely, for some longtime inmates, Lynch 

said the pandemic has actually allowed more contact 

with family and friends. 

She has spoken with several people who told her 

it was a “big process” to arrange for in-person visits 

at the women’s center before COVID-19 arrived in 

Wyoming, with only a limited number of individuals 

allowed on each inmate’s “visit list.” 

During the pandemic, however, the visitation 

process has been altered to incorporate remote 

video calls, allowing more people participate. 

The change meant one inmate was able to see 

her children for the first time in seven years, Lynch 

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U.S. recovery 

from COVID 

recession is 

showing 

momentum 

WASHIngTOn (AP) — 

Powered by consumers and fueled 

by government aid, the U.S. economy 

is achieving a remarkably fast 

recovery from the recession that 

ripped through the nation last year 

on the heels of the coronavirus and 

cost tens of millions of Americans 

their jobs and businesses. 

The economy grew last quarter 

at a vigorous 6.4 percent annual 

rate, the government said 

Thursday, and expectations are 

that the current quarter will be 

even better. The number of 

people seeking unemployment 

aid — a rough reflection of layoffs 

— last week reached its lowest 

point since the pandemic struck. 

And the national Association of 

Realtors said Thursday that more 

Americans signed contracts to buy 

homes in March, reflecting a 

strong housing market as summer 

approaches. 

economists say that widespread 

vaccinations and declining viral 

cases, the reopening of more businesses, 

a huge infusion of federal 

spending and healthy job gains 

should help sustain steady growth. 

For 2021 as a whole, they expect 

the economy to expand close to 7 

percent, which would mark the 

fastest calendar-year growth since 

1984. 

In March, U.S. 

employers added 916,000 jobs — 

the biggest burst of hiring since 

August. At the same time, retail 

spending has surged, manufacturing 

output is up and consumer 

confidence has reached its highest 

point since the pandemic began. 

“We are seeing all the engines 

of the economy rev up,” said 

gregory Daco, chief economist at 

Oxford economics. 

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BIDEN SPEECH: GOVERNMENT IS GOOD, SO ARE JOBS 

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WASHIngTOn (AP) — President Joe Biden returned to 

the U.S. Capitol, his home for more than three decades, and 

used his first address to Congress to make the case that the era 

of big government is back. 

Biden said the U.S. is “on the move again” after struggling 

through a devastating pandemic that killed more than 570,000 

Americans, disrupted the economy and shook daily life. And 

he pitched an expansive — and expensive — vision to rebuild 

the nation’s roads, bridges, water pipes and other infrastructure, 

bolster public education and extend a wide swath of other 

benefits. 

Biden uttered the word “jobs” a whopping 43 times. It’s perhaps 

no surprise for an administration that has made beating 

back the pandemic and getting Americans back to work the 

central guideposts for success. 

Biden noted that the economy has gained some 1.3 million 

new jobs in the first few months of his administration — more 

than any in the first 100 days of any presidency. But he quickly 

pivoted to the need to pass his American Jobs Plan if the country 

is going to sustain momentum and get back to the historic 

low levels of unemployment before the pandemic. 

He also aimed to frame his push for the U.S. to meet its 

international obligations to slow the impact of climate change 

as, ultimately, a jobs plan. 

NC SHERIFF: 4 DEAD, SUSPECT KILLED IN STANDOFF 

BOOne, n.C. (AP) — Two deputies were killed and three 

other people including a suspected gunman were found dead 

after a lengthy standoff in north Carolina, a sheriff’s office said 

Thursday. 

The Watauga County Sheriff’s office said Sgt. Chris Ward 

and K-9 Deputy Logan Fox were dispatched to a home in 

Boone at 9:44 a.m. Wednesday after the homeowner and his 

family didn’t report to work or answer telephone calls. Both 

were hit by gunfire. Other officers were able to pull out Ward, 

who later died at a hospital. Fox died at the scene. 

“The individual suspected of killing the two officers is also 

suspected of killing two civilians in the residence,” the statement 

said. Sheriff Len Hagaman said they were the suspect’s 

mother and stepfather, WSOC-TV reported. 

A Boone Police officer, a Boone firefighter and an 

Appalachian State University police officer were shot at during 

an initial attempt to rescue the deputies, and the Boone police 

officer was hit, but he escaped injury to his Kevlar helmet 

equipment, Hagaman told WSOC. 

Morganton Department of Public Safety Maj. Ryan Lander 

told The news Herald just before 11 p.m. that the suspect 

appeared to have killed himself, the newspaper reported. 

Hagaman said Ward died at a hospital in Johnson City, 

Tennessee. 

“This is an incredibly tragic situation and our thoughts and 

prayers are with everyone involved as well as their families and 

our community,” Hagaman said. 

SUPREME COURT RULES 6-3 FOR IMMIGRANT 

WASHIngTOn (AP) — An unusual coalition of Supreme 

Court justices joined Thursday to rule in favor of an immigrant 

fighting deportation in a case that the court said turned 

on the meaning of the shortest word, “a.” 

By a 6-3 vote, the court sided with Agusto niz-Chavez, a 

guatemalan immigrant who has been in the United States 

since 2005. eight years later, he received a notice to appear at a 

deportation hearing but this notice did not include a date or 

time. Two months after that, a second notice instructed him 

when and where to show up. 

By sending notice of a deportation hearing, the government 

can stop the clock on immigrants hoping to show they have 

been in the United States for at least 10 straight years. The 10- 

year mark makes it easier under federal law to ask to be 

allowed to remain in the country. 

The court was deciding whether immigration officials had 

to include all the relevant information in a single notice. 

Justice neil gorsuch wrote in his majority opinion that they 

do, criticizing the government’s “notice by installment.” 

Two other conservative justices, Clarence Thomas and Amy 

Coney Barrett, signed on, as did the court’s three liberal members, 

Stephen Breyer, elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor. The 

case was argued during the Trump administration. 

“Anyone who has applied for a passport, filed for Social 

Security benefits, or sought a license understands the government’s 

affinity for forms. Make a mistake or skip a page? go 

back and try again, sometimes with a penalty for the trouble. 

But it turns out the federal government finds some of its forms 

frustrating too,” gorsuch wrote. 

INDIANS TURN TO BLACK MARKET AS VIRUS SURGES 

neW DeLHI (AP) — Ashish Poddar kept an ice pack on 

hand as he waited outside a new Delhi hospital for a black 

market dealer to deliver two drugs for his father, who was gasping 

for breath inside with COVID-19. 

But the drugs never arrived, the ice that was intended to 

keep the medicines cool melted and his father died hours later. 

As India faces a devastating surge of new coronavirus infections 

overwhelming its health care system, people are taking 

desperate measures to try to keep loved ones alive. In some 

cases they are turning to unproven medical treatments, in others 

to the black market for life-saving medications that are in 

short supply. 

Poddar had been told by the private hospital treating his 

father, Raj Kumar Poddar, that remdesivir, an antiviral, and 

tocilizumab, a drug that blunts human immune responses, 

were needed to keep the 68-year-old man alive. 

Like most hospitals and pharmacies in the Indian capital, 

stocks had run out. Desperate, Poddar turned to a dealer who 

promised the medicines after taking an advance of almost 

$1,000. 

“It’s nearby” and “coming” read some of the texts that 

Ashish received as he waited. 

“I wish he had at least told me that he isn’t going to come. I 

could have searched elsewhere,” the grieving son said. 

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Beer, pot, 

doughnuts 

Officials get creative 

with vaccine incentives 

CHICAgO (AP) -- Free beer, 

pot and doughnuts. Savings 

bonds. A chance to win an all-terrain 

vehicle. Places around the 

U.S. are offering incentives to try 

to energize the nation’s slowing 

vaccination drive and get 

Americans to roll up their sleeves. 

These relatively small corporate 

promotion efforts have been 

accompanied by more serious and 

far-reaching attempts by officials 

in cities such as Detroit, where 

they’re offering $50 to people who 

give others a ride to vaccination 

sites. Chicago is sending specially 

equipped buses into neighborhoods 

to deliver vaccines. 

Public health officials say the 

efforts are crucial to reach people 

who haven’t been immunized yet, 

whether because they are hesitant 

or because they have had trouble 

making an appointment or getting 

to a vaccination site. 

“This is the way we put this 

pandemic in the rearview mirror 

and move on with our lives,” said 

Dr. Steven Stack, Kentucky’s public 

health commissioner. 

Meanwhile, more activities are 

resuming around the U.S. as case 

numbers come down. Disneyland 

is set to open Friday after being 

closed for over a year, while 

Indianapolis is planning to welcome 

135,000 spectators for the 

Indy 500 at the end of May. Still, 

rising hospitalizations and caseloads 

in the Pacific northwest 

prompted Oregon’s governor to 

impose restrictions in several counties, 

and her Washington counterpart 

was expected to follow suit. 

Demand for vaccines has started 

to fall around the country — 

something health officials expected 

would happen once the most vulnerable 

and most eager to get the 

A man wearing a cannabis costume hands out marijuana cigarettes 

in New York during a “Joints for Jabs” event, where 

adults who showed their COVID-19 vaccination cards 

received a free joint. 

shot had the opportunity to do so. 

now that most older Americans 

are fully vaccinated, the effort is 

moving into a new phase. 

“This will be much more of an 

intense ground game where we 

have to focus on smaller events, 

more tailored to address the needs 

and concerns of focused communities,” 

Stack said. 

nationally, 82 percent of people 

over 65 and more than half of all 

adults have received at least one 

dose of vaccine, according to the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. But while vaccinations 

hit a high in mid-April at an average 

of 3.2 million shots per day, 

the number had fallen to 2.5 million 

as of last week, and some 

places are no longer asking for 

their full allotment from the government. 

The slowdown in the U.S. 

stands in stark contrast to the situation 

in the many poorer corners 

of the world that are desperate for 

vaccine. 

Demand has dropped precipitously 

in the rugged timberland of 

northeastern Washington state, 

where Matt Schanz of northeast 

Tri County Health District is at a 

loss for what to try next. 

Seventy-six percent of residents 

remain unvaccinated in Pend 

Oreille County, and 78 percent in 

Ferry County, and a whopping 80 

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percent in edtevens County have 

not had even one shot, compared 

with a statewide average of 59 percent. 

Wednesday, only 35 people 

in all three counties booked a first 

dose through the health agency, 

down from a daily peak of 500 

appointments a few weeks ago. 

Schanz ticks off the efforts so far 

in the three counties where he is 

the health agency’s administrator: 

newspaper ads, signs and mailers 

sent with utility bills. Drive-thru 

vaccination sites at fairgrounds and 

fire stations. A call center and 

online scheduling. Outreach to 

pastors, Republican elected leaders, 

employers in the lumber 

industry and an aluminum boat 

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Riverton Community 

Blood Drive 

Will be held Tuesday, May 11, 

from 12:00 – 5:30 p.m. at the 

United Methodist Church, 1116 

West Park Avenue, Riverton, WY. 

Appointments can be made by 

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You must have an appointment 

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NATIONAL LEAGUE 

East Division W L Pct GB 

Atlanta 12 12 .500 _ 

Philadelphia 12 12 .500 _ 

new York 9 10 .474 ½ 

Miami 11 13 .458 1 

Washington 9 12 .429 1½ 

Central Division W L Pct GB 

Milwaukee 14 10 .583 _ 

Pittsburgh 12 12 .500 2 

St. Louis 12 12 .500 2 

Cincinnati 11 13 .458 3 

Chicago 10 14 .417 4 

West Division W L Pct GB 

Los Angeles 16 9 .640 _ 

San Francisco 16 9 .640 _ 

San Diego 14 12 .538 2½ 

Arizona 12 12 .500 3½ 

Colorado 9 15 .375 6½ 

All Times EDT 

Tuesday's Games 

Pittsburgh 2, Kansas City 1 

Boston 2, n.Y. Mets 1 

Toronto 9, Washington 5 

Atlanta 5, Chicago Cubs 0 

St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 2 

Milwaukee 5, Miami 4 

Arizona 5, San Diego 1 

Colorado 7, San Francisco 5, 10 innings 

Cincinnati 6, L.A. Dodgers 5 

Wednesday's Games 

Miami 6, Milwaukee 2 

L.A. Dodgers 8, Cincinnati 0 


Washington 8, Toronto 2 

Atlanta 10, Chicago Cubs 0 

Kansas City 9, Pittsburgh 6 

Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 3 

San Diego 12, Arizona 3 

San Francisco 7, Colorado 3 

Thursday's Games 

Philadelphia (nola 2-1) at St. Louis (Kim 1-0), 

1:15 p.m. 

Chicago Cubs (Alzolay 0-2) at Atlanta (Wilson 1- 

1), 7:20 p.m. 

L.A. Dodgers (Bauer 3-0) at Milwaukee (Lauer 0- 

0), 7:40 p.m. 

Colorado (Senzatela 1-3) at Arizona (Weaver 1-2), 

9:40 p.m. 

Friday's Games 

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 6:35 p.m. 

Miami at Washington, 7:05 p.m. 

n.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. 

Atlanta at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. 

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. 

L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. 

Colorado at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. 

San Francisco at San Diego, 10:10 p.m. 

EASTERN CONFERENCE 

Atlantic Division W L Pct GB 

x-Brooklyn 42 20 .677 — 

x-Philadelphia 41 21 .661 1 

new York 35 28 .556 7½ 

Boston 33 30 .524 9½ 

Toronto 26 36 .419 16 

Southeast Division W L Pct GB 

Atlanta 34 29 .540 — 

Miami 33 30 .524 1 

Charlotte 30 32 .484 3½ 

Washington 28 34 .452 5½ 

Orlando 19 43 .306 14½ 


Milwaukee 38 23 .623 — 

Indiana 29 32 .475 9 

Chicago 26 36 .419 12½ 

Cleveland 21 41 .339 17½ 

Detroit 19 43 .306 19½ 

x-clinched playoff spot 


Portland 133, Indiana 112 

Milwaukee 114, Charlotte 104 

Oklahoma City 119, Boston 115 

Brooklyn 116, Toronto 103 

Minnesota 114, Houston 107 

Dallas 133, golden State 103 


Orlando 109, Cleveland 104 

Philadelphia 127, Atlanta 83 

new York 113, Chicago 94 

Boston 120, Charlotte 111 

Washington 116, L.A. Lakers 107 

Miami 116, San Antonio 111 

Denver 114, new Orleans 112 

Portland 130, Memphis 109 

Phoenix 109, L.A. Clippers 101 

Utah 154, Sacramento 105 


Brooklyn at Indiana, 7 p.m. 

Dallas at Detroit, 7 p.m. 

golden State at Minnesota, 8 p.m. 

Scoreboard 

Major league glance 

NBA glance 

East Division GP W L OTPts GF GA 

Washington 49 32 13 4 68 171 144 

Pittsburgh 50 32 15 3 67 170 138 

n.Y. Islanders 49 29 15 5 63 136 114 

Boston 48 28 14 6 62 139 119 

n.Y. Rangers 50 26 18 6 58 167 132 

Philadelphia 49 22 20 7 51 140 177 

new Jersey 49 15 27 7 37 127 174 

Buffalo 50 13 30 7 33 122 174 

Central Division GP W L OTPts GF GA 

x-Carolina 49 32 10 7 71 161 119 

x-Florida 51 32 14 5 69 166 141 

x-Tampa Bay 49 33 14 2 68 167 129 

nashville 51 27 22 2 56 141 146 

Dallas 49 21 16 12 54 140 129 

Chicago 49 22 22 5 49 139 158 

Detroit 51 17 25 9 43 115 159 

Columbus 51 16 25 10 42 122 170 

nOTe: Two points for a win, one point for 

overtime loss. The top four teams in each division 

will qualify for playoffs under this season's 

temporary realignment. 

x-clinched playoff spot 

y-clinched division 

All Times EDT 


n.Y. Rangers 3, Buffalo 1 

Boston 3, Pittsburgh 1 

Columbus 1, Detroit 0, SO 

Carolina 5, Dallas 1 

Washington 1, n.Y. Islanders 0 

new Jersey 6, Philadelphia 4 

Tampa Bay 7, Chicago 4 

Florida 7, nashville 4 


Ottawa 6, Vancouver 3 

St. Louis 4, Minnesota 3 

Toronto 4, Montreal 1 

edmonton 3, Winnipeg 1 

Vegas 5, Colorado 2 

Anaheim 3, Los Angeles 2 

San Jose 4, Arizona 2 


Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m. 

Dallas at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. 

Detroit at Carolina, 7 p.m. 

(All times Eastern) 

Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts 

Thursday, April 29 

MLB BASEBALL 

4 p.m. 

MLBn — Seattle at Houston (joined in progress) 

7 p.m. 

MLBn — Chicago Cubs at Atlanta OR LA 

Dodgers at Milwaukee (7:30 p.m.) 

11:30 p.m. 

MLBn — Colorado at Arizona (joined in 

NHL glance 

Sports on TV 

AMERICAN LEAGUE 

East Division W L Pct GB 

Boston 16 9 .640 _ 

Tampa Bay 13 12 .520 3 

Toronto 11 12 .478 4 

new York 11 13 .458 4½ 

Baltimore 10 14 .417 5½ 


Kansas City 15 8 .652 _ 

Chicago 12 10 .545 2½ 

Cleveland 11 12 .478 4 

Minnesota 8 15 .348 7 

Detroit 8 16 .333 7½ 

West Division W L Pct GB 

Oakland 15 10 .600 _ 

Houston 13 11 .542 1½ 

Los Angeles 12 11 .522 2 

Seattle 13 12 .520 2 

Texas 10 15 .400 5 

All Times EDT 


Pittsburgh 2, Kansas City 1 

Cleveland 7, Minnesota 4 


n.Y. Yankees 5, Baltimore 1 

Toronto 9, Washington 5 

Tampa Bay 4, Oakland 3 

Houston 2, Seattle 0 

Texas 6, L.A. Angels 1 

Detroit 5, Chicago White Sox 2 


Minnesota 10, Cleveland 2 


n.Y. Yankees 7, Baltimore 0 

Tampa Bay 2, Oakland 0 

Washington 8, Toronto 2 

Kansas City 9, Pittsburgh 6 

L.A. Angels 4, Texas 3 

Houston 7, Seattle 5 

Detroit at Chicago White Sox, ppd. 


n.Y. Yankees (Montgomery 1-1) at Baltimore 

(López 1-3), 1:05 p.m. 

Oakland (Bassitt 2-2) at Tampa Bay (McClanahan 

0-0), 1:10 p.m. 

Seattle (Kikuchi 0-1) at Houston (garcia 0-2), 

2:10 p.m. 

Detroit (Mize 1-2) at Chicago White Sox (Rodón 

3-0), 5:10 p.m., 1st game 

Boston (Pérez 0-1) at Texas (gibson 2-0), 8:05 

p.m. 

Detroit (Boyd 2-2) at Chicago White Sox (Cease 

0-0), 8:10 p.m., 2nd game 


Detroit at n.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. 

Atlanta at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. 

Houston at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. 

Boston at Texas, 8:05 p.m. 

Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. 

Kansas City at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. 

Baltimore at Oakland, 9:40 p.m. 

L.A. Angels at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. 

WESTERN CONFERENCE 

Southwest Division W L Pct GB 

Dallas 34 27 .557 — 

Memphis 31 30 .508 3 

San Antonio 31 30 .508 3 

new Orleans 27 35 .435 7½ 

Houston 15 47 .242 19½ 

Northwest Division W L Pct GB 

x-Utah 45 17 .726 — 

Denver 41 21 .661 4 

Portland 34 28 .548 11 

Oklahoma City 21 41 .339 24 

Minnesota 19 44 .302 26½ 

Pacific Division W L Pct GB 

x-Phoenix 44 18 .710 — 

L.A. Clippers 43 21 .672 2 

L.A. Lakers 36 26 .581 8 

golden State 31 31 .500 13 

Sacramento 25 37 .403 19 

Milwaukee at Houston, 8 p.m. 

new Orleans at Oklahoma City, 9 p.m. 

Toronto at Denver, 9 p.m. 


Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. 

San Antonio at Boston, 7:30 p.m. 

Washington at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. 

Orlando at Memphis, 8 p.m. 

Portland at Brooklyn, 8 p.m. 

Milwaukee at Chicago, 9 p.m. 

Utah at Phoenix, 10 p.m. 

Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. 

Saturday's Games 

Detroit at Charlotte, 7 p.m. 

golden State at Houston, 7:30 p.m. 

Chicago at Atlanta, 8 p.m. 

Indiana at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. 

Memphis at Orlando, 8 p.m. 

Miami at Cleveland, 8 p.m. 

new Orleans at Minnesota, 8 p.m. 

Washington at Dallas, 9 p.m. 

Denver at L.A. Clippers, 10 p.m. 

Toronto at Utah, 10 p.m. 

West Division GP W L OTPts GF GA 

x-Vegas 48 35 11 2 72 165 105 

x-Colorado 47 31 12 4 66 164 117 

x-Minnesota 48 31 14 3 65 154 127 

St. Louis 47 22 19 6 50 139 146 

Arizona 50 21 24 5 47 134 160 

San Jose 49 20 24 5 45 135 169 

Los Angeles 47 18 23 6 42 126 140 

Anaheim 50 15 28 7 37 109 162 

North Division GP W L OTPts GF GA 

x-Toronto 49 31 13 5 67 163 131 

edmonton 47 29 16 2 60 153 127 

Winnipeg 49 27 19 3 57 150 138 

Montreal 48 21 18 9 51 137 140 

Calgary 48 21 24 3 45 128 139 

Ottawa 50 19 27 4 42 139 174 

Vancouver 43 19 21 3 41 117 138 

n.Y. Islanders at n.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. 

Philadelphia at new Jersey, 7 p.m. 

Pittsburgh at Washington, 7 p.m. 

Vancouver at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. 

Florida at Chicago, 8 p.m. 

St. Louis at Minnesota, 8 p.m. 

Calgary at edmonton, 9 p.m. 


Winnipeg at Montreal, 7 p.m. 

San Jose at Colorado, 9 p.m. 

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10 p.m. 

Vegas at Arizona, 10 p.m. 

Saturday's Games 

Buffalo at Boston, 1 p.m. 

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 3 p.m. 

Columbus at Carolina, 7 p.m. 

n.Y. Rangers at n.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. 

new Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. 

Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m. 

Pittsburgh at Washington, 7 p.m. 

Vancouver at Toronto, 7 p.m. 

Dallas at nashville, 8 p.m. 

Florida at Chicago, 8 p.m. 

San Jose at Colorado, 8 p.m. 

St. Louis at Minnesota, 8 p.m. 

Calgary at edmonton, 10 p.m. 

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10 p.m. 

Vegas at Arizona, 10 p.m. 

progress) 

NBA BASKETBALL 

7 p.m. 

nBATV — Brooklyn at Indiana 

NHL HOCKEY 

8 p.m. 

nBCSn — Florida at Chicago 

10:30 p.m. 

nBCSn — Calgary at edmonton (joined in 

progress) 

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Riverton Wolverines Daxton Fisher (17), Korbin Heil and Christian Nimmo surrouned Levi 

Stoneking of Douglas as he headed a pass downfield. The Riverton boys have a 3-2 conference 

record heading into a 3 p.m. Friday home matchup with Newcastle. 

Photos by Steve Peck 

RHS booters host Newcastle 

q The schedule says 

the boys have the earlier 

game of the doubleheader 

beginning at 

3 p.m. Friday, with 

the girls next at 5 p.m. 

By Steve Peck 

Publisher 

The Riverton Wolverine soccer 

teams have shaken off some bad 

early season results, and both now 

have winning records in their 

respective conferences. 

The RHS boys played outstanding 

defensive soccer in a Class 3-A 

east conference game Friday in 

Rawlins, securing a 2-1 victory. 

Combined with their 6-0 win at 

newcastle and a 3-1 home victory 

over Buffalo, the Wolverines have 

raised their conference mark to 3-2 

after one trip through the 3-A 

east. 

Both conference losses were 

close, 4-2 in Torrington and 1-0 at 

home to Douglas. 

The second half of the conference 

season starts Friday at 

Wolverine Field, when coach 

Brady Samuelson’s RHS boys host 

newcastle in a 3 p.m. start. 

Riverton dominated newcastle 

6-0 earlier in the season. 

Douglas leads the league standings 

at 3-0-2. Riverton’s 3-2 mark 

is the only other winning record in 

the 3-A east. 

Hard luck for 

Rustler rodeo 

in UW arena 

The Central Wyoming College 

rodeo team traveled to Laramie 

over the weekend to compete at 

the rodeo hosted by the University 

of Wyoming. 

The Rustlers had three qualifiers 

for Sunday’s finals but no one 

was able to stop the clock in the 

short round. 

For the second week in a row, 

sophomore Shelby Weltz made it 

back to the short round in goat 

tying. She tied for 10th with a 

7.3-second run but wasn’t able to 

keep her short round goat tied for 

the required six seconds, resulting 

in a no-time. 

Teammate Aubrey Berger made 

her first short-round appearance 

of the season after stopping the 

clock in 3.0 seconds in breakaway 

roping, which placed her ninth in 

the long round. She missed catching 

her calf in the short round, 

resulting in a no-time, leaving her 

10th in the final standings. 

Men’s team captain Cole 

Trainor placed fourth in the long 

round of steer wrestling after stopping 

the clock in 5.3 seconds. He, 

too, had some tough luck and didn’t 

post a time in the short go, 

dropping him to ninth overall. 

CWC’s final rodeo of the season 

comes this week in greely, 

Colorado. 

Madison Fossey, left, and Olivia Bradley celebrated Bradley’s 

goal against Douglas. RHS hosts Newcastle at 5 p.m. Friday. 

Girls 

It’s a similar story for coach 

Tanya Santee and the Lady 

Wolverines. After taking early losses 

to 3-A West teams Jackson, 

Cody and Worland, Riverton posted 

dominating conference wins 

over Torrington and Douglas, then 

took it to Rawlins 4-0 on Friday in 

Carbon County. 

The Lady Wolverines also host 

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newcastle this Friday. RHS lost 2- 

0 to the Dogies on the road earlier 

this month. The schedule lists the 

girls game as the second of the 

boys/girls doubleheader, scheduled 

for 5 p.m. 

Round 2 of the league season 

will tell the tale of the hotly contested 

Class 3-A east conference in 

which four of the five teams have a 

winning conference record. 

Essential Quality 

is 2-1 favorite in 

Kentucky Derby 

LOUISVILLe, Ky. (AP) — 

With the rail still open and 

Kentucky Derby post positions 

dwindling, Brad Cox grew anxious 

about the most notable of his two 

horses drawing the least desired 

spot. 

The home-grown trainer soon 

breathed easier. essential Quality 

got something more palatable, 

though the hardest part awaits 

with the target firmly on his back. 

essential Quality is the 2-1 

morning line favorite and will 

start from the no. 14 post for 

Saturday’s 147th Kentucky Derby 

at Churchill Downs. 

“It got a little nerve-wracking 

with both horses still to go and the 

rail still being out there,” Cox said 

Tuesday. “I think it’ll be a good 

spot. He’s got good tactical speed 

that he’ll be able to get into a good 

position from there.” 

The $3 million, 1 1/4-mile 

marquee race for 3-year-old colts 

is back on the first Saturday of 

May after being delayed to Labor 

Day weekend last fall because of 

the pandemic. 

About 45,000 spectators are 

expected at the track. 

Rock Your World is the 5-1 second 

choice from the no. 15 slot 

with Known Agenda the 6-1 third 

choice despite drawing the rail in 

the 20-horse field. Hot Rod 

Charlie drew 8-1 odds as the 

fourth choice from the no. 9 slot. 

The obvious focus is on 

essential Quality, the reigning 2- 

year-old champion who enters the 

Run for the Roses having won all 

five races and with Luis Saez 

aboard. 

His haul of graded stakes victories 

includes a gutsy Blue grass 

victory at Keeneland on April 3 

that vaulted the gray son of Tapit 

to the top of the Derby standings 

with 140 points and cemented 

him as the projected favorite. 

He’s one of two entries trained 

by Cox, who grew up a few blocks 

from Churchill Downs and will 

make his Derby debut trying to 

become the first Louisville native 

to win the race. The eclipse 

Award winner will also saddle 

Mandaloun from the no. 7 post 

as a 15-1 choice, with the bay colt 

looking to bounce back from a 

disappointing sixth in the 

Louisiana Derby. 

At least their starting spots are 

no longer an issue. 

Rock Your World, trained by 

John Sadler, has won all three 

starts this year after not racing as a 

2-year-old.


Going big 

Biden is trying it again, and 

he says he wants an argument 

In what amounted to an unofficial State of the Union 

address, President Biden on Wednesday proposed a bundle 

of federal programs so big that the term “gargantuan” 

barely applies. 

It’s the third federal spending whopper Biden has proposed 

since taking office 100 days ago. 

The first one, the American Recovery Act, already has 

been passed and is being implemented. The second, his 

huge infrastructure bill, has been introduced as legislation 

and is about to be debated in Congress. 

This one, covering jobs, education, child care, unemployment 

compensation, job retraining and more, was 

unveiled in summary form during the big speech. 

The issues identified to be addressed by the bill already 

affect virtually every American, including in Fremont 

County. If implemented, the proposed remedies would 

affect all of us too. 

So, in case you think that a speech given at the U.S. 

Capitol can’t be local news, think again. 

Biden spent the bulk of his career as a legislator. He was 

in the U.S. Senate from the early 1970s to the mid-2000s. 

It was one of the most lengthy careers ever in the Senate, 

so he comes from he sensibility of one who believes in 

Congress and legislation. 

Unquestionably, the nearly 50-50 split in both houses of 

Congress means that there will be substantial and formidable 

opposition to anything Biden wants to do, particularly 

something so huge as this. 

He’s banking on the popularity of the American 

Recovery Act, and the corresponding spark in gross 

Domestic Product that he cited during the speech, as 

ammunition to implement even more big federal programs. 

And he’s working fast, because the Democratic Party 

majorities he now enjoys, thin as they are, might last only 

through the end of next year. 

Biden’s view, then, is that the time is now to think big 

and act quickly. 

Vital to the legislation process will be what form the 

Republican opposition takes. The simplest thing to do 

would be to invoke the muscle of the filibuster. Sen. 

Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, could announce 

that Biden’s plans shouldn’t even come to a vote because 

the Republicans simply will halt them using the filibuster, 

which requires a 60-vote majority to get something 

passed. The best Biden can hope for is 51-50, using vice 

President Harris’s vote as the tiebreaker. 

Outside all of the policy proposals themselves Biden 

outlined in his speech, there was another interesting line, 

which reflects how he thinks legislative deliberations 

ought to go. 

“Let’s argue about it,” he said. 

He’s banking on an actual legislative process involving 

hearings, testimony, committee votes, floor debate, 

amendments and full votes in Congress — all in full view. 

His gamble is that if the public sees the issues actually 

was being legislated, rather than simply blocked, then support 

for them will grow and have a chance to pass. 

Frankly, that could be a bit old school in the president’s 

thinking. 

He might be remembering the 1970s, 1980s, or even 

1990s, when actual legislating was done. Since the new 

century began, that process has changed a lot. Many 

things get introduced, but often that’s about it. The right 

signals are sent that legislation either is going to be 

rammed through over all opposition or stopped cold 

despite all advocacy. 

Joe Biden is 78 years old, with a half-century of government 

service behind him, and this is how he thinks things 

ought to be done. Time might have passed him by on this 

approach, but clearly he intends to try, and try hard. 

“Let’s argue about it”? Chances are Biden will find plenty 

of takers. 

— Steven R. Peck 

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How will we revolt if we can’t google the instructions? 

Technology is the oppressor. 

Oh sure, it seems like a great 

idea, sitting in front of a screen, 

composing with a few keystrokes, 

made by your fingers, moved by 

your tendons, motored by your 

muscles, responding to your nerve 

impulses, governed by your brain. 

And who even KnOWS why 

your brain chose to do it. 

You can share your thoughts, 

build a project, send a message, 

collaborate, and help others using 

the technology available today — 

and you can do it on a global 

scale. 

Sounds more like a friend than 

an oppressor. 

During the COVID-19 shutdown, 

parents turned to YouTube 

for at-home chemistry lessons. 

Those same parents turned to 

YouTube to learn how to cut their 

bangs. The kitchen forgave us. 

The bangs didn’t. 

even before then, most of us 

had learned already that a lot of 

work can be done from a ramshackle 

witness protection hideout 

as long as we’ve got good Wi-Fi 

and a tablet. 

What good, really, did it do us 

to shake hands and run around 

town when we could accomplish 

the same rapport (give or take the 

entire human element) by firing 

off a few e-mails? 

Being an adult is hard. So it’s 

good to have a little gizmo that 

will remind you to pay your bills 

and make your appointments. 

And it’s good to let the robot in 

your pocket run your entire life, 

sell your medical queries to the 

pharmaceutical industry, and 

anticipate your political leanings 

based entirely on how many vegetables 

you eat. 

Clair McFarland 

Well, I wanted to watch Fox 

news today but I had a vegetarian 

dinner, so… 

Still, there’s the electromagnetic 

frequency our devices emit. They 

cause ailment and brain fuzz, distractedness 

and chocolate cravings. 

On Sunday, I decided to put all 

our devices on airplane mode and 

turn off the Wi-Fi router. 

After a few failed attempts at 

netflix access, The Husband finally 

figured out why our house had 

gone non-magical, and, in the way 

that dads accustomed to fixing 

everything ALL THe DAng 

TIMe do, he ambled off to my 

office to switch the thing back on. 

“Oh, don’t do that, honey,” I 

breezed. “We’re having an eMF 

detox day.” 

He looked at me as if I’d 

cooked a llama for dinner. 

“What.” 

“The electromagnetic field 

pulses with shockwaves not 

attuned to our biological frequencies, 

which can grow dangerous if 

we don’t give ourselves a chance to 

heal,” I explained, thoroughly. 

The Husband said that even if 

it’s so, we can’t descend into the 

dark ages of pre-netflix on just 

any whim. 

He had, of course, another 

motive for keeping the Internet 

switched on. The Husband is an 

eBay vulture with just one kind of 

target. He likes to seek out firstedition, 

hardback Stephen King 

volumes up for auction with no 

bids, then wait until the last 

moment to seize the things for 

pennies. 

His record so far is a final-bid 

snipe of $2.50 with half a 

nanosecond to spare in the auction. 

everywhere he walks, the failed 

bidders of eBay can be heard wailing 

after him. 

“See that? See? See?” says he, 

flashing his phone. Invariably, it 

displays a ponderous hardback 

with King’s name in all-caps, 

dwarfing the actual title of the 

book on its cover. 

Is Stephen King “all that”? 

Having only read “The green 

Mile,” I can say, yes, Stephen King 

is all that, but still not as good as 

Aldous Huxley, which is why the 

bookshelves in our home are 

strictly segregated into “His” and 

“Hers.” 

“excuse me, dear. The King of 

Creep is getting his germs on the 

Master of Dystopia.” 

“Yes, yes,” sighs he. “I’m only 

setting him there for a second 

while I alphabetize.” 

But on this particular Sunday, 

when I decided that technology 

was the oppressor, the children 

were milling about, wondering 

why the iPad was out of gas. 

“Whenever I try to make it 

show a video it just sort of does 

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nothing,” confessed a boy, wondering 

whatever became of fundamental 

Internet rights in this 

world. 

I mean, doesn’t everyone have 

the right to access the world’s 

communal intellect at any given 

time? And if we lose that right, 

how should we proceed? 

How will we stage a revolution 

if we can’t even google the 

instructions?! 

Such is life, son. Such is life. 

It wasn’t just the eMF data that 

got me thinking of tech as the 

slaver. The despot. The tyrant. 

It was the fact that, every time I 

sit in front of this machine, my 

mind travels down a thousand 

corridors of intent but very few 

actual corridors of action. 

Have I responded to all the e- 

mails? 

Am I caught up on current 

events? 

Have I printed off every recipe 

that I’ll need if an electromagnetic 

solar storm wipes out our electronics 

for the next several years? 

All these thoughts manipulate 

my brain, then my nerve dispatches, 

muscles, tendons, keys, wordprocessor, 

search engine. 

Yes, through that chain of stimuli, 

I produce news stories or 

columns. 

And that’s a livelihood. 

And I give the tech its due 

respect for enabling my work. 

But if it happens to be Sunday 

(my day off), a more tangible outcome 

can be reached by walking 

out onto this softening spring 

earth, hacking apart a patch of it, 

and sticking some seeds into it. 

Which – o ye enabling, tyrannical 

computer – is exactly what I 

am going to do now. 

The zipper was first patented in the U.S. this day, 1913 

Today is Thursday, April 29, the 119th day of 2021. 

There are 246 days left in the year. 

Today’s Highlight in History: 

On April 29, 1992, a jury in Simi Valley, California, acquitted 

four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state 

charges in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney 

King; the verdicts were followed by rioting in Los Angeles 

resulting in 55 deaths. 

On this date: 

In 1913, Swedish-born engineer Gideon Sundback of 

Hoboken, New Jersey, received a U.S. patent for a “separable 

fastener” — later known as the zipper. 

In 1945, during World War II, American soldiers 

liberated the Dachau (DAH’-khow) concentration 

camp. Adolf Hitler married Eva 

Braun inside his “Fuhrerbunker” and designated 

Adm. Karl Doenitz (DUHR’-nihtz) president. 

In 1946, 28 former Japanese officials went 

on trial in Tokyo as war criminals; seven ended 

up being sentenced to death. 

In 1957, the SM-1, the first military nuclear 

power plant, was dedicated at Fort Belvoir, 

Virginia. 

In 1967, Aretha Franklin’s cover of Otis 

Redding’s “Respect” was released as a single by Atlantic 

Records. 

In 1961, “ABC’s Wide World of Sports” premiered, with 

Jim McKay as host. 

In 1983, Harold Washington was sworn in as the first 

Black mayor of Chicago. 

In 1991, a cyclone began striking the South Asian 

country of Bangladesh; it ended up killing more than 

138,000 people, according to the U.S. National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration. 

In 1997, Staff Sgt. Delmar Simpson, a drill instructor at 

Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, was convicted of 

raping six female trainees (he was sentenced to 25 years 

in prison and dishonorably discharged). A worldwide treaty 

Pfeiffer 

to ban chemical weapons went into effect. 

In 2000, Tens of thousands of angry Cuban-Americans 

marched peacefully through Miami’s Little Havana, protesting 

the raid in which armed federal agents yanked 6-yearold 

Elian Gonzalez from the home of relatives. 

In 2008, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack 

Obama denounced his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah 

Wright, for what he termed “divisive and destructive” remarks 

on race. 

In 2010, the U.S. Navy officially ended a ban on 

women serving on submarines, saying the first women 

would be reporting for duty by 2012. The NCAA’s Board of 

Directors approved a 68-team format for the 

men’s basketball tournament beginning 

the next season. 

Ten years ago: Britain’s Prince 

William and Kate Middleton were 

married in an opulent ceremony at 

London’s Westminster Abbey. President 

Barack Obama visited 

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, one of the 

sites of deadly tornadoes two days 

earlier, saying he had “never seen 

devastation like this.” 

Five years ago: Hundreds of 

rowdy protesters broke through barricades and threw eggs 

at police outside a hotel in Burlingame, California, where 

Donald Trump addressed the state’s Republican convention. 

North Korea sentenced Kim Dong Chul, a U.S. citizen 

of Korean heritage, to 10 years in prison after convicting 

him of espionage and subversion. Joey Meek, a friend of 

Dylann Roof, the white man later convicted of killing nine 

Black parishioners during a Bible study at a Charleston, 

South Carolina, church pleaded guilty to lying to federal 

authorities. (Meek was sentenced in March 2017 to more 

than two years in prison.) 

One year ago: Scientists announced the first effective 

treatment against the coronavirus, the experimental antiviral 

medication remdesivir, which they said could speed the 

Thurman 

recovery of COVID-19 patients. The government estimated 

that the U.S. economy shrank at a 4.8% annual rate in the 

first quarter of the year as the pandemic shut down much 

of the country. The Federal Reserve said it would keep its 

key short-term interest rate near zero for the foreseeable 

future as part of its effort to bolster the economy. A suburban 

Minneapolis nursing home said 47 residents had died 

from complications of COVID-19. President Donald Trump 

said the federal government would not extend the social 

distancing guidelines that were expiring the next day; he 

said he would resume his own out-of-state travel. Police 

were called to a Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood after a 

funeral home overwhelmed by the coronavirus resorted to 

storing dozens of bodies on ice in rented trucks 

and a passerby complained about the smell; no 

criminal charges were filed. 

Today’s Birthdays: 

Actor Keith Baxter is 88. Conductor Zubin 

Mehta is 85. Pop singer Bob Miranda (The 

Happenings) is 79. Country singer Duane Allen 

(The Oak Ridge Boys) is 78. Singer Tommy 

James is 74. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., 

is 71. Movie director Phillip Noyce is 71. Comedian 

Jerry Seinfeld is 67. Actor Leslie Jordan is 

66. Actor Kate Mulgrew is 66. Actor Daniel Day- 

Lewis is 64. Actor Michelle Pfeiffer is 63. Actor Eve Plumb 

is 63. Rock musician Phil King is 61. Country singer 

Stephanie Bentley is 58. Actor Vincent Ventresca is 55. 

Singer Carnie Wilson (Wilson Phillips) is 53. Actor Paul 

Adelstein is 52. Actor Uma Thurman is 51. International 

Tennis Hall of Famer Andre Agassi is 51. Rapper Master P 

is 51. Actor Darby Stanchfield is 50. Country singer James 

Bonamy is 49. Gospel/rhythm-and-blues singer Erica 

Campbell (Mary Mary) is 49. Rock musician Mike Hogan 

(The Cranberries) is 48. Actor Tyler Labine is 43. Actor 

Megan Boone is 38. Actor-model Taylor Cole is 37. Pop 

singer Amy Heidemann (Karmin) is 35. NHL center 

Jonathan Toews is 33. Pop singer Foxes is 32. Actor 

Grace Kaufman is 19.


The Ranger 

TODay 

in Fremont County 

Thursday, April 29, 2021 

CaLENDaR 

Saturday, May 1 

The Riverton Kiwanis Club’s first community 

health fair event is 7-10 a.m. at the 

Intertribal Education and Cultural Center at 

Central Wyoming College, 2660 Peck Ave. in 

Riverton, in tandem with the Wyoming Health 

Fair Blood Draw. 

Information and resources will be available 

from local health care and health-related 

companies, and there will be several speakers, 

including Vivian Watkins with the 

Riverton Medical District at 7:30 a.m., Ken 

Holt with Sage West Women’s Health at 8 

a.m., CWC psychology instructor Joseph 

Fountain at 8:30 a.m., Help for Health chaplain 

and poet Echo Klaproth at 9 a.m. and 

Scott Hayes with Fremont Counseling at 9:30 

a.m. 

The Help for Health Hospice 5K Color 

Run/Walk 2021 begins at 9 a.m. at 2255 

Brunton Court A. 

Cost is $25 for adults ages 17 and older, 

$15 for children ages 5-16 and free for children 

age 4 and younger. There will be prizes 

for first- and second-place adults and children. 

Attendees are asked to wear a white shirt. 

Early registration forms are available at Help 

for Health, 716 College View Drive in 

Riverton. Day-of-race registration will begin 

at 8 a.m. For more information visit helpforhealthwy.com/events. 

The Affinity Aspiring Ally Circle will meet 

10 a.m. to noon via Zoom. The intended 

audience is aspiring allies seeking to stand 

with Native Americans and other people of 

color. T 

he lead facilitator will be L’Dawn Olsen, 

equity and inclusion specialist with the 

Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic 

Violence and Sexual Assault. The event is 

free. To register email chesie@vcn.com. 

The Wind River Farm to Plate Seed Swap 

for new and experienced gardeners is 12-3 

p.m. at Lander City Park, 405 Fremont Street 

in Lander. 

Wednesday, May 5 

Three advocates from the Eastern 

Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes will 

discuss Indigenous narratives of the Red 

Desert at noon on Zoom. 

The public is invited to the free event, 

which features a panel discussion on the 

ancestral landscape and living cultural corridor 

of the Red Desert. 

Panelists include Wes Martel, senior Wind 

River conservation associate for the Greater 

Yellowstone Coalition and former longtime 

member of the Eastern Shoshone Business 

Council; Jason Baldes, the tribal buffalo coordinator 

for the National Wildlife Federation; 

and Yufna Soldier Wolf, the Wind River organizer 

for the Wyoming Outdoor Council and 

former tribal historic preservation officer for 

the Northern Arapaho Tribe. 

Sign up for the event at bit.ly/3tIkzUi. 

The Missing and Murdered Indigenous 

People’s March for Justice will begin at 4:30 

p.m. at the 789 Casino and Smokeshop, 

10367 Wyoming Highway 789 south of 

Riverton. 

Participants will proceed from there to 

Riverton City Park. 

A presentation about historic preservation 

efforts in Riverton is at 6 p.m. at the Riverton 

Museum, 700 E. Park Ave. 

The presentation will focus on some of the 

most important and recognizable buildings 

and homes in Riverton and some of the 

preservation efforts being made to protect 

these buildings. 

The program is free and open to the public. 

For more information call 856-2665. 

Thursday, May 6 

The Bureau of Reclamation will present a 

2021 water supply outlook for Boysen and 

Buffalo Bill reservoirs during a virtual public 

meeting at 1 p.m. 

The meeting will be presented via 

Microsoft Teams. Participants only need 

internet access and the meeting link; they do 

not need to have the Teams program. 

The meeting link will be available prior to 

and during the meeting at 

usbr.gov/gp/wyao/Boysen_BuffaloBill_Water 

_Operations.pdf. 

The meeting link can be requested by e- 

mailing mfollum@usbr.gov. Water supply outlook 

information will be available after the 

meeting at 

usbr.gov/gp/wyao/Boysen_BuffaloBill_Water 

_Operations.pdf. 

The Riverton High School Job Fair is 

noon to 2:30 p.m. on the football field at 

RHS, weather permitting. 

Students will be excused from class to 

attend the job fair. Local employers are 

encouraged to participate so students can 

drop off resumes, pick up applications, fill 

them out, and meet with business representatives. 

RSVP at nkrusemeier@fremont25.org 

EMERgENCy CaLLS 

Information in this column is taken from 

official law enforcement reports. 

An arrest is a preliminary step in the legal 

process. It does not mean that a person has 

been found guilty of a crime. 

By law, persons who are arrested are 

innocent until proven guilty through due legal 

processes. 

In Riverton Police Department reports: 

Vandalism was reported at about 8:15 a.m. 

Tuesday in the 700 block of East Park 

Avenue. The reporting party said “someone 

spray painted over the graffiti that was 

already there.” 

Vandalism was reported at about 8:30 a.m. 

Tuesday on North Pointe Circle. The initial 

report indicates the reporting party was 

“accusing (her) neighbor of ruining her fence 

and throwing rocks on top of her roof.” 

Shoplifting was reported at about 8:35 

a.m. Tuesday in the 1700 block of North 

Federal Boulevard. The initial report indicates 

the ticket was created per officer request. 

A 16-year-old boy was cited at about 10:15 

a.m. Tuesday at Riverton High School, 2001 

W. Sunset Drive, for simple assault. The initial 

report indicates the ticket was created per 

officer request. 

An animal problem was reported at about 

11:40 a.m. Tuesday on North Eighth Street 

West. The initial report was regarding “chickens 

on (the) road.” 


12:20 p.m. Tuesday on Elk Drive. The reporting 

party said there was a “prairie dog in their 

house vent.” 


1:30 p.m. Tuesday on North Federal 

Boulevard. The reporting party said there 

was “a stray cat in the business.” 

Fraud was reported at about 1:45 p.m. 

Tuesday in the 800 block of North Federal 

Boulevard. The reporting party said he was 

“unsure how much information he gave a 

scam caller.” 

A hit and run incident was reported at 

about 5:10 p.m. Tuesday in the 100 block of 

North Fifth Street East. The initial report indicates 

the incident involved a 2018 Chevy 

truck. 

A robbery was reported at about 6:40 p.m. 

Tuesday in the 100 block of South Third 

Street East. 

The initial report indicates a vehicle was 

stolen. The reporting party said “the thief 

pointed a gun at her and pulled her at the 

side.” 

She said the incident involved a maroon 

2007 Chevy Tahoe and a “small” .38. 

Corey Hill, 27, of Riverton, was arrested at 

about 10 p.m. Tuesday in the 400 block of 

North Federal Boulevard for two counts of 

assault and battery and for public intoxication 

and resisting arrest. 

Kimberly Potter, 32, of Riverton, was 

arrested for driving under the influence and 

use and possession of a controlled substance. 

The initial report was regarding “people 

fighting in (a) room.” 

In Fremont County Sheriff’s Office 

reports: 

A traffic hazard was reported at about 2:35 

p.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of Burma 

Road near Riverton. The initial report indicates 

there were “three horses on the road.” 

A traffic hazard was reported at about 3:45 

p.m. Tuesday in the 1000 block of Tweed 

Lane near Lander. 

The initial report was regarding a “trailer 

blocking traffic.” 

Virus 

said. 

“With this video visiting, you can visit anybody,” 

she said. “A lot of the other ladies here think that’s 

really nice. … I think that was a big thing to them.” 

The technology also allowed Lynch to attend her 

father’s funeral online this spring. 

Parent concerns 

Honor Farm inmate Daniel Black, 39, has taken 

advantage of video calls during his incarceration, too, 

and he has been able to call his 10-year-old son on 

the phone “almost every other day.” 

“I’m kind of fortunate,” Black said. 

His son, who attends Rendezvous elementary 

School, is living with Black’s mother-in-law, but 

Black has been able to weigh in on pandemic-related 

decisions during their regular phone calls. 

For example, when public schools reopened in the 

fall, Black was able to share his opinion that his son 

should not resume in-person learning if COVID-19 

transmission rates rose above a certain level – especially 

because Black’s mother-in-law works at a nursing 

home in town. 

“She was kind of nervous about it,” he said. “She 

didn’t want to transmit it to (her clients). I think she’s 

probably high-risk too.” 

now that his son has returned to school, Black 

said he is glad the boy is able to take advantage of 

face-to-face lessons from his instructors. 

“He’s getting to the point where you can only 

learn so much (over) the Internet,” Black said. 

“Sometimes you need the teacher there to explain it 

to you. 

“Kids need interactions, (and they) need to interact 

with other kids.” 

Distance rules 

Adults have similar social needs, Black said, but he 

commended his fellow inmates for their efforts to 

stay safely distant from one another during the pandemic. 

“We all do our own part,” he said. “We try as best 

we can.” 

WHF inmates still are not allowed to congregate 

in communal rooms, Black said. 

Prisoners as well as WDOC staff are required to 

wear facial coverings – though some people “get tired 

of the mask thing,” he added. 

“I guess it’s just like society – you have a few people 

that are rebels,” WHF inmate Dusty Harris, 39, 

said. “I know a lot of people that have been written 

up because they weren’t wearing their mask.” 

Some of those people didn’t believe COVID-19 

was “that serious of a deal,” Harris said. 

Another group thought the coronavirus was “a 

conspiracy.” 

But in prison, Harris said, opinions about masks 

are irrelevant. 

“You don’t get to make that choice,” he said. 

“WDOC is very particular about safety for their 

facilities. … It’s just, this is how they’re handling it, 

so this is what we’re going to do. 

“(And) from what I’ve seen, they’ve done their job 

the best that they could.” 

Exposure 

One area where it has been especially difficult to 

maintain social distancing protocols is the meal hall 

according to Harris. 

“That is the most crowded place you can go,” he 

said. “It’s hard to social distance when you have that 

many people. … At times there’s nothing we could 

do.” 

At the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins, 

Harris said, there weren’t enough tables in the mess 

hall to accommodate all of the inmates, so “you had 

to pull up these chairs, and you get six people sitting 

around the table.” 

“You have people sitting on chairs eating by the 

wall because it’s so crowded,” he said. “You can’t 

social distance yourself.” 

Protecting staff, and themselves 

Unable to maintain safe distances among themselves, 

Harris said the inmates strategized, taking care 

to at least keep away from WDOC officers, who 

leave the facility on a daily basis. 

“They’re the ones that get exposed,” Harris said. 

“Most of your inmates were really being careful to 

stay separate from the staff, because they feel like … 

the only way we were going to get (COVID-19) was 

if staff was bringing it in.” 

Inmate transfers provided another avenue for 

COVID-19 to spread, Harris said, and Black shared 

the same perspective. 

“It seems like once we get clean here and we’re 

good to go then we get another batch in and 

(COVID-19) kind of flips through,” he said. 

“It’s inevitable how this is all playing out. … 

Almost everybody’s had it.” 

Diagnosis 

Harris described the process as follows: “One guy 

gets it, and then the next thing you know the whole 

unit is locked down because it’s spread from one guy 

right to the next.” 

That’s what happened to him in January when he 

was diagnosed with COVID-19. 

“I was working in the kitchen in Rawlins. and one 

of the other guys ended up catching it,” Harris said. 

“It just went through our whole unit.” 

Black wasn’t sure how he contracted COVID-19, 

because he said he was “being really safe,” maintaining 

his distance from others and wearing his mask. 

“I didn’t think I’d get it, and I ended up getting it,” 

he said. “I don’t know (how).” 

Harris said he didn’t know he was sick “until I got 

the cold sweats.” 

But Black said he experienced “all the symptoms” 

while infected. 

“I had the diarrhea, the shortness of breath, the 

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headaches, the fever, the no smell, the no taste,” he 

said. “Then I met some people in here that said 

(they) didn’t even have any of those.” 

Symptoms varied 

Arthur said the only symptom he experienced was 

a headache, while WHF inmate Robert Burress, 65, 

only lost his sense of smell when he had COVID-19. 

“With the food around here, that’s a good thing,” 

he joked. 

But despite the positive outcome, both men said 

they had been nervous about contracting the disease. 

“I just heard about a lot of cases of people dying 

(of COVID-19),” Arthur said. “I didn’t want to be 

one of those people.” 

With chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and a 

recent bout of pneumonia – not to mention his age – 

Burress said he “didn’t want to get it” either. 

“I was afraid it would probably kill me,” he said. “I 

stayed in my room as much as I could. … I’m a pretty 

sociable person, (but) I just keep to myself here.” 

Regardless, Burress said he eventually was identified 

as having had close contact with an inmate who 

had been diagnosed with the virus, and he tested positive 

soon afterward. 

“We’re in pretty close quarters with everybody,” 

Burress said. “(There’s) not much of a cushion.” 

‘A group effort’ 

At the women’s center, Lynch said she and many 

other inmates were able to avoid contracting 

COVID-19 in prison. 

“nobody’s getting sick here,” she said, adding, “I 

think it’s really a group effort.” 

At meals, Lynch said, inmates have been able to 

leave every other seat vacant, and when they traverse 

the hallways they stay six feet apart. Furniture in the 

day room has been separated to maintain social distance 

as well, she said, and “you always have your 

mask on.” 

“The only time your masks are off when you’re in 

this facility is when you’re eating chow and when 

you’re in your cell,” Lynch said, calling the face cover 

ing “normal” for her at this point. “Sometimes I’ll 

be sitting in my cell, and I’ll still have my mask on.” 

Volunteers, inmates and staff members also 

“bleach everything” at the women’s center, Lynch 

said, cleaning door handles, phones, and “everything 

anybody touches” on an hourly basis. 

“I think we did a pretty good job here, for just all 

the precautions we took,” she said. 

Staff efforts 

She especially commended WDOC staff members 

for keeping COVID-19 out of the facility. 

“I’m thankful and I’m grateful that the staff is 

cooperating,” Lynch said. 

“They’re the ones who can bring it in here, and 

I’m just glad that they haven’t.” 

She knows of “a couple” of staff members who 

have been diagnosed, but Lynch said they have since 

been quarantined and vaccinated, while any inmates 

exposed or diagnosed are sent to a separate building 

to quarantine. 

Vaccination 

now, Lynch is vaccinated – as are many of her fellow 

inmates – but she said the experience was “kind 

of rough,” noting that it isn’t easy to be sick in prison. 

“You don’t have access to the medications right 

away like you (do) out there,” Lynch said. 

“everything is just a process.” 

For example, Lynch said inmates must first put 

their name on a “movement” sheet, then wait for an 

“open movement” period before they can access the 

medical department and request pain relief. 

“You can’t just wander around this prison,” Lynch 

said. “Patience is key here. You have to have a lot of 

patience.” 

Black, by contrast, thought it was probably “easier” 

to go through an illness in WDOC custody. 

“(They) kind of watch out for you – if you get it, I 

mean,” he said. “They’re on top of it. They will help 

you.” 

Black said most inmates at the Honor Farm 

already have been vaccinated, explaining that he 

chose to get the shot so he could safely mingle with 

his relatives once he is released in October. 

The pandemic may not be over by then, he pointed 

out. 

“I think it’s going to take a few years for it to all 

get back to normal,” he said, envisioning a future in 

which people must show proof of vaccination in 

order to travel or attend concerts or sporting events. 

No second illness 

Black said he also wanted to be vaccinated in order 

to avoid getting COVID-19 again. 

“I don’t want to take that chance,” he said. “It was 

bad enough to have it once. That was miserable.” 

Harris isn’t worried about reinfection, but like 

Black he said he was vaccinated with family in mind 

– specifically, his father. 

“He’s an elderly guy,” Harris said. “If he got it, it 

would probably kill him, because he’s on oxygen and 

everything else. 

“I don’t want to be around those types of people 

and not be vaccinated. I wouldn’t want to be the reason 

why my dad would get sick.” 

Arthur, who has been vaccinated and is scheduled 

to be released from prison in the coming weeks, also 

talked about the potential for his relatives to be 

exposed to the virus. 

“My grandpa is old – he’s 82,” Arthur said. “I kind 

of worry about him and my younger sisters catching 

COVID.” 

For Burress, the choice to vaccinate was easy. 

“It wasn’t a tough decision at all,” he said. “I was 

just waiting to do it.”

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SPEED BUMP 

by Dave Coverly 

THE OTHER COAST by Adrian Raeside 

THE OTHER COAST by Adrian Raeside 

Abigail Van Buren 

Widower dating 

again wants to leave 

the past in the past 

DEAR ABBY: I’m 35 and have 

een a widower for almost five 

ears. I began dating about two 

ears ago. 

In my adventures of dating I 

ave encountered a lot of divorced 

oms. I met someone very special 

I’ll call her Rose) a year and a half 

go. She’s great. We share lots of 

aughs and goals, but she does 

omething that drives me crazy. 

he’s constantly showing me Faceook 

memories/photos of her 

aughter when she was young. 

I never got the chance to have 

hildren and rarely bring up my 

ast because I feel that’s behind 

e. Rose’s ex is “toxic,” according 

o her, and from what I’ve witessed, 

he’s pretty bad. 

I see her daughter two weeks 

ut of the month. The girl is very 

poiled and entitled, and when 

he’s not around, Rose keeps shovng 

old photos of her in my face 

nd asking, “Isn’t she so cute?” 

I can’t relate, and I don’t care for 

er daughter. Does that make me a 

erk? I feel those old photos of her 

aughter are really her memories 

ith her ex, and it would be just as 

ad if I showed photos of my late 

ife and asked, “Isn’t she beautiul?” 

Am I wrong? -- UNPARENT 

UT WEST 

DEAR UNPARENT: If you 

lan to continue a relationship 

ith Rose, you are going to have to 

eal with your feelings about her 

aughter, some of which may be 

ff base. It is important that you 

ommunicate to her the connecion 

you make when you see those 

hotos. 

If your description of the girl is 

ccurate, then realize that as long 

s she’s a minor, she will be a presnce 

in your household. If you and 

er mother can’t figure out a workble 

arrangement, you shouldn’t 

aste any more of Rose’s time or 

ours. 

DEAR ABBY: “Ron,” the guy 

y best friend, “Stella,” is seeing, is 

manipulator. My mother was a 

ro at manipulating and gaslightng, 

something I recognized after 

oing to therapy as an adult. I 

now it when I see it. 

A month ago, I told Stella what 

have observed, and it has escaated 

to the point that I told her I 

o longer want to be around him. 

on, who is 40, throws tantrums 

nd threatens to leave when he 

oesn’t get what he wants. 

The last time I saw him was at a 

inner Stella hosted. I left early 

fter he threw another tantrum. 

on texted me an “apology” that 

id not address his behavior that 

ight, but something else that hapened 

a week ago. He then tried to 

uilt-trip me by saying my walking 

ut hurt our friends and that he 

ould stop hanging around beause 

he didn’t want them to be 

urt like that. 

I haven’t responded to Ron’s 

apology” and haven’t seen him 

ince. I have seen Stella for lunch 

nce since the incident. Must I acept 

his apology so everything goes 

ack to how it was, or not see my 

riend until he is out of her life? -- 

OT A FAN OF HIM 

DEAR NOT A FAN: You don’t 

have” to accept Ron’s apology any 

ore than you have to accept any 

ther unappetizing “gift” that is ofered. 

But don’t stop seeing Stella. 

rom what you have written, she 

eeds a levelheaded friend right 

ow. If Ron acts up again in your 

resence, leave if he makes you unomfortable. 

ARIES (March 21-April 19). 

Because you want to make your 

work the best it can be, you’re 

willing to entertain new ideas. 

You’ll banter, twist and play 

around with your resources. 

Changes and add-ons will take it 

to the next level. 

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). 

The essence of your attractiveness 

today is made tangible in the way 

you approach common activities 

with uncommon grace. Yes, you’re 

being observed. In fact, you have 

someone’s rapt attention. 

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). 

Casual relationships continue to 

have a profound influence on the 

path your life takes. Friendships 

lead to the career opportunities, 

romantic ties and lifestyle choices 

that color your world. 

CANCER (June 22-July 22). 

No one likes to feel like the person 

they are talking to is looking over 

their soldier for more interesting 

engagements. You are careful to 

devote quality attention to the one 

you’re with and should accept no 

less from others. 

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ve 

known your nearest and dearest 

long enough for the relationship 

to exist within a large margin of 

predictability, and yet... today will 

still bring you a surprise. 

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). 

Complex problems may not require 

complex solutions. However, 

finding the solution that works 

may be a long and winding journey 

that seems complicated indeed! 

Regardless, stay in it for the 

long haul and the satisfying end. 

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). 

You are invigorated by the creativity 

that flows through you when 

you’re designing answers. Your aim 

is to make something that contributes 

to an easier, more harmonious 

and lovelier experience of 

life. 

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). 

There are no ideal groups, though 

it’s fun to imagine things being 

better. Organizational change 

tends to happen very slowly; 

changing yourself is relatively 

quick and doing so will affect the 

entire group. 

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22- 

Dec. 21). You want something 

Holiday Mathis 

YOUR HOROSCOPE 

from someone, and this gives a 

nervy and uncomfortable tension 

to the relationship. It’s hard to 

subvert such a thing. You’d be better 

off breaking the tension by 

calling out your want. 

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 

19). You’d rather make things than 

own things. You scratch an itch by 

making something and giving it 

away. You’ll repeat this several 

times until one day you’ll decide 

to charge for it. 

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). 

Enthusiasm is Miracle-Gro for 

projects, people and bonds. Still, 

there’s such a thing as too much. 

The wrong dose of excitement 

makes people uncomfortable. 

Learn what’s appropriate by incrementally 

testing the waters. 

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). 

Nobody is perfect and those who 

try and accept everyone’s faults are 

saving themselves from a lot of 

wasted energy and drama. Busy 

people living their purpose (read: 

you) don’t have time to mix into 

pettiness. 

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 

29). What is the secret to your 

good fortune? The same thing 

that’s at the heart of all good manners 

and best practices: paying attention. 

You do it thoroughly and 

with style. As for the professional 

boon in July; it’s not all about the 

money but it sure will feel good 

when this allows you to do something 

special for your people. 

Scorpio and Capricorn adore you. 

Your lucky numbers are: 8, 3, 33, 

28 and 12. 

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GARFIELD by Jim Davis 

BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH by John Rose 

ONE BIG HAPPY by Rick Detorie 

BLONDIE by Dean Young and John Marshall 

BLONDIE by Dean Young and John Marshall 

ZITS by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman 

Answer to Yesterday’s puzzle 

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and Encouragement with others who 

understand the ups and downs as you 

adjust to life without your loved one. 

A Bereavement Support Group meets 

every Monday, 1:30-2:30pm, Alternating 

etween Riverton and Lander Senior Centers. 

For More Information Call 

07-856-1206 or visit www.helpforhealthwy.org 

DO YOU have a Revolutionary PATRIOT 

in you family tree? Consider membership 

in the National Society Daughters of the 

American Revolution (NSDAR). For more 

nformation contact 

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By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek 

Now arrange the circled letters 

to form the surprise answer, as 

suggested by the above cartoon. 

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Jumbles: FAUNA IMPEL MEDIUM LOATHE 

Answer: By not being late with payments, your credit 

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STRANGE BREW 

DUBOIS AA is held at the Dubois Town 

Hall, 712 Meckem, Tuesdays and Thursdays 

at 6pm. 

DUPLICATE BRIDGE Club meets at the 

Reach Clubhouse Friday afternoons at 

12:30pm. Open to the public. Make sure to 

bring a Bridge partner. For more information 

call 307-856-6356. 

FREE CANCER PATIENT TRANSPORTA- 

TION. Fremont County Road to Recovery, 

offering Free Transportation for Cancer Patients 

to their Treatments at Rocky Mountain 

Oncology with hopes of expanding 

services. Road to Recovery is a support 

service through the American Cancer Society. 

We are also seeking VOLUNTEER 

Drivers. For more information call: 307- 

335-5366 or email grttch524@gmail.com. 

 

 

 

 

 

FRESH ACCEPTANCE AA 

The meeting schedule is: 

7:00am & 7pm - Tuesday, Friday 

7:00am - Thursday 

10:00am - Saturday 

7:00pm - Sunday 

118 1/2 North 5th street, Riverton, WY 

(Brown House) Contact Phone: 307-350- 

2164 

Zoom Meetings: 

7:00 am - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 

Friday 

7:00 pm - Sunday 

Zoom Address: 

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FRESH AIR AA Group meets at St. James 

Episcopal Church, 519 East Park, Riverton, 

Sun., Tues., & Thurs., 7pm. Call 307- 

851-4839 for more information. 

LEGAL AID of Wyoming, Inc. Legal Assistance 

for domestic violence victims. 9 a.m.- 

4 p.m., Monday – Friday. Legal advice hotline: 

877-432-9955. 

MONDAYS: 

Bereavement Support Group meets from 

1:30 to 2:30 p.m. every Monday alternating 

between Riverton and Lander senior centers. 

For More Information Call 307-856- 

1206 or visit www.helpforhealthwy.org. 

By John Deering 

AL-ANON MEETINGS are held at 7 p.m. 

every Monday at St. James Episcopal 

Church, 519 E. Park, Riverton. 

LANDER NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS 

meets at 7 p.m. Mondays at the Trinity 

Episcopal Church, 860 S. Third St. 

RED PATH AA Meetings take place at 7 

p.m. Mondays at St. Stephen’s Mission, 

134 Mission Rd. 

Free veteran acupuncture 10 a.m. to noon 

the first Monday of every month. Walk-in 

basis. Located at the Soldiers House 1201 

E. Jackson Ave, Riverton. 

TUESDAYS: 

ALL ARTISTS ARE WELCOME to come to 

the Lander Artists Guild meetings held at 

noon on the second Tuesday of every 

month at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 830 

S. Third St., Lander. Open painting 10 a.m. 

- 2 p.m., bring a sack lunch. For more information 

call Ella McDonell at 349-9689 

or Ellen Gartner at 332-5729. 

Parkinson’s Exercise Group meets every 

Tuesday at the senior center at 1-2 p.m. 

For more information, contact Marjane Ambler 

at 307 332-3732 or the senior center 

at 332-2746. 

DUBOIS AA held at 6 p.m. Tuesdays, 

Dubois Town Hall, 712 Meekem Rd. 

SMALL GROUP SERENDIPITY BIBLE 

STUDY, FREE, at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday. 

A study for everyone. Seventh-Day 

Maranatha Church, 163 S. Fifth St., Lander. 

AMERICAN LEGION POST 33 will meet at 

7:00pm, the third Tuesday of each month 

at the VFW Hall. Contact Mark Keiser at 

307-360-3228 for more information. 

Free veteran healing touch sessions the 

first Tuesday of every month at the Soldiers 

House 1201 E. Jackson Ave. Riverton, 

WY. Please call Nancy Sehnert to 

schedule a 30 minute appointment 850- 

6208. 

ALL ARTISTS ARE WELCOME to come to 

the Lander Artists Guild meetings held at 

noon on the second Tuesday of every 

month at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 830 

S. Third St., Lander. Open painting 10 a.m. 

- 2 p.m., bring a sack lunch. For more information 

call Ella McDonell at 349-9689 

or Ellen Gartner at 332-5729. 

WEDNESDAYS: 

LANDER ROTARY CLUB MEETING: held 

at noon every Wednesday at the Oxbow 

Restaurant. Call 332-2749 for information. 

Visitors welcome. 

Open Studio, 6 p.m. Lander Art Center. 

LIONS CLUB MEETING held at 6:30 p.m. 

on the First and Third Wednesday of every 

month at the Oxbow Restaurant, Lander. 

332-7164 or 332-5578. 

RED PATH AA Meetings take place at 7 

p.m. Wednesdays at St. Stephen’s Mission, 

134 Mission Rd. 

THURSDAYS: 

T.O.P.S. 9-10:30 a.m. Thursdays, Two Sisters 

Bed and Breakfast, 786 S. Third St., 

Lander. Call Dianna 438-0209. 

AL-ANON MEETINGS are held at noon on 

Thursdays at St. James Episcopal Church, 

519 E. Park, Riverton. 

Parkinson’s Exercise Group meets every 

Thursday at the senior center at 1-2 p.m. 

For more information, contact Marjane Ambler 

at 307 332-3732 or the senior center 

at 332-2746 

THE PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP 

The Fremont County Parkinson’s Support 

Group meets at 2 p.m. the first Thursday 

of every month at the Lander Senior Center. 

For more information, contact Marjane 

Ambler at 307 332-3732 or the senior center 

at 332-2746 

DUBOIS AA held at 6 p.m. Thursdays, 

Dubois Town Hall, 712 Meekem Rd. 

FREMONT COUNTY ATV Association 

meets the first Thursday of every month at 

7:00 p.m. Jan/Mar/May/July/Sept/Nov at 

the commissioners meeting room in the 

courthouse in Lander. Feb/April/ June/Oct 

at the High Plains Power building at 1775 

E. Monroe in Riverton. (August-picnic) (December-Christmas 

party) Find us on facebook 

LANDER NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS 

meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays at the Trinity 

Episcopal Church, 860 S. Third St. 

ACOA: 7-8 p.m., Thursdays 885 Clinchard 

St. Contact 349-1890. 

NEW BEGINNINGS AA meetings are held 

at 5:30pm daily at 118½ North 5th Street 

East, Riverton. 

PLEASE JOIN THE C & K VOLUNTEERS 

knit and crochet for various programs. 

Meetings are 2nd & 4th Mon. at 1pm, For 

more information and NEW location please 

call contact Roni at 307-856-6664. Yarn 

available and donations still Welcome! 

RED PATH AA meetings take place at St. 

Stephen’s Mission, 134 Mission Road, 

Mon. & Wed. at 7pm, Sat. at 11am and 

Sun., 8am. 

RIVERTON ARTISTS GUILD holds its 

weekly painting sessions at the Fremont 

County Fairgrounds Heritage Hall Bldg. 

Wed. from 10-2pm with constructive critique 

feedback at the end of every session. 

Come and join us. All media and subject 

matter are welcome. 

RIVERTON COMMUNITY FOOD BANK 

Call for appointment. Donations welcomed. 

20 Gardens North Drive, Riverton. 307- 

463-0141 

T.O.P.S. TAKE Off Pounds Sensibly. 

Thursday, 9 am, Lander Sr. Center, 205 

S. 10th Street Lander, contact Dianna 

McIntosh Call 307-438-0209 

THE ANONYMOUS AA Group meetings 

are held Mon. and Fri. at 7pm at the Pavillion 

Community Church, 311 N. Main. Contact 

number: 307-856-7635. 

THE SOLDIERS PROJECT -WYOMING 

CHAPTER PHONE LINE is NOT an emergency 

line. All veterans and their loved 

ones, there is FREE confidential mental 

health care available. Call and leave a 

message. Your call is typically answered 

within 48 hours. 307-856-1244 

WELCOME HOME: Please contact one of 

the Veterans Honor Guard concerning any 

Military Personnel returning from an area 

of conflict so we can give them a Welcome 

Home. Contact: Pat Lawson 307-851-7400 

or Jim Arndt 307-851-3763. 

WYOMING SOCIETY OF 

MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS 

The 2021 Annual Meeting of the 

Wyoming Society of Mayflower Descendants 

will be held on Saturday, May 1st at 

11:00 am. It will be held in 

Thermopolis at the Hot Springs Library on 

344 Arapahoe Street. 

WYOMING STAR QUILT GUILD Meets at 

7pm on the First Monday of each Month at 

the Stitching Corral , 826 West Main 

Street. Guests are Welcome. For More Information 

ca Vicki at 851-8172 or 

Donnabelle at 856-5891. 

Please Recycle this Paper! 

95 Services Offered 

CLEANING HOUSES 

weekly and every other week 

All Cleansers and Tools Supplied. 

Experience & References. 

Riverton only please. (307) 240-7338. 

100-160 Real Estate Sales 

115 Homes for Sale 

FOR SALE BY OWNERS 

Modular on 2 acres 

3 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, 2 car garage. 

Located in rural subdivision asking 

$320,000 Call 307-851-5704 or 307-851- 

8316 for more information. 

240-295 

Lawn/Farm/Ranch 

295 Livestock 

BLACK ANGUS BULLS, For Sale. Yearlings 

and Two’s. We Select for Fertility, 

Mothering Ability, and Growth. Reasonably 

priced. Call Shippen Angus at: 307-856- 

7531 or 307-858-2440 

BLACK ANGUS BULLS, For Sale. Yearlings 

and Two’s. We Select for Fertility, 

Mothering Ability, and Growth. Reasonably 

priced. Call Shippen Angus at: 307-856- 

7531 or 307-858-4220 

300-370 Real Estate 

Rentals 

301 General Real Estate Rentals 

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY. All 

real estate advertising in this newspaper is 

subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, 

which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, 

limitation or discrimination based 

on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial 

status or national origin, or intention 

to make any such preferences, limitations 

or discrimination. Familial status includes 

children under that age of 18 living with 

parents or legal custodians, and pregnant 

women and people securing custody of 

children under 18. This newspaper will not 

knowingly accept any advertising for real 

estate which is in violation of the law. Our 

readers are hereby informed that all 

dwellings advertised in this paper are available 

on an equal opportunity basis. To report 

discrimination call Wyoming Fair 

Housing at Wyoming Relay (Voice) 1-800- 

877-9975 or call HUD toll free at 1-800- 

669-9777. 

375-410 Employment 

385 Help Wanted 

DESERT MOUNTAIN 

CORPORATION 

FAMILY-ORIENTED COMPANY seeking 

Class A CDL drivers with T, N endorsements 

for WY, MT, UT, NV CO, ID. We haul 

non-hazardous commodities; 60% of what 

we haul are our own products that we market 

and ship to our customers. This provides 

our drivers with year-round work, and 

they are home the majority of weekends 

for their 34 hour re-set. Paid per mile, 

DOE: avg. 3000 miles per week. Benefits 

after 90 days. Home on major holidays. 

Our equipment consists of newer model 

hoppers, belt trailers, and tankers. You can 

pick up an application at 2095 Chandelle 

Blvd (near Airport, Riverton). Call 505-716- 

1801 

Market Manager Needed! 

-friendly, organized, “people person”, 

Facebook skills, reliable - 

8-10 hours per week, 3-7:30 pm most 

Wednesdays May 19-Sept 29, $150 per 

week 

Submit cover letter and brief resume to 

kbriddle@wyoming. 

THIS NEWSPAPER recommends that you 

investigate every phase of investment opportunities. 

We suggest you consult your 

own attorney, and ask for a free pamphlet 

or for free further information from the company 

making the offer, before investing any 

money. You may contact the Attorney 

General’s Office, 123 Capitol Bldg., 

Cheyenne, WY 82009. 

See More 

HELP WANTED, 

MERCHANDISE 

and RECREATION 

on the next page


SUDOKU 

Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with 

several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 

1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column 

and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. 

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385 Help Wanted 385 Help Wanted 

VACANCY NOTICE 

FREMONT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #2 

(Dubois, Wyoming) 

is accepting applications for the 2021-2022 School year 

K-12 Art Teacher 

Elementary Teacher 

K-12 Special Education Teacher 

TO APPLY: Job Openings at www.fremont2.org 

Fremont County School District No. 2 is an equal opportunity employer and does 

not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, religion, 

sexual orientation or gender identity in relation to admission, treatment of 

students, access to programs and activities, or terms and conditions of employment. 

Family members posed happily after Danielle Baldes of 

Riverton earned her high school equivalency certification 

through Central Wyoming College. CWC conducted 

its annual ceremony Tuesday night for the newly certified 

students. From left, Gabriel and Monika Baldes, 

parents of the honoree, graduate Danielle Baldes, and 

brother Evan Baldes, pictured after the ceremony at the 

Robert A. Peck Arts Center on campus in Riverton. 

Photo by Steve Peck 

RANGER CARRIERS 

Needed Immediately! 

Apply at 421 E. Main Street, Riverton. 

Please Recycle this Paper! 

415-470 Merchandise 

468 Want to Buy/Trade 

MIKE COLLECTS MUSIC RECORDS. 

Call 307-851-4118 

475-540 Recreation 

520 Travel Trailers 

28’ ROAD RANGER Camp Trailer 

fully self contained. Excellent condition, 

Must see to appreciate! Asking $7000 

obo, Call 307-240-1972 

525 5th Wheels 

BIG HORN 5TH WHEEL 37ft, 3 slides, 

great shape, in Riverton. Asking $23,250 

Call 970-946-2100 

Everybody’s 

Talkin’ About 

the Classified 

Bargains! 

Check ‘Em Out! 

The Ranger 

Classifieds 

856-SOLD 

(7653) 

Public Notices 

FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE 

(For Publication) 

WHEREAS NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN that a default in the payment under the terms 

of a secured and perfected Note has occurred. The Note is secured by a Mortgage 

dated November 27, 2010 and recorded on December 13, 2010 at REC # 2010- 

1339634 in the records of Fremont County, Wyoming from Bonita Hambrick, to Mortgage 

Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc. for the 

amount of $105,025.00. The Mortgage having been assigned to and now in possession 

of Community Loan Servicing, LLC, through an assignment recorded on February 8, 

2021 at REC # 2021-1424935 in the records of Fremont County, Wyoming. 

WHEREAS the Mortgage contains a power of sale, which by reason of the default 

that has occurred, the Mortgagee has declared to become operative, and no suit or proceeding 

has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage, or any part 

thereof, nor has any suit or proceeding instituted and the same discontinued and: 

WHEREAS written Notice of Intent to Foreclose by Sale and Advertisement has been 

served upon the record owner and party in possession of the mortgaged premises at 

least ten (10) days prior to commencement of the publication, and the amount due upon 

the Mortgage at the date of first publication of this notice of sale being the total sum of 

$92,244.53 which consists of the unpaid principal balance of $86,518.88, plus outstanding 

charges, attorney fees, costs expected, accruing interest and late charges after the 

date of first publication of this notice. 

WHEREAS this property being foreclosed upon may be subject to other liens and 

encumbrances that will not be extinguished at the sale and any prospective purchaser 

should research the status of title before submitting a bid. 

NOW, THEREFORE Community Loan Servicing, LLC as Mortgagee, will have the 

Mortgage foreclosed as by law provided by having the mortgaged property sold at public 

venue by the Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff in and for Fremont County, Wyoming to the highest 

bidder for cash on May 15, 2021 at 10:00 AM at the front door of the Fremont County 

Courthouse located at 450 North 2nd Street, Lander, Wyoming 82520. For application 

on the above described amounts secured by the Mortgage, said mortgaged property 

being described as follows, to wit: 

Lots 4 and 5, Block 6, Riverview Addition to the City of Riverton, Fremont 

County, Wyoming. 

With an address of 1105 E Washington Ave, Riverton, Wyoming 82501. Together with 

all improvements thereon situated and all fixtures and appurtenances, thereto. 

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Community Loan Servicing, LLC 

Randall S. Miller & Associates P.C. - CO 

Scott D. Toebben, 7-5690 

216 16th Street 

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Denver, CO 80202 

Phone: 720-259-6710 

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Public Notices 

FREMONT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 25 

REQUEST FOR BIDS 

Notice is hereby given that Fremont County School District No. 25 (FCSD25) has issued 

a Request for Bids for Canon ImageRUNNER Copiers, Copier Service Contracts 

and Other Services. 

The bid materials, general instructions, and bid response forms are available at the 

FCSD25 Administration Building, 121 North 5th West, Riverton, Wyoming 82501 and 

will be mailed to interested parties upon request to Business Manager Lu Beecham at 

307-856-9513. 

All submitted bids shall be sealed and must be received by Fremont County School 

District No. 25, 121 North 5th West, Riverton, Wyoming 82501 no later than Noon, May 

10, 2021. Bids may be delivered in person, via US Postal Service, or via commercial 

parcel service. Bids will not be accepted via facsimile transmission, email, or any other 

electronic or telephonic means. Any bids received after that time will be returned unopened 

to the sender. It is the responsibility of the bidders to arrange appointments for 

inspections or to obtain additional information 

Only such bids that have been received by the District at the address, time, and date 

listed above with complete responses will be considered. 

Fremont County School District No. 25 reserves the right to accept or reject any or 

all bids, waive any technicalities in the bids, and accept the bids deemed to be the most 

advantageous to the District. Fremont County School District No. 25 further reserves 

the right to cancel or amend the bid materials at any time and will notify all persons requesting 

bid documents accordingly. 


April 28 and 29, 2021 

LEGAL NOTICE OF ACTION 

To: ANY INTERESTED PARTIES 

Notice is hereby given that on the 12th day of April, 2021 that Robert McNevins Sloss 

Petitioner filed in the Wind River Tribal Court, Fort Washakie, Wyoming, praying that a 

Name Change Petition for Robert McNevins Sloss be granted for his name to be 

Robert McNevins Pokibro. Any interested party desiring to contest said Name Change 

shall do so by filing any objections in writing with the Clerk of said Court no later than 

30 days after the last date of publication hereof, or the Name Change Petition shall be 

Granted. 

Jennifer Moats, Clerk of Court, Wind River Tribal Court, Phone: (307) 332-6702, Fax: 

(307) 332-7587, P.O. Box 608, Fort Washakie, Wyoming 82514 


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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF FREMONT COUNTY, WYOMING 

NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT 

TYSON R. BECK, ) 

Plaintiff, ) 

vs. ) Civil No. 39923 

OLENA BECK k/n/a, ) 

ALONA COMERFORD ) 

Defendant. ) 

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION 

NOTICE TO TYSON R. BECK, PLAINTIFF 

LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: 322 NORTH 6TH EAST, RIVERTON, WY 82501 

You are notified that a Verified Petition to Terminate Parent-Child Relationship and 

Parental Rights, Civil Action No. 39923, has been filed in the Wyoming District Court 

for the Ninth Judicial District, whose address is Fremont County Courthouse, 450 North 

2nd, Lander, WY 82520, seeking to terminate parent-child relationship and parental 

rights, in her favor. 

Unless you file an Answer or otherwise respond to the Verified Petition to Terminate 

Parent-Child Relationship and Parental Rights referenced above within 30 days following 

the last date of publication of this notice, a default judgement will be taken against 

you. Your Answer must be filed with the Clerk of District Court at the address provided 

above. 

DATED this 26th day of April 2021. 

BY CLERK OF COURT: 

Kristi H. Green 

Clerk of District Court 


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