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By Kristen Salamon
kristen@thesheridanpress.com
On Nov. 12, shortly after Sheridan Mayor Dave Kinskey
told The Sheridan Press the city would not release names of
the six candidates coming here to interview for the police
chief position, Cheyenne released the names of its final 10
candidates for police chief.
“Mayor (Rick) Kaysen believes that the top law enforcement
official in the city is an important job that crosses
racial, social and economic boundaries,” said Scott Smith,
public information officer for Cheyenne. “He thinks it is
important that the public is involved in the process by knowing
who the candidates are.
THURSDAY
Cheyenne touts public role in naming 10 police chief finalists
Bid
in for
Antelope
Butte
POWELL (AP) — Three Powell
residents have signed an agreement
to purchase the Antelope Butte Ski
Area and are seeking approval from
the U.S. Forest Service.
Gib Condie and Scott and Laura
Shoopman recently signed an agreement
to purchase the improvements
of the ski area in the Big Horn
Mountains east of Greybull near
Granite Pass. The agreement is nonbinding,
and the parties can back
out.
Condie and the Shoopmans are
submitting an application to the
Forest Service for a special use permit
along with a business plan and
documents demonstrating that they
will be able to operate the ski area.
Condie said his biggest concern
is whether the Forest Service will
allow more summer use of the ski
area.
The ski area has been closed
since 2004.
Swine flu
reported slowing
across state
CHEYENNE (AP) — The
Wyoming Department of Health
reports that swine flu activity is
decreasing across the state but
officials say residents still need to
take precautions.
Ten people have died in
Wyoming from flu-related causes
since the emergence of the H1N1
flu in the state earlier this year.
A Natrona County man who
died in late October and a Park
County man who died last week
are the latest flu-related deaths.
Dr. Tracy Murphy is state epidemiologist.
Murphy says that
people still need to take precautions
against the flu such as getting
vaccines as recommended,
staying home when they’re sick
and washing their hands frequently.
“Everyone is impacted by who is chosen for this position,”
Smith added.
Asked if Kaysen consulted with an attorney before
releasing the names of the candidates, Smith said he was not
sure, but his “guess is that he did talk with the city attorney.”
Cheyenne received approximately 70 applications for
the position. According to Smith, the mayor narrowed the
Yes, It’s That Time of Year
By Ken Hamrick
sports@thesheridanpress.com
With no action items on its
agenda, the Sheridan Recreation
District board heard several
reports Wednesday.
Richard Wright, the district’s
executive director, gave a brief
report on improvements that may
need to take place at the old
Highland Park School, which
now serves as a recreation facility.
“We’re going to have the city come in and take a look
at the building and make sure we’re meeting the code
requirements for having people in here,” said Wright.
“Right now the school district owns the building, we’re
just borrowing it.”
Park Foreman Jared Karsky presented a report on
winter projects, which include repairs, aeration, rototilling,
and winterizing at facilities such as Oatts Park,
Redle Field, Dan Madia Field, and Sheridan College
The Sheridan Press/Michael Sullivan
City signs department employee Justin Hulford carries a Christmas wreath to be hung from a lamppost
on Main Street near Dow Street this morning.
Rec District board hears update
on Highland Park Rec facility
Quotable
“We’re going to have
the city come in and take
a look at the (Highland
Park) building and make
sure we’re meeting the
cody requirements for
having people in there.’’
Rec. Dist. Exec. Director
Richard Wright
softball fields.
Bill Russell, weed and
mosquito technician, presented
the year-end weed
and mosquito report.
Russell noted 40 complaints
were logged and discussed
how they were handled.
The board indicated it
will attempt to renew the
weed and mosquito program
with the city by the
end of the year.
Wright said 2,497 peo-
ple used the old Highland Park School in October bringing
the year-to-date total to 28,456.
Wright also announced several events including the
Turkey Hoop Shoot at Sheridan Junior High School on
Nov. 23 and the Holiday Inn Winter Shootout basketball
tournament Dec. 19-20 at several gyms in Sheridan.
“We have a bunch of teams coming in from Montana
as well as Gillette and Casper for the Winter Shootout,”
he said.
Water board begins comment period
on potential rate changes for customers
By Kristen Salamon
kristen@thesheridanpress.com
The Sheridan Area Water Supply Joint Powers Board on
Wednesday authorized its attorney, Tony Wendtland, to move forward
with the 45-day public comment period for potential rate
changes to SAWS customers.
Wendtland can now publish notice of hearings for potential rate
changes and other “housekeeping” items in the proposed amended
rules and regulations.
At the previous SAWS meeting, Administrator Dave Engels
By Michael Pearlman
outdoors@thesheridanpress.com
The Lake DeSmet Counties Coalition Joint Powers Board
reported Wednesday that the rehabilitation project involving the
reservoir’s south dam is nearly complete.
Administrator Edith Johnson-Lameres told board members that
reseeding of the area surrounding the dam has been complete, and
she anticipates having final bills for the project at the board’s
December meeting.
Engineering and design work on the $1.4 million rehabilitation
presented the board with a budget-neutral rate change that he said
will simplify the rate structure.
Engels’ presentation included an increase in the bimonthly base
rate and a reduction to two water-usage tiers that will apply to all
customers.
Currently, customers with 2-inch or larger meters are charged
for water based on seven tiered usage rates. Those with meters
under 2 inches are charged based on three usage tiers, as enacted
by SAWS earlier this year.
Please see Rate changes, Page 2
Lake DeSmet dam rehab project nears completion
project began more than two years ago, with Donnes Construction
of Shepherd, Mont., doing the south dam work this summer. The
project involved repair of riprap on the top of the dam that had been
pulled into the lake by winds.
Contractors also repaired sections of steep slope west of the
dam that had been eroded by lake water.
A second portion of the project, costing approximately $35,000,
involved removal of sediment from the Piney Creek intake north of
the reservoir. That work was completed by C and S Construction of
Billings.
Please see DeSmet, Page 2
By Kristen Salamon
kristen@thesheridanpress.com
Over the last three years, the
city of Sheridan has hired just 12
percent of
its employees
from
out of state,
according
to the city’s
human
resources
department.
Most of its
department
heads,
though, are
from outside Wyoming.
“(Since the controversy has
started) the mayor has made a point
to show that there have been promotions
from within,” City
Councilor Steve Brantz told The
Sheridan Press last week. “That is
the kind of presentation he puts on.
“But there seems to be a cap as
far as how blue-collar workers can
work their way up the ladder. I
think there is a ceiling for city
workers.”
Last week, The Sheridan Press
requested hiring information from
the city concerning how many people
were hired internally, how many
were from Sheridan, and how many
from out of state.
According to Human Resources
Director Heather Doke, from 2007
to date, the city has filled 117 positions.
Of those 117 positions, 25
percent, or 30 positions, were filled
by internal candidates.
People from Sheridan made up
54 percent, or 64, of the 117, and
three of the 117 were Sheridan
natives.
Six people were hired from elsewhere
in Wyoming and 14 were
from other states.
Despite the high rate of hiring
from within the city’s work force
and city residents, most of the
city’s department heads are not
from Sheridan.
The city has eight major departments:
public works,
treasurer/clerk, human resources,
utilities, police, fire, the golf
course, and municipal court.
group of applicants to 25, then did “additional analysis” to
narrow the group to the 10 candidates whose names were
released.
Smith said that Kaysen had informed the candidates that
if they made it to the top 10, their names would be released.
Please see Cheyenne, Page 2
City has many
local hires ... except
as department heads
Of those eight departments, five
are headed by people hired from
out of state.
As the search for a new police
chief continues, Mayor Dave
Kinskey
Quotable
“There seems to be a
cap as far as how bluecollar
workers can work
their way up the ladder.
I think there is a ceiling
for city workers.’’
Sheridan Councilman
Steve Brantz
has
emphasized
the
city’s
preference
to
hire
from
within.
“All
else
equal, it
is our strong preference to hire
from within,” Kinskey has said.
Multiple attempts to reach
Kinskey for comment on this article
were not returned.
Jennifer McArthur, senior
human resources generalist for
the city, was asked by the mayor
to comment on the information
provided by the city.
McArthur said she disagrees
that there is a ceiling for city
employees.
“I think when we start talking
about the higher level positions,
we look for higher levels of experience
and education,” McArthur
said. “We’re expecting more.”
She added that it is always
city policy to get the best qualified
person for city jobs.
“When we’re hiring at that
level, again, our expectations are
higher, and there is a small pool
in Sheridan and an even smaller
pool internally,” McArthur said.
“To do the city justice, I think it
is smarter and wiser for us to go
out and recruit more options.
“If those outside candidates
end up prevailing, we’ve done the
right thing for the city because
we have the best person for the
job.”
She said the data on recent
city hires coincide with Kinskey’s
comments on preferring to hire
from within.
Please see Locals, Page 2
Arts & Crafts at Memorial
The Sheridan Press/Michael Sullivan
Visitors (second from left to right) Shawna Laffitte, Jodi Feck, Katie Feck, Evan
Feck and Kathy Blank check out handmade jewelry being sold by Katy Lupton at
the Sheridan Memorial Hospital Employee Arts and Crafts Fair on Wednesday.

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Legislative committee declines to endorse wind tax bills
CHEYENNE (AP) — A Wyoming legislative committee
on Wednesday voted against sponsoring two bills to tax
wind energy development.
Industry representatives and lobbyists warned members
of the Joint Revenue Committee at a meeting at the state
Capitol that the proposals to tax wind power would increase
costs for Wyoming households and hurt the state’s fledgling
wind industry.
“You need to not cobble together all these tax notions
into one bill,” said Larry Wolfe, a lawyer representing Duke
Energy, a major wind power developer.
Wolfe said the state needs to take more time to consider
taxation questions. “You’re simply not going to have time
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this issue,” he said.
Sen. John Schiffer, R-Kaycee,
is co-chairman of the joint committee
and sponsor of one of the
taxation bills. State officials estimate
his proposal would net the
state about $74 million a year in
new wind taxes.
Speaking after the committee
failed to sponsor his bill and
another similar measure, Schiffer
said he hasn’t decided whether he
Indian leader
in Montana says
traditions being lost
BILLINGS (AP) — A spiritual
leader from the Fort Belknap
Indian Reservation says many
tribes are losing their language and
religious traditions as older members
die.
Joe Iron Man spoke Wednesday
in Billings during a conference
about spirituality and wellness
hosted by the Montana-Wyoming
Tribal Leaders Council. He says
American Indians need their cultural
roots for strength and identity
and that elders must pass on their
knowledge to younger members.
Clinical psychologist Joseph
Stone said American Indians face
plenty of challenges, many stemming
from stresses handed down
after earlier generations were
forcibly removed form their homeland.
But he says those stresses
can be soothed by reviving traditions
that were lost when Indian
children were sent to Christian
boarding schools or when families
tried to assimilate into white culture.
Rate changes
Quotable
“They’re getting a
pass; they’re not paying
their share.’’
Sen. John Schiffer, R-
Kaycee, co-chairman of
the joint committee and
sponsor of one of the taxation
bills.
(Continued from Page 1)
The minimum base rate increase for the
bimonthly billing cycle would vary by tap size but
range from a $10 to $19.
The proposed two-tier usage rate would charge
$1.60 per 1,000 gallons for the first 15,000 gallons
of water and $3.40 per 1,000 gallons above that.
The current three-tier usage rate for meters
under 2 inches ranges from $1.45 per 1,000 gallons
to $4.35 per 1,000 gallons.
The seven-tier usage rate for 2-inch and larger
taps includes rates from $1.45 per 1,000 gallons for
low usage up to $4.35 per 1,000 gallons for high
usage.
SAWS water customer Charlene Bodine told the
board last night that she is very pleased with the
direction the board is heading.
“It couldn’t get any better,” Bodine said. “I agree
with what you’re talking about doing. The rate
structure is better, and all I can say is thank you.”
One example of “housekeeping” items that will
Locals
(Continued from Page 1)
“Looking at the numbers I’d say the mayor is
exactly right that all else equal we prefer to hire
from within,” McArthur said this morning. “We
always advertise both internally and outside the
city at the same time.
“We use multiple people to review applications
and choose those we plan to interview. If
an internal candidate has the same or better qualifications,
we select them for interviews. If we
have a tie between an internal and external can-
Cheyenne
(Continued from Page 1)
Smith also said that the 10 candidates who
were announced last week are the only ones of
the approximately 70 applicants to receive
interviews.
The Press has asked the city of Sheridan to
release the names of the six candidates who
will be in town Dec. 3 and 4 for on-site interviews
and assessments. The city has refused.
According to Kinskey, attorney Greg Von
Krosigk has advised the city that it is illegal to
do so.
Von Krosigk referenced Wyoming statute
DeSmet
(Continued from Page 1)
The rehabilitation project was funded through
a grant and loan package from the Wyoming
Water Development Commission: $958,000 in
the form of a grant, Johnson-Lameres said, and
the remainder in the form of a low-interest loan.
Johnson-Lameres said the board expects cost
overruns of approximately $10,000, which will
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will try to sponsor a bill on his
own in the legislative session
that starts in February. It
would take a two-thirds vote to
consider any non-budget bills.
“They’re getting a pass;
they’re not paying their share,”
Schiffer said of the wind
industry after the committee
vote. He said other energy
industries in the state pay taxes
on their production while the
wind industry doesn’t.
be addressed during the public comment period is a
change that would allow the SAWS board to change
rates through a resolution instead of amending the
board’s rules and regulations. According to Engels,
this will allow the board to be more “flexible.”
Separately, the board delayed any decisions
regarding the administrator and administrative
assistant positions until a subcommittee made up
of a few board members can further review a proposal
made by Sheridan County.
According to that proposal, administrative
responsibilities would be assigned to the county
pubic works director, who would be assisted by a
new SAWS project manager employed by the
county.
“I think the county offered a plan that makes a
lot of sense,” SAWS board member and County
Commissioner Steve Maier said. “We can fine-tune
it, but I believe in a full-time administrator.”
Maier added that he likes the proposal because
it gives the county some “direct accountability”
didate, the internal candidate is chosen.”
Doke was hired as human resources director
in 2006 from Utah. Recently hired Utilities
Director Dan Miller came to Sheridan from
Iowa. Police Chief Mike Card left California for
a position in Sheridan in 2005.
Fire Chief Patrick Reitz left a position in
Oregon to become chief of Sheridan’s fire
department in 2005. Brian James, golf pro at
Kendrick Municipal Golf Course, came to
Sheridan from Montana in 2004.
16.4.203 (d) as the law restricting release of the
applicants names.
The law states: “The custodian shall deny the
right of inspection of the following records,
unless otherwise provided by law.”
Section (iii) that follows states: “Personnel
files except those files shall be available to the
duly elected and appointed officials who supervise
the work of the person in interest.
Applications, performance ratings and scholastic
achievement data shall be available only to the
person in interest and to the duly elected and
appointed officials who supervise his work.
be paid from the coalition’s budget.
In other business, the board passed a motion
to bill M&M Ranch of Buffalo for the full cost of
a financial audit of the coalition’s records
requested by the ranch. The LDCC is awaiting
payment for approximately $20, 913 in operating
and maintenance costs incurred from January
through June.
Located just south of Lake DeSmet, M&M
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Schiffer said wind projects are also exempt from
sales taxes until 2011, leaving them only required to pay
property taxes.
“It’s too bad,” Schiffer said of the committee vote.
While he said he regards wind power as a good industry
for the state, he said, “we don’t need to give them a free
ride while we’re doing it.”
Schiffer said during the committee hearing that his
bill would impose a tax of about 5 percent on wind
power generation, slightly less than the roughly 7 percent
tax the state collects on coal and roughly 6 percent
on gas and oil.
and allows SAWS customers, who live primarily in
the county, to be represented by the county.
In other SAWS business the board:
• Approved the cancellation of a water service
permit for Tract 30, Bozeman Trail Estates
Development and reimbursement of fees and
charges totaling $6,088;
• Approved a letter to be sent to The Nature
Conservancy relating to the Big Goose Water
Treatment Plant clearwell enlargement project. The
letter states that “enlargement of the underground
clearwell facility onto the Niedringhaus property is
necessary to protect the public health and safety
regarding drinking water quality.”
It also states that eminent domain powers are
available to the city and SAWS board if necessary,
but that the board hopes conversations concerning
a possible amendment to the Nov. 17, 1994, conservation
easement that encumbers the
Niedringhaus property for this project will continue.
City Clerk Scott Badley is from Sheridan as
is City Treasurer Jennifer Reed. Badley began
working full time with the city in 2006. Reed
began in 2007.
Judge Stuart S. Healy has been municipal
court judge in Sheridan since 1988.
Nic Bateson was appointed as city public
works director in August 2008 after having been
with the city since April 2007. He worked in
Sheridan before taking a job with the city.
Kinskey’s first term as mayor began in 2005.
“Employment contracts, working agreements
or other documents setting forth the terms and
conditions of employment of public officials and
employees are not considered part of a personnel
file and shall be available for public inspection.”
The Press filed an injunction request in 4th
Judicial District court asking that the hiring
process be put on hold until the names, hometowns
and any other public documents relating to
the candidates are released.
The Press’ attorney, Bruce Moats of
Cheyenne, said he hopes a hearing will be scheduled
in the next week or so.
Ranch owns 31.7 percent of the water that can be
stored in the reservoir.
The LDCC board also accepted the first draft
of an Emergency Action Plan for Lake DeSmet.
The document, prepared by the state engineer’s
office, is required by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency and specifies preplanned
actions to be followed to minimize property damage
and loss of life in an emergency.
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Mortgage delinquencies
hit record high in 3Q
WASHINGTON (AP) — More
than 14 percent of American homeowners
with a mortgage were either
behind on their payments or in foreclosure
at the end of September, a
record high for the ninth straight
quarter and a problem that could
threaten the economic recovery.
The Mortgage Bankers
Association’s report Thursday adds
to fears that the housing market and
broader recovery could be thwarted
by the continuing surge in home
loan defaults, especially as the
unemployment rate keeps rising.
Lost jobs, rather than the shady
loans made during the housing
boom, are now the main reason
homeowners fall behind on their
mortgages.
After three years of plunging
prices, the housing market started to
rebound this summer. While opti-
PARIS (AP) — France unveiled Thursday a budgetbusting
euro35 billion ($52 billion) plan to make its economy
more competitive — a move that flies in the face of
widespread warnings on debt and which risks the ire of EU
neighbors who are tightening their belts.
The authors of the ‘Big Loan’ plan called for by
President Nicolas Sarkozy say massive new investments in
France’s universities, R&D labs and renewable energy
sources will pay for themselves by lifting the country’s
long-term growth. But in the short run, the spending will
only serve to worsen France’s already dire public finances.
It also places France sharply at odds with European
Union officials and international economic watchdogs like
the OECD who say countries need plans to withdraw the
billions of euros in stimulus spending they injected into their
economies last year, not add to it.
The plan outlined Thursday sets out seven “strategic priorities”
for the spending. Higher education and research are
to receive the largest share, euro16 billion, with some of this
to be used to set up endowments to create five to ten “world
class” campuses. Other priorities include support for innovative
small businesses, life sciences and renewable energies.
All this new spending, when France’s debt and deficit
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say there are simply too
many foreclosed properties that have
yet to be dumped on the market and
expect further price declines.
About 4 million homeowners
were either in foreclosure or at least
three months behind on their mortgage
payments as of September,
according to the mortgage bankers
group. Even if a quarter of those
borrowers are able to stay in their
homes, “there’s a lot of potential
inventory coming into the market
next year,” said Jay Brinkmann,
chief economist with the Mortgage
Bankers Association.
Those foreclosures will push
home prices downward, especially
in the hardest-hit California and
Florida cities, places that are also
coping with soaring unemployment,
he said.
Leading economic indicators
signal slow growth
NEW YORK (AP) — A private
forecast of economic activity over
the next six months edged up less
than expected in October, signaling
slow, bumpy growth next year.
The Conference Board said
Thursday that its index of leading
economic indicators rose 0.3 percent
last month. Economists polled by
Thomson Reuters had expected an
0.5 percent gain.
The index climbed 1 percent in
September.
“We can expect slow growth
through the first half of 2010,” Ken
Goldstein, economist at the
Conference Board, said in a statement.
“The pace of growth, however,
will depend critically on how
much demand picks up, and how
soon.”
The indicators have risen for
seven straight months. The
Conference Board said last month
that the 5.7 growth rate in the six
months through September was the
strongest since 1983. That ticked
down to 5 percent growth in the six
months through October.
The Conference Board forecasts
economic activity by aggregating
data on current jobless aid claims,
stock prices, consumer expectations,
building permits for private homes
and the money supply, among others.
A measure of consumer expectations,
which are dropping as unemployment
continues to rise, weighed
down the index. The government
said unemployment hit 10.2 percent
in October, a 26-year high.
If consumers are uneasy, they are
likely to curtail their spending,
which powers about 70 percent of
the U.S. economy.
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Blackstone-owned
Pinnacle buys
Birds Eye for $1.3B
MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J. (AP) — Packaged
foods company Pinnacle Foods Group says it’s buying
frozen-vegetable company Birds Eye Foods for
$1.3 billion.
Pinnacle, owned by investment company
Blackstone Group, says the purchase gives it access
to new food categories and strengthens its financial
position.
Birds Eye is based in Rochester, N.Y. It is
owned by a holding company controlled by Vestar
Capital Partners, Pro-Fac Cooperative and Birds
Eye management.
Brands include its namesake Birds Eye and
Comstock and Wilderness pie fillings and toppings.
Pinnacle’s brands include Duncan Hines baking
mix, Vlasic pickles and Mrs. Butterworth’s syrup.
The transaction is expected to close no later than
the first quarter of 2010.
AOL to cut
a third of its staff
NEW YORK (AP) — AOL LLC, an Internet
company struggling to adapt to an advertising-driven
economy, is looking to shed more than a third of
its work force as it prepares to spin off from Time
Warner Inc. next month.
AOL, which now employs 6,900 workers, is
asking for 2,500 volunteers to accept buyouts and
plans to resort to layoffs if it does not get enough
people.
The voluntary offer is open to all employees
from Dec. 4 though Dec. 11, AOL spokeswoman
Tricia Primrose said. Time Warner, the New York
media conglomerate, plans to spin AOL off as a separate
company, AOL Inc., on Dec. 9.
AOL hopes to trim annual costs by about $300
million. The job cuts still need approval from the
new AOL board.
Primrose would not say where the cuts would
occur or what positions they would involve. The
company is based in New York but also has major
operations in Northern Virginia.
AOL’s legacy dial-up Internet access business
has been fading for many years, and the company
already had shed thousands of jobs as it pared down
that unit to focus more on producing content and
serving advertising. But AOL had staggered in those
efforts, even before advertising hit a slump because
of the recession. It named one of Google Inc.’s
advertising chiefs as chief executive this year to
revive that business.
France to take ‘Big Loan’ to boost economy
are already at record levels, has attracted criticism both from
the country’s opposition Socialist party and from within
Sarkozy’s governing conservative UMP party.
The French people apparently remain unconvinced of
the plan’s benefits. A poll this month showed that 54 percent
of respondents opposed the plan, and only 39 percent supported
it.
The plan risks angering European officials, who have
urged countries to rein in their stimulus spending now that
the continent has begun to pull out of its worst recession in
the postwar era.
ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet, the chief central
banker for the 16-nation eurozone, said exit strategies were
“essential for the recovery” and for economic confidence
“because business and fellow citizens have to be reassured”
that governments will not continue to run up debt.
In a report released Thursday, the OECD said the loan
“risks being pro-cyclical, coming too late to aid the recovery
and making the task of inevitable fiscal consolidation
more difficult.”
Last year, France spent euro55 billion servicing its total
debt of euro1.3 trillion. France’s Cour des Comptes, the
government’s audit body, warned in June that it is “urgent”
for France to reduce spending.
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Business
Briefs
Philip Morris USA
sues over counterfeit
Marlboros
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Philip Morris
USA is accusing 10 New York and New Jersey
retailers of selling counterfeit Marlboro cigarettes.
The nation’s largest tobacco company
announced the federal lawsuits against the
retailers Thursday.
The company says the New York area is
fertile for cigarette smugglers because of high
taxes. In New York City, a pack of Marlboro
cigarettes can cost more than $10.
Philip Morris is asking the courts to ban
retailers from selling the product and turn
over profits from the cigarettes, along with
punitive damages and attorney’s fees.
Philip Morris is a unit of Altria Group Inc.,
which is based in Richmond, Va.
Gov’t rewarding
firms checking
immigrant status
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland
Security Department says it will give a
“seal of approval” to businesses volunteering
to use an electronic program to check
workers’ immigration status.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet
Napolitano says the public should know
which companies are following the law. The
problem is, the program known as E-Verify
is still under development and the law does
not require employers to use it. They are
required to use a paper system.
About 169,000 employers use E-Verify.
There are about 7 million employers in the
U.S. Napolitano made the announcement at
an employers meeting about immigration
enforcement in Washington.
John Malone:
Comcast-NBC would
have too much power
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Media mogul
John Malone says Comcast’s plan to buy a controlling
stake in NBC Universal would give it too
much market power and force competitors to
consider mergers or acquisitions as well.
Comcast Corp. — the nation’s largest cable
TV provider — is in talks to buy a controlling
stake in NBC Universal from General Electric
Co. Malone told The Associated Press in an
interview Thursday that a deal could force competitors
like him “to look pretty hard on how
they can protect themselves from the kind of
market power that that would represent.”
Malone is chairman of Liberty Media Corp.,
which controls satellite TV provider DirecTV
Group Inc.
Airbus claims
breakthrough
on military airlifter
BRUSSELS (AP) — Airbus says it achieved
a milestone in its long-delayed A400M military
airlifter program when it tested all four of the
plane’s turboprop engines together.
A statement says the new Europrop
International TP400 engines performed flawlessly
during four hours of ground testing at low
power settings. They will be run up to full power
in coming days.
The prototype’s first flight is expected to take
place before the end of December.
The four-engine A400M was launched in
2003 with an order for 180 planes from seven
governments and is Europe’s most ambitious
military transport program ever. But the program
has been hit by cost overruns and teething problems
with the TP400 engines, and the plane’s
maiden flight has been repeatedly postponed.
Sears narrows loss
CHICAGO (AP) — Struggling retailer Sears
Holdings Corp. posted a smaller third-quarter loss
Thursday as it cut costs and was helped by the first
positive sales performance at its Kmart division in
more than four years.
Kmart said sales at stores open at least a year
grew 0.5 percent thanks to stronger sales of toys,
home goods and shoes.
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The GOP's
no-exit
strategy
Normal human beings — let's call them real
Americans — cannot understand why, 10 months after
President Obama's inauguration, Congress is still tied
down in a procedural torture chamber trying to pass the
health care bill Obama promised in his campaign.
Last year, the voters gave him the largest popularvote
margin won by a presidential candidate in 20
years. They gave Democrats their largest Senate majority
since 1976 and their largest House majority since
1992.
Obama didn't just offer bromides about hope and
change. He made specific pledges. You'd think that the
newly empowered Democrats
would want to deliver quickly.
But what do real Americans
see? On health care, they read
about this or that Democratic
senator prepared to bring
action to a screeching halt out
of displeasure with some
aspect of the proposal. They
first hear that a bill will pass by
Thanksgiving and then learn it
E.J.
Dionne
Columnist
might not get a final vote until
after the new year.
Is it any wonder that
Congress has miserable
approval ratings? Is it surpris-
ing that independents, who want their government to
solve a few problems, are becoming impatient with the
current majority?
Democrats in the Senate — the House is not the
problem — need to have a long chat with themselves
and decide whether they want to engage in an act of
collective suicide.
But it's also time to start paying attention to how
Republicans, with Machiavellian brilliance, have hit
upon what might be called the Beltway-at-Rush-Hour
Strategy, aimed at snarling legislative traffic to a standstill
so Democrats have no hope of reaching the next
exit.
We know what happens when drivers just sit there
when they're supposed to be moving. They get grumpy,
irascible and start turning on each other, which is
exactly what the Democrats are doing.
Republicans know one other thing: Practically
nobody is noticing their delay-to-kill strategy. Who
wants to discuss legislative procedure when there's so
much fun and profit in psychoanalyzing Sarah Palin?
Yet there was a small break in the Curtain of
Obstruction this week when Republican senators
unashamedly ate every word they had spoken when
George W. Bush was in power about the horrors of filibustering
nominees for federal judgeships. On
Tuesday, a majority of Republicans tried to block a
vote on the appointment of David F. Hamilton, a rather
moderate jurist, to a federal appeals court.
Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama explained the GOP's
about-face by saying: "I think the rules have changed."
That was actually a helpful comment, because the
Republicans have changed the rules on Senate action
up and down the line. Hamilton's case is just the one
instance that finally got a little play.
Thankfully, this filibuster failed because some
Republicans were embarrassed by it. But Republican
delaying tactics have made Obama far too wary about
judicial nominations for fear of controversy. He is well
behind his predecessor in filling vacancies, a shameful
capitulation to obstruction. There's also the fact that the
nomination of Christopher Schroeder as head of the
Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy, which
helps to vet judges, is snarled — guess where? — in the
Senate.
Republicans are using the filibuster to stall action
even on bills that most of them support. Remember:
The rule is to keep Democrats from ever reaching the
exit.
As of last Monday, the Senate majority had filed 58
cloture motions requiring 32 recorded votes. One of the
more outrageous cases involved an extension in unemployment
benefits, a no-brainer in light of the dismal
economy. The bill ultimately cleared the Senate this
month by 98 to 0.
The vote came only after the Republicans launched
three filibusters against the bill and tried to lard it with
unrelated amendments, delaying passage by nearly a
month. And you wonder why it's so hard to pass health
care?
Defenders of the Senate always say the Founders
envisioned it as a deliberative body that would cool the
passions of the House. But Sessions unintentionally
blew the whistle on how what's happening now has
nothing to do with the Founders' design.
The rules have changed. The extra-constitutional
filibuster is being used by the minority, with extraordinary
success, to make the majority look foolish, ineffectual
and incompetent. By using Republican obstructionism
as a vehicle for forcing through their own narrow
agendas, supposedly moderate Democratic senators
will only make themselves complicit in this humiliation.
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We elect sheriff locally,
why not a police chief?
Editor:
A few days ago, a friend and I were talking about
the area politics, and the subject of the city’s search for
a new police chief came up.
It is interesting that the Sheridan area has nobody
who can fill the chief position, but we can elect a sheriff!
The fact is the sheriff has far more authority and
more area to cover and also has jurisdiction within the
city limits, while the city police are limited to the city.
I believe the current wages paid to the police chief
are more than the sheriff’s. That would seem to be
wrong to me if it is true.
Why nor trust the people of the city and at least the
council members for their input. Why the secrecy? We
seem to do OK electing the sheriff.
Personally, I would like to have a local person fill
the position of Sheridan police chief.
Needless wars abroad now
have victims on U.S. soil
In recent days, there have been four major
events with the potential to dominate news
coverage for many, many days: the off-year
elections, the Fort Hood shootings, the House
passage of Obama-PelosiCare and the rise of
unemployment to 10.2 percent. In most discussions
— in the papers, on television and
on radio — unemployment has ranked fourth
among the four. The others were newer, or
more immediate, or more compelling, at least
for a while.
But the news will always return to unemployment
when other topics fade. "Any time
you have unemployment this high, it is the
No. 1 story, whether it's being written about
or not," says David Winston, a Republican
Duane Bomar
Sheridan
Editor:
The needless wars that Washington has opted to
wage in the Middle East have now claimed more than
40 victims gunned down on American soil.
Yes, Maj. Nidal Hasan’s Muslim faith obviously
was a factor in his decision to shoot all those people at
Fort Hood. But let’s not get so focused on that that we
fail to see the obvious.
pollster who for months has urged GOP officeholders to
focus steadily on the issue. Double-digit unemployment
is the default top story of the year; whatever else happens,
the national conversation will come back to unemployment
as long as the jobless rate remains unacceptably
high.
You don't have to be a Republican strategist to agree.
"Obama's focus on health care rather than jobs, when the
economy is still so fragile ... could make it appear that the
administration has its priorities confused," writes Robert
Reich, former Clinton secretary of labor and a supporter
of nationalized health care. "While affordable health care
is critically important to Americans, making a living is
more urgent."
Reich wrote these words nearly a week before the
government announced that unemployment had hit 10.2
percent. That news came the day before President Obama
went to Capitol Hill to give a pep talk to House
Democrats preparing to pass the health care bill. Obama
stayed in the news in the following days with highly visible
statements on health care.
What a difference from the first days of his administration
when — with unemployment at 7.6 percent —
the president seemed totally focused on jobs.
"Experts agree that if nothing is done, the unemployment
rate could reach double digits," Obama said in his
weekly address on Jan. 24, urging Congress to quickly
pass a proposed $1 trillion stimulus bill.
The nightmare "double digit" scenario became
Obama's mantra. "If we don't act immediately ... the
national unemployment rate will approach double digits,"
he said in early February at a town hall in Florida.
"Approach double digits," he repeated at a speech in
Indiana. "Double digits," he wrote in an op-ed in the
If the Obama regime had withdrawn U.S. troops
from both Iraq and Afghanistan within 100 days of
Obama’s inauguration, as it could have and should
have, the massacre at Fort Hood wouldn’t have happened.
The continuation of these wars has aggravated and
embittered most of the world’s Muslims even more
than Washington’s overly generous aid to Israel!
Richard Miller
Hot Springs, Mont.
Break-in victim thanks many
for support after crime
Editor:
Upon arriving home Monday evening, Nov. 16, I
found a window forced open, screen kicked in, house
totally ransacked, and money and all my jewelry taken.
The money is minor, but my mother’s and my
grandmother’s jewelry is priceless to me.
I want to commend the Sheridan Police Department
— especially Sgt. Tom Ringley, three other officers,
and the 9-1-1 dispatcher for their prompt, courteous,
and professional investigation of the crime scene.
I also thank Jim Cosner Construction and Bill
Phillips State Farm for their immediate response to the
window damage, Pastor Brian Johnson and Linda
Steele for their comfort, and friends and neighbors for
their concern and support.
Most of all, I’m thankful I wasn’t home during this
invasion, or I might now be just another statistic.
Cathy Storm
Sheridan
The top issue is jobs
Byron
York
Columnist
Washington Post.
The only way to prevent unemployment
from approaching 10 percent, Obama said,
was to pass the stimulus, which in the end
cost $787 billion. With the stimulus, the
administration claimed, unemployment
would stay below 8 percent. Without it, joblessness
could climb to 9 percent.
Now, with the stimulus passed and unemployment
at 10.2 percent, the White House is
not only distracted by health care but also
divided on its own record. On one hand,
Obama and Vice President Biden say the
stimulus is working, and will work more in
the future. On the other, top economic adviser
Christina Romer suggests the stimulus has
run its course and unemployment will likely "remain at
severely elevated levels" through 2010.
The stimulus is the one big issue that is entirely
Obama's, and he's losing support on it. "He has not managed
to accomplish the basic thing that the American
people want, and that is to provide some sense that the
economy is going in the right direction," says Winston.
Recently, Biden — who famously admitted that the
Obama economic team didn't understand the depth of the
economic crisis — headed to Detroit to headline
fundraisers for two Democratic congressmen at the
MGM Grand Casino Hotel. It cost $5,000 to get into the
VIP reception.
Biden was met by a Republican ad, "Get Back to
Work." "We've lost 178,000 jobs (in Michigan) since
Congress passed the massive spending bill that President
Obama promised would help with jobs," the ad says.
"While he's here, will the vice president be working on
ways to reduce an unemployment rate of 15.3 percent,
the highest of any state in the country?" The question
answered itself; there were fundraisers to attend.
In the coming weeks, Obama will be involved in contentious
Senate fighting over health care. He may travel
to Copenhagen for international global-warming talks.
And he'll be in Oslo to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize —
a few days after the next set of unemployment numbers
are due.
There will be a lot of news. But for millions of
Americans, joblessness will remain the big story, no matter
what the president does.
Byron York is chief political correspondent for The
Washington Examiner.
Distributed by Newspaper Enterprise Association
Thursday, November 19, 2009
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Calm in a
cancer
storm
Calm.
That's not a word one hears much these days, but
calm is what some are urging in the wake of a new
federal report on breast cancer screening.
Released Monday, the paper has caused a stir with
its recommendation that women in their 40s don't
need annual mammograms and that self-exams no
longer should be part of a doctor's instructions to
female patients. Instead, the report suggests, women
ages 40 to 49 who are not in a
high-risk group should wait
until 50 to begin mammograms
and then have them
every other year.
This is surprising news to
women who, for the past 30
years or so, have been urged to
spend part of their shower
reviewing their breast tissue
and have submitted annually
to the vise otherwise known as
a mammogram.
Is this yet another one of
those eggs-are-good-for-youeggs-are-bad-for-youroutines?
Which is it, please?
Meanwhile, the timing of publication, in the midst
of a health care reform debate about reducing medical
costs, has eyebrows raised. Under the proposed
reform, the federal recommendations are to be used
for setting standards for insurance coverage. Could
the research be aimed at cutting costs at the expense
of women's health?
While some cancer groups, including the
American Cancer Society, have objected strenuously
to the panel's recommendations, Susan G. Komen for
the Cure, the worldwide advocacy organization, is
aiming for a more measured — strategic — tone. It
would be a mistake to overreact, says Eric Winer,
Harvard oncologist and chief scientific adviser to the
Komen group.
Instead, Nancy Brinker, Komen founder and the
woman responsible for "pinking" the world, views the
report as yet another opportunity for activism. If current
screening is imperfect, then why not make it better?
You don't get pink ribbons on everything from running
shoes to electric mixers, after all, by going negative.
Thus, Brinker, who recently bathed Egypt's pyramids
in pink lights during one of Komen's 130 annual
runs, sees the federal report as a good thing — a
"clarion call" for funders, researchers and government
to deliver a lower-cost, more-effective screening tool.
"We need 'tomorrow technology' and we need people
to invest in it," she says.
The Komen organization, which funds 1,900 education,
awareness and screening programs around the
world, isn't changing its own recommendations for
annual mammograms and self-exams for women 40
and older. It may not be a perfect protocol, but
Komen's goal is more access to screening, not less.
Still, both Brinker and Winer acknowledge that there's
more agreement than disagreement with the findings
of the report, issued by the U.S. Preventive Services
Task Force. The problem is that "we've sought out the
areas of controversy rather than the areas of consensus,"
says Winer.
Areas of agreement include: that mammograms do
save lives in both younger and older women; that it is
travesty that one-third of women in the world don't
have access to screening; and that while imperfect,
the mammogram is the best test we have.
Areas of controversy surround the when, whom
and how often. As for breast exams, Winer says it's
pretty widely accepted that teaching women to examine
themselves is not more effective in detecting
breast cancer than not teaching them. The fact that
many women discover their own cancer probably
means that women are aware of their own bodies and
respond intelligently to changes or abnormalities.
Winer also says that the panel's findings are based
on analysis of several large and well-conducted studies
and that different conclusions are probably a function
of "murky data."
"You can't conclude that they got it wrong," he
says.
Nevertheless, breast cancer is an emotional issue.
Computer models aren't reassuring if you have breast
cancer yourself. Or if someone you loved might have
survived with earlier detection.
Brinker understands the personal dimension on a
profound level. A survivor of breast cancer, she lost
her sister (Susan G. Komen, for whom the foundation
is named) to the disease at age 36. Even so, she
prefers action to reaction.
These days, Brinker isn't focused only on breast
cancer but on all cancers, which she says are decimating
populations around the world. During an interview
at her apartment, she emphasized the need for
better education, noting that cancer is still considered
contagious in some countries and that sufferers are
treated as lepers.
If Brinker has her way, the debate relaunched
Monday will lead to improved technology so crucial
to detection. If history is any guide, we may soon
expect to see new pink screening gizmos that are
cheap, portable and accurate.
And the world will be calmer. And we shall all eat
eggs.
kathleenparker@washpost.com
Kathleen
Parker
Columnist

People
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Former Clearmont resident
receives University of Wyo.
Medallion Service Award
From University of Wyoming
Media Relations
University
of Wyoming
alumnus and
College of
Agriculture
graduate and
adjunct professor
Jerry
Schuman, formerly
of
Clearmont,
has been presented
the
Medallion
Jerry
Schuman
Service Award from the UW Alumni
Association.
The Medallion Service Award,
initiated in 1968 but not given annually,
recognizes outstanding service
and dedication to the university.
Schuman rode in UW's Homecoming
parade Oct. 10 and was recognized at
the UW-University of New Mexico
football game.
"I was totally flabbergasted when
I got a registered letter," said
Schuman, who was raised in
Sheridan County and now lives in
Cheyenne. "I couldn't figure out why
I was getting a registered letter from
the Alumni Association. It's a huge
honor, and I'm a little surprised I
received the award. Not that I don't
do some things for the university, but
there are a lot of people out there
who do lots of things. I am very honored."
Schuman received a bachelor's
degree in soil science in 1966 from
the College of Agriculture and also
received an Outstanding Alumni
award from the college in 2000.
New Faces
Ruthie Jean Evanoff
Ruthie Jean Evanoff was born Nov. 12,
2009, in Sheridan Memorial Hospital.
She weighed 7 pounds, 6.5 ounces.
Her parents are Matt and Jillian Evanoff of
Sheridan.
Her grandparents are Dave and Linda
Barker and Ted and Merna Evanoff, all of
Sheridan.
Great-grandmothers are Bea Barber and
Theresa Barker of Sheridan.
Kendall Paige Smothers
Kendall Paige Smothers was born Nov. 12,
2009, in Yuba City, Calif.
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“The World’s Greatest Hobby”
George Vance, Distinguished
Professor of Energy and the
Environment at UW, nominated
Schuman for the award.
"Dr. Schuman's research has
emphasized land reclamation and
carbon sequestration as it relates to
global climate change," noted Vance.
"His career has dealt with numerous
issues relating to environmental
research and has greatly enhanced
our understanding and ability to successfully
reclaim mined lands and
abandoned bentonite mine spoils in
Wyoming and the world."
Born in Sheridan, Schuman
attended school in Clearmont for 12
years. "There were five of us who
graduated together, and we all went
on to college," Schuman told the
AlumNews publication.
Schuman received his master's
degree in soil science from the
University of Nevada-Reno and his
Ph.D. from the University of
Nebraska. He returned to Wyoming
with the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's Agricultural Research
Service in 1975 and led a research
program in mined land reclamation
and soil and water conservation.
Schuman was research leader and
director of the High Plains
Grasslands Research
Station/Rangeland Resources
Research Unit from 1976-1998. He
worked for ARS until he retired in
2005.
As an adjunct professor in the
UW Department of Renewable
Resources, he has mentored more
than 34 graduate students and written
more than 175 scientific publications
and has had numerous leadership
positions.
She weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce.
Her parents are Sarah and Scott Smothers of
Yuba City.
Her grandparents are Howard and Cindy
Smothers, formerly of Sheridan, now of Yuba
City, Leo and Terry Grasky of Sheridan, and
the late Patty Grasky.
She joins siblings Brock and Zachary.
Colter Marion Hoyt
Colter Marion Hoyt was born Nov. 13,
2009, in Sheridan Memorial Hospital.
He weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces.
His parents are Ashley W. and Ashley L.
Hoyt of Sheridan.
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wed in August
Janet Carol Austin of Ranchester and Kevin
Carlyle Pelesky of Sheridan were married Aug. 29 at
Whitney Commons Park in Sheridan with Pastor Dan
Keller officiating.
The bride is the daughter of Walter and Jacqueline
Austin of Ranchester. Grandparents are Dora Lupton
and the late Cecil Lupton of Sheridan.
She has a bachelor’s degree in business administration
and accounting from the University of Great
Falls.
The groom is the son of James “Jim” and Barb
Pelesky of Northglenn, Colo. His grandparents are
Mary Pelesky of Sheridan, Jack Pelesky of Rogers,
Ark., and Janice Kelly of Omaha, Neb.
The bride was given in marriage by her parents.
Wedding colors were clover green and pink, and her
flowers were pink gerbera daisies.
Maid of honor was the bride’s friend and co-worker
Joyce Inchauspe of Sheridan. Bridesmaids were
longtime friends Miranda Grossi of Bozeman, Mont.,
and Amy Lytton of Ranchester.
Best man was the groom’s uncle Jamie Kelly of
Sheridan. Groomsmen were the bride’s brother
Raymond Austin and the groom’s longtime friend
Nate Powers, both of Sheridan.
Flower girl was Makhia Weiss, daughter of a
friend of the couple.
Ring bearer was the groom’s nephew, Jameson
Mills of Sheridan.
A reception was at the Elks Lodge in Sheridan.
The couple make their home in Sheridan, where
the bride is employed as student loans administrator
at Whitney Benefits. The groom is self-employed as a
carpenter.
His grandparents are Ben and Gail Johnson
of Sheridan, Betsy and Bill Day of Albany,
Ore., and Albert and Cindy Hoyt of Creswell,
Ore.
He joins one sibling, Connor.
Luke Dale Rankin
Luke Dale Rankin was born Nov. 13, 2009,
in Sheridan Memorial Hospital.
He weighed 9 pounds, 4 ounces.
His parents are Ryan and Shannon Rankin
of Sheridan.
His grandparents are Mike and Jackie
Jackson of Dayton and Bob and Cathy Rankin
of Martinez, Calif.
He joins one sibling, Riley.
Kevin and Janet Pelesky
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The Sheridan Genealogical Society will meet 9:30 a.m. Saturday in
the Inner Circle at Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library.
There will be a short business meeting followed by a research and
work session in the Wyoming Room.
Anyone interested in pursuing his family history is welcome.
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Geithner: Some bailout funds to help lower deficit
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary
Timothy Geithner said Thursday the government’s
$700 billion bailout program will end “as soon as we
can,” and that part of it will be used to lower the record
deficit.
During a Joint Economic Committee hearing,
Geithner was pressed to disclose the administration’s
plan for dealing with the unpopular financial rescue
program. He did not say how much of the bailout
would go toward paying down the deficit, which hit an
all-time high of $1.42 trillion for the budget year that
ended Sept. 30 and is expected to rise even higher this
year.
“We are winding it down and will close it as soon as
we can,” he said.
Geithner was on Capitol Hill pushing Congress to
Go ‘Rogue’
in brief:
Alaska,
campaign,
family, oil
WASHINGTON (AP) — Not a
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Todd, more than 200 times,
and uses words like “family,”
“kids,” “mom” and “dad” about
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to keep the economic recovery
on track.
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House.
Geithner said the administration wants to ensure that
firms not be able to escape or avoid oversight by shopping
for the most lenient regulator, a situation critics
say contributed to the worst financial market crisis in
seven decades.
“The fact that investment banks like Bear Stearns or
Lehman Brothers or other large firms like AIG could
escape meaningful consolidated federal supervision
simply by virtue of their legal form should be considered
unthinkable from now on,” Geithner said.
Another item the administration wants to see
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coping with failures.
Senate girds for historic debate
on $848B health care legislation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional budget crunchers
Thursday said the Democrats’ latest health care plan would
hold down federal red ink for at least a 20-year stretch, an
assessment that boosted the bill’s advocates as the Senate
moved gingerly toward a historic debate.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said that
Majority Leader Harry Reid’s 10-year, $848-billion bill would
produce a net reduction of $130 billion in federal deficits in its
first decade. Perhaps more significantly, the legislation would
continue to give back over the next 10 years and beyond, the
budget umpires said, because “added revenues and costs savings
would probably be greater” than the cost of covering uninsured
Americans.
The budget office put a big asterisk on its forecast, using
words like “imprecision” and “uncertainty” to describe the
long-range projection. It noted that, overall, health care spending
remains on an unsustainable path.
However, the bill would not make matters any worse, and
maybe even a little better.
With President Barack Obama pledging to tamp down
ruinous health care costs, Democrats took the new CBO estimates
to the bank, while skipping over the caveats. Preparing
for a noontime rally with supporters, Reid, D-Nev., said the
legislation would “save lives, save money and save Medicare.”
The CBO said Reid’s bill would extend coverage to 94 percent
of eligible Americans, after subsidies to make premiums
more affordable start flowing in 2014. That’s one year later
than in the House Democratic bill — and well into the next
presidential term. Postponing the subsidies by one year
allowed Reid to offer somewhat more generous assistance to
defray the cost of insurance premiums.
On one of the major controversies of the health care debate,
the CBO said Reid’s bill would make a government health plan
widely available — but few Americans would sign up.
About two-thirds of the U.S. population would have a public
plan available in their state, even though the bill would
allow individual states to opt out. Still, only 3 million to 4 million
people would sign up, partly because private insurance
plans would still be able to offer lower premiums.
While most Americans would get to observe the new experiment
with government coverage in their states, few would
actually participate.
Facing a key floor vote Saturday, Republicans remained
unflinching in their opposition.
“Now it’s America’s turn, and this will not be a short
debate,” warned Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the
Republican leader. “Higher premiums, tax increases and
Medicare cuts to pay for more government. The American people
know that is not reform.”
Reid’s bill relies on cuts in future Medicare spending to
cover costs, as well as on higher payroll taxes for the well-off,
a new levy on patients undergoing elective cosmetic surgery,
and a laundry list of other taxes, fees and penalties.
The Democratic leader wrote the legislation with White
House aides during weeks of secretive negotiations, selecting
elements from two committee-passed bills with the aim of
securing the necessary 60 votes in a Senate debate that will be
decisive for Obama’s health care agenda.
Democrats hold 58 seats in the Senate and two independents
generally vote with them, but several moderate Democrats
— Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and
Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas — have yet to commit to allowing
debate to begin. Reid met privately with the three before
releasing his bill Wednesday, and Nelson later issued a statement
strongly suggesting he would support fellow Democrats
on the procedural vote.
Reid has pointedly declined to claim the 60 votes needed to
clear a must-pass procedural hurdle this weekend before debate
can begin. But Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, says he believes the
wavering moderates will side with their party on procedural
votes. Whether they vote for the final bill in the end is less certain.
“I believe we’ll stick together ... this is team effort,” said
Harkin. “No one Democrat is going to want to stand out there
and say, ’Stop this.”’
The mammoth, 2,074-page bill would, for the the first time,
require most Americans to carry health insuranc. It would provide
hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies to help those
with lower incomes afford coverage.
Employers would not be required to offer coverage, but
medium and large companies would pay a fee if the government
ends up subsidizing employees’ insurance.
Beginning in 2014, Reid’s bill would set up new insurance
marketplaces called exchanges, primarily for those who now
have a hard time getting or keeping coverage. Consumers
would have the choice of purchasing government-sold insurance,
an attempt to hold down prices charged by private insurers.
If this weekend’s vote succeeds, it would be followed by
weeks of unpredictable maneuvering on the Senate floor,
where Reid and his allies will seek to incorporate changes
sought by Democrats and repel attempts by Republicans to
defeat the legislation and inflict a significant political defeat on
the president.
On a controversial issue that threatened to derail the Housepassed
bill, Reid would allow the new government insurance
plan to cover abortions and would let companies that receive
federal funds offer insurance plans that include abortion coverage.
Panel warns of rampant Chinese spying
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S.
congressional advisory panel said
Thursday that Chinese spies are
aggressively stealing American secrets
to use in building Beijing’s military
and economic strength.
The U.S.-China Economic and
Security Review Commission also
said in its annual report to lawmakers
that Beijing is building a navy that
could block the U.S. military from
getting to the region if fighting should
break out between China and Taiwan,
the self-governing island off China’s
southeastern coast that China claims
as its own.
The report follows President
Barack Obama’s visit this week to
China, where he had extensive talks
with President Hu Jintao. The commission
tends to take a tougher stance
on China than either Obama or his
predecessor, George W. Bush. Obama
wants to nurture ties with a country the
United States needs to deal with some
of the world’s toughest crises, including
nuclear standoffs with Iran and
North Korea, climate change and
global economic recovery.
The commission, set up by
Congress in 2000 to advise, investigate
and report on U.S.-China affairs,
said U.S. officials believe Chinese
spying is “growing in scale, intensity
and sophistication.”
“China is the most aggressive
country conducting espionage against
the United States,” the report said.
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Chinese Embassy in Washington,
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unwarranted and irresponsible.”
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SHERIDAN FIRE-RESCUE
Wednesday
• Medical, 50 block North
Sheridan Avenue, 12:53 a.m.
• Medical, 1800 block Sugarland
Drive, 11:40 a.m.
• Medical, 1300 block North
Main Street, 1:37 p.m.
• Activated fire alarm, 400 block
North Jefferson Street, 4:15 p.m.
• Medical, 800 block Avoca
Avenue, 7:30 p.m.
• Medical, 1700 block Warren
Avenue, 11:42 p.m.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
AMBULANCE
Wednesday
• Medical, 100 block Creighton
Street, Big Horn, 3:39 a.m.
• Trauma (fall), 100 block Wolf
Creek Road, Dayton, 12:32 p.m.
• Trauma (fall), 200 block Smith
Street, 2:04 p.m.
• Trauma (fall), 1900 block West
Loucks Street, 4:34 p.m.
• Trauma (fall), 1900 block West
Loucks Street, 4:34 p.m.
• Patient transfer to Westview
Health Care Center from Sheridan
Memorial Hospital, 5:50 p.m.
• Medical, 900 block U.S.
Highway 14 East, 10:57 p.m.
SHERIDAN
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Wednesday
• No admissions, births or dismissals
reported.
Matt A. Hemsath
Matt A. Hemsath, 20, of Buffalo
died Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.
Visitation is 1-9 p.m. today and
8-9:30 a.m. Friday with funeral
service to follow at 10 a.m. at
Adams Funeral Home Chapel, the
Rev. Tom Saur officiating.
Burial will be in Willow Grove
Cemetery with Veterans of Foreign
Wars and American Legion in
SHERIDAN
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Information in the police reports
is provided by SPD. The Sheridan
Press does not add names to this
report.
Wednesday
Incidents with written reports
• Minor in possession (arrest
made for interference with peace
officer), Fourth Avenue East, 12:34
a.m.
• Two-vehicle accident (no damage;
no citations), North Main
Street, 11:23 a.m.
• Assist Natrona County sheriff’s
office with arrest on warrant,
College Meadows Drive, 12:08 p.m.
• Abandoned vehicle, North
Gould Street, 1:14 p.m.
• Theft reported (female reported
ex-boyfriend would not return her
dog; dog was returned), Mydland
Road, 4:03 p.m.
• Parking complaint, South
Carlin Street, 4:10 p.m.
• Zoning violation reported (officers
attempting to contact absentee
owner), East Ninth Street, 4:20 p.m.
• Suspicious vehicle (driver cited
for no registration, no insurance and
driving with revoked license), West
Fifth Street, 4:25 p.m.
• Kitten found (transported to
animal shelter), Big Horn Avenue,
4:49 p.m.
• Traffic incident (in parking lot;
minor damage; no citations),
Coffeen Avenue, 7:16 p.m.
charge of military graveside services.
Memorials may benefit the
Multiple Sclerosis Society, c/o
Adams Funeral Home, 351 N.
Adams Ave., Buffalo, WY 82834.
Correction
Based on incorrect information
provided to The Sheridan Press,
• Threats (unfounded), Coffeen
Avenue, 7:44 p.m.
• Theft reported (cash; under
investigation), West Brundage
Street, 8:39 p.m.
Calls for service requiring no
further action
• Neighborhood dispute (intoxicated
individuals would not pay cab
driver; officer escorted subjects to
get money to pay fare), South Main
Street, 2:36 a.m.
• Suspicious person (subject
stopping people and asking for
money; gone when officers arrived),
South Sheridan Avenue, 8:15 a.m.
• Traffic complaint (contractor
truck blocking view in cul-de-sac;
vehicle moved), North Heights
Court, 8:42 a.m.
• Medical (male with chest pain;
handled at scene), North Main
Street, 10:39 a.m.
• Neighborhood dispute (civil
matter), West Fifth Street, 1:50 p.m.
• Dogs at large, Turner Lane,
1:52 p.m.
• Dogs at large, Coffeen Avenue,
2:22 p.m.
• Dogs reported missing,
Stadium Drive, 4:37 p.m.
• Dog reported missing, Avon
Street, 6:06 p.m.
• Threats (fired employee threatening
business), West Fifth Street,
8:19 p.m.
• Civil matter, Long Drive, 8:17
p.m.
it was reported that services for
John L. Kobielusz Jr. are 10 a.m.
Friday at St. Peter’s Episcopal
Church.
The time of service is 11 a.m.
at the church.
Mr. Kobielusz died Sunday,
Nov. 15, 2009, in Las Vegas.
His obituary ran in
Wednesday’s edition of the
Press.
SHERIDAN COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Wednesday
• Burglary (theft from cabin),
Forest Service Road, Dayton, 11:24
a.m.
• Arrest on warrant, West 13th
Street, 1:26 p.m.
• Trespassing (warning issued),
West Fifth Street, 7:56 p.m.
ARRESTS
Names of individuals arrested for
domestic violence or sexual assault
will not be released until those individuals
have appeared in court.
Wednesday
• Philip Wallace Lovato, 27, 311
Thompson Creek Road, Clearmont,
bench warrant for contempt of court.
• Genevieve Renee Donnelly, 25,
Hawaii, Natrona County bench warrant
for contempt of court.
• Jessica Allyn Woelber, 26, 7040
Burkitt St., Sheridan, DUI.
JAIL
Today
Daily inmate count: 95
Female inmate count: 17
Inmates at treatment facilities
(not counted in daily inmate total): 3
Inmates housed at other facilities
(not counted in daily inmate total): 0
Number of book-ins for the previous
day: 4
Number of releases for the previous
day: 3
Atlantis crewmen install antenna, hook up cables
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A pair of
spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon,
hustled through antenna and cable work Thursday
outside the International Space Station.
Atlantis crewmen Michael Foreman and Dr.
Robert Satcher Jr. had a spare antenna installed in
two hours. They also hooked up cables and a
handrail, and greased some mechanisms, zooming
two hours ahead at one point and tackling
extra work.
“You guys are rocking the house,” astronaut
Randolph Bresnik called from inside the linked
shuttle-station complex.
TLANTA (AP) — Air travelers
nationwide scrambled to revise their
plans Thursday after an FAA computer
glitch caused widespread cancellations
and delays for the second
time in 15 months.
The Federal Aviation
Administration said the problem,
which lasted about five hours, was
fixed around 10 a.m., but it was
unclear how long flights would be
Obituaries
As Satcher — the first orthopedic surgeon in
space — lubricated an attachment for a robot arm,
Bresnik observed “it is a thing of beauty to see the
good doctor at work.”
“We have photographic evidence of the highest
recorded orthopedic surgery — ever,” Bresnik
said.
Foreman, meanwhile, had his hands full of
wire ties needed to secure the antenna cables and
other gear. He joked before the mission he was
known as the wire-tie king, and that he was going
after the 100 mark. His crewmates inflated it just
a bit.
affected.
Doug Church, a spokesman for
the National Air Traffic Controllers
Union, said controllers were entering
flight plans manually in some
locations even after the glitch was
fixed.
Aviation officials told The
Associated Press that the problem
began at the computer center in Salt
Lake City. The officials asked not to
be named because they were not
authorized to speak publicly.
FAA spokesman Paul Takemoto
said the problem started between
5:15 and 5:30 a.m. Airplane dispatchers
had to send plans to controllers,
who entered them by hand.
“It’s slowing everything down,”
Takemoto said.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
International Airport, the world’s
“Welcome to the thousand wire-tie club,
Mike,” Bresnik said.
Foreman, a veteran spacewalker, couldn’t
resist some humor of his own while floating 220
miles above the planet.
“Hard to believe, Bobby, I think your feet look
bigger from space,” Foreman teased.
Two more spacewalks are planned in coming
days to perform space station maintenance and
get the orbiting outpost ready for the next shuttle
visitors.
Atlantis will remain at the space station until
Wednesday.
FAA glitch causes widespread air travel delays in U.S.
busiest, was particularly affected.
The problem also exacerbated
delays caused by bad weather in the
Northeast, with airports in the
Chicago, Washington, D.C., and
New York metro areas reporting
problems.
Some flights were more than two
hours behind schedule. Airports
around the South also reported
delays and cancellations.
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Upton soldier, 35, dies
in Iraq after vehicle accident
CHEYENNE (AP) — An Army soldier from Upton has died in Iraq.
The Department of Defense says 35-year-old Staff Sgt. Ryan Zorn
died Monday in Tal Afar, Iraq, from injuries he suffered in a vehicle accident.
The military is investigating the roll-over crash.
Zorn was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st
Brigade, 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas.
Wyo. Committee approves
2 juvenile justice bills
CHEYENNE (AP) — A legislative committee has given approval to
two bills aimed at creating uniformity in how juvenile offenders are handled
in Wyoming.
The bills will be considered by the full Legislature next year.
One seeks to establish intake and risk assessment standards for arresting
agencies. The other aims to establish standards for the operation of
juvenile detention facilities based on national criteria.
Both bills passed the Legislature’s Joint Judiciary Interim Committee
on Wednesday.
The proposals come amid a push to reform Wyoming’s juvenile justice
system, which critics say lacks consistency in how it deals with
young offenders. The standards would be used by police and local prosecutors
to help determine whether juveniles should be jailed, taken to a
group home or released to parents.
Advocates of such a system say it would create a uniform, objective
process for screening young offenders before trial. They also contend it
would help ensure that authorities are only jailing children who truly
need to be locked up.
“We need to have consistency so kids understand justice is equal,”
said Rep. Keith Gingery, R-Jackson, who helped bring the legislation to
the committee.
Death warrant hearing set for
man who murdered Kimmell
CASPER (AP) — A death warrant hearing is scheduled for Dec. 14
for Dale Wayne Eaton, the only inmate on Wyoming’s death row.
Eaton was sentenced to death for the 1988 rape and murder of 18year-old
Lisa Marie Kimmell. The U.S. Supreme court has declined to
review his case.
Eaton’s attorney asked the court earlier this year to bar his execution
because of Eaton’s mental status, but the judge said that there was no
indication that Eaton isn’t currently competent, nor was there any indication
that he wasn’t competent at the time of his trial.
Ten Sleep firm moving
headquarters to Cody
CODY (AP) — Eleutian Technology has announced it will move its
headquarters from Ten Sleep to Cody.
James Klessens of Forward Cody says the company will have a total
of 40 positions in Cody with an average wage topping $50,000.
Klessens told city officials that some company employees are house
shopping in Cody.
Eleutian teaches English to Asian students via the Internet. It has outgrown
its office in Ten Sleep and cannot expand there.
The Cody Enterprise reports that one of the requirements of the move
is putting together a Wyoming Business Council application to build a
new office building for the firm. The deadline for the application is Dec.
1.
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• What’s on Tap
Today
• No events scheduled
Friday
Men’s Basketball
Sheridan College vs.
Eastern Utah (First National
Bank Shootout at Powell),
3:30 p.m.
Women’s Basketball
Sheridan College hosts
State Farm Classic
Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
J.V. vs. Gillette College, 5
p.m.
Ogalala Lakota (S.D.) vs.
Sheridan College, 7 p.m.
• TV Today
AUTO RACING
4:30 p.m.
SPEED — NASCAR,
Truck Series, final practice
for Ford 200, at Homestead,
Fla.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
5:30 p.m.
ESPN — Colorado at
Oklahoma St.
GOLF
2 p.m.
TGC — LPGA Tour
Championship, first round, at
Houston
1 a.m.
TGC — European PGA
Tour, Dubai World
Championship, second
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Emirates
MEN’S COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
3 p.m.
ESPN2 — O’Reilly Auto
Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off,
first round, Indiana vs.
Mississippi, at San Juan,
Puerto Rico
5 p.m.
ESPN2 — 2K Sports
Coaches vs. Cancer Classic,
first round, Syracuse vs.
California, at New York
7 p.m.
ESPN2 — 2K Sports
Coaches vs. Cancer Classic,
first round, North Carolina
vs. Ohio St., at New York
NBA BASKETBALL
6:15 p.m.
TNT — Phoenix at New
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Cowboy Joe Club
sets fundraising
record
LARAMIE (AP) — For the
fourth consecutive year, the
University of Wyoming’s
Cowboy Joe Club has set a
fundraising record.
UW officials say with more
than a month remaining in the
2009 fundraising year, the
Cowboy Joe Club has received
$2.15 million in cash contributions.
That eclipses 2008’s record
year-end total by more than
$20,000.
Albany County is leading in
contributions this year, followed
by Laramie County,
Natrona County and
Sweetwater County.
The state of Colorado leads
out-of-state support, contributing
$201,000.
There are about 4,000 members
of the Cowboy Joe Club,
which seeks to support studentathletes
at UW with scholarships
and educational
resources.
Jr. McGenerals
Sheridan College is inviting
children ages 14 and younger
to join the SC Junior
McGenerals.
Membership includes free
admission to all SC home
events, $1.25 happy meals on
all SC home game days, a Jr.
McGeneral T-shirt, and
McGeneral newsletters.
There will also be free
McGenerals sports clinics for
boys’ basketball Jan. 23, volleyball
Jan. 30, girls’ basketball
Feb. 6 and rodeo March 6.
The cost is $30 per member.
For additional information, call
674-6446, ext. 4000.
Brewer named county volleyball Player of Year
LARAMIE (AP) — The 2009 season hasn’t
been easy for the University of Wyoming’s offensive
line in learning the nuances of the spread
offense under a new coaching staff.
It has been a vastly different way of doing
business in terms of terminology, techniques and
splits as well as finding the right personnel combinations.
The Cowboy O-line, featuring the current cast
of center Russ Arnold, guards Sam Sterner and
Zack Kennedy and tackles Clayton Kirven and
Ryan Otterson, is coming off perhaps its best
game of the season in Wyoming’s 30-27 comeback
victory over San Diego State last Saturday.
In a win that kept UW’s postseason bowl
hopes alive, the Cowboys rushed for 200 yards
From staff reports
The Sheridan Sharks swim team hosted the annual
Veterans Day Sheridan Pentathlon on Saturday and Sunday
at the Sheridan Junior High School pool.
More than 110 swimmers represented Sheridan,
Buffalo, Casper, Gillette, Greybull, Powell and Hardin,
Mont.
Shark swimmers who placed in their events are as follows:
Girls 8 and younger
Zoe Robison
First, 25 butterfly; first, 25 free; first 100 individual medley; first, 200
freestyle; fourth, 25 backstroke.
Libby Green
Third, 25 backstroke; fourth, 25 butterfly.
Mallory Arneson
Seventh, 25 butterfly; eighth, 25 breaststroke.
Girls 9-10
Pippin Robison
First, 50 backstroke; first, 50 breaststroke; first, 50 freestyle; first, 100 individual
medley; first, 200 freestyle; first, 400 freestyle; third, 50 butterfly.
Molly Green
First, 50 butterfly; second, 50 freestyle; second, 100 individual medley;
fourth, 50 breaststroke; fifth, 50 backstroke.
Jenna Hoffman
Second, 50 backstroke; second, 50 breaststroke; third, 50 freestyle; third
100 individual medley; fourth, 50 butterfly.
Britny Hutton
Second, 200 freestyle; second 400 freestyle; fourth, 100 individual medley;
fifth 50 butterfly; sixth, 50 backstroke; sixth, 50 breaststroke; eighth, 50
freestyle.
Alisyn Hutton
Third, 200 freestyle; fifth, 50 breaststroke; sixth, 50 butterfly; sixth, 100 individual
medley.
Teal Scheuber
Third, 50 breaststroke; fourth, 50 freestyle; seventh, 50 backstroke.
Bailey Hanson
Fourth, 200 freestyle.
Katie Arneson
Eighth, 50 breaststroke.
Girls 11-12
Mackenzie Dougherty
First, 50 breaststroke; first 100 individual medley; second, 200 freestyle;
second, 50 butterfly; third, 50 backstroke; third, 50 freestyle
Kathryn Anderson
Fourth, 400 freestyle.
Girls 13-14
Gretchen Dougherty
First, 100 butterfly; first, 100 breaststroke; first ,100 freestyle; first, 200 individual
medley; first, 400 freestyle; second, 100 backstroke.
Laurel Fosnight
First, 200 freestyle; second, 100 butterfly; second, 100 freestyle; third, 100
backstroke; third, 100 breaststroke; third, 200 individual medley.
Girls 15 and older
Caitlin Dougherty
First, 100 breaststroke; first, 100 freestyle; first, 200 individual medley.
Victoria Anderson
First, 100 backstroke; second, 100 freestyle; third 200 individual medley.
Christina Harrelson
First, 400 freestyle; second, 200 individual medley; third, 100 freestyle.
Boys 8 and younger
Cisco Gallegos
Fifth, 25 backstroke; sixth, 25 freestyle.
Boys 9-10
Sean Mullett
Eighth, 50 backstroke.
The Sheridan Press/Michael Sullivan
Big Horn High School’s Shelby Brewer was named the Sheridan County Volleyball Player of the Year by
The Sheridan Press.
and passed for 246 yards in putting together one
of their best offensive balances of the 2009 season.
Wyoming’s people movers and protectors
enabled the Cowboys to average 4.3 yards per
carry in the running game, and gave up just two
sacks in allowing freshman quarterback Austyn
Carta-Samuels to complete 16-of-22 passes for a
career-high 246 yards.
With its confidence somewhat renewed, the
UW O-line will now face it’s toughest task of the
season when unbeaten and No. 4 TCU rolls into
War Memorial Stadium on Saturday for a noon
kickoff.
The well-balanced Frogs not only have the top
offense in the Mountain West Conference, but the
Sheridan Sharks swim results
Boys 11-12
Zach Ahlstrom
Second, 50 breaststroke; third, 50 freestyle; third, 100 individual medley.
Randy Bateman
Fourth, 50 backstroke; fifth, 50 breaststroke; seventh, 50 freestyle.
Jake Ahlstrom
Fifth, 50 freestyle; sixth, 50 breaststroke.
Boys 13-14
Neil Medders
First, 100 backstroke; first, 100 freestyle; first, 100 individual medley; second,
100 breaststroke; third, 100 butterfly.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
By Ken Hamrick
sports@thesheridanpress.com
As setter for the Big Horn
High School volleyball team,
Shelby Brewer was like a quarterback
for the Class 2A state champion
Lady Rams.
For her accomplishments, the
5-4 senior was named Sheridan
County Volleyball Player of the
Year by The Sheridan Press today.
“It’s quite an accomplishment
and I’m very honored,” Brewer
said.
“She is very deserving,” said
Big Horn coach Jami Harvey.
“She’s the hardest working player
I’ve coached. She’s a competitor,
a team player, and a classy girl off
the court.”
Brewer showed her skill as setter
especially in the state championship
match against Pine Bluffs.
Almost every set resulted in a kill
by any number of Lady Ram hitters.
“We were really aggressive in
the front line this year,” Brewer
said. “Definitely at state, our hitters
played amazing compared to
what they had been hitting. They
played at the top of their game at
the right time.”
“You can’t be a great team
without a great setter, and that’s
what she is,” Harvey said.
The Lady Rams advanced to a
state championship match all four
years Brewer was a member of the
team. In 2006, the Lady Rams lost
in the final, but they won state
championships the last three
years.
“That was a good way to end
my senior year in volleyball,”
Brewer said. “My freshman year,
we lost in the championship to
Sundance, but we won the rest of
them. So that was pretty cool.”
Big Horn defeated Mountain
View in both 2007 and 2008 and
Pine Bluffs this year.
Winning state championships
is a way of life for the Lady Rams,
especially in Brewer’s stay. In
addition to volleyball, Big Horn
has also won the state girls’ basketball
championship the last two
years.
Please see Brewer, Page B2
Wyoming O-line faces No. 4 TCU team
best defense as well.
TCU will come into the Wyoming game
ranked No. 4 in the nation in total defense, having
allowed an average of just 244.9 yards per game.
That total ranks behind only Texas (232.3),
Florida (233.9) and Alabama (239.3).
Only Clemson has been able to crack the 300yard
mark. The Tigers managed 309 yards in
TCU’s third game of the season.
And that may not bode well for a Wyoming
offense that is averaging only 317.3 yards per
game and has been shut out three times
(Colorado, Air Force and BYU).
Please see Football, Page B2
From staff reports
Two former Sheridan
County high school football
players have been
named second team All-
Dakota Athletic Conference
selections as members
of the South Dakota
School of Mines and
Technology football
team.
Tony Ostheimer, a
sophomore wide receiver
from Tongue River,
led the Hardrockers in
receiving this season. He
had 66 receptions for
936 yards and seven
touchdowns. The 66 pass
receptions is a new
school record.
“Tony led the conference
in receptions, yards
and TD catches, so getting
second team All-
Conference was a sur-
www.thesheridanpress.com
Tony
Ostheimer
Kayne
Ree
LARAMIE
(AP) — Afam
Muojeke
scored 26
points to lead
Wyoming past
Peru State 120-
73 Wednesday
night.
The
Cowboys (1-1)
sputtered at
times early in
the game
B1
Cowboys
rout
Peru State
Afam
Muojeke
before taking a 14-point halftime lead.
Wyoming then used a 17-3 run in the
opening minutes of the second half to
pad its lead and run away with the
win.
After struggling on Friday in a 77-
61 loss to South Dakota State,
Wyoming coach Heath Schroyer said
his team showed significant improvement
defensively on Wednesday.
“I was happy that we were able to
get out on the passing lanes and just
play on our toes, which I don’t think
we did the last game versus South
Dakota State,” Schroyer said.
Marshall Kelly led Peru State (2-6)
with 16 points and Jovan Hitch added
15 for the NAIA team.
“We used this game as a learning
experience and I think especially in the
first half we did some good things,”
Peru State coach Troy Katen said. “We
executed what we wanted and did
some things defensively that caused
them some problems.”
Thomas Manzano had 19 points
for the Cowboys. Djibril Thiam had
18, Ryan Dermody had 12 and Daylen
Harrison added 10.
The Cowboys’ full-court press
forced 34 turnovers that led to 45
points.
Schroyer said Laramie’s altitude —
7,200 feet above sea level — can be a
challenge for visiting teams and
allowed Wyoming to wear down the
Bobcats in the second half.
“It really wasn’t anything fancy but
just picking it up full court and just trying
to get our guys to play on their
toes,” Schroyer said. “They are going
to get better defensively as they understand
rotations and as they understand
picking up from full court.”
The Cowboys shot 61 percent (43
of 71) to just 38 percent for Peru State
(23 of 60).
“Offensively, we did a nice job of
sharing the ball,” Schroyer said. “We
had 27 assists on 43 made field goals,
which I love.”
WYOMING 120, PERU ST. 73
PERU ST. (2-6)
Burks 0-2 0-0 0, Williams 3-8 0-1 6, Kelly 5-7 3-3
16, Hitch 4-9 6-6 15, Santo 2-6 0-0 5, Blaylock 1-3
2-5 4, Drommond 0-2 0-0 0, Birchmeier 1-2 2-2 5,
Smith 2-4 2-2 6, Joy 2-3 0-0 4, Hildebrandt 0-3 2-
2 2, Drake 1-2 0-0 3, Schaben 0-1 1-2 1, Cole 0-5
1-2 1, Schwartz 1-1 1-2 3, Fuentes 1-2 0-0 2.
Totals 23-60 20-27 73.
WYOMING (1-1)
Muojeke 9-13 6-8 26, Thiam 9-10 0-0 18, Sylla 0-
0 1-2 1, Luster 1-3 4-4 6, Davis 2-4 4-6 8, Jackson
2-5 5-7 9, Dermody 4-9 2-2 12, Manzano 7-11 4-5
19, Waddell 4-5 1-2 9, Watsabaugh 1-3 0-0 2,
Harrison 4-8 2-2 10. Totals 43-71 29-38 120.
Halftime—Wyoming 53-39. 3-Point Goals—Peru
St. 7-20 (Kelly 3-4, Hitch 1-1, Birchmeier 1-2,
Drake 1-2, Santo 1-3, Drommond 0-1, Joy 0-1,
Smith 0-1, Fuentes 0-1, Cole 0-2, Hildebrandt 0-2),
Wyoming 5-15 (Dermody 2-4, Muojeke 2-4,
Manzano 1-5, Jackson 0-1, Davis 0-1). Fouled
Out—Kelly. Rebounds—Peru St. 35 (Kelly 5),
Wyoming 37 (Harrison, Thiam 7). Assists—Peru
St. 14 (Santo 4), Wyoming 27 (Luster 11). Total
Fouls—Peru St. 27, Wyoming 24. A—4,543. 24.
A—4,543.
Ostheimer, Ree
named All-DAC
prise to me,” said
Hardrocker coach Dan
Kratzer in a South
Dakota Mines press
release. “But that will be
all the reason for him to
do better and work harder
next season. Tony will
impact the conference
next season also.”
Kayne Ree, a 6-6,
340-pound senior offensive
lineman from Big
Horn, earned All-
Conference honors last
year as well as this year.
“Kayne Ree spent
three seasons conditioning
himslef to this
point,” Kratzer said. “He
is the guy we wanted to
run behind, and he had a
very good senior season.
‘Big Country,’ as he was
referred to, will be
missed by all of us.”

B2 The Sheridan Press, Thursday, November 19, 2009 www.thesheridanpress.com
Scoreboard
H.S. FOOTBALL
Class 4A
Team W-L PF PA
xz-Sheridan 11-1 379 230
y-Cheyenne Central 9-3 377 199
y-Campbell County 8-3 271 213
y-Green River 6-4 281 281
y-Kelly Walsh 6-5 314 250
y-Rock Springs 4-6 178 247
y-Laramie 3-7 170 323
y-Natrona County 2-8 234 256
Cheyenne East 2-7 187 295
Evanston 1-8 187 284
Class 3A
East Conference
Conference Overall
Team W-L PF PA W-L PF PA
xz-Douglas 5-0 245 42 11-0 517 95
y-Buffalo 4-1 154 72 7-3 226 127
y-Riverton 3-2 102 123 3-6 179 218
y-Torrington 2-3 127 126 4-5 177 204
Wheatland 1-4 90 133 1-7 144 223
Rawlins 0-5 40 262 0-8 70 422
West Conference
Conference Overall
Team W-L PF PA W-L PF PA
x-Cody 4-1 110 79 8-3 300 163
y-Worland 4-1 139 71 6-4 226 244
y-Star Valley 4-1 100 51 5-4 114 152
y-Lander Valley 2-3 74 64 4-5 154 143
Powell 1-4 111 138 4-4 178 168
Jackson Hole 0-5 25 158 2-6 87 257
Class 2A
East Conference
Conference Overall
Team W-L PF PA W-L PF PA
x-Glenrock 7-0 304 122 10-1 436 164
yz-Thermopolis 6-1 225 141 10-1 355 174
y-Big Horn 5-2 180 92 5-4 206 141
y-Wright 4-3 116 142 4-5 128 190
Burns 3-4 134 161 3-5 140 189
Moorcroft 2-5 102 189 3-5 124 203
Tongue River 1-6 84 187 1-7 92 205
Newcastle 0-7 71 182 0-8 71 215
West Conference
Conference Overall
Team W-L PF PA W-L PF PA
x-Kemmerer 7-0 299 83 8-2 345 151
y-Greybull 6-1 228 89 8-2 284 143
y-Big Piney 5-2 160 112 6-3 180 149
y-Lovell 4-3 101 78 5-4 128 119
Pinedale 2-5 93 162 2-6 95 175
Lyman 2-5 103 222 2-6 103 262
Wyoming Indian 1-6 112 253 1-7 126 276
Mountain View 1-6 58 155 1-7 58 189
Class 1A 11-man
East Conference
Conference Overall
Team W-L PF PA W-L PF PA
xz-Southeast 6-1 250 65 10-1 394 97
y-Lingle-Fort Laramie
6-1 316 90 9-2 464 147
y-Niobrara County 5-2 277 116 6-3 307 136
y-Pine Bluffs 4-3 189 169 5-4 258 222
Hulett 3-4 201 119 4-4 221 125
Sundance 2-5 98 241 2-6 112 263
Upton 1-6 52 367 2-6 77 367
Normative Services
1-6 118 334 1-7 118 369
West Conference
Conference Overall
Team W-L PF PA W-L PF PA
x-Cokeville 7-0 280 12 9-1 368 51
Brewer
(Continued from Page B1)
“We’re focusing on basketball and we’re looking
to get our third straight state championship in
that as well,” Brewer said.
Like volleyball, the Lady Rams lost in
Brewer’s freshman year in 2007 to Tongue River
but came back to defeat the Lady Eagles in 2008
and Mountain View in 2009.
“It’s been the same routine in basketball,”
Brewer said. “We lost the first year but won the
next two years. Hopefully it will be the same story
and we’ll win.”
Football
(Continued from Page B1)
“We didn’t make many changes
up front (in the O-line) and that
group played pretty well last
Saturday,” first-year Wyoming
coach Dave Christensen said. “It’s
going to be crucial for those guys
to play well and execute if we are
going to have a chance to win this
football game.
“We have to be able to give
Austyn some time back there, and
we realize the caliber of players
that we are facing (in TCU) are
going to be much faster in what
we saw this past weekend. So, we
are going to have to play that
much better and faster.”
y-Wind River 6-1 236 20 8-2 284 78
y-Rocky Mountain 4-3 136 99 5-4 179 148
y-Riverside 4-3 160 129 5-4 173 183
Burlington 4-3 89 128 4-4 101 148
Saratoga 2-5 68 178 2-6 68 232
Dubois 1-6 79 191 1-7 89 206
Shoshoni 0-7 14 305 0-8 27 360
Class 1A Six-man
East Conference
Conference Overall
Team W-L PF PA W-L PF PA
xz-Guernsey-Sunrise
3-0 202 32 8-0 555 125
y-Midwest 2-1 94 112 6-2 436 257
y-Hanna-Elk Mountain
1-2 87 140 5-3 345 254
y-Kaycee 0-3 65 164 5-4 375 455
West Conference
Conference Overall
Team W-L PF PA W-L PF PA
x-Ten Sleep 3-0 181 77 3-4 359 342
y-Little Snake River
2-1 166 88 2-6 250 253
y-Meeteetse 1-2 99 130 1-6 174 402
y-Farson-Eden 0-3 32 183 0-7 52 458
x-won conference championship
y-clinched playoff berth
z-state champion
NFL
National Football League
All Times EST
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 6 3 0 .667 259 150
Miami 4 5 0 .444 218 227
N.Y. Jets 4 5 0 .444 199 158
Buffalo 3 6 0 .333 140 210
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Indianapolis 9 0 0 1.000 252 142
Jacksonville 5 4 0 .556 181 220
Houston 5 4 0 .556 215 188
Tennessee 3 6 0 .333 189 255
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Cincinnati 7 2 0 .778 198 147
Pittsburgh 6 3 0 .667 207 157
Baltimore 5 4 0 .556 222 154
Cleveland 1 8 0 .111 78 225
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 6 3 0 .667 167 151
San Diego 6 3 0 .667 237 202
Kansas City 2 7 0 .222 142 215
Oakland 2 7 0 .222 88 217
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Dallas 6 3 0 .667 224 169
Philadelphia 5 4 0 .556 242 184
N.Y. Giants 5 4 0 .556 232 204
Washington 3 6 0 .333 140 171
South
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 9 0 0 1.000 331 197
Atlanta 5 4 0 .556 221 194
Carolina 4 5 0 .444 176 215
Tampa Bay 1 8 0 .111 157 256
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Minnesota 8 1 0 .889 271 184
Green Bay 5 4 0 .556 232 179
Chicago 4 5 0 .444 186 201
Detroit 1 8 0 .111 143 264
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Arizona 6 3 0 .667 229 184
San Francisco 4 5 0 .444 184 180
Seattle 3 6 0 .333 187 198
St. Louis 1 8 0 .111 100 249
———
Thursday’s Game
Miami at Carolina, 8:20 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Cleveland at Detroit, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.
Washington at Dallas, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Green Bay, 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Seattle at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Arizona at St. Louis, 4:05 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at New England, 4:15 p.m.
San Diego at Denver, 4:15 p.m.
Cincinnati at Oakland, 4:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago, 8:20 p.m.
Monday’s Game
Tennessee at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
NHL
National Hockey League
All Times EST
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
New Jersey 19 14 5 0 28 53 40
Pittsburgh 21 14 7 0 28 66 58
Philadelphia 18 12 5 1 25 65 45
N.Y. Rangers 21 11 9 1 23 63 58
N.Y. Islanders 21 8 6 7 23 60 64
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Buffalo 18 12 5 1 25 50 43
Ottawa 18 9 6 3 21 51 54
Montreal 21 10 11 0 20 52 61
Boston 20 8 8 4 20 47 52
Toronto 19 3 11 5 11 47 71
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 21 13 4 4 30 79 64
Tampa Bay 18 8 4 6 22 48 53
Atlanta 17 10 6 1 21 63 50
Florida 19 8 9 2 18 55 65
Carolina 20 3 12 5 11 44 75
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 19 12 5 2 26 57 46
Columbus 19 11 6 2 24 58 67
Detroit 19 10 6 3 23 63 57
Nashville 19 10 8 1 21 43 51
St. Louis 18 6 8 4 16 41 47
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Colorado 22 13 6 3 29 67 62
Calgary 19 12 5 2 26 61 50
Vancouver 21 11 10 0 22 62 57
Edmonton 22 9 10 3 21 66 70
Minnesota 21 7 12 2 16 51 66
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
San Jose 23 14 5 4 32 76 57
Los Angeles 23 13 8 2 28 71 70
Phoenix 21 12 9 0 24 54 51
Dallas 20 9 5 6 24 62 58
Anaheim 19 6 10 3 15 54 67
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
loss.
———
Brewer was also a member of the 2007 state
track and field championship team, which gives
the Big Horn Class of 2010 six state championships.
But Brewer credits her teammates for the Lady
Rams’ success in all sports.
“We have really good people in every class,”
Brewer said. “We don’t really have outstanding
people, we just play well as a team and that’s
what gets us our state championships.”
Brewer plans to attend college after graduating
from Big Horn but has not made any decisions
While the TCU defense is solid
at every position, the Frogs are
especially gifted up front with a
veteran quartet that includes ends
Jerry Hughes (6-3, 257, Sr.) and
Wayne Daniels (6-2, 250, Jr.) and
tackles Kelly Griffin (6-1, 295, Jr.)
and Cory Grant (6-2, 303, Jr.).
Throw in linebackers Daryl
Washington (6-3, 234, Sr.) and
Tank Carder (6-2, 232, So.), the
team’s two leading tacklers at 77
and 65, respectively, and head
coach Gary Patterson has something
special.
“They’re a great defense and
they are having a great season,”
Wyoming senior center and captain
Russ Arnold said. “We’ll give
our best effort. They have great
athletes ... they are strong players
and they play hard.”
The difference maker for the
TCU defense is Hughes, the
MWC’s Preseason Defensive
Player of the Year.
Through the first 10 games,
Hughes has been even better than
his advanced billing with 49 tackles,
including 10.5 sacks for 70
yards in losses. He has been an
opposing team’s worst nightmare
all season long.
Although the UW staff won’t
reveal their strategy for blocking
the talented Frogs, Kirven, the
Cowboys’ sophomore right tackle,
will see a lot of Hughes on
Wednesday’s Games
Florida 6, Buffalo 2
Dallas 3, Detroit 1
Phoenix 3, Minnesota 2
Edmonton 6, Colorado 4
Philadelphia 3, Los Angeles 2
Thursday’s Games
Boston at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Phoenix at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Columbus at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Chicago at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
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NBA
National Basketball Association
All Times EST
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 9 3 .750 —
Philadelphia 5 6 .455 3 1/2
Toronto 5 7 .417 4
New York 2 9 .182 6 1/2
New Jersey 0 12 .000 9
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 10 2 .833 —
Orlando 9 3 .750 1
Miami 7 4 .636 2 1/2
Washington 3 7 .300 6
Charlotte 3 8 .273 6 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cleveland 8 4 .667 —
Milwaukee 6 3 .667 1/2
Chicago 6 4 .600 1
Indiana 5 4 .556 1 1/2
Detroit 5 7 .417 3
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Dallas 9 3 .750 —
Houston 7 5 .583 2
San Antonio 4 5 .444 3 1/2
New Orleans 4 8 .333 5
Memphis 3 8 .273 5 1/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Denver 8 3 .727 —
Portland 9 4 .692 —
Oklahoma City 6 6 .500 2 1/2
Utah 5 6 .455 3
Minnesota 1 11 .083 7 1/2
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
Phoenix 10 2 .833 —
L.A. Lakers 8 3 .727 1 1/2
Sacramento 5 5 .500 4
L.A. Clippers 4 9 .308 6 1/2
Golden State 3 8 .273 6 1/2
———
Wednesday’s Games
Philadelphia 86, Charlotte 84
Orlando 108, Oklahoma City 94
Atlanta 105, Miami 90
Washington 108, Cleveland 91
New York 110, Indiana 103
Boston 109, Golden State 95
Memphis 106, L.A. Clippers 91
Houston 97, Minnesota 84
Milwaukee 99, New Jersey 85
Utah 104, Toronto 91
Dallas 99, San Antonio 94, OT
Portland 87, Detroit 81
Thursday’s Games
Phoenix at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Utah at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
Chicago at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
about her collegiate career.
“I don’t know where I’m going or what I’m
going to do,” she said. “But I plan on sending out
tapes for volleyball. I’m looking at playing volleyball,
but I don’t know because we’re not
through with basketball yet.”
She is also undecided on her career after college.
“Hopefully, I’ll have a good degree by then
and I’ll start making a lot of money,” Brewer said.
“I’ve thought about coaching, probably little
girls’ teams. That would be fun.”
Saturday.
“He’s extremely quick and
extremely powerful. You’ve got to
be true on your technique.
Technique is what defeats everybody,”
Kirven said of his impending
matchup with Hughes.
“There’s going to be some
plays where he catches you with
bad technique and out of position,
and that’s because he’s a great
player. I would say he’s the best
guy I’ve gone against. He’s very
talented, but I think their defensive
scheme makes him a pretty
good player, too.”
Coming from the other side
opposite of Hughes will be
Daniels, and he will be matched
Tracy, Scioscia win
Manager of Year awards
NEW YORK (AP) —
Jim Tracy was out of
baseball when Clint
Hurdle called last
October to talk to him
about joining Hurdle’s
staff in Colorado. Tracy
was focused on his duties
as bench coach for the
Rockies when he came to
spring training.
Now, he’s the NL
Manager of the Year —
and has a new contract,
too.
Talk about a nice season.
Jim
Tracy
Tracy won the NL award
Wednesday while Mike Scioscia of
the Los Angeles Angels was selected
AL Manager of the Year for the second
time.
Tracy became the second manager
to win the award after taking over
during the season, joining Jack
McKeon for Florida in 2003. Less
than an hour after the honor was
announced, the Rockies said Tracy
had been rewarded with a three-year
deal.
“What we’re talking about this
afternoon, it’s probably as flattering
an experience as I’ve come to realize
during the course of my professional
career in athletics,” Tracy said.
“And obviously a new contract is
extremely exciting. But what is
more intriguing for me is what is
still out there for our ballclub.”
Tracy received 29 first-place
votes and two seconds for 151 points
in balloting by the Baseball Writers’
Association of America. Scioscia
got 15 first-place votes, 10 seconds
and one third for 106 points.
The Rockies fired Hurdle in late
May and handed the job to Tracy,
who led the team to the NL wild
card. Scioscia kept the Angels going
after the death of pitcher Nick
Adenhart, and they won their fifth
AL West title in six years.
“Those things really weren’t
about us. That was about the
Adenhart family,” Scioscia said. “As
we supported that family, we got a
little measure of peace and I think it
helped us to get through the season
and just play baseball.”
Ron Gardenhire finished second
in the AL voting for the second
straight year and fifth time during
his eight seasons as Minnesota manager.
He also placed third in 2002,
when Scioscia was honored for the
first time, but has never won the
award. Tony La Russa of the
Cardinals, a four-time winner, was a
distant second in the NL with 55
points.
Lou Piniella of the Cubs and Joe
Maddon of the Rays were honored
last year.
Colorado was 18-28 and 14 1/2
games behind NL West-leading Los
against Otterson.
“Both those guys (Hughes and
Daniels) are great edge rushers.
They use their speed to their
advantage,” Otterson said. “They
are all converted running backs
playing in the D-line. It’s a great
test for us because they are great
players. It’s not only their speed;
they also have great power.
“They will come out and speed
rush and then they will power
rush. They will go under you and
they will hand-fight you. They’re
just great players.
“It’s something I’m looking
forward to ... to test my ability to
the max,” Otterson added.
And how does Wyoming’s new
Angeles when general
manager Dan O’Dowd
dismissed Hurdle on May
29 and offered the job to
Tracy.
“I didn’t immediately
say yes,” Tracy recalled.
“I asked for 60 minutes to
think about it and he told
me you can have 60 but
you can’t have 61 because
he needed somebody
down in the dugout to
manage that night.”
Tracy, 53, was sold when
O’Dowd told him he just wanted to
see the team play better. He thought
he could take care of that — and the
Rockies responded to his steady
hand. They went 74-42 the rest of
the way, extending the division race
to the final weekend before settling
for the wild card.
There was no Rocktober this
year — Colorado lost to
Philadelphia in the division series —
but it was still quite the turnaround
for the club and Tracy, who was
fired after leading the Pittsburgh
Pirates to a 68-94 record in 2007.
Scioscia managed the Angels to
their third consecutive division title
during one of his most difficult seasons
in the dugout. Los Angeles has
earned six postseason berths in the
last eight years under Scioscia, who
was a catcher for the Dodgers for 13
seasons and retired in 1994.
The Angels used 14 starting
pitchers and played without sluggers
Torii Hunter and Vladimir Guerrero
for long stretches due to injuries.
The team’s biggest challenge was
moving past the sorrow it felt when
Adenhart was killed in a car accident
in April.
“There wasn’t one defining
moment,” Scioscia said. “I think as
the season started to evolve guys
found that sense of purpose to play
baseball again and they played it at a
very, very high level.”
Scioscia, who turns 51 on Nov.
27, was credited for giving his players
time to grieve while gently
insisting on accountability as an
early slump lingered. Los Angeles
responded by surging to another
division title and making it to the AL
championship series, eliminating
postseason nemesis Boston along
the way.
“I feel very, very privileged to
have an opportunity to not only
manage in the major leagues but to
manage in an organization moving
in the right direction,” Scioscia said,
“and to have been able to do it in one
place for going on 11 years next
year.”
The baseball honors continue
Thursday with the NL Cy Young
Award.
spread offense go about attacking
a defense like TCU?
“The thing that makes it so
tough is they have no weaknesses,”
Christensen said. “They have
no spot on the field that you would
consider a weakness that I’ve
seen. They are a complete team.
“We can’t create a new offense.
We have to do what we do. We
take the things that we do best and
then go out and try to execute.
“The key in a game like this is
keeping it close into the fourth
quarter where hopefully you get
some breaks go your way and you
make some plays and have a
chance to win it down the stretch,”
Christensen added.

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occur in older people and the very young who are
dressed improperly, when in a home with air conditioning
on or without proper heat in the cold weather.
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Children building snowmen or forts might lack judgment
when it comes to removing hats and mittens while
out of doors for lengthy periods. People using alcohol
or recreational drugs may have an impaired mental status.
Thus, anyone of any age can be overcome with
hypothermia. Symptoms occur slowly, dulling the senses,
and can include constant shivering, drowsiness, confusion,
shallow breathing and a weak pulse.
Contrary to previous thinking, a person should not
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This process can further damage an already compro-
DEAR ABBY: Is there anything
wrong with having a lover solely
for the purpose of sex? He is grieving
for his late wife (my best
friend), and I am separated from my
husband. We’re both lonely and
have supported each other through
our pain. A few weeks ago we
decided to become lovers.
We both have our eyes open,
and we don’t expect anything out of
this except a friendship with benefits.
I am satisfying his needs, and
he is making me remember the
woman I used to be before I was
emotionally beaten down by my
husband.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Dr. Gott Dr. Peter Gott
I see myself as enjoying the best
of both worlds: I’m finding myself
again, and I don’t have to answer to
anyone but
me. So,
Abby, what
do you think?
I guess I’m
looking for
some validation
for our
selfishness.
— FRIEND
WITH BEN-
EFITS
DEAR FRIEND: Selfishness?
You are both consenting adults.
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However, there are steps that should be taken, such as
removing any wet clothing, warming with blankets or
clothing, providing shelter from the elements, and giving
a warm alcohol-free beverage if the person is conscious.
People vary in their love or dislike for hot, spicy
foods. Some people are acclimated to eating hot peppers,
while others can’t tolerate them. If a pepper is truly
hot, it will burn the mouth and throat, and aggravate
the intestinal tract all the way through. Eating hot peppers
will not reverse hypothermia.
DEAR DR. GOTT: I am a reverend and wrote you
some time ago but never received a reply. I have severe
eczema and unsuccessfully tried several medications. I
need your advice.
DEAR REVEREND: Unfortunately, I cannot print
every letter I receive or give personal responses. All
people who write me should not expect a response,
since I have limited space in newspapers in which to
answer questions. Therefore, I must choose questions
that will benefit a large number of people or bring
attention to unusual conditions.
I have written about treatment options for eczema
several times, both in the past and more recently. It is
important to keep your skin well moisturized, avoid
using very hot water when bathing and follow your dermatologist’s
advice.
To give you related information, I am sending you a
copy of my Health Report “Dermatitis, Eczema and
Psoriasis.” Other readers who would like a copy should
send a self-addressed, stamped No. 10 envelope and a
check or money order for $2 to Newsletter, PO Box
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Dr. Peter Gott is a retired physician and the author
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available at most chain and independent bookstores,
and the recently published “Dr. Gott’s No Flour, No
Sugar Cookbook.”
Dear Abby Pauline Phillips and Jeanne Phillips
You can do what you want. Many
successful relationships have begun
with two people supporting each
other through a painful period —
and I don’t consider that “selfish” at
all.
What I AM having trouble
understanding is why you haven’t
begun divorce proceedings from
your emotionally abusive husband.
Once that’s started, you should have
no reason to have any second
thoughts at all.
DEAR ABBY: My husband of
25 years died last year. How long
do I need to maintain ties with his
family? Must I still give gifts at
Christmas and birthdays to all his
siblings, nieces and nephews?
What I need to know is how to
ease out of this without offending
them. His parents are still alive, and
the most I want to do is send a card
at Christmas. — READY TO
MOVE ON IN CANADA
DEAR READY TO MOVE ON:
No law says that you “have to”
maintain a gift-giving relationship
with your late husband’s relatives.
It would be nice, however, to send
something to the nieces and
nephews — if only a few dollars
and some kind words included in a
card.
The message that speaks loudest
to me in your letter is the one you
did not directly put into words —
that after 25 years of marriage to
your husband, you had no meaningful
connection with his family. An
acceptable way to begin stepping
back would be to explain to them
that, because of your reduced circumstances,
you are no longer able
to send the usual gifts and will be
sending cards during these holidays.
DEAR ABBY: Thank you for all
the great advice you have given
over the years. I have enjoyed reading
your column since I can remember.
When I was in high school nine
years ago, I gave birth to a beautiful
baby whom I placed in an open
adoption with a great family. I am
now in my 20s.
I find that if I mention the adoption,
the conversation sometimes
becomes awkward. I don’t like to
mention it with acquaintances
because it’s something very personal
and I am somewhat sensitive
about it.
When people ask me if I have
children, what would be the appropriate
response? — BIRTH MOTH-
ER IN MINNESOTA
DEAR BIRTH MOTHER: You
are under no obligation to give
chapter and verse about your personal
history to anyone who is only
an acquaintance. If you are asked if
you have children, just say no
because you are not raising any.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail
Van Buren, also known as Jeanne
Phillips, and was founded by her
mother, Pauline Phillips. Write
Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com
or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles,
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Bake, Bazaar & Craft Sale 6
BEAD Expo at Best Out West!
Sat. Nov. 21st. 30%-50%
off many items in inventory.
Sign up for a gift basket!
Get Ready for Christmas
with Great Savings!
Country Christmas Bazaar.
Sheridan Center Best
Western, Nov. 20th, 5-8p &
Nov. 21st - 9-4. Two rooms
of crafted gifts & merchandise.
Many western items &
out of town crafters. For
more info. Call 672-8594.
CRAFT FAIR/Garage Sale
Nov. 21 8am-2pm
$10.00 a table pre-paid.
BHME 1760 Commercial Park
ST. PETER’S BAZAAR
Sat. November 21, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Episcopal Parish Hall
Lunch served 11-1.
Furniture 14
ANTIQUE OAK Rd. table w/3
leaves, antique cherry
wood dresser w/mirror, 5’
long kitch. table. 751-0203
Sporting Goods 20
Prism 5600 free standing
weight machine. Remodeling,
need room. New $1200
sell $300. 655-2274 lv msg.
Boats 22
12’ Fiberglass fishing boat, 2
padded swivel seats. Live
well, Minnkota 55 pd Trust
trolling motor, marine battery
w/charger, anchors,
paddle, paid over $2,000,
used 5x’s, let go for $825,
(307) 752-5495.
14’ BOAT/MOTOR/TRAILER.
Trolling motor & extras. Any
reas. offer. 608-526-3037
‘77 Reinell, 20’ Deep V, cuddy
cab, 190HP, 302 Ford,
in/outboard, 4.5HP troll.
motor, fish finder, downriggers,
pole holders, life jackets,
water skis & tow ropes.
$5000. Call 751-2805.
Snowmobiles 25
‘05 SKIDOO Summit, 800cc
1250/mi. 752-5808
Horses 27
American Farrier’s Assoc.
Certified Journeyman
Farrier, 17 yrs. exper.,
specializing in performance
horses. Ref’s. avail., punctual
& reliable, new to area.
Dan Walter 307-461-8270.
Farm Machinery 35
‘08 Kubota B2920 tractor,
post hole digger. front end
loader, rear blade, 18 hrs,
like new. $14900 752-3566
‘77 GMC 6000. 16’ Grain bed,
w/hoist. 37K mi. Nice. $6250
OBO. 684-2393.
Pets & Supplies 36
1/2 Pomeranian 1/2 Chihuahua,
$200/obo. 751-4143
3 Long haired Chihuahua, 1
male & 1 female, both
$600. Small female, $800.
751-9226 or 672-5689
4 very friendly Ferrets, $50
ea/obo 763-1909/461-0789
6.5’W.x10.5’L., 6’ tall chain
link fence w/insulated dog
hse., $250 673-4558/5 pm
AKC SIBERIAN HUSKIES.
Ready to go. 672-6730
NEW BUSINESS
THE PAMPERED POOCH,
ready to potty your pooch
at a moments notice! Daily,
weekly, & emergency rates
avail. Also can walk, poop
scoop, & babysit when your
on vacation. Bonded & insured.
Call 307-689-6393.
Pets & Supplies 36
REG. TOY Australian Sheppard
pups. Can e-mail pics.
Coalstrip (360)789-5175.
Building Materials 40
WESTERN STAR BUILD-
INGS. Designed to fit your
needs: 24x32x8 -
$5,434.00, 30x40x10 -
$7,498.00, 36x48x12 -
$9,756.00. Complete material
packages with instructions.
Experienced and insured
crews available.
1-800-658-5565.
Heavy Equipment 41
SNAP-ON HOIST, 9000 lb. 2
post floor mount., $3000.
Bobcat 773 diesel, excel.
$8000. Excavator, Yanmar
B50, $7500. 307-283-4321
Miscellaneous 60
OAK Entertainment Center-
$100, 5 drawer dresser-
$40, var. bicycles. ‘97 Maxima
SE - $1950. 674-1507
CONSIGNING & BUYING
used western wear & tack,
Fri., Nov. 13, @ Furniture
Finders, 1361 N. Main,
Sheridan. Needing quality
& gently used western
clothes, saddles & tack.
Reride Western Wear &
Tack, opening soon in Buffalo,
for more info. Call
307-684-0269, ask for Josi.
Firewood 63
FIREWOOD & House Logs
log truck loads 6 or 15 cords
Call Joe 620-0687.
FIREWOOD cut & delivered.
$140/cord. (307) 752-6323.
Sliver Me Timbers Firewood
Service. $155/cord - pine,
split, delivery available. Call
307-278-0343 or 277-7663.
Musical Instruments 68
Sign up for Music Lessons at
Morris Music. Call for info.
673-5793.
Technics E 44 organ w/bench,
$1000 OBO. Peavy TNT,
$300 OBO. Yamaha Solid
State guitar amp, $300
OBO. Call 672-0811.
For Lease 72
GARAGE CONDO FOR LEASE
MANY GREAT AMENITIES!!!
20’X 50’ $550/MONTH
24’X50’ $650/MONTH
(307) 673-5555
Mechanic shop - 34 x 60, lg.
overhead doors, 2 post lift,
air compressor, storage
area, ba., office, utils. incl.
$1500/mo. Other Mech.
equip. avail.Call 672-1841.
RETAIL SPACE. Prime location.
6724 SQ. FT. Reasonable
Price! Call 672-4001.
Rail Road Land
& Cattle Co.
We have Buildings
for lease, Shop
space, Warehouse
space,
Retail space &
office space.
673-5555
Roommate Wanted 73
Roommate Wanted to share
house. $500/mo. + dep.,
incls. utils. 751-4380.
Rooms for Rent 80
BRAND NEW MOTEL 6
Weekly winter rates, indoor
heated pool & WIFI.
Call 307-673-9500.
ROOM FOR rent, $330/mo.,
751-5300
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Furnished Apts for Rent 81
1 BR, utils. incl. except electric.
NO SMKRS/pets. $650
mo. + dep. 307-674-5838.
1 BR, utils. paid, laundry. No
pets/smk. 672-2234.
1 BR/Studio, $595, partially
furn, coin laundry & cable.
Utils. incl. Pets? 673-4506.
CUTE SUNNY Furn. Upstairs
Studio W/S/G incl. No smk.
cats OK. $500/mo. ERA
Carroll Realty Co. 672-8911
LG, fully furn., incls: washer,
cable TV, high speed internet,
all utils., & lawn care.
In Big Horn. No smk/pets,
$900/mo. No lease. 674-
7718 or 751-7718
Nicely furn. 1 BR. Offstreet
pkg. No smk/pets. $600 +
dep. 752-6952.
Rock Trim room, $450/mo.,
incls. utils. 673-4332.
SMALL APT. utils pd. 6 mi.
past Bighorn. No smk/pets.
$500/mo. 672-2507
Stage Stop Motel.
Weekly - Monthly rates.
Efficiency units. 672-3459.
Weekly from $150 & Monthly
from $500.Americas
Best Value Inn rates avail
now 672-9757.
Weekly from $150 & Monthly
from $500.Americas
Best Value Inn rates avail
now 672-9757.
Unfurnished Apts for Rent 82
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PORTUNITY. 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,
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or national origin, or intention
to make any
such preferences, limitations,
or discrimination.
Familial status includes
children under the age of
18 living with parents or
legal custodians, and
pregnant women and
people securing custody
of children under 18.
This newspaper will not
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which is in violation
of the law. Our readers
are hereby informed that
all dwellings advertised
in this newspaper are
available on an equal
opportunity basis. To report
discrimination call
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Unfurnished Apts for Rent 82
1 BR apt., heat, electric & satellite
incl., 752-8528.
1 BR, incls. gar., all utils. except
lights, clean & quiet.
$600/mo. Call
752-4066 & lv. msg.
2 BR $695, 1 BR $550,
utils. incl., no smk.
Call 751-4061.
2 BR 1 ba., $800/mo. + dep.,
heat included, coin-op W/D,
carport. No smk/pets. 751-
7004 or 672-9437.
Applications being taken for
Dec. 1st. Nice 2 BR, utils.
incl., no smk/pets,
$750/mo. + $750/dep.,
6 mo. lease req’d. Call
674-7733 Mon. - Fri. 8-4 pm.
AVAIL. DEC. 1st. Nice 3 BR 2
ba. townhouse w/ofc., 2 liv.
areas, W/D hks, carport. No
smk/pets. $1000, 672-3874
Creekside
Apartments
2076 S. Sheridan Ave.
Sheridan, WY 82801
307-672-2737
2 Bedroom Apartments
Available Now.
Utilities paid except
cable & phone
Income Restrictions Apply
Must be 55 or Older to Qualify
Deluxe new 2 BR 1 ba., Ranchester,
low elec., W/S/G
pd., no smk., sm. dog upon
approval. $850/mo. + 6 mo.
lease. Call 655-9007.
JE ENTERPRISES for Apt. or
House rentals. 672-7563.
NICE 2 BR, W/D hks., small
storage unit, $575/mo. +
$400 dep., 1 year lease,
references req., 751-2445.
Story, nice 1 BR. Pets OK
$575/mo. + dep. 683-2230.
Studio & 1 BR apts. $500 &
$600/mo., utils. & cable
incl. Lease, dep. & ref’s.
751-8945.
Studio apt., $325/mo., incls.
utils., share bath. No
smk/pets, 752-9011.
Studio dwntwn., cbl., inter.,
utils. incl., $625, 751-3401
Taking appls. for clean 2 BR 1
ba., fresh paint, incls. cable,
heat, W/S/G. $750/mo
+ elec. $750/dep. No
smk./pets. Call 673-7584 or
752-5852.
Houses, Unfurnished for Rent 83
Charming 1 BR cottage, near
park, furn/unfurn, $750/mo.
Call 674-1604.
2 BR 2 ba. townhome, W/D.
No smk/pets. 2 story highend
new unit., snow removal
incl., lease, 674-6447.
SOLD!
POSITIVE RESULTS
Program
Houses, Unfurnished for Rent 83
2 BR Twnhouse., gar., all major
appls., $650/mo. no
pets, call local # 737-2479.
2 BR, pets ok, W/D, fenced
back yard. very charming,
752-0091.
2 BR, very clean, stor. shed.
No smk/pets. $650 + utils.,
lease & dep. 672-3507.
3 BR $950/mo. + utils. & dep.
w/ gar. Avail.12/1.672-8214
3 BR 2 ba. Hrdwd Flrs Good
Location. No smk ,pets
neg. $1100/mo.ERA Carroll
Realty Co. 672-8911
3 BR 2 ba., Avail Nov. 15th
water, sewer & trash pd.,
$1000/mo.+dep., 751-6514.
3 BR 2.5 ba., no smk.,
$1200/mo. Call 674-9568.
4 BR 2.5 ba., extra lg. lot, new
flooring & 2 car gar. Pets
neg. 6 mo. lease,
$1100/mo. Call 752-0149.
CHECK OUT Our Rental
Website!! Complete list of
all current rentals we have
available eracrcrentals.com
CLEAN 2 BR 1 ba. W/D, att.
gar. w/big 3 car shop. No
pets/smk. $1000/mo. +
utils. & dep. 751-5193.
Condo 2 BR 2 ba., $1100
incls. snow removal, no
smk/pets. Call 763-4091.
FOR LEASE WITH
OPTION TO BUY!
NEW 3 BR 2.5 ba.
twinhome, with heated
garage
752-2920.
Kitchenette - laundry fac.,
$400/utils. incl. 673-4332.
Lg. 4 BR, W/D, corner lot in
town, low maint. $1200/mo.
+ dep. Call 673-1784.
LG. 4+ BR, 2 car gar. in Story.
Pets OK. Big yrd. $950/mo.
+ dep. 683-2230
LIKE NEW 2 BR 1 ba. located
by High School. No smk
pets neg. $975/mo. ERA
Carroll Realty Co.
672-8911
NEW 3 BR 2 ba., granite
countertops, lg. kit., BR’s &
gar. Nice Location! $1600,
Call 673-4479.
672-2431
Houses, Unfurnished for Rent 83
LOTS of CHARM! 5 BR 3 ba.
New paint/carpet. Fenced
yrd., gar., pets neg., No
smk. $1400/mo. utils. incl.
ERA Carroll Realty
672-8911
LRG. 3 BR 2 ba. outside of
Story Great Views. Gar. &
Shop. No smk. Pets Neg.
$1050. Mo. to Mo. Lease.
ERA Carroll Realty
672-8911
NEW 3 BR, 1600 sq. ft., gar.
No pets. $1250 + dep. Call
672-3077 from 9-4pm.
NEW HOME in Banner, incls.
pasture & hay for 2 horses:
Beautiful 3 BR 2 ba. 1800
sf country home, w/gas fpl.,
loft, lg. master suite. Reduced
rent of $1250 incls.
some caretaking duties for
ranch. 683-3199.
NICE 3 BR 1.5 ba., W/D
hookups, dishwasher, fireplace,
no smk/pets, $1000
plus dep. Call 752-6952.
RANCHESTER, 4 BR. Lrg.
fenced yrd. No smkrs., pets
neg. $1300/mo. 751-1976
Very nice, clean, spacious 1
BR 1 ba., $800/mo., all
utils. incl. No smk/pets.
674-7718 or 751-7718.
Houses, Furnished for Rent 84
Cozy 2 BR, in Story, no smk.
or pets.$625/mo. 683-2230.
Story lg. 2 BR. No smk/pets.
$800/mo. 751-0757.
Mobile Homes for Rent 87
2 BR 1 ba. No smk/pets. $600
+ $400 dep. 751-4367
3 BR mobiles, new carpet &
paint, fenced, $700 & $800
+ dep. No pets. Call
672-3077 from 9-4pm.
Mobile Home Space for Rent 88
RV/5th whl. space. $300/mo.
incl. most utils. 674-8481.
Business Building for Rent 92
2 BR 1 ba., 30x40 shop,
15x30 gar., outside pets
allw. $900+$900 dep/utils.,
6 mo. lse. 751-3997 after 5.
NEW IMPROVED PRICE!
3750 sq. ft. shop spc., heat,
water, 14’x14’ overhd. door.
$750/mo + utils. 672-7643.
for small neuro-specialty hospital
RN with 3 + years hospital management
experience preferred
Preference to candidate with neuro
experience
Join a team where
PATIENT EXCELLENCE
is the priority
Excellent benefits package and
competitive wages
To apply please e-mail request for an
application to
jmilner@nshinc.com or mail a resume to
PO Box 51888, Casper, WY 82605
www.thesheridanpress.com
We’re so POSITIVE that a Sheridan Press
Line Ad (with a circulation of 13,000 –
The Sheridan Press , PressPlus and on line
( www.thesheridanpress.com at no
extra charge) will sell your no longer
needed item within 6 days ,
that we’ll back it up with our
POSITIVE RESULTS PROGRAM!
Call us within 24 hours of your ad’s last run
date, and we will run it another 6 days.
AT NO CHARGE!
Ads Must Be: • 6 days • prepaid
noncommercial single item
Business Building for Rent 92
Offices/shop, 3200 sq. ft. 5 offices,
3 garages. $1500/mo.
on Coffeen Ave. ERA
Agent Owned call Stacey
752-8112(cell) or 672-8911.
SHOP for rent. 1020 sq. ft., 2
Bays, lift. Main St. exposure,
$1350/mo. 673-4820
Office Space for Rent 94
400 SQ. ft. 2 rm. office at Cottonwood
Center, utils., sec.
& janitorial incl. 672-8700.
51 COFFEEN AVE. Premium
Office Space. 2600 Sq. Ft.
672-9738.
AWESOME MTN VIEW
Ample parking. Office
suite w/2 private offices.
475 sf. Avail. 12/01. Mill
Inn Tower 672-6401
Professional 2 office suite,
work rm., reception area,
storage rm., use of 2 furnished
conference rooms,
bathrooms & kitchen.
$955/mo., utils. incl . 1101
Sugarview Dr. 674-8500.
REDUCED TO $750/mo. from
$900. 3 LG. offices or $250
for 1. 752-7955.
Miscellaneous for Rent 95
13’X31’ Storage/shop w/overhead
door & dock for rent.
$250/mo. 751-1835.
Storage Space 96
Portable storage for rent or
sale on your site or ours.
JB Storage. 673-5089.
10X20 STORAGE Units
24 hour access
673-5555
4 units avail. 4th mo. free!!
Evergreen Storage 672-9757
AACE SELF Storage units on
Fort Rd. Office at 644 N.
Gould. 672-2839.
ACMS STORAGE 674-7350
Gated, Secure & some climate
control.
CALL BAYHORSE Storage
1005 4th Ave. E. 752-9114.
CIELO STORAGE
1318 Skeels St. 752-3904.
Downer Addition Storage
674-1792.
Storage Space 96
ELDORADO STORAGE
Helping you conquer space.
3856 Coffeen. 672-7297.
HEATED 24X30+/- gar/shop,
overhead door & side entry,
utils. incl. 10th & Ridgeway.
$260/mo., 674-8500
INTERSTATE STORAGE
5 x 10’s, 10 x 10’s, &
10 x 20’s available.
Call 752-6111.
WOODLAND PARK Storage.
Also inside boats & RV's.
5211 Coffeen. 674-7355.
Child Care 100
Caterpillar Clubhouse has
openings for all ages &
schedules. Call 673-0371.
LICENSED HOME DAYCARE
has openings for all ages.
h-763-4164, c-751-6283
Work Wanted 113
MIKE’S MAINTENANCE: Remodels
& additions. Sr. discounts.
Formerly Cooper
Construction. 672-0955.
PAINTING Interior/Exterior,
Quality Work, 673-1697.
FOXY’S Cleaning Co., LLC
taking appt’s. for commercial,
residential & construction.
Bonded & Insured, call
April Fox @ 680-5808.
HANDYMAN. Any Type of repair
or construction. Call
751-0612.
JOB SEEKERS, LOOKING
FOR A JOB? Employer,
looking for workers? Visit
www.wyomingatwork.com
or call 877-WORK-WYO
and let the Wyoming Department
of Workforce
Services help.
PLUMBER AVAIL. NOW!! 15
yrs. experience. 461-0540.
REDWOOD DECKS Built to
Order. 752-6323.
SHERIDAN Lawn and Landscaping
: Fall clean-up,
snow removal. 674-7029
SNOW REMOVAL
Free Estimates. 751-7050
TEEJAY’S HANDYMAN &
WOODWORKING Service.
Call 307-461-7582.
Account Manager I
H ub International Insurance
(formally BHJ) seeks an individual
desiring a career. The full time Account
Manager I is responsible for servicing &
selling personal lines insurance products
to prospective & existing clients.
Qualified candidates must have a high
school diploma or equivalent, some
college preferred, be computer
proficient, excellent customer service
and organization skills. Hub offers
excellent benefits. Will train appropriate
candidate and must obtain insurance
license within 6 months of hire. Send
resumes to :
Hub Mountain States (LP)
P.O. Box 6006
Sheridan, WY 82801
Fax: 307-674-8012
No phone calls please
EOE

www.thesheridanpress.com
Work Wanted 113
THE PAINTER : Kitchen
Cabinets, factory smooth
finish!! All int./ext.
painting. 752-4197.
WANT TO DO: fall clean up &
raking leaves. 751-8351.
Will do house cleaning, 15
yrs. exper. & reliable. Call
672-7710 or 751-8155.
WRIGHT WAY Remodeling
Roofing • Painting • Decks •
Windows • Doors • Retaining
Walls • Ceramic Tile •
No Job Too Small!
Call Lee at 307-533-0525.
Help Wanted 130
Accepting applications for P/T
Front Desk. Apply in person
at 2161 Coffeen Ave.
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIS-
TANT for a busy office w/a
friendly atmosphere. Exceptional
time management,
organizational &
communications skills req.
Exper. should incl. excel.
computer skills in Microsoft
Office software. Exper. with
Corel Draw software, desktop
publishing & databases
a plus. Ability to work cooperatively
with a wide variety
of people. Reg. FT position.
Benefits. Pay DOE. H.S. diploma
or the equiv. & 4 yrs.
of admin. secretarial exper.
Apply @ Sheridan Senior
Center - 211 Smith St.
Applications accepted until
position filled. EOE &
At Will employer.
Are you a massage therapist
wanting to expand your
business & services? If so,
Hot Locks Hair Design
would like to partner up.
Call 672-7587 for spa rental
or commission.
Director for Daycare, must
be licensed or willing to be
licensed in WY & enjoy
working w/children. Call to
apply at 307-351-4503 or
307-620-5040.
THERMOPOLIS POLICE DE-
PARTMENT accepting applications
for Police Officer.
FT. Application information
from Police Department,
417 Arapahoe, Thermopolis.
Deadline is 12/4/09.
Contact Mark Nelson,
307-864-3114 or
chief@hscounty.com
NEW IMAGE
2 custom built stations built in
New Image Tradition,
picked as one of the nicest
salons in WY by State
Board and Sales Reps.
Booth rent. 674-9877.
Bridge
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
Thomas Hood, an
English poet and editor
who died in 1845, said, “A
moment’s thinking is an
hour in words.”
Does that apply to
bridge?
Maybe, if playing too
quickly results in an error.
It might take an hour to try
to justify the unjustifiable
to partner and teammates.
A much better plan is to
think for an hour, then let
your actions speak louder
than words.
Take the East cards in
this deal. You are defend-
Astro – Graph
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
In the year ahead, it could be
your good luck to experience a vast
improvement in your financial
affairs. Once your ways and means
start to improve, you will finally get
to buy some of the nice things
you’ve always wanted but couldn’t
afford.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) —
Friends and associates who listen
closely will know instantly that your
opinions are coming from the bottom
of your heart. Don’t hold back
if you have something important to
discuss.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.
21) — There’s no reason to be
alarmed if someone close to you
appears to be poking his or her nose
in your financial affairs. This person
has some profitable possibilities to
present to you.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
— There’s a strong possibility that
an appealing member of the opposite
gender could enter your life. He
or she could be the right one.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) —
Desire is a more powerful force than
Help Wanted 130
IT IS IMPORTANT To understand
that job listing
advisory services only
sell information and do
not provide actual
placement services.
When considering a job
service, be sure to ask
the promoter to put the
offer in writing. Do not
give your credit card or
checking account number
over the phone to
unknown parties. Some
promoters use a 900 telephone
number which
enables them to bill their
fee automatically to your
telephone bill. Remember
900# are expensive.
Now accepting appls. for
Servers, Host/Hostess &
Manager on duty. Apply in
person, 1373 Coffeen Ave.
P/T TAX Preparer. Must have
tax preparation & Quick
Books exper. a plus. Send
resume: 810 Coffeen Ave.
SATELLITE Installers wanted.
Earn up to $300/day.
Apply at www.wtsat.net
SCHOOL DISTRICT #2 is accepting
on-line applications
@http://www.scsd2.com
for: Assistant Indoor Track
Coach @ SHS, Assistant
Outdoor Track Coach @
SHS. EOE. Contact 674-
7405 ext. 5207 for more information.
Tongue River Valley Community
Center: Immediate
opening for P/T Custodian,
early morn/eves/wknd
work. To apply, call Erin
Kilbride at 655-9191.
Help Wanted, Medical 131
Busy medical clinic looking for
a nurse. Contact Sheridan
Ear Nose & Throat.
672-0290
BUSY Medical Office has immediate
opening for MA. or
CNA. Bring resume and fill
application @ South Sheridan
Medical Center. 1842
Sugarland Dr. Ste 103.
Help Wanted, Sales 134
WANTED: LIFE AGENTS.
Earn $500 a day. Great
agent benefits, commissions
paid daily, liberal underwriting.
Leads, leads,
leads. LIFE INSURANCE,
LICENSE REQUIRED. Call
1-888-713-6020.
ing against four spades.
Partner leads the heart
nine. After dummy’s singleton
is played, what
would you do?
North overbid only
slightly by making a threespade
game-invitational
limit raise. He added three
points for his singleton,
since his side had at least a
nine-card fit. That gave
him 10 support points. And
he had only eight losers
(three spades, one heart,
one diamond and three
clubs), the number for a
limit raise.
The defense could have
taken the first four tricks in
Professional Trades 136
OVER 206,000 WYOMING
PEOPLE will read your
classified ad if you place it
in WYCAN. Sell, buy, announce.
$135 for 25 words.
Contact this newspaper for
details.
Schools & Instructions 137
CASPER COLLEGE Phlebotomy
Program is enrolling
for spring 2010. Contact
Bernadino Madsen,
dmadsen@caspercollege.edu or
307-268-2522
MEDICAL LABORATORY
TECHNICIAN training online
hybrid program enrolling
for spring 2010.
Contact Audrey Hentzen,
ahentzen@caspercollege.edu
or 307-268-2632.
To Give Away 162
FREE TO GOOD HOME!
6 mo. old black Lab, has all
shots & good hunting
instincts. Call 752-3123.
FREE TO GOOD HOME!! 6
Mo. old Lab/Border Collie
mix, male, house trained,
basic commands, w/new Igloo
dog house. 655-5554.
Business Opportunities 190
‘99 Dodge, 1 ton utility truck,
20’ job trailer, complete
concrete business set-up
for sale! Call 672-7710.
ALL CASH VENDING! Do you
earn $800 in a day? Your
own local vending route includes
25 machines and
candy. All for $9,995. 1
(888) 745-3359.
Established Wyoming
Welcoming Service!
$12,900, 674-4571
Land/Property Sale 199
3.5 acres in Ranchester city
limits. Mt. views, yr.
round creek & private
drive. $105K. 751-3401.
Real Estate 200
4 BR 3ba. house. Horses OK
Mtn. view, $310K 763-0221
BRAND NEW 2200 Sq. Ft.,
Custom stick built home
3 BR 2.5 ba. Huge fam. &
liv. rm., jetted tub & many
other options Priced to
sell at 208K. 752-5100
FSBO 3 BR 1 ba., appraised
@ $183K sell $168K.
1014 Burton. Call
(307)-399-5991.
Phillip Alder
the minors. But West had
“impossible” holdings to
lead from in both clubs and
diamonds.
You must remember
that a nine-lead is always
top of nothing. So, declarer
must have the ace-queenjack
of hearts. If you play
the king, he gets three
tricks in the suit. If, though,
you drop the three, he gets
only two and falls to
defeat.
Note that if you play the
heart king — third hand
high, partner — declarer
makes his contract. He
wins the first trick, draws
trumps, discards two of
you might imagine. If there is something
you want, your ingenuity may
be able to acquire it.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) —
You might not attempt to do so consciously,
but when you make an
entrance, you may show off your
charisma in such a powerful and
favorable manner that everyone will
take note.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) —
People are drawn to you, so it’s a
good time to set your sights higher
than usual while you have their support.
You may accomplish some
things that you couldn’t previously.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) —
It’s important to you that people
think you are a fair person, and
you’ll do all that you can to make it
your image. Those to whom you
show this concern will, in return, be
equally so with you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) —
Even though you might play a minor
role, you will be involved in an
arrangement with another that could
prove exceptionally rewarding — all
because you’re in the right spot at
the right time.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) —
Bernice Bede Osol
Real Estate 200
BUILDERS/BUYERS, Want
1970’s prices? Lots @ new
Woodland Park Sub. w/full
State grant assumption.
Approx. $34,100 due @
closing. Call today to see if
you qualify for this great opportunity.
Call Jane Clark,
Property Co-Owner, Licensed
Broker ERA Carroll
Realty Co. Inc. 751-5576
Mobile Homes for Sale 201
‘2 BR 1 ba. Newly updated!
Ready to move-in. $15K
Cash. Call 307-751-2630.
E. Country MHP has homes.
For sale new 16x76, 3 BR 2
ba. set up on landscaped
lot (for rent). Home is
equipped w/oak cabinets,
cement fiber siding, fiberglass
shower & tub inclosures-2x6
walls, thermopaned
windows, upgraded
insulation & a 15 mo. warranty.
Lot incl; storage shed
& up to a $2500-move in
bonus. Financing avail. Apply
today call 307-751-6356
or 307-259-5770.
STOP WASTING $ ON
RENT! OWN a new singlewide
home for as low as
$400/mo. W.A.C. Call for
details. 307-635-3100.
Business Income for Sale 202
21 Unit Storage Business
751-7004 or 672-9437.
Autos-Accessories 300
‘03 HONDA Accord EXL,
115K mi. Maintenance records,
extra ice tires. $9800
OBO. 655-5012, 752-5598.
‘05 TOYOTA Matrix, front
WD, 41K, excel cond.
$12,000 OBO, 461-2761
‘06 Chevy Impala SS V8,
loaded, $14,900. 752-5665.
‘07 Chevy Express Van, navy
blue, excel. cond., new
tires, 15 pass., 17K,
$15,500. Call 672-2959.
2000 SAAB 95 Aero, black,
mechanically good shape,
26-33 mpg., stick, new
tires, $4,900. Call 672-8260
‘84 F150 4 WD, ext. cab.
$1500. 752-0008
‘93 Cutlass Supreme, maroon,
$1800/obo. 751-0528
‘98 MERCURY Mystique.
Very good condition. Excellent
mileage 104K. Call
655-2550 or 751-7329
Blizzak tires on rims
185/70 13. $100. 672-8652.
dummy’s clubs on his high
hearts, and leads a diamond.
He loses only one
diamond and two clubs.
Getting involved with an energetic
friend will make you a more happygo-lucky
person. A little fun will do
you good.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) —
Instead of watching TV in your
leisure hours, pursue an endeavor
that requires imagination and an
artistic touch. You’re endowed with
both, and it will refurbish your
being.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — If
you don’t waffle at the first sign of
opposition, everything you undertake
will work out wonderfully.
Keep a positive frame of mind, and
move forward with joy and victory
in mind.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) —
When shopping for a big-ticket item,
check out as many stores as time
permits. There’s a great deal waiting
for you, but you’ll have to track it
down in order to enjoy its benefits.
Know where to look for romance
and you’ll find it. The Astro-Graph
Matchmaker instantly reveals which
signs are romantically perfect for
you. Mail $3 to Astro-Graph, P.O.
Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092-
0167.
Autos-Accessories 300
PRIME RATE MOTORS Is
Buying Clean Used Vehicles.
All Ages All Prices!
Full Detail Starting @
$99.95. Full Trailer Service,
Wheel Bearing Packs,
Brakes & Winterize! Install
Flatbeds & Minor Welding!
Call 674-6677.
Topper off ‘05 GMC short box,
6’5” cab high, 752-2900
ATV's 302
‘01 Bombadier 4 whlr. Traxter,
$1500, 307-283-4321.
Public notices
PUBLIC NOTICE
Hot Iron, Inc. is soliciting quotes from DBE businesses on the
Town of Meeteetse Water Lines 2009 project. Bid letting is
December 1, 2009. Submit to Todd – fax (307) 682-0007;
phone (307) 682-8702 or email toddhi@vcn.com.
Publish: November 19, 21, 2009
PUBLIC NOTICE
Hot Iron, Inc. is soliciting quotes from DBE businesses on the
City of Sheridan – Sugarland Utilities Project. Bid letting is
November 30, 2009. Submit to Todd – fax (307) 682-0007;
phone (307) 682-8702 or email toddhi@vcn.com.
Publish: November 19, 21, 2009
PUBLIC NOTICE
Hot Iron, Inc. is soliciting quotes from DBE businesses on the
Town of Deaver – Sewer System Replacement project. Bid
letting is November 24, 2009. Submit to Todd – fax (307) 682-
0007; phone (307) 682-8702 or email toddhi@vcn.com.
Publish: November 19, 21, 2009
PUBLIC NOTICE
Three Way, Inc. is requesting quotes from DBE/WBE/MBE
qualified businesses on the ARRA funded, Town of Ranchester
Lagoon Repair Project in Ranchester WY, scheduled to be
let on December 1, 2009. Direct questions & submit quotes
to Chris Jones at Three Way Inc., PO Box 250, Buffalo WY
82834. Phone 307-684-5933, Fax 307-684-5932. Three Way Inc,
is an EOE.
Publish: November 19, 20, 21, 2009
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE
AND FINAL PAYMENT AND SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given that on the 2nd day of December,
2009, final settlement will be made by the County of Sheridan,
for and on account of a contract with JWS Energy LLC for the
Sheridan County Road No. 87 (Beaver Creek Road) Road Improvement
Project.
The above work having been completed and accepted according
to the plans and specifications of Sheridan County
Engineering and the above date being the 41st day after the
first publication of this notice, and said Contractor will be entitled
to final settlement and payment therefore.
Any person, partnership, association, agency or corporation
who shall have any unpaid claims against said Contractor
for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials,
equipment, sustenance, provisions, or other supplies used or
consumed by such contractor and/or subcontractor in of
about the performance of said work may at any time, up to
and including the date of final settlement and payment, file a
verified statement of any and all amounts due on account of
such claim with:
County of Sheridan
Attn: Ken Muller P.E.
Sheridan County Engineer
224 South Main, Suite B8
Sheridan, WY 82801
Failure on the part of the claimant to file such statement
prior to final settlement and payment will relieve absolutely
the County of Sheridan, for all or any liability for such claim.
/s/ Robert L. Rolston
Commission Chairman
County of Sheridan
Publish: October 22, November 4, 16, 2009.
FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE
WHEREAS, default in the payment of principal and interest
has occurred under the terms of a promissory note (the
"Note") dated November 28, 2007, executed and delivered by
Ryan A. Gossens and Sheila Gossens ("Mortgagor(s)") to
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee
for Homecomings Financial, LLC (f/k/a Homecomings Financial
Network, Inc.), and a real estate mortgage (the "Mortgage")
of the same date securing the Note, which Mortgage
was executed and delivered by said Mortgagor(s), to said
Mortgagee, and which Mortgage was recorded on December
4, 2007, at Reception No. 594164 in Book 690 at Page 440 in
the records of the office of the County Clerk and ex-officio
Register of Deeds in and for Sheridan County, State of Wyoming;
and
WHEREAS, the Mortgage contains a power of sale which by
reason of said default, the Mortgagee declares to have become
operative, and no suit or proceeding has been instituted
at law to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage, or
any part thereof, nor has any such suit or proceeding been
instituted and the same discontinued; and
WHEREAS, written notice of intent to foreclose the Mortgage
by advertisement and sale has been served upon the record
owner and the party in possession of the mortgaged
premises at least ten (10) days prior to the commencement
of this publication, and the amount due upon the Mortgage
on the date of first publication of this notice of sale being the
total sum of $245,211.81 which sum consists of the unpaid
principal balance of $237,227.20 plus interest accrued to the
date of the first publication of this notice in the amount of
$7,984.61, plus attorneys' fees, costs expended, and accruing
interest and late charges after the date of first publication of
this notice of sale;
WHEREAS, The property being foreclosed upon may be
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subject to other liens and encumbrances that will not be extinguished
at the sale. Any prospective purchaser should research
the status of title before submitting a bid;
NOW, THEREFORE Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,
Inc. as nominee for Homecomings Financial, LLC (f/k/a
Homecomings Financial Network, Inc.), as the Mortgagee, will
have the Mortgage foreclosed as by law provided by causing
the mortgaged property to be sold at public venue by the
Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff in and for Sheridan County, Wyoming
to the highest bidder for cash at 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon
on December 4, 2009 at the front door of the Sheridan
County Courthouse located at 224 South Main Street, Sheridan,
WY, Sheridan County, for application on the above-described
amounts secured by the Mortgage, said mortgaged
property being described as follows, to-wit:
SOUTH 165 FEET OF THE NW1/4NW1/4 OF SECTION 14,
T55N, R84W, OF THE 6TH P.M. EXCEPTING THEREFROM
A STRIP 30 FEET WIDE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE DE-
SCRIBED PROPERTY FOR A ROADWAY, SHERIDAN
COUNTY, WYOMING
with an address of 4860 Coffeen Avenue, Sheridan, WY
82801.
Together with all improvements thereon situate and all fixtures
and appurtenances thereto.
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as
nominee for Homecomings Financial, LLC (f/k/a
Homecomings Financial Network, Inc.)
By: Danette Baldacci
Castle, Meinhold & Stawiarski
Legal Services, LLC
330 S. Walsh Drive, Ste. 202
Casper, WY 82609-0000
(307) 333 5379
Publish: October 29, November 5, 12, 19, 2009
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
Default existing on a promissory note dated September 19,
2007 and real estate mortgage dated October 12, 2005 from
Justin Roy Olson, payable to THE BANK OF SHERIDAN, A
BRANCH OF BUFFALO FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK ORGANIZED
AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA, 1375 Sugarland Drive, Sheridan, WY 82801, of
which mortgage was recorded on October 24, 2005 in the office
of the Recorder of Deeds, Sheridan County, Wyoming, in
Book 615 at page 0768 as Instrument No. 523508, describing
mortgaged real estate as:
A tract of land situated in the SW1/4 of Section 27, T55N,
R84W, 6th P.M., Sheridan County, Wyoming, said tract described
as follows:
Beginning at a point on the north right-of-way line of the
Big Horn to Buffalo County Road, said point being
N86°32’15"E, 243.47 feet from the southwest corner of said
Section 27; thence N0°07’12E, 1030.00 feet parallel to the
west line of said SW1/4 to a point; thence N89°27’31"W
158.08 feet to a point on the easterly right of way line of
State Secondary Highway 335; thence N32°14’39"E, 17.73
feet along said east right-of-way to appoint, thence
S89°31’44"E, 831.06 feet to a point; thence S49°36’28"E,
200.19 feet to a point; thence S64°21’29"E, 69.12 feet to a
point; thence S87°54’06"E, 32.80 feet to a point; thence
N73°05’29’E, 26.27 feet to a point; thence S01°43’50"E, 25.11
feet to a point; thence S89°17’06"E, 129.76 feet to a point;
thence S0°07’12"W, 115.00 feet to a point; thence
N89°27’31"W, 225.00 feet to a point; thence S0°07’12"W,
755.00 feet to a point on said north right-of-way line of the
Big Horn to Buffalo County Road; thence N89°27’31"W,
861.00 feet along said north right-of-way to the point of beginning.
Also, an easement for ingress as contained in Warranty
Deed recorded August 8, 1985 in Book 295, Page 216.
Platted as GOOSE MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, a subdivision
in Sheridan County, Wyoming as recorded November 4,
2005 in Book in Book G, Page 17.
Except Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 of GOOSE MEADOWS SUB-
DIVISION, a subdivision in Sheridan County, Wyoming, as
recorded November 4, 2005 in Book G, Page 17.
The mortgaged property is more particularly described as
Lots 6 and 9 of Goose Meadows Subdivision, A Subdivision
in Sheridan County, Wyoming.
Non-payment and other defaults existing, acceleration having
been declared and the entire remaining mortgage balance
being now due and payable. No lawsuit has been filed to collect
the mortgage debt or any portion thereof.
Take notice that the mortgage will be foreclosed and the real
estate sold by the Sheriff of Sheridan County to the highest
bidder for cash at public venue at the front door of the County
Courthouse, Sheridan County, Wyoming at the hour of
10:05 a.m. on December 18, 2009. The balance due as of September
15, 2009 was $81,475.22 plus interest, attorney’s fees,
foreclosure costs to date of sale, unpaid principal and interest.
The property being foreclosed upon may be subject to other
liens and encumbrances that will not be extinguished at
the sale and any prospective purchaser should research the
status of title before submitting a bid.
Dated this 17th day of November, 2009.
Mark J. Murphy, WS Bar #5-1439 Attorney for
The Bank of Sheridan, A Branch of Buffalo Federal
Savings Bank, Organized and Existing Under
the Laws of the USA
1375 Sugarland Drive, Sheridan, WY 82801
P.O. Drawer G
Sheridan, WY 82801
Publish: November 19, 27, December 3, 10, 2009.

Outdoors
Thursday, November 19, 2009
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THE
Press SHERIDAN
Tensleep fee targets maintenance, amenities
By Michael Pearlman
outdoors@thesheridanpress.com
An updated Federal Register
notice of a proposed $10 fee for
using the most popular trailhead
in the Bighorn National Forest is
awaiting final approval from U.S
Forest Service officials in
Washington, D.C.
The fee would apply to all
vehicles using the West Tensleep
trailhead and would be used for
deferred maintenance and site
amenities, according to Craig
Cope, wilderness coordinator for
Bighorn National Forest.
The Federal Lands Recreation
Enhancement Act passed in 2004
allows the Forest Service to
charge users at “campgrounds,
rental cabins, high-impact recreation
areas and at day-use sites
that have certain facilities.”
The statute lists six standard
amenities required for implementing
Standard Amenity Fees:
picnic tables, trash collection,
toilet, parking, interpretive signing,
and security. The only
amenity currently not in place at
the West Tensleep trailhead is
trash collection, which would be
provided and funded through the
fee, Cope said.
The proposal to implement
the user fee began after a
Recreation Facility Analysis was
conducted in the West Tensleep
corridor in 2007 and 2008,
according to Cope.
“We went through all our
facilities, looked at deferred
PUBLIC NOTICE
maintenance and operational
budgets and
getting those in line
with our appropriations,”
he said. “We
have potable water
there that needs to be
tested, toilets that need
to be cleaned and
maintained, and
$20,000 per year in
deferred maintenance
costs.”
Cope said the proposed
$10 fee would
be per vehicle, per
visit and would be collected
strictly at the
trailhead. Annual passes
would be available
for $50, he added.
No fee would be
Local guide recounts close
encounter with black bear
By Michael Pearlman
outdoors@thesheridanpress.com
A Sheridan hunting guide was
charged by a black bear earlier
this month when he went to
recover a deer carcass.
Jim Bernardin, a guide for
Sheridan-based Big Buck
Outfitters, said the encounter
took place Nov. 4, on private land
off Beaver Creek Road. The day
before the incident, a client of
Bernardin’s had shot and injured
a whitetail deer in the late afternoon.
After following the animal’s
blood trail, it began growing
dark, so Bernardin and the
client decided to return to camp.
The following day Bernardin
returned to the field and began
following a faint blood trail. He
was unarmed and not carrying
bear spray, and his client eventually
fell back out of sight.
“I looked up and finally saw a
bunch of magpies in a tree who
weren't leaving,” Bernardin said.
“I decided that was where the
deer was.”
After stepping over a fallen
cottonwood tree, Bernardin
looked up and suddenly found
himself face to face with the bear,
which was draped over the deer
carcass. Bernardin estimated the
bear weighed at least 300 pounds.
“He woofed at me from about
three feet away and I just ran,”
Bernardin said. “He chased me
about 20 or 30 feet and fortunately
he backed off.”
Bernardin ran up a nearby
hill, where he managed to get
reception for his cell phone. He
called the other hunter and alerted
him that a bear was in the
area. After returning to camp,
Bernardin rounded up two other
guides and returned to the deer,
armed with a shotgun and two
handguns.
“We fired two warning shots
and he decided that maybe he
didn’t want the carcass after all,”
Bernardin said.
A veteran guide who lives in
Maine most of the year,
Bernardin said it was the first
time he’d encountered a bear upclose
while hunting. The client
retrieved his deer, and Bernardin
said the experience was a healthy
reminder that bear encounters are
always possible during hunting
season.
“It being so late in the year, I
would have thought they would
be hibernating,” he said. “You
always need to be aware out
there.”
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The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) is developing a
Total Maximum Daily Loads (“TMDLs”) study for pathogens and sediment
impairments in the Goose Creek Watershed. This study involves compiling all
existing studies, and determining pollutant loads and the reductions needed to
achieve water quality standards for listed stream segments in the Goose Creek
Watershed. The Goose Creek Watershed TMDL second public meeting will be held
on December 10, 2009 at the Sheridan College CTEL auditorium from 6:30 pm -
8:30 pm.
Information will be provided on Phase II of the TMDL process, including: the
pathogen and sediment load analyses and source identifications, TMDL
calculations, and a discussion of items in Phase III of the TMDL study. SWCA
Environmental Consultants is coordinating with WDEQ and Sheridan County
Conservation District to complete the Goose Creek Watershed TMDLs study and
will be collecting feedback from interested citizens. This meeting is open to the
public and there is no charge to attend. Share in this opportunity to learn more
about the project and local water quality improvement efforts. If you have any
questions please contact SWCA’s Jamie Young at 307-673-4303 or by email at:
jyoung@swca.com
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charged to users of
more than 100 dispersed
camping sites
along the seven-mile
stretch of West
Tensleep road from
U.S. 16 to the trailhead
parking area.
Built in 1989, the
parking area has 45
single-vehicle spots
and four double pullthrough
spaces.
Recreation fees
have been the focus of
critics since 1996,
when the Recreation
Fee Demonstration
Program was first
enacted by Congress.
The demo fee was
renewed twice before
the Federal Lands Recreation
Enhancement Act was attached to
an omnibus spending bill in
December 2004 by Rep. Ralph
Regula, R-Ohio.
In April, Sens. Max Baucus,
D-Mont., and Mike Crapo, R-
Idaho, introduced a bill to repeal
FLREA. A similar bill introduced
by the pair in 2008 died
on the floor of the Senate.
Wyoming and Alaska are the
only two states that elected not
to participate in the creation of a
Recreation Resource Advisory
Committee. In California and
other states, those committees
review fee proposals and solicit
public input.
Instead, the Bighorn National
Forest fee proposal will be
reviewed by the Wyoming
Courtesy photo
Hunting guide Jim Bernardin photographed this black bear guarding
a whitetail deer carcass Nov. 4 on private land off Beaver Creek
Road. He returned later to scare off the animal and recover the deer.
Harvest wild turkey for holiday dinner
From Wyominmg Game and Fish
Fall 2009 turkey seasons in Hunt
Areas 3, 5 and 7 (Sheridan, Johnson
and Campbell counties) are open
through Dec. 31. The turkey season
for Hunt Area 1 in Crook County
and northern Weston County is open
through Nov. 30.
Most turkeys in Areas 3, 5 and 7
are found on private land, so hunters
are reminded to obtain access permission
from landowners before
hunting. Area 1 includes the Black
Hills National Forest near Sundance,
where more public land is available
to hunters.
For the 2009 fall season, hunters
in Areas 1, 3, 5 and 7 can hunt with
a general turkey license. General
licenses are unlimited in number and
maybe used anywhere a general
turkey license is valid.
Turkey hunters interested in harvesting
a second bird in the fall may
also purchase a limited-quota Area 3
type 3 license at license agents or
Game and Fish offices.
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Recreation Action Team, composed
of representatives from
federal and stage agencies
including the Forest Service,
Bureau of Land Management
and Wyoming Game and Fish
Commission.
The group is chaired by
Milward Simpson, director of
Wyoming’s Department of State
Parks and Cultural Resources.
The committee can solicit public
comment and offer an opinion
on the fee, but its recommendation
is nonbinding, Cope
said.
“This is not an environmental
assessment process,” he said.
“We'll take the comments, but
the way its stands right now, we
strongly intend to have a fee
there come next summer.”
Forest Service
says trees can
help slow
climate change
WASHINGTON (AP) —
National forests can be used as a carbon
“sink” with vast numbers of trees
absorbing carbon dioxide to help
slow global warming, the Forest
Service chief said Wednesday, but
that goal must be balanced.
He’s also concerned about the risk
of catastrophic wildfires that produce
massive amounts of carbon dioxide.
Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell
said his agency is trying to manage
forests to combat climate change
while still easing the risk of wildfires
that have increased in frequency and
intensity, in part because of global
warming.
Forests now store enough carbon
to offset about 16 percent of the
nation’s fossil fuel emissions, but that
number could be reduced or even
reversed if wildfires and insect infestation
continue to increase, Tidwell
said.
“Disturbances such as fire and
insects and disease could dramatically
change the role of forests, thereby
emitting more carbon than currently
sequestered” by tree stands across the
country, Tidwell told the Senate
Public Lands and Forestry
Subcommittee.
Elaine O’Neil, a research scientist
at the University of Washington’s
School of Forestry, said wildfires in
California alone released emissions
equivalent to that of seven million
cars a year from 2001 to 2007.
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Class 4A State Champions
By Ken Hamrick
sports@thesheridanpress.com
It was cold and snowy at the University of
Wyoming’s Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium
for the Class 4A state championship Saturday, but
that was not about to cool off the red-hot Sheridan
High School football team.
The top-ranked Broncs broke open a tight game
at halftime with 27 second-half points as they went
on to score a 40-15 victory over second-ranked
Cheyenne Central.
“These kids just find ways to do great things, and
they were great tonight,” said SHS coach Don Julian.
“We as a staff feel privileged and honored to coach
them and it’s been a great year. It’s been very special
and we’re very fortunate to have this opportunity.
The kids came through and did a great job.”
“It feels really good and I’m so pumped with
adrenaline,” said senior WR/DB Kody Williams.
“It’s probably 20 degrees, but I feel like it’s 80 right
now.”
“It feels great,” said senior quarterback Austin
Woodward. “It’s what we’ve been working for all
season and it finally paid off. There’s no greater feeling.”
“It feels awesome,” said senior WR/DB Will
Hendrickson. “It’s the greatest feeling ever and it’s
the funnest thing I’ve ever been a part of, that’s for
sure.”
“It feels good,” said senior WR/DB T.J. Stender.
“I don’t know how to explain it. It’s like a spotlight
in the night.”
“It’s amazing,” said junior WR/DB Dan Zemski.
“I just can’t wait for next year.”
“It’s exciting and I’ve never felt anything like this
in my life,” said senior OL/DL Devan Reilly. “It’s
just a blast.”
It didn’t take long for the Broncs to get on the
scoreboard, as Williams took the opening kickoff at
the SHS 1, followed his blocks up the right sideline
and raced 99 yards for a touchdown. Drew Slikker
made the extra point and Sheridan had a 7-0 lead 15
seconds into the game.
“I saw the hole open at the 20 and I knew nobody
was catching me,” Williams said.
“It was a great way to start the game and it loosened
everybody up,” Julian said.
The Indians tied the score on their first possession
as Connor Long tossed a 10-yard touchdown pass to
Kyle Grott. Josh Borm’s point-after was good and the
game was tied at 7-7 with 6:52 left in the first quarter.
Sheridan answered as Woodward avoided a
Central blitz and threw to Hendrickson, who went 18
yards on the screen pass for a Bronc touchdown.
Slikker’s point-after attempt was no good and SHS’
lead stood at 13-6 with 3:46 to play in the opening
quarter.
Cheyenne Central drove to midfield on its next
possession, but Wes Sessions and Michael Leibrich
sacked Long, and the Indians were forced to punt.
Central had another golden opportunity as Austin
Breckenridge intercepted Woodward at the Sheridan
34. However, Grott was called for offensive pass
interference, which took the Indians out of scoring
position and again they punted.
The Indians again entered Sheridan territory on
their last possession of the first half, but the drive was
stalled by a holding penalty and they again were
forced to punt.
Cheyenne Central had the first possession of the
second half and again punted. Sheridan got two big
runs from Woodward to get into scoring position, and
Woodward capped the drive with a 1-yard run.
The Broncs went for two points but came up
short, and their lead remained at 19-7 with 5:46 left
in the third.
After a Central three-and-out, Woodward’s 43yard
run put the Broncs into Indians territory.
Woodward scored his second touchdown four plays
later, this time on a 10-yard run. Slikker converted
the extra point to increase the lead to 26-7 with 45
seconds left in the quarter.
Woodward came up with the big play on special
teams as he booted a 63-yard punt, which was
downed on the Central 7.
Zemski scored on the next play as he stepped in
front of Central’s Hayden Jones and took the inter-
ception 10 yards into the end zone for a 33-7 lead
with 8:45 to play.
“I saw the tight end come across and the quarterback
was looking at him the whole way,” Zemski
said. “So I just picked it off and made the play.”
Cheyenne Central scored with 4:28 left in the
game as Long connected with Grott again, this time
on an 18-yard touchdown pass. The twosome hooked
up again on the two-point conversion, as the Indians
cut the Broncs’ lead to 33-15.
Sheridan closed out the scoring with 1:54 remaining
as Woodward scored his final touchdown of the
night, this time on a 1-yard run.
Woodward led the Broncs as he ran for 152 yards
on 23 carries and he completed seven of 13 passes for
38 yards.
Williams ran for 89 yards on five carries.
Hendrickson was the top receiver with four catches
for 33 yards.
For Cheyenne Central, Davis was the top rusher
with 134 yards on 27 carries. Long completed 13 of
23 passes for 145 yards and Grott was his top receiver
with eight catches for 88 yards.
“Our defense really pulled together and we
stopped the run and that made them pass, and we
stopped the pass somewhat,” Woodward said. “It was
just a great team effort.”
“The defense was exceptional again tonight,”
Julian said. “Our running game was just awesome,
and our offensive line has come together and we’ve
become a really good running team.”
Zach Will led the SHS defense with seven tackles.
Woodward and Alex Welch both had six and
Sessions and Dawson Osborn both had five.
Sheridan finished the season with 11 wins and
one loss.
“This is a team sport and I’m fortunate to have
such a tight-knit family as a team,” Woodward said.
NOTES: This is the 22nd state championship in
Sheridan’s history. The last title came in 1995 when
the Broncs defeated Laramie 21-15. SHS’s last title
game appearance was in 1997 when it lost to
Evanston 25-20.
Cheyenne Central 7 0 0 8 — 15
Sheridan 13 0 13 14 — 40
First Quarter
S — Kody Williams 99 kickoff return (Drew
Slikker kick), 11:45
CC — Kyle Grott 10 pass from Connor Long
(Josh Borm kick), 6:52
(Drive went 77 yards on 10 plays and took
4:53 — Big play: Michael Davis ran 11 yards
to put CCHS on SHS 10)
S — Will Henrickson 18 pass from Austin
Woodward (kick failed), 3:46
(Drive went 82 yards on seven plays and
took 3:06 — Big play: Williams ran 37 yards to
CCHS 23)
Third Quarter
S — Woodward 1 run (pass failed), 5:46
(Drive went 66 yards on eight plays and
took 3:45 — Big play: Woodward ran 19 yards
to CCHS 5)
S — Woodward 10 un (Slikker kick), 0:45
(Drive went 64 yards on 5 plats and took
2:33 — Big play:Woodward ran 43 yards to
CCHS 21)
Fourth Quarter
S — Dan Zemski 10 interception return
(Slikker kick), 8:45
(Big play: Woodward’s 63-yard punt put
CCHS on its own 7)
CC — Grott 18 pass from Long (Grott pass
from Long), 4:28
(Drive went 81 yards on 12 carries and took
4:17 — Big play: SHS pass interference
penalty put CCHS on SHS 13)
S — Woodward 1 run (Slikker kick), 1:54
(Drive went 49 yards on 6 plays and took
2:34 — Big play: Williams ran 29 yards to
CCHS 20)
Team Statistics
CC S
Rushes-Net Yards 33-153 33-278
Passing Yards 145 38
Comp.-Att.-Int. 13-23-1 7-13-1
Total plays-total yards 56-298 46-316
Return Yards 0 18
Punts-Ave 6-32.7 2-53.0
Kickoff Return Yards 113 115
First Downs (Rush-Pass-Pen—Tot)
9-8-2—19 12-2-1—15
Third-Down Conversions 2-10 4-6
The Sheridan Press/Michael Sullivan
The Sheridan Broncs celebrate their 40-15 win over Cheyenne Central High School to clinch the Wyoming 4A football championship in Laramie on Saturday.
Broncs come alive in second half to cruise to title
Sheridan 40, Cheyenne Central 15
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards lost 5-43 6-44
Individual Statistics
Rushing
CC — M. Davis 27-134, Long 4-14, Austin
Breckenridge 1-11, Borm 1-(-6). S —
Woodward 23-152, Williams 5-89, Alex Welch
1-17, Hendrickson 2-15, Seth Carrel 2-5.
Passing
CC — Long 13-23-1—145. S — Woodward 7-
13-1—38.
Receiving
CC — Grott 8-88, Davis 2-24, Borm 2-21,
Kevin Cox 1-12. S — Hendrickson 4-33, T.J.
Stender 1-9, Williams 1-7, Zemski 1 (-11).
Punting
CC — Borm 6-32.7. S — Woodward 2-53.0.
Punt Returns
S — Hendrickson 2-8.
Interception Returns
CC — Breckenridge 1-0. S — Zemski 1-10.
Kickoff Returns
CC — Davis 3-100, Josh Braunschweig 1-13.
S — Williams 1-99.
Tackles (Solo-Asst—Total)
CC — Hayden Jones 5-4—9, Borm 5-3—8,
Matt Carver 0-6—6, Zach Mowry 0-6—6, M.
Davis 5-0—5, Nick Shriner 2-3—5, Chris
Runge 1-4—5, Ryan Kuster 0-5—5, Grott 0-
4—4, Dre Davis 0-2—2, Braunschweig 1-0—
1, Long 0-1—1, Matt Spoon 0-1—1, Michael
Blaney 0-1—1. S — Zach Will 6-1—7,
Woodward 3-3—6, Welch 3-3—6, Wes
Sessions 4-1—5, Dawson Osborn 0-5—5,
Michael Leibrich 2-2—4, Zemski 1-3—4,
Hendrickson 3-0—3, Williams 2-1—3,
Stender 2-0—2, Raith Durham 2-0—2, Riley
Ryan 1-1—2, Colton Rosales 0-2—2, Braxton
Tyree 0-2—2, Devan Reilly 1-0—1, Kyle
Roberts 1-0—1, Kameron Rubio 1-0—1, Kyle
Pilkington 0-1—1, Alex Birchby 0-1—1.
Quarterback Sacks
S — Leibrch 1.5-7, Sessions 0.5-3.
Tackles For Loss
CC — Runge 1-11, Borm 1-1, Mowry 0.5-1,
Kuster 0.5-0. S — Leibrich 1.5-7, Sessions
1.5-5, Welch 1-6.
Pass Breakups
S — Williams 1, Woodward 1.
C ONGRATULATIONS B RONCS
And to our very own DJ Dearcorn, Broncs’ Defensive Coach!

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The 2009 Sheridan Broncs
#2 Kody Williams, 6-0,
145, WR/DB, Senior
“Hold your breath, could
score a touchdown or possibly
fumble anytime he touches the
ball. Raw talent and speed.”
#4 Austin Woodward,
6-2, 210, QB/LB, Senior
“Austin is a great football
player and a humble leader.”
#7 Birney Brayton, 5-9,
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Sophomore
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#3 Alex Birchby, 5-11,
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#5 Raith Durham, 5-10,
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is always in the weight room.”
#12 Dan Zemski, 6-3,
185, QB/WR/LB, Junior
“Dan in a competitor and a
strong worker. He has a knack for
getting into position to make
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#15 Will Hendrickson,
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“Will is a game-changer and
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#9 Derek Berrettini, 5-6,
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#11 Alex Welch, 5-9,
150, WR/DB, Junior
“Alex is a character player,
a quiet worker, and a great tackler.”
#14 Cody Schellinger,
5-11, 160, WR/DB,
Senior
“I’m so glad he came out
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#22 Clay Carter, 5-9,
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Sophomore
“Clay is an excellent tackler.”
#24 Michael Shifrar 6-3,
172, WR/DB,
Sophomore
“Michael has a great work
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#16 Andrew Ehnis, 5-10,
140, WR/DB, Junior
“Unfortunately, an injury
shortened his season.”
#21 Devin Stites, 5-11,
145, WR/DB, Senior
“Devin is a great talker. He is
tough and had a great senior season
until he was injured. He is a
good holder, has good hands, and is
a good tackler.”
#23 Seth Carrel, 5-9,
165, RB/DB, Junior
“Seth has good quickness
and has a great future.”
#26 Drew Slikker, 6-2,
170, K/WR/DB, Junior
“Slikker the kicker. Causes
coach Julian stress. Big leg. 9.2
seconds.”
#28 Gabe Dahmke,
5-10, 160, RB/LB,
Sophomore
“Has a knack for making people
miss. Has deceptive speed. A
quiet but tough worker. Has a
great future.”
#32 Riley Ryan, 6-3,
171, TE/LB, Sophomore
“Riley is a competitor with a
good future. Is talented and has
good leverage.”
#25 Taylor Kraft, 6-3,
175, TE/LB, Sophomore
“Taylor is a big hitter on
special teams. Has a great
future.”
#27 Isaac Bowen, 5-9,
147, RB/DB, Sophomore
“Has good potential and
future.”
#30 Lucas Geisey,
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#34 Kyle Roberts, 5-10,
168, RB/DL, Junior
“Kyle is a nose guard with
speed. He is also a kickoff cover
specialist.”
#36 Matt Torrens, 6-0,
155, WR/DB, Junior
“Loves cars. Has a good
future.”
#51 Alyssa Bellamy,
5-5, 130, OL/LB,
Sophomore
“Has a good attitude.”
#53 Braxton Tyree, 5-
11, 178, OL/DL, Senior
“He is a comedian. Was a
defensive lineman who had a
good senior season.”
#33 Derek Swenson,
5-10, 185, RB/LB, Junior
“Derek has a good work
ethic and played on special
teams. He will have a good senior
season.”
#35 Mark Silcox, 5-9,
135, WR/DB,
Sophomore
“Has a good potential and
future.”
#50 Kyle Pilkington, 6-5,
185, OL/DL, Senior
“Kyle was a defensive lineman
who was a good pass rusher.”
#52 Aaron Gray, 5-10,
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#55 Henry Reed, 5-10,
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“He has good size and body.
Has a good future.”
#59 J.C. Hespe, 6-6,
225, OL/DL, Senior
“J.C. is tough and a great
offensive lineman. Is good on the
blind side.”
#62 Curtis Foster, 5-10,
167, OL/DL, Sophomore
“Curt the hurt. He is a great
team player.”
#65 Braxton Rosales,
5-10, 255, OL/DL,
Sophomore
“Braxton finished the season
for us. Has good size and potential.”
#54 Colton Rosalez,
5-11, 232, OL/DL, Junior
“Colton is strong and has
good size. Has a good future.”
#56 Devan Reilly, 5-9,
150, OL/LB, Senior
“Devan has the heart and
soul of a football player. Pound
for pound he is the toughest
around. Makes sacrifices for the
team.”
#60 Kyle Hutchinson,
6-1, 280, OL/DL, Junior
“Big Papa. Is very physical
and has great strength. He will
have a great senior season.”
#63 Mark Hanson, 5-9,
205, OL/LB, Sophomore
“Mark is a positive player.
Has good potential and future.”
#67 Wes Sessions, 5-11,
200, OL/LB, Junior
“Wes came to play at state. He
will have a great senior season.”
#69 Michael Leibrich,
6-0, 215, OL/DL, Senior
“Michael was a great offensive/defensive
lineman. He started
23 consecutive games.”
#72 Alex Marty, 5-8,
250, OL/DL, Sophomore
“Alex has a great future. He is
always in the weight room and
has a good work ethic.”
#74 Wesley Brutlag,
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Sophomore
“Has a good potential and
future.”
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#66 Steven Warren,
5-10, 211, OL/DL,
Sophomore
“Steven is quiet and polite.
Has a good potential and future.”
#68 Dayne Swenson,
6-1, 196, OL/DL, Junior
“Dayne has good size and
potential. He will have a good
future.”
#70 Taylor Kinnaird, 6-2,
204, OL/DL, Senior
“A good defensive lineman
with good size and strength. He
had a nice senior season.”
#73 Kameron Rubio,
6-0, 187, OL/DL,
Sophomore
“Kameron has a great
future. He is strong, physical and
talkative.”
#76 Dawson Osborn, 6-
1, 185, OL/LB, Junior
“Has good intelligence and is
willing to sacrifice. He is tough
and gets to the ball. Needs to put
on weight.”
#78 Cal Botten, 5-10,
180, OL/DL, Sophomore
“Has a great future and is
tough.”
#80 Shawn Thorpe, 5-
10, 175, WR/DB, Senior
“He is a worker and role
player. He is an encourager and a
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#75 Nathan Roberts,
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Sophomore
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#77 Forrest
Schumacher, 6-0, 198,
OL/DL, Senior
“Forrest is a great young
man. He is a role player who
loves being a Bronc.”
#79 Matt Perry, 6-2,
210, OL/LB, Sophomore
“A new player with potential.
He is a nice young man.”
#86 T.J. Stender, 6-4,
170, WR/DB, Senior
“T.J. has great hands and is
a great leaper. He is a fine young
man.”
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The Regular Season
August 28
Kelly Walsh 42, Sheridan 20
Kelly Walsh 6 22 14 0 — 42
Sheridan 7 6 7 0 — 20
First Quarter
KW — Manning 1 run (kick failed), 5:56
S — Williams 58 run (Slikker kick), 5:41
Second Quarter
S — Williams 88 pass from Woodward (kick failed), 8:30
KW — Nolan 5 run (Nolan run), 5:50
KW — Manning 1 run (Ford kick), 3:57
KW — Vivian 16 pass from Nolan (Ford kick), 0:03
Third Quarter
KW — Nolan 61 run (Ford kick), 11:30
KW — Nolan 2 run (Ford kick), 4:50
S — Williams 34 pass from Woodward (Slikker kick), 2:48
September 4
Sheridan 56, Cheyenne East 21
Sheridan 21 28 7 0 — 56
Cheyenne East 0 7 0 14 — 21
First Quarter
S — Williams 74 pass from Woodward (Slikker kick), 10:58
S — Hendrickson 74 run (Slikker kick), 3:48
S — Stender 9 pass from Woodward (Slikker kick), 3:09
Second Quarter
CE — Williams 34 pass from Hinker (Martin kick), 11:55
S — Woodward 2 run (Slikker kick), 10:51
S — Stender 4 pass from Woodward (Slikker kick), 7:45
S — Durham 10 pass from Woodward (Slikker kick), 6:45
S — Hendrickson 18 run (Slikker kick), 3:33
Third Quarter
S — Zemski 5 run (Slikker kick), 0:00
Fourth Quarter
CE — Milatzo 4 run (pass failed), 5:07
CE — Woods 22 run (Woods run), 2:35
September 11
Sheridan 34, Green River 21
Green River 0 0 7 14 — 21
Sheridan 10 17 7 0 — 34
First Quarter
S — Safety, snap went out of end zone, 5:03
S — Hendrickson 3 run (Stender pass from Woodward), 2:06
Second Quarter
S — Williams 34 pass from Woodward (Slikker kick), 10:23
S — Woodward 1 run (Zemski pass from Stites), 2:05
S — Safety, snap went out of end zone
Third Quarter
GR — Palmer 17 run (Curry kick), 10:29
S — Williams 6 run (Slikker kick), 1:12
Fourth Quarter
GR — Martinez 5 run (Curry kick), 4:08
GR — Kennah 11 pass from Martinez (Curry kick), 0:01
September 18
Sheridan 20, Rock Springs 17
Sheridan 13 0 7 0 — 20
Rock Springs 0 10 0 7 — 17
First Quarter
S — Slikker 30 FG, 8:01
S — Stender 24 pass from Woodward (Slikker kick), 5:07
S — Slikker 48 FG, 0:38
Second Quarter
RS — Petek 9 pass from Padilla (Lever kick), 4:56
RS — Lever 29 FG, 0:30
Third Quarter
S — Hendrickson 12 pass from Woodward (Slikker kick), 3:18
Fourth Quarter
RS — Rosette 8 pass from Padilla (Lever kick), 4:20
September 25
Sheridan 23, Campbell County 14
Sheridan 21 2 0 0 — 23
Campbell County 0 14 0 0 — 14
First Quarter
S — Woodward 70 run (Slikker kick), 11:44
S — Woodward 65 interception return (Slikker kick), 7:57
S — Stender 8 pass from Woodward (Slikker kick), 1:44
Second Quarter
CC — Sisel 1 run (Rueschhoff kick), 8:01
CC — Carper 86 pass from Sisel (Rueschhoff kick), 5:58
S — Safety, bad snap downed in end zone, 2:39
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Sheridan 27, Laramie 7
Laramie 0 0 0 7 — 7
Sheridan 14 7 3 3 — 27
First Quarter
S — Carrel 14 run (Slikker kick), 6:50
S — Williams 45 run (Slikker kick), 0:27
Second Quarter
S — Williams 13 run (Slikker kick), 5:34
Third Quarter
S — Slikker 23 FG, 5:51
Fourth Quarter
L — Sorenson 16 run (Hayward kick), 8:53
S — Slikker 48 FG, 4:44
October 9
Sheridan 46, Evanston 21
Sheridan 7 13 12 14 — 46
Evanston 0 7 0 14 — 21
First Quarter
S — Will 8 pass from Woodward (Slikker kick), 7:01
Second Quarter
E — Beauxis 58 run (Delgado kick), 7:30
S — Woodward 6 run (Slikker kick), 1:29
S — Woodward 1 run (kick blocked), 0:19
Third Quarter
S — Carrel 29 run (kick failed), 10:05
S — Stender 14 pass from Woodward (kick blocked), 5:29
Fourth Quarter
E — Lambert 1 run (Lee pass from Lambert), 8:23
S — Zemski 14 run (Slikker kick), 4:33
S — Zemski 1 run (Slikker kick), 3:21
E — Lee 44 pass from Lambert (run failed), 2:39
October 16
Sheridan 28, Cheyenne Central 20
Cheyenne Central 0 13 7 0 — 20
Sheridan 0 7 7 14 — 28
Second Quarter
S — Stender 12 pass from Woodward (Slikker kick), 11:54
CC — Cox 5 pass from Long (kick failed), 5:46
CC — Breckenridge 6 run (Borm kick), 0:43
Third Quarter
CC — Cox 4 pass from Long (Borm kick), 4:55
S — Hendrickson 59 run (Slikker kick), 4:13
Fourth Quarter
S — Woodward 30 run (Slikker kick), 8:16
S — Hendrickson 72 run (Slikker kick), 1:37
October 25
Sheridan 35, Natrona County 28
Sheridan 7 7 21 0 — 35
Natrona County 0 14 7 7 — 28
First Quarter
S — Williams 10 pass from Woodward (Ryan kick), 5:02
Second Quarter
NC — Brownell 7 run (Gibbins kick), 8:45
NC — Vinich 35 pass from Brownell (Gibbins kick), 4:56
S — Stender 4 pass from Woodward (Ryan kick), 2:00
Third Quarter
S — Woodward 79 run (Ryan kick), 8:07
NC — Vinich 47 pass from Brownell (Gibbins kick), 6:20
S — Williams 99 kickoff return (Ryan kick), 6:04
S — Woodward 1 run (Ryan kick), 1:14
Fourth Quarter
NC — Brownell 1 run (Gibbins kick), 2:59
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The Playoffs — Quarterfinals
Broncs use turnovers to defeat Natrona County 41-17
By Ken Hamrick
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Turnovers made a big difference as the Sheridan High
School football team defeated Natrona County 41-17 at Homer
Scott Field on Oct. 30.
“We’re very pleased with our performance,” said SHS
coach Don Julian. “I was really pleased with our running game
and I was really pleased with our defense. When you hold
Natrona to three points until late in the game it’s a great job. I
thought special teams were solid again, so we’re very proud of
the players.”
Turnovers were the difference in the first half as the Broncs
used three takeaways to take a 21-3 lead at halftime.
Sheridan got its first takeaway early as a snap went over
Natrona quarterback Clay Brownell. He was nailed for a 25yard
loss, fumbled the ball, and Kyle Hutchinson recovered on
the Mustangs 5.
The Broncs scored on the next play as Kody Williams took
a pitch from Austin Woodward and took it to the house. Drew
Slikker hit the extra point and Sheridan had a 7-0 lead with
10:10 left in the first period.
Natrona went on a 17-play, 75-yard drive, however it
stalled on the SHS 5 and the Mustangs settled for a 22-yard
field goal by Derek Gibbins.
The score remained 7-3 at the end of the first quarter.
The Sheridan defense accounted for the next score as T.J.
Stender intercepted Brownell and returned it 24 yards for a
touchdown for a 14-3 lead with 10:11 before halftime.
Stender turned the trick again 67 seconds later as he intercepted
another pass and this time took it 44 yards for a 21-3
lead.
“I just read it right, I broke on the ball and ran them back,”
Stender said. “The second one, I wasn’t sure if I was going to
make it, but I tried to run pretty hard and I made it in.”
“Those were two great plays,” Julian said. “He hasn’t
played a lot of defense this year. When Devin Stites was
injured, we started working him in at safety. Those were two
huge plays for us.”
Sheridan scored the first time it had the ball in the second
half as the Broncs marched 70 yards on eight plays with
Woodward capping the drive with a 9-yard run.
“The first drive of the second half was critical for us,”
Julian said. “We knew Natrona would keep fighting, and I
thought the kids came out and took a strong stand and that set
us up for success in the second half.”
The Mustangs went on two potential scoring drives later in
the third quarter but came up empty both times. First, Natrona
drove to the Sheridan 16 before Brownell was intercepted by
Devan Reilly. Then the Mustangs drove to the Sheridan 1
before turning the ball over on downs.
Another takeaway set up the Broncs’ next touchdown as
Will Hendrickson picked off Brownell at the Sheridan 41. Four
plays later, Seth Carrel bowled his way into the end zone on a
13-yard run for a 34-3 lead with 8:15 left in the game.
Natrona got its first touchdown as Brownell threw a 39yard
scoring strike to Taylor Villegas with 2:49 remaining.
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The Mustangs attempted the onside kick, but Dan Zemski
picked up the ball at the Sheridan 38 and raced 62 yards for a
41-10 lead with 2:39 to play.
The Mustangs concluded the scoring with Brownell tossing
a 21-yard touchdown to Kyle Vinich with 1:46 left in the game.
Sheridan had 278 yards of total offense with 224 coming on
the ground. Woodward led the running game with 119 yards on
19 carries and Carrel was next with 64 yards on nine carries.
Woodward also completed three of eight passes for 54
yards. Raith Durham had one reception for 38 yards, Zemski
had a 12-yard reception and Hendrickson had a 4-yard catch.
Natrona accounted for 432 yards of total offense with
Brownell completing 24 of 45 passes for 318 yards. Vinich was
his top receiver with 13 catches for 171 yards and Villegas had
six receptions for 112 yards.
Sheridan (9-1) advanced to the semifinals against Kelly
Walsh, a 38-20 winner over Green River on the road, on Nov.
6. The Trojans handed the Broncs their only loss of the season
Aug. 28.
“That’s been so long, I can hardly remember it,” Julian
said. “It will be important that our defense does a great job
again because Kelly Walsh has a prolific offense on the
ground, and we’ll see if we can do better this time.”
“Now we get a chance at redemption against Kelly Walsh,”
Woodward said. “This is what we’ve been hoping for.”
“This is one of the biggest games we’re going to have,”
Stender said. “We’re just ready to play them.”
Sheridan 41, Natrona County 17
Natrona County 3 0 0 14 — 17
Sheridan 7 14 7 13 — 41
First Quarter
S — Williams 5 run (Slikker kick), 10:05
NC — Gibbins 22 FG, 3:42
Second Quarter
S — Stender 24 interception return (Slikker kick), 10:11
S — Stender 44 interception return (Slikker kick), 9:02
Third Quarter
S — Woodward 9 run (Slikker kick), 9:04
Fourth Quarter
S — Carrel 13 run (kick failed), 8:15
NC — Villegas 39 pass from Brownell (Gibbins kick), 2:49
S — Zemski 62 kickoff return (Slikker kick), 2:39
NC — Vinich 21 pass from Brownell (Burg kick), 1:46
Team Statistics
NC S
Rushing 34-114 38-224
Passing 24-46-5—318 3-8-0—54
Total Offense 432 278
Return Yards -4 83
Kickoff Return Yards 56 91
Punting 2-38.5 4-40.5
First Downs 23 13
Fumbles 2-1 1-1
Penalties 6-60 8-66
Individual Statistics
Rushing
NC — Brownell 22-61, Montgomery 10-42, Vollmar 2-11. S — Woodward 19-119,
Carrel 9-64, Roberts 2-19, Hendrickson 2-7, Geisey 1-5, Williams 2-5, Zemski 1-
3, Welch 1-2.
Passing
NC — Brownell 24-45-4—318, Montgomery 0-1-1—0. S — Woodward 3-8-0—54.
Receiving
NC — Vinich 13-171, Villegas 6-112, Dick 3-19, Montgomery 1-10, Vollmar 1-6. S
— Durham 1-38, Zemski 1-12, Hendrickson 1-4.
Missed Field Goal
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The Playoffs — Semifinals
Slikker’s kick sends Broncs to championship game
By Ken Hamrick
sports@thesheridanpress.com
For Sheridan High School’s Drew Slikker, it was the biggest
kick of his career.
After visiting Kelly Walsh tried to freeze him by calling two
consecutive timeouts, Slikker hit a 28-yard field goal with nine
seconds to play to give the top-ranked Broncs a 9-7 win over
the Trojans on Nov. 6 at Homer Scott Field.
“It was extremely suspenseful,” Slikker said. “I was praying
and was hoping that a friend whose funeral I attended was
watching the whole time, and I just kept praying.”
“You have to hand it to him,” said SHS coach Don Julian.
“He needs to make the kick for us to go to the state championship
game, and he had trouble tonight. So that was huge and
very important. He came through with flying colors and he got
it done.”
With the win, Sheridan advanced to the state championship
for the first time since 1997.
Slikker had a chance to score the first points as he attempted
a 55-yard field goal. He had the distance, but the kick
bounced off the right upright to keep the game scoreless with
3:24 left in the first quarter.
The Broncs had another potential scoring drive early in the
second quarter as they drove to the Kelly Walsh 10. However,
Austin Woodward’s attempt to hit T.J. Stender in the end zone
was intercepted by Lucas Nolan.
The Trojans converted the turnover into points as they drove
80 yards on eight plays. Lucas Nolan put Kelly Walsh into
scoring position as he ran 51 yards on the quarterback keeper
to the Sheridan 28. Nolan capped the drive with a 1-yard run
and Cameron Stanek hit the extra point to give the Trojans a 7-
0 lead with 6:36 left in the second quarter.
Sheridan answered with a nine-play, 80-yard drive of its
own. Woodward threw a 45-yard pass to Raith Durham to push
the Broncs into Kelly Walsh territory, and the twosome hooked
up again, this time on a 15-yard pass to put SHS into the red
zone.
Woodward scored on a 1-yard quarterback sneak, but
Durham’s extra-point attempt went wide right and the Trojans
remained in a 7-6 lead with 3:17 left in the half.
The Trojans made one more attempt to get into the end zone
just before halftime as they advanced to the Sheridan 14. But
Durham intercepted Nolan in the end zone to end the threat.
Kelly Walsh had the first possession of the second half and
again looked to get on the scoreboard. The Trojans drove into
the Sheridan red zone but were stopped on fourth-and-goal on
the SHS 1-foot line.
The Broncs drove into Kelly Walsh territory on their next
possession, but the drive stalled as Kody Williams dropped a
wide-open pass and Sheridan punted.
Sheridan again drove into Trojan territory early in the fourth
but Slikker’s 51-yard attempt fell short.
The Broncs got the ball back with 2:12 left in the game and
Woodward came up with the big play as his 44-yard pass to
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“I had to make up for that drop earlier,” Williams said. “I
just decided to go up and get it and help the team out.”
“Kody was open and we hit him and he got us down there
so Drew could hit a hell of a field goal,” Woodward said.
“(Former University of Wyoming) coach Joe Glenn used to
say when a player had something go wrong for him, if they
kept after it, they would make up for it and make up for it big,”
Julian said. “Drew made up for a miss early and Kody Williams
for a drop and made big plays.”
Sheridan had 300 yards of total offense. Woodward completed
19 of 29 passes for 257 yards and he also led the Broncs
in rushing with 30 yards on 18 carries.
Stender was Woodward’s top receiver with nine catches for
100 yards. Durham had three receptions for 74 yards, Williams
had three receptions for 53 yards and Will Hendrickson had
three catches for 21 yards.
Kelly Walsh came up with 320 total yards. Nolan led the
Trojans with 113 rushing yards on 24 carries and he completed
six of 10 passes for 81 yards.
Sheridan (10-1) will play Cheyenne Central for the state
championship at the University of Wyoming on Nov. 14. The
Indians advanced to the final with a 27-10 win over Campbell
County.
“It’s very exciting for us,” Julian said. “It’s been our goal
since we made it to the playoffs that we got to go to Laramie
on Nov. 14. This team has done what they needed to do, no
matter what had happened to them. We have to do that for one
more week and see if we can bring home another title for these
great fans in Sheridan.”
“We have to play hard next Saturday and hopefully, we’ll
come out on top,” Woodward said.
“It’s the first time in a long time for Sheridan to be in the
state championship game,” Williams said. “We’re going to
come out hard. It doesn’t matter who we play.”
Kickoff at Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium is 3:30
p.m.
Sheridan 9, Kelly Walsh 7
Kelly Walsh 0 7 0 0 — 7
Sheridan 0 6 0 3 — 9
Second Quarter
KW — Nolan 1 run (Stanek kick), 6:36
S — Woodward 1 run (kick failed), 3:17
Fourth Quarter
S — Slikker 28 FG, 0:09.2
Team Statistics
KW S
Rushing 43-239 23-43
Passing 6-10-1—81 19-29-1—257
Total Offense 320 300
Return Yards 0 21
Punting 4-31.5 2-38.5
First Downs 15 14
Fumbles 2-0 1-0
Penalties 7-54 4-30
Individual Statistics
Rushing
KW — Nolan 24-113, Manning 12-70, Moore 5-35, Fischer 2-21. S — Woodward
18-30, Hendrickson 3-14, Williams 2-(-1).
Passing
KW — Nolan 6-10-1—81. S — Woodward 19-29-1—257.
Receiving
KW — Whited 3-47, Moore 2-22, Bennett 1-12. S — Stender 9-100, Durham 3-74,
Williams 3-53, Hendrickson 3-21, Zemski 1-9.
Missed Field Goals
S — Slikker 55, 51
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D.J. Dearcorn — “Played for Tongue River HS, then for Carroll
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Darin Gilbertson — “Played for Hardin, Mont. Darin coaches our
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techniques into his players. His receivers have consistently been tops in the
state. Darin has a passion for coaching and his players love playing for
him. He is a teacher at Fort Mackenzie. Darin and wife, Amy, have two children.”
Bob Hanchett — “Played in Flathead (Mont.) HS, then for Western
Montana. He coaches our defensive linemen and coordinates our puntreturn
team. Bob loves being a Bronc and has the longest tenure as a Bronc
coach. Bob has a calm, straightforward demeanor but has a fire inside. The
kids play hard for him. He is an art teacher at SHS. Bob and wife, Emily,
have two children.”
Jeff Mowry — “Played for Riverton HS, then for Mesa State College
in Colorado. Jeff coaches our quarterbacks and is directly responsible for
the game-time operations of our complicated no-huddle offense. Much of
the success of Austin Woodward can be attributed to the fine instruction he
received from Jeff. He is a math teacher at SHS. Jeff and wife, Mellissa,
have one child.”
Chris Poniatowski — “Played for Glenrock HS, then Jamestown
College in North Dakota. Chris coaches our DB's and our punters. He is
also instrumental in sending down information from the press box during
our games. He is an intense, high-energy coach and a great example for our
players. Chris teaches at Meadowlark Elementary. He and wife, Lindsey,
have one child.”
Kevin Rizer — “Kevin is our California transplant. He coaches our
offensive linemen and makes sure our special teams are organized. Every
year Kevin takes a hodgepodge group of individuals and forges them into a
well-functioning machine up front. He spends countless hours in film study
with his players and has a bond with that group that is unbreakable. He is
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Bronc history repeats
By Tyson Emborg
Guest columnist
It is often said that history
repeats itself.
Seventy-five years ago
this fall, the Sheridan Bronc
football team suffered a
tough opening loss to its
season. It recovered by
remaining perfect the rest of
the regular season, then
squeaked by a tough Casper
(now Natrona County) team
to advance in the playoffs,
and finished the season 9-1,
winning the Wyoming state
football championship in the process.
Sound familiar?
Tyson
Emborg
The 1934 team included familiar names like
Gus and Sam Mavrakis. Today, Sam’s statue can
be seen downtown not too far from a mural painted
by another SHS alum from that year, local artist
Bernard Thomas.
The claim to fame that year was that since the
Broncs had beaten a Billings (now Billings
Senior) team that went on to win the Montana
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The Sheridan Broncs ended a
14-year drought and in the
process added to the school’s
state-leading 22 nd State
Championships with a decisive
40-15 win over Cheyenne
Central. The season’s finale took
place at War Memorial Stadium
in Laramie this past Saturday.
The game ended with some of
the Broncs doing snow angels
and the Indians reeling in a fog.
Culminating an eleven and one
season, with eleven consecutive
victories, the undersized Broncs
with their super-sized hearts, laid
a haymaker on the vaunted
Indians
Playing the second half in a
mini-blizzard, Sheridan
compounded a half time lead of
13-7 by scoring 27 points and
held their opponents to a
meaningless fourth quarter score.
Coach Don Julian’s juggernaut
displayed the same big play
offense and bend-but-don’t-break
defense that marked their season.
After suffering an unexpected
embarrassing loss in the season
opener the Broncs made a
dramatic turn around going on
the road to blow out Cheyenne
East, 56-21.
After the East win the Broncs
just got better and better as the
under-classmen grew in to their
respective roles and the senior
leadership came to the forefront.
The fact that over the past two
seasons they have won all 11 of
their road games is a tremendous
testimony to the resiliency and
discipline of the program from
top to bottom.
Saturday’s game ended up in
a snow storm. However, the
synthetic turf of Jonah Field was
a whole lot better than the 1990
title clash between these same
two teams. The game took place
at Okie Blanchard Field
following a major snow storm the
previous day in the Cheyenne
area. Quarterback Blaine
Phillips and fullback Jim
Aksamit proved to be better
mudders as they wound down the
clock with a sustained drive that
preserved a hard fought, 35-30
victory
State championship, they could technically say
they were the 1934 Montana and Wyoming champions.
As in 1934, one of the Broncs’ claims to
fame this year was the sound defeat of the Gillette
Camels.
In 1934, the 1,042 students at Sheridan High
School enjoyed support from local businesses like
the Sheridan Commercial Co., Bank of Commerce
(now First Interstate Bank), and Hospital
Pharmacy and support from within the school
from student groups including the John B.
Kendrick Chapter of the FFA.
Again, all familiar to Bronc fans today.
Surprisingly, student life in 1934 was full of
similarities as well. Students sang the same school
song and often complained about having too many
tests, especially if those tests were on a Monday.
The freshmen complained that upperclassmen
treated them “cold and stand-offish” making them
feel as though they were “worms to be trodden
underfoot.”
That year, the SHS debate squad was preparing
to argue whether the federal government should
try to equalize educational opportunities throughout
the nation by providing grants to public
schools.
The hot topic on the PTA’s agenda that fall was
That 1990 State
Championship win, under Coach
Bruce Keith, helped catapult the
Broncs to three more 4A titles as
they compiled a 39-2 record over
this four-year run. The 1991
Squad ran roughshod over 10
opponents culminating with a 27-
8 victory over the Gillette
Camels before 3000 fans at
Central Field. This great team
was accorded the very lofty rank
of the 23 rd Best High School
Team in the Nation by USA
Today
Besides Blain and Jim, other
Bronc gridders who achieved
significant recognition over this
truly exceptional era, were
linemen Jim Larsen, Charlie
Ruff, Derek Rupp, Neal Engle,
Dan Godwin, Jason Koltiska,
James Howell and Ryan Oatts.
Backs Dave Garwood, Mike
Steel, Kamrin Dooley, Ben
Phillips and Tom Davis were
some of the standouts of this epic
four-year run.
The last championship prior
to Saturday’s game came in 1995
and was also played under
adverse field conditions against
the Laramie Plainsmen. The kick
off at Deti Stadium was moved to
10:00 a.m. so as not to conflict
with a UW Game at 1:00 in War
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Sheridan High School quarterback Austin Woodward runs for yards during first half play against Cheye nne Central High
School at Homer Scott Field Friday night. The Broncs won the game 28-20.
Memorial. Instead of mud this
game started on a virtual ice rink
due to the overnight temps. The
Broncs proved to be more
nimble, as they avenged a midseason
loss to Laramie, by a final
score of 21-15. Linebacker Luke
Twibell, playing on sheer guts,
shook off severe back spasms to
make a number of key tackles in
the second half. Quarterback
Larry Grooms and sophomore
fullback Zack Winkelmann led
the offense to a late touch down
that clinched the upset and gave
Coach Bert Dow his first trophy
student dress and the feeling that female outfits
were becoming to immodest.
Local police complained about student driving.
And administrators were concerned over the
number of students with “D’s” and “F’s.” That fall
the administration concluded that the students who
got “D’s” and “F’s” were costing taxpayer money.
In 1934, it cost $94.10 to send a student to school
for the year. According to Principal Skinner, getting
a “D” or an “F” wasted $11.76 per course.
Are you having deja vu?
This year, as in 1934, Sheridan has produced a
football team we can all be proud of. This quote by
coach Fred Chez of the 1934 team could easily be
uttered by the current coaching staff to sum up the
efforts of this year’s team: “Despite the bucking,
bulldogging, sunfishing and stampeding efforts of
determined opposition to unseat them from the
championship saddle, they rode on to victory with
colors flying high, credit to themselves, and honor
to their school.”
Sometimes it’s a good thing when history
repeats.
———
Tyson Emborg is a social studies/history
teacher at Sheridan High School.
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The Sheridan High School Pep Band peforms during the Wyoming State 4A Football Championship game in Laramie Saturday. The Broncs
won the game 40-15.
as a head coach. Both the Keith
coached Championship Teams of
1982 and 1986 ironically
competed against Rawlins Outlaw
Teams at Outlaw Stadium. The
’82 game was played in a typical
Rawlins gale that limited Mark
Martini’s passing and led to a 4 th
quarter 50-yard scamper by
halfback Ted Gardner to seal the
14-7 win and a perfect 10-0
season. Linebacker Tom Weber
was an all-state performer along
with the dynamic duo of Martini
and Gardner The 1986 team was
back in Outlaw Stadium and beat
the Rawlins team 44-14, in the
aftermath of an early November
snow storm that had closed all of
the roads in and out of Rawlins.
This Bronc Squad went 9 & 1 and
was led by the one-two punch of
backs Jim Pehringer and Kevin
Dennis.
Going all the way back to
1953, the Broncs defeated Casper,
13-0, in a down pour in Casper.
This Bronc team, under Coach
Carl Rollins, went 9 & 0 and gave
up only 8 points on the season.
Along the way they beat Billings
33-0 and perennial 1A Montana
State Champion Glendive, 32-0.
This outstanding aggregation was
led by future Cowboy’s Star
Larry Zowada, four-year starter
Ed Wilkerson, the Christy Twins,
Gary and Gale, and the
McGlothlin Brothers, Everett and
Dick.
This year’s Bronc players and
coaches now join the legacy of a
winning tradition, and capturing
State Titles, that dates back to
1921. The 2009 group can
certainly take their place as one of
the most exciting and determined
teams in the modern era of Bronc
Football. Their mental and
physical toughness and
resourcefulness in rallying back
to win close games is stuff of
legendary proportions. I know I
speak for all of the loyal Bronc
Fans in saying congratulations
and thanks for all of the thrills
and high fives this Bronc Team
has given everyone over this very
memorable season!
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