One who fears failure, limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again. ~Henry Ford

Local Glenrock Band “The Mayflower Crash Site”

Wins Casper’s Battle of the Bands

by Gretchen Taylor

On Saturday, September 24th, Glenrock based, metal core band “The Mayflower Crash Site” competed in Battle of the Bands at Sunset Grill at Alcova. TMCS and five other Wyoming bands, Organized Despair, It’s In My Blood, Iron Asylum, Uncool Like You, and Hollywood High, all competed for the coveted win distinguishing them above the rest. Only The Mayflower Crash Site was able to rock the audi-ence with their talent and win! Bands were judged in areas such as crowd size and crowd par-ticipation. Both of which TMCS clearly had the win cinched with the sea of rockin’ fans, many who were wearing their TMCS

t-shirts. Winning Battle of the Bands guarantees TMCS several spots in future shows like, Ink Meets Metal, Metal Fest and the band’s most exciting opening gig for Dead and Divine on Hallow-een in Rapid City, SD. TMCS is a southern influenced metal core band that writes all their own original music and lyrics. There are five awesomely talented Glenrockian members: Jordan Taylor, Taylor Harper, Keith Fulton, Gage Faunce, and Sean Irvine. Most of the guys grew up learning and playing together sharing their passion for music. They formed TMCS a year ago not expecting the progress they have made toward becoming a recognized legitimate band. It just goes to show you, if you fol-

low your dreams, they will come true. Here’s the guys thoughts on win-ning this rockin’ battle:

“I was extremely happy and very proud because all of the hard work we put into our mu-sic finally paid off. Hopefully it doesn’t stop! I’m positive it was a huge morale boost for every-body.” Jordan Taylor, guitar

“As musicians, all we can ask for is new people to listen to our mu-sic and winning a competition with our original material felt great!.” Taylor Harper, vocals

“I was surprised we won. There was a lot of good competition.

It’s always a good experience playing with other bands. And yes, all of our songs are origi-nal.” Keith Fulton, guitar

“To all my neighbors: this is why we are so loud. For future reference, please stop calling the police. P.S. Take that to anybody who ever doubted me or the rest of us!” Gage Faunce, drums

“It was gratifying to see all of our hard work pay off.” Sean Irvine, bass guitar

The Glenrock Bird would like to extend a huge congratulations to TCMS and a special thanks to Wes Taylor for providing photos from the event.

Keith Fulton (guitar), Sean Irvine (bass), Gauge Faunce (drums), Taylor Harper (vocals), Jordan Taylor (guitar) perform on stage during Casper’s Battle of the Bands. Photo Wes Taylor.

Sunday, October 16, 2011Volume 5 Issue 7

Community NewsAn Evening of Jazz - Page 2GHS All Set For Performance - Page 2Update on Glenrock’s A-Square - Page 2Small World - Big Spirit - Page 3Pyatts Pieces - Page 3How ‘Bout Those Ravens and Vikings? - Page 3

Converse County and BeyondWyoming Hay Producers Take 1st - Page 4Memorial Hospital Top Notch - Page 4

News From The NestImproving Rural Healthcare - Page 5Barrasso on Obama’s 2nd Stimulus - Page 5

Cowboy Corner Cowboy Poetry - Page 6I’m Just Sayin - Page 6’Bunkhouse Recipes - Page 6and so much more in this issue of The Glenrock Bird!

Bird Business DirectoryArea Businesses - Page 7Bird Classifieds - Page 7

by Dustin Bleizeffer The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission launched a “special investigation” (early last week) to determine if workers were ex-posed to “yellowcake” after an incident at Uranium One USA Inc.’s Irigaray and Christensen Ranch in-situ uranium mine in northeast Wyoming.

Black boxes cover wellheads at the Christensen Ranch in-situ uranium mine near the Pumpkin Buttes in the southern Powder River Basin. (Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile - click to enlarge)

According to a NRC press re-lease, the incident occurred on Sunday, October 2nd. Two workers were in the vicinity of a “dryer” containing yellowcake — yellow uranium oxide pow-der — when they heard an alarm and the dryer automatically shut down.

The yellowcake dryer is located inside an enclosed building.

“It appears that a seal on the dry-er may have broken, causing the yellowcake powder to escape,” the NRC stated in the press re-lease. “Current information indi-cates there were no major safety

impacts or release to the envi-ronment as the dryer is housed inside a pressurized sealed room within a building.”

In an unrelated incident, Wyo-ming environmental regulators recently issued the same mine operator a notice of violation (NOV) related to a 10,000 gallon spill of brine in August.

Because of the incident on Sun-day, a NRC inspector traveled to the Wyoming uranium mine on Wednesday to determine whether workers were exposed to yellowcake, and to evaluate the operator’s corrective actions

already in the works.

NRC spokeswoman Lara Useld-ing told WyoFile that it appears the workers were wearing proper protective clothing to avoid ex-posure to the uranium material. To determine whether there was an exposure, air samples will be analyzed. Also, the workers un-derwent urinalysis testing.

“We got results back today, and uranium was non-detectable … So they had no intake of urani-um,” Donna Wichers, Uranium One senior vice president of in-situ operations, told WyoFile in a phone interview on Wednesday.

Both Uselding and Wichers said that radiation from yellowcake is low enough to be a secondary human health concern compared to ingesting the uranium ore. “Because it’s a heavy metal,” said Wichers. “It would be just like if you ingested lead or any other heavy metal.”

Wichers described the entire in-cident as a “non-event,” and said the NRC inspector was sched-uled to visit the mine anyway. She said once the NRC decided to launch a special investigation, part of the agency’s protocol is to issue a press release, “Which we tried to talk them out of,” Wich-ers said.

The NRC will issue a public re-port of the investigation within 45 days.

The Irigarary and Christensen Ranch in-situ uranium facilities ceased production in 2000 while reclamation activities contin-ued for several years. The mine

changed ownership, and after several years of state and federal permitting, the mine resumed production in January.

On September 19, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality issued a notice of viola-tion (NOV) to Uranium One re-lated to an August spill at the Iri-garay plant in Johnson County of up to 10,000 gallons of sodium chloride brine, which is used to strip uranium-bearing ore from the production solution. The brine entered a dry ephemeral stream adjacent to the facility.

According to the NOV, Uranium One failed to meet DEQ’s timely reporting requirements related to a spill. Wichers said there was a misunderstanding about whether an email notification qualified as written notification. She said DEQ did not require any reme-diation of the area effected by the spill.

Spill At Wyoming Uranium Mine Triggers NRC ‘Special Investigation’

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Registra-tion!

Kindergarten Registration will be held March 30, 2010 at 6:00-7:00 p.m. at Grant. All 4 and 5 year-olds, whose birthday falls on or before September 15th are invited to attend. Registration consists of (1) an informational Parent Orientation, (2) Completing and/or turning in re-quired paperwork, and (3) The child’s visit to the class-rooms. Parents need to bring current immunization re-cords and an official and original birth certificate. All documents will be returned at the end of the evening. This is a wonderful introduction for your child and we look forward to meeting you and showing you around our exciting classroom!

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A-Square Project

Completion Date

Extended

During a recent Town Coun-cil meeting, a resolution was passed extending the A-Square project construction service completion date to December 1, 2011.

The Town is installing a turbine on the A-Square facility premis-es, and the Glenrock based busi-ness WyoWind, the provider of the turbine, experienced com-plications in getting the turbine shipped from the manufacturer.

The shipping delay is expected to be resolved shortly, with tur-bine installation completed by December 1.

A-Square is a manufacturing facility in Glenrock that makes the brand A-Sqaure rifles used primarily in big game hunting.

An Evening of JazzThe GMS Music Department will present its annual Fall “Eve-ning of Jazz” concert on Thurs-day October 20 at 7:00 pm in the GIMS cafeteria. They will be serving desserts, coffee, and punch. Price of admission is $5.00 for adults and 43.00 for

students, and $12 for the whole family.

Featured during the concert will be GHS Jazz Band, the GMS Jazz band and teh GHS “New Attitude” Choir.

Please come out and join every-one for a nice evening of food, fun, and fantastic music

Get ready for the most exciting musical production to hit the Glenrock Auditorium Stage in years! Elliott B. Baker’s music and lyrics, in his play as adapted from the book Dr. Doolittle by Hugh Lofting, are captivating, exciting, and just downright fun.

The production showcases the incredible talent of 14 high school students, cast in 29 roles, and relies upon the back-up of 5 more dedicated students who provide the technical support which makes a show—well, a show.

You will be sure to have the songs from this production run-ning through your mind long after the curtain closes. There are a total of forty tremendous musical numbers, and Paula Flynn will be providing the live accompaniment for our troupe of accomplished Thespians. The choreography was designed pri-marily by Senior Caitlyn Kum-pula, and the entire cast worked hard to master the moves which go with each song.

The wardrobe is one of the most lavish to date, creating fanciful creatures who are a combination of Dolittle’s animal friends and a bevy of feather- and sequin-bedecked show people strutting the stage.

Director Ada Jane Pauline rec-ommends, as always, that you

make it a point NOT to miss this unbelievable, enjoyable, and de-lightful home-town production.

See you on October 18th and 19th in the Glenrock Middle

School Auditorium on 4th street. Curtain at 7.

Doctor Dolittle is Coming to Town!!

Caitlyn Kumpula will play Polyne-sia the Parrot.Photo courtesy Barb Kumpula

Showing just a smidgen of the many characters that will take stage this week for the long awaited GHS production of Dr. Doolittle.

Steven Flynn will play the lead as Dr. Doolittle. Photo courtesy Barb Kumpula

Aimee Potter plays three roles as Mrs. Mumford, a Swallow, and a Cannibal Guard.Photo courtesy Barb Kumpula

Nathan Hansen plays three roles as King of Cannibal, Mister Blos-som, and the Sea CaptainPhoto courtesy Barb Kumpula

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Pyatt’s Pieces - a bi weekly column by Mike Pyatt

Looking Presidential

by Local Glenrockian Mike Pyatt

A-Square Project

Completion Date

Extended

In the midst of the seemingly endless Republican debates, we hear the news anchors and analysts often say of the supposed front-runners, “He or she is looking very Presi-dential!” And, what does that mean? Is it the manner of the candidates speech? Or is it the confidence they exude as they smile with their coif-fured look? It can be broadly translated perhaps to include the style of clothing, their de-meanor, or whether they are considered “good looking” by the media that filters the facts for us political dolts.

My readers may recall the re-cent flap regarding New Jer-sey Governor Chris Christie’s inordinate girth, as some po-litical observers questioned the Gov’s appeal to voters if he entered the fray to capture the White House. Are we that shallow? To cast some moral estimate of a political figures’ ability or political acumen based solely on his or her body size is more than indecorous.

It approximates hypocrisy. In a nation with a population of over 63 % of the adult popu-lation either overweight or obese, according to a 2009 Gallop-Healthways Well Be-ing Index Survey, judging Governor Christie would be

like “the pot calling the kettle black.” Rather than ask the candidates policy questions, we could merely ask them their BMI(body mass index) before we vote in the next “straw poll” or caucus next year.

Poor ole William H. Taft, our much under appreciated 27th President from Ohio, would have been terrorized by the late-night satirical hosts for his less than svelte, rotund 335 pound frame that would for sure be derided today in our American Idol mentality of measuring our leaders. Not only was “Big Bill”, as he was called by his friends, our most portly President, to make mat-ters worse, he reportedly once got stuck in his claw-foot bath-tub, and it took at least 4 male attendants to extricate him from his precarious position. He soon had a new 7 foot long, 41 inch wide tub installed to accommodate his over-sized stature.

He was undaunted by his size and apparently felt no embar-rassment regarding his king-sized girth. It was reported that he was “rather light on his feet” as a dancer, played tennis regularly and was an average golfer.

After serving as President he was appointed to the Supreme Court, and was the only Presi-dent to do so. Although he struggled with weight most of his life, he lived to be 72 years old, and passed away on March 8, 1930. He was the first President to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. And, he was the only Presi-dent to bring his own cow to the White House to satisfy his

unquenchable thirst for milk.

Under our current media domi-nated metrics many of our for-mer Presidents would not pass muster. It has been a while since we elected anyone as bald as President Eisenhower. And would we be inclined to vote for a man in a wheelchair again?(In spite of the ADA). In 2008 our country elected the first black President. Historic? Absolutely.

It was his “silver tongued” ora-tory and promised “hope and change” that swayed a major-ity of voters. Some news an-chors reported having “chills run up their legs” when then candidate Obama spoke on the campaign trail. One female dominated talk show dubbed him as the “sexiest man alive.” Would bespectacled 5’ 8” 200 pound, and mustached Teddy Roosevelt made the list?

Can you imagine if a tubby, short bald, cigar smoking fel-low like Winston Churchill was a US citizen and decided to run for the highest office in our land? And what if he picked as his running mate a funny looking, lanky lawyer, rail-splitter from Illinois, with an awkward looking visage, sporting a beard without a mustache, and wearing a stove pipe hat. How would they fare today? Fat chance!

What do you think?

Send comments to:Pieces@theglenrockbird.com

Those Midgets just keep on keepin’ on!

Joe Taylor carries the ball during a winning game against the Dolphins bringing the score to 42-6. Games were played on Oct 10th with the Vikings coming away with another win making them 6-0 at that time, beating the buccaneers 36-0. As of October 14th the Vikings stand at 7-0

The Glenrock Ravens are also showing one heckuva winning streak, winning against the Jets 54-6 on Monday October 10 making them 5-1 at that time. As of October 14th the Ravens stand at 6-2.

Photo courtesy Karie Moulton

Glenrock Midget Football Players “Big” on WinningEXTRA! EXTRA!! READ ALL ABOUT IT!

Catching the Spirit of a

Small Worldby Amanda Smith

Even since Tisha Smith, Director and owner of Glenrock’s Small World Pre-school, opened her doors she has been making a dif-ference in the lives of Glenrock’s tiniest residents, those who hold the name of “pre-schooler.”

Earlier this month proved no dif-ferent as Tisha and her sidekick, Assistant Kim Bloem took the Spirit felt during Glenrock’s High School Spirit Week and brought it to Small World Pre-School.

Parents were encouraged to help dress their children up in purple, the GHS Herder colors, and get a little crazy with it... and they did

“Kim and I decided that if the High Schoolers get to dress up

during Spirit week, then the lit-tle ones should be able to also, what fun is it if your big sister or brother is dressing up during Spirit Week if you can’t” stated Smith.

Proving to be a great idea and one which the little ones clearly appreciated, Smith and Bloem didn’t miss out on their own creativity as the duo dressed up in Herder Football Jerseys and donned purple hats, purple

stockings and headbands.

Did these little fledgling Herd-ers feel the spirit in their purple attire, spray painted mohawks, purple jewelry and make-up?

Yes, I think they did... as depict-ed in the photo above... I think they REALLY did! Lookin’ great guys and gals!

Photo Amanda Smith

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Wyoming’s women juggle nu-merous roles including wife, mother, professional, fam-ily caregiver, athlete, volunteer, rancher, philanthropist and more. So adding political leadership and engagement may seem im-possible at times, as reflected by Wyoming’s small representation of women in the legislature. The Wyoming Women’s Legislative Caucus and Wyoming Women’s Foundation are hosting three events this winter that will help women take on community lead-ership roles while juggling their other responsibilities.

On February 7 in Cody and February 9 in Laramie, half day Leap into Leadership workshops will give area women the tools they need to run for office, in-cluding information about local boards and elected positions, and ways to become more active in local leadership. Last year’s successful workshops in Gillette and Evanston attracted close to 100 women; nearly half said they were contemplating a run for political office afterwards.

On March 1 & 2, 2012, women are invited to Cheyenne to par-ticipate in Leap into Leader-ship, a networking conference with speakers, workshops and a visit to the Capitol. Keynote speaker Lisa Belkin has written a monthly column and blog for the New York Times as well as several books on issues of bal-ancing work and life. Ms. Belkin will address how women can be

effective community leaders and keep their other commitments in balance.

Representative Rosie Berger, statewide spokesperson for Leap into Leadership and Chair of the House Appropriations Commit-tee, cites the scarcity of women in elected positions at all levels in Wyoming as the nexus for this event, which will raise women’s voices to add their perspective to the public dialog statewide. “As one of thirteen women in the Wyoming Legislature, it’s my responsibility to share my lead-ership experience and encourage others to participate in local and state politics,” says Berger.

Event details will be available in December 2011. Please contact Melissa Turley, info@wyowlc.org, or Sarah Mikesell Growney, sarah@wywf.org for more infor-mation. These events are hosted in partnership with The Equi-poise Fund, The White House Project, and the Wyoming Com-munity Foundation.

Founded in 2006, the bipartisan Wyoming Women’s Legislative Caucus is a project of The Equi-poise Fund. For more informa-tion, please visit www.wyowlc.org. The Wyoming Women’s Foundation invests in the eco-nomic self- sufficiency of wom-en and the future of girls. For more information, please visit www.wywf.org.

Wyoming Women’s Organizations To Host

Three Leadership Events

National Rural Health Association

TOP 100 HospitalThe National Rural Health Association has confirmed

what people from Converse County have known for a long

time.

MHCC is a Great Hospital, in MHCC is a Great Hospital, in fact, it’s listed as one of the

Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the United States.

MHCC is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

111 South 5th Street - Douglas, WY

www.conversehospital.com

For the seventh year in a row, Wyoming producers have won or placed extremely high in the World’s Forage Analysis Super-bowl at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis.

The World's Forage Analysis Su-perbowl provides growers from across the United States and Canada an opportunity to vie for forage awards by entering their high quality samples in a dairy or commercial division.

Five Wyoming producers com-peted in the Commercial Hay Division against 28 other pro-ducers from around the U.S.; and five producers from Wyo-ming competed in a new Grass/Hay Division against 38 others.

The World’s Forage Grand Champion award went to Kelli

Hinman, of Wheatland, Wyo. Hinman’s sample won against 398 total entries at the Super-bowl. As grand champion, Hin-man won a $2,500 cash award sponsored by NutriSave Forage Management System.

Bethany Bappe of Riverton, Wyo., was named Grand Cham-pion First Time Entrant winning a $1,500 award sponsored by KUHN. Gerry Danko of Pow-ell, Wyo., took the new Grass/Hay category for $1,500 and was third place in the Commercial Hay Division; David Hinman of Hardrock Farms in Wheatland, Wyo., won the Commercial Hay award for $1,500; and Mark Bappe of Riverton, Wyo., came in fifth in the Commercial Hay Division.

Wyoming’s entries to the Super-

Wyoming Hay Producers Sweep Forage Superbowl ...Again!

Dallen Smith, Big Horn County Ag Extension agent and Donn Randall, Crop and Forage Program manager at the Wyoming Business Council, display the four champion awards for Wyoming producers at the World Dairy Expo Forage Super Bowl.

bowl were selected by having the top relative feed value at the Wyoming State Fair Hay Show. The winners of this class had en-try fees and any necessary ship-ping required to send samples to the Superbowl paid for by the Wyoming Business Council’s Agribusiness Division.

Donn Randall, Crop and Forage Program manager in the Busi-ness Council’s Agribusiness Division, said seven different China delegations stopped at the Business Council trade show hay tent this year and were ag-gressively trying to establish export trade opportunities with Wyoming hay producers.

“Once again, Wyoming hay pro-ducers have shown the forage in-dustry that our hay is top notch. Year after year, Wyoming’s pro-ducers get the highest awards for their product at the Superbowl. Wyoming has certainly earned a reputation as a premium hay producing state,” said Randall.

For questions regarding Wyo-ming’s crop and forage pro-gram, please contact Randall at donn.randall@wyo.gov or 307.777.6578.

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Barrasso and Roberts Introduce Bill to Improve Rural Health Care

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), co-chairman of the Senate Rural Health Care Caucus, and U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today said their legislation to improve rural health care will strengthen the rural health de-livery system and provide relief to hospitals and other providers serving rural Americans. Sen. Roberts, Sen. Barrasso, Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) introduced this week the Craig Thomas Rural Hospital and Pro-vider Equity Act (R-HoPE) to honor the service of the late Sen. Craig Thomas (R-Wyo.). "The R-HoPE Act recognizes that rural health care providers have very different needs than their urban counterparts and that health care is not one size fits all," Roberts said. “In Wyoming, we understand the challenges rural providers must overcome in delivering quality care to families in remote areas with limited resources,” said Barrasso. “Washington must re-member that when it comes to Medicare, a one-size payment system does not fit all. Our leg-islation helps rural providers by changing unfair Medicare pay-ment policies. We honor Craig Thomas’ legacy by continuing his fight to ensure that rural pa-tients have access to medical care as close to home as pos-sible.” The bill makes changes to Medi-care regulations for rural hospi-tals and providers, recognizing the difficulty in achieving the same economies of scale as large urban facilities. It also equal-izes Medicares disproportionate share of hospital payments to bring rural hospitals in line with urban facilities and provides

additional assistance for small, rural hospitals that have a low-volume of patients. Often, these hospitals have trouble making ends meet under the Medicare payment system. The legislation provides a Capi-tal Infrastructure Loan Program to make loans available to help rural facilities improve crum-bling buildings and infrastruc-ture. In addition, rural providers can apply to receive planning grants to help assess capital and infrastructure needs. The bill extends to January 1, 2013 two incentive programs aimed at improving the quality of care by attracting health care providers to Health Professional Shortage Areas. The first is the Medicare Incentive Payment Program, which provides 10 percent bonus payments to phy-sicians practicing in shortage ar-eas. The second is the Physician Fee Schedule Work Geographic Adjustment, which brings rural doctors= Medicare fee schedules for wages more in line with those of urban doctors. Recognizing that other provid-ers play a great role in the rural health delivery system the bill in-creases the payment cap for Ru-ral Health Clinics to keep them in line with Community Health Centers, provides a five percent add-on payment for rural home health services and provides a five percent add-on payment for ground ambulance services in rural areas. The bill improves planning for home health patients. Under ex-isting Medicare policy, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists are not allowed to directly prescribe home health services. These re-strictions limit these provider groups’ ability to offer needed

services to patients, especially those living in rural and fron-tier areas. The bill also removes those restrictions for physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists who have no financial relation-ship with a home health agency and are legally authorized to per-form the services. Currently, the Medicare program only permits psychiatrists, psy-chologists, social workers, and clinical nurse specialists to bill Medicare for mental health ser-vices provided to seniors. How-ever, most rural counties do not have a psychiatrist or a psychol-ogist. Marriage and family thera-pists and licensed professional counselors are much more likely to practice in a rural setting and are often the only mental health professionals available. "One of the provisions in our bill that Senator Thomas particularly championed is a provision to al-low marriage and family thera-pists and licensed professional counselors to bill Medicare for their services and be paid the rate of social workers," Roberts said. “This would level the play-ing field and bring them up to par with their mental health counter-parts.” Finally, this bill uses technology to improve home health services and quality for care by creating a pilot program providing incen-tives for home health agencies to purchase and utilize home monitoring and communications technologies and to facilitate telehealth services across state lines. "I am proud and honored to in-troduce this bill on behalf of Sen-ator Thomas," Roberts said. "We all miss him greatly as a personal friend, confidant and colleague.”

Enzi accepting applications to fill Spring 2012 Page Position

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sena-tor Mike Enzi is encouraging Wyoming juniors in high school to apply to be a Senate Page for the spring session in Washing-ton, DC. The deadline for spring applica-tions is November 30. “The page program allows stu-dents to have a front row seat during debates in the U.S. Sen-ate,” Enzi said. “The program will provide experiences that participants will carry with them forever.” Page duties consist primarily of delivering correspondence and legislative material at the Capi-

tol. Other duties include pre-paring the Senate chamber for sessions and carrying bills and amendments to the appropriate people on the Senate floor. Pages attend classes at the Sen-ate Page School until 9:45 a.m. and then work until 4:00 p.m. or until the Senate adjourns for the day. The Senate Page School provides the necessary requisites for a junior year course of study as well as the opportunity for a Field Studies Program which provides additional educational and cultural opportunities. Fall Page eligibility is limited to juniors in high school who will be 16 or 17 years old on or be-

fore the date of appointment. Ap-plicants must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0. Pages live in Webster Hall locat-ed near the Capitol and receive a stipend to cover the cost of the residence and breakfast and din-ner each day. The spring session runs from Jan. 30 – June 8, 2012. Applica-tions and additional information can be found by going to www.senate.enzi.gov. Further ques-tions can be directed to Dianne Kirkbride in Senator Enzi’s Cheyenne office at 307-772-2477 or Dianne_Kirkbride@enzi.senate.gov.

Barrasso Introduces “Indian Tribal Energy Development

And Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2011”

Bill Cuts Red Tape, Helps Create Jobs in Indian CountryWASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) introduced the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amend-ments of 2011. The bill will give Indian tribes more tools to devel-op their energy resources and to remove unnecessary barriers to economic development. “Across the country, millions of Americans are out of work. Un-employment is even higher in Indian Country – much of which has suffered for decades with joblessness and lack of econom-ic development,” said Barrasso. “For years, Indian tribes have expressed concerns about Fed-eral laws and regulations regard-ing energy development. Tribes that want to create jobs in their communities often face delays and uncertainty because of poli-cies coming out of Washington. “My bill will help break down barriers to energy development

in Indian Country. It will spur economic development, provide Indian people with an opportu-nity to make a good living, and give the tribes greater control over the management and de-velopment of their own trust re-sources.” Background The Energy Policy Act of 2005 included an Indian Energy ti-tle—Title V. Title V was enacted to deal with the delays and un-certainties that are inherent in the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ energy leasing process. This bill provid-ed Indian tribes with an alterna-tive way to develop their energy resources. More than 6 years after the en-actment of this legislation, it ap-pears that no tribe has yet availed itself of the new energy develop-ment process. The Barrasso bill includes a number of amendments to the

process established in 2005. His amendments will cut red tape and make it easier for the Indian tribes to develop their own re-sources. The bill addresses other aspects of Indian tribal energy develop-ment, including a “biomass dem-onstration project” for biomass energy production from Indian forest lands, rangelands and oth-er Federal lands in accordance with program requirements de-veloped by the Secretaries of In-terior and Agriculture after con-sultation with Indian tribes. This amendment would facilitate the development of tribal biomass projects by providing them with more reliable and potentially long-term supplies of woody biomass materials.

National Rural Health Association

TOP 100 HospitalThe National Rural Health Association has confirmed

what people from Converse County have known for a long

time.

MHCC is a Great Hospital, in MHCC is a Great Hospital, in fact, it’s listed as one of the

Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the United States.

MHCC is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

111 South 5th Street - Douglas, WY

www.conversehospital.com

“The President sent us a bill that he knew would never be re-turned to his desk.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday October 11th, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement after the President’s second stim-ulus bill failed to move forward: “Today’s vote was a clear rebuke of this Administration’s failed economic policies. The Presi-dent sent us a bill that he knew would never be returned to his desk. Instead of working with us

on a new, responsible approach to job creation, he pushed for a wasteful spending plan that’s paid for by taxing America’s job creators. “Senators from both sides of the aisle have repeatedly made it clear that more stimulus spend-ing and massive tax increases won’t create jobs or solve Amer-ica’s economic crisis. It’s time for the White House to get the message. We need to work to-gether on legislation that will help the private sector create jobs without further breaking

Washington’s bank. “Republicans have good ideas. The Senate Western Caucus Jobs Frontier report includes forty bills that will create over three million jobs at virtually no cost to the tax payer. We should act on this legislation now.”

Barrasso Statement on President’s Second Stimulus

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A “Pinch” of Open Range Magazine’s Bunkhouse Recipes

I’m Just Sayin’A Bi-Weekly Opinion Column by Acclaimed Author Susan R. Stoltz

I’m Just Sayin.... Columnist - Susan R. StoltzTHE NIGHT HAWK

Susan is owner/editor of Women Out West Magazine, featured speaker at writers conferences nationwide including Women Writing the West, Ozark Creative Writers and Writing the Rockies. As a freelance writer Susan hasbeen featured in Open Range Magazine, Cactus Creek Daily and on the website of the National Association of Baby Boomers. Photo © Amanda Smith

Pot, This is KettleAnother Columbus Day passed us by and it seems my Facebook wall was inundated with a cartoon caricature of Christopher Colum-bus standing in his tights with a large hat and a sword. Next to the photo it said: “Let’s celebrate Columbus Day by walking into some-one’s house and telling them we live there now.” What I find curious is that, without a fault, this was sent by my liberal friends, not one of my conservative cronies posted it to their wall. I find it curious, and more than a little bit hypocritical, that these very same people think it’s OK for illegals to come marching across our borders, take what is ours, avail themselves of our education, welfare, healthcare, jobs, and country. I hear them cry out that they deserve to be here, that they want a better life, that they have the right to what is ours. Isn’t that what those that were religiously oppressed said when they landed on Plymouth Rock? But the difference was those pilgrims had to WORK for what they got. They didn’t land here expecting a welcoming committee that would feed them, care for them and educate them! If you feel so strongly that America was occupied by Christopher Columbus and the early settlers that were, by the way, your ances-tors, then get up and go back to where they came from. It’s time for the pot to quit calling the kettle black. Just sayin……

TJ Casey is a singer/songwriter, storyteller,

composer and entertain-er. He was raised up on ranches in Wyoming and Montana and now teach-es the "Code of the West" and poetry to students all

across America. Check him out at: www.tjcasey.net.

The Outhouse Ordeal

I remember one day, a privy I’d built;

‘twas somewhat lopsided…it had quite a tilt.

It was two trees togetherwith a log for a seat,

and when it was finished,why, it looked pretty neat.

I knew without doubta purpose it’d serve,if you had to go bad

and had lots of nerve.

As the days went byit served us quite well,

then one day, no warning,it went all to hell.

As I sat on the logwith my britches pulled down,the whole thing turned loose

and I fell to the ground!

The nails I’d used

weren’t quite long enough,and I fell right on in

to that bad smellin’ stuff!

An embarrassing thingthis turned out to be.

Why, who’d of ever thoughtit would have happened to me?

As I tried getting outthings just got worse,so I hollered for help,

and the boys brought a horse.

Jake flipped me a loopdallied and tugged;I finally came out,

all embarrassed and smug.

The boys were all laughing,and them I don’t blame;

with my pants to my knees,why, I must have looked lame.

So a lesson I learned,and I learned without fail,

next time I’d use a long enough nail!

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2 pounds of ham hock

2 onions chopped

4 tablespoons sugar

2 green chilies

1 can of tomato paste

Wash the beans and soak them overnight.

After you drain them, place the beans in a Dutch oven and cover with water.

Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer until the beans are nice and tender.

Sonofabitch StewThis was a favorite beef stew dish among cowboys of the America West.

It was also known as rascal stew or by the name of some un-popular figure of the time. For example, some cowboys called it Cleveland Stew in (dis)honor of President Grover Cleveland displacing cowboys from the Cherokee Strip.

If you’re not into eating animal organs, pass this one up. How-ever, if you want to put some hair on your chest, belly up to the table and pound this meal down.

2 pounds of lean beef

Half a calf heart

1 ½ pounds of calf liver

1 set sweetbreads (that’s the thy-mus gland for you city slickers)

1 set of brains

1 set of marrow gut

Salt, pepper to taste

Louisiana hot sauce

Cut the beef, liver, and heart into one inch cubes.

Slice the marrow gut into rings.

Place these ingredients into the Dutch oven and cover with wa-ter.

Let it simmer for 2 to 3 hours.

Add salt, pepper, and hot sauce.

Chop sweetbreads and brains into small pieces and add to stew.

Simmer another hour.

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