Volume 6 Issue 2 Sunday, July 15, 2012

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DAVID ESPO,AP Special Cor-respondent

WASHINGTON (AP) — Press-ing an election-year point, Republicans pushed yet an-other bill through the House on Wednesday to repeal the nation's two-year-old health care law, a maneuver that forced Democrats to choose between President Barack Obama's signature do-mestic achievement and a public that is persistently skeptical of its value.

The vote was 244-185, with five Democratic defectors siding with Republicans.

By Republican count, the vote marked the 33rd time in 18 months that the tea party-infused GOP majority has tried to elimi-nate, defund or otherwise scale back the program — opponents scornfully call it "Obamacare" — since the GOP took control of the House.

Repeal this year by Congress is doomed, since the Democratic-controlled Senate will never agree.

But Illinois Rep. Peter Roskam said before joining other Repub-licans in Wednesday's House vote: "Here's the good news. The voters get the last word in November. Stay tuned."

Nor was the vote in the House the only act of political theater during the day as campaign con-cerns increasingly crowded out bipartisan attempts at law-mak-ing in the Capitol.

One day after a campaign-ing Obama called on Congress to pass his proposal to extend tax cuts on all but the highest wage earners, Senate Repub-lican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky offered to allow an immediate vote. "I can't see why Democrats wouldn't want to give him the chance" to sign the bill, he said.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., countered by blocking an immediate vote. "We'll get to the tax issues. That way we'll be able to talk in more detail about Governor Romney's taxes," he said in a reference to Democratic campaign attacks on the GOP presidential candidate's overseas investment, the rela-tively low rate of income tax he is required to pay and his refusal thus far to release personal tax returns dating before 2010.

The health care debate roiled the campaign for the White House as well as Congress.

Republican presidential candi-date Mitt Romney drew boos from his largely black audience at the NAACP convention when he vowed to wipe out Obama's overhaul.

In the House, Republicans as-sailed the law as a job-killing threat to the economic recovery, but Democrats said repeal would eliminate consumer protections that already have affected mil-lions.

"The intent of the president's health care law was to lower costs and to help create jobs. ... Instead, it is making our econ-omy worse, driving up costs and making it harder for small businesses to hire," said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. He cited a study by a business group that estimated that one of the bill's taxes would cost up to 249,000 jobs, and a different estimate that a second tax would "put as many as 47,100 in jeop-ardy."

But House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said repeal would take away provisions that guar-antee coverage for children with pre-existing medical conditions, reduce prescription drug costs for some seniors, provide for protective checks for patients of all ages and ensure rebates to-taling more than $1 billion this summer for policy holders.

"What a Valentine to the health insurance industry," Pelosi said scornfully of the repeal measure. The party leader was a driving force behind the overhaul when she was speaker and Democrats held a majority.

At its core, the law will require nearly all Americans to purchase insurance beginning in 2014, a so-called individual mandate that Republicans seized on to make their case that the program amounted to a government take-over of health care. The law's constitutionality was upheld two weeks ago in a 5-4 Supreme Court opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts.

There was never any doubt that Republicans had the votes to pass the repeal in the House on Wednesday — or that it would die in the Senate, where Dem-ocrats possessed more than enough strength to block it.

That's what happened in January 2011, when the newly installed Republican majority first voted to repeal the law a few days after taking office.

In the months since, the GOP has taken repeated further swipes at the law, including votes to deny salaries to any government of-ficials who enforce it, to abolish a board of officials charged with holding down Medicare costs in the future and to repeal a tax on medical devices.

With the exception of a few rela-tively modest changes accepted by the White House, all the rest have died in the Senate.

Some Democrats sought some-thing of a middle ground.

Rep. Ron Barber, D-Ariz., elect-ed to his seat a few weeks ago, said the GOP-inspired repeal legislation was a charade and showed the House "cares more about political grandstanding than in getting things done." At the same time, he said, "We must work to improve the legislation," a bow

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The nation's least populated state will be well-represented at the London Olympics.

Wyoming accounts for two of the 530 Olympians the United States is sending to games. Time magazine (http://ti.me/NhuUyx ) reports that's more Olympians per capita than any other state.

Rower Brett Newlin and archer Jennifer Nichols will be rep-resenting the Cowboy State. According to 2011 Census es-timates, Wyoming is home to 568,158 people..

Wyo.Sending Most

Olympians Per Capita

(AP) — Wyoming ranchers have been selling off cattle early be-cause there's not enough grass for them to graze on because of the drought.

KKTY Ag Report stated that the Torrington Livestock market sold more than 17,000 head of cattle in June, nearly ten times as many as normal. More ranchers are also delivering animals they've sold this month, rather than wait until August or September.

Others are trying to move their cattle to pastures in other states but that's an expensive option.

One of the Torrington market's owners, Michael Schmitt, said he expects higher cattle sales to continue, reducing the number of cattle in the state by up to a third.

The sell-off started as Wyoming ranchers were still trying to re-cover from the drought that last-ed from 2002 through 2009. The number of cattle in Wyoming in 2011 was only 60 percent of what it had been at the beginning of the last drought, Schmitt said.

"There are a lot of guys who just won't continue to raise cattle," Schmitt said.

In western Wyoming, ranchers with cattle on Bureau of Land Management property are wor-ried they may have to move their animals earlier than normal and many don't have anywhere else to graze, said Jim Magagna, vice president of the Wyoming Stock Grower's Association.

He said some ranchers are al-ready buying hay in South Da-kota before the expected price increase.

Schmitt said Wyoming's hay crop could be as little as one-quarter of the normal yield.

Drought Forces Wyo. Ranchers to Sell Cattle

Slap To Obama: Gop House Votes To Kill

Health LawFires, Hail Storms, Burning Bridges in

Glenrock-Converse County

Last week a surprise hail storm hit Rolling Hills, sending cur-rents of racing water through the rural side of the Town. Glenrock citizens Amber and Greg Fulton witnessed the bizarre occurrence stating the water was literally cut-ting wide pathways through the rural streets and pasture lands of Rolling Hills. (Hail Photo Amber Fulton.) Rolling Hills resident Keith Eitel said that hail was piled up as high as 6 feet in some areas of Rolling Hills also stating “I’ve never seen anything like this around here before.”

On July 6th, at approximately 4:30 a.m. residents off Coal

Shadow road called in a report that Coal Shadow Bridge, outside of Glenrock off the Old Hwy was on fire. The bridge, untilized by residents in nearby houses, was a complete loss by the time fire crews arrived on the scene. Con-verse County Under Sheriff Joel Weeks stated that the cause of the fire is still under investigation but that with the complete loss of the bridge, they have very little to go on. Fireworks were found at the scene of the fire, though it has not been determined if that was the actual cause. “We cannnot ex-clude fireworks, but we suspect that was the cause.” stated Weeks. The Undersheriff also asked that

anyone having any information as to the cause of the fire that de-stroyed Coal Shadow Bridge, to please contact the Sheriff’s dept at 358-4700. (photo bottom right Natrona County FD)

Two fires broke out on the Old Hwy on Wed July 11th, one in Converse County and one ad-jacent to that fire, in Natrona County. Crews from Natrona, Rolling Hills and Glenrock Fire Department battled the flames and had the fast moving wildfire contained within an hour. (photo top left Mary Kay Kindt)

by Amanda Smith (TBC)

Joel Weeks retired from the Army in 2002 as a Sergeant First Class and moved to Wyoming in 2004, where in October of that same year he was hired on as a deputy for the Converse County Sheriff’s Dept. Weeks became a Sergeant under the command of current Sheriff Clint Becker in 2007 and as of July 1st of this year was ap-pointed Undersheriff by Becker. Weeks replaces Undersheriff Don Schoenleber who maintained his position since 2007 until his re-

tirement on July 1. “Don did a phenomenal job getting every-thing ready for me, he made the transition smoooth so that I could carry on the responsibilities of my new position.” stated Weeks. “Don served the communities of Converse well and though we are happy for him in his retirement, he will be missed.”

Weeks states that people will still see him out in the communities, continuing to perform all the du-ties that a deputy does. “I’m excit-ed, I’m in a better position to serve

Clint” who, Weeks emphasized, believes in treating people as well as you can treat them while still doing his job. Weeks is married to his wife of 27 years Michelle Weeks, and they have two chil-dren Shelby Weeks, their daughter who is attending college to study nursing, and their son Ryan Weeks who is a Security Policeman in the Airforce. When asked what the new Undersheriff’s main re-sponsibilities in his new position would be he simply stated “The people, the budget, and whatever Clint tells me to do.”

There’s a New Undersheriff in Town

Former Sergeant Joel Weeks is Converse County’s New Undersheriff.

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Community Message Board

The Town of Rolling Hills - Where the deer and Antelope really do play! If you haven’t done so already, check out the Town of Rolling Hills great website. Chock full of information so be sure and check it out: www.rollinghillswy.org

Glenrock Library News

Meetings in Glenrock Where: The Senior Center East Door

(thrift store entrance.)When: Monday nights from 7pm - 8pm

American Legion Jessie Martin Post # 9 American Legion Jessie Martin Post # 9 is a non-profit organization in Glenrock. They can be reached at #307-436-4908 or m1f1w111@yahoo.com

American Red Cross American Red Cross has a local office located in Casper WY. They are located at 318 West “B” Street and can be reached at #307-237-8436, Fax#307-265-0324, or emailed to wilkinsonh@usa.redcross.org. Their web page is www.wyomingredcross.org. Like them on Facebook.

Community Baptist Church, 301 S 2nd St, Glenrock,Regular Information: Worship service 10:30 AM Sundays, nurs-ery provided. Sunday School 9:00 AM. Every month: open com-munion first Sunday, potluck last Sunday at noon. Info: 436-9091.

Church of Christ, acappella, 420 S 2nd St - worship service com-munion 10:00, sermon 10:15 Sundays; Bible study Wed, 6 PM. Assembly of God, 201 N 3rd St - 10:00 Sundays. Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 939 W Birch St -Regular Info: worship service with communion 8:30 AM Sun-days, children's Sunday School after service; Bible study Mon 7 PM, 10 AM Wed. Church of the Resurrection, 506 W Birch St - worship service 8:30 AM Sundays. St. Louis Catholic Church, 601 S 5th St:Regular Information: Mass Sat 5:30 PM, Sunday 9 AM and 7 PM. For more information, call 436-9529 Glenrock Baptist Church, a Bible-believing New Testament Church, 125 N 7th St - Sunday Bible study 9:45 AM, Sunday morning service 11 AM, Sunday potluck 12:30 PM, Sunday after-noon service 2 PM, Wed evening service 7 PM. Les Potter, 315-3218. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 219 Lookout Dr, 436-2217. Sacrament meeting, Sunday, 9:00 AM. Visitors welcome. Sunday School, 10:10. Glenrock First Southern Baptist Chapel, 485 E Birch St, 251-6688. Sunday services 10:45 AM and 6:00 PM; Sunday School 9:30 AM; youth at Boys and Girls Club 5:30 PM. Tuesday Men's Bible Study at Rec Center 6:30 PM. Wed service 7:00 PM.

Christ Episcopal Church, 415 W Cedar St, 436-8804; Sum-mer schedule: Sunday worship service with communion, 10:45; NO Bible study or Sunday School.

by Tammy Taylor (TBC)

From Totes of Hope to the Glenrock Senior Center, the Knotty Pine is on a roll with fundraising activities.

Tammy Jueneman, owner of Glenrock’s Knotty Pine, has teamed up with My Country 95.5 and RAMS of Glenrock, for Glenrock’s Hot Summer Nights to raise funds for local groups and organizations. In-cluded at each of the functions are a live auction of donated items, a $250 grand prize and a 50/50 raffle as well as drink specials.

The first of three Glenrock’s Hot Summer Nights was held on June 7th for Glenrock’s Totes of Hope. There were many donated items auctioned off, a $250 prize and a 50/50 raffle, all of which brought in almost $7,000. The second was held on Thursday, June 28th for the Glenrock Senior Center, where $6,800 was raised. The third is sched-uled for August 2nd, with the recipient being the Glenrock Boys and Girls Club.

Hot Summer Nights is not the only time that the Knotty Pine steps up and helps out though. On Tuesday, July 31st from 8:00 - 9:15 the band Iron Cowgirl Missy, with Missy Covill will play at the Knotty Pine in order to promote an organization that is close to Covill’s own heart. We Fight Like A Girl is an organization that has been “adopted by the band” and its main purpose is to promote ovarian cancer awareness.

According to Tammy Jueneman, Iron Cowgirl Missy has quite a fol-lowing and Jueneman has been trying to get Covill and her band to play at the Knotty Pine for some time now. Covill finally agreed, stating she would be on her way to perform in Sturgis, but requested that it be a charity event for We Fight Like A Girl. “Missy is a big supporter of the organization and I am all for helping out” says Jueneman.

For more information on the Iron Cowgirl Missy or We Fight Like A Girl, go to www.ironcowgirlmiss.com or www.wefightlikeagirl.org.

Knotty Pine Giving Back To Community

Following a handful of recent reports of suspicious activ-ity around the state related to Medicaid, the Wyoming De-partment of Health is remind-ing residents to be cautious when giving out personal in-formation to an unknown per-son.

Wyoming Medicaid repre-sentatives are hearing of situ-ations involving individuals who claim to be affiliated with Medicaid and who ask older adults for personal informa-tion or try to convince them to purchase something they claim Medicaid will pay for.

“Wyoming Medicaid should only need your personal infor-mation if you have applied for a specific Medicaid program or service,” said Kim Latta, Medicaid programs coordina-tor with the Wyoming Depart-ment of Health. “A Medicaid representative rarely if ever would come to your home and would never show up unan-nounced.”

Latta noted that if residents apply for Medicaid to pay for services in the home, in an assisted living facility or in a nursing home, a public health nurse will come to do an as-sessment. “In these cases you would be notified in advance the nurse is coming,” she said.

Latta suggested steps to take if someone comes to the door claiming to be representing Medicaid and asks for person-al information:

1) Ask for the person’s full name and the agency he/she works for.

2) Ask to see the person’s government-issued ID.

3) Write down the person’s name and contact information or ask for a business card.

“There are cases when indi-viduals representing reputable organizations do help with filling out forms,” Latta said. “It’s important you understand why they are asking for the information.” Latta advised calling the agency to verify the person’s identity BEFORE providing personal informa-tion. It is recommended to call the number for the organiza-tion published in the phone book rather than a number given to you by the individual.

“Again, anyone coming to your home to help you apply for Medicaid will have called you in advance and will be coming at your request,” Latta said. Other points to keep in mind:

*No one has to let a per-son in the home just because they knocked on the door.

*If a salesman comes to the door who has not been invited, do not open the door.

*Once someone is inside the home, it can be dif-ficult to get them to leave.

*If someone will not leave, consider calling local law enforcement.

*If potential criminal activity is suspected, consider calling local law enforcement.

To report suspicious activ-ity by someone claiming to work for Wyoming Medicaid, please call the Medicaid Fraud Hotline at 1-855-846-2563.

Medicaid Scams Run

Rampant Through Cowboy

State

This summer, Glenrockian Kayla Likes travelled to the Extreme Wrestling Camp in Colorado Springs, Colorado to participate in tournaments.

While visiting, Likes toured the Olympic Training Center and participated in a three style tournament where she placed 2nd in all three.

“It was Likes first time away from home without family and it was a good experi-ence for her,” stated Karie Moulton of Glenrock Wres-tling Club, “but she is glad to be home.”

Good Job Kayla!!!

Glenrock’s own Likes Places 2nd in Colorado

Three Style

Kayla Likes shows off her medals. Photo Amy Likes.

Jambo!! Hello in Swahili from the library! Visit our Mango Foreign Language database on line. Find out how to get connected. There are over 80 languages to choose from. Learn from the comfort of your own home. This database comes to us courtesy of the state library and it’s free!!

For the continuing series, A Mo-ment in Time, we will host Ray Hershey’s lecture, Conversations with Galileo. Spend an evening with the infamous, Galileo. The following week for the grand fi-nale to the summer lecture series we are honored to have Holly Shoemaker. Her lecture is titled, Moments in American Nursing. All programs start at 6:00 with re-freshments served.

In our community room this month we have the artwork of Klea Woodberry. Klea is a local artist who paints in oil. She has titled this collection, “Around here…”. Her skill with a brush is simply amazing. She has a unique way of capturing Glenrock’s sce-nic beauty. Take a moment to es-cape for a while and enjoy a bit of Glenrock in our community room!

Say it isn’t so!! Summer Reading is winding down. Reading Logs need to be turned in by Saturday, July 21. We do have the Deer Creek Research Paranormal group stepping into the library the eve-

ning of July 21. Their program starts at 9:00 pm. Have you ever wondered who is visiting the li-brary after hours? You are invited to spend some time there yourself!

If you drove by the parking lot between Deer Creek Drug and the newspaper office this past Wednes-day, July 18, you witnessed kids showing their appreciation to the businesses that donate to the read-ing program. Please notice the fine job they did cleaning it up! The businesses are: Cinema Cafe, Deer Creek Drug, and Flicks. We greatly appreciate all that they do for the kids of Glenrock!

For Read Me A Story: July 14 – July 21: Bug Safari by Bob Barn-er. July 21 – August 4: Pig Pig Goes to Camp by David McPhail. Alas, up coming reading will be done by the Youth Librarian, Rita Heath. During our summer read-ing we have had the young adults reading. A sincere thank you to all of them that took the time to do this, it was greatly appreciated. Pick up the phone and dial 436-2353 to listen to a great story!!

We’re on the web at http:wyldweb.state.wy.us/glen or at www.con-versecountylibrary.org. Our phone number is 436-2573. Fax number is 436-8525. Be sure to “friend” us on Facebook!! Just look up Glen-rock Library.

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Dear Partners in Health, I am writing to extend my appreciation to you for your business, friendships, and stories that enriched my understanding of my fellow man. As many of you are aware already, my family and I will be leaving Douglas at the end of July. I will be returning to the community of my youth to work in a medical clinic that has cared for three generations of my family.

The last day that I will personally be providing you medical care will be July 24th. The staff of Memorial Hospital of Converse County has every intention to continue to meet your health care needs and is excited to introduce Dr. Patricia Spencer to Douglas. Dr. Spencer’s broad healthcare background includes both Internal Medicine and Family Medicine with an emphasis in Labor and Delivery. Dr. Spencer will begin seeing patients in November.

All 10 of my colleagues have agreed to work together to temporarily meet your medical needs until Dr. Spencer arrives in November. You should continue to call the Knisely Medical clinic at 307-358-7373 for medical questions, medication refills, and appointments. Requests for medical records can be sent to 111 South 5th Street, Douglas, WY. 82633.

Sincere Appreciation,

Kraig White, MD

111 South 5th StreetDouglas, Wyoming

(307) 358-2122

to those who are less than enthu-siastic about it, and a point he made during his recent campaign.

The five Democrats who sided with Republicans in the house vote were Reps. Larry Kissell and Mike McIntyre of North Caroli-na, Jim Matheson of Utah, Mike Ross of Arkansas and Dan Boren of Oklahoma.

All five voted against the law's passage in 2010. Boren, Ross and McIntyre voted to repeal the law in January 2011, while the other two lawmakers voted to keep it in place.

In an interview after Wednesday's vote, Matheson said he opposed repeal the first time because he wanted the Supreme Court to rule on the law's constitutionality. He said he supports some elements of the law, but on the whole "this does not create a path for us to have a sustainable health care system for this country and that's why I think it's time to hit the re-set button and start over."

Kissell's office did not imme-diately respond to a request for comment.

Boehner said Republicans want-ed to give Democrats who had previously voted to sustain the law a chance to reconsider, con-tending that "most Americans not only oppose this health care law — they support fully repeal-ing it."

In a statement issued moments after the vote, McConnell said he would press for a vote in the Sen-ate, as well.

Public reaction to the law has been consistently negative, but apart from conservative Republi-cans, it is less clear what support exists for repeal.

In a Washington Post/ABC News poll this month, 47 percent of those surveyed said they opposed the law, 47 percent said they sup-ported it and 6 percent expressed no opinion.

Among those who said they were opposed or had no opinion, 33 percent said they wanted it all repealed, 30 percent said they wanted parts repealed and 34 per-cent said they wanted to wait and see what happens without repeal.

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Associated Press Deputy Direc-tor of Polling Jennifer Agiesta and AP writers Alan Fram and Donna Cassata contributed to this story.

Obamacare Cont from Front Page

Congressional delegation uncov-ers new information in effort to restore funds

Washington, D.C. – Although Wyoming is taking the biggest financial hit from a recent Con-gressional raid on the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) trust fund, more than 20 other states are likely to lose money, according to Wyoming’s Congressional delegation.

Wyoming Senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso and Represen-tative Cynthia Lummis hope that this overlooked information will help them in their efforts to re-store Wyoming’s AML funding.

“We’ve analyzed the AML pro-gram and this new law. We be-lieve the $15 million cap built

into the new law will harm nearly every coal-producing state. Ini-tial estimates predict this provi-sion is going to cost at least 20 other states $550 million, and perhaps significantly more over the next 10 years,” the delegation said. “This is what happens when legislating is done by a few in the middle of the night. We hope this new information will help us convince our colleagues in both the Senate and House to fix this. This kind of bad accounting and last-minute legislating hurts more than just Wyoming – it slows im-portant clean-up efforts in Appa-lachia and the Midwest.”

Wyoming is set to lose more than $700 million over 10 years from the AML trust fund because Congressional leaders who fi-nalized a conglomeration flood

insurance/discount student loan interest rate/transportation bill used Wyoming AML trust fund money to pay for new programs in the legislation. The bill limited total annual AML payments to certified states or Indian tribes to no more than $15 million. Most of the AML money comes from a tax on coal mined in Wyoming.

In 2011, Wyoming paid into the AML fund more than ev-ery other state combined. How-ever, according to the Interstate Mining Compact Commission, funding not paid to Wyoming will also have to be forfeited by uncertified coal-producing states. Examples of these states and how much they stand to lose as a result of the Transportation bill are Pennsylvania ($178 million), West Virginia ($102 million), Il-

linois ($55 million), Kentucky ($54 million), Ohio ($34 mil-lion), Indiana ($18 million), Vir-ginia ($16 million) and Alabama ($15 million). At least 13 other states will also be affected by a loss of nearly $50 million.

“Given the complexity of this seemingly ‘simple’ amend-ment…our analysis of impact continues,” the commission wrote in a letter to the delegation. “…it is clear that this amendment upsets the balance of interests and the delicate compromise that was struck in 2006 to extend the life of the AML program. As a result, it will cost the nation sig-nificant AML reclamation work and valuable jobs associated with it. The amendment also sets a pernicious precedent of future raids of the AML Trust Fund…”

Wyoming Not Alone In Abandoned Mine Land Trust Fund Loss

“It’s time for President Obama to finally focus on jobs in America, rather than spending taxpayer dollars for projects in other countries.”

In 2009, President Obama said that he hoped his election and his decisions would help re-store America’s standing in the world. No one could have imagined that one of his deci-sions would be to spend bil-lions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to create jobs overseas. That’s just what his “American Re-covery and Reinvestment Act” did.

As soon as the Obama ad-ministration started funding stimulus projects, hundreds of millions of America’s hard-earned taxpayer dollars started seeping beyond our borders. Money from the president’s failed stimulus law has created jobs and economic growth in England, China, Finland, and many other countries.

For example, in August 2009, President Obama staged a pho-to-op at an Indiana truck plant. He told the crowd, “I’m here today to announce $2.4 billion in highly competitive grants to develop the next generation of fuel-efficient cars and trucks

powered by the next genera-tion of battery technologies all made right here in the U.S. of A.”

Behind him was a new electric truck — built in England. The administration would soon spend $39 million to build more of those English trucks.

One of the English autowork-ers who built the truck was grateful. “If he wants to call it American and produce mil-lions of them, let him get on with it,” he told a reporter. “As long as he keeps selling them and Americans keep buying them, we’ll produce as many as you want.”

That’s how it works when Washington starts spend-ing someone else’s money. Sometimes the money slipped away in smaller batches. Like the $2.8 million the Obama administration spent to buy 14,000 “smart” electric meters to be installed in Kansas City, Mo. The meters were built 1,000 miles to the south, in Mexico.

Other times, the amounts were bigger. Even some Democrats complained when it turned out the administration had spent

nearly $2 billion in stimulus money on wind-power proj-ects, but almost 80 percent of it went to foreign manufactur-ers. The money financed an estimated 6,000 jobs overseas.

The Obama administration didn’t limit itself to stimulus dollars. It used other piles of taxpayer money to outsource jobs as well. Hundreds of mil-lions of dollars in loan guar-antees went to an electric-car maker that ended up creating jobs in Finland. More went to buy solar panels made in China. Last year, the Obama administration paid a total of almost $29 billion directly to foreign companies.

After three and a half years of President Obama’s failed economic policies, more than 23 million Americans are ei-ther unemployed or underem-ployed. We’ve had 41 straight months of unemployment above 8 percent. It’s time for President Obama to finally fo-cus on jobs in America, rather than spending taxpayer dollars for projects in other countries.

President Obama Exports Jobs and Dollars

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — A 4-year-old black bear has been euthanized after it was captured near downtown Cody.

The Powell Tribune reports the bear was spotted swimming across the Shoshone River in Cody on Tuesday. It later climbed a tree where it was tranquilized by Wyoming Game and Fish officers and then euthanized.

The bear previously had scavenged for food and caused minor property in the Meeteetse area and had been spotted on cabin porches in the Crandall Creek area.

The Game and Fish Department says once bears become accustomed to getting food by scavenging in populated areas, they become more persistent scavengers.

The 150-pound bear's coat and skull were given to the Shoshone National Forest for education programs.

Problem Bear Caught In Cody, Euthanized

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Oppo-nents of Casper's smoking ban are busy circulating a petition to put the issue on November's bal-lot.

Casper businessman Pat Swee-ney submitted about 2,000 signa-tures to the city on Monday.

The Casper Star-Tribune (http://bit.ly/NZuZm9) reports that op-ponents need at least 1,896 valid signatures. They would like to gather between 5,000 and 8,000

by the July 17th deadline be-cause some will likely be thrown out as invalid.

Businesses around the city have copies of the petition to sign. Smoking ban opponents will also be collecting signatures at the Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo.

The smoking ban is due to take effect Sept. 1. However, if the is-sue makes it onto the ballot, city councilors will revisit it.

Casper Smoking Ban Opponents Collecting

Signatures

Wyo. (AP) — At least one person involved in a crash between an SUV and a horse-drawn wagon in Casper has been hospitalized.

Three people were injured Tues-day after the SUV collided with the wagon on West Yellowstone Highway. The wagon had taken part in the Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo Parade.

Police chief Chris Walsh told the Casper Star-Tribune (http://bit.ly/MjnCYW ) that one woman

injured was in the intensive care unit. The conditions of the other two people weren't known.

Witness Jen Ford says the wagon and horses were thrown through the air. The impact pushed the wagon into a second wagon.

Morris Carter, owner of the two horses, says one was euthanized at the scene and the other was euthanized at a treatment center because of neurological trauma.

Casper Parade Ends in Tragedy

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's football schedule continues to take shape with more home game times settled for the upcoming sea-son.

The Cowboys kick off the home schedule on Sept. 8 versus Toledo in a game set to begin at 2 p.m.

On Sept. 15, Cal Poly will come to Laramie for the first time. That game will kick off at 4 p.m.

Homecoming will be on Oct. 13 versus Air Force. That will also be Military Day. The Air Force game is set for 5 p.m.

The Boise State game on Oct. 27 will begin at 1:30 p.m., while the Border War versus Colorado State will kick off at 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 3.

The UW home schedule concludes with a 1:30 p.m. kickoff versus San Diego State on Nov. 24.

UW Sets Game Times For Home Games

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New income guidelines are being announced by the Wyo-ming Department of Health for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program.

The new guidelines, which help determine eligibility for the program, include about a $1,000 increase in the an-nual income ceiling for a fam-ily of three and approximately $1,200 increase for a family of four. As of July 1, annual in-come ceilings based on family size range $20,665 for a one-person family to $42,643 for a four-person family. Pregnant women count as two family members.

WIC serves all income-eligi-ble pregnant women, breast-feeding women (to 1 year), non-breastfeeding, post par-tum women (to 6 months), infants, and children up to age five. Women and children who participate in the Supple-mental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps), Wyo-ming Medicaid or Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF, known as POWER in Wyoming) programs are auto-matically eligible for WIC.

“WIC improves the health of women, infants, and chil-

dren by providing nutritious foods and educating families on healthy food choices,” said Janet Moran, WIC pro-gram manager with the Wyo-ming Department of Health. WIC also provides peer-to-peer breastfeeding support to breastfeeding women and in-fants, immunization referrals for children, and a variety of healthcare referrals for WIC families to community health programs.

Moran said food packages provided to WIC families typically include fresh veg-etables, fresh fruits, and vi-tamin C-rich, 100 percent juice; iron-fortified adult ce-real, whole grain bread, brown rice, oatmeal, and corn and whole wheat tortillas; peanut butter and dried beans/peas; canned tuna, canned salmon, and eggs; infant foods includ-ing iron-fortified formula and cereals, vegetables, fruits, and meats; and milk, calcium-rich soy beverage, and cheese.

Each month, WIC serves ap-proximately 12,000 women and young children around Wyoming at 19 local agencies and 16 outreach clinics. For more information or to find the nearest local WIC clinic, call (800) 994-4769 or the WIC state office at (307) 777-7494.

New Income Guidelines Begin for WIC

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — A Utah man suspected of hold-ing up banks in four states after being furloughed from jail will be brought to Wyoming to face charges.

Joshua Beckstead was arrested on July 4 in North Dakota on a federal warrant accusing him of holding up banks in Cody and Cheyenne.

The Powell Tribune (http://bit.ly/NbmGsF ) reported Thursday that the 32-year-old waived his right to extradition hearings, clearing the way for his transfer.

His lawyer didn't respond to the newspaper's request for com-ment.

Beckstead is accused of robbing banks in Cody and Cheyenne. An FBI affidavit also says that he's suspected of bank robberies in Ogden, Maysville, Okla. and Co-lumbus, Mont. in May and June.

He was released from the Og-den, Utah jail on May 8 to go to a dentist's appointment but never returned.

Bank Robbery Suspect To Be Transferred To Wyoming

(AP) — Proposed rule chang-es by the Wyoming Depart-ment of Agriculture would clarify that families can drink raw milk from their own ani-mals and share that milk with nonpaying guests.

Dean Finkenbinder with the agriculture department says an existing state rule in theo-ry could prevent people from drinking unpasteurized milk from their own cows. He says regulators don't enforce the rule that way but want clarifi-

cation.

Raw milk advocates at a forum in Casper on Wednesday said state regulators shouldn't limit raw milk consumption to cow owners and their friends.

Health officials say drinking raw milk can make people sick. Raw milk advocates say raw milk tastes better and of-fers nutritional benefits not provided by pasteurized milk.

Wyo. Proposing New Rules For Raw Milk

The Converse County United Way's Campaign Year 2011-2012 raised a hefty $37,559. On May 23 CCUW allocated funds to 14 agencies throughout Converse County totaling $ 35,180.

Those agencies throughout Glenrock and Douglas that received fund-ing, are as follows: Jubilee House, Converse County Coalition, Wyo-ming Child and Family Development, Solutions for Life, Strength-ening Gait, New Life Christian Fellowship, Douglas Youth Hockey, Glenrock and Douglas Senior Centers, Father Hubbard’s Cupboard, Laramie Peak Animal Shelter, Converse County Library, and the Boys and Girls Club of Douglas and Glenrock. Any Converse County agency that is a 501(c)3 may apply for funding in May of 2013.

Board Members of the Converse County United Way Melanie Cielin-ski, Chair; Linda York, Vice-Chair; Nancie Fink, Sect; Cari Igo and Tracy Marcus work hard all year long making it possible for these funds to become available.

Anyone interested in making a tax deductible deduction can do so by sending it to:CCUWPO Box 147 Douglas, or visit www.liveunited.org

Make and IMPACT on your community. Be part of the force of peo-ple in your community reaching out one hand at a time to influence and improve the conditions of all individuals and families in Converse County.

Your Donation stays in Converse County.Question Melanie Cielinski 436-9206 or Linda York 358-1402 for more information.

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Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that the indi-vidual mandate in the President’s health care law is a tax. The de-cision makes it clear that the In-ternal Revenue Service (IRS) will now play an unprecedented role in America’s health care system.

The Associated Press recently reported that the IRS is slated to spend $881 million and will hire more than 2,700 new workers just to implement the law from 2010-2013.

Today, U.S. Senator John Barras-so (R-WY) said that the Ameri-can people deserve a health care law that lowers costs – not raises their taxes.

Excerpts of Senator Barrasso’s remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate:

“The Supreme Court issued its historic decision on the Presi-dent’s health care law. The Court confirmed that the individual mandate in the President’s health care law is a tax.

“The President said it wasn't a tax, but I will just tell you the Su-preme Court confirmed that it is in fact a tax.

“And the decision makes it clear that the Internal Revenue Service, the IRS, will now play an unprec-edented role in America’s health care system.

“That is not something that the American citizens have asked for or want—but it is something many American citizens fear.

“Recently, the Associated Press highlighted this concern in an ar-ticle titled ‘Tax Man Cometh to Police You on Health Care.’

“The article points out that the health care law contains the larg-est set of tax changes in more than 20 years.

“To be specific, according to the Congressional Budget Office, there are at least 18 separate taxes contained in the health care law. These taxes are expected to cost taxpayers more than $500 million over the next ten years.

“The Associated Press points out that the IRS Is expected to spend over $880 million just to imple-ment the law from 2010 to 2013. And to do this, they're going to hire more than 2,700 new govern-ment workers.

“This could be just the tip of the iceberg. According to a report issued by the House Ways and Means Committee, the Internal Revenue Service may need as many as 16,500 additional bu-reaucrats to enforce the Presi-dent’s health care law, now the President’s health care tax.

“One of these taxes that the agents are going to be enforcing is something called the individual mandate. This is the part of the law that forces every American to have health insurance.

“They need to purchase govern-ment-approved health insurance. Not necessarily something that that family thinks is right for them and their needs and their insurance and their family. No, that's not good enough.

“They have to purchase govern-ment-approved insurance, and the IRS Is going to check on them to make sure that they do.

“According to the Congressio-nal Budget Office, 77% of those forced to pay the tax will be peo-ple making less than $120,000 a year.

“President Obama repeatedly promised that he would not raise taxes on the middle class. Specif-ically, he promised that no fam-ily making less than $250,000 a year would see any form of tax increase.

“But when the President’s law-yers went before the Supreme Court, they did just the opposite. They argued that this mandate was indeed a tax.

“So as it turns out, the majority of the Supreme Court agreed that the mandate was constitutional but only, only because it's a tax.

“In short, the Supreme Court con-firmed that the President has bro-ken his promise to middle-class families, and it's the promise that he made to not raise taxes.

“While supporters of the health care law may support using the IRS To scare people into getting health insurance, most Americans don't think that this is the right policy for our country.

“Back when Congress was de-bating this health care law, the American people were looking for reform, health care reform that would actually lower the cost of care—not raise their taxes.

“They wanted a law that helped train more doctors and more nurs-es to take care of them, not more tax collectors to look into their life and their records.

“The last thing they want is the IRS Breathing down their neck and banging down their doors. But, that's what the American people have gotten through the President’s health care law.

“And that's what they are stuck with unless Congress and the White House repeal and replace this flawed and failed law.”

Barrasso: IRS Hires Thousands to Enforce Obamacare Tax on Americans

“Trading Substance For Style!”Wowing the crowd with flair, a display of eloquent and feckless words, is a tactic long used by politicians, marketers, advertising gurus, “slick preachers”, and hucksters alike, designed to obfuscate the fact that they have little to say, generally void of substance or content, pandering to the individual or crowd’s disregard for the va-lidity or falsity of the speaker’s rhetoric.

Far too often, the manner or presentation of the argument trumps the truth or legitimacy of the proponents blathering. Our current ce-lebrity President moved a national election on such a malevolent strategy, knowing full-well the malleable state of the voting block’s mind that was up for grabs, filling the vacuum left by the moderate Republican’s offering of “no attacks, no punches” war hero, turned milk-toast, career politician, John McCain.

Just how many couples, married or otherwise have, over the years, lost a mate to the “other guy or girl” who employed enticing words, smoldering good looks, fashion, and alluring gifts that swept our former off their feet, exchanging substance for style? It is, of course, not gender specific, duly noting that the road of the forlorn and jilted is strewn with wreckage for both sexes. History is replete with un-told ruptured relationships ending in dalliances, dastardly deeds, di-saster, even death. Today’s relationship “gone sour” is tomorrow’s news plastered on Facebook, or a wide range of social media web-sites, with all the tawdry and gory details, plus pictures for millions to gawk at with great derision.

The human condition appears to be prone or susceptible to feigned flattery, fast talk, and false promises that eclipse our sensibility. How many senior citizens, for example, have been scammed out of their life savings, or treasure to one or more persons generally described as “smooth talking, good looking, and sounded like they knew what they are talking about?” Most of us have, at one time on this orb, been left with “buyer’s remorse” after failing to check the facts, electing rather to base our decision on an emotion, impulse, or visceral response, entering into that “perfidious zone” of emphasiz-ing style over substance. Whether is was a “deal to good to pass up” or “the chance of a lifetime sales pitch,” the outcome was pale in contrast with the pitch.

In the Middle Ages, when meat was scarce, but dogs and cats were not, the now common term of “buying a pig in a poke” found its origin in this often used confidence trick of buying a an item with-out properly inspecting the contents, or knowing the true value of the “thing in the bag”. Though archaic and odd sounding to our “enlightened generation,” we may do well to heed that old bromide before conducting commerce or social intercourse of any kind. The Czech’s had a similar phrase, “koupit zajice v pytli.” Translated; “to buy a hare in a sack.” The Latin ‘caveat emptor’ “buyer beware,” is still a valid time-tested tool for taking responsibility for what we “buy.” Cars, boats, houses, jewelry, or friendship; they should all come with a “warning label.”

So, the phrase “letting the cat out of the bag” takes on new meaning in the context of “revealing the truth” of what is actually in the bag. In a 1929 edition of a literary magazine, London Aphrodite, a story titled “A Pig in a Poke” was published, in which a Welsh collier, takes a “fancy” London lady for his wife, and it chronicles a lifelong sense of regret and remorse for his miscalculated choice.

In the midst of our anger and angst over our “buyer’s remorse” re-gardless of the plane of existence, the visceral reaction tends to cor-respond directly to the emotion we invested in that decision. Many Obama backers were voting for an idea, that of electing the first black American president, thinking little about the consequences of that choice. On eternal plane, many who have been duped by religious cults, counterfeit versions of Christianity, suffer a remorse equivalent to their “soulish” investment that may well have cost them eternal consequences of their “pig in a poke” pernicious trade. We can be heartened that those “political rascals” can soon be re-moved from office. Doing business with the Devil, not so transient. As the present disappears, and the shadows and images of the future yet to be revealed, unfold, and our fleeting memories are but an echo in our ear, we deign not forget when we exchanged style over substance, or falsehood for the truth. Destined to be at our beckoned recall, time has a way of eroding our ability to capture the essence of what we did and the reasons why we acted as we did. Often, we settle for a revision suitable to our solace, rather than captur-ing the original version, and coming to grips with it. Though the raw facts and truth jolt us from our reverie, and brutalize and buffet that idyllic, felicitous and romanticized time we covet, we must be percipient to the lesson learned from life altering choices. Whether it’s politics or our journey through life, don’t be fooled by exter-nal glitz, vacuous words and duplicitous language. It can be costly. Very costly. What do you think?

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Tell Your Mother You Love Her

I can’t tell you how many count-less times I have gotten off the phone with my mother and heard from a friend: “You didn’t tell your mother you love her! Shame on you.” Well, now, Glenrock I am here to tell you shame on you if you don’t tell your mother, fa-ther, brother, cousin, uncle, best friend, whoever that you love them. Maybe not every single time you’re on the phone, or you walk away, but at least once a day. Make it a point.

Here’s the reason: You may not have another chance. I had the thought to write this yesterday while I was working. We had a coworker that did not show up to work for several days. One day, our General Manager got sick of not even hearing from him, especially because he was that guy that was always attentive, on time, and if he wasn’t he’d al-ways call. We gave him the ben-efit of the doubt until day three he didn’t show up. Then, one of our employees had to call a cousin of his to find out where he lived.

When we sent a tech over to see if he was home, the tech found him face down on his floor deceased.

That wasn’t a very good day. At all. And the first thing that came to my mind (when hearing all the great things about him from my coworkers) was “I sure hope somebody told him they loved him before he died.” Then, I thought to myself… that’s why my friends and family members always give me crap about not saying “I love you” before I get off the phone with my mom or my dad.

Now, granted… you’re probably not going to do it every time, you should still do it often. Tell every-one with meaning in your life you love them. They’ll not only ap-preciate it, you might make their day, you might give them a smile, but most importantly it won’t let them forget that somebody loves them. Don’t be ashamed, either – it’s not a bad thing to tell some-body you love them.

Worried about them not loving you back? Who cares?! That doesn’t make one bit of differ-ence. Love isn’t always recipro-cal, but I’ll tell you one thing – it makes a difference to hear that

from somebody regardless.

One last thing, and this is a bit of a requirement: No matter the argument, hostility, resentment, or (on the flip side) happiness, love, nurturing, caring… you ALWAYS tell your mother and father you love them. They’re who brought you into this life and whether you like it or not, or believe it or not, your parents love you with all their hearts. It’s called unconditional for a reason.

Short and sweet, to the point this week, Glenrock. “Tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But shout it at them in German, because life is also ter-rifying and confusing.” – Anony-mous.

Questions or Topics for Wes? Email me at wes@theglenrock-bird.com!

GMO's - Can You Be

Sued For Having A Backyard Garden?

In perusing the wonderful seed catalogs I receive in the mail each spring I began to notice some particularly disturbing in-cidences. Many of the catalogs had patent numbers after certain seed varieties, some had state-ments about not 'knowingly' selling genetically engineered or modified seeds or plants.' It began to occur to me that a big problem loomed ahead in our future - more sinister than war, economic collapse, and political woes. This, my friends, is the problem of Genetically Modified Organisms.

I've been a gardener for years. I eat moderately healthy. I've had a very recent interest in sustain-able agriculture and homestead-ing. You could say that my op-timism shines ahead of me like so many headlights that blind the deer. I've never been one to worry about patent numbers on vegetables or flowers packets. I generally choose things that are appropriate for the climate in which I'm living. Genetic engi-neering and lawsuits regarding cross-pollination never occurred to me as a backyard gardener. But woe to all of you who, like me, lived in a bubble of garden-ing bliss. My gardening has now turned into a massive social cause.

Science has taken many steps in the past to increase yields, make crops disease resistant, and al-low successful agriculture in places in the world with less than ideal growing climates. Seeking patents on these genetically en-gineered seeds was, understand-ably, a very sound business deci-sion. Some of this is good; it has fed many that would ultimately have starved. It all sounds noble on the surface, but like every-thing else, this endeavor is driven by greed and money rather than a true concern about world hunger or the future of the planet.

Globally this gets overwhelming, so lets bring it closer to home. How does it concern those of us who garden and sell locally, have a backyard garden, or choose to live sustainably?

In 2005 Monsanto purchased a company called Seminis. Seminis is the largest devel-oper, grower, and marketer of fruit and vegetable seeds in the world. Seminis' hybrids claim

to improve nutrition, boost crop yields, limit spoilage, and re-duce the need for chemicals. Their retail line includes over 3,500 seed varieties. “With the purchase of Seminis in January of 2005, Monsanto is now esti-mated to control between 85 and 90 percent of the U.S. nursery market.” (Countryside & Small Stock Journal, The Gardening Game by Jerri Cook.) Monsanto is now a corporate giant and the leading producer of genetically engineered seed. It holds over 75% of the market share.

Now just what IS a genetically engineered seed and why should we be concerned? GMO's are created by combining genes from different organisms to cre-ate a new one. Recent studies show that everything from en-zymes to frog DNA have been used to recreate plants and ani-mals that are more resistant to disease, grow faster, and produce more. The subsequent testing on mice and other animals that are eating these foods are revealing infertility, neurological disor-ders, and digestive problems........which begs the question - higher yield vs. medical difficulties to the populace? What's the point of feeding the masses if you're making them all sick? Those hybrid tomatoes you're grow-ing organically in your backyard could be making you ill, organic soil or not, they are genetically altered material. And here's the real kicker - Monsanto has filed more than 177 lawsuits against family farms, backyard garden-ers, and others for saving seeds for which they own the patent. Some lawsuits have been filed when cross-pollination from neighboring farms has occurred even though the gardeners have no control over the wind or the bees. And how does this affect you?

Here's some interesting tidbits to think about. Monsanto has filed suit and won for the privilege of not labeling foods that are GMO altered, in fact, they have threat-ened to sue the state of Vermont if they pass a law requiring such foods to be appropriately identi-fied. The government is begin-ning to crack down on backyard gardeners and is trying to make it illegal for you to grow your own food, and produce your own milk, meat, and eggs under the guise that it is unsafe.

Stay tuned for part two.

A Place in the WestThere’s a place in the west,

where the cottonwoods dance with the wind.

And the stars in the sky,shine bright, while the quarter

moon grins.

There’s a place in the west,where the desert is dry as a

bone.And the prickly pear blooms,

and there’s no one but you there alone.

There’s a place in the west,where the deer and the wiley elk

roam.The bear and the wolves,and the buffalo call it their

home.

There’s a place in the west,where the lone eagle soars in

the blue.And you hear the wind whisper,but nobody’s out there but you.

That place in the west, is Mon-tana,

where the land is as big as the sky.

Where the tumbleweeds blow ‘cross the prairie,

where the Yellowstone River

flows by.

That place in the west, is Mon-tana

Montana is where I call home,with the mountains and lakes

and valleys and streams,from Montana I never will roam.

There’s a place in the west,where the mountains reach up to

the sky.Where at night on the wind,I can hear a lone coyote cry.

There’s a place in the west,where no man ever has known.

Just me and my dog and my horses,

and we’re all alone.

There’s a place in the west,where in the winter the snow’s

piled high.Where it’s way below zero

and you can’t get warm if you try.

There’s a place in the west,that I wouldn’t trade for all gold.

And I’d buy it all back,if it ever got traded or sold.

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CANDO is pleased to announce the sale of all previously uncom-mitted lots in the Douglas Busi-ness Park.

According to CANDO Board President Tim Pexton, “We have a signed contract for the rest of the developed and all of the un-developed lots. We do not have a set closing date, but transactions should be finalized sometime this fall. In the next few months, we will look at ways the proceeds from this sale can be reinvested in our community through proj-ects and programs that will create unprecedented opportunities for years to come. We are confident that this will bring tremendous benefits to the people of Douglas and Converse County well into the future.”

The phased business park devel-opment was designed to support an integration of light industry, professional offices, open space, and recreation, which promotes flexibility, compatibility, and har-mony between the land uses.

The CANDO Board of Directors and staff would like to especially recognize the contributions of the Wyoming Business Council and the Business Ready Community (BRC) Program for helping us create this great economic and community development asset within Douglas and Converse County.

The BRC program provides fi-nancing for publicly-owned in-frastructure that serves the needs of businesses and promotes economic development within Wyoming communities. Public infrastructure eligible for fund-ing includes water; sewer; streets and roads; airports; rights of way; telecommunications; land; spec buildings; amenities within a business park, industrial park, site or business district; landscaping; recreational and educational facil-ities; and other physical projects in support of primary economic and educational development.

“Partnerships, collaborations and focused communications are es-

sential to keeping our community and state vibrant and growing in a positive direction,” said Cindy Porter, CANDO Executive Direc-tor. “We are grateful for the sup-port and assistance we have re-ceived from the Business Council and look forward to working with them more in the near future.”

The City of Douglas original-ly purchased the property for $275,000 and was awarded a total of $3.4 M in BRC Com-munity Readiness funds from the Wyoming Business Council for the three completed phases of the Douglas Business Park. When the business park was dedicated over six years ago, local officials and CANDO representatives anticipated that it would take approximately twenty years for full development. According to Pexton, “We are now confident that this timetable will be greatly accelerated.”

The BRC funds were used for infrastructure development for the business park including site preparation, water and sewer lines, roads, and an access loop into the business park to improve traffic flow and safety. Addition-ally from the funding, the City of Douglas received a completed walking path, which extends to the west from the Platte River in two locations and completely sur-rounds the Business Park.

Through a development agree-ment between the City of Doug-las and CANDO, CANDO was given the responsibility of selling and/or leasing the lots to busi-nesses and organizations want-ing to build facilities in the park. Through this sale, CANDO is successfully accomplishing the goals set out under that develop-ment agreement.

Two previous lots have been sold, one lot to an adjacent local business owner and the other to a private developer to build an office building for the USDA. Two additional lots are occupied by Backcountry Super Cubs and include a manufacturing facility and a grass runway.

CANDO Sells Empty Lots at Douglas Business Parks

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