the glenrock bird issue november 22, 2009

Community.......................Page 2The Bird Herd .................Page 3Business Directory............Page 4Public Notices....................Page 5Real Estate....................... Page 5Bird Classifi eds................Page 6News From The Nest......Page 6County & Beyond............Page 7Weather Vane................. Page7Word Search....................Page 8Police Beat........................Page 8

Volume #3: Issue #22 Glenrock’s Sunday Morning Hometown Local News Newspaper

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Carrying The Right News...To The Right Places

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TOP OF THE NEWSGLENROCK REC CENTER AND BOYS AND

GIRLS CLUB COULD BE DEMOLISHEDThe fate of the Old Grant Elementary building that houses two very important organizations is in the hands of her community members. See story page 8

DOUGLAS CARE GETS $5 MIL FOR UPG� DES/EXPANSION

November 18, 2009 - Douglas, WY – USDA Rural Develop-ment announced the approval of a Guaranteed Business and Industry Loan in the amount of $5,000,000. The loan will be used to remodel, upgrade, and expand the current Douglas Care Center nursing home.

COMMUNITY - 2EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF

WYOMING GIVES TO GLENROCKThe members of Glenrock’s Christ Episcopal Church have chosen to distribute its money to the Glenrock Food Bank at the Glenrock Senior Center, to the Glen-rock Branch Library, and to the Boys and Girls Club of Glenrock... Story page 2

BEAUTIFUL TILE MU� LS AT G� NT. A MUST SEE! BUILT FOR KIDS, BY KIDS

There is some very special artwork hanging in the new Grant Elementary building...artwork created four years ago by students... See story front page below.

HERDER SPORT & EVENTS - 3GMS HONOR ROLL

Purple and White Honor Rolls. List of both honor rolls are on page 3.

CONVERSE COUNTY & BEYOND - 7ROLLING HILLS WATER STUDY

UNDERWAYThe Town of Rolling Hills is two-thirds of the way through a grant process that will allow them to do a Phase I and Phase II Water Study.

and so much more in your Sunday morning newspaper � e Glenrock Bird

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THE BIRD AT A GLANCE

Dr Kent Sundell pointing to 11 foot long tusk of Columbian Mammoth named “Dee” when first completely exposed near Glenrock in August , 2009 - See Story page7

For around the clock updates on Break-

ing News and High School Sports

There’s More on the Net

Weather Vane - 7

Christmas Festival Craft Fair @ GMS Dec 5th /

5pm-8pm / $15 a booth Call Andrea 267-6515Benefits the Glenrock

Boys & Girls Club

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Glenrock, a city with a rich and storied history, faces key challenges as it grows and times change.

Among these challenges include preserving the tan-gible evidence that speaks to the town’s history, while at the same time em-bracing innovations that incorporate and welcome revitalization.

The Wyoming Main Street Program, a state program, was created in order to help towns such as Glenrock ac-complish these two very important, diverse goals: preservation and innova-tion. The program operates under the auspices of the Wyoming Rural Develop-ment Council, along with a division of the Wyoming Business Council.

Glenrock has applied for and been accepted into the Wyoming Main Street Pro-gram. The city is currently operating under “Aspiring Main Street Program” sta-tus.

Wyoming Main Street is designed to give partici-pant cities the information needed in order to ensure the continual economic growth of core businesses located in the downtown, “Main Street” areas of the

city, without putting the city in danger of losing its historical “fl avor”. This is accomplished primar-ily through the offering of technical assistance.

The technical assistance offered by Wyoming Main Street is wide, varied, and comprehensive. It runs the gamut from disseminat-ing information on how to plan for and implement the program, all the way to providing city visits from experts in preserva-tion architecture, business, and marketing who would monitor program imple-mentation and progress.

City of Glenrock Town Planner Kathy Patceg serves as a liaison between Glenrock businesses and Wyoming Main Street. Patceg provided further explanation.

“We’re currently an Aspir-ing Main Street Program. Glenrock has formed a Main Street Committee, and we’re looking at the design, promotion, orga-nization, and economic restructuring aspects of the program. At this point, we are very much concerned about creating a common vision shared (by the city and local businesses).”

Part of the process of de-veloping a common vision involved a meeting held

at Town Hall on Monday, November 16th.

The meeting served as a clearinghouse for ideas and information, and was deemed successful by Pat-ceg.

“About fi ve businesses were in attendance. Ques-tions such as ‘Five years from now, what do you want to see?’ ‘What kind of assets do you feel we as a city have?’ ‘What about liabilities?’ ‘What goals should we have?’ were dis-cussed at length and great responses were generated. This is all a part of creating a common vision.”

A successful Wyoming Main Street Program would increase existing business revenue, provide a haven for new businesses that are desired by the in-digenous business com-munity and citizenry, and beautify the downtown area. All this while retain-ing the special “look and feel” that proudly differen-tiates Glenrock from other Wyoming cities.

Glenrock has accomplished diffi cult yet critical tasks in the past. With determi-nation, participation, hard work, and the willingness to collectively forge a com-mon vision and alliance for the greater good, our city’s desire for a future of economic prosperity and historic preservation should be an achievable goal indeed.

GLENROCK PARTICIPATING IN WYO MAIN STREET PROGRAMMark Dosa - General News

There is some very spe-cial artwork hanging in the new Grant Elementary building...artwork created four years ago by students who, at that time, were in Kindergarten, 1st Grade and 2nd Grade. These very creative youngsters, under the tutelage of then Art Teacher Linda Butler, created two murals for the new building--one for the library and one for the cafeteria. Butler, came up with the idea as "a bridge from the old school to the new," as she put it. The tile murals were created from pencil and chalk drawings done by the stu-dents which were then cut out by Butler and sent to a company called Creations By You, where the designs were transferred onto 8" x 6" tiles for the school. "I love children's art" Butler stated. The mural with the birds was created by all the

2nd grad-

ers at the time, plus a few 1st graders, and has been placed in the library. The mural with the fl owers was created by the then Kin-dergarteners and has been placed in the cafeteria. Both murals are absolutely beautiful and stayed true to the childrens' original drawings (right down to some birds with pirate eye patches), and even the tree

the birds are sitting in was created by a student. "I thought the kids just did a wonderful job!" Linda Butler said.The students who created the artwork are now in 2nd and 6th grades, and though some of them aren't in the building anymore, but their amazing artwork will be around for generations to come.

GRANT ELEMENTARY SPORTS NEW TILE MURALJessica Smith - General News

Tile murals in the library of Grant Elementary - © Jessica Smith

the discovery photo with Dee Zimmerscheid (left) and Meg Sundell holding a tape measure at both ends of 11 foot long tusk (only tthe tips of both ends of the tusk are exposed, remainder is buried within the 20 foot highwall.

The American Legion Auxil-iary, Post #9 needs items for their yearly program of send-ing care packages to soldiers stationed overseas for the Holidays. Items needed in-clude such things as: razors, soaps, lotions, deodorant (both men's and women's), jerky, small bags of trail mix, drink mix, game books, cards, dice, hard candies, and small toys for the soldiers to distrib-ute to the local children.

Monetary donations are also needed since the postage for the packages runs between $600-$800. Make checks payable to the Auxiliary.

If you know of a local Sol-dier in Iraq or Afghanistan, please let the American Le-gion know their name and address.

Donations and names can be accepted until November 23rd and may be dropped off at the offi ces of either The Glenrock Independent or The Glenrock Bird. For more information on the items ac-ceptable, to give a name of a soldier in need of a box, or to fi nd out how to get donations directly to the Auxiliary, call Joanne Howe at 436-8390. Help the American Legion-help those who are giving their all to ensure our free-dom during this Christmas season.

Jessica Smith - General News

SOLDIERS NEED ITEMS ASAP

SHOP YOUR LOCAL GROCER! GLENROCK SUPERFOODS INSERTS INSIDE THE GLENROCK BIRD

Today - Sunday Nov 22Mainly Cloudy and

Breezy - High 46 - Low 21

FATE OF GLENROCK’S REC CENTER/BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB IN HANDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS

See Story Page 8

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Community News

Le� er � om � e EditorThe Glenrock Bird has a new location! We are now located at 506 Birch, in the same building as Glenrock’s Paleon Museum, Jerry’s Leather, The Brahma Bull Boutique, High Plains Performance, Utilatech, The Glenrock Area Chamber of Commerce and The Anglican Church.

Along with our new “nest”, readers will have noticed the new format of the newspaper. With the new size, readers will see larger ads and great prices! “We have a price that every business can afford, large or small” says Wendy Beck, the new rep for the Bird. We are also offering FREE classifi eds for items $100 or less.

Wendy comes to us with 9 years experience in the newspaper business. “I believe in the small community newspaper, I respect what Amanda Smith, Publisher has done with the Glenrock Bird and

look forward to working with her”.

Wendy and her husband Jeff recently moved to Converse County. With the move she brings several animals including “Sugar” her faithful dog & sidekick. Wendy & Sugar will be a familiar sight in Glenrock, so stop and say hello to them if you see them! And be sure and stop in and see our new offi ces, and congratulate the staff of The Glenrock Bird in their new home. The Glenrock Bird continues to expand its wings!

Wendy can be reached at; 307-256-9162 or [email protected]. The offi ce hours will remain the same; Tuesday-Friday 9-5. Our phone number is; 436-5447 and general emails can be sent to: [email protected] .

Owner/Editor/PublisherAmanda Smith

The “Bird” finds a new nest!

The Converse County Li-brary Board is looking to expand both of its current libraries located in Doug-las and Glenrock. Nearly four years ago, a needs as-sessment was done in or-der to determine whether or not an expansion was needed. When the num-bers came back, it was determined that expansion of both facilities would be necessary. The Board is currently looking for funding help with the Phase II Planning portion of the expansion project. The cost of the Phase II Planning will be approximately $45,000 and will solidify the plans being made for the ex-pansion projects. What does the expansion have

in store for the Glenrock branch of the Converse County Library? Quite a bit, actually, as explained by Paul Pidde, Manager of the Glenrock facility. "It's been about forty years since the building was opened up," he said, "What we hope to accomplish with a larger facility is to provide room for our col-lection, which forty years ago was strictly books with a few magazines and a couple of newspa-pers. The collection now also includes books on tape, books on CD, Play-away (an MP3-like device with a pre-loaded book on it), music CDs, movies on VHS, movies on DVD, educational materials on VHS, educational materi-

als on DVD, computers for the public to be able to access the internet, and a computer without inter-net access for the younger kids to play (Magic School Bus) games on." "Unfor-tunately," Pidde added, "as all of these things have been added it's taken up space that's had to come from somewhere." One example of this happening is the 'sacrifi cing' of one of the three study tables for the computers to sit on, leaving only two to be used for actual research and study. The addition to the build-ing would come off of the north side and will add in the area of approxi-mately 10,000 square feet on two levels, taking the facility from its current 3,900 square feet to nearly 14,000. The expanded li-brary would alleviate the space issue by having a larger area for collections, larger meeting rooms able to handle at least 100

people, and would also expand the parking to cover both ends of the building--also possibly creating more off-street parking for other area entities to make use of."The current 3,900 square feet has served Glenrock well for 40 years," Pidde stated, "We will not be losing the existing building. Our tenative plans are to make sure the addi-tion blends very well with the existing build-ing and we expect that the addition coupled with the existing build-ing will let Glenrock Library go another 30 to 40 years." The Converse County Library Board of Trust-ees welcomes input, questions, or comments about the proposed ex-pansion. These should be addressed in care of Karen Hopkins, Direc-tor, 300 Walnut Street, Douglas, WY 82633.

LIBRARY HOPES FOR EXPANSION

Jambo! Hello in Swahili from the library! The library will be closed for Thanksgiving. We will re-open the following Monday, November 30, with our regu-lar hours. Hope all of you have a Great Turkey Day!For you die hard gaming fanatics we have another round of games. Thanksgiving is around the corner and we have put our heads together. Thanksgiving week this year is known as National Game & Puzzle Week. We will cel-ebrate it by having a drawing. Two lucky people will walk away with a dozen cookies or a pumpkin pie! The drawing will be November 25 at 12:00. Come in and fi nd out how to enter. We do have a juvenile/teen and adult category.Thanks to all the community members who have donated recipes to the Foundation Board fundraiser. Glenrock has well over 125 recipes. Stay tuned for more information on the date they will be available. This is a fundraiser to match the State Legislature endowment for the librar-ies. They will match us 2 to 1. The Foundation Board has raised 20,010 to this point. We will need to raise 129,990 in the next three and a half years. We truly live in a caring and giving community, thank you.Read Me A Story for November 21 ~ November 28: Sometime It’s Turkey Sometime it’s feathers by Lorna Balian. Dial 436-2353 and listen to a story. We’re on the web at http:wyldweb.state.wy.us/glen. Our phone number is 436-2573. Fax number is 436-8525. Hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday: 10:00 to 5:00. Tuesday and Thursday: 10:00 to 8:00. Saturday: 10:00 to 1:00. Closed Sundays. Thought for the day: Library, Endowment, and Donation.

News from the Glenrock Library

THE HISTORY BEHIND THE EPISCOPAL “MUSTARD SEED”

BY EARL SHOEMAKER

The Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming last January created the "Mustard Seed" project. Each of the 48 churches within the Diocese, which coverse the entire state of Wyoming, received $12,000 to be used for some form of Mission. Every church was directed to decide how it could use its grant to provide the best long-term benefi ts to as many people as possible in the local community. After a period of deliberations, the members of Glen-rock's Christ Episcopal Church have chosen to distrib-ute its money to the Glenrock Food Bank at the Glen-rock Senior Center, to the Glenrock Branch Library, and to the Boys and Girls Club of Glenrock for a new computer lab. These three groups, by their very na-ture, serve a sizeable and varied portion of our town's citizenry. The original Christ Episcopal Church was built on the current site in about 1887 and was the fi rst and only church building in the Town of Glenrock until the ear-ly 1900's, when the Baptist and the Catholic Churches were built. The Sunday School was considered a union with all denominations attending. Funds to construct the church were contributed by the few residents liv-ing in the town at that time to Major Wolcott of the VR Ranch, who, along with his ranch hands, cut and hauled the lumber to erect the building. That original structure burned in 1925. In August of 1937 the new current log church was started. Logs were cut and brought down from the mountains, and the building was erected by the late "Doc" Robbins and Billy Kimball. Of interest to many present Glenrockians, the fi rst re-corded wedding in the new log church was that of An-nie and Dan Danaher.

GLENROCK BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, SENIOR CENTER,

& LIBRARY RECEIVE DONATION On Tuesday, November 10th, and Friday, November 13th, the Christ Episcopal Church sent representatives on an important local mission. That mission? To give a wonderful gift to three of our great community orga-nizations! The Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming is giv-ing $12,000 to every Episcopal Church in the state (48 in all) to be used in their areas for mission projects. Earl Shoemaker, of Christ Episcopal, stated that the group had met many times to discuss where the mon-ey should go, and it was decided. "We're spreading it out a little bit," he said with a smile explaining the rea-soning behind the organizations chosen. Shoemaker, along with Alison Magee and Louise Hammersmark of the church presented the gifts to Kay Taylor of the Boys and Girls Club, and to Jill Kingston and Nan-cie Fink of the Senior Center. Ms. Taylor was very happy with the donation. "It's going to be used to get a computer lab going in the teen center," she explained, "We'll be able to get those kids more things to do--they can [even] do their homework." Jill Kingston, Direc-tor of the Senior Center said their gift will be used, "...to keep our food bank going and helping people in the community." A smiling Nancie Fink, Administrative Assistant for the Center, exclaimed of the donation, "It is great!" Holly Shoemaker presented the gift on Friday to Paul Pidde, Branch Director for the Glen-rock Library. "[We were] very pleasantly surprised," Pidde said, "and very appreciative." The money will be added to the Library's Endowment fund where the interest will be used to benefi t the Converse County Libraries.

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P.T. HEALTH TIPS

Kathy Blair, PT, DPT is the physical therapist owner of Wind City Physical Therapy in Glenrock. She graduated from Ithaca College in 1992 with her Bachelors in Physi-cal Therapy and her doctor-ate in physical therapy in 2009 from Regis University. She is dedicated to quality patient care and providing evidenced based treatments that allow her patients to achieve the best outcomes. Her vision and commitment to her patients has allowed her to expand into 4 fa-cilities between Casper and Cheyenne. She is actively involved in local, state and federal physical therapy is-sues and legislative agen-das.

Kathy Blair, PT, DPT

ANKLE SPRAINS

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GHS, GMS, GRANT H GLENROCK ROCKS!The Glenrock Bird is proud of Glenrock’s

Midget Football Team! In fact, so much, that we

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A sprain is a stretched or torn ligament. Ligaments connect one bone to anoth-er bone at a joint and help keep the bones from mov-ing out of place. The most common site of sprains is the ankle. An ankle sprain can happen when you fall, when you suddenly twist your ankle too far, or when you force the joint out of it's normal position. Most ankle sprains occur during sports activities or when walking or running on an uneven surface.

The signs of an ankle sprain can include: pain or tender-ness swelling bruising inability to walk or bear weight on the joint stiffnessMost ankle sprains need only a period of protec-tion to heal. The healing process takes about four to six weeks. Incorporate motion early in the healing process to prevent stiff-ness. Motion may also aid in being able to sense position, location, orienta-tion and movement of the ankle (proprioception). Many therapists suggest using the RICE approach--Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation--for treating ankle sprains.Rest--You may need to rest your ankle, either com-pletely or partly, depend-ing on how serious your sprain is. Use crutches for as long as it hurts you to stand on your foot.

Ice--Using ice packs, ice slush baths or ice mas-sages can decrease the swelling, pain, bruising

and muscle spasms. Keep using ice for up to 3 days after the injury.

Compression--Wrapping your ankle may be the best way to avoid swelling and bruising. You'll probably need to keep your ankle wrapped for 1 or 2 days af-ter the injury and perhaps for up to a week or more.

Elevation--Raising your ankle to or above the lev-el of your heart will help prevent the swelling from getting worse and will help reduce bruising. Try to keep your ankle elevat-ed for about 2 to 3 hours a day if possible.Ankle sprains recover through three phases: • Phase 1 includes resting, protect-ing the ankle and reducing the swelling (one week). • Phase 2 includes restoring range of motion, strength and fl ex-ibility (one week to two weeks). • Phase 3 includes gradually return-ing to activities that do not require turning or twisting the ankle and doing main-tenance exercises. This will be followed later by being able to do activities that require sharp, sudden turns (cutting activities) such as tennis, basket-ball or football (weeks to months). Contact a physical thera-pist for more information on how to treat your ankle sprain.

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Yesterday I went to Target. On a normal visit to Target I get in and out as fast as possible. I don’t enjoy shopping, but I do appreciate the fact that I can get most of what I need at this one stop. I was, for once, in no particular hurry and found myself humming a Christmas carol as I strolled from aisle to aisle.

Laundry soap and 'Away in a Manger.' Seemed appro-priate to me. As I looked for my particular brand there was a tap on my right shoulder. I turned to fi nd a slender fellow there, in my space. Too close for comfort. In a thick accent he promptly told me that my religious song was offending him and to stop humming it immediately. For a moment I stood absolutely silent. For a moment. I don’t know if he thought this wisp of a middle aged woman would be an easy mark to intimidate or what, but he soon found out he had stepped on the wrong toes.

I inched in even closer than he. We were nose to nose. “Who died and made you the religion police?” I said rather loudly. “And furthermore, this is MY country and I can do as I damn well please in MY country. I was born here, you obviously were not. And I don’t care if you’re visiting, illegal or planning to stay, but if you come to AMERICA then be an American.”

By this time I was getting hot. He again stated that he didn’t want to hear my religious song. People were beginning to gather around us. I realized that we were making a scene, but that was OK. As far as I was con-cerned this was important.

“If you don’t like it get out of my country,” I said in a steely voice. “In America all people are allowed to practice not only freedom of speech but freedom of re-ligion.” With that the crowd began to make noises of agreement.

The man looked from one to the other of the nearly fi f-teen people now up and down the aisle. He made a wise decision to walk away. I was so disgusted I left the cart and walked out. How dare someone tell me that I cannot hum a Christmas Carol! How dare a foreigner try to sup-press my rights as an American citizen! How appalling that political correctness has taken precedence over hu-man rights as laid down by our own constitution. Politi-cal Correctness is another word for cowardess and those who hide behind its banner better be ready for a fi ght, at least from me. I don’t give up my rights that easily and I’ll worship whatever God I please and hum whenever and whatever I want, and put a Manger scene in my front yard if I so choose. This is Wyoming. This is America.

From the rolling hills of Texasto the high Montana plains;

came a man who herded cattle,through the sun, deep snow, and rains.

A man as tough as leatherhe rode long before Gene and Roy.

A hero of this great Nation;the American Cowboy.

A man who forded rivers,rode through many a mountain pass;

to get cattle to the railheadand to keep ‘em on good grass.

Rode across this western Nationin winter, spring, summer and fall.

The great American Cowboy; folks, I’d say he’s done it all.

The Cowboy is a major partof why this country’s free.

He stands for what this country iswith pride and integrity.

The real Cowboy is honest,he knows what’s wrong and right.

He stands for good and God above;he won’t back down from a fi ght.

Now the Cowboy he won’t cut and runhe’ll dang sure stand his ground;

whether it be beast or storm or common man,to the Western Code he’s bound.

Get ready folks, he’s comin’ back,it sure fi lls my heart with joy;

to see a total resurrectionof the American Cowboy.“God Bless the Cowboy”

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On Tuesday, November 3rd, Dan Grafton of Cam-eco Resources met with the Converse County Board of Commissioners. He dis-cussed his corporations growth forecast and the concern about Ross Road being able to meet the an-ticipated increase in traffi c this growth would bring.

The Reynolds Ranch facil-ity near Glenrock, which is already NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) licensed and scheduled to be operational in 2011, is expected to create in-creased traffi c on Ross Road. During his presenta-tion to the Board, Grafton expressed concern that the

current condition of this vital thoroughfare was not conducive to the extra traf-fi c expected.

Ed Werner, chairman of the Converse County Board of Commissioners, was receptive to Cameco’s concern but pragmatic as well.

“The portion of Ross Road in question is about 9 miles long, and there are over 650 miles (of state routes) in Wyoming. I just don’t see (the repair of Ross Road) happening anytime soon.”

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missioners did discuss the possibility of sharing costs related to the rehabilitation of Ross Road with Cam-eco.The cost of road repair and reconstruction can vary widely but is inherently expensive. As an example, the Wyoming Department of Transportation reports that the recent 6.2 miles of I-80 treated to a pavement overlay was completed af-ter an expenditure of $5.3 million.

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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., re-leased his version of a health care bill yesterday, the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” which spans more than 2,000 pages and costs $2.5 trillion, according to the non-partisan Congressio-nal Budget Office. Read

the bill and see the cost at the links below.U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., believes every piece of legislation in the Sen-ate should be available to the public with a full cost analysis by the CBO three days before consideration by any subcommittee or committee of the Senate or on the floor of the Senate.

While he continues to ana-lyze the bill he made the following comments about what he has discovered so far. “The Reid bill would drive up health care costs for most families, increase taxes on workers and small businesses, and cut Medi-care benefits for seniors.

This bill would leave 24 million people without insurance coverage and force millions more to lose the insurance they already have. Want more taxes? How about Medicare cuts? This has them, to the tune of about a half trillion dol-lars each. The total price tag - $2.5 trillion. We need to do better than this and I believe we can. “Like the Pelosi bill, the Reid bill is government-centered, not patient-cen-tered. It’s chock-full of new taxes and higher health care costs that would threaten

jobs, weaken our economy, punish families and small businesses trying to make ends meet, and stick our children and grandchildren with the bill. “We need health care re-form, but it has to be done the right way. We have to bring down costs so that ev-eryone can have access to the quality, affordable care they need. I’m focused on an alternative, step-by-step approach to reduce health care costs, preserve the rights of patients to see the doctors of their choice, protect Medicare coverage

for seniors, eliminate dis-crimination based on pre-existing conditions, and ensure that people can take their insurance with them from job-to-job.”

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., today warned that federal legislation man-dating more paid sick days could further endan-ger the nation’s fragile economy and undermine efforts employers are al-ready taking to protect their workers.

Click the image to view the video."Many employers are not able to maintain cur-rent payrolls, which is evidenced by the rise in unemployment to a 26-year high at 10.2 percent. Employers should not be forced to reduce or ad-just current healthcare or retirement benefits, or

downsize their workforce because of a new one-size-fits all mandate," Enzi said at a hearing to-day titled, “The Cost of Being Sick: H1N1 and Paid Sick Days.” “The alarm that the H1N1 vi-rus has raised in many households also translates to our workplaces, but it isn’t reason to punish

already struggling small businesses. Now more than ever we should be lifting up America’s small businesses to help create economic growth and to create sustainable jobs.” Additionally, Enzi criti-cized the federal govern-ment's preparation and re-sponse to the H1N1 virus, saying vaccine produc-tion and distribution can-not continue to fall short of the public's need.

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Town of Rolling Hills The Town of Rolling Hills is two-thirds of the way through a grant process that will allow them to do a Phase I and Phase II Wa-ter Study. The study will determine the ability of the current water system to allow for growth and to determine options for in-creasing the capacity of the current system. The town would also like to update existing water maps, up-grade well controls, and evaluate options to reha-bilitate well #1 which went offl ine sometime last year (don't panic, it was 'non-potable' water not the stuff we drink). "It went down last year," explains Rolling Hills Town Clerk, Teresa Montgomery, of Well #1, "...we're assuming that it's a booster pump that went down in it, but we don't know. The Town doesn't use that well water for anything other than com-mercial sale right now, so we're not concerned about getting it up online imme-diately." Part of the grant will allow for Well #1 to be assessed and fi xed, if possible, or even turned into a potable (drinkable) well if it is determined that the town could use one.

The growth mentioned above is just that--the

growth of the town. At this point in time, Roll-ing Hills isn't sure if they can develop existing addi-tions--let alone purchasing more property in the future (if any comes available) due to the lack of informa-tion when it comes to the Town's water system. If anyone who is not already on the town's water system decided they wanted to 'hook up', at this point that wouldn't be possible be-cause of the lack of infor-mation when it comes to the town's wells and their service capacity. "We know that we have plen-ty of water to cover our residents and we are not hurting for water for our residents by any means," Montgomery stated, but the unknown is what the town is dealing with right now. "Thinking future--not anything immediate--but 20 years down the road their wells (people not already on town water) may dry up and they may need water...so we'd like to be able to say at that time 'Sure! Come on board!'," she added. The Town applied for the grant with the help of Frank Strong from M.C.

Schaff & Associates out of Douglas. Mr. Strong alerted the town to the granting possibility and then helped Montgomery with the paperwork nec-essary to get the process started. "...I will say he probably did more of the work than I did," Mont-gomery said with a smile. The grant was applied for through the state--the Wyoming Water Develop-ment Program, who rec-ommended that the town receive $250,000 for the Phase I and Phase II Mas-ter Plan. Once this rec-ommendation was made, the group had to go to a meeting in Casper with the Wyoming Water De-velopment Commission (WWDC), to see if the grant would make it over hurdle number two. The WWDC agreed with the earlier recommendation and now the grant must go before the state legislature in late January or early February for approval. "That's the last and fi nal hurdle," Teresa Montgom-ery stated, "but things are looking good!" Upon leg-islative approval, the bid will then be sent out by the state to a list of contractors whom they (the state) will choose from. According to Montgom-ery, Phase I and Phase II will take 2 to 3 years to complete. Phase I looks

at what is there and Phase II determines how that can be improved. "Then, once that's completed,...there's Phase III," Montgomery explained, "Phase III is the actual construction--this is what they said we can do...now we are going to do it." The town will be responsible for the costs of Phase III, but according to Montgomery, there are still grants and small inter-est loans which can offset those costs when the time comes. "We're pretty ex-cited about it!" Montgom-ery exclaimed, "$250,000 is quite a chunk of change for a little tiny town like ours...and much needed!" For more information on the Phase I/ Phase II Mas-ter Plan, contact the Town of Rolling Hills at 436-5348.

ROLLING HILLS AWARDED $250,000 FOR WATER STUDY

Alyssa Biffl e, a student at Glenrock High School, will join a select group of students representing their schools, communities, and country as People to People Student Leaders. Biffl e has been accepted into the Leadership Summit in Stanford University,-San Francisco, CA, August 8 - 14, 2010. People to People Student Lead-ers complete an academically rigorous program focused on leadership development and global awareness. Biffl e was nominated and accepted for the honor based on out-standing scholastic merit, civic involvement, and leader-ship potential. The People to People Leadership Summits bring together outstanding student leaders from around the globe to fo-cus on leadership, teambuilding, community service, col-lege admissions, and professional aspirations. The program is coordinated by People to People Ambas-sador Programs to fulfi ll the vision President Dwight D. Eisenhower had for fostering world citizenship when he founded People to People International during his presi-dency in 1956. For additional information please visit peopletopeople.com/leadership

(On November 19, 2009, Dr. Kent Sundell, geology instructor at Casper College, took time out of his busy day to discuss events that led to the discovery of one of the larg-est mammoth’s ever unearthed in the world. The Glenrock Bird thanks Dr. Sundell for providing information, and some amazing photographs, that were critical to the prepa-ration of the following article.)

It was another day at work for backhoe op-erator Dee Zimmerschied. He was about 25 miles north of Glenrock, preparing an oil pad at the Allemand Ranch for his em-ployer, Basic Energy Services. Needless to say, this wasn’t a particularly exotic under-taking.

However, what he discovered while digging that March day back in 2006 was exotic indeed. How about the remains of the largest mammoth ever discovered in Wyoming? How about, just maybe, the largest mam-moth ever discovered in the world?

Ranch owner Bart Byrd knew that something extraordi-nary was lying beneath the ground when a huge pelvis bone appeared during the preparation of the oil pad. He immediately stopped work and informed the Tate Geo-logical Museum at Casper College.

Enter Casper College geology professor Kent Sundell. After assembling a group of more than 1,000 excited stu-dents and volunteers, Sundell and his crew descended on the site to begin excavating during the summer of 2006. After waiting for the weather to become more hospitable, Sundell and his group of “bone warriors” returned to the site in the summer of 2007, intent on fi nding as many bones as possible. The more bones found, the more “piec-es of a puzzle” to reconstruct into a complete skeleton. Unfortunately, there was a problem. There would be no digging in 2008.

Dr. Sundell supplied some insight into the 2008 bone dig-ging hiatus.

“Basic Energy Services had kindly lent us the use of their equipment, free of charge, for our excavation work during the summers of 2006 and 2007,” Sundell explained.

“In 2008, business for Basic Energy had increased to the point where they had no equipment available to lend. Business was booming for them, and they needed every piece of equipment (at their disposal).”

Digging needed to commence, as a few important bones were missing - like the mammoth’s skull and tusks.

After what must have been a frustrating interlude, Sundell was once again graciously allowed the use of Basic En-ergy excavation equipment, and returned to the site in the summer of 2009, compelled to try just one last time to fi nd these crucial, missing pieces.

There’s an old saying that “The third time’s the charm”, and fortunately for the good Professor those words were prophetic - the skull and tusks were indeed discovered on the third visit to the site.

And, it would seem, just in the nick of time. “After one additional day of digging, we would (have explored every logical area where the bones could have been,)” Sundell remembers. “ After one day, we would have quit looking.” .

Fortunately, that one day never arrived. After the remain-ing bones have been painstakingly excavated, a special glue will be applied to the skull and tusks to harden them, and a thick coating of plaster will be applied.

Eventually, the massive Columbian Mammoth nicknamed “Dee” (remember the fi rst name of our intrepid backhoe operator?) will have his fully assembled skeleton care-fully mounted for display at the Tate Geological Museum

in Casper.

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November 18, 2009 - Douglas, WY – USDA Rural Develop-ment announced the approval of a Guaranteed Business and Industry Loan in the amount of $5,000,000. The loan will be used to remodel, upgrade, and expand the current Doug-las Care Center nursing home. This will include the creation of a 20 unit Alzheimer’s/Demen-tia wing, increase the number of single resident rooms, and also provide more opportuni-ties for couple residents.

This loan is being made to Health & Marketing West, Inc.; Douglas Care Center, LLC; and R. Joseph Rude and Kathryn Rude. The loan is guaranteed through the Con-verse County Bank in Doug-las.

Rural Development’s Business and Industry Loan Guaran-tee Program guarantees loans made by eligible local lenders to businesses to benefi t rural areas. The program’s primary purpose is to create and main-tain employment and improve the economic and environ-mental climate in rural com-munities.According to Derrel Carruth,

State Director, “The Douglas Care Center provides a fun-damentally valuable service to its residents. The proposed improvements will signifi cant-ly benefi t the residents, their families, the employees of this facility, and the community as a whole.”

To celebrate the beginning of the renovation and ex-pansion, the Douglas Care Center will be hosting a Ground Breaking Ceremo-ny on November 23, 2009 at 1:30 pm at their facil-ity located at 1108 Birch Street, Douglas, Wyoming. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited to attend.

Individuals or businesses in-terested in further information regarding the USDA Rural De-velopment and our programs may call (307) 233-6700 or visit our web site at http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/wy/ http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/wy/.Phone: (307) 233-6700 • Fax: (307) 233-6727 • TDD: (307) 233-6733 or (202) 720-6382 (TDD).

DOUGLAS CARE GETS $5 MIL FOR UPGRADES/EXPANSION

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GLENROCK’S BACKYARD HOME TO A DISCOVERY OF “MAMMOTH” PROPORTIONS

Bart Byrd in Cat tractor lift the plaster jacketed skull of Dee the mammoth while Dr. Kent Sundell and Steve Pfaff help load the skull on to a trailer for delivery to Tate Museum in Casper, WY

the prepared skull of Dee the mammoth at the Tate Museum Prep lab at Casper College. Interim Dean of the school of Science, Melissa Connely looks at the top of 5 foot long Co-lumbian mammoth skull

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Thursday 11.12.09

-Citizen Assist. Officer re-sponded x2-Traffic Stop. Verbal warn-ing for speed-Officer Patrolled Rolling Hills-Cat at Large. Transported to Magees-Ambulance Request for a Possible Broken Leg. Trans-port to Casper-ACO Patrolled Rolling Hills-Natural Gas Leak Reported. Unfounded-Lost Property. Owner claimed property-Civil Standby. Officer com-plied-Vehicle Repossession Re-ported-OAA. Message delivered Friday 11.13.09 -Rolling Hills Patrol Com-pleted x2-Open Door Located-Range Key Issued x3-VIN Inspection Completed-Comm Tech Performed No-tary x2-Civil Standby Completed-Extra Patrol Requested-E-911 Medical. One trans-ported to Casper-Traffic Stop. Verbal warn-ing issued for driver’s side headlamp-Animal. Salecs notified. Officer handled the matter-Dispute. Officers respond-ed-Noise Complaint. Officer responded Saturday 11.14.09 -Rolling Hills Patrol Com-pleted x4-Open Door Reported-Comm Tech Performed a Notary x2-Testing of the Siren/PA System. Everything was in working order-Range Key Issued x2-Juvenile Problem. Citation issued-Disturbance Reported. Call was unfounded-OAA. Officer responded to an ATL but subject is report-edly in another county-OAA. Officer responded to a 911 hangup-all ok-Loud Music. Officer spoke to subjects, music lowered-Suspicious Vehicles. No problems found Sunday 11.15.09 -Suspicious Vehicle. Every-thing okay-Citizen Assist. Officer com-plied

-Suspicious Circumstance Reported-Controlled Burn Reported in the County-Officer Patrolled Rolling Hills-Water Leak. Public Works notified-Message Left for ACO Re-garding an Abandoned Cat-Officer Provided a Citizen Assist-Range Key Issued x2-Comm Tech Notarized Pa-per-Report Taken Reference Missing Jewelry-Officer Impounded Stray Dog-Medical. No transport-Rolling Hills Patrol Com-pleted Monday 11.16.09 -Controlled Burn Reported on Deer Creek Road-ACO Patrolled Rolling Hills-E-911 Ambulance Request. Transport to Casper-Graffiti Report Taken-Officer Performed a VIN In-spection-Range Key Issued-Suspicious Activity. Officer found all ok-Harassment Report Taken-Rolling Hills Patrol Com-pleted Tuesday 11.17.09 -Information Logged-Officer Patrolled Rolling Hills-Cat Bite Reported-ACO Patrolled Rolling Hills-Truck Fire Reported. Fire units were cancelled-Subject Fingerprinted to Child Care-Comm Tech Performed a Notary-Vacation House Watch Add-ed-Citizen Assist. Officer was successful-VIN Inspection Complete-Extra Patrol Requested-Suspicious Circumstance. Everything was ok-Rolling Hills Patrol Com-plete Wednesday 11.18.09 -OAA. Officer responded to a vehicle accident-Dog At Large. ACO UTL-Maintenance. Communi-com notified-Range Key Issued-Comm Tech Performed No-tary-Rolling Hills Patrol Com-pleted-Officer Completed a VIN Inspection-Medical. One transported to Casper-Officer Patrolled Rolling Hills

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GLENROCK POLICE BEAT

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On Tuesday, November 10th, a public meeting was held in the Middle School auditorium re-garding the fate of the old Grant Elementary building. The facil-ity currently houses the Rec Center, Boys and Girls Club, and Commu-nity Ed, and is owned by Converse County School District #2. Earlier this year, Superintendent Kirk Hughes was in-formed by the School Facilities Commission that, as of June 30, 2010, they will no longer allow the District to use Major Maintenance Money for the upkeep of the build-ing as it is no longer con-sidered a school. This leaves the District with the choice of either sell-ing the building or tear-ing it down and leaves the community with a decision to make about the fate of the entities housed by the building. Over 80 people turned out for the meeting to voice their concerns and have their questions an-swered concerning what is to be done with the building. Representa-tives from the School Board, GSG Architecture from Casper, and Super-

intendent Hughes were on hand to explain the situation and obtain

feedback from the com-munity. Members of the Rec Center Board were also present. Rick Grant, President of the CCSD#2 School Board, welcomed the attendees and ex-plained the situation to them, urging the commu-nity to "...step up, express your concerns to the Rec Board, and give your opinions to this board as to what you would like to see done. We're willing to do whatever this com-munity wants," he said. Discussion included top-ics such as renovation costs versus demolition and new construction, which was explained by GSG architect James Holloway who gave some 'soft' numbers re-garding both options along with his opinions of what could take place. According to Holloway's numbers, the high end of the spectrum for renova-tion vs demo is just over $8 million for renovation and nearly $10 million for new construction, with a difference between the two options of nearly $2 million. Mr. Holloway brought an 'off the shelf' design of a rec facility his company designed

that would be compa-rable in square footage to what Glenrock would need to show the crowd what was possible for their $10 million if they chose to go that way. Margaret Farley, Com-munity Ed Director, seemed to speak for ev-eryone in the room when she stood to be heard and said, "If it's our choice...I would like to see the existing building stay because...I'm not sure what the timeline is of shutting the facility down [for demolition] but in the interim, I think you're going to devastate the programs that the youth in our community utilize. I know it's big numbers each side--whether you demo and build or you renovate. I'm concerned about taking the build-ing out of the way and then not putting any-thing back in its place. I have a vested interest because my kids utilize [the facility]." Shortly after Mrs. Farley spoke, School Board President, Rick Grant asked for a show of hands from the people if they wanted to keep the building as is. Nearly every hand in the room went up.

As of Tuesday, the

School Board was going to place an action item on the agenda for their Thursday board meeting which would place the old Grant Elementary up for sale, with non-profits

like the Rec Center being given preference in the bid process. The bid will remain open until Febru-ary of 2010. If there are no bids for the building, the School District will then make plans to tear it down. This is actually good news for the entities which occupy the prem-ises. The building will stay intact long enough for them to join together with the community and create a plan of action in order to obtain owner-ship of the building. It will still be a neces-sity for the community to 'step up' as Grant stated earlier. Once the build-ing is purchased, the is-sue then becomes the maintenance and care of the facility and that is go-ing to take the support of the people of Glenrock. Grants are definitely a possibility, but are never guaranteed and some-thing more permanent will have to be put into action in order to fund the programs that mean so much to the youth of our community. This, at least for now, seems to be a step in the right di-rection.

TOWN MEETS ON FATE OF GLENROCK’S REC CENTER/BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB

Jessica Smith - General News

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