Notching victories|Bulldogs have productivePage week:1 The Sundance page 13 Times 75¢ Thursday, February 7, 2019 Volume 134 • Issue No. 6 Thursday, February 7, 2019 Thewww.sundancetimes.com Sundance Times It’s about time Local legislators pushing bill that would abolish daylight saving time BY SARAH PRIDGEON A bill sponsored by both of Crook County’s legislators this year would do away with the need to spring forward and fall back. HB-14 would establish “Mountain Daylight Time”, creat- ing a single time zone for Wyoming that would not be subject to daylight saving. “Daylight savings time is an antiquated system,” says Senator Ogden Driskill, who is co-sponsoring a bill to abolish daylight savings for the third time since joining the Wyoming Senate. Driskill believes that Wyomingites are pretty much evenly split between liking and disliking daylight savings. “Changing time leads to many accidents, higher rates of people being late to work and even some deaths,” he continues. “The facts are well documented.” Representative Tyler Lindholm agrees that daylight savings have negative effects on our lifestyle here in the Midwest. “I support this legislation due to the fact that I have children, much like many of the readers of this paper. The unnecessary time change wrecks those kids for a few weeks each time, and it is not needed,” he says. “Also take into consideration that the majority of our area works in agriculture or energy. Their schedule will either be dawn to dusk, or 12 hour shifts.” Cold soles It may have been frosty and slick on Sunday morning, but that didn’t The bill references the Standard Time Act of 1918, which es- stop more than 60 runners and 30 walkers from joining in the fun of the tablished standard time zones for the United States that were year’s chilliest race. Freeze Your Fanny is an annual benefit for the Sun- bounded by meridian lines and included standard mountain dance High School cross country team held on Superbowl Sunday. time. In 1966, the Uniform Time Act promoted the adoption The first place runner this year was Josh Speidel with a time of 27:19, of uniform time within those zones and established daylight followed by Chris Riley with 27:20. saving time. In the zero to 19 age category, the top two runners were Tayleigh It also authorized states that are entirely situated in one zone, Adrian and Lane Jay. Aged 20 to 29, the top two placers were Caley such as Wyoming, to exempt themselves from this change. The Buckert and Jessie Fahlgren and the 30 to 39 category was topped by text of the bill argues that residents and businesses in Wyoming Chris Riley and Ryan Talamadge. are more habituated to the eight months of daylight saving than Aged 40 to 49, the two top placers were Josh Speidel and Jeremy the four months of standard time and that the biannual change Elson. In the 50 to 59 category, Paul Bosworth and Gene Griffin came is disruptive to both commerce and daily schedules. top and in the 60 plus category, the top two placers were Sunny Rub- However, HB-14 would not instantly revoke daylight sav- biks and Tim Shay. ings. The oldest participant this year was Norma Peterson and the young- “The bill, if enacted, will not become effective until three sur- est was Kohlee Shoun. rounding states sign on,” says Driskill. For example, if Colorado, South Dakota and Nebraska all decided to get rid of daylight savings, HB-14 would come into effect. At that point, the governor of Wyoming would apply to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to transfer the state to the zone designated as standard central time in the Standard Time Act of 1918. “I supported HB-14 because it requires that other states join us before we make the change. That way were not abandoning Wyoming as its own timezone,” says Lindholm. “That could be detrimental for border towns like those in Crook and Weston County. When other states adopt, we can make the change one more time in the spring and forget about it.” First things first CCMSD board pumps the fundraising brakes until plans become clear BY SARAH PRIDGEON The Crook County Medical Services District Board of Trust- Jeff Moberg photos ees is gearing up to revitalize the Hulett Clinic, potentially in a new building with additional space to allow a more diverse offering of services. In the meantime, the board discussed the role of the Crook County Memorial Hospital Foundation Snow more waiting in fundraising for the project. “I want to make sure it’s a clear goal that we have and that [the foundation] understands it and the community under- Winterfest arrives next weekend stands it,” said Trustee Joey Kanode, referring to the fact BY SARAH PRIDGEON that the project is still in its early planning stages. Once upon a time in Sundance, a cold winter just meant a more The board must consider, for example, what features would difficult drive to town. Since the Sundance Winter Festival first be important for a modernized clinic in Hulett. On Thurs- launched, though, many of us have begun to judge January weather day, the idea of a walk-in clinic like the one available at the according to how well it will help the teams cover the streets in snow hospital was posited. for the most entertaining Saturday of the season. “It used to be very busy,” said Trustee Connie Lindmier of Now in its fifth year, the festival returns next weekend and brings the walk-in clinic that used to be available. with it all the excitement and smiles the community has come to Other potential services could include a neuro program or love. At 9 a.m. on February 16, the first ski joring team will race memory care program, trustees noted, and the size of the down Main Street and the competitions will begin. clinic is also part of the discussion. The current building, “It has brought on its own little culture and a pretty positive vibe while structurally sound and still serviceable, has no room among the community and in what I would call the Black Hills sur- for growth and is limiting what the district can offer the rounding area,” says organizer Reggie Gaylord. Hulett community. Gaylord is expecting record crowds this year and says he has Trustees commented that the new clinic will potentially heard interest from Rapid City, Spearfish and Gillette. The event need more rooms if it is to provide such services as physical was inspired by competitions in surrounding states and now similar therapy. Careful thought is necessary to ensure it meets the events have begun to pop up in other parts of Wyoming. Jeff Moberg photo needs of the community, the board agreed. “It’s fun to see we’ve created an event that brought a lot of people Nick McDonald pulls Jeff Stull toward the finish line during A planning session is scheduled for March 9 for the board in to see how we’re doing it and to put it on themselves,” he says. last year’s Winterfest. to consider its long term plans and the clinic will certainly be “We’re still a free, family-friendly event and that’s one thing we an important part of that discussion. But in the meantime, want to stick to.” Registration for each division will close just before its long round questioned Trustee Mark Erickson, what could or should Registration will open at 7 a.m. for the festival events and closes begins. Short rounds for every division will have a Calcutta. the foundation tell supporters in the community? at 8:45 a.m. for the first division as competitors line the course to This year will see a new division added to the mix for men aged “How are they presenting their fundraising when we don’t have sing the national anthem. 50 and above. a plan to go forward?” asked Erickson, adding that, “I think Ski joring will take place throughout the day as skiers are pulled “It’s so we can spread them out a little and make the categories along the obstacle course by a galloping horse and its rider. The first See Foundation: page 14 event will be the long round for the Outlaw boarders. See Winterfest: page 7 Area Weather SUNDANCE, WYOMING CONTINUING THE CROOK COUNTY NEWS SINCE 1884 The Sundance Times Page 2 Thursday, February 7, 2019 Obituaries Churches Sundance Community Robert G. Burke Church (SBC) 10th and Cleveland, Robert Gene Burke was born Bob continued his education 50, winning multiple saddles He was a beloved son-in-law Sunday Worship - 11 a.m., January 31, 1951, and passed at South Dakota State Uni- in NRCA, SDRA, NDRA cir- to Bill and Wilma Swan, and a Fellowship - 10:30 a.m., away at home on February 1, versity on a rodeo scholarship cuits. treasured member of the whole Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. 2019, after a courageous bat- and continued to compete in Bob and Kathy were blessed Swan family. Chapel of Faith tle with cancer. his three favorite events. It with eight grandkids and en- Bob is survived by his sweet- 116 S. 3rd, Pastor Dave Born in Belle Fourche, South was while attending SDSU joyed watching all of their heart of 48 years, Kathy; chil- Jagemann, Chapeloffaith. org, Non Denominational - Dakota, to William and Harriet that he met his sweetheart various activities in and out dren Chad and Carrie Burke, Simply teaching the Bible, (Alexander) Burke, he grew up Kathy Swan, Newell, South of school.