Tral l|urs sd rPage halr 1 The urdr Sundance a Times 1 Thursday, July 16, 2020 Volume 136 • Issue No. 29 Thursday, July 16, 2020 Thesudas Sundance Times COVID-19 Beef chuck rdrs say la Eighth ur urs confirmed case rs, ad reported in h has Crook County r ay ur us Infection numbers continue ar rr to rise across Wyoming, as do rass the number of people hospital- ized as a result of COVID-19. ass The figures now include an eighth confirmed case in Crooi Governor Mark Gordon County, a symptomatic adult female who is believed to have of people under quarantine or- contracted the virus at a family ders here in Laramie County,” gathering, according to Crook said Gordon at his most recent County Public Health. press conference. The public health orders cur- The state broke its record on rently in place will be extended new cases on Saturday with through July 31 as a result, 43 announced in one day. Governor Mark Gordon an- The figures show that, over nounced on Monday. the past two weeks, Wyoming “Our numbers keep rising has averaged 27 new cases per and I think that’s of concern. day, with 378 in total since the Many of our counties are reporting increases in new See COVID-19: page 6 cases and we have hundreds Uncertainty plagues city rally plans the local response. It’s still impossible to guess Noonan asked whether the Jeff Moberg photo how the Sturgis Motorcycle city wants to start thinking r r ls r a s lad ar hs sr dur h Jr ys r d aur Rally will go this year, which about any precautions that day r as a lar ur rs ha urd u h r h y Jur d ssa makes it tough for the City should be taken in light of the hld hr aurday ad uday sas ral rh ad ulas r h al rds h of Sundance to begin its pre- public health issue. However, schedule before the state finals in Casper on August 7-9. liminary planning. Discussion it’s still not possible to predict was held at last week’s council how many people will turn up meeting about the measures for the annual event, he said. that could be taken to keep It has always been assumed uy sdrs rsals r radad COVID-19 at bay during the that there would be some traf- busiest week of the local tour- fic coming through even had the form of requests for proposals. This state has never before handled an influx ist season. the event been cancelled, Noo- Commission still is a project that began with a statewide of funding to tackle a pandemic, she said, “Sturgis City Council did not nan said, but there’s no way to pushing for better push to improve broadband access two “Millions of dollars are sitting there and it cancel the rally in Sturgis,” tell whether there will be more years ago and has evolved into a potential is taking forever to get access to it.” confirmed Police Chief Marty visitors, fewer or the number internet in rural areas avenue for CARES Act funds. In the meantime, the county put out Noonan. On hearing this news, originally predicted. However, said Commissioner Jeanne requests for proposals from companies he said, the police department “We don’t know what the gov- Whalen, whether CARES Act funding can that have the ability and desire to provide was represented at a meet- ernor’s orders are going to be Though the funding process still bears be utilized for this is still being figured out broadband in local underserved areas. ing arranged by Emergency by then either,” he said. question marks, Crook County has taken at the state level and, right now, “It’s just Two responses were received, from Celerity Management Coordinator Ed steps towards securing better broadband all up in the air”. Robinson to begin planning See ally: page 6 for more remote areas of the county in Because the situation is fluid and the See radad: page 4 Picnic in Aladdin Council hears updates, considers ordinances on retaining walls is one of a Clerk Treasurer Kathy Lenz Before hearing updates on few issues, he said, that “prob- requested a special meeting on the various projects happening ably need some clarity”. July 16 to award the bid. around town, the Sundance On a similar note, a public Regarding the Sundance Kid City Council first considered hearing was held for Kyndell tank project, Mummert said a border dispute between Flint’s request to put a new Trihydro has executed a site neighboring landowners that house on a lot on E. Cleveland visit and looked at potential appeared to underscore the that is zoned as general busi- sites. The preliminary bound- need to revisit some city ordi- ness. The council agreed last aries of the area of probable ex- nances. month that a variance would cavation have been submitted The border dispute includes be in order on the basis that to the Abandoned Mine Lands neighbors in a subdivision a house has sat on that lot for program, which is providing where gravel is migrating from many years. the funding, and survey infor- one property to the other and All landowners within 300 mation has been received. setbacks on a retaining wall feet had been notified and the Trihydro is working on the Courtesy photo are in question. The landown- public hearing was advertised. plans for the tank configura- rs as h ar sush a h aual ladd ers requested assistance, but No comments were heard and tion right now, he said. Big the council and City Attorney the variance was approved. steps have been taken on the At least 55 people from throughout Crook including: Blake Stanley, Carl Beach, Bryan Mark Hughes explained that The council heard from Dan project over the last month. County enjoyed a beautiful Sunday after- Miller, Donna Rice, Josh Wheeler, Star Roselli, it is a civil trespass issue and Mummert of Trihydro, city Two change orders were ap- noon attending Aladdin Homemakers Annual Kelly Dennis, Bob Latham, Tyler Lindholm and should be handled legally. engineers, regarding ongoing proved for the Old Stoney proj- Community Picnic on July 12 at the Aladdin Chip Neiman. Mayor Paul Brooks comment- projects. The Sundance West ect to upgrade the fire suppres- Community Park. It was reported by those that had traveled to ed that the city had discussed water tank project is now out sion system to a level that will Joining the Crook County friends and neigh- Aladdin that there were more in attendance at revisiting its ordinances to to bid, he said, and a pre-bid allow the state fire marshal’s bors for the afternoon were ten candidates the park in Aladdin than there were at such a clarify certain issues such as meeting was held with contrac- running in the 2020 Wyoming Primary Election gathering in Kaycee just hours before. use of solar panels. Setbacks tors on June 16. See ul: page 4 ra ahr , T T T 1 The Sundance Times Page 2 Thursday, July 16, 2020 A Great Deal! Classified ads are a great deal at just 35¢ per word Miller visits county on election trail ($5 minimum per week) BY SARAH PRIDGEON nuts and bolts, where things plus his business experience Political hopefuls often talk happen,” as a facilitator is what would about draining swamps and In 2003, the SARS pan- give him an edge in Congress. cutting back federal over- demic hit, and Miller helped It has also been his inspira- reach, but Bryan Miller says to write the civil support plan tion in deciding what he would he actually knows how to for the 50 states, he says. Five do with the opportunity. get those things done. The years later, stationed back at “I’ve got experience that goes candidate for U.S. Senator NORAD, he was asked to up- way beyond the experience of Mike Enzi’s seat believes his date it for the next pandemic. someone who’s grown up in unique background sets him That was his last job for the the political world,” he says. apart not only from his op- Air Force. During his time in One of Miller’s major goals position, but also from most the military, he also taught at would be to improve efficiency people serving in Washington, the academy for a few years in the federal government; for D.C. today. and earned two Masters de- example, by using technology “I see the value of looking at grees. to improve operations rather things from a different angle. “When I got out of the Air than for the sake of using We get so entrenched in Wash- Force, I immediately moved technology. ington, D.C. in specific ideol- back to Wyoming,” he says. “My other reason is that I’m ogy, specific ways of doing “I’d never given up my resi- sick and tired of government things, because it’s the way dency of Wyoming, not for a overreach. We see it all over in Courtesy photo it’s been done for a long time,” single day, which was impor- Wyoming,” he says, pointing U.S. Senate candidate he says, speaking after his vis- tant to me because I went to the unelected bureaucrats Bryan Miller. it to Crook County last week. around the world for 23 years tasked with actually writing “That does not help anybody.” on active duty and four years federal bills as a large part of lar issue, he’d prefer them to After graduating from Sheri- at the academy saying, ‘Wyo- the problem.