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Briefs University Judiciary Committee to meet in Thermopolis of Wyoming Two-day agenda April 20-21 includes discussions on domestic violence, probation and parole faculty call for By Karla Pomeroy ing the recent session that and sentenc- parole effectiveness is the with discussion on stalking Editor ended March 3 but was not ing. He said second item on the commit- penalties, domestic violence, more board WORLAND — The Wyo- considered by the Senate. The the prosecut- tee’s first meeting this spring, sexual assaults, restraining ming Joint Judiciary Commit- bill, Winters said, took a look ing attor- which will be April 20-21 in orders and family violence. diversity tee has a busy agenda during at sentencing and probation neys group Thermopolis. Tara Muir with the Wyoming LARAMIE (AP) — Faculty the interim, according to Rep. and parole reform including brought up Michael Blonigen of the Na- Coalition Against Domestic members at the University Nathan Winters (R-Thermop- enhancing drug courts, with several ques- trona County District Attor- Violence & Sexual Assault is of Wyoming are calling for olis) and work begins with the idea of helping first-time re- tions during ney’s Office is on the agenda, among those on the agenda to more diversity on the school’s first meeting in Thermopolis sponders and getting them in hearings on along with Wyoming Depart- testify before the committee. board of trustees. later this month. treatment rather than jail. the bill that Nathan Winters ment of Corrections Director Other items on Thurs- The Laramie Boomerang In an interview last week, He said the issue will be will need Rep. R-Thermopolis Bob Lampert and Deputy Di- day’s agenda include reports reports that the university’s Winters said the criminal jus- brought up during the in- to be ad- rector Steve Lindly. from the Department of Faculty Senate unanimously tice reform bill, House Bill 94, terim with a more narrow dressed. The meeting on Thurs- See ‘Committee,’ page 2 passed a resolution last week went through the House dur- scope addressing probation A review of probation and day, April 20, however, starts asking Gov. Matt Mead to recognize the need for more diversity on the board. In Agar: Interim work 2014, it passed a measure Ten Sleep Royalty calling for parity of men and women on the board. includes utility rates, Faculty Senate Secretary Donal O’Toole says there are only two women on the I-80 master plan 12-member board. Mead recently declined By Karla Pomeroy several coastal states to reappoint Democrat Mike Editor to the west of us that Massie and named four men WORLAND — As have signed “Coal Free — three Republicans and one a member of both the by 2023” legislation.” independent — to the board. Senate Corporations, He said the legislation The next trustees aren’t Elections and Political means those states are scheduled to be appointed Subdivisions Commit- moving toward com- until after he leaves office tee and Transporta- plete ‘renewable ener- but political science profes- tion, Highways and gies.’ sor Maggi Murdock says the Military Affairs Com- “The problem is faculty still wanted to make a mittee, Sen. Wyatt Wyatt Agar that we’re in inter- Sen. R-Thermopolis statement on the issue. Agar (R-Thermopolis) state agreements is anticipating a busy interim with these states and we own in his first full year as a state infrastructure together with Laramie legislator. them on the [electrical] grid for officials For Corporations Commit- electricity production. So we’re tee, Agar said the have the facing a situation where they watching “daunting task” of dealing won’t take our coal electricity with electricity. He said follow- but we have to subsidize their Trump on rural ing President Donald Trump’s more expensive electricity,” executive order to repeal the Agar said. air subsidy Clean Power Act things are Agar said that likely means more daunting. “What people LARAMIE (AP) — A manag- See ‘Agar,’ page 2 er at Laramie’s regional airport don’t realize is that there are says it’s too soon to panic over a Trump administration propos- al to eliminate subsidized air County Commission to assess flood service to rural communities. The Laramie Boomerang reports that the city would be mitigation, Lighthouse addition among 112 communities na- tionwide that could lose out if By Marcus Huff removal of the island, stabiliza- the Essential Air Service subsi- Staff Writer tion of the banks along the river, dies are eliminated. WORLAND — Representa- and the installation of monitor- Airport manager Jack Skin- tive from the Army Corps of ing and backflow equipment to ner says the program has been Engineers will meet with city prevent further flooding. on the chopping block before. and county leaders on Tuesday On Tuesday at 9 a.m., Mike He tells the newspaper that to assess February flood dam- Happold and Tom Johnson he’s concerned but optimistic. age and evaluate a request to of the Army Corps will meet The subsidy allows Sky- remove a sedimentary island with local officials at the office West Airlines to operate out of from the Big Horn River, hope- of Homeland Security Direc- Laramie, which is home to the fully reducing future ice jams. tor Jeff Schweighart to review University of Wyoming. Mayor Chairman Terry Wolf and the Andi Summerville says the city commission have proposed the See ‘Commission,’ page 2 would need to provide $2 mil- lion to the commuter airline if the subsidy goes. The airport served more Ten Sleep to award sewer than 29,000 passengers in 2016. upgrade bid on Tuesday “To not have air service to the state’s only four-year insti- By Marcus Huff ders on March 14 to review the tution is almost unthinkable,” Staff Writer scope and physical layout of TEN SLEEP - Addressing an the project, then, on March 28, Summerville said. “They bring DAILY NEWS/ Tracie Mitchell upcoming sewer project esti- the town opened bids at town in potential business prospects, Byron Powell and Tiffany Senn were crowned king and queen during the Ten Sleep School mated to cost $1.7 million and hall. Lidstone and representa- donors to the university and prom Saturday evening at the Red Reflet Ranch in Ten Sleep. athletes for our teams. The loss paid for in part by a loan and tives from the USDA reviewed of that air service would be an grant from the United States the bids for compliance. After absolutely detrimental blow to Department of Agriculture, the awarding the final bid, work is our economy.” Median removal project about to begin in Powell Ten Sleep Town Council will scheduled to begin sometime in President Donald Trump’s award the winning bid for the May at the earliest. Seven bids proposal is part of his bud- POWELL — Single-lane traf- the intersection of 1st and Evar- removal and ADA upgrades, in- construction project on Tuesday in total were submitted. get plan. It’s an early step in fic in each direction is expected ts Street will occur, along with a cluding replacement of broken at the regular monthly meeting. In other agenda items, the a lengthy budget process and this spring and summer on a new asphalt overlay from Clark curb and gutter double, and side- The project is expected to town will appoint a voting del- is expected to run into opposi- 1.26-mile highway improvement Street to Homesteader Park. walk. begin in the spring, and will egate to The Wyoming Associa- tion in the Senate, where law- project on U.S. 14A in Powell. Americans with Disabilities Act Frost said lighting may also upgrade original sewer lines tion of Municipalities (WAM) makers from rural states have The $2.31 million project in- sidewalk improvements will be start within the project limits. located in the northern section and review all new business helped keep the program alive cludes removal of medians and completed throughout the proj- This first part of the project is of town, along with upgrades to and building permits. despite several previous at- installation of new roadway ect, including replacing broken currently scheduled to be com- the town’s sewage lagoon. May- The council meets at 7 p.m. tempts by budget-cutters to lighting from Fair Street to Park curb and gutter, double gutter pleted by the middle of June. or Jack Haggerty announced at town ha ll. All meetings are kill it. County Road 8 in Powell, accord- and sidewalk.” “Motorists can expect one-way the bidding process for the proj- open to public comment. Critics of the program say ing to Wyoming Department of The prime contractor is Cen- traffic in each direction through ect on Feb. 27, with the town the subsidies are too expensive Transportation resident engi- tury Companies, Inc. of Lewis- the work zones while work is be- engineering firm, Lidstone and neer Todd Frost of Cody. town, Mont. ing done,” Frost said. for a relatively small number Associates of Fort Collins, ad- Weather & of passengers served. Eliminat- “New roadway lighting will The contractor is current- Single-way traffic in each di- vertising the bid and notifying Vitals ing it would save about $175 be placed on the canal bank on ly scheduled to start work rection could remain 24 hours local contractors. million a year, according to the the south side of the roadway,” about April 10 from Fair Street The town held a pre-bid see page 2 Trump administration. Frost said. “Reconstruction of to Clark Street on the median See ‘Powell,’ page 2 meeting with interested bid- A2–Northern Wyoming Daily News, Worland, Wyo., Tuesday, April 4, 0217 Obituaries Committee Corrections, streamlined bail Winters said when people nology and operations. Judge islative website, but location and forfeiture schedule with talk about marijuana in gen- Robert Skar of the Fifth Ju- has not been determined. Lt. Col. Shannon Ratliff of the eral most people overlook dicial District, and Judge Members of the Joint Ju- Wyoming Highway Patrol, ev- that it comes in a highly- Marvin L. Tyler of the Ninth diciary Interim Committee idence based pre-trial release concentrated form such as District, are on the agenda. are Representatives Winters, policies and edible marijuana gummy bears and suckers. Other items include post-con- Dan Kirkbride, Mark Baker, issues. He said there are concerns viction relief, child custody, Bo Biteman, Mark Jennings, House Bill 197 regarding because in the state code it child support/pari-mutuel in- Jared Olsen, Charles Pelkey, marijuana edibles passed the addresses plant form but not tercept and volunteer health Bill Pownall and Tim Salazar; House and Senate this year specifically edible forms. care. and Senators Leland Chris- but during concurrence the On Friday, the meeting The next meeting is then tensen, Lisa Anselmi-Dalton, House postponed consider- again begins at 8:15 a.m. with tentatively set in June, ac- Larry Hicks, Dave Kinskey ation of the bill indefinitely. updates on courtroom tech- cording to the Wyoming Leg- and Tara Nethercott. Agar that Wyoming residents will terim is how much residents’ mittee is tentatively set for largely in favor of toll booths. pay more in electricity to sup- bills will spike, Agar said. May 18-19 in Laramie. To this point I have fought it port wind energy in places like In an earlier article from the TRANSPORTATION quite vehemently. As that plan Portland, Oregon. Wyoming Tribune Eagle, it was Agar said one of the biggest evolves I really want the pub- “So we’re faced with a de- noted that the committee’s pri- issues for the Transportation lic to be involved in the public cision do we break our agree- ority was endorsed by Senate Committee is the Interstate 80 comment section of that plan. ments with these states and Majority Leader Drew Perkins, master plan. Agar said the new He said typically what you look for agreements to the east R-Casper, who noted that of presidential administration is can see on toll roads is truck and south of us to establish all the Rocky Mountain states wanting to invest money in in- drivers divert around and the new interstate exchanges for between Mexico and Canada, frastructure. residents are the ones who our power,” Agar said. only Colorado has higher elec- “We need to do work along end up paying the toll. “People “For a freshman senator, I tricity rates than Wyoming. the I-80 corridor and how to have learned to re-route. It’s didn’t realize how deep these “Outside of the budget, this best design a master plan and the people that have to use the interstate agreements have might be most important thing how to go about getting the fed- road coming and going to and gone,” he said, adding that the that happens coming out of eral government to cost share from work that end up paying ultimate decision is from the the interim,” Perkins said. “It with us,” Agar said. “One thing the bill.” power providers but Wyoming potentially dwarfs every other I want to tell my constituents According to the Legislative can give them the OK to break economic activity we take.” as the I-80 master plan rolls Service Office, the first meet- the agreements. According to the Legislative along, I want to ask them to ing for the Joint Transporta- What the Corporations Service Office, the first meet- please watch it because there tion Committee is scheduled for Powell Committee will study this in- ing for the Corporations Com- are several legislators who are May 30-31 in Douglas. a day, 7 days a week, depending 5 and July 21 through July on the work being done. Normal 23 for local holiday celebrations,” working hours will be 7 a.m. to Frost said. Commission 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Century Companies’ contract Any work on Saturdays will be with WYDOT calls for grading, flood details, before visiting the the Lighthouse remodel, with bed Lighthouse center housed Also on the agenda, an up- scheduled as make-up days due milling asphalt plant mix, plac- Big Horn River and discussing Cloud Peak Counseling Direc- almost 70 patients in 2016, date on the Lane 10 bridge to delays caused by inclement ing crushed base and asphalt potential solutions to the ice tor Mark Russler. from Big Horn, Hot Springs, status (currently needing fur- weather. pavement surfacing, placing as- jam problems, and possible soil Currently, under Title 25, pa- Park, Fremont and Washakie ther repair), a budget hearing The contractor is scheduled phalt plant mix wearing course, redistribution. tients entering the Lighthouse counties, and currently all five to transfer funds to Washakie to start work from Clark Street concrete pavement, electrical, The Washakie County Com- for care are assessed for possi- beds are occupied. County Dispatch and an up- to Homesteader Park after mid- and other work on 1.26 miles on mission will meet at 11:30 a.m. ble risk (suicide or self-harm) or Plans include expanding the date on future projects from the June on median removal, ADA Coulter Avenue (U.S. 14A) begin- at the courthouse, following the alcohol or drug abuse, and held facility to a 7-room center, with county Extension office. upgrades including replacement ning at milepost 20.374 in the meeting with the Army Corps until they have been stabilized a social detox area and a lock- All meetings of the county of broken curb and gutter double, City of Powell. representatives. or released by court order. down area, at a projected cost of commission are open to the and sidewalk, and asphalt mill- The Wyoming Transportation On the agenda, a review of According to Russler, the five- $97,000. public for comment. ing and the pavement overlay. Commission awarded the proj- Frost said all work, except ect to Century Companies, Inc., Blast on seeding, should be complete by at its November 2016 meeting. Wyoming the end of August. “We will be Contract completion date is Oct. Russian subway shut down July 1 through July 31. Wyoming The Rocket Miner reports Mike Enzi and John Barrasso, George Maestas also pleaded and Rep. Liz Cheney, all voted kills 11 therapist faces not guilty Friday to a charge of for nullification. The measure driving under in the influence cleared the House and Senate ST. PETERSBURG, Rus- 275 years of a controlled substance caus- and awaits President Donald sia (AP) — A bomb blast tore ing serious bodily injury. Trump’s signature. through a subway train deep BIRTHS ter midnight. Otherwise, partly in prison, Prosecutors say Maestas Opponents say the rules under Russia’s second-largest None reported. cloudy, with a low around 26. had taken narcotics before would have inhibited internet city Monday, killing 11 people North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming $200,000 fine striking a house in Green Riv- service providers while giv- and wounding more than 40 in DEATHS southeast after midnight. er on March 10, killing Debra ing an unfair advantage to a chaotic scene that left victims None reported. Patchy fog before Wednesday: LARAMIE (AP) — A thera- Devries and 1-year-old Stella companies such as Google and sprawled on a smoky platform. noon. Otherwise, mostly sunny, pist pleads not guilty to two Doak. Facebook, which are regulated Hours later, anguish and fear MARRIAGE LICENSES with a high near 57. East south- dozen charges including sexual None reported. east wind around 5 mph becom- District Court Judge Nena by the Federal Trade Commis- rose again when police found assault, blackmail and sexual James set Maestas’ trial for sion and allowed to sell and and defused a shrapnel-packed ing calm. exploitation of a child. DIVORCE ACTIONS Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, July 10. He remains jailed with share user data. explosive device at another St. The Laramie Boomerang None reported. with a low around 33. East south- his bail set at $1 million. Petersburg station. east wind 5 to 7 mph. reports 48-year-old Scott Addi- Defense attorney Stan Can- There was no immediate AMBULANCE CALLS Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a son pleaded not guilty Tuesday non said he would address the Trial date claim of responsibility for the April 1. 4:12 p.m. Big Horn Ave. high near 68. South southeast to 25 felonies charges he re- issue of Maestas’ bail after he attack, which came while Presi- Worland. wind 5 to 7 mph. ceived February. District Court receives the results of blood set in death dent Vladimir Putin was visit- Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with Judge Tori Kricken says that tests, including tests to deter- of Wyoming ing the city, his hometown. In FIRE CALLS a low around 40. the therapist could face up mine whether Maestas may the past two decades, Russian April 1. 4:12 p.m. Big Horn Ave. Friday: Partly sunny, with a high 275 years in prison and up to have suffered a stroke or other trains and planes have been Worland. Two-vehicle accident near 68. toddler $200,000 in fines if convicted medical issue. frequent targets of terrorism, with airbag deployment. Unknown Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a of all charges. injuries. low around 41. GILLETTE (AP) — A tri- usually blamed on Islamic mili- Addison’s trial is scheduled al date has been set for a tants. April 3. 6:55 a.m. U.S. Highway Saturday: A slight chance of show- for Aug. 28 to Sept. 1. He has a 20N. near the Coors Elevator. R e- ers and thunderstorms. Partly Wyoming 21-year-old Wyoming man News reports initially said $50,000 cash bail bond. port of a single-vehicle accident, sunny, with a high near 64. who is charged in the death of police were searching for two unknown injuries. Saturday Night: A slight chance Defense attorney Charles delegation a 3-year-old boy who suffered suspects, and Russian state of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a Pelkey argued that his client’s severe brain injuries while in television showed a photo of one LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT low around 35. significant ties to the commu- votes against his care. suspect wearing what appeared Calls for service: Sunday: A chance of showers. Part- nity qualified him for a bond internet privacy The Gillette News Record to be a skullcap characteristic of March 31. 9:28 a.m. N. 10th St., ly sunny, with a high near 53. modification. Kricken not reports the trial for Joseph Russia’s Muslim regions. How- Worland. Lost wallet. Forecast provided by change the bond. Nielsen of Gillette is scheduled ever, the Interfax news agency March 31. 9:31 a.m. Sage Crossing, National Weather Service, weather.gov rules Addison was a therapist for to start on Sept. 18. Nielsen later cited unspecified sources Worland. Wanted person. Sunset tonight: 7:42 p.m. Pendley & Associates, a mental CHEYENNE (AP) — Wyo- pleaded not guilty to first-de- as saying police now suspect April 1. 8:15 a.m. Morgan Ave., Wor- Sunrise tomorrow: 6:46 a.m. health services provider that ming’s congressional delega- land. Domestic disturbance. gree murder in September. the blast was the work of a sui- serves Laramie and Cheyenne. tion has voted to nullify inter- April 2. 7:46 p.m. Hwy. 20, Washak- Prosecutors allege Nielsen cide bomber linked to radical ie County. Possible DUI. net privacy rules. caused brain injuries to Caid- Islamists. April 3. 1:43 a.m. S. Hwy 20, The rules submitted to en Fedora on Aug. 6. The boy The National Anti-Terrorism Washakie County. Phone threat. Wyoming man the Federal Communications died a few days later at Chil- Committee said it was looking April 3. 6:52 a.m. Hwy. 20, Worland. denies charges Commission date from Presi- dren’s Hospital in Aurora, Col- for the “perpetrators and orga- Car ran off road. dent Barack Obama’s admin- orado. nizers of the terror attack.” in deaths istration and never took effect. Court records say Nielsen The National Anti-Terrorism WEATHER They would have prohibited told investigators the boy Committee said the death toll Worland Temperatures broadband and other telecom- jumped from a coffee table was 11, with another 45 people High 51 (record 81, 2012) of woman, child Friday: Winning Numbers munication service providers and fell over a plastic doll- being treated for wounds in Low 40 (record 13, 2009) for March 31 GREEN RIVER (AP) — A from selling customer data house. Doctors said the boy’s hospitals. Precipitation .24R (record .16, Mega Millions 68-year-old Wyoming man without their knowledge. 2008) 17 24 27 32 58 (10) injuries — including bruises, has pleaded not guilty to two Such data including browsing High 57 (record 74, fractured ribs and a fractured Saturday: Winning Numbers 2012) counts of aggravated vehicu- history can be used to target jaw — were caused by a much for Apr. 1 Low 39 (record 9, 2008) lar homicide in the deaths of advertising. greater force. Powerball a 62-year-old woman and her The Wyoming Tribune Ea- Sunday: High 77 (record 77, 2011) 9 32 36 44 65 (1) Nielsen remains jailed with Low 9 (record 9, 1975) great-granddaughter. gle reports Wyoming U.S. Sens. his bail set at $750,000 cash. Precipitation .43R (record .16, Winning Numbers 1964) for Apr. 3 Forecast Cowboy Draw Today: A slight chance of snow 10 11 20 34 42 showers before 9am, then a slight Winning Numbers chance of rain and snow showers for Apr. 3 after noon. Mostly cloudy, with Lucky For Life a high near 47. North northwest Available at wyolotto.com wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Tuesday Night: Patchy fog af- Northern Wyoming Daily News, Worland, Wyo., Tuesday, April 4, 0217—A3

A busy start to the month of April Cookie Jar auction to raise funds Do April showers bring May call the senior center (347-3208) for Harley Rhodes’ medical expenses flowers? I guess only time will to find out the times and days tell us the answer. I noticed that of the week. I think there is no THERMOPOLIS —There Rhodes fair. It’s always sad to see a my tulips are starting to show charge for playing this fun game. will be a cookie jar benefit graduated someone especially so young promise, as is my rhubarb. As I Want something a bit more auction in support of Harley from Hot to go through something like type this week’s column, there strenuous and a group activ- Rhodes at the Thermopolis Springs this.” is a nice soft rain coming down, ity, but still done at your own VFW on April 8 at 5:30 p.m. County Rhodes was involved in which should certainly help put pace? Then you might want to Rhodes is suffering from High School multiple activities while liv- moisture in our soil! join the Walk 15 class that is of- stage 2 osteosarcoma cancer in 2014 and ing in Thermopolis, such as When people say “There’s fered at the WCCC. It consists in his left leg. Proceeds for currently 4-H, FFA, Student govern- nothing to do around here,” I just of two 15-minute miles and is the auction will help pay for attends ment and athletics. He repre- have to smile because Friday followed by a full body stretch his medical expenses. Rhodes’ Oklahoma Harley Rhodes sented the high school while night several of us got together and, if you want to do it, a light doctors are saying he will un- State attending the National FFA for dinner and then we went to strength training time. I went dergo six weeks of radiation University in Stillwater, Convention in 2011 and 2012 the community concert to listen to the evening session that was and 10 weeks of chemothera- Oklahoma, studying strategic while singing as part of their to a classical pianist. all exercise and stretching and py with potential operations, communications, Ross Rhodes nation chorus. Saturday there were wres- had a GREAT time! Hopefully according to his father Ross said. Auctioneers will be John tling matches and a craft show my schedule will settle down so Rhodes. “Harley is grown so much Gerrels, John Holmes and at the fairgrounds, but I missed I can go again on Mondays and Harley Rhodes is the son of over the years,” Vern Lofink Vern Lofink with Sonja them because I was busy orga- Thursdays. For more informa- Thermopolis residents Ross said. “I have followed Har- Holmes and Keith and Pam nizing the donated books that Phyllis Lewis tion, please call Courtney Seghe- and Dorothy Rhodes and the ley since he was able to sell Kerr serving as clerks for the the Friends of the Library have University Extension tti at 431-8035. brother of Elizabeth Rhodes. livestock at the local county event. for sale near the back door of Educator Our Real Food class in Ther- the library. Thank you, people, Northwest Area mopolis made tortillas with 100 for your donations. The money Nutrition & Food Safety percent whole wheat flour and earned helps support the li- one lady thought they seemed Worland High School Choir brary’s different outreaches. a bit ‘too healthy’ so the next When I got done with that task, meeting in the same room at the week they made tortillas with three of us Chamber Ambassa- library and those ladies seem half whole wheat and half white. continues banner year dors and a chamber board mem- to have a lot of fun exchanging I need to buy some white wheat WORLAND — Of the 16 stu- conductor Kelsey Shiba, a BeBe Winans and Christian ber did three meet-and-greets to patterns, jokes, and just plain flour now, so they can do a to- dents selected to the 2017 All- Cheyenne East alumus and McBride. area businesses and that eve- enjoying each other’s company. tal comparison of tortillas done State Jazz Choir, seven were current associate director of With these selections, Wor- ning several carloads of people As I was sorting books, I heard with three different amounts of from Worland High School — jazz studies at the University land High School Choir has went to the Basin City Arts Cen- one lady helping another with a whole wheat. Kyra Klinghagen (sophomore), of Northern Colorado, one of had 22 selections for All-State, ter to listen to the High Country difficult part of her pattern. It’s Meanwhile, in the February Jaycee Page (junior), Courtney the leading collegiate jazz pro- All-Northwest, and All-Nation- Cowboys sing, yodel, and play gratifying to hear them sharing 2015 issue of the BerkeleyWell- Woolery (senior), Nathaniel grams in the US. al groups this year. This is the their guitars and bass. their love of natural fibers. ness.com newsletter, I found the Nelson (sophomore), Chris The All-State Choir conclud- second-highest total in Wyo- Mom used to play in a three- Just a reminder that the following question and answer Nicholas (sophomore), Dane ed their time together with a ming this year, behind only piece band and Dad would dance Washakie County 4-H Carnival about using wheat flour. Here’s Bennett (junior) and Dalen performance as an opening act Kelly Walsh High School, choir with us while she practiced. Dad will be at the fairgrounds this what it said: Brazelton (senior) were select- for the Alicia Olatuja headlin- teacher Chad Rose said. was an excellent dancer and I Friday evening, starting at 5:30 QUESTION: “What is whole ed from auditions throughout ing concert. Originally from St. CONCERT APRIL 17 knew when I could make the and going to 8 p.m. This fun eve- white wheat flour? I thought the state. Louis, Missouri, Olatuja start- These students, as part of turn by the cream separator that ning is relatively low-cost as all whole wheat is always darker.” The students met as part ed to perform more regularly in the WHS concert choir and I, too, could dance. Many of the the games are played in 25-cent ANSWER: “Most American of the University of Wyoming gospel and jazz concerts since marshazz will perform in a songs the men played brought increments. Of course, there wheat is hard red spring wheat, Jazz Festival and rehearsed her graduate studies at the pre-festival concert April 17 at back many fond memories. Sit- will be food for sale and a cake but about 15 percent now is hard over a two-day period last Manhattan School of Music. 7 p.m. at the Worland Middle ting in front of us was a young walk. An addition this year will white wheat, which is sort of al- month. She has worked with such es- School Auditorium. Festival is girl sitting on her parent’s lap. be some silent auction items. I’ll bino wheat. Whole white wheat The choir was led by guest teemed artists as Chaka Khan, April 21-22 in Thermopolis. She seemed to enjoy the music be there and I encourage you to looks like refined wheat (which until she got too sleepy and so join me at this family-centered has had the bran and germ re- she went home at intermission. event, where even the youngest moved), but in fact it contains Sunday we had some contem- toddler will have fun things to the whole grain. Local student on Casper College dean’s list porary music at church so this do! Hard white wheat is not new weekend was a busy one, filled If the rain is keeping you from – Australia and China grow lots CASPER — Casper College grade point average of 3.5 or bet- hours. with a wide variety of music the walking path, you can always of it. It has all the fiber, vita- officials have released the names ter. The recognition is for part- Area students on the dean’s and entertainment which was do some laps at the Worland mins, and minerals of regular of students who made the dean’s time degree seeking students list are Lauren Wright of Wor- geared to people of all ages. Community Center Complex. whole wheat, but is slightly dif- honor roll at Casper College for (those taking six to 11 credit land, Kirk Zimmerman of Ten This Wednesday, 3-5 p.m., in Please sign in on the big gym’s ferent in chemical composition the 2016 fall semester. hours per semester) and nonde- Sleep, Chelsey Dewitt of Basin, the Washakie County Library door so there is a record of just and has a milder taste. To qualify for the award, a gree seeking full-time students Rebecca Myers of Greybull and meeting room the Wyoming Al- how many people are using the If you’re buying bread or student must have a semester taking a minimum of 12 credit Kylee Brink of Thermopolis. zheimer’s Task Force will pres- facility. If you want something crackers, check the ingredients. ent some insight into the lives of a bit more strenuous, then you “Whole wheat” is the best choice, those with, or caring for an indi- might want to join the people whether it is white or regular Casper College announces president’s honor roll vidual, with Alzheimer’s. Some- at the Senior Center who play whole wheat. It should be 100 times I wonder if I just am not pickle ball in the big gym several percent whole wheat, or else CASPER — Casper Col- at least 12 hours and receive Miller, Christiane Morten- paying attention, am getting old, times a week. I went over there whole wheat mixed with other lege officials have released a grade point average of 3.5 or son, and Taylor Warner, all of or have Alzheimer’s. Do you ever to check it out and they assured whole grains, such as oats. Don’t the names of the 499 students better. Worland; Luke Fenton of Ten have that problem too? me that they would teach me the be confused by “enriched wheat who made the president’s Area students on the presi- Sleep; Eliphalet Aguilar and Saturday morning the knit- ins-and-outs of the game, which flour”, which is always refined honor roll at Casper College dent’s list are Kayla Ander- Treston Tracy, both of Grey- ting and crocheting group was looks like a lot of fun. Please wheat.” for the 2016 fall semester. To son, Erica Brosius, Riley Har- bull; and Shawn Shepperson qualify, a student must take man, Daniel Igleheart, Joshua of Meeteetse. Community Bulletin Board Today in History The Community Bulletin is Pool Players 8 a.m. to noon — Shopping 8:15 – 11 a.m. — a calendar for club news. If you Thermopolis Senior Center Thermopolis Senior Center would like your club or organiza- Hand & Foot Card Game Shopping 12:30 – 3 p.m. — Congress decides on new flag design tion meeting listed here, call 347- 12:30 p.m. — Thermopolis Se- Thermopolis Senior Center 3241 or email editor@wyodaily. nior Center Bridge 12:30 p.m. — Ther- Today is Tuesday, April 4, with a new star to be added Kentucky newspaper editor com. Wednesday, April 5 mopolis Senior Center the 94th day of 2017. There for every new state of the Albert G. Hodges, wrote: "I EVERY Monday-Wednes- Worland Rotary noon — Wor- Thursday, April 6 are 271 days left in the year. Union. claim not to have controlled day land Community Center Worland Workforce Center Today's Highlight in His- In 1841, President William events, but confess plainly 12:15 p.m. Healthy Walking Alzheimer’s listening sessions 2017 Job and Resource Fair 11 tory: Henry Harrison succumbed to that events have controlled Program — WCCC. 3-5 p.m. — Washakie County Li- a.m. -2 p.m. Worland Commu- On April 4, 1968, civil rights pneumonia one month after me." EVERY Tuesday and brary nity Center large gym. leader Martin Luther King his inaugural, becoming the In 1887, Susanna Madora Wednesday Elks Lodge Community Dia- Toastmasters noon — Rumors Jr., 39, was shot and killed on first U.S. chief executive to die Salter became the first woman Washakie County Library per Store for families in need Senior Center Schedules a balcony of the Lorraine Mo- in office. elected mayor of an American Story Time 10:30 a.m. — Library 3:30-6 p.m. — Worland Elks Walk and Talk 7:30 a.m. — tel in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1859, "Dixie" was per- community: Argonia, Kansas. in Worland Senior Center Schedules Worland Senior Center On this date: formed publicly for the first In 1917, the U.S. Senate EVERY Thursday Walk and Talk 7:30 a.m. — Pastels Art Class 9-11 a.m. — In 1818, Congress decided time by Bryant's Minstrels at voted 82-6 in favor of declar- Story time 10 a.m. — Ten Worland Senior Center Worland Senior Center the flag of the United States Mechanics' Hall in New York. ing war against Germany (the Sleep Library Aerobics 9 a.m. — Worland Party Bridge 12:45 p.m. — would consist of 13 red and In 1864, President Abra- House followed suit two days Tuesday, April 4 Senior Center Worland Senior Center white stripes and 20 stars, ham Lincoln, in a letter to later by a vote of 373-50). County commissioners 11:30 Weight Warriors Weigh-in a.m. — Courthouse 9:30 a.m. — Worland Senior Kiwanis noon — Worland Center Community Center Weight Warriors Support Worland City Council 7 p.m. Group 10:30 a.m. — Worland Se- — City Hall nior Center AA 8 p.m. — Worland United Pinochle/Bridge 12:45 p.m. — Methodist Church Worland Senior Center Senior Center Schedules Exercise 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Walk and Talk 7:30 a.m. — Ten Sleep Senior Center Worland Senior Center Pool Players 8 to 11 a.m. — Country Line Dancing 10 a.m. Ten Sleep Senior Center — Worland Senior Center Worland Trip 9 a.m. — Ten Blood pressures 11-11:45 a.m. Sleep Senior Center — Worland Senior Center Pinochle after lunch — Ten Bingo 12:30 p.m. — Worland Sleep Senior Center Senior Center Pool Players 8 a.m. to noon — Duplicate Bridge 6 p.m. — Thermopolis Senior Center Worland Senior Center Exercise 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Ten Sleep Senior Center Pool Players 8 to 11 a.m. — Ten Sleep Senior Center Penny Bingo after lunch — Ten Sleep Senior Center A4–Northern Wyoming Daily News, Worland, Wyo., Tuesday, April 4, 0217

A spring inventory Letter to the Editor Policy It’s very early in the growing year, but I’ve noticed that plants Letters to the editor are encouraged. in our yard are starting to bud We off er the public forum and we want out. to see it used. All letters must be signed It was an unusually cold winter, and include the author’s home address and phone number. Addresses will not but has been followed by a mild be published but they will be used to and wet February and March, and verify authorship. so despite the winter the plants Letter length is at the discretion of the seem to be eagerly greeting the editor. We ask letter writers to please spring. This week I did an inven- keep letters under 350 words. tory of the plants in our yard. Deadline for all letters is noon for the next day’s publication. Letters submit- The parade of spring plants is ted after noon will be held until the fol- led, of course, by lilacs; each year lowing publication date. it seems the lilacs are the first John Davis No more than two authors are allowed to leaf out and one of the first to per letter. The Daily News will not pub- flower. And the wild roses and the honeysuckles are also well lish poems, anonymous letters, letters under way as each is sprouting a sharp green. Our boxelder signed with pseudonyms or letters with “name withheld by request.” All letters tree is also showing green; this is a plant that I appropriated must be original material. from Otter Creek (in the Upper Nowood) several years ago and Letters can be mailed to: Letter to the has done well. Editor, Northern Wyoming Daily News, I didn’t expect to see our walnut tree doing much and that P.O. Box 508, Worland, WY 82401 or was right. For years I tried to grow some of the hardwood trees emailed to [email protected]. found on the East Coast, but only succeeded in killing a succes- sion of sugar maples. Finally, I got a black walnut to grow, and the secret was to keep it wet until it got its tap root down. It’s Neil Gorsuch must be a bad man not unusual for walnut trees to grow in the Big Horn Basin; WASHINGTON -- A favorite truism in Washing- which she expressed concern “that his narrow view there are a number up and down Paint Rock Creek, for exam- ton these days is: “Be careful what you wish for; you of the law will hurt the most vulnerable amongst ple. I believe they spread from a homestead established in the may get it.” It tells the cautionary tale of how Re- us.” early part of the 20th century. publicans who wanted to run Washington got what Masto continued: “I am not confident that Judge Surprisingly, with some exceptions, most of our plants are they wanted and now must govern. Gorsuch understands how his decisions will impact showing activity. It seems, too, that whether a plant comes out I offer my own quote for the swamp: “Be careful workers, immigrants, women’s health and econom- early or not doesn’t seem to depend on whether the plant is a what you scorn; you may someday become it.” ic security, disabled Americans, and the everyday native. We have a couple of stands of red twig dogwoods, which It has been a favorite pastime of elected Dem- Nevadans that I am here fighting for.” are natives. Both seem as dormant as they were in the middle ocrats to poke fun at the House Freedom Caucus During his confirmation hearings, Gorsuch took of the winter. But as I stated earlier, other natives, such as the because the rump is ideologically extreme and fre- on Democrats who suggested that he should rule boxelder and the chokecherries, are moving right along. quently self-destructive. Senate Democrats now based on who might get hurt, not on the law itself. Our Siberian peashrub hedge, Canadian cherry trees, coto- seem poised to overtake the Freedom Caucus in “If the law can change so easily as that,” Gorsuch neasters, and privet hedge are stirring, showing more progress the race away from moderation and in the ability to said, “where’s the due process to the individual, the than they do usually at this time of year. Of course, several of shoot one’s party in the foot. To wit, Senate Minor- person who doesn’t have an army of lawyers?” That our plants are doing very little, including the walnut tree and Debra Saunders ity Leader Chuck Schumer is primed to block the U.S. is, Gorsuch made compelling arguments for judicial the natives I mention above, but also two American ash trees, a Supreme Court confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch. restraint. weeping birch, and our Russian olives. All the plants will slowly Gorsuch is the one choice President Donald Trump made and Compelling arguments don’t cut it in this toxic partisan atmo- and surely come along in April, although it may be May before executed flawlessly. In September 2016, Trump released a list of 21 sphere. During Barack Obama’s presidency, Democrats on Capi- all of them leaf out. The ashes are the last of the last to come judges from which he pledged to pick a Supreme Court nominee. tol Hill frequently bemoaned the obstructionism of the right. Now out, especially the one in the front of our house (north), and we Gorsuch, 49, was on the list. they try to block whatever Trump wants and call it “resistance” watch them closely, feeling that once they bud out that summer Gorsuch has such solid credentials that the American Bar Asso- -- with a smart, well-respected moderate conservative, in this case, will have well and truly arrived, regardless of what the calen- ciation unanimously rated him “well qualified” to serve on the U.S. as their target. dar says. Supreme Court -- its highest rating. In other words, Trump did not The worst part is, they know that this maneuver is not good All in all, what is remarkable is how many plants we can get pick a flamethrower. for liberalism or the country. Nonetheless, they are prodding Sen. to grow here in Worland. I know that there is sometimes great George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to extend the “nuclear concern over whether our western soils will allow the growth Turley, who is no Trump fan, argues that Gorsuch is a smart choice option” introduced by his Democratic predecessor, Harry Reid, to of plant species. The soils in the center of the Big Horn Basin because of the Coloradan’s intellect. In USA Today, Turley wrote block a filibuster and allow an up-or-down vote. are very basic (meaning they have a high pH), whereas most that he does not expect Gorsuch to change his “deep and well-es- They seem not to care that ending the filibuster would enable of the plant species in the United States come from soils that tablished jurisprudential views,” which are conservative. “Howev- Trump to name a much less moderate conservative for the next would be deemed acidic (low PH). The pH level of the soil does er, I expect he will go wherever his conscience takes him regardless Supreme Court vacancy. negatively affect some plants. I spoke of the difficulties getting of whether it proves a track to the left or the right.” At a recent fundraiser, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., warned sugar maples to grow in our alkaline soils. I know that these As Gorsuch told the Senate Judiciary Committee during his about the dangers of ending the filibuster. “I’m very uncomfort- maples are native to some of the wettest parts of the country confirmation hearings, “It is the role of judges to apply, not alter, able being part of a strategy that’s going to open up the Supreme (meaning acidic soils), and I also know that those who are most the work of the people’s representatives. A judge who likes every Court to a complete change,” she said. But by Friday, McCaskill successful growing aspen trees here in Worland frequently find outcome he reaches is very likely a bad judge.” announced that she would vote against Gorsuch and support a fili- some means of making the soils in which the aspens are im- In 2006 the Senate confirmed Gorsuch’s appointment to the buster to stop him. planted more acidic. Denver-based 10th Circuit Court of Appeals by unanimous consent. Democrats share something with the far-right GOP base of I’ve even heard of growers transporting soils from the moun- Schumer was in the Senate at the time. So how could Schumer tell 2016: Their elected officials are more afraid of the party base than tain down here. I’ve also read that alkaline soil can be made The Washington Post on Thursday that it is “virtually impossible” of voters. more acidic by the addition of gypsum. to expect him and a majority of the Senate’s 47 other Democrats Contact Debra J. Saunders at [email protected] or But one way or another, it seems that with a little persever- not to filibuster Gorsuch and deny him a simple up-or-down vote? at 202-662-7391. Follow @DebraJSaunders on Twitter. To find out ance, many plants found in the United States can be made to In the new Democratic order, Gorsuch must be extreme because more about Debra J. Saunders and read features by other Creators grow here. he is conservative and thus by definition lacks empathy. Sen. Cath- Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Finally, let me mention one more plant that is changing erine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., captured that view in a statement in webpage at www.creators.com. dramatically with the coming spring. Isn’t it nice to watch our grass turn bright green! John Davis was raised in Worland, graduating from W. H. S. The biggest ship in the world once was the Wyoming in 1961. John began practicing law here in 1973 and is retired. He is the author of several books. John and his wife, Celia, were In this world, there are big ships. And there are Casper area at Big Muddy, WY. And he became married in 1967, have two adult sons, and several grandchil- really, really big ships. Wyoming’s seventh governor. dren. To put the name Wyoming in the same sentence as Thus, it was apparently a logical occurrence “the biggest wooden ship ever built” just would not that ships reflecting this Cowboy State connec- make sense to most residents of this state. tion came into being. But it is true. Every statistic concerning the Wyoming was The largest wooden ship ever built was called the huge. Wyoming and the centennial of that event occurred It was 50 feet wide and had a volume of 303,621 about five years ago. cubic feet. Unloaded, the ship weighed 6,000 tons. And as might be typical of anything Wyoming, She could carry 6,000 long tons of coal. that ship’s entire existence had a lot to do with coal. It was built of six-inch yellow pine planking But not Powder River Basin coal, but eastern sea- and there were 90 diagonal iron cross-bracings board coal. But I digress. on each side. It stood four stories high before you This giant ship was launched from Bath, Maine in even reached the masts, which stretched out an- 1909 and this monster was more than 450 feet long. Bill Snif n other six stories. It was so gigantic, it would have a difficult time fit- The ship was built in 1909 by the Percy and ting into War Memorial Stadium at Laramie. Small Co. and cost $175,000. This was one of two gigantic ships launched around that time The members of the Brooks family were smart businesspeople from Bath with Wyoming names. The first was the biggest at the and later sold the ship in 1917 for $420,000. time, called the Governor Brooks, named for Wyoming Gov. Bry- Ultimately, it foundered in high seas near Nantucket in 1924 ant Butler Brooks. with all 13 hands drowning. His family made a lot of money financing giant wooden ships Herron thought it would be nice to locate a huge Wyoming that ferried huge cargoes of coal along the East Coast, among oth- flag at the Bath site, which could be featured near the sculpture. er business ventures. The folks there did not receive this with great enthusiasm, so he The Governor Brooks had five masts, which was unprecedented worked with the Governor’s office to get a normal sized flag lined at the time in 1907. But the Wyoming was much bigger with six up for it. masts and a size that was bigger than even the legendary Noah’s The 100th anniversary of the launch of the ship occured in on Ark. Dec. 15, 2009. Hal Herron and Joe Stanbury of Riverton discovered these I looked up some of this information on the Internet through Serving the Big Horn Basin since 1905 www.wyodaily.com facts about the Wyoming during a motorcycle trip a few yeas ago, Wikipedia under the heading: “Largest wooden ship in the world.” Publisher of Sun Country Review which took them to the Maine Maritime Museum near Bath It shows the Wyoming as number-one followed by a 377-foot Postal Permit - (USPS 396-320) Mail Delivery Subscription Rates 1-800-788-4679 in Wyoming In Washakie County While touring the museum there, they walked into a vast open long French ship, which was destroyed in 1874, and a huge Ro- 201 N. 8th St. Phone 347-3241 3 Months $37.00 P.O. Box 508 Worland, Wyoming 82401 6 Months $57.00 field, which featured huge steel statues at each end. These rep- man barge built by Caligula. Another contender for largest ship 12 Months $104.00 resented the prow and the stern of the biggest wooden boat, ever. was the Solano, a huge tug that hauled steam engines across San KARLA POMEROY, Editor In Big Horn, Park & Hot Springs Counties TRENT AGEE, Retail Sales Manager 3 Months $41.00 The space was 150 yards long, which is one and a half times the Francisco bay. DENNIS JONES, Business Manager 6 Months $61.00 length of a 100-yard long football field. Wyoming is famous for many things – for our first national JANE ELLIOTT, Production Manager 12 Months $112.00 Offi cial Newspaper of Outside the 824 Zip Code Area Upon closer inspection, Herron was astonished to read that the park, national monument and national forest and for its location Washakie County, Wyoming, 3 Months $55.00 Worland 6 Months $82.00 name of it was “The Wyoming.” The giant ship stretched out along of the Oregon Trail and even for our consistently high winds. Plus Periodical Postage Paid 12 Months $132.00 that field between the representations of the prow and the stern we are the energy breadbasket of the Western Hemisphere. at Worland, Wyoming Post Offi ce Associated Press Wire Service Postmaster: Send address changes to: of the giant vessel But who would have thought that Wyoming would be famous as Wyoming Press Association Northern Wyoming Daily News P.O. Box 508, Worland, Wyoming 82401 So who were these Brooks folks with the deep pockets and the the namesake for the largest wooden ship in the world built way Published every morning except Sunday and Monday by love of shipbuilding and why the Wyoming connection? off in distant Maine? Grand Teton News. Inc. It was an extended family that dominated business in the Check out Bill Sniffin’s columns at billsniffin.com. He is a long- Single Copy 50¢ Northeast. One of the family’s sons headed west to follow his time Wyoming journalist from Lander who has written six books, Online Subscription - 12 months $104.00 love of cowboying. He ended up with a 100,000-acre ranch in the which are available at fine stores. His latest is Wyoming at 125. Northern Wyoming Daily News, Worland, Wyo., Tuesday, April 4, 0217—A5

Alpine Medical opens store in Worland Healthy Body By Tracie Mitchell Staff Writer The benefits of telemedicine WORLAND – Chip and Bonnie Newton, owners of the Wyoming is known for its of the state’s internet connection and a Alpine Medical store in Cody, wide-open spaces, outdoor economy phone or computer with a which opened in April 2014, recreation, and people who (Bloomberg camera. opened a second store in Wor- have grit. View, Why The technology associated land Feb. 13, to meet the ortho- However, living in Wyo- Wyoming is with telemedicine has tradi- pedic needs of the community, ming is not without its chal- in Economic tionally been difficult to use with a third store to be opened lenges, especially in access- Trouble, and expensive. But newer in Powell about a month for ing healthcare. Dec. 19, technology has made vir- now. According to The Wash- 2016) will tual visits accessible to both “It’s called a DME (durable ington Times, June 6, 2015, mean less providers and patients alike. medical equipment) store. We “Wyoming ranks among Dr. Dan Surdam money for Requirements for adopting do home oxygen, a lot of brac- the worst in the nation for student loan repayment and this technology only include ing, sports bracings and pros- deaths caused by suicide, for those amenities that the need for Wi-Fi or internet thetics. We work mostly with accidents, the flu and chronic physicians and their families access. the orthopedic surgeons in the obstructive pulmonary dis- want and need in their com- Telemedicine provides a northwest corner of Wyoming,” ease. It also ranks near the munities. different way to give and re- Chip Newton said. “I think that bottom in the percentage of Fortunately, times of crisis ceive health care. Moreover, we are the only locally owned residents who have recently and economic downturns educating the community, pa- company that does this stuff, received a checkup.” Ac- often lead to creativity. tients, and potential patients maybe in the entire state of cording to this article, “poor I’d like to share a piece of about telemedicine is the health care coverage in rural innovation that is certain single most difficult task of Wyoming,” he added. DAILY NEWS/ Tracie Mitchell areas and the state’s deci- to change the landscape of implementing this innovative Before opening the Worland Alpine Medical employee Joni Scott prepares hamburgers for sion not to expand Medicaid health care in Wyoming: tele- model of health care delivery. store, the Newtons purchased the grill during the Worland Alpine Medical open house Saturday are factors that contribute to medicine. Of course, telemedicine Wind River Oxygen. After afternoon. closing Wind River Oxygen, those statistics.” Telemedicine has existed won’t be for every diagnosis, they brought service techni- are too busy to do much train- have built a couple of external Other barriers to health for more than a decade, yet but those conditions can be cian Amy Doerr and customer ing. This time of the year is the fixation devices for dogs with care access include our lack its application has been screened and triaged dur- service representative Suzie slow time of year, because de- broken legs,” he said. “There’s of health care providers, as disappointingly slow. Tech- ing a telemedicine visit. If Kasper to work in the Worland ductibles haven’t been met yet really not much money in it but the state traditionally has nology has now advanced to the patient has an urgent store. so people are putting off if they we will, I don’t want an animal struggled recruiting provid- a point where telemedicine condition and needs to be “We have been able to hire can. Even with this being the to suffer,” he added. ers to live and work locally. is easy and affordable. For seen physically by a provider, local people and I will continue slow time of the year we are in- The Worland Alpine Medical For physicians with a rural a state like Wyoming, tele- she or he will be instructed to try to hire everybody locally credibly busy,” he added. store at 902 Big Horn Ave., is background who train to medicine could be the answer to do so. The triage por- as I can. We do our own train- For their full line of pros- open from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Mon- serve a rural population, to its ever increasing medi- tion of telemedicine will be ing in house. We can hire people thetics, Alpine Medical opened day through Friday with deliv- Wyoming may seem like a cal provider shortage, and instrumental in decreasing off the street, train them and their own lab in Cody with eries also made during the eve- perfect fit, yet high malprac- a means to provide patients unnecessary emergency de- stick them into the field. That their CPO (certified in both nings and weekends with rural tice rates tend to drive away access to healthcare anytime, partment visits throughout way I can hire on personality, prosthetics and orthotics) who deliveries not an issue. many of these candidates anywhere. the state, assuring patients not just education,” Newton builds the prosthetics coming Newton said he normally (J Rural Health. 2010 Sum- What is telemedicine? Put receive the right care, at the said. “Training is three to four to the Big Horn Basin once a runs a loop through Cody, Wor- mer;26(2):196-200). Other simply, it is a health care right time, at the right place. months depends on the time of week. Newton stated that they land , Thermopolis, Riverton, contributing factors include visit with a provider, outside With the challenge of year. Summer time and fall it’s have even made prosthetics Buffalo, Sheridan and back to a lack of amenities and dif- of the traditional bricks and recruiting and retaining so busy it’s going to be at least for animals. “There is really Cody once a week or once every ficultly with travel to other mortar clinic, over a HIPPA rural healthcare providers in four months just because we nothing that we can’t build. We other week. areas either by road or air, compliant, Skype/FaceTime Wyoming, innovations such “Why Rural America Doesn’t type application visit us- as telemedicine offer our Attract Doctors,” The Daily ing one’s computer, tablet or patients increased access to Briefing, (Sept. 12, 2014). smart phone. These virtual improved medical care. Whatever the cause, Wyo- visits are real time, and the Dr. Dan Surdam was born and ming has a “definite short- patient interacts directly raised in Laramie. He graduated age” of physicians (Center with the healthcare provider from Colorado College in 1997 for Workforce Studies As- using one of the above de- and Creighton Medical School in sociation of American Medi- vices. 2002. He completed his residen- cal Colleges, Recent Studies Many communities in cy in Emergency Medicine at the and Reports on Physician Wyoming are separated by University of Texas Southwest- Shortages in the US October vast distances. Many com- ern at Parkland Hospital in Dal- 2012). How was this defined? munities lack health care las, Texas. He owns and operates “More than two-thirds of resources. In communities two urgent cares in Wyoming. Wyoming’s counties (15 out with healthcare providers, of 23) have fewer primary often getting an appointment care providers than the na- can be difficult. The beauty Send your coming tional average, and 20 out of telemedicine in Wyoming events to of 23 Wyoming counties (87 is that patients can visit a [email protected] percent ) have fewer than the provider virtually without national average of primary having to drive long dis- care physicians per 100,000 tances or wait in rooms full population.” of sick people. If it is in the The Wyoming Tribune middle of the night and one Eagle pointed out that there is contemplating a drive to are only a few reasons a the ER, it could potentially physician will choose to come save an ER visit and the sub- to Wyoming: family ties to stantial cost associated with the area; and or student loan the ER by being seen virtu- repayment (Doctor Short- ally. After your visit, the pro- age Will Worsen, WTE, Dec vider is able to electronically 13, 2009). With the aging of send or call a prescription in many of Wyoming physicians, to your local pharmacy. How the shortage is only going to simple is telemedicine? The become worse. The downturn patient only needs a wi-fi/ A BUNDLE OF NERVES Men who have undergone a “radical prostatectomy” (removal of the prostate gland) will face some degree of temporary or permanent sexual dysfunction. While nerve- sparing surgery has improved the DAILY NEWS/ Tracie Mitchell likelihood that patients will regain Alpine Medical owners Chip and Bonnie Newton stand with employees Joni Scott, Rick Cover, erectile function, recovery of a Amy Doerr and Suzie Kasper in front of their trailer during their open house for the Worland store spontaneous erection can take time. Saturday afternoon. 2UDOGUXJVVXFKDVVLOGHQD¿O 9LDJUD  DQG WDGDOD¿O &LDOLV  DUH RIWHQ WKH ¿UVWOLQH WUHDWPHQW IRU PHQ  ZKRVH Conagra recalls nerves remain intact after surgery. If these drugs do not work or are not Hunt’s chili kits well tolerated, the urologist might recommend a “vacuum erection CHICAGO (AP) — The mak- GHYLFH´ 9('  WKDW XVHV D VSHFLDO er of Hunt’s Chili Kits says it pump with a clear plastic cylinder is recalling some because they that delivers negative air pressure might be contaminated with to induce an erection. This device salmonella. works for almost any man, including one whose nerve bundles are no Conagra Brands Inc. said longer intact. Sunday that it is cooperating There can be some dysfunction with the U.S. Food and Drug after the prostate gland is Administration to recall “a lim- removed. Medication or a device ited amount” of the kits. WKDWWDUJHWVWKHVSHFL¿FLVVXHFDQ The company says there bring relief. have been no reports of people New patients are gladly accepted. getting sick. The company says consum- Urological ers should return kits to the store where they bought them. Services Conagra says consumers can of Northern Wyoming call the company at 1-800-921- 7404 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. 307-587-5131 Central time, Monday through 225 W. Yellowstone Ave • Ste. 9 Cody Friday. A6—Northern Wyoming Daily News, Worland, Wyo., Tuesday, April 4, 0217 Prom Time Oddities Attorney calls out of the Star Packing Co. on Man sues after Thursday afternoon and took to asking for real north St. Louis streets, trotting for investigation through neighborhoods and in- butter, getting terrupting traffic. Police even- tually rounded them up. a substitute New York-based Farm Sanc- of Fox News tuary and an animal-rescue or- BOSTON (AP) — A Mas- ganization in New Jersey are NEW YORK (AP) — An at- complaints quiet. sachusetts man who sued a offering to take in the renegade torney for a former Fox News A Fox News contributor has pair of Dunkin' Donuts owners bovines. The slaughterhouse’s guest is calling for an indepen- filed a sexual harassment law- because he said he was given owner says those rescue groups dent investigation of sexual ha- suit against deposed chief ex- a butter substitute when he can have the crafty cattle, if the rassment allegations against ecutive Roger Ailes, saying she asked for real butter on his ba- price is right. host Bill O’Reilly. was denied opportunities after gel has won a settlement. That’s prompted a vegetar- Lisa Bloom represents rebuffing his advances and that The Boston Globe (http://bit. ian man from suburban St. Lou- Wendy Walsh, a regular guest current management sought to ly/2ogQP2u ) reports that Jan is to launch an online fundrais- on Fox’s “The O’Reilly Fac- keep her complaints quiet. Polanik's suits name two com- ing push to buy the animals’ tor,” whose appearances dried Julie Roginsky, the Fox con- panies that together own more freedom. up after she refused to go to tributor, said that a promised than 20 stores. O’Reilly’s bedroom following position on the Fox show “The Polanik's lawyer, Thomas a 2013 dinner in Los Angeles. Five” never happened after she Shapiro, acknowledged that his Russian Foreign She’s seeking an investigation rejected Ailes’ sexual advances. client's complaint is "a minor by New York City’s Commission In a complaint filed in New thing," but they decided to sue Ministry poked on Human Rights. York state Supreme Court on "to stop the practice of repre- Walsh said she came forward Monday, Roginsky said she was senting one thing and selling a fun at hacker because she was told by a New pressured to join “Team Roger” different thing." scandal York Times reporter that many to defend Ailes when Gretchen Shapiro did not disclose the of the women who have accused Carlson filed the initial harass- settlement's terms, because it MOSCOW (AP) — Need O’Reilly of harassment are ment complaint against him but hasn't yet been filed with the some election interference? The bound by gag orders. She said that she refused. Roginsky is court. Russian Foreign Ministry is she is not bound by any such being represented by Carlson’s An attorney for one franchi- ready to help — or so it says on agreement and the statute of legal team. see confirms that the case has April Fools’ Day. limitations has passed for her The lawsuit comes after a been settled and the stores On Saturday, the ministry to sue. New York Times report on Sat- Emily Carr and Quinn Bryant enjoy the first dance of the Ten have changed their butter-serv- posted on its Facebook page an “Nobody can silence me be- urday that Fox News’parent Sleep School prom together at the Red Reflet Ranch in Ten Sleep ing protocol. A spokesman for audio file of the purported new cause my voice is not for sale,” company 21st Century Fox or Saturday evening. the other franchisee could not automated telephone switch- Walsh said. “Nobody can buy my host Bill O’Reilly paid $13 mil- be reached. board message for Russian em- voice.” lion to five women since 2002 bassies. The Times reported this to settle cases where they al- “To arrange a call from a weekend that Fox News’ parent leged inappropriate behavior by Escape Russian diplomat to your po- company 21st Century Fox or O’Reilly. Ailes left the network litical opponent, press 1,” the O’Reilly paid $13 million to five last summer after allegations of cattle from recording begins, in Russian women since 2002 to settle cas- the he made unwanted sexual slaughterhouse and English. Press 2 “to use the es where they alleged inappro- advances against women. Ailes services of Russian hackers,” priate behavior by O’Reilly. Last has denied those charges. spurs roundup and 3 “to request election inter- year, Fox News chief Roger Ailes Roginsky said that even ference.” left the network following accu- though current Fox executive ST. LOUIS (AP) — Half a A ministry duty officer, who sations he had made unwanted Bill Shine was aware of her com- dozen cattle apparently had a did not give his name in line sexual advances against wom- plaint, she was never contacted beef with a St. Louis slaughter- with official practice, confirmed en. 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Tuesday, April 4, 0217 B1 Worland track almost to full strength By Alex Kuhn Sports Editor CODY — In the early go- ings of the track season Wor- land High School has not been able to compete in a meet at full strength just yet. Spring break and other activities have prevented WHS track COURTESY/ SHANNON BRODERICK/ Boomerang photographer coach Tracey Wiley from tak- A Wyoming fan holds a sign up during the Mountain West Cham- ing her full complement of pionship at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie on Dec. 3, 2016. athletes, but Saturday in a tri- angular meet with Cody and UW fans should be excited Powell the team brought 51 of their 60 athletes to Cody. “We took 51 kids this time for 2017-18 season and it was a good day for us. By Scott Nulph and could – along with football – We didn’t have any AQ’s (au- WyoSports make it a fall to remember. tomatic qualifiers) but Brad Monday represented some- The winter promises just as Lyman won the high jump at thing of a rebirth in the sports much excitement. 6-2 and almost cleared 6-5,” world, with the true opening day Both the Cowboys and Cow- said Wiley. for Major League Baseball. girls basketball teams finished Standing out for the Lady Yeah, yeah, there were three with 20-plus wins, and each Warriors were the 4-x-100-me- games Sunday, but those don’t team played in the postseason. ter relay team finishing first; count. All baseball fans know That hasn’t happened since 2013 Kylie Woffinden finished sec- opening day is on the first Mon- for UW. ond in the 100 and fourth in day of April. I doubt it will be that long in the 200; Sierra Borovatz fin- It’s a time for fans to look between again. ished third in the 100 and COURTESY/ Shaun Nicklas ahead and dream about their Both programs bring back fifth in the long jump and Warrior Porter Harman keeps pace with a Cody runner during a March 25 meet at Cody High School. teams playing meaningful just about everybody, with the triple jump; freshman Talon games in August and September. Cowboys losing two seniors and Anderson was second in the qualifying,” said Wiley. third in the 1,600; Josh Garza same day as the Worland High Or at least until you’re team is the Cowgirls one. triple jump; Mariah Alcaraz For the Warriors the 4x100 third in the pole vault; Hayden School prom. 10 games under .500 six weeks And both programs seem to was fourth in the discus and and 4x800 relay teams fin- Lambeth third in the shot put; “We go to Powell this week- into the season. have found something of an iden- second in the shot put; and ished first while the 4x400 and Maclin Wiley second in end but we do have prom. Speaking of looking ahead, if tity this season. Alexa Caballero finished sixth team finished second. Brad the discus. So I’m hoping after we get you’re a University of Wyoming The Cowboys won the College in the discus and third in the Lyman was first in the 110 “Stone Ramos jumped 22-2 through prom we’ll get back sports fan, now is a pretty good Basketball Invitational, thanks shot put. hurdles and high jump; Cody in the long jump and 22-7 on a regular schedule and get time for you as well. in large part to the play of Justin “We have a good group of Newell finished first in the is qualifying, so I know he’ll the kids to the meets,” said The 2016-17 sports calendar James, who seems destined to be sprinters that can be some con- 300 hurdles, fourth in the 110 get that soon. We have a good Wiley. “My main focus with isn’t quite complete for UW, with UW’s next big star on the hard- tenders. Kylie Woffinden got hurdles and fourth in the 200; group of hurdlers, they went the kids this week is telling track and field, golf and women’s wood. James combines the abili- second in the 100 and Sierra Gabe Webster was fifth in the one, two, three, four then sixth. them to compete first then tennis still putting in work to- ty to score inside and out and can Borovatz was third and Julie 400, Stone Ramos second in Caleb Frasier had an 11-sec- worry about prom. We’ve told ward the end of the regular sea- take over a game at any moment. Seidel was fifth. Our freshman the 110 hurdles and long jump ond PR in the mile which is them not to worry we’ll get son. Throw in a veteran cast of Talon Anderson was second in and fifth in the high jump; tremendous,” said Wiley. them home for prom. The kids But it feels awfully hard not returning starters, a couple of the triple jump. We had a PR Luke Mortimer was third in This week’s meet will be in are competitors and I know to look ahead to next season impact transfers that will be (personal record) in our 4x100 the 110 hurdles and sixth in Powell for Warriors and Lady they’re going to compete very when it comes to UW athletics. available next winter and a tal- girls team and they’re close to the high jump; Porter Harman Warriors on Saturday, the hard. Maybe it was the feel-good ented recruiting class, and the end to the Cowboys basketball Cowboys should be thinking a lot season that has – as UW football higher than the CBI. coach Craig Bohl often says – the The Cowgirls also return four arrow pointing up. starters and their entire bench And it feels like it’s pointing and a defense that ranked sev- up for everybody. enth in the country in points al- The Cowboys football team lowed. will start the 2017 season with UW seemed poised to make as much preseason hype as any a run at a MW regular-season in the past 15 years. title when forward Liv Roberts UW turned a pretty signifi- went down with a torn anterior cant corner last season, going 8-6 cruciate ligament in her right (including wins over Boise State, knee with five games left in the Colorado State and Air Force) regular season. The Cowgirls and claimed the program’s first- certainly didn’t collapse with- ever Mountain West Mountain out Roberts, going 4-3 in her Division championship. absence, but questions of what The euphoria was tempered a might have been lingered. bit by close losses to San Diego If Roberts returns even close State in the MW title game and to the level she was playing at BYU in the Poinsettia Bowl, but this season, those questions may how can you not be excited about be answered next winter. the possibilities this fall? UW sent five wrestlers to na- Sure, the Cowboys lost a few tionals and again returns one players who likely will be play- of the top wrestlers in the na- ing in the pros this fall, but tion in former Cheyenne Central there’s a lot of talent returning. standout Bryce Meredith. If the That list is led by quarterback Cowboys can find some talent in Josh Allen on offense and safety the upper weights, they certainly DAILY NEWS/ ALEX KUHN Andrew Wingard on defense. have the chance to make some Warrior Domanic Hartley battles against a Douglas opponent during the Battle of the Big Horns on Dec. 17, 2016 at Worland High School. UW’s schedule also should noise in the Big 12. have fans giddy, with two games UW tennis is currently hav- against Power-5 schools, in- ing one of its best seasons ever, Warrior wrestler invited to wrestle ‘Down Under’ cluding a home game Sept. 16 UW track and field seems on against Oregon. track (pardon the pun) with By Alex Kuhn tournament and advanced as to the left side but it’s using wrestlers. Then hopefully come The regular season starts more top-end athletes than in Sports Editor far as the semifinals before that I have to get used to and back and win state next year.” Sept. 2 at Iowa and ends Nov. 25 recent memory, golf continues WORLAND — It’s been an taking sixth at the 3A state cope with. There will be times Getting to Australia Hartley at San Jose State. And like last to be competitive despite its ob- age-old question, who is the tournament. when I’ll have my other eye will have to do some fundrais- season, there should be plenty of vious disadvantages, and swim- toughest guy on the block? You “Should have won region- get covered and it goes black ing; it will cost $5,000 each football for the Cowboys beyond ming and diving will have a new get your people, they get theirs als but I messed up and took for me, but I just go through it for him and his aunt to make the posted schedule. coach. and you settle it. second. Then at state my eye and have to keep wrestling.” the trip. As a way of raising Don’t sleep on the UW volley- Oh, and there’s this new For Worland High School started throbbing and made Hartley will use the USA some of that money Harley ball and soccer teams this fall, state-of-the-art training and ed- freshman Domanic Hartley, it tough. I didn’t expect to go wrestling season and open will be holding a raffle on either. ucational building going up that he gets to answer that ques- anywhere this offseason but mats to prepare and stay May 26. First prize will be a Cowgirls volleyball has been puts UW at or near the top when tion but on an international then I got the letter and was sharp for Australia. This will Mossberg Patriot Rifle, second banging on the NCAA’s door the it comes to this type of facility in level. The Warrior wrestler was like oh, I’m going to Australia,” be the first trip out of the a Ruger 10-22 Rimfire 22 Lr. last two seasons, and it appears the country. invited to the International said Hartley. country for Hartley as well Camo and third a half pro- that won’t change. Yeah, I’d say the arrow’s defi- Sports Specialist Down Under While Hartley did have a as first time on an airplane. cessed pig. A ticket cost $20 UW coach Chad Callahan nitely pointing up. wrestling tournament in Gold successful freshman year, he Both of which are exciting to or $50 for three and can be has to replace a couple of All- There should be no reason for Coast, Australia, July 9-17 and had to battle through some the freshman but more impor- bought from Domanic Hartley MW players in Laura Beach and UW and its fans to be anything will represent the Mountain adversity. In a BB gun accident tantly the focus is to become a (307-431-8741), Misty Hartley Kayla Slofkiss, as well as setter but excited about where the ath- Conference Wrestling team. Hartley was hit in his left eye. better wrestler. (307-431-4286), Wendy Baird Courtney Chacon, but the cup- letics programs are headed. “I am pretty excited. I went He was able to fight through “I’ve never been out of the (307-388-9262) or Dixie Co- board is hardly bare. The 2016-17 sports season and told my mom and she the pain, even getting surgery country. We’ll fly to LAX first chrane (307-388-0916). Online The same goes for Pete still has a few more weeks to go, went crazy and said this is half way through the season, which I’m excited to do be- donations can be made as well Cuadrado and the Cowgirls soc- but the 2017-18 season appears ‘huge!’” said Hartley. but by the end of the season he cause I’ve never been to that at www.DownUnderSports. cer program, which has won at to be setting up for one of the Hartley’s mother, Misty had to have his eye removed. large of a city. I’ve never been com/payment. least 10 games each of the last best in recent memory for UW Hartley, will be unable to go “I lost sight in it and had to on an airplane either so that All in all Hartley is thrilled four seasons while qualifying athletics.w with Domanic but his aunt, wrestle the whole season with will be fun. We get to go to the for the opportunity to better for the MW tournament all four Don’t be afraid of it, UW fans. Wendy Baird, will be his chap- no sight. I had to get it taken zoos and other things so I’m himself as a wrestler and to years as well. Embrace it. Revel in it. Talk a erone. out after state because it was really excited about that too,” represent his hometown on the Both Callahan and Cuadrado little smack. The 106-pound Hartley is throbbing too bad,” said Hart- said Hartley. “I’m excited to see international stage. have quietly continued to build If next season is as good as its coming off a successful wres- ley. “It has been a tough thing the different wrestling styles, “I’m excited, a little nervous programs that seem destined lining up to be, we should all be tling season where he took getting used to. My depth it will make me a better wres- but I’m going to go and do the to compete for conference titles in for a fun ride. second at the 3A East regional perception is off, people coming tler learning from those other best I can,” said Hartley. B2—Northern Wyoming Daily News, Worland, Wyo., Tuesday, April 4, 0217 Lexi Thompson's penalty puts spotlight back on golf's rules RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — bunker when a television cameraman Lexi Thompson heard fans chanting spotted it. Brittany Lang won by — her name as she approached the 18th you guessed it — two shots. green, and it moved her to the brink Perhaps all of this drama only un- of tears for the second time in an hour. derlines the importance of what could Although she had lost her big lead soon happen to that centuries-old at the ANA Inspiration on a four-shot rulebook. penalty for a day-old rules violation , The two governing bodies of golf re- Thompson had gained the unabashed leased a draft of modernized rules last support of a crowd desperately willing month, attempting to simplify the ar- her to overcome this bizarre break. cana. The numerous proposed chang- Instead, So Yeon Ryu seized her op- es would eliminate some of the pun- portunity to win the LPGA Tour's first ishment for inadvertent mistakes and major of the year when she birdied freak occurrences that don't actually the only playoff hole Sunday. give an advantage to a competitor. Thompson had to settle for second But those changes haven't been place, a check worth roughly $155,000 adopted yet, and Thompson was left less — and widespread sympathy as with a crushing penalty for an action the latest golfer to get blindsided in a that easily could have been ignored major by the peccadillos of this fussy, under a more pragmatic interpreta- fastidious sport. tion of intent — a "reasonable judg- "It's great to have the fan base that ment standard," under the proposed I do, and they really got me through rules. the whole round," Thompson said. Instead of losing her composure "It's unfortunate what happened. I after the ruling, Thompson incred- did not mean that at all. I didn't real- ibly birdied the next hole, burying a ize I did that. I fought strong through 25-foot putt. She made two more bird- the finish, and it was great to see the Lexi Thompson ies and a bogey down the stretch, but fans behind me." ficials wearing stripes," Tiger Woods tersen on Sunday. "It's a hard thing to do, and it made missed a 15-foot eagle putt to win it The fans on the Dinah Shore tweeted. "Let's go @Lexi, win this After nearly two hours of agonizing me sick, to be honest with you." on the last hole of regulation. Course largely shared the mixture of thing anyway." over video of the moment, LPGA Tour Sickening things have happened Ryu nearly put her playoff ap- bewilderment and anger expressed by Thompson was penalized for mark- rules official Sue Witters got the un- with regularity in majors lately. proach shot into the water, but got up Thompson's fellow golfers and most ing and moving her ball less than an pleasant job of informing Thompson At the men's U.S. Open at Oakmont and down with a 6-foot birdie putt to viewers online. inch before a 1-foot putt on the 17th about her penalty after she left the last year, Dustin Johnson won despite win. Her celebration was understand- The 22-year-old U.S. Olympian is green during her third round at Mis- 12th green. playing the last seven holes without ably muted, but she still took the tra- the third major contender to be hit sion Hills Country Club on Saturday. "Is this a joke?" Thompson asked. knowing his score. His ball had moved ditional leap into Poppie's Pond. with a perplexing penalty for a vio- After putting down a marker and Even Witters understands the pre- slightly while he lined up a putt on A few yards away, Thompson em- lation of golf's stringent rules in the picking up the ball, Thompson swiftly vailing opinion about the ruling. the fifth green, the USGA eventually braced her family and later signed past year. The decision reignited the put it back — but not precisely in the "Sure, but what's my choice?" she hit him with a one-shot penalty after dozens of autographs. She was shak- debate about this sport's baffling will- same place, video review showed. asked. "(Allow) a violation in the his round. en, but not deterred. ingness to allow armchair refereeing The minor action went unnoticed rules, and then it would be the oppo- A few weeks after that at the U.S. "Every day is a learning process," — and renewed hope for common- live, but a television viewer spotted site story: 'Oh, they knew. Why didn't Women's Open , Anna Nordqvist got Thompson said. "I wasn't expecting sense rule changes that could be ad- it and emailed tour officials while they do anything about it?' I can't go a delayed two-stroke penalty during what happened today, but ... it hap- opted as early as 2019. Thompson was playing the front nine to bed tonight knowing that I let a a three-hole playoff for accidentally pens, and I'll learn from it and hope- "Viewers at home should not be of- on her final round with Suzann Pet- rule slide. touching the sand with her club in a fully do better." Georgetown hires Patrick Ewing as men's basketball coach WASHINGTON (AP) — Pat- greatest men's basketball play- John Thompson III, the son dues to becoming a head coach, ing the way for a long line of Despite his father continuing rick Ewing spent years grinding er to ever don the Blue (and) of Big John Thompson, was Patrick deserves this probably great centers including Alonzo to hold considerable clout with- as an NBA assistant in hopes of Gray." He led the Hoyas to the fired last month after consecu- more than any player ever," Mourning and Dikembe Mu- in the university, Thompson III one day leading a team of his school's only national champi- tive losing seasons. said Miami Heat president Pat tombo. was fired. own. onship in 1984 and now he takes Ewing has been an assistant Riley, who coached Ewing with The blog Casual Hoya first An extended search took Little did he know that all over for the son of the man who coach with the NBA's Char- the Knicks. "I am absolutely de- reported the hire. place before school officials ul- of that waiting would lead him coached him at Georgetown. lotte Hornets and had hoped for lighted for him and I think he'll Thompson III coached timately decided to hire Ew- back to Georgetown, the school "My four years at Georgetown years to land a head coaching do a great job at Georgetown. Georgetown for 13 seasons, in- ing, who will have to quickly he helped build into a national were the best of my life," Ewing job in the pros. He also served Patrick Ewing was the first. He cluding a run to the Final Four acclimate himself to the com- power as a player in the 1980s. said in a statement issued by as an assistant for Washing- has come home." in 2007 with future NBA play- plex web of recruiting and aca- Georgetown hired Ewing on the school. "Georgetown is my ton, Houston and Orlando and Ewing was a three-time All- ers Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert. demic eligibility requirements Monday, bringing the Hoyas home and it is a great honor for spent every July coaching the American at Georgetown, a He went 278-151 with eight ap- that are not a part of the NBA legend back to campus to take me to return to my alma ma- Hornets' summer league team, fearsome presence in the paint pearances in the NCAA tourna- coach's concerns. over a program that had fallen ter and serve as the next head never acting entitled despite who led the Hoyas to three ment, but was just 29-36 over Now it will be up to Ewing on hard times over the past two coach. I have been preparing to his Hall of Fame credentials. straight national title games. the past two years, prompting to restore Georgetown to the seasons. be a head coach for many years "Of all the players that have His dominance and Big John's the school's proud and vocal fan place in the college basketball In announcing the hire, and can't wait to return to the gone from superstardom to put- tenacity made the program an and alumni base to advocate for landscape that he brought the Georgetown called Ewing "the Hilltop." ting in the time and paying their intimidating one while pav- his dismissal. Hoyas to as a player.

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03-21-2017 COMMISSIONER PROCEEDINGS that she has applied for a grant to purchase a freezer for vaccines. Also will be held on there being a specifi c person from each entity that can be discussed was a community walking challenge that Public Health would designated for an incident management team. Commissioner Anderson The Board of County Commissioners met at the above date beginning at be conducting this spring. The cost for a group to join would be $20.00 and understands that if the hours worked are for another county that an in- 9:00 a.m. Those present were Chairman Terry Wolf, Members Aaron An- at the end of the challenge the funds that have been collected would be voice should be sent but not within the county. The board will allow the derson, Fred Frandson and Clerk to the Board Mary Grace Strauch. The given out for the fi rst three places. This challenge will also be made avail- payment to be made at the April 4 meeting. meeting was opened with the Pledge of Allegiance led by the Ten Sleep able to people that are not in a group with additional prizes given out. FFA group. John Harrington, Roger Howe, Dan and Polly Cartwright, Cindy and Ray Youth Alternatives Director Sarah Garcia reported that the environmen- Raab, Planner David Anderson, Assessor Kathy Treanor and Tax Apprais- A motion was made by Commissioner Frandson and seconded by Commis- tal review is still being completed regarding the Ten Sleep after school er Nancy Quinn met with the board to discuss a camp ground that will sioner Anderson to approve the minutes for the March 7, 2017 meeting. program grant. Youth Alternatives will be working on a brochure of ac- be opening soon near most of those present for the meeting. David re- Motion carried. tivities for youth to do this summer. It was also suggested to have this ported that there are no zoning regulations within the county and the only The Ten Sleep FFA group gave an oral presentation on Organic versus information available on social media. Sarah reported that she has not permitting needed with the county would be for a septic permit. There Non Organic crop and vegetation growing within Washakie County, dis- heard on the funding for the VOA grant. is permitting requirements through the DEQ if there are over 25 people camping for over a 60 day period. Also discussed was the possibility of cussing the pros and cons for both. This presentation will be given at the Homeland Security Director Jeff Schweighart reported that the Tier 2 re- State FFA convention in the near future. WYDOT requirements for turning lanes for campgrounds. Also discussed porting guidelines have been posted. An update on grant funding was was burning regulations with camp fi res. Washakie Leadership members Nikki Donahue and Patty Keller along given. Discussion was held on an upcoming meeting with the Army Corp with Road and Bridge Superintendent Randy Chenoweth reviewed with of Engineers regarding the sand bar. Jeff reported that he continues to Planner David Anderson presented an amended plat for the Dead Horse the board the watering system and plants that will planted along the bike work on a communications plan for the county. There will be a weather Subdivision. This is to move the lot lines within the subdivision. A mo- path on Airport Road near the parking area. The group has received in- spotter’s class on April 13 at the Fair grounds. Jeff will be purchasing four tion was made by Commissioner Anderson and seconded by Commission- kind donations such as road grader work to smooth the parking area, ap- weather radios for the area mayors and other key personnel. er Frandson to approve the amended plat for Dead Horse Subdivision as presented. Motion carried. proval from landowners to use water from their head gate and place a A motion was made by Commissioner Anderson and seconded by Com- water line to the plants that will then have a drip system, a grant for missioner Frandson to appoint Christy Swing and Marty Cross to the The amended plat for the Grand View Subdivision was submitted by Plan- the purchase of the plants through the conservation district and people Washakie County fair board. Christy’s term to end December 2017 and ner David Anderson. This is to move a lot line within the subdivision. A who have volunteered to assist with watering the plants throughout the Marty’s term to end December 2020. Motion carried. motion was made by Commissioner Anderson and seconded by Commis- summer. Discussion was held on if the water will have enough pressure sioner Frandson to approve the amended Grand View Subdivision Plat as to fl ow properly and the board asked that they have this checked before BLM District Manager Kim Liebhauser introduced herself to the board, presented. Motion carried. placing the 600 feet of waterline. A bore will be made under the path to also present was Field Manager Mike Phillips and BLM Representative get the drip system set properly. Randy will meet with the group and the Sarah Beckwith. Discussion was held on the WPLI groups reviewing ar- Planner David Anderson reported that the Urban System Program will price for the right of way easements with the county will be waived. There eas within Washakie County and the possibility of meeting with BLM have their annual meeting on April 12 and two residents from the county will also be a sign placed by the parking area. The county gave approval representatives at future meetings to discuss the areas. Also discussed need to be appointed by the commissioners. A motion was made by Com- to move forward with the project. were repair and clean out of reservoirs. There is some funding available missioner Anderson and seconded by Commissioner Frandson that Com- through the BLM to assist with the clean out and the process is not that missioner Frandson will be the primary appointment with Commissioner Road and Bridge Superintendent Randy Chenoweth and Planner David diffi cult if the grazers would like to have the work completed. The BLM Wolf being the alternate and the Planning Commission will appoint the Anderson met with the board to discuss the Lane 10 Bridge issue. There does not have enough man power on staff to clean the reservoirs. second member. Motion carried. David reported that the earliest that are several anchor bolts that have broken and the east side of the bridge Inberg-Miller can have some one on site to view the Lane 10 Bridge is has shifted 4 to 5 inches. WYDOT engineers and Inberg-Miller Engineers Building Maintenance Manager Tom Schmeltzer reported that the sewer Monday March 27. David will complete the necessary paperwork for the will be contacted to view the bridge before repairs are made. The main line to the courthouse has been completed. The city will be working on Big Trails shop renewal permit to the State Lands Board. concern at this time is if the bridge is safe to travel over. their line in the near future. Tom has received on estimate to have the Chamber of Commerce building torn down. He will receive two other CONSENT AGENDA Commissioner Anderson reported that Road 580 needs additional touch estimates before a decision is made. Also discussed was the marquee and ups in several areas with rotomill along with Road 54. If there is any if it will be moved. Prospector Engineering has met with Mark Russler 1. Approve bond for Duane S. Whitlock, Washakie County School additional rotomill available the Ten Sleep Landfi ll board would like to regarding the secure hold area and several suggested changes were made. District No. 1 Treasurer, in the amount of $20,000.00. receive some for the road that was built to the transfer station. Randy A call was made to Director Mark Russler and he was reminded that not reported that the Lane 17 gate has been placed. 2. Authorize chairman to sign Family Planning Expense/Revenue many changes can occur in the project because of funding. He would like report for February 2017. Banner Health Representative Brad McCaslin, CEO Jay Stallings, Hos- to see the kitchen area upgraded and an offi ce put in and the detox room pital Board Trustees Wendy Sweeny and Kip Mathison were present for reduced in size. Tom will have a blue print completed soon for the person- 3. Authorize chairman to sign VOA drawdown request in the the quarterly hospital remodel update. Brad reported that the ER had nel at Cloud Peak Counseling to review. Tom will be moving the extra amount of $1,512.14. sandbags out behind the arena area and will have them covered. opened on Feb. 28, lobby completion will be September 2017, Partial Lab 4. All commissioners sign a letter approving the beautifi ca- opening April 2017, Pharmacy May 2017, Business area June 2017, and Fire Chief Chris Kocher met with the board to discuss an invoice in the tion project on the bike path that is being completed by the the fi nal lab opening will be September 2017. The budget was reviewed amount of $10, 657.54 that the fi re district submitted for reimbursement Washakie Leadership group. on the project. regarding the ice jam/fl ood last month. Chris reported that this man- A motion was made by Commissioner Anderson and seconded by Commis- power was needed throughout the week when other personnel was not A motion was made by Commissioner Frandson and seconded by Com- sioner Frandson to accept the Consent Agenda. Motion carried. missioner Anderson to convene into executive session to discuss possible available and through the annual operating plan the fi re district has the litigation with County Attorney John Worrall at 10:44 am. This litigation ability to invoice the cost of the hours after the initial six hours of recipro- There being no further business to come before the board, a motion was is not pertaining to the hospital project in any way. Motion carried. A cal protection. Commissioner Anderson feels that the fi re district should made by Commissioner Anderson and seconded by Commissioner Frand- motion was made by Commissioner Anderson and seconded by Commis- not be billing the city and the county because the emergency services were son to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried. sioner Frandson to reconvene into regular session beginning at 11:03 am. being provided within the jurisdiction of the fi re district. Commissioner (Seal) Motion carried. There was no decision made. Anderson feels the annual operating plan addresses service provided out- side of an entity’s jurisdiction. Washakie County residents are already Mary Grace Strauch Aaron Anderson Chairman Public Health Nurse Amanda Heinemeyer reviewed with the board the paying taxes to the fi re district and we are essentially just moving money Clerk to the Board Washakie County Commissioners annual report for Family Planning. Amanda reported that she had pur- from one Washakie County pocket to another. Chris stated when looking chased with the Ebola grant funds a TV for Homeland Security and the at multiple shifts and the work that needed to be completed that this is a April 4, 2017 meeting room at Public health for training events. Amanda also reported legitimate expenditure through the agreement. In the future discussion Northern Wyoming Daily News, Worland, Wyo., Tuesday, April 4, 2017—B3 BLONDIE

ANDY CAPP

GARFIELD

GASOLINE ALLEY

BARNEY GOOGLE

WIZARD OF ID

BEETLE BAILEY

B.C.

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De'Aaron Fox says he will leave Kentucky to enter NBA draft LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — best by a freshman in NCAA his improvement from the begin- Kentucky freshman De'Aaron Tournament history . Fox fin- ning of the season to the end was Fox will enter the NBA draft and ished as Kentucky's second-lead- special," coach John Calipari hire an agent, becoming the first ing scorer, averaging 16.7 points said. of several Wildcats underclass- and leading the team in assists. "What you saw from De'Aaron men who could leave after reach- He also had Kentucky's sec- over the last month and a half of ing the Elite Eight this season. ond triple-double and first since the season I think is what NBA MOTHER GOOSE & GRIM The 6-foot-3 guard is a pos- December 1988 when he had 14 teams will get for the future." sible NBA lottery pick and was points, 11 rebounds and 10 as- Fox was emotional after the expected to make this move. sists against Arizona State last Wildcats lost the South Regional Fox said in a statement Mon- fall. final 75-73 to top-seeded North day he thinks "I've had a pretty He made The Associated Carolina on Luke Maye's last- good freshman season through Press' and SEC coaches All- second shot and initially brushed the guidance of our coaching Southeastern Conference first off questions about his future. staff and I think it's time for me team and earned Most Valuable Eight days later he thanked to live out my dream." Player honors at last month's many in his announcement, in- He scored a career-high 39 SEC Tournament. cluding sophomore backcourt points against UCLA in the "De'Aaron came in here fo- mate Isaiah Briscoe who could South Regional semifinals, the cused from day one, and to see join him in the June draft.” B4–Northern Wyoming Daily News, Worland, Wyo., Tuesday, April 4, 2017

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TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2017 tainly it’s not merely the ab- ignorance is evil. Others sug- way and learn theirs. Undo. Delete. Reverse. Go sence of disease or infirmity. The gest that there’s nothing more AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). back. Start over -- this time with health you are striving for is a dangerous than a little bit of It’s pretty clear that the people feeling. Saturn is flying straight state of complete physical, men- knowledge. Since you can’t un- around you have a different set today, but tomorrow the planet tal and social well-being. know things, be careful about of rules. If you play by those, you of lessons will take a swift re- CANCER (June 22-July 22). what you try to learn. Follow won’t achieve to the heights of versal -- a chance to begin again Your day will center on one idea. your moral compass. your ability. Take charge. Set on the things that matter to you This contemplation will guide SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). the bar for yourself, and set it and others. Can’t quite figure your action. It will change your Much can be accomplished high. out what it has to do with you? conversations. It will change the through lists and organized ef- PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Keep going until you find the in- order in which you do things. forts, but even the most exten- You’ll swim between two schools tersection of interest. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The sive list cannot control the un- of thought today. One is very log- ARIES (March 21-April 19). heart of ambition beats loud controllable. You’ll be dealing ical; the other is intuitive. The The question on your heart is a in you today. You’ll get up to with forces that can’t be tamed numbers won’t lie, but they’ll good one. So good, in fact, that the mountain peak and realize via writing. never tell the whole story, either. there are more elements affect- there’s a higher one over yonder. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April ing the matter than you can A panoramic view from the top 21). Whatever the problem is, 4). You’re serious about your imagine. Just keep thinking will make all of this climbing you can make it better. Maybe goals, and yet your tone is so joy- like you are. You’ll be a part of worth the effort. you can’t solve it today, but you ous and light that you create a a change. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). can improve things. Take the big happier world with your laugh- TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re very careful about what issue and make it smaller. If it’s ter. Next month brings money At any point in a relationship, you require of others, asking still too big, make it smaller still, to your pocket. June is your someone loves harder. Which only things that you’ve person- until it’s small enough to solve. chance to seize love. July will one is loving harder? You. You ally endeavored. “Nothing is im- CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. bring a small but meaningful seem to be always loving hard- possible for the man who doesn’t 19). You’ve done the research, change that you’ll be assimilat- er. What is going on with this? have to do it himself.” -- A.H. and you’ve put your theories to ing thereafter. Happiness flows Back off. Receive. Weiler the test. Now you know how to from the August love. Cancer GEMINI (May 21-June 21). LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). go about the job. In order to take and Libra adore you. Your lucky Health has many levels. Cer- Some say knowledge is good and it to the next level, teach your numbers are: 4, 33, 29, 28 and 1. Northern Wyoming Daily News, Worland, Wyo., Tuesday, April 4, 2017—B5 BLONDIE US stocks fall as weak auto sales trouble investors By MARLEY JAY company’s stock climbed $20.22, Health care companies fin- AP Markets Writer or 7.3 percent, to $298.52. Tesla’s ished with small gains as big NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. market capitalization rose to health insurers traded higher. stocks started the second quar- $48.7 billion, greater than Ford’s. Cigna added $2.90, or 2 per- ANDY CAPP ter with a thud Monday after car Bond prices rose sharply. The cent, to $149.39 and Humana makers reported disappointing yield on the 10-year Treasury picked up $3.63, or 1.8 percent, March sales, a possible warning note fell to 2.33 percent from to $209.77. Aetna and United- about other types of spending. 2.39 percent. When bond yields Health both rose about 1 per- But a late recovery helped stocks fall, interest rates also decrease, cent. avoid bigger losses. and that affected banks and fi- In other energy trading, Stocks tumbled in morning nancial institutions. wholesale gasoline fell 1 cent to trading after automakers in- As investors felt less certain $1.69 a gallon. Heating oil slid cluding Ford and General Mo- about the performance of the 1 cent to $1.56 a gallon. Natu- tors said passenger car sales economy, they sold stocks in ral gas skidded 6 cents, or 1.9 slumped last month. Auto parts companies that do the best when percent, to $3.13 per 1,000 cubic and rental car companies also the economy is growing quickly. feet. tumbled. Spending by shoppers Retailers, technology companies, The price of gold rose $2.80 GARFIELD is a critical part of economic and industrial companies fell to $1,254 an ounce. Silver lost 4 growth and investors found more than the rest of the market cents to $18.21 an ounce. Copper themselves wondering if spend- on Monday. dropped 5 cents, or 1.8 percent, ing will keep growing as it has The dollar sank to 110.96 yen to $2.60 a pound. in recent years. Small companies from 111.29 yen and the euro fell France’s CAC 40 slipped 0.7 slumped, as their performance is to $1.0665 from $1.0684. percent. The German DAX sank closely linked to U.S. economic Benchmark U.S. crude lost 36 0.5 percent, as did the FTSE 100 growth. cents to $50.24 a barrel in New of Britain. Japan’s benchmark While stocks recovered most York. Brent crude, used to price Nikkei 225 added 0.4 percent of their earlier losses, the weak international oils, slipped 41 and the Kospi in South Korea car sales still sent a chill through cents to $53.12 a barrel in Lon- rose 0.3 percent. Hong Kong’s the market. Steven Ricchiuto, don. Hang Seng gained 0.5 percent. chief U.S. economist for Mizuho, GASOLINE ALLEY said auto sales have been a major FAMILY CIRCUS part of the U.S. economy recent- ly, and if car sales fall, consumer spending would also weaken. That in turn might mean manu- facturers and other companies won’t open as many factories or hire as many workers. “If we’re starting to lose some of the momentum on autos, where is the momentum going to come from?” he said. The Standard & Poor’s 500 BARNEY GOOGLE index fell as much as 18 points around midday, but finished down just 3.88 points, or 0.2 per- cent, at 2,358.84. The Dow Jones industrial average lost as much as 145 points but wound up with a loss of 13.01 points, or 0.1 per- cent, to 20,650.21. The Nasdaq composite shed 17.06 points, or 0.3 percent, to 5,894.68. The Rus- sell 2000 index of small-compa- CROSSWORD PUZZLE ny stocks gave up 16.25 points, WIZARD OF ID or 1.2 percent, to 1,369.67. Ford, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota and Honda all said their over- all sales decreased in March as passenger car sales kept falling. GM reported its sales were up thanks to stronger SUV sales, but its totals weren’t as good as experts expected. Auto sales have reached all- time highs in recent years, but companies are offering more cash, incentives, and low-inter- BEETLE BAILEY est loans to draw in buyers. In- vestors are getting worried that companies will be stuck with ve- hicles they’ll have to sell for big discounts. Fiat Chrysler lost 52 cents, or 4.8 percent, to $10.41 and Gen- eral Motors stock fell $1.19, or 3.4 percent, to $34.17. Ford gave up 20 cents, or 1.7 percent, to $11.44. Five of the eight worst per- formers in the S&P 500 Monday B.C. came from the auto industry. Auto parts retailer O’Reilly Au- tomotive dropped $11.15, or 4.1 percent, to $258.69. Auto retailer AutoNation shed $1.45, or 3.1 percent, to $40.84 and Goodyear Tire slid 73 cents, or 2 percent, to $35.28. Tesla said over the weekend that its deliveries jumped 69 percent in the first quarter to a record 25,000. The electric car MUTTS SUDOKU

MOTHER GOOSE & GRIM B6—Northern Wyoming Daily News, Worland, Wyo., Tuesday, April 4, 0217

DAILY NEWS/ ALEX KUHN DAILY NEWS/ ALEX KUHN DAILY NEWS/ ALEX KUHN Lady Warrior Lyndzi Rich with her parents Tina and Butch Rich Lady Warrior Mackenzie Cottrell with her parents Candace and Carl Lady Warrior Bailey Gibbons with her father Clay Gibbons during during senior night at Worland High School on Feb. 23. Cottrell during senior night at Worland High School on Feb. 23. senior night at Worland High School on Feb. 23. Lady Warriors add another successful season to the books Gibbons and Rich selected to 3A All-State team

By Alex Kuhn Part of that slow start could be Sports Editor attributed to learning a new WORLAND — The Worland system under Hofmann, who Lady Warriors were a bas- was in his first season at the ket away from repeating as helm of program. 3A state champions in the 3A After the break and with state title game against Star more time to get acclimated to Valley. Even though they came Hofmann’s style the Lady War- up short their season was still riors went on a roll, winning 14 an impressive outing and only of their next 16 games. DAILY NEWS/ ALEX KUHN DAILY NEWS/ ALEX KUHN adds to the program’s growing “The way we have grown Lady Warrior Charlee Townsend with her parents Dione and Ran- Lady Warrior Annie Deutschendorf with her host parents Heather tradition. since that first game against dall Townsend during senior night at Worland High School on and Jesse Sheppard during senior night at Worland High School Finishing the season with Douglas and the Green River Feb. 23. on Feb. 23. a 20-5 overall record and 6-0 tournament all the way to the onship game appearance. Once they bought in everyone to our end-of-year banquet, freshman BreAnna Parra re- in the 3A East: West confer- end of the season. How much “Winning the regional cham- else fell in line. I was really because we’ll have to say good- turning to what looks to be an- ence the Lady Warriors were improvement we made and pionship was big and the girls pleased with how they accept- bye to them. They’re a quality other strong Worland team. among the best in 3A all sea- how close we came together as played well that whole week- ed the defensive mentality,” group of girls and this program, “We have some girls re- son long. Individually the team a team. I was really pleased end,” said Hofmann. said Hofmann. and myself in particular, will turning that will have seen had three players earn rec- with how the girls bought into “From that first week of get- Seniors Rich (17.9 pointer miss their leadership and en- some minutes in varsity. Saige ognition, seniors Bailey Gib- a new coach and new system. ting to know each other they per game, 9.3 rebounds, 2.9 thusiasm for the game, the way played 15-20 minutes for us a bons and Lyndzi Rich earned They could have tuned me really bought in. We were one blocks), Gibbons (12.3 point, they play it and how well they night. Then Casey, BreAnna all-state honors; while Charlee out and we would have had a of the better defensive teams 2.8 steals, 4.8 rebounds), got along. In all aspects they’re and Jaycee played a lot of min- Townsend earned 3A East All- mediocre season, instead we in the state. With our length Townsend (8 points, 5.5 re- outstanding young ladies and utes this season,” said Hof- Conference honors along with had an outstanding year. The and athleticism we were able bounds, 2.4 blocks) and Mack- in the future they’re going to be mann. “We have some girls Gibbons and Rich. last game stings but it was an to spend quality minutes each enzie Cottrell (2 assists, 1.2 great in whatever they choose coming back and hopefully “It has been a great year and impressive season,” said Hof- and every week on defense. steals and 40 percent from 3), to do because how well they’ve we’ll be able to take the lead- I was real pleased with every- mann. That’s hard to do for teenag- all of whom were starters, set been raised and their work eth- ership qualities of this year’s one,” said WHS girls basketball Defense was the key for ers, most that play basketball the tone for this season and ic,” said Hofmann. seniors and roll it over to next coach Ben Hofmann. Lady Warriors and what fueled want to shoot the ball. Playing played the roles given to them Junior Casey Wassum will season’s. The JV team had a The beginning of the sea- their run after the break and defense is hard and takes a lot by Hofmann and his staff to be the Lady Warriors’ only re- fairly successful year and we’ll son was not a fast start for the led to a second consecutive 3A out of you but this group re- the best of their abilities. turning starter but will have bring some of those girls in. Lady Warriors as they went 1-3 East regional championship ally bought in across the board “They’re going to be missed key bench players juniors We’re looking forward to build- before the Christmas break. plus a second-straight champi- and it started with the seniors. and I am not looking forward Saige Jones, Jaycee Page and ing the program.”

Rockies win in debuts of Black, Holland, beat Brewers 7-5 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rockies manager Bud Black exchanged Wolters to reach on a single. Carlos Estevez (1-0) pitched a hitless deal calls for a $950,000 salary in the majors and $150,000 in the high-fives with his players as they streamed off the field and sixth. minors. He can earn $250,000 in performance bonuses based on stopped Greg Holland for a few extra seconds to offer encouraging BREWERS DEBUTS games pitched: $25,000 each for 50 and 55, $50,000 apiece for 60 words and a pat on the back. Colorado added two more runs in the fourth before the Brewers and 65 and $100,000 for 70. It was quite the successful Colorado debut for Black and the rallied for five in the fifth behind new acquisitions Eric Thames and TRAINER'S ROOM team's new closer. Travis Shaw, who each had RBI doubles. The left-handed hitters Rockies: OF David Dahl (rib) and IF Ian Desmond (left hand) Holland picked up a save for the first time since coming back were brought in this offseason by general manager David Stearns were among six players placed on the 10-day disabled list Sunday, from Tommy John surgery, Mark Reynolds homered and had three to balance what had been a predominantly right-handed lineup. retroactive to March 30. The other players were: RHPs Jairo Diaz RBIs, and the Rockies beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-5 in Mon- "We put together a great inning in the fifth but there were some (elbow) and Chad Qualls (forearm), LHP Chris Rusin (oblique) and day's opener. defensive plays we could have made and we had some at-bats where C Tom Murphy (right forearm). Black's 650th win as a major league manager was his first with contact would have helped us," Counsell said. Brewers: Minor league C Rene Garcia is out of a hospital and af- the Rockies. JUST JARED ter sustaining a concussion in a play at the plate during Saturday's "We checked off a lot of boxes in that baby. That was a little bit of Pinch-hitter Alexi Amarista added an RBI double in the eighth exhibition against the Chicago White Sox. General manager David everything," said Black, who also spent eight-plus seasons manag- off Jared Hughes, who signed with the Brewers on Monday. Hughes' Stearns said Garcia was doing well. ing San Diego. Holland got Ryan Braun to bounce into a game-ending, 5-4-3 double play that started after third baseman Nolan Arenado dove to his left and threw to second while on his right knee. The out at first was confirmed on a video review, giving Holland his first save since Sept. 17, 2015, for Kansas City against Cleveland. His previous major league appearance was the following day against Detroit. The right-hander missed the 2016 season because of the elbow injury. "This guy is a two-time All-Star. This guy is pitched in the post- season. And he's healthy," Black said. "We'll continue to watch all relievers but it was good to see Greg get a save." The Brewers lost a key pitcher when Junior Guerra left his first opening-day start in the big leagues after three innings with a strained right calf. He grimaced as he broke out of the batter's box after laying down a bunt. Manager Craig Counsell said that Guerra will go on the disabled list, with more tests due on Tuesday. It was the first time Guerra could recall every hurting a leg. "That's why I turned around and look at the catcher because I thought maybe he hit me, because it just felt like I got hit," Guerra said. TURNING POINT Tony Wolters scored from third with two outs in the seventh to give Colorado a 6-5 lead after Jett Bandy threw to second trying to catch Charlie Blackmon stealing. The ball short-hopped second baseman Jonathan Villar and trickled away on the infield dirt, al- lowing Wolters to go home. Manager Craig Counsell said the Brewers missed a sign on the play. Reliever Jhan Marinez (0-1) took the loss after having allowed