109th Year, No.141 Thursday, July 16, 2015 50 Cents UW Graduates — 5 Extension for UW’s Shyatt — 6 National News — 10 Ten Sleep school project faces new deadline By Ryan Mitchel Collins ation meeting in early 2016, prior to the “We could say to the committee that we lic discussion, the board went into a closed session Staff writer 2016 Legislative Budget Session that be- only want a specific land and if we don’t for an hour and a half. TEN SLEEP — The new Ten Sleep school project gins Feb. 8, 2016. get it that we’ll go back to the drawing “We wanted to prepare ourselves for the school could possibly be delayed from its original construc- According to Phelps, “That’s the reason board. board meeting on Wednesday, so we discussed this tion schedule with a new deadline looming. why we had this special meeting (Tuesday “We have been working on this for issue for over an hour so we can present our infor- On Friday, July 10 Washakie County School night) was to inform the public about this a very long time, so we want to get this mation to Troy Decker,” Phelps said. District No. 2 (Ten Sleep) Superintendent Jimmy new information. We want to maintain the right. We don’t want to make a decision Troy Decker is the planning coordinator at the Phelps received some information via a conference same construction schedule.” and then a few years from now find out Wyoming School Facilities Department. call with Dan Odasz, the vice president of Plan One If the Washakie County School District that there was a better option out there,” “Troy might present some new information on Architects about a new deadline for the district. No. 2 board cannot present a priority list Jimmy Phelps Phelps said. the subject at the board meeting on Wednesday,” Phelps said Odasz informed him that the Wyoming to the Joint Appropriations Committee on Ten Sleep Supt. The public was informed of this new said Phelps. Joint Appropriations Board has a deadline for land what land they want to acquire, the proj- deadline at a special meeting Tuesday. A report on Wednesday’s board meeting will be recommendations in the next few weeks in order to ect may be delayed until the committee has their The public discussed the issue for 45 minutes Tues- published in Friday’s issue of the Northern Wyoming present that information at their funding appropri- next funding appropriation meeting in 2018. day evening at the Ten Sleep School. After the pub- Daily News. Cause still unknown Early Evening Fisherman in structure fire By Zach Spadt responders arrived,” Nancy Staff Writer Quinn said in an email. WORLAND — By the time Nancy Quinn expressed Worland firefighters arrived on appreciation for the Wor- the scene, the garage located land Fire Department. at 1310 B Lane 12 had already “I know how blessed I collapsed. am to live in Worland and I Worland Fire Department appreciate the service ren- firefighters responded to a re- dered by an all-volunteer port of a structure fire at the fire department and medi- location at 5:11 p.m. Tuesday. cal personnel as well as lo- Firefighters were on the scene Chris Kocher cal law enforcement. Some at 5:20 p.m. Worland Fire Chief of the firemen and women According to Worland Fire I knew, many I did not, but Chief Chris Kocher, the cause of the my heartfelt thank you is sincere,” fire has not been determined and is un- Nancy Quinn said. der investigation. She said some personal items in the The building was a garage that sat garage were lost, in addition to tools about 20 feet away from a residence and other equipment belonging to the located adjacent to the Worland Live- sale barn. stock Auction sale b arn. Kocher said Quinn determined the While the garage was a total loss, building was fully involved at 5:14 p.m. the residence’s vinyl siding suffered There were no injuries reported. melted vinyl siding on the north side, The building collapsed sometime be- Kocher said. tween 5:18 and 5:20 p.m. Kocher said investigators are still Three engines, a tender unit and working with the occupants of the two command units responded to the home, Bob and Nancy Quinn, to deter- call with 15 firefighters present. Ko- mine a cause of the fire. cher said when the first engine arrived, Nancy Quinn’s call to Washakie firefighters began suppressing the fire County Dispatch was one of eight 911 and made efforts to cool the lost build- calls, Kocher said. ing. “On Tuesday evening, I arrived home The fire department left the scene at from work and noticed flames that I 7:54 p.m., Kocher said. thought were from the barbecue grill. The Washakie County Sheriff’s Of- Upon inspection, I noticed the flames fice and Worland Ambulance also re- were not from the grill but from an ac- sponded to the call. DAILY NEWS/Zach Spadt tual fire. I called 911 and reported the More information will be published fire and in less than five minutes, first as it becomes available. Lansing, Mich., resident Alex Butzine takes advantage of the Worland pond south of the city. Butzine and others were out fishing in the early evening Wednesday, but as of 6 p.m., no one had a bite. Eleven Wyoming counties, including Washakie, eligible for emergency loans WORLAND — Presidential Major Di- mary designated counties and are there- physical loss or $500,000, whichever is saster Declaration has made Wyoming fore also eligible for assistance. less. counties, including Washakie and Big To qualify for production loss loans, ap- FSA Emergency Loans are available Horn, eligible for disaster assistance. plicants must have suffered at least a 30 only to operators of not larger than family Farmers and ranchers may qualify for percent loss of their normal production size farms and operators unable to obtain emergency Loans based on losses caused per acre or normal per animal production. credit elsewhere. by severe storms and flooding that oc- Production losses are calculated from an The deadline for applying for FSA curred May 24, 2015, through June 6, average of the three years immediately loans under this Disaster Designation is 2015. preceding the disaster year and may be March 7, 2016. For further information, Johnson and Niobrara counties in Wyo- made for an amount up to 100 percent of farmers and ranchers located in the desig- ming are declared primary disaster areas. the total actual calculated production loss. nated counties are encouraged to contact Big Horn, Campbell, Converse, Goshen, Under the FSA Emergency Loan pro- their local FSA County Office. The office Natrona, Platte Sheridan, Washakie and gram, the amount available to qualified for Washakie County is located at 208 Shi- Weston counties are contiguous to the pri- producers cannot exceed the sum of the loh Road, 307-347-3946. Capitol restoration oversight group wants project manager CHEYENNE (AP) — Top Group and voted unanimously David H. Hart and MOCA Sys- tentious meeting last week at Wyoming officials have voted to after a closed session to negoti- tems, the firm where he works. which oversight group mem- hire a project manager to over- ate a contract with a Utah firm Sen. Tony Ross, R-Cheyenne, bers expressed concern that the see the $300 million renovation that has experience overseeing chairman of the oversight deadline for substantial comple- DAILY NEWS/Zach Spadt of the state Capitol. capitol renovation projects in group, said he expects work on tion of working drawings for the Worland Fire Department Captain Brandon Yule inspects the aftermath Gov. Matt Mead and Wyo- other states. the contract to start in coming Capitol restoration project had after a fire that ocurred near the Worland sale yard early Tuesday eve- ming legislative leaders met The group directed state of- days. been pushed back to October — ning. A garage near a residential building caught fire and was a total loss. Wednesday as the Capitol ficials to negotiate a contract The move to hire Hart and two months later than they had A cause has not been determined. Building Restoration Oversight with Salt Lake City architect MOCA Systems follows a con- been promised in June. Weather & Vitals see page 2 2–Northern Wyoming Daily News, Worland, Wyo., Thursday, July 16, 2015 Grant support from First Lady Carol Mead hosts book signing July 21 CHEYENNE — First Lady er editions of her book this fall. woman governor, first national sen children’s issues as her prima- Carol Mead will be signing copies Proceeds go back into the cost park and other fun facts such as ry area of focus. She and Governor Rocky Mountain Power of her children’s book, “Wyoming of printing, provided by Pioneer how Wyoming got the nickname, Mead believe that children are Firsts,” on July 21 from 11:30 Printing in Cheyenne. All other “The Cowboy State.” Wyoming’s greatest asset. To th at a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the Wyoming costs associated with the book The First Lady decided to in- end, her work is aimed at promot- State Museum and again from were made possible through gen- vite high school art students from ing healthy lifestyles among kids 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. at the Wyoming erous donations by Anadarko Pe- around the state to submit illus- to make sure they grow up healthy, Products General Mercantile in troleum Corporation, Devon Ener- trations aimed at young children happy and safe. She believes that Old Frontier Town at Cheyenne gy Corporation, FMC Corporation, after visiting the Wyoming High reading to your child every day Frontier Days.