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He was known as the most trusted man in America. On Friday July 17, after a lengthy illness, CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite passed away in his New York home at age 92.

WIth his indelible sign off “And that’s...the way it is,” Cronkite established his pres-ence during one the most turbulent periods in American history. Cronkite broke news of the Kennedy assas-sination, reported ex-tensively on Vietnam, Civil RIghts, the corona-tion of Queen Elizabeth, the first man on the moon and Watergate scandal.

According to many of his media counterparts, Cronkite came to personi-fy one of the most credible media figures of his era. In fact, a 1972 poll found him to be more trusted than the president, vice president,

members of Congress and manyother journalists.

Walter Leland Cronkite was born in St. Joseph, MO. November 4, 1916, the only child of a den-tist father and a home-maker mother. Shortly after, the family moved to Texas. Cronkite’s career in journalism began after reading an article about the adventures of report-

ers working around the world. After working on his high school newspa-per, in 1933 he enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin to study political science, economics and journalism. However, he never graduated and took a part-time reporting job at the Houston Post, leav-ing college to pursue a ca-reer in reporting.

AND THAT’S . . . THE WAY IT WASPat Callahan - Staff Reporter

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWERPRESIDENT MEETS WITH

LANDOWNERS ON GATEWAYJessica Smith - Staff Reporter

On Thursday, July 9th, 2009, a meeting was held in Douglas by the North-ern Laramie Range Alli-ance. Richard Walje, the President of Rocky Moun-tain Power was invited to speak at this meeting about the Gateway West Transmission Line Project that has stirred so much controversy between the company and local land owners. Mr. Walje, who had personally driven along sections of the pro-posed routes during his visit to Wyoming, ad-mitted to the landown-ers that some of the line options proposed by the company are not the most ideal solutions. He further went on to say that, while Rocky Mountain Power is not able to unilaterally remove existing options from the table, they can propose other routes and make recommendations to the BLM as to which line corridors to pursue. “We can’t take anything off the table, but we can try to accommodate the con-cerns of those affected by the line,” he stated in an earlier interview that day with The Glen rock Bird. How were his comments received by those in atten-dance?…read on… Stuart McCrary, who is a member of the Alli-ance, was please with Mr. Walje’s address and hope-ful that everything stated will be allowed to come to pass. “…he seemed very straightforward--very honest…he appears very proactive and into the public,” McCrary said

of Walje, “If what he said comes to fruition, then kudos to Rocky Mountain Power.” Mr. McCrary also stated that Rocky Moun-tain Power seemed to be “very community orient-ed…very much wanting to look into the interest of the people they are im-pacting.” Also in attendance at the meeting was the Legisla-tive Wind Energy Task Force, co-Chaired by Senator Jim Anderson. The Task Force, a nine-member panel brought to-gether by the Legislature, has a mission to objec-tively gather information and to study those things that relate to regulation and taxation of the wind energy conversion in-dustry. Senator Anderson also seemed pleased with the proceedings and how RMP President Walje was received. “I would simply say that that has alleviated a lot of the concerns in re-gard to those areas South of Glenrock that might have been ‘invaded’ by those two Eastern corridor lines,” he said of Walje’s comments, “I think that there was considerable im-provement in regard to the request of the Alliance…Mr. Walje was very clear in saying tha t [RMP’s] decision was made as a result of having listened to the people…” Rocky Mountain Power has continued to show that it is willing to listen to the ‘average Joe’ when it comes to the impact of their energy projects,

TOWN OF GLENROCK/ROLLING HILLS WORKSHOP TO FIX GLENROCK P.D. CONTRACT ISSUES

During their July 13th meeting, the Glenrock Town Council decided not to renew the contract between the Town of Glenrock and the Town of Rolling Hills for daily po-licing. The contract sets, annually, the expectations for and the pay rate of the police officers ‘bor-rowed’ from Glenrock, and was placed before the Glenrock Town Council for approval where it was reviewed, and not voted on due to lack of a ‘sec-ond’ to the motion for ap-proval. Their were some

questions from the Town of Rolling Hills as to a possible shortage of hours on the previous contract as well as issues with the visibility of the officers on patrol. Due to some new verbiage added to this contract, the Town of Glenrock decided to get some more information before they would ap-prove it. This information came on Tuesday, July 21st, when the Towns of Rolling Hills and Glen-rock held a ‘workshop’ between the Town Coun-cils in order to fix the is-

sues that had come up. Glenrock Mayor, Steve Cielinski, along with Glenrock Council mem-bers Rosalie Goff, Linda Care, and Carl Lembke, was on hand to discuss the contract with the Roll-ing Hills Town Council--which consists of Mayor Gerry Minton and Coun-cil members Don Kuhn, Denni Laird, DeVonie Mueller, and Jon Maines. Rolling Hills Town Cl erk, Teresa Montgomery was also in attendance.

A lot of the issues of con-cern for both sides had to do with the verbiage of the contract and the fact that Glenrock had, inadvertently, shorted the Town of Rolling Hills on some of the hours con-tracted. Mayor Cielin-ski dove right in, saying, “There was a problem on our side, completely.” in regards to the hour short-age. He also went on to assure the Rolling Hills Council that the town will be compensated for the

Jessica Smith - Staff Reporter

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On Saturday, July 18 the Glenrock Town Park at-tracted some local tractors. Actually quite a few. The Central Wyoming Antique Power Club was in town to see exactly what their tractors could do, or in this case pull. And pull they did. Tractors of various weights and sizes were hooked to a 30,000 pound sled full of water in an effort to see how far down a 265 foot dirt track they could make it. And while some made it and some didn't, it was quite a demonstration of what these tractors could do.

The event, which started at noon, was the tenth of 18 events sponsored by Central Wyoming Antique Power Club and Training Muse-um. The club was started in 2003, and began by a group of tractor enthusiasts who originally participated in parades. Soon, many of the members began expressing an interest in tractor pulls and a sled was built. By 2007, the club hosted seven tractor pulls. Additional events have included a trac-tor drive, plow days, tractor shows and a garden tractor pull. The club is a joint ef-

fort between the com-munities of Glenrock, Douglas and Casper.

"The object is to see how far you can pull the sled," said Jim Simpson, secretary of the Central Wyoming Antique Power Club. "The sled is weight-ed down with water so we're able to dump some of the water for the differ-ent weights of the trac-tors. So we come down to the little tractors, from the largest to the smallest."

The weight classes range from 1 to 15, with 1 being the lightest (2,500- 3,000 pounds) and 15 being the heaviest (13,501-open class).

Simpson said the largest tractors will reach 13,500 pounds, whereas the small-est will get down to less than 3,500 pounds.

Glenrock's Sylvia Grose, who has been participating in such tractor pulls for five years, and was one of sev-eral women competing on Saturday, stated that while women do take part in such events they are often in the minority. "There's not a lot of women, but there are several

us. My daughter-in-law enters, my daughter, sometimes the

gal that weighs the tractors." Grose said she honed her

tractor skills growing up in Iowa, and was competing in the 10,000 pound weight class.

Participant Jack Ryan, who is originally from Chicago, but has been in Wyoming for 30 years, was running in between the light and middle classes said he really enjoys the event. "It's mostly the camaraderie. It's a bunch of nice guys," Ryan said.

Ginett King, from Douglas, was on hand to watch her boyfriend, Fred Stockwell, compete in the event. KIng admitted she didn't know

much about tractors but al-ways enjoyed the events. "I really do actually have fun," she said. "I didn't know that much about tractors, but there is a lot more then just

driving them. Stockwell was competing in the 2,000 pound weight class.

Simpson said he expected in excess of 85 tractors for Sat-urday's event, and at the sled pulls those who place in the top three receive trophies.

While many tractors didn't complete the entire 265 feet, Douglas' Scott McWilliams did manage to pull off the feat in the class 12 division (9,501-10,500). McWilliams said analyzing the track was key. "Reading the track is what it's all about. You got to figure out where the best

spot is to go."

Currently, club membership exceeds 80, which doesn't include junior memberships and those who come to the

pulls and register the same day.

Annual membership is $35.

The club is in the process of looking for property in Glenrock for the develop-ment of its museum. The club's goals include displays as well as a working train-ing center to educate enthu-siasts techniques to restore and maintain antique power equipment.

More information can be obtained at www.cwapmtc.com.

TRACTORS! MOVE THAT SLED!Pat Callahan - Staff Reporter

Scott McWilliams pulled 30,000 lbs the entire distance (265 feet) Photo © Pat Callahan

Glenrock's Valentine Speedway continued its 2009 summer race sched-ule July 18, featuring the dwarf cars trading paint at the quarter mile, eight degree banked dirt track located just outside of Glenrock.

Dwarf cars are 5/8-scale models of '28-'48 vintage American stock cars, and feature both coupe and sedan styles. The series has also begun to feature Dwarf cars known as Mod Lites.

The cars are powered by motorcycle engines, pro-ducing 200 horsepower. The engines range in size from 1,000 to 1,250 cc (cubic centimeters).

Saturday's event featured a field of eight, includ-ing Wayne Miller, track

President Allen Corkill, who took over as presi-dent after a one year hiatus, Marc Desmarais, Kim Glasgow, Travis Mayhew, Danny Hedges and Keith Nascabar.

Two heats were run, starting with Miller, Corkill, Desmarais and Nascabar. Both heats consisted of 10 laps, af-ter which the winner of the two heats advanced to a 15 lap heat, which was shortened from 20 due to high summer tem-peratures, and included the entire field.

In the first heat, the Des-marais battled Miller early for the lead before spinning out and bring-ing out the race's first caution. On the restart Corkill grabbed and held on to the lead as the checkered flag dropped. The final finishing order

was Corkill, Glasgow and Miller.

The second heat featured Mayhew, Hedges and Nascabar. Hedges took the lead early and never looked back. As Mayhem battled loose conditions, Hedges maintained a commanding lead by the

middle of the heat, and easily cruised to victory. Hedges was followed by Mayhew and Nascabar.

Between the main heat, a dash for cash was run with Hedges, Corkill and Glasgow. Once again Hedges took an early lead, passing Glasgow

and Corkill. However, Glasgow wasn't finished and closed the gap on Hedges in the remaining laps between turns three and four. Still, it wasn't enough to catch the fast car of Hedges, who took the checkered flag by a narrow margin. Glasgow finished second while

Corkill came home third.

In the main event, Corkill took the early lead, followed close-ly by Glasgow and Hedges. By the third lap, the running order

VALENTINE SPEEDWAY GREAT WEEKEND FUN DESPITE SOARING TEMPSPat Callahan - Staff Reporter

Allen Corkill leads Wayne Miller in the final heat of last Saturday’s dwarf car races at Glenrock’s Valentine Speedway. Photo © Pat Callahan.

GLENROCK PLANS CENTENNIAL BALL

Mark your calendars and break out your dancing shoes! On August 22nd, 2009, there will be a ball--that’s right, a ball! The Centennial Ball will be held at the Paisley Shawl and Kimball Park as just one more amazing activity to celebrate Glenrock’s 100th year. Although pe-riod costume is rec-ommended for the event, it is certainly not necessary. Can’t dance? Don’t worry! Kathy Patceg and Rita Retig have got you covered! These two wonder-ful ladies will be offering two dance classes prior to the

ball so people can learn the old time dances such as: Put Your Lit-tle Foot, Shottische, Patty Cake Polka, and a simple square dance. The FREE lessons will be held at the Com-merce Block next to the Knotty Pine Saloon on Wednesday, August 5th and Wednesday, August 12th, at 6:30.Bring your dancing feet and get ready for some fun--first with the les-sons and then at the ball! Come celebrate Glenrock’s 100th year with music and friend-ship at the Centennial Ball!

Danny Hedges and Kim Glasgow make contact as Hedges takes the lead in the main heat at Valentine Speedway on Saturday July 18. Hedges went on to claim the victory in the Dwarf car division. Photo © Pat Callahan

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Glenrock's Valentine Speedway continued its 2009 summer race sched-ule July 18, featuring the dwarf cars trading paint at the quarter mile, eight degree banked dirt track located just outside of Glenrock.

Dwarf cars are 5/8-scale models of '28-'48 vintage American stock cars, and feature both coupe and sedan styles. The series has also begun to feature Dwarf cars known as Mod Lites.

The cars are powered by motorcycle engines, pro-ducing 200 horsepower. The engines range in size from 1,000 to 1,250 cc (cubic centimeters).

Saturday's event featured a field of eight, includ-ing Wayne Miller, track

President Allen Corkill, who took over as presi-dent after a one year hiatus, Marc Desmarais, Kim Glasgow, Travis Mayhew, Danny Hedges and Keith Nascabar.

Two heats were run, starting with Miller, Corkill, Desmarais and Nascabar. Both heats consisted of 10 laps, af-ter which the winner of the two heats advanced to a 15 lap heat, which was shortened from 20 due to high summer tem-peratures, and included the entire field.

In the first heat, the Des-marais battled Miller early for the lead before spinning out and bring-ing out the race's first caution. On the restart Corkill grabbed and held on to the lead as the checkered flag dropped. The final finishing order

was Corkill, Glasgow and Miller.

The second heat featured Mayhew, Hedges and Nascabar. Hedges took the lead early and never looked back. As Mayhem battled loose conditions, Hedges maintained a commanding lead by the

middle of the heat, and easily cruised to victory. Hedges was followed by Mayhew and Nascabar.

Between the main heat, a dash for cash was run with Hedges, Corkill and Glasgow. Once again Hedges took an early lead, passing Glasgow

and Corkill. However, Glasgow wasn't finished and closed the gap on Hedges in the remaining laps between turns three and four. Still, it wasn't enough to catch the fast car of Hedges, who took the checkered flag by a narrow margin. Glasgow finished second while

Corkill came home third.

In the main event, Corkill took the early lead, followed close-ly by Glasgow and Hedges. By the third lap, the running order

VALENTINE SPEEDWAY GREAT WEEKEND FUN DESPITE SOARING TEMPS

Allen Corkill leads Wayne Miller in the final heat of last Saturday’s dwarf car races at Glenrock’s Valentine Speedway. Photo © Pat Callahan.

Staff Reporter - Jessica Smith

GLENROCK PLANS CENTENNIAL BALL

Mark your calendars and break out your dancing shoes! On August 22nd, 2009, there will be a ball--that’s right, a ball! The Centennial Ball will be held at the Paisley Shawl and Kimball Park as just one more amazing activity to celebrate Glenrock’s 100th year. Although pe-riod costume is rec-ommended for the event, it is certainly not necessary. Can’t dance? Don’t worry! Kathy Patceg and Rita Retig have got you covered! These two wonder-ful ladies will be offering two dance classes prior to the

ball so people can learn the old time dances such as: Put Your Lit-tle Foot, Shottische, Patty Cake Polka, and a simple square dance. The FREE lessons will be held at the Com-merce Block next to the Knotty Pine Saloon on Wednesday, August 5th and Wednesday, August 12th, at 6:30.Bring your dancing feet and get ready for some fun--first with the les-sons and then at the ball! Come celebrate Glenrock’s 100th year with music and friend-ship at the Centennial Ball!

Community

On Monday, June 20th, the Glenrock Historical Com-mission held a very impor-tant ceremony to honor two of it’s retired members by planting trees in their name. The two Newport Plum trees were placed on the grounds of The Deer Creek Museum, at the corners of the front fence that borders a lovely yard. The honor-ees, Bob Walters and Les Rookstool, were on hand to witness--and take part in--the planting. The Glenrock Historical Commission, founded in 1981, has been instrumen-tal in preserving Glenrock’s rich history as well as shar-ing that history with the public through The Deer Creek Museum which was opened in 1998. Trish Pop-ovitch, the Vice Chair of the Historical Commission, explains where the tree-

planting ceremony has its roots. “The tradition started with Phyllis Jacobs…she was one of the founding members of the museum, and when she passed away the board members [de-cided] to get together and put up a tree for her…,” she said, “…Les retired last year from the board and Bob [had already] retired [in 2007].” Mrs. Popovitch went on to say, “They both served as Chairman for a very long time and they are both instrumental in putting the museum together, so it’s become a tradition now for each board member, when they [retire], to have a tree put up in their name…” Bob Walters, one of the charter members of the His-torical Commission, and Les Rookstool, a member since 1982, have both been actively involved with the group for many years, car-rying out many projects to benefit the community. Among these projects were: cleaning up Kimball Park and building its gazebo; placing signage in the area to mark graves and points of interest such as Deer Creek Station; having the service rights to the Rock in the Glen donated to the Town of Glenrock; and opening The Deer Creek Museum in 1998 along with contin-

ued renovation and main-tenance of the property. The above mentioned list doesn’t even begin to cover what these men have done for the Historical Commis-sion, especially when you consider the fact that both men had served for many years as Chairman of that commission. What of the honorees’ opin-ions of their trees? “It’s a beautiful tree..,” Bob Wal-ters stated and then added with a twinkle in his eye, “I hope it lives!” This state-ment was followed by one from Councilwoman Linda Care, who is also on the Historical Commission, as she said with a smile, “We’re going to do every-

thing we can to make that happen!” Les Rookstool was no less pleased with his tree as he stated when asked if he liked it, “You bet! We’ve had such good luck with this one…(indi-cating Phyllis Jacobs’ tree)” Mr. Rookstool also showed appreciation of the group of people he’d served with for so many years when he said, “We’ve had a pretty good organization, I think.” And hopefully that orga-nization will continue to thrive for years to come! For more information on The Deer Creek Museum (which is always looking for volunteers) or the Glen-rock Historical Commis-sion, call 436-2810.

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The other day I sat down with a late lunch and turned on the television. I have a few favorite chan-nels: HGTV, The History Channel, RFD - TV, Ani-mal Planet and the Science Channel. As I clicked the remote, the screen leapt to life with the title of a pro-gram that had just begun; 'Yellowstone Erupting.'

My interest was piqued since I live near Yellow-stone, so I munched on my chicken sandwich as the scientist gave the opening intro. “Yellowstone is sit-ting on a volcano,” he said seriously. Well I could have told him that, it's full of geysers and thermal pools and has frequent earthquakes. As he segued into detail I became more intrigued.

The Yellowstone area, which sits inside the crater of one of the world’s larg-est still-active super vol-canoes, receives approxi-mately 2,000 to 3,000 earthquakes a year. I was unaware that there are seis-mographs set up all over the park. Magma looks for a fissure through the rocks to come up through the earth. Earthquakes tend to open up these sorts of fissures. Interestingly enough the active magma pool that sits underneath Yellowstone Park is fifty miles long, thirty miles wide and five miles deep. That's about three times the size of New York City! The narrator went on to explain that this was five times the amount of mol-ten rock needed for a su-per volcano.

A super volcano differs from other volcanoes in that it sits under the ground, as opposed to be-ing contained in a looming mountain on the horizon, such as Mount St. Helens. For a super volcano, as magma comes in contact

with the air it creates what they call a Pyro-clastic Zone, the mag-ma turns to scorching volcanic ash that trav-els beyond the speed of sound. The power behind the Yellowstone volcano is that of one thousand Hiroshima bombs per second or ten million times the size of Ground Zero in New York. I live on the edge of this super vol-cano.

In the past 12 months the floor of the caldera that Yellowstone is sit-ting in has risen by significant amounts. Yellowstone Park offi-cials closed down one of the trails last year as the temperature of the earth’s crust rose to boiling point. A suffi-cient amount of gases were released in this area and five Bison fell over dead where they stood. The earth started to melt. Boiling thermal pools began to form.

It's predicted that an eruption would wipe out 75% of the United States, cause massive global cooling due to ash clouds and wipe out most of the worlds food supply. I put down my sandwich. They had my undivid-ed attention.

The Yellowstone vol-cano has erupted four times in our earth's his-tory, approximately ev-ery six- hundred thou-sand to seven-hundred thousand years. It's been six hundred and forty thousand years since it last blew. I did the math and added up the facts. The tiki bars of Florida look like a good option for retire-ment.

Okay folks, every now and again things get a little mixed up for all of us and last week that happened to the Cham-ber of Commerce. Originally planning to invite Sibyl and Bob Walters to be the Parade Marshals for this year’s oh-so-important Deer Creek Days parade, someone mistakenly interjected that the Wal-ters’ had been marshals before….this apparent-ly wasn’t so……. At the time, the commit-tee toiled over whom else to invite, but could come up with no single person that would fit

the bill, so they decided to focus on the future and invite the youth of Glen-rock to be the 100 year parade marshals. Enter now the discovery of the above-mentioned mistake by Mary Kay Kindt and you now have a ‘What to do?’ situation. While most people would shrink away from this error, or try to blame others, Mary Kay stepped up and invited the Walters’ to join in the pa-rade as additional Parade Marshals. Now, instead of just focusing on the future of Glenrock, we will also have the pleasure of see-ing the Walters’ take to the parade route in a celebra-tion of its past.

Sibyl and Bob Walters are founding members of the Glenrock Historical Com-mission and have been active in its ranks since the group’s beginning in May of 1981. Their love of Glenrock’s local his-tory has helped turn the Historical Commission

into an organization with real staying power, and the Commission is respon-sible for opening the Deer Creek Museum in 1998 to share Glenrock’s wonder-ful history with the public. “It’s an honor, that’s for certain,” Sibyl Walters said of being asked to take part in the parade, “I think that…with our background in the history of Glenrock,

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“The Nighthawk” Column by Susan R. Stoltz

A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN TONIGHT

The other day I sat down with a late lunch and turned on the television. I have a few favorite chan-nels: HGTV, The History Channel, RFD - TV, Ani-mal Planet and the Science Channel. As I clicked the remote, the screen leapt to life with the title of a pro-gram that had just begun; 'Yellowstone Erupting.'

My interest was piqued since I live near Yellow-stone, so I munched on my chicken sandwich as the scientist gave the opening intro. “Yellowstone is sit-ting on a volcano,” he said seriously. Well I could have told him that, it's full of geysers and thermal pools and has frequent earthquakes. As he segued into detail I became more intrigued.

The Yellowstone area, which sits inside the crater of one of the world’s larg-est still-active super vol-canoes, receives approxi-mately 2,000 to 3,000 earthquakes a year. I was unaware that there are seis-mographs set up all over the park. Magma looks for a fissure through the rocks to come up through the earth. Earthquakes tend to open up these sorts of fissures. Interestingly enough the active magma pool that sits underneath Yellowstone Park is fifty miles long, thirty miles wide and five miles deep. That's about three times the size of New York City! The narrator went on to explain that this was five times the amount of mol-ten rock needed for a su-per volcano.

A super volcano differs from other volcanoes in that it sits under the ground, as opposed to be-ing contained in a looming mountain on the horizon, such as Mount St. Helens. For a super volcano, as magma comes in contact

with the air it creates what they call a Pyro-clastic Zone, the mag-ma turns to scorching volcanic ash that trav-els beyond the speed of sound. The power behind the Yellowstone volcano is that of one thousand Hiroshima bombs per second or ten million times the size of Ground Zero in New York. I live on the edge of this super vol-cano.

In the past 12 months the floor of the caldera that Yellowstone is sit-ting in has risen by significant amounts. Yellowstone Park offi-cials closed down one of the trails last year as the temperature of the earth’s crust rose to boiling point. A suffi-cient amount of gases were released in this area and five Bison fell over dead where they stood. The earth started to melt. Boiling thermal pools began to form.

It's predicted that an eruption would wipe out 75% of the United States, cause massive global cooling due to ash clouds and wipe out most of the worlds food supply. I put down my sandwich. They had my undivid-ed attention.

The Yellowstone vol-cano has erupted four times in our earth's his-tory, approximately ev-ery six- hundred thou-sand to seven-hundred thousand years. It's been six hundred and forty thousand years since it last blew. I did the math and added up the facts. The tiki bars of Florida look like a good option for retire-ment.

Every thing we go through serves a pur-pose. And, if we’re all caught up in worry, in-stead of looking to God, then sure enough, we’ll miss the blessing that is beyond the pain.

Just like the Angel of death passed over the homes of the Israelites, blessings of peace, joy and hope will pass over us if we are not available to receive them. Often, we see a rainbow after a fierce storm. In fact, after a recent storm that included a good pelting of hail, there was a rainbow, only those looking up could see it.

We will all face times

of difficulty throughout our lives. No one is exempt, not even Jesus.Dur-ing these hard

times, we can choose to place our lives in God’s hands and trust Him for the outcome, or we can rely on our own strength and resources.

We get so caught up with the things that are going differently than what we hoped, we often fail to see that God is with us, working in us and around us. God didn’t make the greatest sacri-fice known, to leave us in our time of need. He is always there, just a name away, a tear away, a calling away.

“Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.”

THE SUNDAY MORNING DOVEBy Pam Drew

Okay folks, every now and again things get a little mixed up for all of us and last week that happened to the Cham-ber of Commerce. Originally planning to invite Sibyl and Bob Walters to be the Parade Marshals for this year’s oh-so-important Deer Creek Days parade, someone mistakenly interjected that the Wal-ters’ had been marshals before….this apparent-ly wasn’t so……. At the time, the commit-tee toiled over whom else to invite, but could come up with no single person that would fit

the bill, so they decided to focus on the future and invite the youth of Glen-rock to be the 100 year parade marshals. Enter now the discovery of the above-mentioned mistake by Mary Kay Kindt and you now have a ‘What to do?’ situation. While most people would shrink away from this error, or try to blame others, Mary Kay stepped up and invited the Walters’ to join in the pa-rade as additional Parade Marshals. Now, instead of just focusing on the future of Glenrock, we will also have the pleasure of see-ing the Walters’ take to the parade route in a celebra-tion of its past.

Sibyl and Bob Walters are founding members of the Glenrock Historical Com-mission and have been active in its ranks since the group’s beginning in May of 1981. Their love of Glenrock’s local his-tory has helped turn the Historical Commission

into an organization with real staying power, and the Commission is respon-sible for opening the Deer Creek Museum in 1998 to share Glenrock’s wonder-ful history with the public. “It’s an honor, that’s for certain,” Sibyl Walters said of being asked to take part in the parade, “I think that…with our background in the history of Glenrock,

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The Department of Workforce Services, out of the Douglas Workforce Center, has opened an office in Glenrock. Located at the Glenrock Health Center, they will be open every Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to help with job searches, applications, and resumes. There is

no appointment necessary. “We are here to work with applicants and employers alike with any kind of employment issues,” said Susie Dziardziel, who works for the service. For inquiries about the service, call the Douglas office at 358-2147.

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DEER CREEK DAYS! JULY 31 thru Aug 2! Call The Glenrock Chamber 436-5652 for more info!

The winner will be posted at the library and contacted by library staff as soon as the drawing is done. The prices for our book sale are as follows; Hardback: $1.00, Paperback: $.25, Children: $.25, Audio&

Video: $1.00, Magazines: $.10 or $1.00 a bundle. We also have miscellaneous li-brary furnishings and equip-ment for sale. Come in and check things out. The book sale runs through August 31. We always take a step back after summer reading. The library is just a bit quieter. We had fun while it lasted. Our last program with Mar-

kie Scholz and her puppets was a big hit. We are jump-ing with joy at the number of kids and parents who helped make summer reading a success. We can’t forget the Boys and Girls Club with Kaye Taylor at the helm. There were 151 kids who signed up and 75% read this summer. There were 1475 hours read, that’s amazing! Top readers in the Story Time category: Bridger and

Christen Tack at 46 hours and Anna Grant at 21 hours. In the juvenile group: Lau-ren Gate read 44 hours, Tim McIntosh read 30 and Sean McIntosh read 25. For our teens we have Jessica Grant reading 56 hours, Sean Wickersham reading 55 hours, and Andrew Wicker-sham reading 51 hours. For attendance we have: Christopher Bearfield, Cetan Wise, Tate Wise, Adam Bearfield, George Bearfield, Ryan Fleck, Ki-ana Harrison, and Ethan Kraft. We had 24 programs with 466 attending. Our youngest attendee was Ni-colai Popovitch, who is go-ing on 7 months! Thanks to all who participated. A special thank you goes out to the media who has always help ed put our news out to the public, es-pecially during our summer reading. Read Me A Story for July 25~August 1 is read by Logan. He will be reading One Good Horse, by Lynn Sweat . Dial 436-2353 and listen to a good story. This will be the last of the kids reading this summer. Again thank you, thank you!

LIBRARYContinued from page 2

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Tuesday, July 28 - Pepper steak, steamed rice, carrot coins, whole wheat bread, salad, chilled pine-apple

Wednesday, July 29 - Roast beef, gar-lic mashed potatoes, green beans, mari-

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Friday, July 31 - Breaded fish, rice pi-laf, carrot coins, veg-etable soup, French bread, salad, fruit cup

Thursday. 07.16.09-Domestic Dispute. Officers responded. Parties separat-ed-Vandalism. Report Taken-Traffic Stop. Written warn-ing issued for Speed x2-Range Key Issued x2-Rolling Hills Patrol Com-pleted x2-Traffic Stop. No visible reg-istration. Operating on prop-erly Notarized Title-Traffic Stop. Verbal Warn-ing Issued for no Front Plate-Traffic Stop. Citations Is-sued for No Insurance and No Registration-Traffic Stop. Written Warn-ing Issued for No Front Plate and Passenger Side Break Light-Traffic Stop. Verbal warn-ing issued for Speed-Traffic Stop. Verbal warn-ing issued for No Trailer Lights-Traffic Stop. Verbal Warn-ing issued for Passenger Side Tail Light-Welfare Check. Everything was ok.-Traffic Stop. Verbal Warn-ing Issued for Driving Hab-itsFriday. 07.17.09-Rolling Hills Patrol Com-pleted x4

-Traffic Stop. DUI Arrest, One transported to CCSO-Traffic Stop. Verbal warning issued for No Front Plate-Traffic Stop. Verbal warn-ing issued for Speed-Comm Tech performed No-tary-Traffic Stop. Citations is-sued for expired Registra-tion and No Insurance-Office performed a VIN In-spection-Found set of keys entered into Lost and Found-Traffic Stop. Verbal warn-ing issued for Brake Light-Officer provided a motorist assist-Traffic Stop. Verbal warn-ing issued for Tail LightsSaturday. 07.18.09-Traffic Stop. Verbal Warn-ing Issued for being in the Town Park after hours-Rolling Hills Patrol Com-plete x3-Comm Tech Notarized pa-per x2-Lost Keys reported. Found a short time later-Extra Patrol requested. Of-ficers notified-Key to Shooting Range Is-sued-VIN Inspection completed-Fire Units Dispatched to a Grass Fire-Citizen Complaint handled at South Rec-Driving complaint. UTL-Notified Patrol of cows on Hwy 20-26 MM 167-Possible Drug Possession-Abandoned Vehicle TaggedSunday. 07.19.09-Suspicious vehicle. Officer escorted a Lost Vehicle to correct location-Rolling Hills Patrol Com-pleted x2-Information Logged-Property Damage Report. Officer responded-Officer Located and tagged an abandoned vehicle-Large Truck parked wrong way. Owners notified-Two Loose Horses reported in Rolling Hills. SALECS notified-Range Key Issued x3-OAA Missing Juvenile. Officer attempted to locate-Medical. One transported to WMC-OAA Suspicious vehicle

on I-25 exit. UTL-E-911. Child playing with an old cell phoneMonday. 07.20.09-Rolling Hills Patrol Completed x3-Range Key Issued x2-Hit and Run. Report Taken-Dog at Large. Returned to Owner-Traffic Accident. Report Taken-Officer performed a Wel-fare Check-Noise Complaint. Offi-cer spoke with subjects-Water Leak reported in the street. PW notifiedTuesday. 07.21.09-Rolling Hills Patrol Completed x3-Rollover. Fire and Am-bulance dispatched-Traffic Stop. Driver pro-duced proper registration-Traffic Stop. Verbal Warning issued for Speed -Traffic Stop. Citation is-sued for Speed and Verbal Warning for NO proof of Insurance-Ambulance. Once trans-ported to Casper-Comm Tech performed Notary x2-Traffic Stop. Citation is-sued for Speed-VIN Inspection com-pleted-Officer performed VIN Inspection-Traffic Stop. No visible registration. Driving on Bill of Sale-Traffic Stop. Citations issued for DUS and NO Insurance-Officer assisted an em-ployee in removing subjects from the Golf Course-Ambulance request. Transport by private ve-hicle-Traffic Stop. Verbal Warning issued for Tail-lights-Extra Patrol RequestedWednesday. 07.22.09-Barking Dog. Officer spoke to the Owner.-Civil Matter. Officer’s spoke with the Subjects-Information Posted for PD Personnel-Rolling Hills Patrol Completed

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Plan Does Little to Address Rising Deficits, Debt WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., issued the following statement re-garding the House Demo-crat pay-as-you-go (PAY-GO) plan: “The PAY-GO concept – that you have to pay for any new spending with cuts elsewhere in your budget – is something most families in Wyoming understand and embrace. But families in Wyoming and across the nation don’t have the luxury of exempting 40 percent of their budgets from such dis-cipline, as this bill does. “Families are being forced to make sacrifices and cut back on all of their expenses, their entire bud-gets. This bill woefully ignores the need to balance

our budget. Our deficit will soar to $1.8 trillion this year. The President’s Budget will triple our debt in ten years. “Yet, the Democrats’ PAY-GO bill won’t reduce these debts and deficits. It won’t stop the runaway federal spending spree. It won’t slow the unsustain-able growth of our entitle-ment programs. Rather, this legislation will still allow entitlement spending to grow at its current, unsus-tainable rates. “Despite their rhetoric, their agenda is to expand entitlements. They will raise taxes to do it, and because of disingenuous budgeting that hides true costs, our entitlement problems don’t get better, they get worse. “If we were serious about balancing the budget, PAY-GO would cap total spend-ing. It would cap our budget

deficits. It would not have a built-in loophole for the $239 billion deficit impact of the majority’s health re-form plan, as estimated by the Congressional Budget Office. “The Republican plan I supported on the House floor caps total spending. It caps our budget deficits. It forces Congress to pass deficit-neutral healthcare reform legislation, just as President Obama has asked Congress and promised to the American people. “PAY-GO has been tried and failed. Democrats rein-stated it in 2007 and since that time our budget defi-cit has soared from $162 billion to $1.8 trillion. All of that spending cannot be blamed on President Bush. “This Congress needs to take responsibility for set-ting us on a fiscal path that will bankrupt this nation for our children and grandchil-dren.”

LUMMIS: DEMS’ PAY-GO PLAN IS WINDOW DRESSING In 1939, after working

as a general assign-ments reporter for the Houston Post, Cronkite accepted a position working for the United Press. Soon after, he was sent to Europe to cover World War II as part of the Writing 69th, a select group of reporters covering some of the most criti-cal developments dur-ing the war, including D-Day, bombing over Germany and eventu-ally the Nuremburg war trials.

In 1950, Cronkite was offered and accepted a job at CBS and began his career in televi-sion. Soon thereafter, he gained the respect of the television audi-ence for his coverage of the 1952 and 1956 political conventions and as the narrator of the documentary series “Twentieth Century.” In 1961, he was named the anchor of the CBS Evening News.

Cronkite is perhaps best remembered for his emotional coverage of the Kennedy assassina-tion. On Nov. 22, 1963, Cronkite delivered per-haps the most frequent-ly re-aired news report in our history. ‘’Presi-dent Kennedy died at 1 p.m. Central standard time,’’ stated Cronkite, while looking somber-

ly up at the clock in his newsroom. But it’s what he did next that has re-mained in the minds of his faithful viewers all these years. As time stood still, Cronkite paused to hold on to the composure we so desperately needed from him, put on his glasses, then soldiered through his broadcast. It was that day, that moment in time, when Walter Cronkite became the standard by which all newscasters are measured.

In the volatile year of 1968, after Cronkite re-turned from Vietnam, he proclaimed on television, “It seems now more than ever that the bloody ex-perience of Vietnam is a stalemate, “ prompting President Lyndon John-son to state, “If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost Amer-ica.”

Cronkite’s influence was also not lost on world af-fairs. In 1977, in an in-terview with Egyptian President Anwar El-Sadat, Sadat told Cronkite that if invited he would meet with Jerusalem Prime Minister Menachem Begin. A day later, Begin invited Sadat to Jerusalem, which even-tually led to the Israeli-Egyptian treaty.

Cronkite retired in 1981 stating at the end of his last broadcast...

“Old anchorman, you see, don’t fade away, they just keep coming back for more. And that’s... the way it is.”

CRONKITE Continued from front page


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The Department of Workforce Services, out of the Douglas Workforce Center, has opened an office in Glenrock. Located at the Glenrock Health Center, they will be open every Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to help with job searches, applications, and resumes. There is

no appointment necessary. “We are here to work with applicants and employers alike with any kind of employment issues,” said Susie Dziardziel, who works for the service. For inquiries about the service, call the Douglas office at 358-2147.

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Thursday. 07.16.09-Domestic Dispute. Officers responded. Parties separat-ed-Vandalism. Report Taken-Traffic Stop. Written warn-ing issued for Speed x2-Range Key Issued x2-Rolling Hills Patrol Com-pleted x2-Traffic Stop. No visible reg-istration. Operating on prop-erly Notarized Title-Traffic Stop. Verbal Warn-ing Issued for no Front Plate-Traffic Stop. Citations Is-sued for No Insurance and No Registration-Traffic Stop. Written Warn-ing Issued for No Front Plate and Passenger Side Break Light-Traffic Stop. Verbal warn-ing issued for Speed-Traffic Stop. Verbal warn-ing issued for No Trailer Lights-Traffic Stop. Verbal Warn-ing issued for Passenger Side Tail Light-Welfare Check. Everything was ok.-Traffic Stop. Verbal Warn-ing Issued for Driving Hab-itsFriday. 07.17.09-Rolling Hills Patrol Com-pleted x4

-Traffic Stop. DUI Arrest, One transported to CCSO-Traffic Stop. Verbal warning issued for No Front Plate-Traffic Stop. Verbal warn-ing issued for Speed-Comm Tech performed No-tary-Traffic Stop. Citations is-sued for expired Registra-tion and No Insurance-Office performed a VIN In-spection-Found set of keys entered into Lost and Found-Traffic Stop. Verbal warn-ing issued for Brake Light-Officer provided a motorist assist-Traffic Stop. Verbal warn-ing issued for Tail LightsSaturday. 07.18.09-Traffic Stop. Verbal Warn-ing Issued for being in the Town Park after hours-Rolling Hills Patrol Com-plete x3-Comm Tech Notarized pa-per x2-Lost Keys reported. Found a short time later-Extra Patrol requested. Of-ficers notified-Key to Shooting Range Is-sued-VIN Inspection completed-Fire Units Dispatched to a Grass Fire-Citizen Complaint handled at South Rec-Driving complaint. UTL-Notified Patrol of cows on Hwy 20-26 MM 167-Possible Drug Possession-Abandoned Vehicle TaggedSunday. 07.19.09-Suspicious vehicle. Officer escorted a Lost Vehicle to correct location-Rolling Hills Patrol Com-pleted x2-Information Logged-Property Damage Report. Officer responded-Officer Located and tagged an abandoned vehicle-Large Truck parked wrong way. Owners notified-Two Loose Horses reported in Rolling Hills. SALECS notified-Range Key Issued x3-OAA Missing Juvenile. Officer attempted to locate-Medical. One transported to WMC-OAA Suspicious vehicle

on I-25 exit. UTL-E-911. Child playing with an old cell phoneMonday. 07.20.09-Rolling Hills Patrol Completed x3-Range Key Issued x2-Hit and Run. Report Taken-Dog at Large. Returned to Owner-Traffic Accident. Report Taken-Officer performed a Wel-fare Check-Noise Complaint. Offi-cer spoke with subjects-Water Leak reported in the street. PW notifiedTuesday. 07.21.09-Rolling Hills Patrol Completed x3-Rollover. Fire and Am-bulance dispatched-Traffic Stop. Driver pro-duced proper registration-Traffic Stop. Verbal Warning issued for Speed -Traffic Stop. Citation is-sued for Speed and Verbal Warning for NO proof of Insurance-Ambulance. Once trans-ported to Casper-Comm Tech performed Notary x2-Traffic Stop. Citation is-sued for Speed-VIN Inspection com-pleted-Officer performed VIN Inspection-Traffic Stop. No visible registration. Driving on Bill of Sale-Traffic Stop. Citations issued for DUS and NO Insurance-Officer assisted an em-ployee in removing subjects from the Golf Course-Ambulance request. Transport by private ve-hicle-Traffic Stop. Verbal Warning issued for Tail-lights-Extra Patrol RequestedWednesday. 07.22.09-Barking Dog. Officer spoke to the Owner.-Civil Matter. Officer’s spoke with the Subjects-Information Posted for PD Personnel-Rolling Hills Patrol Completed

In 1939, after working as a general assign-ments reporter for the Houston Post, Cronkite accepted a position working for the United Press. Soon after, he was sent to Europe to cover World War II as part of the Writing 69th, a select group of reporters covering some of the most criti-cal developments dur-ing the war, including D-Day, bombing over Germany and eventu-ally the Nuremburg war trials.

In 1950, Cronkite was offered and accepted a job at CBS and began his career in televi-sion. Soon thereafter, he gained the respect of the television audi-ence for his coverage of the 1952 and 1956 political conventions and as the narrator of the documentary series “Twentieth Century.” In 1961, he was named the anchor of the CBS Evening News.

Cronkite is perhaps best remembered for his emotional coverage of the Kennedy assassina-tion. On Nov. 22, 1963, Cronkite delivered per-haps the most frequent-ly re-aired news report in our history. ‘’Presi-dent Kennedy died at 1 p.m. Central standard time,’’ stated Cronkite, while looking somber-

ly up at the clock in his newsroom. But it’s what he did next that has re-mained in the minds of his faithful viewers all these years. As time stood still, Cronkite paused to hold on to the composure we so desperately needed from him, put on his glasses, then soldiered through his broadcast. It was that day, that moment in time, when Walter Cronkite became the standard by which all newscasters are measured.

In the volatile year of 1968, after Cronkite re-turned from Vietnam, he proclaimed on television, “It seems now more than ever that the bloody ex-perience of Vietnam is a stalemate, “ prompting President Lyndon John-son to state, “If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost Amer-ica.”

Cronkite’s influence was also not lost on world af-fairs. In 1977, in an in-terview with Egyptian President Anwar El-Sadat, Sadat told Cronkite that if invited he would meet with Jerusalem Prime Minister Menachem Begin. A day later, Begin invited Sadat to Jerusalem, which even-tually led to the Israeli-Egyptian treaty.

Cronkite retired in 1981 stating at the end of his last broadcast...

“Old anchorman, you see, don’t fade away, they just keep coming back for more. And that’s... the way it is.”

CRONKITE Continued from front page

it makes a big difference to us because this is a hun-dred years…” Sibyl’s husband, Bob, was also pleased to have been invited. “It means that other people are taking an interest in the history,” he stated about being asked to marshal. “…I wish I had known some of the individuals [who] passed on long before me,” he said of the colorful people who founded the town 100 years ago and made Glen-rock what it is today. That’s why it is important to Mr. and Mrs. Walters to get the history out there. “You can’t pass this history up because it’s gone when it passes…so someone has to remember it,” Bob Wal-ters added passionately, “it‘s up to the individuals to make the history and to remember the history.” Sybil added one more heart-felt sentiment, aimed toward the town who’s history she is so en-sconced in, when she stat-ed, “I think it’s great that the town is supporting the retention of all our history--the museum couldn’t be here without the town.” Congratulations to Sibyl and Bob Walters, Glen-rock’s Parade Marshals for the Deer Creek Days pa-rade along with the youth of Glenrock…..and many a ‘thank you’ to the couple for helping to bring Glen-rock’s past alive through their devotion to--and love of--our history.

MARSHALSContinued from page 5

I'd like to take this space as an opportunity to intro-duce myself. I'm Patrick Callahan, but I go by Pat. I'm originally from Fort Collins, and a little over a week ago I packed up my stuff and moved to Glen-rock to join the Bird as a staff reporter. I'm excited to be part of the Bird and continue to work building on the excellent reputation the paper has established. Equally as importantly, I'm excited to be part of a vibrant Wyoming com-

munity that has much to offer. My educational back-ground includes a BA from Mesa State College in Mass Communication and a Master of Science in Journalism and Techni-cal Communication from Colorado State. I've spent time as a college profes-sor at my alma mater, as well as serving as the edi-tor of two national maga-zines. And while I found each position rewarding, I found myself still longing for a career in print media and specifically newspa-pers.

In my spare time, I en-joy writing, reading, Mac computers, cooking, web development, fishing. my family and friends and NASCAR.I've always enjoyed Wy-oming and spent much of my younger days as a Coloradoan exploring the state and all it has to of-fer. Some of my fondest memories were spent at Glendo trying, and some-times succeeding, catch-ing Walleye.

In my week here, I'd like to thank the people of Glenrock who have been exceptionally friendly and helpful. For those of you who I have yet to meet, I look forward to it. You'll most likely know me be-cause I'll be the guy ask-ing for directions. In fact, just last Saturday I had to ask for directions to Val-entine Speedway. It's safe to say so far I've stuck out like a sore thumb.

My goals here in Glen-rock are simple: to bring the readers of the Bird the best timely stories the area needs and wants to know about. I've never lived or worked in a town of this size, so if you see me please feel free to say hello and introduce your-self and I'll do the same. I look forward to meeting all of you and reporting on the town happenings.

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short. Glenrock Police Chief Tom Sweet was also at the workshop and has been working closely with the Rolling Hills Town Clerk, Teresa Montgomery to fix any paperwork issues ei-ther side may have. Chief Sweet has also integrated new software at the P.D., which generates a much more user-friendly report. Chief Sweet was adamant about the fact that Rolling Hills could reach him any time with any questions they might have about the patrolling, and assured them by saying, “You’ve got to have an open line of communication…” During the workshop, it

was wonderful to see the two groups of town lead-ers putting their heads to-gether in a non-confron-tational manner, working together for a common goal. There was nothing but the utmost respect for one another in the room and this was mirrored by many of the comments made during the meeting. Rolling Hills Mayor, Ger-ry Minton, who expressed his town’s appreciation for Chief Swe et and his offricers, stated, “…let’s figure out something that works for everybody,” while Glenrock Mayor, Steve Cielinski, added, “We’re here to help.” New Councilman Lembke also recognized the impor-tance of the relationship between the two towns as he stated, “We’re neigh-bors…we don’t want to hurt that relationship.”

As the workshop pro-gressed, both sides ex-pressed their likes and dis-likes about the contract, adding to or taking from it so agreements could be reached, and ultimately there was a ‘rough’ con-tract ready to be drawn up in the end. Mayor Minton voiced his thanks for the cooperation from the Town of Glenrock by saying, “I appreciate it…I appreciate you guys com-ing up.” This revised contract will go before the Glenrock Town Council on Mon-day, July 27th, for review. Stay posted to The Glen-rock Bird to find out if the new contract will be approved, and what the final changes are for the agreement.

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Since the Democrat take-over of Congress, the pub-lic debt has nearly doubled from $4.8 trillion in 2006 to $8.6 trillion in 2010. Over the same period, the na-tion's defi6cit has exploded by more than ten-fold, from $162 billion in FY 2007 under the Republican's last budget, to $1.8 trillion in FY 2009. In the 110th Congress alone, Democrats used loopholes or simply waived the PAY-GO rule to pass bills increasing the deficit by $420 billion.

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Glasgow flexed its mus-cle, passing Corkill with Hedges close behind. A lap later it appeared as if Glasgow was the class of the field, followed by Hedges and Corkill. The first caution of the heat came out after Mayhew spun and collected Mill-er.

The field restarted with Glasgow in first, Hedges in second, followed by Corkill and Desmarais. After the checkered flag flew the action heated up. Hedges grabbed the lead after making contact with Glasgow and spin-ning the race's leader. A second caution came out after the number 51 of Desmarais spun as result

of steering problems.

The field was restarted with the Hedges lead-ing the way, followed by Corkill and Mayhew. Hedges managed a good restart, although Corkill closed the gap in turn 2 as Hedges nearly spun. After recollecting the car, Hedges again pulled away with Miller and Corkill and Glasgow holding down second and third, which proved to be the final finishing order, giving Hedges victories in all three Dwarf events

"It was a clean sweep to-day," Hedges said. "The car was good." When asked about the track conditions Hedges said the track was both loose and tight, adding it just depended on where you were running. Hedges

attributed his victory to a rough start to the be-ginning of the racing season. "I've been wait-ing to let it all hang out." As for his contact with Glasgow that eventually lead to his victory in the main event Hedges said the two cars did touch. "We did. We rubbed just a little bit. But he let me go without spinning me out, thank God."

The next race at the speedway is August 1 and will feature both Sprint Cars and Dwarf cars.

Stay tuned to the Glen-rock Bird for all the Val-entine Speedway racing action.

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and the ‘average Joe’ has continued to show that he deserves to be listened to. Whatever the outcome of the Gateway West Trans-mission Line Project, one thing is clear: everyone needs to continue to come together in a construc-tive manner in order for there to be a solution that is amenable to all con-cerned.

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