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Although the 4th of July holiday is a celebration of our indepen-dence and a time for family and friends, it also--unfortu-nately--usual-ly turns into an excuse to drink and drive for some…..but not so this year. Accord-ing to area law enforce-ment, all was quiet in Glen-rock and Con-verse county ( r e l a t i v e l y speaking, of course…it was

the 4th of July, after all!) Sheriff Clint Becker of Converse County expressed concern that peo-ple would forget to take care with fireworks because of our unusually wet spring, but also admitted that the wet spring allowed the department

to breathe a bit easier. “It wasn’t as big a threat having a fire with the wet weather,” he said. The Con-verse County Sheriff’s Department didn’t have any extra manpower on duty that evening, although there were people available in case they were needed quickly. With no ma-

jor issues happening that evening, Sheriff Becker was pleased with the way things progressed on the holiday. “Overall…it was a pretty reasonable weekend,” he stated. Glenrock Police Chief Tom Sweet also reported no major is-sues for the holiday weekend. The Glenrock Police Department also had no extra manpower on duty that evening, but did have people available and ready to go at a moment’s notice, if needed. “We had a couple of complaints on fireworks and…one DUI ar-rest and that was pretty much it,” Chief Sweet explained, “It was very quiet--I thought it was a very good weekend.” It’s good to know that the major-ity of people in the area exercised their responsible natures during the celebrations, just as it is good to know that our law enforcement

departments were watching out for us….just in case.

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Fireworks display Rolling Hills - Photo © Jessica Smith - HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONNY! (Pssst... it was Donny Smith’s birthday on the 4th too!)

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On Thursday, July 9th, The Glenrock Bird re-ceived a group of spe-cial guests at its office. Richard Walje, the Presi-dent of Rocky Mountain Power, along with RMP's Communications Special-ist Jeff Hymas and Politi-cal and Community Af-fairs Manager Matt Grant came to The Bird specifi-cally to discuss the much disputed and upcoming Gateway West Transmis-sion Line project.

Due to some misinforma-tion floating around the

public arena, along with some missing informa-tion about the project, Walje thought it best to visit Converse County himself, aiming to set things right on an infor-mation level with land-owners that will be af-fected by the line. "We can't take anything off the plate, but we can try to accommodate the con-cerns of those affected by the line" stated RMP's President. The threesome were en

THE POWER BEHIND THE POWER

Rocky Mountain Power President visits The Glenrock Bird - Paleon Museum - en route to discuss disputed

Gateway Transmission Line.

Rocky Mountain Power President Richard Walje stands beneath Glenrock’s Paleon Museum’s Allosaurus after a visit to the of-fices of the Glenrock Bird. Photo © Amanda Smith

ALL QUIET ON THE HOMEFRONT

Power ontinued page 2

On Monday, July 6th, the Aspiring Main Street Com-mittee went to work on the next phase of the Centen-nial Walkway located be-tween Hardware Hank and the Masonic Lodge build-ing. The group, consisting of Kathy Patceg, Anna Huffman, and Jessica Smith, along with volun-teers Mayor Steve Cielins-ki and his lovely wife Mel-anie (Thanks you two!), set about cleaning up what was left of the weeds, ant-hills, and trash between the sidewalk and the respective buildings’ walls. The rock was placed along the edges of the sidewalk a few days

later through c o m m u n i t y service, and now the group is beginning the planning process for the rest of the landscaping and other ad-ditions to the walkway. Stay posted to The Bird for up-dates and the next time you are downtown, go by and see the progress for yourself!

MAIN STREET COMMITTEE CLEANS WALKWAYJessica Smith - Staff Reporter

Anna Huffman, Melanie Cielinski, and Mayor Steve Cielinski work on the Centennial Walkway on Monday, July 6th. Photo © Jessica Smith

Amanda Smith - EditorCo-written with Jessica Smith © Staff Reporter

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THE SLICHTER FAMILY100 YEAR GLENROCK FAMILY STORIES

To honor Glenrock’s 100 Year Birthday Celebration, The Glenrock Bird will be printing “100 Year Family Stories” throughout the yearlong celebration of our town.

Stay tuned to The Glenrock Bird for more articles on the familes of Glenrock who have been here for 100 years. HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY GLENROCK!

GLENROCK LIBRARY NEWS

Rita Heath - Librarian


Salve! Hello in Latin from the library!

We have a very busy week at the library. Our summer reading program is as fol-lows:

We will have family movie night on July 14 at 6:30 P.M. Our feature presenta-tion will be Prince Caspian. Peter, Susan, Edmond and Lucy revisit the kingdom of Narnia and meet Prince Caspian. Come enjoy the continuing adventures from the wardrobe.

Our juvenile program July 15 starts at 10:30. Carolyn Eitel and company will bring their enthusiasm and imagination to captivate the audience. Let the dra-ma side in you escape for a while and enjoy the show!

This is your chance to meet Hobart. He is the Casper Ghosts mascot. The Casper Ghosts are a minor

league baseball team out of Casper. He will be here reading to the kids on July 16th at 10:00. This will be open to everyone.

Moonstone productions will entertain our adult audience on Thursday eve-ning at 7:00. Keith Eitel will do his rendition of Jim Bridger. You’ll be able to listen and actually talk to the greatest trapper, moun-tain man and scout of our times.

What is that noise com-ing from on Saturday, July 11? The mad mob is again plucking away at the beat of Guitar Heroes! Think you have what it takes to make some music. Come join us at 11:00 for food, fun and music! Good way to start your week end.

Read Me A Story for July 11 ~ 18 is read by Mara. She will be reading The Unicorn and the Moon by Tomie DePaola. Dial 436-2353 and listen to a good story.

Our summer reading pro-gram is coming to a close. It’s hard to believe that it’s

almost over. Reading Log books need to be in by July 18. So does the books that all of you have been diligently working on. Remember that every book gets to be bond nicely, thanks to the 4-H who have gener-ously donated their ma-chine.

Shunta Brinkley will be at the library July 18 to get the Kids Care Club off the ground. Come join an energetic group that focuses on com-munity. It’s open to all ages. It part of the Ame-ricorp Vista program.

On July 21 at 10:30, Marki Scholz, who is founder of Dragons Are Too Seldom Puppets out of South Dakota will be performing with her puppets in hand. She will entertain and amuse us to bring our summer reading program to an end. We will hand out awards and close with an

When Dale Marquette took over ownership of the Deer Creek Lounge in early June, he wasn’t ex-actly sure what he wanted to do with it. Fortunately, Mr. Marquette is a propri-etor with an eye for mov-ing forward. Since taking over the lounge, Mr. Marquette, in conjunction with two other bar owners in town, has begun an in-town dart league and an in-town pool league. The dart league takes place on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m., and consists of eight 2-man teams that alternate weeks between the Deer Creek Lounge and The Shoreliner--four teams in each bar each week. The pool league takes place on Thursdays

at 7:00 p.m., and consists of 6 teams that alternate between the Deer Creek Lounge, The Shoreliner, and The Four Aces--two teams in each bar each week. This keeps busi-ness flowing through each business, while keeping it interesting for the league players. The leagues are closed to new teams at the moment, but new leagues

will begin later in the year for the Fall season.The Deer Creek Lounge is a place offering many ac-tivities. Besides pool and darts, there is karaoke ev-ery other Friday, dancing, and according to Mr. Mar-quette, “We’re going to try to have live music every other Friday night (alter-nating with the karaoke).” The lounge also serves bar

MARQUETTE TAKES OVER DEER CREEK

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Jessica Smith - Staff Re-porter

Dale Marquette - New owner of Glenrock’s Deer Creek Bar and Lounge - Photo Jessica Smith

fare such as burritos, chili, salsa, and bar pizzas. For the upcoming Deer Creek Days and to cel-ebrate Glenrock’s 100th year, the Deer Creek Lounge will have live mu-sic Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights (the 30th and 31st of July and the 1st of Aug.) at 8:00 p.m. performed by Dave Rog-ers and the Chugwater Band (out of Chugwater). There will also be a beer garden and outdoor barbe-cue for sale on Friday, Sat-urday, and Sunday (July 31st, August 1st and 2nd). The beer garden and bar-becue will be up at noon each day, with food ready to eat by 4:00. From daily Happy Hour drink specials to the pack-age liquor drive-through to the many activities to take part in, the Deer Creek Lounge truly has something for everyone. The lounge is open 7days each week from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. For more information about the pool and dart leagues, or to see what interesting activities are happening each week (last week there was a Jim Beam Pucker Party), call the Deer Creek Lounge at 436-9909.

The fact that Converse County is looking to build a new Justice Center in Douglas is no great sur-prise, but some of the facts about the proposed center may not yet be well known. According to the Converse County website’s Justice Center downloadable file, the ‘needs’ assessment that was performed decided that, due to current stan-dards, capacity issues, and the safety of employees and inmates, the current jail is inadequate. The jail, which is required to accept detainees from all agencies in the County--not just the Sheriff’s office, is not fea-sible to remodel or enlarge and statistics indicate a serious current and future bed shortage.The current safety issues include: Inadequate space in the booking unit creat-ing an officer safety prob-lem; the linear design of the facility creates blind spots making it harder to monitor and control activi-

ties; the men’s main hous-ing dorm currently poses a higher risk of inmate to inmate assaults due to the number of inmates housed in the rooms; and the female housing unit has blind spots creating safety issues. The statistics on the web-site document show a steady increase of arrests, the average daily popula-tion of the current facility, and the amount of inmates that have to be housed out-side the facility due to the bed shortage. The average daily population in 2000 was approximately 25 in-mates which had grown to approximately 72 in 2008. The number of arrests (not including weekends) has risen from approximately 700 in 2000 to around 1,100 in 2008. The number of inmates which have had to be held at other facilities has gone from 0 in 2000 to around 38 in 2008. Clearly, something needs to be done to fix the current

situation, but what are the options? According to the document, the options are: to change nothing, which will continue to house in-mates in other facilities thus causing a negative economic impact of dol-lars leaving the county to pay for the inmates’ hous-ing and also causing a huge liability, or to build a new facility which will require voters to approve a new sales tax. Either way will, no doubt, be unacceptable to some, but it is clear that some-thing will eventually have to be done to address the problem. For more infor-mation on the Justice center including proposed sites, different schematics, and to see where your property tax dollars go, view the document yourself on the Converse County website at http://conversecounty.org .

JUSTICE CENTER IN THE NEWSJessica Smith - Staf Reporter

route to a meeting in Douglas, Wyoming re-garding the Gateway Transmission Line. Matt Grant stated "We have an obligation to the State of Wyoming, finding a bal-ance to keep everyone happy isn't easy."

On a lighter note, The Staff of the Glenrock Bird requested that our visi-tors take a gander at what RMP's $5000 donation to the Paleon Museum in Glenrock was being uti-lized for.

The Museum's newest addition, the great meat eater, the Allosaurus, (thanks to the grant from RMP) received a perma-nent home in Glenrock's famed museum, complete

with fixed body parts and a looming sharp toothed head.

It was the first time Walje and his crew experienced the newly reconstructed dino-saur, and all three were pleased to witness first hand, how the grant was put to use. "This is good, its good to see the process" stated Walje, clearly proud of being a substantial part in the construction of the dinosaur that was found in the Glenrock area.

Stay tuned next week for the full article on the Rocky Mountain Power visit with The Glenrock Bird, and highlights from the Douglas meeting be-tween the landowners and Walje, Hymas and Grant.

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“In 1884, John and Sarah Slichter with their children, Jesse, Ida and Charles, took the train to Cheyenne, Wyo-ming from Ringgold, Iowa. They traveled by team and wagon from Cheyenne to Box Elder Creek, near the Platte River in Converse County. The family settled there for a while, then moved a few miles east, where they established a hay ranch, with horses and cattle.

The ranch was located on the Chicago and Northwest-ern Railroad and the "river road" which was a for run-ner to a major road between Douglas and Glenrock. The Inez coal mine named after Deforest Richards daugh-ter, was located south of the ranch.

There was already a post of-fice at the ranch house, but when the mines came in, it became known as the Inez Post Office. Sarah Slichter was the postmistress for a time and then her daughter, Ida, took over the job.

It was about this time that Dick Burks came to Wyoming on the train in 1907 from Rockville, Indiana. He was on the train when it stopped at the Inez Post Office. The wind blew his hat off and Ida retrieved it and brought it back to him. They met that day, but did not marry until 1912.

Dick and Ida Burks children were Beatrice, born 1913 and Richard born June 13, 1917. Richard married Ruby

Vitek on December 8, 1947. They have two daughters, Shirley Baker and Cindy Reynolds. Richard gradu-ated from Glenrock High School in 1936. He served on the Converse County Soil Conservation Board for 29 years. He was on the ASC board from 1947 until 1972. In 1972, he was elected Con-verse County Commissioner and served two terms.

In 1965, Richard became a member of the Deer Creek Grazing Association and the family ranch is still a mem-ber. Richard lived on and operated the family ranch all his life. He died in his home on July 30, 2004 of Leuke-mia.” -As submitted by the Slichter Family.

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Clear your calendars and ready your-self for the amazing weekend of July 31st, August 1st and August 2nd as Deer Creek Days celebrates Glen-rock‘s 100th birthday! From the Library’s book sale and the Paleon Museum’s yard sale to the Antique Tractor viewing and mud volleyball tournament, Streetside Horse Sale and Ranch Rodeo Calcutta! There promises to be something for every-one the weekend of July 31st, Au-gust 1st and August 2nd--and don‘t forget the parade on Saturday! If you haven’t yet registered for events or reserved booth space at one of the wonderful shows, don’t panic--there’s still time. Contact Mary Kay Kindt at the Glenrock Chamber of Commerce for event scheduling or to sign up! 436-5652

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THE HAT DOES NOT A COWBOY MAKE

Susan is owner/editor of Women Out West Maga-zine, featured speaker at writers conferences na-tionwide including Women Writing the West, Ozark Creative Writers and Writing the Rockies. As a free-lance writer Susan has been featured in Open Range Magazine, Cactus Creek Daily and on the website of the National Association of Baby Boomers. Photo © Amanda Smith

“The Nighthawk” Column by Susan R. Stoltz

I moved to Wyoming several years ago after a di-sastrous relationship with a man who claimed to be a real cowboy. He had all the right accoutre-ments for the job, the hat and boots, and the big truck, the ranch, the guns and the horse. He knew the lingo. What he didn’t possess was the ethics of a cowboy.

I digress this week from the specific ‘Cowboy Ethics’ theme of this column to a subject more general in nature. Why has the icon of the cowboy lasted for over 150 years and what, exactly, does the cowboy stand for in today’s society?

Cowboys are heroic, not because they do heroic deeds but because they represent honor, loyalty, truthfulness and courage. They stand for what is good and honorable. Cowboys are a source of in-spiration from our history that still speaks to us today. We can’t, however, legislate morality. Be-ware the impostor. In a world where it’s relatively easy to mimic that which we admire, it’s easy to be duped by those cowboy wanna-be’s who wear the hat and the shiny dime store buckle.

Let’s face it; little boys still want to grow up to be cowboys and women still want to marry them. So how do we tell the real deal from the phony balo-ney? Actions speak louder than words. Be certain the image has some depth.

A cowboy doesn’t spend a lifetime trying to get even, finding a shortcut or making life miserable for those around him. He leads by example. He is kind, truthful, respectful of women, children, and animals and holds his family dear. He does what needs doing, and he does it to the best of his abil-ity. The life of a cowboy isn’t glamorous. It’s full of hard work, long hours, few benefits and little praise. So why does a society bent on the path-of-least-resistance and profit-at-any-cost still hold this icon dear? Because deep down we still want to believe that what is under that hat is someone that we can look up to and revere as that which is good and honorable from our past and hope that it will continue into our future.


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Clear your calendars and ready your-self for the amazing weekend of July 31st, August 1st and August 2nd as Deer Creek Days celebrates Glen-rock‘s 100th birthday! From the Library’s book sale and the Paleon Museum’s yard sale to the Antique Tractor viewing and mud volleyball tournament, Streetside Horse Sale and Ranch Rodeo Calcutta! There promises to be something for every-one the weekend of July 31st, Au-gust 1st and August 2nd--and don‘t forget the parade on Saturday! If you haven’t yet registered for events or reserved booth space at one of the wonderful shows, don’t panic--there’s still time. Contact Mary Kay Kindt at the Glenrock Chamber of Commerce for event scheduling or to sign up! 436-5652

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Enzi vows to push back against similar legislation

Washington, D.C. – Following a week trav-eling in Wyoming and listening to constituents, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., heard time and again the concern many people have with the en-ergy bill recently passed by the House. Enzi said the bill is a national ener-gy tax disguised as a pro-gram to decrease carbon emissions when in reality the cap and tax program included in the bill is like a Ponzi scheme.

“Cap and tax is designed to take money from busi-ness and their customers, plain and simple. It does hardly anything to stop carbon emissions. The plan is for the govern-ment to print a bunch of certificates, not backed by anything, then give away and auction them among energy companies. Once the companies get the cer-tificates they will pass the increased price of their energy products down to you and me, the consum-ers. Companies don’t pay taxes, consumers do. Then when energy and gas bills get more expensive, the government will take the money from certificates and give a small portion of the money back to who political leaders see fit. If you are in the favored group then maybe you can pay your increased utility bill that the government

caused in the first place. I call this a Ponzi scheme,” said Enzi.“The House passed the bill by buying votes with pork projects. There are hundreds of pages in the bill that have nothing to do with energy legislation and everything to do with securing pet projects. That type of vote trading is a felony in Wyoming and it should be a felony in Washington. Our coun-try can’t afford expensive and detrimental legisla-tion.

“Not only is cap and tax bad domestic policy it would hinder U.S. global competitiveness by in-creasing the cost of doing business. Subjecting U.S. companies to a national energy tax is like dropping anchor on a sailboat at the start of a race. It doesn’t make sense unless you want to lose,” said Enzi.

The Senate Finance Committee held a hear-ing today to consider the international trade con-sequences a cap and tax system would have on the U.S. economy.

Yesterday the Senate Committee on Environ-ment and Public Works held a hearing on clean en-ergy and reducing global warming and the impacts that could have on Ameri-can competitiveness.

The House passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, H.R. 2454, by a vote of 219-217on June 26. The Senate is expected to take up energy legislation be-fore August.

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Happy Birthday this week to Sid Applegate, Jim Hiser, Shirley Phipps, Iva Keller, Billie Kennaugh, Barb Larson, Virginia Rienhardt, & Cookie Walker. Be sure to stop in anytime this month for a free lunch courtesy of Deer Creek Drug. Please contact the Cen-ter if you would like your birthday or anniversary added to our list.

Our Picnic at Natural Bridge is Thursday, July 16, 2009. The seats on the van are full, but if you would like to drive up on your own to join us we would be happy to have you! If you are interested in going, please contact the Glenrock Senior Center to sign up.

Our annual Deer Creek Days Pancake Breakfast is scheduled for Sunday August 2, 2009 from 8am-1pm. The cost for breakfast this year is $3.00 for seniors, $5.00 for non-seniors, & kids 5 & under are free.

The Bargain Basement Thrift Store is in desperate need of Clothes Racks!

Applications for the Elderly and Disabled Tax Re-fund are available at the Center. Please call Nancie Fink at 436-9442 to schedule an appointment to ap-ply, or to see if you qualify.

The Commodities are in. This month’s items are Macaroni and Spaghetti Sauce. You may pick your commodities up at the Glenrock Senior Center.

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WASHINGTON TAKEOVER OF HEALTH CARE: THE DEVILISH DETAILS

Senator John Barrasso (R- Wyo.) made the fol-lowing statement on the Senate floor:

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- When it comes to health care, Democrats and Re-publicans all agree we need and we want health care reform. Having prac-ticed medicine for over two decades, I know that doing nothing is simply not an option.

But let me tell you from experience – the devil is always in the details. We must be careful, thought-ful, and deliberate about the changes we make. Health care is a very com-plex and intensely per-sonal issue. It deserves a serious, open, and trans-parent national debate.

Still at issue is whether Congress will act with-out sacrificing our health care system’s greatest strengths: The freedom to choose your own doc-tor and the freedom to choose the hospital you want.

I travel home to Wyo-ming every weekend. Many families worry they will lose the health cover-age they currently have. Still others cannot afford health insurance. This is what is wrong with the current health care sys-

tem. That is what we need to fix.

Wyoming families want to purchase health insurance coverage at an affordable price. They do not want to be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition.

They do not want to lose coverage if they change jobs. But most of all, these families do NOT want Washington telling them who they have to see for medical care.

Everyone should have the freedom to choose the doctor, the hospital, and the health care plan they want. No Washington bu-reaucrat should ever be al-lowed to deny that right.

Democrats in Congress want to create a “gov-ernment-run” health care plan. Their plan creates a government-run insurance model that could limit pa-tient choices, eliminate personal freedoms, and decrease the quality of care.

According to the Lewin Group, 119 million Americans would lose the private coverage they cur-rently have – if we have a government run system.

As a doctor, I can tell you

from personal experience that the government will never compete on a “level playing field” with private business. Washington will never let its health care plan go bankrupt. It will lose money. It will hide costs. And ultimately taxpayers will pay the dif-ference.

So what does all this mean for you – the patient? It means politicians making health care decisions, not patients. It means Wash-ington bureaucrats decid-ing if you can have the hip and knee procedure you need. It means the government saying you cannot have lifesaving medical treatments be-cause it is too expensive – or because you are too old.

The Senate HELP Com-mittee has been debating a health reform plan put forth by Senators Kenne-dy and Dodd. Last week, the non-partisan Congres-sional Budget Office told us the Kennedy-Dodd plan increases spending by more than $1.3 trillion in the first 10 years.

That number is stagger-ing. Even more disturb-ing is that the plan is in-complete. So ten years and trillions of dollars later, CBO also tells us the Democrat plan only

reduces the number of uninsured by 17 mil-lion. That leaves ap-proximately 37 million Americans without health insurance cover-age.

The Democrat plan suffers from what I call the three “C’s”. It costs too much. It covers too few. And it causes too many Americans to be thrown off the health policy they currently like and want to keep.

Some in Congress be-lieve that unless we completely dismantle the current health care system – and build it up in the image of “Big Government” – then reform is simply not worth doing. I dis-agree.

Americans do not want the same government bureaucracy that in-vented the Department of motor Vehicles con-trolling their medical decisions! They want simple, practical, and affordable changes now.


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July 9, 2009 -- The University of Wyoming awarded degrees to the following students from Converse County at the completion of the 2009 spring semester.

Lindsey Devries BA•Dyani S. Jaime BA•Alysha M. Anderson BS•Cathryn Quinne Kennaugh-McAdams BA•

CONGRATULATIONS!

Equality Initiatives (EI), the advocacy project of the Wyoming Women’s Foundation (WYWF), is pleased to announce the receipt of a $25,000 grant from the Rockefeller Fam-ily Fund to launch an educational campaign and grassroots move-ment around improv-ing Wyoming’s work-force, economy and women’s economic self-sufficiency with greater access to child-care. According to Sar-ah Mikesell Growney, Program Director for the Wyoming Women’s Foundation and Equal-ity Initiatives, “Receiv-ing the Rockefeller grant is recognition that this is a major issue in Wyoming. Business recruitment and reten-tion would increase with stronger access to quality childcare, and families would be better equipped to work and earn a livable wage. We will use these funds to demonstrate that expanding quality childcare in Wyoming would improve the en-tire economy.”

Citing research com-piled by Dr. Cathy Connolly with UW graduate students in her Gender and Public Policy class, Growney continues, “We know that employers across the state report that the lack of childcare hinders their ability to recruit and retain em-ployees. Expanding childcare to meet an-ticipated need would not only increase busi-ness retention and re-cruitment, but would also generate $107 million in revenue and create at least 1,866 jobs by the year 2016. More childcare enables families and women to work and increase their chances of ob-taining economic self-sufficiency.” In 2007 there were only 17,564 licensed childcare slots available for the more than 40,000 children who needed childcare in Wyoming.

The lack of childcare causes a domino effect in Wyoming. The absence of affordable, quality childcare forces mothers to accept lower paying part-time jobs or to leave the workforce entirely. Inadequate childcare not only impacts women, but also impacts Wyoming’s businesses since it leads to increased employee turnover and reduced productivity. Challenged by childcare, mothers are more likely to be late, ab-sent or distracted at work than they would be if they were confident about their childcare arrangements.

The data suggests that childcare negatively im-pacts the gender wage gap in Wyoming— the largest gender wage gap in the na-tion (women earn 63 cents for every dollar earned by men). When women ac-cept lower paying jobs, part-time positions or exit the workforce entirely due to inadequate child-care, their wage growth throughout their career is then impacted, along with their pension benefits and their advancement op-portunities. Contributing to the gender wage gap in Wyoming is the num-ber of hours that women work, and with inad-equate childcare, women are working fewer hours.

With the receipt of the Rockefeller grant and other local grant-match-ing funds, Equality Initia-tives, the advocacy project of the Wyoming Women’s Foundation, will work with other local and state organizations and busi-nesses to advocate for improving Wyoming’s workforce with stron-ger access to affordable, quality childcare, with the understanding that such a move will benefit women, families, communities and the state.

For more information please contact Sarah Mikesell Growney at WYWF/EI, 307-587-6146 or visit: w w w . w y w f . o r g /equa l i ty In i t i a t i ve s .html.

WYOMING’S LACK OF CHILDCARE COSTS MONEY FOR THE STATE

AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES

CAMPBELL HILL WINDPOWER

PROJECTLocated on the edge of Converse County, just northeast of Casper, the Campbell Hill Windpower Project is underway and mov-ing forward at a rapid pace. Owned by Duke Energy out of North Carolina, the project will ultimately consist of 66 wind turbines which will generate 99 megawatts of energy once completed. This makes it one of Duke Energy’s larger wind power projects. The turbines are 275 feet from the ground to the ‘nacelle’, which is the

gear box that the blades and rotor connect into. Add to that the blades at nearly 126 feet each and you have a turbine that is approximately 400 feet tall when the blade is at it’s apex! Although there is some confusion as to what the project’s name actually is, a representative of Duke Energy, Greg Efthimiou, explained the difference between the Campbell Hill Windpower Project and Three Buttes, LLC. While Duke Energy is the ultimate owner of the project, a ‘subsidiary’ company of their creation will be in charge of the project locally. Named for the geographical attribute in the area, Three Buttes, LLC was created to take

on this role of overseeing the Campbell Hill Wind-power Project (The name ‘Campbell Hill, LLC’ was already taken, so the group had to come up with another name). How does a company de-cide where to put a wind farm anyway? Mr. Ef-thimiou answered, “We basically took wind read-ings in the area and at the same time we were talk-ing to land owners in the area who possibly were interested in leasing out their land for the pur-pose of creating a wind power project, and ev-erything came together very smoothly and that’s how we arrived a the Campbell Hill Wind-power Project.” Mr. Efthimiou is also very happy with the support the company re-ceived during the process of getting the wind proj-ect going. “We’ve had a very supportive and en-couraging experience as we’ve gone through the permit process and the construction process for the Campbell Hill Proj-ect,” he said gratefully, “The reason we’ve been fortunate in that regard

is we knew how impor-tant it was at the outset of announcing the project to work hand-in-hand with local, regional, and state officials as well as our prospective neighbors…local businesses, and community leaders.” At the Campbell Hill site, Duke Energy is wasting no time getting things done. “Construction is going on right now and we actually have turbines

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in the ground,” Efthimiou said. The group is assem-bling turbine pieces as they come in, and since right now is the peak season for the delivery of these com-ponents, they are extremely busy. “If everything is go-ing according to plan, we can actually erect two wind turbines per day, which I think is pretty remarkable considering how tall they are,” Mr. Efthimiou said appreciatively. Duke Energy is looking to have the project up and run-

ning soon as Greg Efthimi-ou explains: It is a sizeable project. It’s going to bring a lot of clean, renewable energy to the region and we certainly appreciate the community’s support and understanding as we have to transport these large components into the area…that’s why we’re working as quickly as possible to get the assembly completed and then we’ll just work on the final commissioning of the wind farm and get it into operation by the end of this year.” For more information on Duke Energy or the Camp-bell Hill Windpower Proj-ect, visit their website at www.duke-energy.com .

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This yearʼs Deer Creek Days Art Show is fast ap-proaching. Art work en-tries should be delivered to the Glenrock Town Hall by July 17, two weeks before Deer Creek Days begins.

Entry forms, available at Glenrock Town Hall and Glenrock Area Chamber of Commerce Office, ex-plain the divisions, cat-egories and classes.

The art show is open to the public beginning July 21 through August 5, at which time artwork will be released to the artists. Two-dimensional works in any medium - drawings

or paintings, photography to stained glass - must ei-ther be matted or framed with hardware attached for hanging or they will not be displayed. Past sculpture entries have varied from metal to clay, pottery to rock.

This yearʼs judge will be announced at a later date.

The required information must be attached to each piece. Glenrock Town Hall provides the location for the show and opens the day of the parade for attendees to check out the judgeʼs selections and make their votes for the

Peopleʼs Choice Awards. One winner will be se-lected in the childrenʼs division and one in the adultʼs division. Lo-cal sponsors have been generous and creative to award prizes in each age group for the childrenʼs show and the peopleʼs choice.

A $5 entry fee per entry in the adult divisions is required.

Cash prizes and rib-bons are awarded to the judgeʼs selections.

For additional informa-tion call Sharon at 436-8222.

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