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Official Newspaper for Crook County,
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IN THE BLACK HII S OF WYOMING
NINETY NINTH YEAR NO. 5
JANUARY 30, 19f/
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L official runners and 234 walkers braved the Sleep, WY, Sidney, NE, Spearfish, Rapid City,
roads to run in Newcastle, Moorcroft and Sundance to take part
annual Freeze Your Fanny road race/ in the annual event.
Sundance last Sunday, January 26. Complete results ofthe race will appear in next
were treated to an "All You Can week's Sundance Times.
Pancake feed after completing the 4-mile Photo by Scott Mackey
Billings, MT, Ten
is scheduled for links individuals to needed ser- Senior Services owns, places and
February :3, 1997 at 8 vices which include information cares for equipment used in the
In the Sundance City Hall to and referral to other servlces, home Lifeline system. The equipment
Public input regarding a services, transportation, nursing, allows a homebound individual to
expansion and overhaul and home renovation and repair, summon emergency help by
at the Sundance Senior An adult home care case man- pushing a button and is monitored
Center. ager administers the Wyoming by Crook County Memorial Hos-
is a meeting place for Adult Home Care Grant and is
where they find a famfllarwith services applicable to
flch is interested in the program, identifies needs of
and their problems. There clients and links individuals to
recreation opportunities needed services. A homemaker
provides homemaking services to
ahopping which would those eligible elderly individuals
be available to them. who require such help.
Center also houses Crook A cook provides a noon meal at
Senior Services which the Center Monday through Frl-
this area's senior citizens day. Staff and volunteers deliver
n full and part-time meals to shut-ins and other elderly
who carry out their citizens who can't make it in to the
I. An outreach worker helps Center and would otherwise not be
needs of the elderly and able to provide their own meals.
Kiwanis Club reminds all those students who would
out for the Stars of Tomorrow that they need to get their
in. Tryouts are February 9 and I 0. The show will be given
Pancake Supper
Shrove Tuesday pancake supper at the Church of the Good
Will be Tuesday, Feb. I I, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Tickets at the
$3.00 for adults, $2.00 for children 6-12, and under 6 free.
-" You on Feb. I I at the Episcopal parish hall.
Retreat
retreat wlll be held Saturday, Feb. 15 at the United
:h from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be singing, crafts,
and lunch. Please call 283-2847, All women welcome,
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Talent Show
Center Board in Hulett Is sponsoring a chili supper and
Friday, Jan. 31 at the Civic Center. Supper begins at 5:30
the talent show at 7:00 p.m. Pie and coffee will be served at
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ey Federation
Turkey Federation will hold a meeting in Sundance
Energy Association's (Tri-County) hospitality room
Feb. 5, at 7:00 p.m. This meeting Is to announce the
rook and Campbell county chapter of the N.W.T.F. and
~. All are welcome.
of CCC Will Hold Annual Road Meeting
of Crbok County Commissioners will hold their annual
:tlng on February 5, 1997 at l:00 o'clock p.m. in the
s room at the Courthouse in Sundance, Wyoming. Call
try Clerk's Office at 283-1323 to set up an appointment.
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~cil of Catholic Women will hold a traveling bake sale on
Feb. 4 beginning at 9 a.m. All ladles are to take their items to
room by 8 a.m.
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Development Block Grant
be a public hearing on Monday, Feb. 3, at 8 a.m. at City Hall
Block Grant.
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Senior Center
Will be a carry-in meal at 12 noon on Sunday, Feb. 9 at the
Senior Center.
pital.
Originally established by volun-
teers In 1974, the Sundance Se-
nior Citizens Center Is adminls-
tered by Executive Director Bar-
bara Crawford under supervision
and direction of the Center's elected
Board of Directors. The facility is
in overall very poor physical con-
dition, part of It being in the old
Canfield house which was built
around the turn of the century.
The kitchen is inadequate for
today's needs and the offices don't
provide proper working space for
employees or privacy for clients
they are serving,
The community is encouraged to
attend the meeting on February 3
and provide input.
Girl Scouts to
take cookie orders
When it comes to salesmanship
the Girl Scouts have shown they've
got what it takes. During the Fall
Cookie Sale part of the community's
Girl Scouts helped raise money for
their troops and the Council.
On January 30 the rest of the
gifts will begin their cookie sales.
Girls will take orders until Febru-
ary 10 and the cookies will be
delivered between March 7 and 27.
Cookies sell for $3.00 per box
and come In 8 varieties includlug
the newest chocolate chlp cooi¢!e,
"Le Chip",
Money earned by the girls goes
into a troop fund and the girls
decide with their troop leader how
the funds will be spent. Other
dollars go directly toward main-
tainlng camps, funding programs
and events for girls, leader train-
ing, troop program books, troop
camp equipment, newsleRer ser-
vice and badge and insignia sup-
ply service.
For more information contact:
Faith Ryan, 283-2475; Shari Gose,
283-3333; or Jill Mackey, 283-
3111.
"I~e readings:
Highs Lows Prec.
Jan. 20 53 30 0
Jan. 21 43 26 0
Jan. 22 29 9 0
Jan. 23 32 I0 .01
Jan. 24 l I 0 0
Jan. 25 7 -13 .03
Jan. 26 17 -15 .04
Sundance hosted its first video
conference on Friday, January 24,
in the community room of Crook
County Courthouse. The confer-
ence brought together members of
the Ranch A Restoration Founda-
tion Board and government om-
clals from Cheyenne. Those par-
ticipating from Cheyenne were
Marlene Slmons, Representative
from Crook/Weston and the
president of the Foundation Board;
Cynthia Loomis, from the
governor's office; Art Reese, rep-
resenting Wyoming Game & Fish;
and John T. Keck, State Historical
Preservation Office, Department of
Commerce.
Joe Baron, Crook County Attor-
ney, attended the meeting and said
that they discussed a number of
things. He said that the federal
government will be turning the
deeds for Ranch A over to the state
about April l, 1997. In the mean-
time, Wyoming officials are trying
to get the federal government to
provide information on the where-
abouts of Items taken from Ranch
A to aid in their return. They are
also trying to get something done
about the condition of the prop-
erty. He noted that the state does
not havd any money to put into
repairs or maintenance.
i Negotiations are going on now to
Set up a three-year lease for the
Babcock House with the South
Dakota School of Mines and
Technology. Baron said that they
have been using it for a geology
field school for student. The School
of Mines is currently looking as
using Paha Sapa, the former Girl
Scout camp.
They would like to find renters for
the four apartments at Ranch A,
but Baron says it Is difficult with
the cold weather.
Baron also discussed some of the
aspects of the video conferenclng.
At present It Is set up In the base-
ment of the courthouse In the
community room. The monitor Is
large and easily seen from quite a
distance. It utilizes two-way audio
and video, allowing conversations
to be carried out at the same time
the speakers can see each other.
Baron wasn't quite sure what the
sound system was but said that
they could hear clearly throughout
the conference.
Work will soon begin on a new
building to house the Public Health
office and the Mental Health office.
When that happens, Baron said
that the space presently occupied
by Mental Health would be used
for the video-conferencing.
Slmons was quite excited about
the conference and talked about
some of the ways the equipment
can be used. Until now anyone
wanting to get involved in a video
conference had to travel to another
town.
Baron agreed that the equipment
is available for a variety of uses but
added that it needs a government
entity to back any use. He said that
educational users have first prior-
ity; government uses, second; and
private uses, which must have a
government sponsor, are third.
Meetings such as the annual
meeting of Powder River Energy
could fall in this last category.
Anyone wanting to use it needs to
contact Cheyenne to schedule that
use.
The system works from phone
circuitry and mlcro-wave, utilizing
a dedicated line which belongs to
the state. According to Baron it is
known as a TI circuit. In addition
to the monitor, other equipment
with It Is a microphone and cam-
era.
Crook County Commissioners
were notified last week that the
request they submitted to the Farm
Loan Board for $427.570 was ap-
proved for the full amount. This
funding will be used to construct a
new building to house Crook
County Public Health and North-
em Wyoming Mental Health at the
comer of 5th and Main Street (the
parking lot of the present library).
Crook County was also notified in
July, 1996 that they received
$213,000 from the Community
Development Block Grant to assist
with the construction of this facility.
These are grants rather than loans
and the county will not have to
repay them.
warns m
Lion's Club pool
winners named The Sheriff.s trace would like to After making a pledge on the
warn the public about a phonephone, the solicitor then send an
The winners of the Lion's Club solicitation scheme that is pres- undatedletterslgnedbyapresldent
Super Bowl pool board were an- ently taking place. The American of the association. It has an 800
nounced this week. The winner of Deputy Sheriffs Association has number included and a return
the first quarter pool was Arna
Montgomery; second quarter, Dale been soliciting for funds.Theystate address in Cheyenne. The Chey-
Danlels: third quarter, Joe Baron; that the money given will go for enne box number Is being rented
death benefits to families of slain by a woman out of Pennsylvania
alsoand Joethe finalBaron.qUarter winner was officers, bullet-proof vests and who Is a customer service repre-
The money collected, other than training seminars.
Citizens should be discouraged sentative for "Cash-Flex."
The Sheriffs Office would like to
the prizes, will be used to buy
glasses for Sundance students who from submitting any funds to this reiterate that they suggest people
need them and can't afford them. association as it is very doubtful do not submit any funds to this
Although the Sundance Lion's that any of this money benefits association, and hope this may
Club is no longer active in Sun- Wyoming Law Enforcement or if It help with any questions that there
actually goes to death benefits, may be.
dance, this proJectwas carried out etc.
by former members working with
the Hulett Lion's Club.
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The Sundance Fire Department and Ambulance
Service would like to thank the community and
the Sundance City Council for their generous
support in purchasing the Holmatro extrication
equipment. The extrication equipment will be
placed on Rescue I. Both services will go through
extensive training, in the use of the equipment.
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Pictured above with the equipment are, left to
right, Jerry Scribner, Asst. Chief, Council mem-
ber Steve Lenz, Mayor Jim Miller, Council mere-
ber Bob Baxter, 'Gari Gill, Chief of the Fire
Department, and Pat Mollenbrink, director of
EMS.
Photo by Mary Jean Wilson
