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annual rite of summer
all come to know as Rally
has come and gone. The
background drone of
the extra traffic and
excitement and novelty are
~Ver for another year.
~a activities return to normal
of us look ahead to the
of the school year,
Wednesday and all its
deserve one last look
aspect of Rally Week that
to have been universal is
it made on the en-
levels of everyone involved.
local residents who
they were particularly
out" from all the activity.
it was the combination
Week and Rally Week fel-
on each other's heels.
the long, hot streak of
days couldn't
been helpful. For whatever
the most common corn-
voiced was a desire for
recovery and recupera-
all the excitement.
survey of a number of
downtown businesses most
by Rally Week revealed
the economic impact of the
about the same as the
year. Several bar own-
stated that the crowds were
to arrive this year than
but that once they did show
r were thirsty. Tracy Lewis
Dime Horaehoe Bar said
business figures this year
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The statue of the Sundance
Kid has finally arrived in
Sundance. The bronze stat-
ute has been a several year
project by the Sundance
Chamber of Commerce.
The Kid arrived in
Sundance Tuesday afternoon
and is on display in the win-
dow of the building beside
the Wild West Video and cof-
fee shop. The statue will re-
main at this location until the
base and background has
been constructed at the final
resting place.
Gary Williams
Crook County Coroner Michael
Frolander resigned his post effec-
tive August 15. Citing increased
demands on his time and frustra-
tion with a lack of salary increase,
Frolander tendered his resigna-
tion to the Crook County Com-
missioners in a letter dated Au-
gust 11.
The text of the letter is printed
on page nine.
Natural causes
listed in death
at Keyhole
On August 2, 2003, Keyhole
State Park personnel found 20-
year-old Michael Kenneth Wyckoff,
dead in his tent. The Bowman,
North Dakota resident was camp-
ing at Pat's Point, located on the
east side of Keyhole reservoir.
According to autopsy results,
natural causes were cited as the
cause of death. The Crook County
Sheriff's department and Keyhole
State Park personnel performed
the investigation.
All State Parks and Historic
Sites employees extend their con-
dolences to the Wyckoff family. We
deeply regret Michael's death.
The Wyoming State Loan and Investment Board (SLIB) recently ex-
pressed an interest in purchasing the Moskee Land Tract as an in-
vestment for the state.
Prior to determining whether or not it had the authority to pur-
chase and manage this real estate, the SLIB requested an opinion on
the legality of the purchase from State Attorney General Patrick J.
Crank.
Attorney General Crank's letter to Lynne Boomgaarden, Director of
the Office of State Lands and Investments, is printed verbatim on
page three of this issue.
$5000 anonymous donation
to Fire Fighters Auxiliary
By Suzette Moline
Crook County Fire Fighters Auxiliary (CCFFA) recently received an
anonymous donation of $5000. We wish to publicly thank the
individual{s) responsiblel Other donations have included cash, a case
of foam plates from Sundance Office Supply, and one complete meal
for the firefighters from the Rollin' Smoker vendor who came to
Sundance for the rally. CCFFA provided the evening meal for the
Sundance business fire as well as sack lunches and hot meals for
several area wildfires.
CCFFA includes anyone who is willing to help out by attending
monthly meetings, making sack lunches, donating cookies or sliced
cooked roasts for sandwiches, making meal items, or bringing food to
locations. When the local folks have exhausted their resources, CCFFA
is able to provide meals, water and delivery service. The worst of our
fire season could be ahead. Please consider making donations. Cash
donations are used to purchase food for meals also. All donations go
to feed fire fighters.
Currently, CCFFA needs prepared sliced roasts for sandwiches, cook-
ies and assorted snack items such as listed below to send out with
the fire fighters as they leave the fire hall. They never know how long
they will be gone or how long until a meal will be served. Items can be
taken to the fire halls when they are open in your town. (Sundance
Fire Hall open each Thursday 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.}, to the Farm Bureau
office in Sundance, or Crook County Saloon.
Snack items can include hard candies, fruit and granola bars, indi-
vidual packages of peanuts, sunflower seeds, etc. jerky, cracker and
cookie packs, or whatever other item that will travel well and provide
quick energy for the fire fighters.
CCFFA greatly appreciates everything the entire county has done in
support of the fire fighting efforts. .......
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The Second Annual Community Garage Sale, sponsored by the
Sundance Area Chamber of Commerce, will be Friday, August I 5 and
Saturday, August 16, beginning both days at 7:30 a.m.
There are 18 locations on the maps available at the Texaco, Amoco
and Conoco. There may be others set up that are not on the map.
There will be no charge to set up tables on the courthouse lawn as
well.
Don't forget the sports swap on the courthouse lawn at 9:00 a.m.
Saturday. Bring any kind of sports equipment to sell (i.e. football
shoes, wrestling shoes, ball gloves, musical instruments). Have your
items marked. If your child will be needing these items, please stop
by and see if you can find their size.
The local merchants will be setting up for Crazy Days, too. If you
have any questions, call Helen Emrick at 283-3766 or Lianna Lenz at
283-2525. Let's go shopping[
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were about the same as the year
before. "It could have been busier.
That would've been fine with me,~
he stated, "but it wasn't bad. It was
pretty much the same as last year.~
Arley Maynard at The Longhorn
Bar around the corner from Lewis'
Dime Horseshoe was pleased with
the results this year. "It was a
much better year,~ for her than the
year before, she noted. Maynard
agreed that this year's crowd was
slower to show up than last year's,
but said that once they arrived, they
stayed later and spent more.
The restaurants did well again
this year. According to Trudy
Pridgeon, co-owner of the Are Res-
taurant, this was an outstanding
year. It was steadier, with higher
volume than the previous year and
she said they were pleased with how
well things went.
As always, law enforcement was
busy. Lt. Will Zilka from the Wyo-
ming Highway Patrol office in
Gillette was in an upbeat mood this
week as he measured Rally Week
from a law enforcement perspec-
tive. This was the first year of
heightened enforcement during the
week prior to Rally Week, and he
felt that the Patrol's efforts had
paid off in safety. "This was our
third year without any Rally-related
fatalities," here in northeast Wyo-
ming, he noted, and he was defi-
nitely pleased to be able to make
such a statement.
"We feel like we're making
progress on enforcement," he said.
He pointed out that the department
wrote 200 more warnings this year,
with 538 warnings and 187 cita-
tions. He also listed 10 motor-
cycle-related wrecks, 0 fatalities,
11 DUI's and 8 arrests for pos-
session of controlled substance.
There were 47 troopers patrolling
northeastern Wyoming during the
week of the Rally, according to
Zilka.
Crook County Sheriff Steve
Stahla was also pleased with the
performance of his department for
the week. Most of the Sheriff's de-
partment statistics show an in-
crease in activities this year over
the previous year for his office, as
well. They investigated 9 accidents
versus 3 a year ago, processed
double the number of arrests from
last year's fourteen-28 for 2003,
as well as conducting 63 traffic
stops, 13 motorist assists, one
theft and a significant number of
assists to other agencies during
the week.
Sheriff Stahla said that the ar-
rests included 16 DWUI, 4 pos-
session of controlled substance,
2 assaults, 1 indecent exposure
case and 2 public intoxication
cases.
Sundance Police Chief Todd Fritz
had not responded to inquiries by
press time, but it was clear that
there were significantly more city
law enforcement personnel on
hand, particularly for Burnout
Wednesday, than are available on
a typical day.
The statistics seem to indicate
that, with some exceptions, it was
an enjoyable and relatively safe
week of celebration throughout
Crook County.
A record number of bikers converged on Sundance last Wednesday to watch the sport
of "Burnout". Each competitor receives points for the event. The points are based on 1.
the smoke cloud, 2. style of performance, 3. length of time burning, 4. blown tire, 5. run-
ning on the rim, 6. crowd noise. The above photo captured by Jeff Moberg shows the
effort of a burnout contestant. $900 was collected and donated to local charity on behalf
of the Burnout event.
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