undance
the Kid got his name"
The County Newspaper of Karla Wickwire
Continuing the Crook County news since 1884
ters give nods
Burch, Gill
retains House Seat
and the
ballots were cast and
incumbents ap-
• have had
~Upper hand in Tuesday's
7 election.
|e highlight of the
fling's races was the
contested county
race. Harold
narrowly de-
Reynard Mills by a
of just 6 votes in a
be esti-
until the final ballot
The unofficial
showed Burch with
Votes and Mills at 651.
close finish automati-
a recount of the
is expected within
tilTIe.
In the race for State Repre-
sentative, Moorcroft resident
Mark Semlek held on to his
seat as he slipped past chal-
lenger Ogden Driskill of Dev-
ils Tower by a margin of
1376 - 395. The race ap-
peared only slightly closer Ln
Weston County where Senllek
held a lead of 491 - 214 at
press time.
In the Sundance city con-
test for two council seats.
Voters chose April Gill, who
received 276 votes followed
by incumbent councilperson
Norms Peterson who received
269 votes. Incumbent candi-
date Paul Brooks finished
third with 164 votes. The
three candidates wiU each be
able to compete in November's
general election.
Statewide, the most
watched race was the battle
for Wyoming's lone seat in
the U.S. House of Represen-
tatives currently held by
Barbara Cubin. Cubin faced
a number of challengers in
this year's battle but ap-
peared to be cruising toward
a victory at press time.
Cubin will likely go on to
battle with Wilson resident
Ted Ladd who appeared to
be closing in on the Demo-
cratic nod. Final counts for
the state races were not
available at press time.
A complete rundown of the
county election results is
printed on page 12.
Bob Cronn places the marked ballot of Verda Swenson into the locked ballot box during
Tuesday's primary election.
Rally effort
benefits hospice
The Crook County Hospice program
is a little bit stronger financially thanks
to a $660 donation from a group of
Powder River Energy employees.
The donatio,1 represented the prof-
its earned from a vending booth
staffed by the group of employees
during the "Burnout Wednesday" mo-
torcycle rally festivities.
"Their kindness is greatly appreci-
ated" mild Lundborg. "The patients will
definitely appreciate it," she added.
Lundborg noted that they don't yet
know for sure what they will do with
the donation but are leaning toward
purchasing a stereo system for the hos-
pice room at the hospital.
Pictured left to right, front row, Cindy
Hadden, Ruth Lundborg, Yvonne
Moberg; center row, Nancy Steedley,
Karri Blasi, Lorl Newlin, Jo Anne
Hoffine; back row, Darla Mouat and
Alison Roberts.
Along wlth the Powder Rlver employ-
ees, HDR Englneerlng, Western States
Electrlc, Terex Utllltles, Fresh Start and
Schwan's each cont~ed to the fund-
ralslng effort.
nother Rally on the books
Sturgis Motorcycle for him and his officers. "We had "All of us covered most of the i
T came to a close on
15. With the last
rumbling for parts
local and county law
officers, emergency
teams, and hospital
catch up on some
sleep and reflect
Impact Rally had on their
had mostly good-
people," said Sheriff
"Most were friend-
noted this was his
P, aIly and he was pleased
the year had been a
good one. "Everyone
same hours and I'm
stressing. It's not if, but
so far we've been
There were outlaws and
in the county, but they
It was a good
were cited
aqui-
despite the fact that
was up
ty highways. Sheriff
a guess, *I think
in their tents more
got more rest. It
nights and
to imagine riding a mo-
at 70 mph in those
was pleased to
even the people who
citations were reason-
"They knew
the law."
Sundance Chief of
the Rally went well
seven officers and we took a count
of 2,000 bikes between 2nd and
3rd sweets on Wednesday. We did
a pretty good job of controlling a
crowd that size. We had some
Rally bikers (who were law en-
forcement agents in their home-
towns in Colorado) come up to us
wondering how we do it with so
few officers."
One vendor was cited prior to
the Rally for breach of peace and
one arrest was made on Wyoming
Wednesday for an assault and bat-
tery. Fritz concluded, "We bad a
few events that we handled just
fine."
Becky Hughes, local EMT and a
member of Dione Moon's EMS
team, was enthu~astic regarding
the lackof serious accidents and
the positive outcome for the medi-
cal community.
week. On Wednesday, everyone
was at the fire hall with the fire
department. Each year more and
more bikers stop at the fire hall
wanting to exchange patches. The
Orange County Choppers stopped
and some LA firefighters lined up
with our oldest fire truck for tons
of photos."
Hughes said they
usually see numerous
exhaust burns, alcohol
dehydration, fatigue,
sun burns, and of
course accidents. This
year, however, she at-
tributed the cooler
weather to a quieter
Rally. "We had a bike
go down on Rupe Hill
and an assault and bat-
tery on Cleveland, but
for the most part, there
were no rally related
accidents."
Crook County EMS
hosted a f'n'st aid sta-
tion near the gazebo on
the Courthouse lawn
for the first time this year. Items
on sale were pocket first aid kits
with the proceeds to be used for
a memorial fund and to pay for an
EMS class to be held in Sundance.
Several EMS members worked the
crowd answering questions and
peddling the first aid kits.
Hughes was grateful for the
county dispatchers. "ff we didn
have the dispatchers we
do...Those women are truly what
makes it all click. They are the
lifeline for law enforcement, fire,
Sundance Police Chief Todd Fritz keeps a watchful eye on the Sundance Burnout Wednesday
EMS, and 911 calls. They handle
everything from wrecks to lost
dogs right in the middle of Rally.
They are truly heroes and handle
it all so well.~
Dione Moon, Paramedic and
EMS director, experienced her
first Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
week and was happy with the out-
come. "We only had three wrecks
around Sundance and they were
from soft shoulders, not high
speed. The bikes got into pea
gravel and wrecked."
Moon was one who rode her bi-
cycle through the crowds during
Wednesday's e~vent in Sundance.
She indicated lots of people via-
Red with them and they had the
opportunity to meet and visit mo-
torcyclists from other states who
were part of search ~ rescn;e
teams. "We also sold a couple
first aid kits, handed out a cold
pak and applied a couple band-
aids,~ she said.
