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Page 8 - Thursday, September 30.
The Sundance
David M. Pieper
District
Congratulations to the Sundance Bulldogs football
team and coaching staff for a great game and victory
on homecoming day last Friday. It was a good day to
play football and the team responded well. During
homecoming week many activities were planned by
the student body and school administration and
contributed to the success of the week.
I am, however, concerned about one activity that has become a
"tradit~n" during the week andis not part of formally planned activities.
Beginning early homecoming week a nightly bonfire is set somewhere
within a few miles or so of Sundance. While I have absolutely no
problems whatsoever with bonfires, I do have some concerns wlth their
location, the materials being burned, the litter left behind, and them not
being extinguished but left to smolder unattended in the national forest
or elsewhere.
The forest is becoming very dry and susceptible to fire this time of year.
Above average rainfall has stimulated the growth of grass and forbs,
providing much fuel to feed a fire. In the forest, fires should be contained
with a grate or rock fire ring to prevent escape. Tires should never be
burned or used to start fires. Besides being illegal to burn, toxic fumes
can be deadly or cause serious injury. All debris and litter should be
picked up and discarded appropriately. And finally, a fire should never
be left unattended or allowed to burn out on its own.
Last a year a mess was left at the Sundance Campground and
Trailhead. This year a bonfire was left unattended above Reuter Camp-
ground in the rifle pit. Charred tires and logs from the bonfire were still
smoldering when I found it the next morning. In both cases I had to
dispatch people to clean the area and put the fire out.
I have discussed my concerns with the principal and some students.
A bonfire can be exciting and fun. All I ask is that it be done safely and
legally. An escaped fire could have devastating consequences, not only
for the land but for the people responsible for its start. I have offered to
meet with administrators and student council representatives to dis-
cuss this situation and suggest some alternatives. Perhaps the student
council, a service club such as the Kiwanis, or local booster club could
sponsor such activities.
I also recognize the spontaneity and no adults around make bonfires
and such events more fun. I don't know what the answer is but maybe
we can find some common ground. We'll see. Again, congratulations to
the "Dogs" football team and other athletes who competed successfully
during homecoming week.
"Conserving Wildlife
-- Serving People"
Well, it took longer than I had anticipated,
but the repairs to the dam are finally com-
pleted at Medicine Lake, east of Sundance.
This spring the breech in the dam was
leaking at a rate of five or six hundred
gallons per minute.
Terry Everard and Mark Emrick, with the
Natural Resource Conservation Service, de-
signed and engineered the project. These
NRCS guys had the knowledge and experi-
ence to solve the problem while keeping the
repair expense reasonable.
Gerald Mcinerney was the contractor on this project. He dug out the
old overflow culvert that was sticking up in the air and laid a new culvert,
which is now accommodating the flow that was going through the dam.
He also laid a new culvert at the north end of the dam. The old one had
washed out some time in the past.
After these two new culverts were installed, he dug out the bad spot.
This was repaired with plastic sheeting, bentonite and fill. The repaired
spots are still somewhat soft, so a gate was placed across the dam to
keep vehicle traffic off the seep and new culverts.
Doug Watson dug the post holes for the gate and the Wyoming
Department of TransportaUon Maintenance Crew provided a couple of
surplus wooden guardrail posts to plant in the holes. Powder River
Energy Corporation provided their cable cutter so that I could cut a piece
of surplus cable to length for the gate.
This gate is far enough along the dam to provide easy launch access
for small boats and canoes. Pedestrian fishermen will be able to
negotiate the low strung cable and readily walk down the face of the dam
to their favorite fishing spot or minnow trapping location.
The Sundance Rod and Gun Club provided a substantial financial
donation for this worthy endeavor. The membership unanimously
supported the repair project so that we can maintain this productive
little fishery.
As you can see. this was truly a community project and all of these
people deserve to be thanked by every fisherman who uses the lake. A
special thank you goes to Mrs. Seeley and the Medicine Lake Ranch
Corporation for allowing public fishing access these past thirty plus
years and for footing the bulk of the repair costs.
Maybe if we keep the gate closed on the highway right-of-way fence.
pick up our trash and respect private property rights, we can fish
Medicine Lake for another thirty years. Thanks everybody.
Members of Powder River Energy Corporation (PRECorp)
directors at their Annual Membership Meeting in Gillette,
Saturday, September 25, 1999. This election marked the
three year merger transition period between what
Electric Association and Sheridan-Johnson REA and
number of directors on PRECorp's board from
PRECorp members elected to the board and the
represent are as follows:
Campbell County: Bob Tarver and Tom Davis
Crook County:. Bob Wenande and Paul Baker
Johnson County: Pam Kinchen and Ken
Sheridan County : Leo Ankney and John Buell
Weston County: Chuck Townsend and Walter
Powder River Energy Corporation is a member-owned,
electric utility, serving over 20,200 meters at residences,
mines, businesses, and industry in Campbell,
dan, and Weston Counties in northeastern Wyoming.
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By: Karla Wlekwire
Hello for this week, Are you enjoying the fall colors? We really
are, out here. We have had a hard frost, so most everything is
picked and done, except for the members
of the cabbage family. They are all still
growing.
Here Is a hodgepodge of different infor-
mation that I want to share with you thia
W~L..
*As you prepare for winter, any of you
cutting and hauling in firewood should
be aware of the wood you bring in. Bug
infested wood could cause you prob-
lems. I know a man In Gillette who lives in a log cabin type home. He
had cut infested wood and brought it home to burn. The bugs Just
transferred to his wood home and caused extensive damage. He
thought that because of the cold the beeries had died off. So Just be
aware.
*Most ofyour perennials can be cleaned up now. Anytime the foliage
starts to turn yellow or brown, it's time to cut the foliage bac Tulips
and such apply, too.
"Strawberries need to have some attention now. I was asked about
cutting runners off. You need to decide how wide you want yotw rows.
Leave enough runners to fill in the row and cut the rest. Old beds or
rows need to be cleaned up, the old plants taken out, the dead leaves
raked away and the beds rmrrowed and fertilized, Use a complete
fertilizer (I0-20-20}. Apply at a rate of one pound per 25 feet of row.
Apply R as a side dressing. (Side dressing in fertilizing means to apply
it not directly on the plants, Just next to them, on the side):We would
use compost wlth a small amount of manure. When you use manures
you need to be careful to not burn your plants. When using manures
as in listening to manure-filled stories, a little goes a looong way, It
*If any ofyou would like to try growing garlic, hOWls the time to plant
it. You can order it from catalogs or some greenhouses carry it. A great
book on how to is: Great Gar/ by Ron L Engeland. There are
two main types of garlic. There is soft neck and hard neck. Each has
different qualities, You need to read to see which would be best for you.
I recommend trying both.
*Ifyou store vegetables for the winter, most need to be cured to store.
To cure them you need to wipe off the dirt and place them in a warm
dry room for a week or so. Eighty degrees is about the right temperature
for curing. V in ter squashes, onions, and potatoes are the primaryones
you need to cure.
"As the g wing season is coming to an end be sure to take some time
to relax and enjoy the fall.
The thought for the week is: Fall is our reward for working hard all
slu~u~ler.
Karla
You can locate your hunting
partner's game, field dress it, pack
it out and even eat it, But accord-
ing to Wyoming law, you can't
shoot it.
Often referred to as party hunt-
ing -- the tradition of hunters
shooting their partners' game to
fill all I/cerises in camp -- is legal
in some states, but in Wyoming it
can land offenders a fine of up to
$500 and forfeiture of the animal
and several years' hunting privi-
leges.
The computer drawings for the
Springer and Olendo special
pheasant hunts and the Bump
Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt
were held last week and some
openings are still available for
each hunt.
Hunters are reminded special
management permits are required
for the hunts. In order to hunt
pheasants at Springer, Glendo,
walk-in areas or any G&F habitat
area a 1999 pheasant permit is
required. Bump Sullivan hunt-
ers are required to have a 1999
goose permit and a 2000 permit ff
hunting in the new year. The
permits are $10 each.
For more information on open-
ings still available contact the
Cheyenne, G&F office.
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use that rifle to hunt deer
and antelope this fall?"
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found a good load and you're
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