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Nixon starts third year on council

SHERIDAN — Samantha Nixon start-ed her third year as a councilor for Ranchester this year. She was unable to attend the swearing in of fellow councilors Randy Sundquist and Jessica Weaver Jan. 2 and instead submitted answers via email to questions presented to all the council members at the meeting.

Before starting her current term, Nixon served on council for all but six months of a term spanning from 2008 to 2012.

Nixon is a born-and-raised Tongue River Valley resident who attended Sheridan County School District 1. She chose the same upbringing for her children.

“I think that being an active member in your community is a great way to shape the community into the type of place not just for my children but for all families in the valley,” Nixon said.

“One of the best ways to effect change is to have a voice.”

The Highway 14 entryway project, including grant writing and community input, was started during Nixon’s first term.

FROM STAFF REPORTS

KRISTA FILCHNER | THE SHERIDAN PRESS

Samantha Nixon takes notes during a Ranchester Town Council meeting Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.

Above: Big Horn faculty all-star Kirk McLaughlin drives the lane for two during the seniors vs. faculty game Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. McLaughlin’s play in transition was instrumental to the faculty’s 48-42 victory.Left: Valerie Brutlag, on a breakaway, sets the pace for the faculty early in the first quar-ter in a competitive game against the seniors at Big Horn High School Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. Below: Dubbed the “Larry Bird of Northern Wyoming,” Big Horn principal Richard Welch led his faculty basketball team to a stunning upset victory over the seniors Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019.

BIG HORN

Faculty defeats seniors

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SEE GOALS, PAGE 3

EAGLES, RAMS CLASH

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Public forum includes Acme

history, updates

SHERIDAN — The Sheridan County Conservation District held a public forum on Jan. 24, sharing updates for the Acme

site, including the removal of all drums, current clean-up plan grants and future discussion of preserv-ing the Acme power plant building.

The infor-mational meeting was intended to

focus on key elements of the site and to preserve and document the history of the Acme power plant.

The Department of Environmental Quality has been working on the site, said Susan Holmes, Chair of the Sheridan County Conservation District Board of Supervisors.

BY KRISTA [email protected]

‘The phases are to prep work plans and define them while the site is being investigated.’Susan HolmesChair, Sheridan County Conservation District Board of Supervisors

SEE ACME, PAGE 2

WYO Rodeo officials announce ticket sales, sponsorSHERIDAN — The Sheridan WYO Rodeo

announced its new parade theme and a new official sponsor.

Ticket sales launch during the all-new WYO Winter Rodeo Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. at the WYO Performing Arts and Education Center in downtown Sheridan and Feb. 25 at 7 a.m. online at sheridanwyorodeo.com.

Season ticket holders and Gold Buckle Club members can get their tickets start-ing Feb. 15 online.

The 2019 Main Street parade theme is “Saddle up for the WYO Rodeo” and CHAPS Equine Assisted Therapy will be the grand marshal. Parade applications are available online.

WYO Rodeo President Nick Siddle also announced that Sheridan-based EMIT is

now an official WYO sponsor, alongside M&M’s, Coca-Cola, Gold Buckle Club and the WYO Rodeo Posse. It’s been 10 years since the WYO Rodeo has added an offi-cial sponsor to the lineup. First Federal Bank and Trust has also joined the fam-ily as one of the WYO Rodeo’s World Championship Indian Relay sponsors.

FROM STAFF REPORTS

SEE TICKETS, PAGE 8

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Man charged with theft after allegedly stealing recreational

equipmentSHERIDAN — A 34-year-old

man was arrested on Dec. 17, 2018, for burglary and faces charges in the 4th Judicial District Court.

On Dec. 10, 2018 John Stalick noticed a large amount of his fishing equip-ment missing from his garage. Sheridan Police Department Officer Jeremy Kmett arrived to the scene, and they both looked to see if Stalick mis-placed the items. Kmett then called in a burglary when the two came up with nothing.

Stalick was missing a gun vise, a collection of antique fly reels, an Orvis orange case, a tactical vest and shoot-ing earphones. Later that day he noticed he was missing 10 knives and a pair a scissors. He estimated the items were collectively worth thousands of dollars.

Stephen Baker Peak was caught trying to resell the stolen items to the Fly Shop of the Big Horns.

The store owner, Pete Widener, who was a friend of Stalick, had recognized the missing reels.

Kmett arrived at the store to speak with Peak about the stolen fishing equipment.

When Peak could not recall where he obtained the reels, he was arrested by Kmett. Peak later admitted to law enforement to walking over to Stalick’s garage one day and entering after he noticed the door was unlocked.

On Dec 16, 2018, Jason Etchechoury reported he was also missing items from his garage. He estimated their worth to be over $1,000.

Peak was charged with two counts of burglary and one count of wrongful taking or disposing of property — all

felony charges.Peak’s arraignment was

held on Jan. 31 in district court, with additional hear-ings to follow.

Woman charged with multiple counts

of theftSHERIDAN — Brandi Jean

Zabit was charged with one count of theft, one count of conspiracy to commit crime of theft and two counts of wrongful taking or disposing of property.

Zabit initially pleaded not guilty during her arraign-ment Sept. 4, 2018.

On Nov. 29, 2018, Zabit changed her plea to guilty for the theft charge. The court accepted her plea and dismissed the other charges per a plea agreement.

In the agreement, attor-neys recommended five years of supervised probation with all prison time suspended.

Zabit will return to 4th Judicial District Court Feb. 5 at 9:45 a.m. for her sentencing hearing.

Man charged with strangulation

A 39-year-old man was arrested for strangulation of a household member, a fel-ony, and two misdemeanor charges of domestic battery Jan. 5.

Nathan Schuerman was charged with one count of intentionally or recklessly strangling a household mem-ber and one count of know-ingly or recklessly causing bodily injury to a victim.

Schuerman is being held on a $10,000 cash-only bond and court orders for no contact with the victim.

Schuerman’s arraignment will be Feb. 5 at 10:30 a.m. in 4th Judicial District Court.

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ACME : Three students collected oral historyFROM 1

SCCD received an assess-ment grant through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for restoration of the Acme site.

“The process of the assessment has just started now,” Holmes said. “The phases are to prep work plans and define them while the site is being investigated.”

The intent of work funded by the grant is to restore soil and ground water while developing clean-up plans and cost estimates.

“The physical work is done,” Holmes said. “Workers have removed and contained all drums from the site and two loads of waste has made it to the landfill.”

The next step for the project is the structure of the Acme power plant building, which is not includ-ed in the DEQ’s plan, Holmes said. The conservation board will be seeking funding to fix the building

as a separate plan and determine if the building can be saved.

“Since the assessment of this work has just begun, we are expect-ed to see a three-year term, the same time before the clean up plan is completed,” Holmes said.

The financial investment in the site has reached an estimated $550,000, with a vast majority of funding coming from the state and federal grants.

Three graduate students from the Haub School at the University of Wyoming came to Sheridan and collected oral history at the Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library and also utilized resources at the university to document the history of the Acme site.

The students, while working closely with the SCCD board, focused on preserving the cultural aspects of the Acme power plant.

The three graduate students collected old photographs, visited with people who had grown up in

the Acme area and interviewed those who had worked for the power plant.

WWC, a local engineering firm, was hired by SCCD to do initial site stabilization and presented at the forum on Thursday, too.

There are major health and safe-ty risks at the site.

Holmes said people continue to trespass on to the premises, not realizing they are endangering themselves by being in contact with high volumes of asbestos, lead paint and many other hidden haz-ards.

They can also be susceptible to tracking contaminants off the Acme site, putting others and the environment at risk, Holmes said.

Around 40 people attended the forum.

“Gaining more interest in this project from the public will help us not only in completing the site, but will honor Acme’s history,” Holmes said.

KRISTA FILCHNER | THE SHERIDAN PRESS

The Acme power plant building stands alone in the desolate field of the Acme clean up site Jan. 15.

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Young UW Nordic skiers place high in opening weekend competitionSHERIDAN — Names may

change, but the results remain the same for the University of Wyoming’s Nordic ski teams.

With a revamped lineup for both the men’s and women’s teams this winter, the UW teams opened the new season with impressive results at the Colorado Mesa Invitational last weekend at the Powderhorn ski area.

The Pokes were second in Saturday’s skate sprint and cap-tured the overall team title during Sunday’s 10k. The UW women were the runners-up both days in the first United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) national qualifier compe-tition.

“I was really proud of the men’s team this weekend because they engaged in excellent reflective practice/goal setting and reaped the benefits with a decisive win on Sunday,” UW co-head coach Rachel Watson said in a press release.

The men were led by Trevor Willoughby, a Casper senior, who placed second both days behind the defending USCSA overall national champion, Mitch Hollman from Air Force.

UW has three new fresh-men in the lineup and one redshirt freshman to back up Willoughby, according to co-head coach Christi Boggs.

Silas Goetz, a Lander fresh-man, placed seventh Saturday, and freshman teammate Matt

Williams, from Jackson, placed 10th in the “B” finals. Sheridan-native and sophomore Ben Romanjenko skied to 18th, and Derek Larsen, a first-year skier from Casper, finished 23rd.

During Sunday’s race, Goetz and Williams finished fourth and fifth, respectively, to give the men’s team the win over Western Colorado University by 10 points.

“This is the first win the men have had since the epic three-time national championship team grad-uated two years ago,” Boggs said. “We’re super stoked to have a strong men’s team. After the first weekend, UW men are five points ahead of Western Colorado in the overall team standings, and they hope to stay there.”

Although the UW women are not

all freshmen, they are generally young, Boggs added. The Cowgirls placed second behind Western Colorado University both days.

UW’s women were led by red-shirt freshman Kat Gruner, of Casper, who placed third in the sprint and was fifth in the clas-sic competition. One of Gruner’s teammates joined her in the “A” final — the sprint has elimination rounds that result in the top six skiers going to the “A” final and the next six competing in the “B” final.

Casper sophomore Maddy Tinker placed for the first time in an “A” finals race, taking fifth. The “B” final was dominated by UW women with Ella DeWolf, a Laramie senior, eighth; Jackson junior Sydney Wiswell, ninth; and

Zoe Noble, a Pinedale freshman, placed 11th.

Also competing in the “B” finals were senior Morgan Robins, Lander; freshman Kaillee Behunin, Lander; and sophomore Rylie Garner, Casper.

A crash near the start of Sunday’s race caused some chaos, Boggs said, but Gruner managed a fifth-place finish.

DeWolf and Wiswell finished in sixth and seventh place, respec-tively. The Cowgirls were just six points out of first place and trail Western Colorado University by nine points in the overall stand-ings.

UW will be in Crested Butte, Colorado, for the Western Colorado University Invitational this weekend.

FROM STAFF REPORTS

GOALS : Master plan in the worksFROM 1

“I appreciated hearing the views of all different subsets of members in the community, from senior cit-izens to business owners to the school district,” Nixon said. “Projects that bring ideas from all members of the community are what I appreciate the most.”

As member of the Tongue River Valley Joint Powers Board, Nixon excitedly anticipates the potential

for economic growth asso-ciated with the completion of the natural gas line to Ranchester.

A master plan is also in the works among Ranchester’s council, including updates to picnic pavilions, grounds sur-rounding town hall and bathroom facilities around town.

Nixon is currently a long-term substitute teacher at Tongue River Middle School.


Crowd supportKayla Woodward’s kindergarten class was vocal in their support of Ms. Woodward during the Big Horn faculty vs. seniors game Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019.

BY MIKE KOSHMRLJACKSON HOLE NEWS&GUIDE

VIA WYOMING NEWS EXCHANGE

JACKSON — Stressed out but pleased to be back is how Grand Teton National Park spokesman Andrew White described his col-leagues’ attitudes after 35 involuntary days out of the office.

“There’s an overriding feeling of stress among our staff,” White said. “We’re working to mitigate that, but we don’t expect people to complete five weeks of work in one week.”

Some 300 federal employ-ees who punch a clock in Teton County returned to work Monday, after a record 35-day shutdown caused by Congressional disagreement over funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. President Trump announced Friday there would be a three-week reopening, which allowed approximately 800,000 fed-eral employees to resume their normal lives and catch up on pay.

Bridger-Teton National Forest spokeswoman Mary Cernicek conveyed a similar account at her North Cache Street office. Colleagues are busy but content, she said, wading through a month of work that piled up while offices were shuttered.

“Phones have been ring-ing like crazy,” Cernicek said. “The attitude is like, ‘Get out of my way, ’cause

I’ve got a lot to catch up on.’ It feels good.”

While the emotional hangovers from the shut-down might be fleeting, it threatens to have lasting local effects on research, hiring seasonal employees and other routine federal business.

On the National Elk Refuge law enforcement was kept on during the shutdown to police the bison hunt, and staff biologist Eric Cole was allowed to work two to three days a week to determine if elk feeding should start. But other parts of Cole’s duties were derailed.

“I wish I could be working on everything I typically work on this time of year,” he told the News&Guide before returning to work, “and I’m looking forward to the opportunity to get back to work.”

Research using drones to measure elk density was put on hold, and he was told not to proceed with an analysis of potential management responses to chronic wast-ing disease’s arrival in the valley until the shutdown ended.

Even determining where elk were — a part of the feeding equation — was stymied because he lacked access to real-time GPS loca-tion data.

“The collar data would be helpful to look at elk distribution on and off the refuge,” he said.

Shutdown hangover hits federal agencies

Stone heads to court; Mueller cites potential evidence troveWASHINGTON (AP) — Donald

Trump confidant Roger Stone is due back in court Friday in the special counsel’s Russia investigation as prosecutors say they have recovered “voluminous and complex” poten-tial evidence in the case, including financial records, emails and com-puter hard drives.

Stone faces a status conference in federal court in Washington just three days after he pleaded not guilty to felony charges of witness tampering, obstruction and false statements.

The appearance is likely to be per-functory, though prosecutors may

seek an order that would prevent Stone — who held a news conference Thursday where he proclaimed his innocence — from discussing the case against him. The judge over-seeing Stone’s prosecution, Amy Berman Jackson, also presides over special counsel Robert Mueller’s case against former Trump cam-paign chairman Paul Manafort and issued a similar gag order in that matter after a lawyer for Manafort addressed reporters after his first court appearance.

“Obviously I would adhere to any ruling of the court if they should do that. On the other hand, I would also have the right, as I understand it, to appeal,” Stone told reporters. He said he would have made a state-

ment to reporters outside court after his arraignment Tuesday, but “that was obviously physically impossible given the pushing, the shoving, the shouting, the spitting.”

Stone has been outspoken since his indictment last week, repeatedly asserting his innocence and crit-icizing Mueller’s team for having him arrested before dawn. He made the rounds on television last week-end and held a news conference at a Washington hotel on Thursday where he said he was prepared to tell the truth to Mueller but that he had no derogatory information about Trump, his longtime friend.

“I have great affection and remain a strong and loyal supporter of the president,” Stone said.

BY ERIC TUCKER AND CHAD DAY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


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‘Go and do likewise’“The Salvation Army, an international

movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.”

I often go back to our mission statement as I roll up my sleeves and get to work doing the ministry God has called my wife and I to here in Sheridan. It helps

me to stay focused and centered, no mat-ter what part of my job I am doing: Love God; preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ,

and help others in His name.

The closest Biblical metaphor that defines who we are as an organization is found in Luke 10 — The Parable of the Good Samaritan. In this well-known parable, an expert in Jewish law tests Jesus: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Jesus answers the question with a couple questions, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”

I love the answer given, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind,’ The Shema, Deuteronomy 6:4-5, and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself,’ Leviticus 19:18b.” Great answers straight from the Torah! And Jesus agreed, “You (expert of the Laws of Moses) have answered correctly,” Jesus replied, “Do this and you will live.”

I’m sure this expert in the law was feeling pleased, but he was confused about one thing. “Who is my neigh-bor?” he wanted to know. So, Jesus told the very familiar parable of the Good Samaritan and at the end he asked, “Which of these three was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hand of robbers?” The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

Since 1865, The Salvation Army has lived out this parable, and since 1916 in Sheridan. We exist to seek to save the lost. “Salvation” is our middle name. Soup, soap and salvation if you will. We preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ in word on Sundays and at Bible study, yes, but more importantly, we preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ in deed Monday through Friday. We meet human need in the name of Jesus Christ without discrimination — peri-

od. Why? Because we love God with all our heart, soul, strength and mind.

Everything we do, everything we say, every person we help, every need met is an act of love, compassion and mercy. Have you been “robbed” by this world? Are you metaphorically — or actual-ly — laying in the gutter? If so, The Salvation Army will be your neighbor and give you a hand up in love.

If you are a believer looking for a way to take your faith out of the pew and into the local mission field, we welcome you to come join our Army. Your finan-cial support, your volunteerism and your prayers are all needed to accom-plish the mission. Thank you to all who helped us during this past Christmas season. Every ring of the bell; every nickel dropped in the Red Kettle; every volunteer hour; every bicycle, toy or article of clothing donated through the Angel Tree program showed you to be a good neighbor, too.

The words of our Lord are the same today as they were 2,000 years ago, “Go and do likewise.” And in these loving acts of kindness and mercy to your neighbors you will demonstrate that you love God, too.

ENVOY GARY DOBNEY serves with The Salvation Army in Sheridan.

ARVADA COMMUNITY CHURCH (non-denominational)

223 Main St., Arvada, 758-4353. Pastor Bob Moore. Sunday: 11 a.m. service, 11:30 a.m. children’s Bible study.

BAHA’I FAITH OF SHERIDAN673-4778. The Baha’i Faith for

Devotional Programs from the sacred writings of all religions and Study Circles.

BETHESDA WORSHIP CENTER5135 Coffeen Ave., 673-0023, www.

bethesdaworship.com. Pastor Scott Lee. Sunday: 8:30 a.m., worship encounters; 10:30 a.m., service, wor-ship encounters, students ministry, nursery. Sunday evening JrHS and HS youth groups.

BIG HORN CHURCH115 S. Third St., Big Horn, 673-0157.

Pastor Jon Willson. Sunday 9:15 a.m. prayer time; 10 a.m. worship service, followed by a light lunch and fellow-ship time.

BUDDHIST MEDITATION FELLOWSHIP1950 E. Brundage Lane. Sunday: 7-8

p.m. Sessions include discussion of the dharma reading, sitting and walking meditation. For information call Victor at 672-3135 or email [email protected]

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH1660 Big Horn Ave., 672-3149. Pastor

Terral Bearden. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 10:45 a.m. wor-ship service, 6 p.m. Bible study. Wednesday: 7 p.m. prayer meeting. Thursday: 6 p.m. youth group.

CALVARY CHAPEL SHERIDAN606 S. Thurmond, 751-2250, www.

ccsheridan.org, email: [email protected]. Pastor Nels Nelson. Sunday: 10 a.m. non-denominational worship service, teaching through the Bible verse by verse.

CHURCH OF CHRIST1769 Big Horn Ave., 763-6040.

Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Bible classes, 10:30 a.m. worship and communion. Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. Bible study.

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS

Ranchester branch, 1066 Big Horn Ave., Ranchester, 655-9085. President Brett Schwieder. Sunday: 10 a.m. Sacrament meeting, 11:20 a.m. Sunday school and primary meetings, 12:10 p.m. Priesthood and Relief Society meetings.


Sheridan 1st Ward, 2051 Colonial Dr., 672-2926. Bishop Mikael Duncan. Sunday: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Sacrament meeting, 9 -10 a.m. Sunday school meeting, 10 -11 a.m. Primary meeting, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Priesthood, Relief Society and Young Women’s meet-ings.


Sheridan 2nd Ward, 2051 Colonial Dr., 672-6739. Bishop David Bailey. Sunday: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Sacrament meeting, 1-2 p.m. Primary meeting, 1

-2 p.m. Sunday school meeting, 12 - 1 p.m. Priesthood, Relief Society and Young Women’s meetings.


Sheridan 3rd Ward, 2051 Colonial Dr., 673-7368. Bishop Joseph Katschke. Sunday: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Priesthood, Relief Society and Young Women’s meetings, 1-2 p.m. Primary meeting, 3-4 p.m. Sunday school meeting, 2 -3 p.m., Sacrament meeting.


Sheridan YSA Branch, 2051 Colonial Dr., 673-9887, Branch Rod Workman. Sunday: 2:30 p.m. Sacrament, 3:50 p.m. Sunday School, 4:40 p.m. Priesthood and Relief Society.

CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY2644 Big Horn Ave., 673-5973. Sunday:

10 a.m. prayer and mass. CORNERSTONE CHURCH4351 Big Horn Ave., 672-8126, www.

cornerstoneofsheridan.org, email: [email protected]. Pastor Tony Forman. Sunday: 8:30 a.m. worship service, 10:30 a.m. wor-ship service with children’s church. Call the church for youth group, Women of the Word and B.O.O.M. (for kids grades 1-5) schedules.

DAYTON COMMUNITY CHURCH318 Bridge St Dayton, 655-2504,

Pastor Matt Tremain, Associate Pastor Collin Amick. Sunday wor-ship 9 a.m., Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Sunday Youth Group 6 p.m. Miscellaneous studies throughout the week.

FAMILY LIFE CENTER (Foursquare Gospel Church)

118 W. Fifth St., 674-9588, sheridan-familylifecenter.com. Pastor Scott Orchard. Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday school; 10 a.m. worship service. Wednesday: 7 p.m. adult Bible study.

FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD 1045 Lewis St., (307) 674-6372.

Pastor Daniel Hawker. Sunday: 9 a.m. prayer time; 10:15 a.m. worship service, 6 p.m. evening fellowship. Friday: 7:30 a.m., fellowship at Memorial Hospital cafeteria.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH3179 Big Horn Ave., 674-6693, www.

fbcsheridanwy.org, email: [email protected], Senior Pastor Chad Cowan. Sunday: 9 a.m. worship service, Sunday school classes for all ages and nursery; 10:30 a.m. wor-ship service, adult class, children’s programs and nursery. Wednesday: 6 p.m. senior and junior high youth group, children’s program and adult Bible study. Small group Bible stud-ies meet throughout the week.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Disciples of Christ)

102 S. Connor St., 674-6795, www.sheridandisciples.org. Pastor Doug Goodwin. Sunday: 8 a.m. worship, 9 a.m. Sunday school, 10 a.m. worship. Tuesday: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thrift Store open. Wednesday: 10 a.m. Bible study. Saturday: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Thrift Store open.FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST,

SCIENTIST (Christian Science Church)

455 Sumner St., 672-2041. Sunday: 11 a.m. church and Sunday school (10 a.m. June-Aug). Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. testimony meeting. Reading Room: 45 E. Loucks St., Suite 015, open weekdays except holidays 1:30-4 p.m.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST)100 W. Works St., 672-2668, Pastor:

Rev. Dr. Sheila Naismith. www.sher-idanfirstcongregationalucc.word-press.com, email: [email protected]. Worship service Sunday: 11 a.m. Monday through Friday: noon to 12:45 p.m. Lunch Together.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH2121 Colonial Drive. 307-672-171. sheri-

danfpc.church. Pastor Paul Hayden, interim pastor, and CJ Clem, coor-dinator of youth activities. Sunday: 9 a.m.: Sunday School all ages; 10 a.m.: Worship, Communion. Website: Sheridanfpc.church. Glorify God•Follow Jesus•Be His light in the world.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHLiving out God’s love. 215 W. Works St.,

(307) 672-9779, FUMCSheridanwy.org. We are now streaming online. Pastor Jim Barth. Sunday: 9:30 a.m., worship.

GRACE ANGLICAN CHURCH1992 W. Fifth St., (307) 655-8700,

email: [email protected], Facebook: Grace Anglican Church. Pastor Kevin Jones. Sunday: 10 a.m. church service.

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH (Independent-Fundamental)

1959 E. Brundage Lane (one-fourth mile east of Interstate 90 on Highway 14), 672-7391, www.grace-baptistsheridan.org. Pastor Stephen Anderson. Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday school for all ages, 11 a.m. worship service with children’s church and nursery provided, 6 p.m. worship ser-vice with nursery provided. Tuesday: 6:30 a.m. men’s Bible study, 9 a.m. women’s Bible study (every other week). Wednesday: 7 p.m. Bible study and prayer, Bible club for chil-dren and youth.

GRACE CHAPELStory. Pastor William Dill. Sunday: 10

a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. worship. HEBREW BIBLE CENTERHebraic roots of the Christian Faith.

532 Val Vista St., Suite 106. Sheridan, WY 82801. (307) 751-4927 Saturdays at 8 a.m. and noon.

HIGH COUNTRY COWBOY CHURCH, 6 North Piney Road, Story, (307) 752-2214, [email protected]. Preacher Steve Russell.

HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH260 E. Loucks St., 672-2848, www.

holynamesheridan.org, email: [email protected]. Pastor: Father Glenn Whewell. Associate Pastor: Father Clark Lenz.

Saturday: 8 a.m., mass; 3:45-5 p.m., confession; 5 p.m., mass. Sunday: 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., mass. Monday: 7 a.m., mass. Tuesday: 2 p.m., mass at Sheridan Manor. Wednesday: 12:10 p.m., mass. Thursday: 7 a.m., mass.

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS)

1300 W. Fifth St., 674-6434, [email protected]. Pastor Paul J Cain ([email protected]). Pastor René G. Castillero ([email protected]). Home of Martin Luther Grammar School, K-8 Classical Christian Education (http://wyoschool.faith) ([email protected]); accred-ited by NLSA and CCLE. Sunday: 8:05 a.m., “The Lutheran Hour” on KWYO 1410 AM; 9:15 a.m., Sunday school and Bible class; 10:30 a.m., Divine Service. Wednesday: 7 p.m., service. Monday-Friday: 9:05 a.m. “By the Way” on KROE 930 AM.

LANDMARK INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCH Sheridan Holiday Inn, Sheridan Room,

307-461-0964, email: [email protected]. Pastor Clayton Maynard. Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. worship service. Wednesday: 6 p.m. Bible study.

MOUNTAIN ALLIANCE CHURCH2452 W. Loucks St., 6732-6400, www.

mountainalliance.com. Pastor Ron Maixner. Sunday: 10 a.m. worship service, 6 p.m. youth group.

MOUNTAINVIEW FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH (SBC)54 W. Eighth St., 673-4883. Pastor Jim

Coonis. Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. worship service. Call for mid-week Bible study informa-tion.

NEW COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

24 Grinnell Ave., 672-5790, www.new-covenantwy.org. Pastor Ron Ellis. Sunday: 10 a.m. worship, 11:30 a.m. Sunday school.

OLD APOSTOLIC LUTHERAN CHURCH

111 Metz Road. Sunday service 11 a.m. Sunday school follows the morning service. Everyone welcome.

OUR LADY OF THE PINES CATHOLIC CHURCH

34 Wagon Box Road, Story, 672-2848. Sunday: 7:30 a.m., reconciliation before Mass; 8 a.m., Mass.

PRAIRIE DOG COMMUNITY CHURCHPrairie Dog Community Clubhouse,

southeast of Sheridan at intersection of Highway 14 East and Meade Creek Road (County Road 131), 672-3983. Pastor Terry Wall. Sunday: 9 a.m. non-denominational worship service.

QUAKER WORSHIP (Religious Society of Friends)Second and fourth Sundays at 4 p.m..

Call Gary Senier, (307) 683-2139, with questions

RANCHESTER COMMUNITY CHURCH

1000 Highway 14, Ranchester. Pastor

Claude Alley. Sunday: 10 a.m. wor-ship, 10:15 a.m. children’s church. Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. Bible study. Thursday: 9 a.m. to noon, 1-3 p.m. Community Cupboard and Clothes Closet open.

REAL LIFE CHURCHreallifesheridan.com/Sunday Gatherings 6 p.m. at the

Family Life Center 118 W 5th St, Sheridan, WY. Contact Us: [email protected], 307-752-4906. Like us on Facebook - www.Facebook.com/RealLifeSheridan

THE ROCK CHURCHNon-denominational, contemporary

Christian church. 1100 Big Horn Ave., 673-0939, www.bighornrock.com. Pastor Michael Garneau and Pastor Tri Robinson. Sunday: 8:45, 10:30 a.m. worship.

ST. EDMUND CATHOLIC CHURCH310 Historic Highway 14, Ranchester,

678-2848. Mass: Sunday 10 a.m.. Reconciliation: The first Sunday of the month immediately following mass. Served by Holy Name Catholic Church.

ST. PETER’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH1 S. Tschirgi St., 674-7655, Rector RJ

Johnson, Associate Priest: Fr. Andrew Cruz Lillegard. Sunday Services : Rite I - 7:30 a.m./Rite II - 10 a.m. Children & Adult Sunday School begins Sept. 23 at 9 a.m. Tuesday: Healing Service 10 a.m. Morning and Evening prayer: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 8:15 a.m. and 4 p.m. Wednesday evening prayer - 5:30 p.m. Email: [email protected] Website: www.http://stpeterssheridan.com

THE SALVATION ARMY150 S. Tschirgi St. 672-2444 or 672-

2445. Envoy-In-Charge Gary J. Dobney. Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m.,worship.

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH345 S. Main St., 672-5969, pastor-

[email protected]. Pastor Chuck Gadway, 303-229-2103. Saturday: 9:30 a.m. lesson study, 11:15 a.m. church service. Call for time and location of home prayer.

SHERIDAN WESLEYAN CHURCH404 W. Brundage Lane, 672-0612,

www.sheridanwesleyan.org. Pastor Aaron Huges, Worship pas-tor Bethany Tippin. Sunday: 9:15 a.m., Connection Hour; 10:30 a.m., Worship service. Please contact church for information on small groups, youth and children’s groups that meet throughout the week.

STORY COMMUNITY CHURCH4 Ponderosa Drive, Story, 307-217-

0393, Facebook: Story Community Church. Pastor John Constantine. Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. worship, 5:30 p.m. youth group. Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. Bible study.

SUMMIT NAZARENE CHURCH907 Bellevue Ave., 672-2505, Pastor

Alex Williams. Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school for all ages, 10:45 a.m. worship and children’s church,

6:30 p.m. praise and Bible study. Wednesday: 7 p.m. Bible study and prayer meeting for all ages.

SUNRISE ASSEMBLY OF GOD570 Marion St., 674-8424. Pastor John

Jackson. Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. worship, 6 p.m. wor-ship. Wednesday: 7 p.m. worship and adult Bible study.

THEE CHURCH OF CHRIST45 E. Loucks St. (Old Post Office

Building), Suite 19. 672-2825. Richard Snider 672-2825, Scott Osborne 752-2009. Sunday: 10 a.m. Bible class, 11 a.m. worship and com-munion. Wednesday: 7 p.m. Bible study.

THIRD DAY APOSTOLIC CENTER/GUTS CHURCH

1082 E. Brundage Lane. 307-751-5619. Daily prayer at 8 a.m. Friday eve-ning service at 6:30 p.m. Sunday evening service at 6:30 p.m. Rock of Salvation Spanish church, Saturday evening at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 10 a.m.

TONGUE RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH (Southern Baptist)

305 Coffeen St., Ranchester, 752-0415, email: [email protected]. Pastor Granger Logan. Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. worship, 6:30 p.m. worship. Wednesday: 6:30 p.m. prayer service and Bible study.

TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH135 Crescent Drive, 672-2411, tlco@

actaccess.net. Pastor Phil Wold.Sunday: Souper Bowl Sunday and

Scout Sunday, 8:30 a.m., Worship with Holy Communion; 9:45 a.m., Coffee Fellowship, Sunday School for all Ages; 11:00 a.m., Worship with Holy Communion (BASICS). Monday: 7:00 p.m., Scouts & Webelos. Wednesday: 5:30-7:30 p.m., LOGOS. Thursday: 10:45 a.m., Women’s Early Noon Study at The Hub; 5:00 p.m., Worship & Music Committee Meeting; 6:00 p.m., BASICS Practice at Green House Living; 7:00 p.m., Missional Outreach Committee Meeting. Saturday: 1:00-3:00 p.m., Family Sledding Day; 7:00 p.m., Boy Scout Awards Banquet in Fellowship Hall.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP

1950 E. Brundage Lane, 672-3325, www.sheridanuu.org. President Jules Craft. Minister Kali Dettart. We are a welcoming, non-dogmatic and spiritually liberal fellowship. Weekly Sunday service and religious educa-tion for ages 3 years to fifth grade at 10 a.m., followed by a time for coffee and fellowship. Meditation practice every Sunday 7-8 p.m.

VALLEY LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS)

1992 W. Fifth St., 672-9870.Sunday: 2:30 p.m., worship; 3:45 p.m.,

Bible class.WAGON WHEEL BAPTIST CHURCHPastor Terry White. 325-207-1407.

Meets at the YMCA in the Whitney Room. Sunday: 1:30p.m.

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HEADER PEOPLESHS announces first semester Blue Honor Roll

SHERIDAN — Sheridan High School officials recently released the names of students named to the school’s Blue Honor Roll for the first semester. Students on the list were enrolled in at least five classes and earned a 3.0 to 3.99 GPA with no grades lower than a C.

The following students earned a spot on the list.

FRESHMENBree Aksamit, Bryce Allen, Jenna

Allen, Kaitlyn Andersen, Gage Anderson, Reese Anderson, Tanner Anderson, Grace Arno, Ethan Aurand, Dylan Babcock, Tomas Bacon, Bridger Baker, Alexis Bates, Brandon Beyl, Samuel Bisso, Sydney Black, Damon Brown, Noah Brown, Ainsli Buchanan, Rye Bullick, Noah Bumbaca, Dexter Campbell-Peterson, Emma Carroll, Reese Charest, Elaine Charlson, Alden Coffey, Aubrey Cooper, Annabelle Davies, Crisjian Dennington, Jadyn DeTavernier, Henry Dickinson, Nathaniel Fitzpatrick, Hailey Foote, Trent Foster, Silvia Garza, Parris Goins, Macenzie Graham, Afton Hadfield, Marcus Hale, Kaiya Hamilton, Michael Herden, Meleah Hicks, Ethan Hill, Anna Hollen, Bowen Hulford, Matthew Ingalls, Ethan Irvine, Jessica Jolovich, Ryan Karajanis, Thomas Kaupp, Israel Laird, Noah Lansing, Christopher Larson, Emma Larson, Tyrell Laumbach, Cole Leach, Kadence Legerski, Piper Lieneman, Lanisa Liggett, Talon Luckie, Brock Mann, Amanda Maronick, Ethan Marshall, Carter McComb, Carlee McDougall, Austin McFaul, Josee McGaa, Hailey McGee, Connor McKinney, Chloe Miller, Jenna Miller, Zachary Miller, Kaden Moeller, Andrew Moore, Gamaliel Moreno-Lopez, Brennan Mortensen, Preslee Moser, Justis Mullikin, Brianna Newman, Rudy Osborne, Danika Palmer, Coen Rader, Kayleb Raulerson, Kent Redinger, Cree Ricker, Antonio Romano, Allyson Rosenlund, Kyan Rosenlund, Davni Ryan, Zackary Salyards, Sean Sanders, Rachel Sayer, Broderick Schilleman, Connor Schmidt, Matthew Schneider, Ivy Schoenfelder, Camden Schroth, Summer Schumacher, Alison Shaffer, Bryson Shosten, Frank Sinclair, Mason Sisko, Torance Sorenson, Vincent Spradling, Brock Steel, Caden Steel, Kaelic Stephens, James Strobbe, Marley Switzenberg, Trace Szekula, Gaige Tarver, Mary Thompson, Randy Tormanen, Nathan Ulery, Conner Uroszek, Ashton Wagenor, Abigail Walton, Taylor Webb, Alexis Weeder, Jacob

Wiberg, Allison Williams, Aubry Williams, Payten Wilson, Waylon Wuitschick, Harlie Young

SOPHOMORESNicholas Aasby, Cian Ahern,

Izak Aksamit, Zachary Allen, Aidan Appleby, Margaret Arndt, Wyatt Barnett, Alexandria Baxter, Aniston Beard, Kavan Bede, Alyson Begoon, Preston Beld, Kadence Bickel, Alexis Bitanga, Bailey Boulter, McCade Brown, Samantha Burgess, Caleb Bybee, Makenna Chandler, Zachariah Chauncey, Payson Cole, Alexander Coon, Hayden Crow, Madisyn Danforth, Karissa Dickson, Samantha Dillon, Emma Doyle, Larqin Duca, Elijah Dugal, Drake Fisgus, Mariah Fisher, Elias Frederick, Francisco Gallegos, Jaylin Hollen, Shannon Holzerland, Matthew Hooge, Jacqi Jenkauski, Jaydi Jenkauski, Blaine Johnson, Steven Kahm, Selina Kamran-Kohnjani, Delaney Katschke, Luke Keller, Hannah Ketner, Zachary Koltiska, Ella Laird, Samuel Lecholat, Katelyn Lee, Preston Leiker, Kevin Leonard, Jennica Ley, Addison Lucas, Aline Magelky, Quinton Mangus, Jada Manning, Sarah Manor, Johnathon Marshall, Alyssa Mauck, Cade McBroom, Ashton McComb, Harmony McDougall, Maggie McStay, Kyle Meinecke, Madelynn Mendenhall, Bailee Mentock, Jarret Miech, Gabrielle Miller, Justine Moore-Bradley, Kincade Naus, Landon Negron, Marisa Nicholls, Brenden Nivens, Benjamin Novotny, Braedenn O’Leary, Reese Osborne, Paige Padilla, Hayden Palmer, Savannah Phillips, Thomas Phillips, Duncan Pilling, Kaylee Preston, Callie Rafferty, Jens Redinger, Jentry Reid, Kahlil Rios, Ethan Rosenlund, Payton Rott, Cameron Sanburn, Makayla Scanlon, Serina Schoenfelder, Isai Sears, Jacob Smith, Mary Spomer, Daniel Stellingwerf, Holly Swaney, Britt Tormanen, Chance Ulin, Nevaeh Vaughn, Justin Vela, Gaige Vielhauer, Braden West, Alexandra Wilesmith, Alyie Williamson, Aaron Wilson

JUNIORSKimberly Allen, Richard Allen,

Ann Alsup, Elizabeth Anderson, McKenna Arndt, Tyler Arndt, Lowden Askins, Joel Bailey, Lainee Barbero, Wauren Barnett, Dustin Beadle, Maya Bork, Lauren Bosley, Brooklyn Bowie, Colmann Braley, Marian Brown, Ryan Bybee, Sophia Calkins, Amaya Cook, Garrett Coon, Jason Coonis, Nora Craft, Dorothy Dau, Seth Deutscher, Adreanna Diaz, Lane Drake, Dawson Eppe, Jack Erramouspe, Ethan Fleming,

James Fort, Alexander Garber, DayAnna Godwin, Stephanie Gonda, Connor Goss, Jackson Gould, Janelle Granger, Amber Grutzmacher, Lucas Grutzmacher, Weston Heeren, Harrison Herman, Oscar Hernandez, Marceline Horsley, Wade Jacobs, William Johanesmeyer, Ethan Johnson, Ethan Kutz, Chloe Laumann, Teegan Leno, Stephen Leonard, Carly Linn, Kathleen Magera, Brainnon Marcus, Meaghan Martin, Estephania Martinez, Camden McArthur, Logan Mendenhall, Tarrin Migrants, Leeanna Miller, Alexis Morgareidge, Dawson Morris, Haydon Mullinax, Kaitlynn Oakes, Okley Perry, Emmett Potter, Brandon Ramsay, Harry Redinger, Dylan Reeves, Ethan Rickett, Katelin Rogaczewski, Elizabeth Romanjenko, Anna Romero, Tasha Rozman, Kimberly Ruano Paredes, Samuel Salyards, Abigail Sanders, Joel Sayer, Chloe Schilling, Nakita Schoenfelder, Jasmine Schultz, Ryan Sessions, Wyatt Shaw, Kahley Sipe, Ryan Tormanen, Jamie Will, Kaiden Williams, August Wright, Kaleb Yager, Hailie Zavala, Johnnie Zukowski

SENIORSJoshuea Ahrens, Bailey Aksamit,

Zainab Al-Dhalimi, Evan Albea, Faith Atwell, Garett Avery, Wesley Bakken, Taylor Baldacci, Lucy Barten, Hunter Benedict, Kain Bennage, Madelynne Blackwell, Francesca Bonelli, Jaron Brewer, Madelaine Brown, Logan Bruney, Pedro Candau Gonzalez, Marissa Chandler, Tristin Clark, Brenden Clem, Kasey Croley, Carmen Di Maria, Joshua Eaton, Chandler Freimund, Madyson Godwin, Aidan Goodfellow, Andi Graves, Isaac Grimes, Kenneth Groomes, Christopher Guelde, DiMaggio Hamilton, Dane Hansen, Nathan Hecker, Stacianne Helferich, Cassidy Hope, Sherman Husted, Morgan Irvine, Gavin Jones, Emery Laird, Samantha Lamb, Tamaelle Lawson, Matthew Legler, Libby Leighton, Ethan Lewallen, Trenton Lewallen, Adam Lindberg, Austin Lyles, Kurtis Macha, Nicole Mack, Breeanna Maney, Mackenzie Martin, Leif Norskog, Emma Oetken, Alex Palmer, Raquel Portillo, Dariene Raymond, Alec Riegert, Walkara Robinson, Nate Roe, Devon Ryan, Taylor Sanburn, Kaitlyn Scholebo, Christian Schulenberg, Kylie Sorenson, Brenden Swaney, Olivia Sweeny, Dalton Taylor, Trenton Taylor, Kailey Teel, Rachel Thomas, Ashley Thompson, Russell Twiss, Carter Wells, Ethan Willey, Nicole Wilson

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Pizza for a Purpose to benefit cat rescue

SHERIDAN — Pizza for a Purpose this month at Powder River Pizza and Pub will benefit the Second Chance Sheridan Cat Rescue.

From 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 6, 110 percent of profits from sales will be donated to the nonprofit. In addition, Second Chance Sheridan Cat Rescue will have raffle prizes to give away.

Whether you eat in the restaurant at 803 N. Main St. or call 307-655-8040 for take-out or delivery, all sales will con-tribute to the cause.

Powder River Pizza and Pub is located at 803 N. Main St.

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Zayley Anna OwingsZayley Anna Owings was born Jan. 22, 2019, at Sheridan

Memorial Hospital.She weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces. She was welcomed by parents Jade Fieldgrove and Casey

Owings of Sheridan.Her sibling is brother Kobe Lowell.Her grandparents are Rusty and Mary-Jane Fieldgrove,

John Owings and Helen Austin, all of Sheridan.

Adele Shay RosenlundAdele Shay Rosenlund was born Jan. 24, 2019, at

Sheridan Memorial Hospital.She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces.She was welcomed by parents Clayton and Amanda

Rosenlund of Sheridan.Her siblings are brothers Kyan, Esko, Camden, Mylan

and Kinston and sisters Marcelle and Maera.Her grandparents are Don and Deb Williamson of

Moorcroft and Perry and Thelma Rosenlund of Sheridan.

Jack Dean PeleskyJack Dean Pelesky was born Jan. 29, 2019, at Sheridan

Memorial Hospital.He weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces.He was welcomed by parents Kevin and Jenelle Pelesky

of Sheridan.His sibling is sister Kember.His grandparents are James Pelesky of Buffalo and Dean

and Kim Tapani and Lisa Kelly of Sheridan.

Aaron Anthony MalmbergAaron Anthony Malmberg was born Jan. 29, 2019, at

Sheridan Memorial Hospital.He weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces.He was welcomed by parents Josh and Debbie Malmberg

of Sheridan.His siblings are brothers Dokken and Owen and sister

Reagan.His grandparents are Bill and Terry Barrett of Sheridan

and John and Rayna Malmberg of Cody.

FROM STAFF REPORTS

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Choir combines NFL players’ love of gospel music, football

ATLANTA (AP) — Retired Dallas Cowboys safety Dextor Clinkscale gets a chance each year to re-ex-perience the camaraderie of playing in the NFL when the Super Bowl Gospel Choir convenes to perform in the city hosting the league’s marquee game. The choir provides about 60 players — mostly retired and a couple of current ones — a different type of team atmosphere, one that combines a love of gos-pel music and pro football.

During rehearsal at the annual reunion , this time for Thursday night’s per-formance in the 20th Super Bowl Gospel Celebration at Atlanta Symphony Hall, Clinkscale said he felt his spirit being rekindled in the same way it does each year.

“It is part of the electric-ity and ... the power of it,” Clinkscale said Wednesday evening. “It moves through everything, and I think that’s a big reason why so many of the guys come. You see some guys that you didn’t even realize were on a roster, but the spirit of the Lord brings us together, and it just hap-pens.”

Max Garcia, a Denver offensive lineman, and New Orleans receiver Austin Carr are two active players in the choir. Former stars such as Tim Brown, Emmitt Smith

and Matt Forte and current stars Larry Fitzgerald and Russell Wilson are listed as presenters or honorees.


Goofing aroundThe Big Horn High School mascot tries to distract J.B. Brogdon from his filming duties Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019.

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HEADERAT A GLANCE10 things to know

1. TRUMP, PELOSI REMAIN FAR APART ON BORDER WALL ISSUEHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi has declared there’ll be no “wall money” in any com-promise border security deal as she and President Donald Trump signaled congressio-nal negotiators may never satisfy his demands.

2. U.S. TO WITHDRAW FROM NUCLEAR ARMS TREATYThe Trump administration is poised to announce it is withdrawing from a treaty that has been a centerpiece of superpower arms control since the Cold War.

3. WHICH OF TRUMP’S CLOSE ASSOCIATES IS HEADED BACK TO COURTDonald Trump confidant Roger Stone is due back in court in the special coun-sel’s Russia investigation as prosecutors say they have recovered “voluminous and complex” potential evidence in the case.

4. VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION LEADER TELLS POLICE TO LEAVE HIS FAMILY ALONEVenezuelan opposition lead-er, Juan Guaido, warned officers from a feared state security unit to stay away from his family after he accused them of showing up at his apartment.

5. MIDWEST AWAITS SPRING-LIKE THAWJust days after the arctic conditions, forecasts say, the Midwest will seemingly swing into another season, with temperatures climbing by as much as 80 degrees.

6. AP WAS THERE: KHOMEINI RETURNS TO IRANOn this day, exiled Shiite leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, returned to Iran in 1979, ahead of the Islamic Revolution.

7. TRUMP NOW SAYS HE AND HIS INTEL CHIEFS AGREEA day after he lashed out at U.S. intelligence agency chiefs over their assess-ments of global threats, President Donald Trump abruptly reversed course and said he and the intelli-gence community “are all on the same page.”

8. S. KOREAN WOMAN ENSLAVED BY JAPAN’S MILITARY MOURNEDThe funeral procession of a woman sexually enslaved by Japanese soldiers as a girl during WWII concluded where Kim Bok-dong had protested for decades against what she called Japanese failure to come to terms with its wartime brutality.

9. CUBAN EVANGELICALS PUSH BACK AGAINST GAY MARRIAGEA Cuban government push to legalize gay marriage has set off an unprecedented reaction from the island’s rapidly growing evangelical churches.

10. NEARLY HALF OF U.S. ADULTS HAVE HEART OR BLOOD VESSEL DISEASEA new report estimates nearly half of all U.S. adults have some form of heart or blood vessel disease, a medical milestone mostly due to recent guidelines that expanded how many people have high blood pressure.

Today’s highlight in his-tory:

On Feb. 1, 1960, four black college students began a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, where they’d been refused service.

On this date:In 1790, the U.S. Supreme

Court convened for the first time in New York. (However, since only three of the six jus-tices were present, the court recessed until the next day.)

In 1862, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” a poem by Julia Ward Howe, was published in the Atlantic Monthly.

In 1942, during World War II, the Voice of America broadcast its first program to Europe, relaying it through the facilities of the British Broadcasting Corp. in London.

In 1943, during World War II, one of America’s most highly decorated military units, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up almost exclusively of Japanese-Americans, was authorized.

In 1946, Norwegian states-man Trygve Lie was chosen to be the first secretary-gener-al of the United Nations.

In 1959, men in Switzerland rejected giving women the right to vote by a more than 2-1 referendum margin. (Swiss women gained the right to vote in 1971.)

In 1968, during the Vietnam War, South Vietnam’s police chief (Nguyen Ngoc Loan) execut-ed a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head in a scene captured by news photographers. Richard M. Nixon announced his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.

In 1979, Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini received a tumultu-ous welcome in Tehran as he ended nearly 15 years of exile.

In 1982, “Late Night with David Letterman” premiered on NBC.

In 1994, Jeff Gillooly, Tonya Harding’s ex-husband, pleaded guilty in Portland, Ore., to racketeering for his part in the attack on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan in exchange for a 24-month sen-tence (he ended up serving six) and a $100,000 fine.

In 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven of its crew members: com-mander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; pay-load commander Michael Anderson; mission special-ists Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and Laurel Clark; and payload specialist Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli in space.

Ten years ago: The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 to win Super Bowl XLIII (43). Rafael Nadal held off Roger Federer to win the Australian Open, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2. Olympic great Michael Phelps acknowledged “bad judgment” after a photo in a British newspaper showed him inhaling from a marijua-na pipe.

Five years ago: The United Nations’ secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, pressed the U.S. and Russia to help ensure that peace talks aimed at stemming Syria’s civil war would resume soon after a week of peace talks ended in Geneva with no concrete progress.

One year ago: Republican State Rep. Don Shooter was expelled from the Arizona House because of a lengthy pattern of sexual misconduct, making him the first state lawmaker in the U.S. to be booted out since the #MeToo movement emerged.

Thought for Today: “To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius.” — Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish author (1888-1957).

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Cantus vocal ensemble to present ‘Alone Together’

SHERIDAN — Minnesota-based men’s vocal ensemble Cantus will present “Alone Together” on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Whitney Center for the Arts at Sheridan College.

Tickets cost $25 and may be purchased online at www.whitneyarts.org or at the Sheridan College Cashier’s Office during business hours.

In “Alone Together,” Cantus explores what it means to connect in a modern world where our ability to communicate has never been easier or more advanced, but where the rifts between nations, among communities and in individual relationships only seem to widen. The program is anchored by three works written for Cantus by Steven Sametz, David Lang and a new, multi-move-ment work by Libby Larsen, commissioned by Music Accord and written specifically around themes of technology and connection in our mod-ern world.

“The Sheridan community should take this amaz-ing opportunity to hear Cantus — you will not be disappointed,” said Dr. Robert Psurny, director of

choirs and vocal studies at SC. “They are one of the premiere male ensembles active today.”

Integral to the Cantus mission is its commitment to preserve and deepen music education in schools. On Feb. 4, the ensemble will host a presentation for Sheridan College music majors called “Making Music in the Real World: What Comes Next After College?” where they will share personal insight on what can be expected from the 21st century musician.

To view videos and learn more about Cantus, see www.cantussings.org. For more information about this and upcoming events at Whitney Center for the Arts, go to www.whitneyarts.org or call 307-675- 0360.

Whitney Center for the Arts is located on the Sheridan College campus at 1 Whitney Way.

Book signing set for SaturdaySHERIDAN — Sheridan Stationery, Books and

Gallery will host a book signing Saturday from 1-3 p.m.

Patricia Jones will sign copies of her newest novel “Sagebrush Alley.”

For more information, call the store at 307-674-8080. The bookstore is located at 206 N. Main St.

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SATURDAY EVENTS |

NATIONAL OBITUARY |

TODAY IN HISTORY |

• 9 a.m., grand reopening open house, Landon’s Greenhouse, Nursery and Landscaping, 505 College Meadows Drive

• 10 a.m., lamb crema tacos cooking class with Shelly Jelly of Hillside Spirit Farm, Cottonwood Kitchen + Home, 234 N. Main St., $45

• 10:55 a.m., The Met Live in HD featuring Bizet’s “Carmen,” WYO Performing Arts and Education Center, 42 N. Main St., $21 adult/senior, $11 student

• 11:30 a.m., Sheridan High School girls basketball vs. Cheyenne East, Sheridan High School, 1056 Long Drive

• noon, chili cook-off with duck walk, Rainbow Bar, 264 N. Main St.• 1 p.m., Sheridan High School boys basketball vs. Cheyenne East, Sheridan High School, 1056 Long

Drive• 1 p.m., Patricia Jones book signing, Sheridan Stationery, Books and Gallery, 206 N. Main St.,• 2 p.m., cupid’s cupcake painting class with The Paint Post, Bliss Yogurt, 1842 Sugarland Drive , $25• 2:30 p.m., Big Horn High School girls basketball vs. Newcastle, Big Horn High School, 333 Highway

335, Big Horn• 3 p.m., Big Horn High School boys basketball vs. Newcastle, Big Horn High School, 333 Highway 335,

Big Horn• 3 p.m., cribbage games, Koltiska Distillery, 644 Crook St., free to play• 3:30 p.m., squirt B hockey vs. Gillette Purple, Whitney Rink at the M&M’s Center, 475 E. Brundage St.• 4 p.m., bantams hockey vs. Laramie, Whitney Rink at the M&M’s Center, 475 E. Brundage St.• 4 p.m., Cowboy Country Groundhog Day tasting with Cowboy Country Distilling out of Pinedale,

Killy’s Smokehouse Deli, 1062 Brundage Lane• 5 p.m., yoga on tap for Antelope Butte Mountain Recreation Area followed by Dugan Irby live music,

WYO Performing Arts and Education Center, 42 N. Main St., $20• 6 p.m., fifth annual dad and daughter dance, Sheridan County Fairgrounds, 1753 Victoria St., $50 per

dad and daughter, $20 per additional daughter, 2 years old and younger free, purchase tickets online at mlgs.ticketbud.com/dance2019

• 6 p.m., Wyoming grown painting class, The Paint Post, 117 N. Main St., $35• 6 p.m., Souper Bowl party prep cooking class with Chef Aaron Schanzenback, Cottonwood Kitchen +

Home, 234 N. Main St., $65• 7 p.m., music and line dancing with free line dancing lessons, American Legion, 137 Brooks St.• 7 p.m., CANTUS vocal ensemble, Whitney Center for the Arts, Sheridan College, 1 Whitney Way, tick-

et price not listed• 7 p.m., Cruisin’ 2.0 annual 1959 winter dance party celebration, Luminous Brewhouse, 504 Broadway

St.• 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Sheridan Civic Theatre Guild presents David

Mamet’s “American Buffalo,” Carriage House Theater, 419 Delphi Ave., $15 adult, $12 senior/military/student

Country Music Hall of Fame guitarist Harold

Bradley dies

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country Music Hall of Fame guitarist Harold Bradley, who played on hundreds of hit coun-try records including “Crazy,” ‘‘King of the Road” and “Crying” and helped create “The Nashville Sound” with his brother Owen, has died at the age of 93.

His daughter Beverly Bradley

said he died Thursday morning in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was born.

The Bradley brothers had a huge impact on Nashville during the 1950s and beyond, with Harold serving as a member of the “A Team” of session musi-cians and Owen leading Decca Records.

Harold was born in 1926 and switched from banjo to guitar at the urging of his brother. He was a teenager when he started play-ing professionally, touring with

Ernest Tubb and making his debut on the “Grand Ole Opry.”

During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy and after his discharge, he came back to Nashville to become an in-de-mand session player. He played on songs for Hank Williams, Eddy Arnold, the Everly Brothers, Burl Ives, Red Foley, Anita Bryant and Patsy Cline.

Many consider him to be one of the most recorded musicians ever, appearing on multiple Elvis Presley records.

FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


Petting the ramBig Horn Elementary School third-grader Blaine Fancher cautiously reaches out to pet the Rams’ mascot during the seniors vs. faculty game at Big Horn High School Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019.


HEADER ALMANACSHERIDANFIRE-RESCUEThursday• Accident clean up,

Loucks Street and Jefferson Street, 12:28 p.m.

• Activated fire alarm, 50 block East Alger Street, 5:11 p.m.

• Rocky Mountain Ambulance assist, 1200 Pioneer Street, 8:33 p.m.

• Activated fire alarm, 400 block North Jefferson Street, 8:48 p.m.

GOOSE VALLEY FIREDEPARTMENTThursday• No calls reported. ROCKY MOUNTAINAMBULANCEThursday• Trauma, Avoca Avenue,

7:01 a.m.• Medical, West Fifth

Street, 10:58 a.m.• Medical, West Loucks

Street, 12:10 p.m.• Trauma, West Loucks

Street and Jefferson Street, 12:28 p.m.

• Medical, West Brundage Lane, 12:38 p.m.

• Medical, West Fifth Street, 1:52 p.m.

• Trauma, Sugarland Drive, 2:01 p.m.

• Medical, West Fifth Street, 2:17 p.m.

• Trauma, Sugarland Drive, 5:17 p.m.

• Medical, South Thurmond Street, 5:59 p.m.

• Medical, Martin Avenue, 6:02 p.m.

• Medical, Skeels Street, 6:18 p.m.

• Medical, West Brundage Street, 6:56 p.m.

• Medical, Pioneer Street, 8:32 p.m.

• Lift assist, West Loucks Street, 10:38 p.m.

• Blood draw, West 12th Street, 10:43 p.m.

SHERIDAN MEMORIAL

HOSPITALThursday• Dismissals — Amanda

K Szymaniak, Sheridan; Aspen Nowell Szymaniak, Sheridan

SHERIDAN POLICEDEPARTMENTInformation in the police

reports is taken from the SPD website.

Thursday• Bar check, North Main

Street, 12:48 a.m.• Bar check, North Main

Street, 12:48 a.m.

• DUI, North Heights Drive, 1:53 a.m.

• Illegal parking, North Custer Street, 8:22 a.m.

• Medical, West Fifth Street, 10:57 a.m.

• VIN inspection, West 12th Street, 11:05 a.m.

• Accident, Avenue and Coffeen Avenue, 11:36 a.m.

• Snow removal, West Fifth Street, 11:56 a.m.

• VIN inspection, West 12th Street, 12:16 p.m.

• Accident, Loucks Street and Jefferson Street, 12:23 p.m.

• Theft cold, North Main Street, 1:05 p.m.

• Citizen assist, West 12th Street, 1:10 p.m.

• Suspicious circumstance, South Canby Street, 1:09

• Snow removal, West Loucks Street, 2:09 p.m.

• Abandoned vehicle, North Thurmond Street, 2:10 p.m.

• Welfare check, South Sheridan Avenue, 2:23 p.m.

• Stalking, South Canby Street, 3:36 p.m.

• DUI citizen report, North Main Street, 8:03 p.m.

• Fire alarm, North

Jefferson Street, 8:46 p.m.• Suspicious vehicle, East

Brundage Lane, 9:03 p.m. SHERIDAN COUNTYSHERIFF’S OFFICEThursday• Motorist assist, Brooks

Street, Ranchester, 12:20 a.m.

• Stalking, River Street, Big Horn, 2:20 a.m.

• Harassment, Mobile Circle, Ranchester, 12:33 a.m.

• Trespass warning, Rosebud Lane, Story, 1:46 p.m.

• Alarm; burglar, Hillocks Lane, 3:59 p.m.

• Civil dispute, Big Goose Road, 5:50 p.m.

• Suspicious vehicle, Acme Road, Ranchester, 9:37 p.m.

• Domestic, West 16th Street, 11:38 p.m.

ARRESTSNames of individuals

arrested for domestic vio-lence or sexual assault will not be released until the individuals have appeared in court.

Thursday

• Andrew R Jager, 21, Sheridan, DUI, circuit court, arrested by SPD

• Judith E Walsh, 45, Sheridan, DUI, circuit court, arrested by SPD

JAILTodayDaily inmate count: 58Female inmate count: 14Inmates at treatment facil-

ities (not counted in daily inmate count): 0

Inmates housed at other facilities (not counted in daily inmate count): 1

Number of book-ins for the previous day: 2

Number of releases for the previous day: 4

REPORTS |Ocean mixing that drives climate found in surprise location

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the key drivers of the world’s climate is an area in the North Atlantic Ocean where warmer and colder water mix and swirl. When scientists went for their first close look at this critical underwater dyna-mo, they found they were looking in the wrong place.

By hundreds of miles.The consequences are

not quite yet understood, but eventually it could change forecasts of one of the worst-case global warming scenarios — still considered unlikely this century — in which the mixing stops and cli-mate chaos ensues.

It’s called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation , and sci-entists describe it as a giant ocean conveyor belt that moves water from Greenland south to beyond the tip of Africa and into the Indian Ocean.

Warm, salty water near the surface moves north and mixes with cold, fresher water near Greenland.

As that water cools and sinks it drives a slow circulation of the oceans that is critical to global climate, affecting the location of droughts and frequency of hurricanes. It also stores heat-trap-ping carbon dioxide deep in the ocean.

The faster it moves, the more warm water gets sent into the depths to cool.

The area where warm water turns over in the North Atlantic is con-sidered to be the engine of the conveyor belt. Scientists thought it was in the Labrador Sea west of Greenland.

But then a new inter-national science team measured temperature, saltiness and the speed of ocean currents through-out the North Atlantic

to try to better under-stand the conveyor belt. The preliminary results after hundreds of mea-surements in 21 months found that engine was several hundreds of miles east of where they figured, said study lead author Susan Lozier, an ocean sciences professor at Duke University.

The study, published in Thursday’s journal Science, puts it east of Greenland, closer to Scotland.

The computer simula-tions that predict how the climate could change in coming years didn’t factor in exactly where the conveyor belt engine is, and now they may be able to.

Lozier and several outside experts said this doesn’t change their trust in the models, especially because when the models are checked with what is happening in the real world, they are found to be generally accurate.

“It doesn’t mean that the models are all wrong at all,” said Tom Delworth, a senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s geophysical lab in Princeton, New Jersey.

MIT’s Carl Wunsch and other outside experts said the study was help-ful, but pointed out that 21 months of study is not enough to know if this different location is tem-porary or permanent.

Scientists have long feared that the conveyor belt could be slowing and, in a worst-case sce-nario, could even stop and cause abrupt and catastrophic climate change. It is considered a potential climate tipping point that was the prem-ise of the scientifically inaccurate 2004 disaster movie “The Day After Tomorrow.”


Pumping up the crowd The Lady Rams head coach Kip Butler gets the crowd involved by starting the wave during the seniors vs. faculty game at Big Horn High School Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019.

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Laramie 46/29/pc 46/23/sn 40/22/pcNewcastle 48/31/pc 44/11/sn 25/15/cRawlins 39/34/pc 41/26/sn 38/28/snRiverton 38/26/pc 40/21/sn 34/14/cRock Springs 35/29/c 37/22/sn 35/22/snScottsbluff 63/26/pc 56/17/c 45/22/pcSundance 42/31/c 39/1/sn 15/3/cYellowstone 31/23/sn 29/16/sn 25/8/sn

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SERVICE NOTICE |John W. Mueller

John W. Mueller, 94, of Buffalo, died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. at his home surrounded by family. Funeral ser-vices will be held Friday, Feb. 8, 2019 at 2 p.m. at Harness Funeral Home Chapel in Buffalo with Pastor Larry Sydow officiating. Interment will be in Willow Grove Cemetery with military graveside rites immediately following the funeral. A reception will be held at American Legion in Buffalo following the graveside. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, from 1 to 9 p.m. and on Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Donations in Mueller’s memory may be made to St. Francis Animal Shelter or Meals on Wheels in care of Harness Funeral Home, 351 N. Adams. Buffalo, WY 82834. Online condolenc-es may be made at www.harnessfuneralhome.com.

DEATH NOTICE |Wilma S. Browne

Wilma S. Browne, 95, of Sheridan, died Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, at Westview Health Care Center. Online condolenc-es may be written at www.kanefuneral.com. Kane Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.


BY MORGAN HUGHESWYOMING TRIBUNE EAGLE

VIA WYOMING NEWS EXCHANGE

CHEYENNE — Mady Goossen has been out-scouting the boys for most of her life. She can tie the knots, she can recite the pledge and the oath, and she’s been holding three fingers up to the Boy Scout values for more than a decade. But prior to midnight Thursday, that was all done in an unoffi-cial capacity. But Friday, she and four other girls in Cheyenne were among the first girls in the country to be inducted into the Boy Scouts, now called Scouts BSA.

In October 2017, the Boy Scouts of America announced they would be accepting girls into an organization that had been boys-only for more than 100 years. In the statement announcing the change, Boy Scouts of America Chief Scout Executive Michael Surbaugh said, “The values of Scouting - trustworthy, loyal, helpful, kind, brave and reverent,

for example — are import-ant for both young men and women.”

And Mady is glad to finally be recognized for the work she has been doing for so long.

“I was kind of upset that I didn’t get rewarded for what I did, so I’m really excited to finally get the recognition that I’ve been waiting to get for a while,” she said.

Mady isn’t alone. She and the other four inductees — Julianna Johnson, Lizabeth Kidd, Melissa Kidd and Taylor Merriman-Fish — call themselves the “First Ladies” of Troop 221, and they say they’re ready to prove to people that girls can do whatever boys can. The girls range from sixth grade to juniors in high school, but they all share the goal of bettering them-selves through the Boy Scouts values.

Julianna has been attending Scout meetings and campouts since she was 2 years old. Her dad, Bobby Johnson, said she was beating the boys in

knot-tying competitions since before she could walk. In fact, all of the new inductees have been involved with the Scouts unofficially for years.

But there has been resis-tance, and leading the charge against the change is the Girl Scouts of the USA, which is suing the Boy Scouts of America over the name change.

Julianna is in Girl Scouts, too, and she said the girls in her Girl Scout troop aren’t happy with the idea.

“The girls aren’t real-ly happy with me being allowed to be in both,” she said. “But I learn a lot of different skills in each one of them, and it helps me grow in both of them.”

The new troop’s scout-master, Valerie Merriman-Fish, said even some of her family members have been reluctant to accept the change. But she said ulti-mately, it’s not about boys versus girls.

“It’s just giving them another platform for them to be able to grow,” she said. “They’ll get a taste of

different occupations, and I think just the teambuild-ing will definitely give them a head start in the workplace.”

The girls themselves agree.

“Things can change,” Melissa said.

The girls will now be able to work toward the Eagle rank, which all of them plan to do. And they said they will work togeth-er and build new skills that without the Scouts, they wouldn’t have access to.

But being that these girls are in the first class of lady Scouts, they feel somewhat under the microscope, Merriman-Fish said.

“There are going to be people watching us,” she said.

Julianna said that’s not necessarily a bad thing, as it gives them an oppor-tunity to be an example to others.

“There are people tell-ing us, ‘You can’t do that, you’re a girl,’ so we want to leave that for the young-er girls; we can do it, and so can they,” she said.

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“Our mission is to pre-serve and celebrate our western culture while actively contributing to Sheridan’s economy, and we like to partner with like-minded folks,” Siddle said. “EMIT has been part of the WYO Rodeo family for years, and they’ve just ratcheted up their support to the WYO Rodeo’s top-ti-er, official sponsor ranks. EMIT is one of Sheridan’s fastest growing companies,

a top employer and major economic contributor in Sheridan and beyond.”

Casey Osborn, EMIT’s CEO, said he and compa-ny employees are excited for the opportunity to become one of the WYO Rodeo’s official sponsors.

“The Sheridan WYO Rodeo brings us all together like no other event, and at EMIT we believe ‘together’ is when Sheridan is at its best,” Osborn said. “That’s at the heart of our sponsor-ship.”

COURTESY PHOTO | JACOB BYK, WYOMING TRIBUNE EAGLE

Flanked by current Boy Scouts, Lisabeth Kidd, 16, and her sister Melissa Kidd, 13, make a pledge during Cheyenne’s first induc-tion ceremony for girls to enter the Boy Scouts of America. Five girls became scouts in local Troop 221 during the ceremony.

Cheyenne girls among first inducted into Boy Scouts

US pulls out of Cold War-era nuclear treaty, blaming RussiaWASHINGTON (AP)

— The United States announced Friday that it was pulling out of a land-mark nuclear arms control treaty with Russia, accus-ing Moscow of violating the Cold War-era pact with “impunity” by continuing to develop banned missiles.

President Donald Trump said Russia has been secret-ly developing “a prohibited missile system that poses a direct threat to our allies and troops abroad.” He said the U.S. had adhered to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty since it was signed in 1987, but Russia has not.

“We cannot be the only country in the world unilat-erally bound by this treaty, or any other,” Trump said in a written statement.

Some analysts worry the demise of the centerpiece of superpower arms con-trol could fuel a new arms race. U.S. officials fear that China, which is not party to the treaty, is gaining a sig-nificant military advantage in Asia by deploying large numbers of missiles with ranges beyond the treaty’s limit.

Trump said the U.S. will “suspend its obliga-tions” under the treaty on Saturday, meaning it will be freed from its constraints that included the banning of testing and deployment of missiles. At the same time, the U.S. will begin with-drawing from the treaty,

which will be effective in six months, he said.

An American withdraw-al had been expected for months after years of unre-solved dispute over Russian compliance with the pact. It was the first arms control measure to ban an entire class of weapons: ground-launched cruise missiles with a range between 500 kilometers (310 miles) and 5,500 kilometers (3,400 miles).

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in early December that Washington would give Moscow 60 days to return to compliance before it gave formal notice of withdrawal. The 60-day deadline expires Saturday.

Technically, a U.S. with-drawal would take effect six months after this week’s notification, leaving a small window for saving the treaty. However, in talks this week in Beijing, the U.S. and Russia reported no breakthrough in their dispute, leaving little reason to think either side would change its stance on wheth-er a Russian cruise missile violates the pact.

“We have raised Russia’s noncompliance with Russian officials — includ-ing at the highest levels of government — more than 30 times,” Pompeo told reporters Friday at the State Department. “We have provided Russia an ample window of time to mend its way.

FROM WYOMING NEWS EXCHANGE NEWSPAPERS

Groups praise decision to pull

parcels from leaseROCK SPRINGS (WNE)

— Conservation groups expressed their apprecia-tion to the Bureau of Land Management after it decided to take off eight proposed oil and gas lease parcels, six whole and two partial, with-in the Red Desert to Hoback mule deer migration corri-dor.

The BLM released the March 2019 oil and gas lease sale list, which includes 140 parcels total-

ing about 148,909 acres, on Wednesday. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department recommended pulling the eight parcels until the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan revision was completed.

The BLM is scheduled to release a draft of the plan’s final environmental impact statement in May, according to the BLM’s October 2018 National Environmental Policy Act Hotsheet.

“The BLM decision to defer leases, wholly and partially, is the correct deci-sion,” Wyoming Wildlife Federation Policy Director Joy Bannon said on Thursday.

“Smart from the start

strategy and management is critical to conserving these migration corridors,” she said. “We applaud the Wyoming Game and Fish for their hard work to safe-guard these vital habitats.”

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Wyoming Field Representative Nick Dobric said the group was thankful for the BLM’s decision.

”We appreciate the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s increased leadership to request defer-ring energy leases in recog-nized big game migration corridors until appropri-ate lease stipulations can be applied,” Dobric said. “We also appreciate their

attention to stopover areas, where deer spent 95 percent of their migration and are used spring and fall, year after year.”

Shutdown delays man’s burial

RIVERTON (WNE) — The unclaimed remains of a man who died Jan. 7 finally will be interred this week - slightly later than usual due to the partial federal govern-ment shutdown that ended Friday.

Fremont County Coroner Mark Stratmoen said the federal government shut-down made it difficult to determine whether the deceased — Richard Arthur Robinson, 61 — was a vet-eran.

The man’s veteran status determines where he is laid to rest. The unclaimed remains of honorably dis-charged veterans are buried at the Wyoming Veterans Cemetery in Casper, while others are interred in Mountain View Cemetery in Riverton.

On Tuesday, Stratmoen said Robinson was not a veteran “as far as we know. There have been some issues with verifications of federal things due to the government shutdown,” Stratmoen said.

He added that, even though the government is back up and running now, there still is a month-long backlog of work to sort through at the federal level that has slowed processing of information.

“The government may

have gone back to work Monday, but now they have over a month’s worth of stuff (to do),” he said. “So we can’t verify.”

He has decided to move forward with the burial regardless.

Trial dates set in cover-up of superin-tendent’s accidentTORRINGTON (WNE) –

Trial dates have been set for two Goshen County School District No. 1 employees as well as former district superintendent Jean Chrostoski after the defen-dants allegedly conspired to cover up a vehicle accident involving Chrostoski in late December.

Loreen Fritzler and Kim Cawthra, who are both administrative assistants at the GCSD No. 1 central office, are facing single mis-demeanor counts of conspir-acy to interfere with a law enforcement officer.

Fritzler’s trial has been scheduled for March 11 at 1:30 p.m. Cawthra will stand trial the same day at 2:30 p.m. Both defendants have pleaded not guilty.

Chrostoski’s case will be heard by Eighth Circuit Judge Randal Arp on Feb. 13 at 10:30 a.m. She has been charged with a pair of misdemeanors; one count of failure to notify law enforce-ment of a vehicle accident, and one charge of conspir-acy to commit interference with a police officer.

Chrostoski announced her retirement from her superintendent post in

January during a special meeting of the Goshen County Schools Board of Trustees. Her retirement is effective as of Feb. 1. In a letter read during the meet-ing, Chrostoski said she has been “struggling with this decision since I turned 60 in September, and have spent the last few months trying to determine when the right time would be to retire.”

Parents of New Year’s baby

charged with felony child abuse

LARAMIE (WNE) — A Laramie couple, Kaycee and Kelvie Easton, was arrested last week for almost three years worth of child abuse.

The Eastons were featured in the Laramie Boomerang earlier this month after becoming the parents of the first baby born at Ivinson Memorial Hospital in 2019. Their new daughter is their fourth child.

However, staff at Albany County School District No. 1 approached the Laramie Police Department offi-cer Elizabeth Smith after becoming concerned about some of bruising suffered by one of the Eastons’ children who said the bruising came after Kaycee Easton held her down on the floor.

The Eastons gave con-flicting accounts of how the bruising occurred.

Smith already knew of another incident in which Kaycee Easton apparently restrained a child for two hours.

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Big Horn boys use defense to overwhelm Tongue River in final two quarters

BIG HORN — The lead had dwin-dled to 10 for the Big Horn High School boys basketball team. The Rams led by as many as 20 points in the first quarter, but Tongue River High School made a valiant come-back to cut the deficit in half, trail-ing 44-34 after two quarters.

In the locker room at halftime, the Big Horn coaches and players chal-lenged each other to come out stron-ger in the third quarter.

The Rams did just that. They forced a bevy of turnovers

and held the Eagles to 14 second-half points on the way to an 83-48 non-conference victory Thursday night. Big Horn is now 12-3 overall. Tongue River dropped to 4-12.

After briefly cutting the lead to single digits, Tongue River struggled to get its offensive rhythm going. Once the Eagles lessened the gap to eight points, Big Horn went on a 10-2 run and didn’t look back. The Rams forced TR into bad passes and rushed shots, repeatedly turning defense into offense.

“If we can get a few easy baskets and get two or three runs in a game where we get six, eight points, we feel pretty good about our chances,” Big Horn head coach Mike Daley said.

Tongue River head coach Tyler

Hanson said turnovers plagued the Eagles in the second half.

“If we were all to be honest with ourselves, we turned over the ball too much,” Hanson said. “That’s the honest truth of it.”

Hanson said the team’s effort and competitiveness were terrific but players pressed a bit too much and forced a few passes and shots.

The Eagles performed better than in the first matchup against Big Horn earlier this month, but Hanson said they still have plenty of areas to improve. In addition to taking care of the ball, the team needs to com-municate better on defense.

BY RYAN [email protected] Lady Rams shut

down Lady EaglesBIG HORN — The Big

Horn High School girls bas-ketball team forced Tongue River High School into a 10-second backcourt vio-lation on the Lady Eagles’ first offensive possession.

The turnover served as a precursor of things to come. Thanks to stifling defense and balanced offense, Big Horn pulled away in the sec-ond half for a 52-22 noncon-ference victory Thursday night. Big Horn improved to 10-5 overall, while Tongue River fell to 3-13.

The Lady Rams played at full strength for the first time all season. Aided by Shyan Davidson and Reata Cook returning from inju-ries, Big Horn pushed the pace throughout the contest.

Big Horn played excel-lent third-quarter defense, holding the Lady Eagles scoreless. The Lady Rams constantly pressured TR and did not allow any breathing room. The Lady Eagles struggled to get a

shot off, much less a good look at the basket. Including the third quarter and parts of the second and fourth quarters, Big Horn did not allow any points for nearly 10 minutes of game time. During that span, the Lady Rams stretched their lead from a 12-point margin to a 41-13 advantage.

Big Horn head coach Kip Butler said the Lady Rams have performed well in most third quarters this season after he challenges them and they challenge them-selves.

“They understand how important coming out of the third quarter is,” Butler said. “If you can really shut [an opponent] down that first part of the third quar-ter, you just mentally take control of the game.”

Tongue River’s Carleigh Reish converted a layup for the first points of the game, but the Lady Rams took over from there. Big Horn scored nine straight points and led the rest of the way.

BY RYAN [email protected]


The Lady Rams’ Alisyn Hutton (5) elevates for the jump shot to score two against Tongue River Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. Big Horn won 52-22.


The Lady Eagles’ Izzy Carbert (20) goes up for the layup at Big Horn High School Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019.


The Eagles’ Daie’n Bear Don’t Walk (30) shoots under pressure from the Rams’


Big Horn’s Kade VanDyken (25) pulls up at the top of the key to hit the jump shot against Tongue River Thursday, Jan 31, 2019. The Rams beat the Eagles 83-48.

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STALWART SECOND HALF

Arenado, Rockies agree at $26MDENVER (AP) — Nolan Arenado

produces big numbers whether he steps into the batter’s box or up to the negotiating table.

The All-Star third baseman and the Colorado Rockies agreed to a $26 million deal to avoid arbitration on Thursday, the largest one-year sala-ry for an arbitration-eligible player.

“It’s a great number. Very happy,” Arenado wrote in a message to The Associated Press. He and his side met with Rockies owner Dick Monfort and general manager Jeff Bridich to hammer out the historic deal.

Josh Donaldson set the previous mark at $23 million with Toronto last season. The 27-year-old Arenado was set to pass that record even if he went to arbitration. Arenado asked for $30 million earlier this month, while the Rockies offered $24 mil-lion.

“Means a lot, we had good dia-logue,” Arenado said. “Very honest, very straight forward. Everyone has tough skin and sometimes you have to in business and I realized that firsthand. Was great.”

One short-term solution figured out.

On deck, perhaps another of the longer term variety.

Arenado becomes eligible for free agency after the 2019 season and figures to be the top player on the market next offseason.

That is, if he and the Rockies can’t work out a deal beforehand. The free-agent market has been highly unpredictable the past few offsea-sons, with Bryce Harper, Manny Machado and many other free agents still without deals as spring training rapidly approaches.

For now, Arenado’s relishing in this moment.

“It feels good to have things set-tled,” said Arenado, a second-round pick by Colorado in 2009 who’s been an All-Star the last four seasons. “I think it’s good to have less things in the back of your mind and this is one of them. It’s (a) great day — great mutual respect between me, my agency and the club.”

Arenado has won a Gold Glove at third base in each of his six major

league seasons. He is a career .291 hitter with 186 home runs, 616 RBIs and an .886 OPS. He batted .297 with an NL-leading 38 homers last season, finishing third in MVP voting while making $17.85 million.

Even more, he helped Colorado to a second straight postseason appearance and nearly the team’s first NL West title, before losing in a tiebreaker at Los Angeles in Game No. 163. The Rockies advanced by beating the Chicago Cubs in the NL wild-card game. They were swept by the Milwaukee Brewers in the Division Series.

One thing’s for sure: Manager Bud Black certainly wouldn’t mind scribbling Arenado’s name into the lineup for years to come.

“I do think there’s a desire on both sides to get something done,” Black said. “I’m not in that loop on a regular basis. But regardless of what happens short-term or long-term, Nolan will be ready to play. He knows his purpose is to be a baseball player. And that’s what he does. He plays.”

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Sweet or spicy?

Super Bowl chilis with

regional twists

ATLANTA (AP) — If the Super Bowl was a chili cook-off, it would come down to the sweetness of baked beans representing New England against the spicy punch of jalapenos coming out of Los Angeles.

Tough choice.Hormel’s master chef

Kenneth Temple, a native of New Orleans, was hoping to be cooking up a bayou brand of the popular dish for Sunday’s game, but pen-alty flags — a lack of them, actually — got in the way. Ever the sport, he has been producing delicious batches of Dynasty Dip and City of Angels Chili Dip this week at the Super Bowl.

With Vikings star receiv-er Adam Thielen at his side in a small kitchen at Irwin Street Market and the renowned Jake’s Ice Cream — invent a flavor and owner Jake Rothschild will make it — Temple talked food and football.

“You know I’d like every-one to be sampling the Saints’ chili,” said Temple, who also prepared Big Easy and Kansas City versions before the conference cham-pionships. “I made gumbo and chili and it was all absolutely gone during the (Rams-Saints) game. But I wasn’t eating anything after that game. Maybe had a cou-ple shots of whiskey.”

So it’s two distinctly dif-ferent chilis for the Super Bowl, as distinct as the areas the teams represent.

For his New England dish, Temple used Boston baked beans, which bring out an array of flavors unmatched by most chilis. Sort of comparable to the number of Super Bowl rings and appearances for Tom Brady.

The feedback through social media and on Hormel’s website, he said, has been “exceptional.”

“I think the authenticity is appreciated,” Temple said Thursday while allowing a reporter to pig out on both of his creations. “You never hear of a sweet and savory bean in it, but it is a blend that is unique.”

Thielen also dug in and seemed to prefer the LA version, which used turkey instead of meat because, Temple said, “LA is beach-body ready.”

“I like it spicier, and this has a kick,” he said, making sure he loaded up on the jalapenos. “But they’re both delicious.”

Temple called Thielen a perfect accompanist as the chilis were prepared and cooked, but Thielen admitted his wife handles the more complex chilis at home.

BY BARRY WILNER AP PRO FOOTBALL WRITER

All Times ESTEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division W L Pct GBToronto 37 16 .698 —Philadelphia 34 18 .654 2½Boston 32 19 .627 4Brooklyn 28 25 .528 9New York 10 40 .200 25½Southeast Division W L Pct GBMiami 24 25 .490 —Charlotte 24 26 .480 ½Washington 22 29 .431 3Orlando 21 31 .404 4½Atlanta 16 34 .320 8½Central Division W L Pct GBMilwaukee 37 13 .740 —Indiana 32 19 .627 5½Detroit 22 28 .440 15Chicago 12 40 .231 26Cleveland 11 41 .212 27WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division W L Pct GBSan Antonio 31 22 .585 —Houston 29 21 .580 ½Dallas 23 28 .451 7New Orleans 23 29 .442 7½Memphis 20 32 .385 10½Northwest Division W L Pct GBDenver 35 15 .700 —Oklahoma City 32 18 .640 3Portland 32 20 .615 4Utah 29 23 .558 7Minnesota 25 26 .490 10½Pacific Division W L Pct GBGolden State 36 15 .706 —L.A. Clippers 28 24 .538 8½L.A. Lakers 27 25 .519 9½Sacramento 26 25 .510 10Phoenix 11 42 .208 26------Thursday’s GamesDetroit 93, Dallas 89Orlando 107, Indiana 100Milwaukee 105, Toronto 92San Antonio 117, Brooklyn 114L.A. Lakers 123, L.A. Clippers 120, OTPhiladelphia 113, Golden State 104Friday’s GamesMemphis at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Boston at New York, 7:30 p.m.Oklahoma City at Miami, 8 p.m.Atlanta at Utah, 9 p.m.Houston at Denver, 10 p.m.Saturday’s GamesL.A. Clippers at Detroit, 5 p.m.Brooklyn at Orlando, 7 p.m.Chicago at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Milwaukee at Washington, 7 p.m.Dallas at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.Indiana at Miami, 7:30 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.New Orleans at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.Atlanta at Phoenix, 9 p.m.Denver at Minnesota, 9 p.m.Houston at Utah, 9 p.m.Philadelphia at Sacramento, 10 p.m.Sunday’s GamesMemphis at New York, 1 p.m.Oklahoma City at Boston, 2 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Toronto, 3 p.m.Monday’s GamesAtlanta at Washington, 7 p.m.Denver at Detroit, 7 p.m.Milwaukee at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.Indiana at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Houston at Phoenix, 9 p.m.San Antonio at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Includes games of Thursday, January 31, 2019Team Offense@z Agate 3 Tab: G Pts AvgGolden State 51 6057 118.8Milwaukee 50 5849 117.0New Orleans 52 6050 116.3Philadelphia 52 6013 115.6Oklahoma City 50 5724 114.5L.A. Clippers 52 5941 114.2Toronto 53 6026 113.7Sacramento 51 5784 113.4Portland 52 5883 113.1Washington 51 5749 112.7San Antonio 53 5970 112.6Boston 51 5734 112.4L.A. Lakers 52 5841 112.3Houston 50 5614 112.3Brooklyn 53 5929 111.9Denver 50 5574 111.5Minnesota 51 5685 111.5Charlotte 50 5573 111.5Atlanta 50 5512 110.2Dallas 51 5572 109.3Utah 52 5649 108.6Indiana 51 5514 108.1New York 50 5310 106.2Phoenix 53 5622 106.1Detroit 50 5281 105.6Miami 49 5162 105.3Orlando 52 5425 104.3Cleveland 52 5336 102.6Chicago 52 5275 101.4Memphis 52 5228 100.5------Team Defense@z Agate 3 Tab: G Pts AvgMemphis 52 5396 103.8Indiana 51 5301 103.9Miami 49 5170 105.5Boston 51 5387 105.6Utah 52 5494 105.7Denver 50 5290 105.8Milwaukee 50 5363 107.3Orlando 52 5604 107.8Detroit 50 5413 108.3Toronto 53 5758 108.6Dallas 51 5552 108.9Oklahoma City 50 5473 109.5Portland 52 5722 110.0San Antonio 53 5835 110.1Chicago 52 5762 110.8Houston 50 5543 110.9Minnesota 51 5677 111.3Charlotte 50 5571 111.4Brooklyn 53 5915 111.6Golden State 51 5702 111.8Philadelphia 52 5820 111.9L.A. Lakers 52 5827 112.1Cleveland 52 5893 113.3L.A. Clippers 52 5912 113.7New Orleans 52 5977 114.9New York 50 5750 115.0Sacramento 51 5867 115.0

Washington 51 5882 115.3Phoenix 53 6132 115.7Atlanta 50 5894 117.9

All Times ESTEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GATampa Bay 50 37 11 2 76 201 144Toronto 49 30 17 2 62 174 140Montreal 51 28 18 5 61 154 149Boston 51 27 17 7 61 148 135Buffalo 50 25 19 6 56 145 149Florida 48 20 20 8 48 152 170Detroit 51 19 25 7 45 145 172Ottawa 50 19 26 5 43 156 187Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAN.Y. Islanders 49 29 15 5 63 147 122Washington 50 27 17 6 60 171 162Pittsburgh 50 27 17 6 60 176 154Columbus 50 28 19 3 59 161 155Carolina 50 24 20 6 54 140 149N.Y. Rangers 50 22 21 7 51 143 168Philadelphia 51 22 23 6 50 146 172New Jersey 50 19 24 7 45 149 171WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAWinnipeg 51 33 16 2 68 176 143Nashville 52 30 18 4 64 161 135Minnesota 50 26 21 3 55 142 142Dallas 50 25 21 4 54 127 128Colorado 50 22 20 8 52 169 162St. Louis 49 22 22 5 49 139 149Chicago 51 18 24 9 45 156 190Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GACalgary 51 33 13 5 71 190 145San Jose 52 29 16 7 65 187 167Vegas 52 29 19 4 62 157 140Vancouver 51 23 22 6 52 147 161Anaheim 51 21 21 9 51 120 153Arizona 50 23 23 4 50 132 142Edmonton 50 23 24 3 49 144 163Los Angeles 50 20 26 4 44 114 150NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.Thursday’s GamesN.Y. Rangers 4, New Jersey 3

Philadelphia 3, Boston 2, OTWinnipeg 4, Columbus 3Friday’s GamesCalgary at Washington, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay vs. N.Y. Islanders at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 7 p.m.Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.Chicago at Buffalo, 7 p.m.Nashville at Florida, 7 p.m.Vegas at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.Toronto at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Minnesota at Dallas, 8 p.m.Saturday’s GamesEdmonton at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.New Jersey at Montreal, 2 p.m.Detroit at Ottawa, 7 p.m.St. Louis at Columbus, 7 p.m.Vegas at Florida, 7 p.m.Los Angeles vs. N.Y. Islanders at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 7 p.m.Anaheim at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.Pittsburgh at Toronto, 7 p.m.Dallas at Nashville, 8 p.m.Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m.Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Vancouver at Colorado, 10 p.m.Arizona at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.Sunday’s GamesBoston at Washington, 12:30 p.m.Edmonton at Montreal, 2 p.m.Calgary at Carolina, 2 p.m.Monday’s GamesLos Angeles at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.Vancouver at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Anaheim at Toronto, 7 p.m.Arizona at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

ThursdayAt TPC ScottsdaleScottsdale, Ariz.Purse: $7.1 millionYardage: 7,261; Par: 71 (35-36)First RoundJustin Thomas 30-34—64Rickie Fowler 32-32—64Harold Varner III 31-33—64Martin Laird 32-33—65J.T. Poston 32-33—65Tyrrell Hatton 34-32—66Byeong Hun An 31-35—66Bubba Watson 32-34—66

Scott Piercy 34-32—66Charley Hoffman 33-33—66David Hearn 32-35—67Emiliano Grillo 36-31—67Webb Simpson 33-34—67Andrew Landry 33-34—67Cameron Smith 34-33—67Matt Kuchar 35-32—67Nick Watney 32-35—67Brian Gay 35-32—67Trey Mullinax 33-34—67Matthew Wolff 32-35—67Tom Hoge 34-33—67Branden Grace 35-32—67John Huh 35-32—67Xander Schauffele 34-33—67Jon Rahm 34-33—67Ollie Schniederjans 33-34—67Ryan Palmer 33-35—68Freddie Jacobson 35-33—68Keegan Bradley 34-34—68Grayson Murray 33-35—68Kevin Na 34-34—68Morgan Hoffmann 33-35—68Phil Mickelson 34-34—68Gary Woodland 35-33—68Hideki Matsuyama 32-36—68Russell Henley 33-35—68Bud Cauley 32-36—68James Hahn 34-34—68Alex Noren 32-37—69J.J. Spaun 35-34—69Luke List 35-34—69Sungjae Im 35-34—69Ted Potter, Jr. 35-34—69J.B. Holmes 34-35—69Rory Sabbatini 35-34—69Denny McCarthy 33-36—69Aaron Baddeley 34-35—69Andrew Putnam 34-35—69Brandt Snedeker 35-34—69Kevin Tway 34-35—69Brian Harman 34-35—69Stewart Cink 33-36—69Richy Werenski 34-35—69Kiradech Aphibarnrat 34-35—69Alex Cejka 36-33—69Jhonattan Vegas 36-34—70Cameron Champ 35-35—70Kevin Kisner 33-37—70Brandon Harkins 36-34—70Beau Hossler 35-35—70Carlos Ortiz 36-34—70Stephan Jaeger 37-33—70

Knicks deal Porzingis to Dallas, say he requested a tradeNEW YORK (AP) — The New

York Knicks were having their doubts, wondering if Kristaps Porzingis truly wanted to be part of the franchise. On Thursday, they say he made it clear he didn’t. Once that happened, they decided to trade the All-Star for-ward who was thought to be one of the key players for their future.

“When he came in today, it was clear to us that it was time to pull the trigger on something,” Knicks President Steve Mills said.

That was a seven-player swap with the Dallas Mavericks that also netted New York two future

first-round draft picks and possi-bly enough room to afford two top free agents this summer.

Porzingis has been sidelined for nearly a year after tearing his left ACL. The Knicks said recently he would undergo testing during the middle of February that could have determined if he would be able to return this season.

If it does, it will be in Dallas, where he can form an intriguing international frontcourt with rookie Luka Doncic. Both played professionally in Spain before coming to the NBA as top-five picks. “He’s big, he can shoot,

he can rebound. He can do a lot of things,” said Doncic, who was with the Mavericks at their game in Detroit. “I think he can be one of the best players in this league.”

The Knicks acquired Dennis Smith Jr., DeAndre Jordan and Wesley Matthews in the deal, while also sending guards Tim Hardaway Jr., Trey Burke and Courtney Lee to Dallas. New York general manager Scott Perry said the Knicks would get an unpro-tected pick in 2021 and the other pick would be in 2023.

“We feel like we did the right thing,” Mills said. “When you’re

trying to think about how you want to build your team for the long term, you don’t want to com-mit a max (contract) to a player who clearly says to you he doesn’t want to be here,” Mills said.

The 7-foot-3 Porzingis was the No. 4 pick in 2015 and averaged 17.8 points and 7.1 rebounds in New York, where he was expected to be the Knicks’ franchise play-er for years. But they declined to give him a contract extension before this season — they say he was in agreement with that deci-sion — and now by trading him and Hardaway seem instead to be

gearing up to pursue players in free agency, with nearly $70 mil-lion in cap space.

Hardaway has two more years and about $37 million left on his contract, and moving that was necessary if the Knicks were going to find a way to open the most cap space possible.

New York (10-40) has the worst record in the NBA and is headed toward landing a high pick in the draft. Then the Knicks will be set up to be big spenders in a free agent market that could include Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard, Kyrie Irving and more.

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The unassuming and consistent winner

Apparently reaching 300 wins Saturday wasn’t impressive enough, because just four days later Joe Legerski

outdid himself. The University of Wyoming women’s basketball head coach logged win No. 300 in impressive fashion, down-ing league-leading Boise State Saturday.

If Legerski were playing poker against himself Wednesday in Fresno, he not only called his raise, but subsequently raised himself. Legerski and the Cowgirls went to Fresno State

— which sat tied atop the Mountain West Conference at 6-1 — and beat the Lady Bulldogs 63-56.

The victory marked UW’s first in Fresno since 1996, first in the Save Mart Center, and first under Legerski — which is

impressive when considering not one of his 300 wins in 16 years happened in Fresno.

Success has become old hat for UW. At this point, I’m pretty cer-tain Legerski could find a whis-per in a whirlwind. The Cowgirls are the purest form of consisten-cy that exists, and much of that credit goes to Legerski.

Taking into account the last decade, UW has averaged north of 18 wins per season. Half of those years have seen the Cowgirls reach the 20-win mark

and only two of them have result-ed in a record below .500.

While UW hasn’t won the con-ference in any of those seasons, it has factored in most races. Last season, the Cowgirls held the top spot in the league with just a few games left before fin-ishing third.

Two seasons ago, UW took run-ner up, and in all but one season within the last 10, the Cowgirls have finished no worse than fifth.

That’s about as steady as you can be. That’s about as steady as Marta Gomez at the charity stripe — the Cowgirls’ leading scorer who has connected on 94.1 percent of her free-throw attempts.

Gomez, who’s averaging 15.3 points per game, has received plenty of help this season. Bailee Cotton adds 11.2 points per contest, while Taylor Rusk and Karla Erjavec chip in 10.5 and 9.7 points per game, respectively.

All four of those have had to elevate their respective games this season after reigning MWC Player of the Year, Liv Roberts, exhausted all of her eligibility. They have stepped up, as have other Cowgirls, and Legerski deserves a great deal of credit for not only keeping Wyoming com-petitive, but a contender, as well.

In his 16 years, Legerski has had offers and opportunities to leave the Gem City of the Plains. He’s had chances to chase larger jobs, but fortunately for Wyoming, he has elected to stay.

And the fans have shown their gratitude. The Cowgirls ranked 46th in the nation in home atten-dance last season, averaging 2,757 fans per game, and second in the MWC. Only once in the

last decade has UW ranked outside the top 50 in home attendance — there are over 350 Division I teams.

The Cowgirls are currently giving the their fans a reason to brave the cold and make their way to the Arena-Auditorium this winter. UW boasts a 12-5 overall record and a 5-3 mark in MWC play. The Cowgirls have already defeated two of the top three teams in the conference and took the other, New Mexico, down to the wire a couple weeks ago.

The remaining schedule sets up favorably for UW. The Cowgirls host the Lady Bulldogs in a few weeks and still have a home game against Utah State — which is tied with UW for third in the conference.

Legerski reached a milestone over the weekend, and if recent history is any indication, he’ll reach many more in his illustri-ous head coaching career.

BY BUD [email protected] Pokes Notes

The University of Wyoming wrestling team won its eighth straight dual Sunday, toppling West Virginia 33-15. The Pokes battle Fresno State and Cal State Bakersfield this weekend.

UW football promoted Jake Dickert, who coached the sec-ondary last season, to defensive coordinator. AJ Cooper, who coached defensive ends in 2018, was elevated to defensive run-game coordinator.

UW’s men’s basketball team dropped a home game to Fresno State Wednesday 75-62, falling to 5-16 on the season and 1-7 in Mountain West Conference play.

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BOYS : The Rams ran at a breakneck pace to start the gameFROM B1

Big Horn also took at least six charges as a team, includ-ing five in the first half. Daley said the team’s seniors are particularly adept at that, perhaps buoyed by an incen-tive: players earn a Snickers bar for every charge taken.

“They love to take charges,” Daley said. “...Taking a charge is a huge part of the game, and it’s such a momen-tum-breaker.”

The Rams ran at a break-neck pace to start the game, scoring 18 straight points over the course of three-and-a-half minutes to build a 22-3 lead. Tongue River battled and clawed its way back into the game thanks to its full-court defense.

After a tremendous first quarter when they put up 31 points, the Rams took their foot off the gas in the second stanza. Big Horn recovered with a strong second half to ultimately take home the comfortable victory.

Both teams play nonconfer-ence home games Friday. The Rams host Buffalo at 7 p.m. and the Eagles host Sundance at 7 p.m.

FINALTongue River.…11 23 9 5 — 48Big Horn……31 13 19 20 — 83ScoringTongue River — Rees 10, Summers 9, Reish 8, McCafferty 5, Richards 4, Clair 4, Mc-Means 3, Bear Don’t Walk 3, Cummins 2Big Horn — VanDyken 22, Eisele 14, McCaf-ferty 12, Bradshaw 11, Johnson 9, Parker 6, Pelissier 4, Bates 2, Custis 2, Phillips 1


Tongue River’s Jackson Clair (20) shoots over Big Horn’s Cutler Bradshaw (12) Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019.

Tongue River’s Nick Summers (14) shoots from the baseline against Big Horn Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019.

Harden leads Houston into matchup against DenverThe Houston Rockets (29-21, fifth

in the Western Conference) will battle the Denver Nuggets (35-15, second in the Western Conference in Denver Friday, starting at 10 p.m.

BOTTOM LINEJames Harden leads Houston

into a matchup against Denver. He’s first in the NBA averaging

36.3 points per game.The Nuggets have gone 22-4 at

the Pepsi Center. Denver averages 13.6 turnovers per game and is 19-6 when they have fewer turnovers than their opponents.

The Rockets are 17-13 against conference opponents. Houston is 13-9 in games decided by at least 10 points.

The Rockets won the last meet-ing between these two squads 125-113 on Jan. 7. Harden led the way

with 32 points.

TOP PERFORMERSNikola Jokic is averaging 20.1

points and 10.4 rebounds for the Nuggets. Malik Beasley is averag-ing three made 3-pointers and has scored 15.5 points over the last 10 games for Denver.

Harden ranks first on the Rockets averaging 36.3 points and is adding 6.7 rebounds. Kenneth Faried has scored 15.2 points and

collected 9.8 rebounds while shoot-ing 58.5 percent over the last 10 games for Houston.

LAST 10 GAMESRockets: 6-4, averaging 118.9

points, 41.1 rebounds, 18.9 assists, 9.7 steals and 5.8 blocks per game while shooting 43.4 percent from the field. Their opponents have averaged 117.1 points on 48.2 per-cent shooting.

Nuggets: 7-3, averaging 114.5

points, 44.7 rebounds, 26.4 assists, 6.9 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 48.8 percent from the field. Their opponents have averaged 107.4 points on 45.6 per-cent shooting.

Nuggets Injuries: Jamal Murray: day to day (ankle), Michael Porter Jr.: out (back), Isaiah Thomas: out (hip).

Rockets Injuries: Chris Paul: day to day (back), Clint Capela: out (right thumb).

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Faceoff ace Vermette retires after 14 NHL seasonsCenter Antoine Vermette retires

as one of the best faceoff special-ists of his generation. Vermette announced on Thursday he was calling it a career after 14 NHL

seasons with the Ottawa Senators, Columbus Blue Jackets, Arizona Coyotes, Chicago Blackhawks and Anaheim Ducks. The 36-year-old from Quebec won the Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks in 2015 and most recently played for the Ducks, but he didn’t sign with a

team after becoming a free agent last summer.

“I am immensely grateful for all these incredible years punctuated by memorable moments that I will cherish forever,” Vermette said in a statement sent through the NHL Players’ Association. “It was

a privilege sharing my daily life with teammates, to forging friend-ships that will endure well beyond the victories and defeats.”

In the faceoff circle, Vermette had far more victories than defeats. He won 56.6 percent of his faceoffs, the ninth-best mark since

the league began tracking the sta-tistic in 1997-98. Vermette’s 8,948 faceoff wins are 14th-most all-time, and he led the league in faceoff percentage in his final season in 2017-18. Longtime agent Allan Walsh said Vermette constantly worked on his faceoff techniques.

BY STEPHEN WHYNO AP HOCKEY WRITER

Digital design, QB investments

could aid football helmets

ATLANTA (AP) — Football helmets could be getting another boost toward enhanced safety features with announce-ments by two major manufacturers Friday.

Riddell has partnered with Carbon, a tech company that features 3-D printing, to bring digital design innovation and customization to head protection through its new Diamond helmets.

And VICIS is expanding its $30 million fundraising program, adding further investments from quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers and Alex Smith.

The new Riddell helmets include a 3-D printed liner inside the helmet. Initially available in the Riddell SpeedFlex Precision Diamond model, the process allows Riddell to scan an athlete’s head and contour the helmet to it. The helmets will be made up of more than 140,000 individual struts that absorb forces from linear and rotational impacts. Using its database of more than 5 million impacts, Riddell can customize the tuning of those struts to adjust helmet structures.

That could be key to creating posi-tion-specific helmets, something the NFL believes is coming.

“We work very closely with grass-roots programs and the NFL and major college football to understand the needs of customers and all the constituents who interact with the helmet,” said Thad Ide, Riddell’s senior vice president of research and product development. “We have our innovation road map that has led to smart technology and devel-opments. Our helmet line has grown through the years ... I could see in the next two to three years having these (for specific positions), with instrumentation in them. It will be difficult to make a hel-met that will not have this technology.

“It is very much a leap forward in tech-nology.”

The SpeedFlex helmet is manufactured for elite athletes and has cost $1,750. The SpeedFlex Precision Diamond will retail for about the same price.

VICIS did not release the amount of funding approved by the two star quar-terbacks, Rodgers and Smith, through Rx3 Ventures. The additional funding will help VICIS meet demands for its ZERO1 YOUTH football helmet, the youth version of its ZERO1 that ranked atop the NFL helmet ratings in 2018.

“We have a responsibility to protect young players for football to continue to thrive,” Smith said. “Helping innovators like VICIS allows me to give back to the sport I love in a way that will make a difference to the next generation of ath-letes.”

The ZERO1 YOUTH is the first football helmet engineered specifically for young players and the impacts they encounter on the field.

“We develop our protective technolo-gies by working closely with subject-mat-ter experts such as NFL players, equip-ment managers, and medical staff,” said Dave Marver, VICIS CEO and co-founder. “We are gratified by this additional investment from Alex and Aaron, and even prouder that our new youth helmet is in such high demand.”

Lawyers representing former NFL play-ers have estimated that payouts from the concussion settlement with the league, once predicted to reach $1 billion, will top $1.4 billion.

BY BARRY WILNER AP PRO FOOTBALL WRITER

DRS. OZ & ROIZEN Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Michael Roizen

DEAR ABBY Pauline Phillips and Jeanne Phillips

Are your food allergies real?

Many parents refused to take their children to see last year’s film “Peter Rabbit.” The movie includes a scene in which Peter and a gang of bunnies use blackberries as a weapon to gain access to veg-gies in Thomas McGregor’s garden. He’s allergic to the

fruit, and when the rabbits slingshot a berry into his mouth, he struggles with an EpiPen, experiences anaphy-laxis and collapses.

Food allergies aren’t some-thing to joke about! Sony publicly apologized for its misstep. But that’s not the only misunderstanding of this serious medical condi-tion that needs to be called out.

A survey published in JAMA finds that while 10.8 percent of U.S. adults (over 26 million folks) actually have a food allergy, almost 20 per-cent think they do! There’s a lot of self-diagnosis going on, and that means people with troubling symptoms are both unnecessarily avoiding certain foods and not getting diagnosed for what is causing

their digestive, skin or other health problems.

Surveying more than 40,000 people, the researchers found that shellfish, milk, peanut/tree nuts and fin fish are the most common food allergies, and 48 percent of those with food allergies developed them as an adult. Think you have a food allergy?

Step No. 1: Get tested. Step No. 2: If diagnosed, get

an EpiPen prescription and always carry one -- unfortu-nately, only about 25 percent of food-allergic folks do!

Step No. 3: Read food labels. Step No. 4: If it turns out

you’re food-allergy free, but troubled by symptoms such as digestive upset or skin irritation, see an appropriate specialist to determine the cause, and find a solution!

WIFE RESENTS BEING BENCHED IN FAVOR OF HER BROTHER-IN-LAW

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for 12 years. Things are general-ly good, but we keep having the same old argument relat-

ed to his little brother. They have a close rela-

tionship, which is great, but I often end up feeling like I’m playing second fiddle to my brother-in-law. If I ask my husband to go out and do something on the week-end, he’ll say he doesn’t feel like it. Minutes later, if his brother makes the same sug-gestion, he’s up and getting ready to go! Sometimes I end up along for the ride, which lessens the sting a little, but usually I’m left alone.

It wouldn’t be so bad if not for the fact that I don’t have family close by, and I’m the agency lead where I work, so having “work friends” isn’t an option. This leaves my husband the only person I have to spend time with.

I have tried explaining this to him, but when I try, he overreacts and claims I don’t want him to spend any time with his brother, which is not what I’m saying. I have begun to feel that he’s honest with me when he says no to something, but just can’t bring himself to say no to his brother. Either way, it’s exhausting and ridiculous. Is there any way to address this, or do I just deal with the sting when it happens and let it go? -- COMPETING FOR ATTENTION

DEAR COMPETING: If you and your husband hav-en’t blocked out some time each week to spend together -- a date night -- you should. While I don’t think it’s healthy for you to be entire-ly dependent upon him for social contact, I do think you should be higher on his list of priorities than his brother.

Because you have already discussed this and seem to have gotten nowhere, please consider finding some other social outlets so you aren’t so isolated. Special interest groups or hobbies come to mind.

DEAR ABBY: I was waiting in line to get a cup of coffee and the customer behind me was so close she was almost touching me. Then she coughed without covering her mouth. I stepped away, but she closed in on me and coughed again without cov-ering.

I turned and politely asked her to step back and cover her mouth the next time she coughed. She said she had an allergy and not a cold. I suggested that because we are in the midst of cold and flu season, there’s no way that I -- or anyone else -- could know the difference between a cough from aller-gy or illness. Was it rude on my part? Or should we all practice some courtesy by covering our mouths when we cough or sneeze? -- RUDE IN MINNESOTA

DEAR RUDE: What you said was not rude; it was common sense. The notion that if you don’t think you’re sick (“only allergic”), you have the right to cough on others is misguided. When you asked the woman not to hover near you, she should have respected your request, stepped back and not closed in again whether or not she continued to cough. Flu sea-son is in full swing. That’s why it’s important for every-one who is out in public -- and exposed -- to practice good hygiene.

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Dear Heloise: In a re-cent letter, a reader talked about certain English words having DIFFERENT MEANINGS IN OTHER COUNTRIES. I thought I would add some other hints:

* The “OK” symbol: In America, it usually means you’re content or every-thing is fine. But in France, Turkey, Venezuela and Bra-zil, it’s considered very rude slang and will offend those around you.

* Tipping: In some coun-tries, tipping is considered improper, because serving the customer is a group effort, not an individual per-formance, or it may imply that the restaurant doesn’t provide decent wages. It’s considered rude in Japan, South Korea, China, France and Italy.

* Spitting: It’s considered rude and unsanitary in any country, but it might earn-you a fine in some places, such as Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong.

* Blowing your nose in public: In China and Japan, blowing your nose in public or even the appearance of a handkerchief is considered disgusting. Never, ever blow your nose in a restau-rant. It’s considered rude and revolting in China, Japan, Saudi Arabia and France.

* Smiling at a stranger: Extended eye contact and smiling at a stranger can make some people in for-eign countries very uncom-fortable. It’s considered rude in South Korea, China, Japan and Russia.

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Jill, how about a home-made dinner of all his fa-vorite foods, a nice card and tickets for two to a movie, sports event or play? Or maybe make a nice dinner and something special for dessert, then give him a DVD he might enjoy. It’s less about the gift and more about the thought that goes into a gift. -- Heloise

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Dear Heloise: As crazy as it may seem, some people lend their credit card to a friend or relative. It’s not a good idea. A borrower may overspend or not pay the lender back -- or not return the card at all! Advice to the wise: Don’t lend your credit cards to anyone! -- Brice R., Washington, D.C.

PENSION HELP

Bridge Phillip Alder

In “A Farewell to Arms,” Ernest Heming-way wrote, “That is the greatest fallacy, the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.”

Older bridge players do tend to be more careful than their younger brethren, espe-cially in the bidding. In this deal, South was in four spades. What did the old codger do after West started with three rounds of clubs?

South opened with a weak no-trump, show-ing 12-14 points. North responded two clubs, planning, if his partner rebid two diamonds, to jump to three spades to show four spades, five hearts and at least game-going values (the Smolen convention). When West made a takeout double over two spades, North jumped to four spades. However, if he had redoubled (or passed), the opponents could have been doubled in three clubs and set 500.

When East played up the line in clubs, South discarded a heart from the board and took the third trick with his queen. With the heart ace missing, declarer had to draw trumps without loss. This required finding West with the king. (From the bidding, East could not have a singleton king; and even in an uncontested auction, it would be unwise to play East for a stiff king.)

But just in case West had a singleton king, South was careful to lead a low spade at trick four. Here, when the king appeared, declarer

won with dummy’s ace, played a spade to his jack and continued with the heart queen.

If South had led the spade jack or 10 at trick four, he would have lost two clubs, one heart and one spade.

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT,FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT,

COUNTY OF SHERIDAN, STATE OF WYOMINGIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFRUTH N. TOWNSEND, Deceased.Probate No. 2019-11

NOTICE OF PROBATETO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN SAIDESTATE:

You are hereby notified that on the 25th day ofJanuary, 2019, the Last Will and Testament ofRuth N. Townsend was admitted to probate by theabove named Court, and that Michael L. Town-send was appointed the Personal Representativethereof. Any action to set aside the Will shall befiled in the Court within three (3) months from thedate of the first publication of this notice, or there-after be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all persons in-debted to the decedent or to her estate are re-quested to make immediate payment to the under-signed at 71 Maverick Drive, Sheridan, WY82801.

Creditors having claims against the decedentor the estate are required to file them in duplicatewith the necessary vouchers, in the office of theClerk of said Court, on or before three (3) monthsafter the date of the first publication of this notice,and if such claims are not so filed, unless other-wise allowed or paid, they will be forever barred.

DATED this 29th day of January, 2019./s/ Michael L. Townsend,Personal Representative

Timothy S. TarverAttorney at LawP. O. Box 6284200 West LoucksSheridan, Wyoming 82801Publish Dates: February 1, 8 and 15, 2019

STATE OF WYOMINGIN THE DISTRICT COURT

FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTCOUNTY OF SHERIDAN

IN RE THE MATTER OF THE CHANGE OFNAME OF: ISLA FRANCES DICK, a minorCivil Action No. 2019-7NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAMETO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Notice is hereby given that, ISLA FRANCESDICK, by and through her next friend, legal guardi-ans and natural parents, Mary Hogarty and JohnDick, has petitioned the District Court, Fourth Judi-cial District, Sheridan County, Wyoming, Civil No.2019-7 to change her name to ISLA FRANCESHOGARTY DICK.

Any interested person protesting such achange of name must do so by filing a written ob-jection with the above referenced court on or be-fore thirty days after the last publication of this no-tice or the relief requested will be granted by theCourt.

Dated this 15 day of January, 2019.Nikki ArneyClerk of the District CourtBy: /s/ Julie RussellDeputy

Carrie L. Sisson, #7-4539Sisson Law Firm, LLCAttorney for PetitionersP.O. Box 1006Sheridan, Wyoming 82801(307) 683-6011 telephone

Publish Dates: January 18, 25; February 1, 8,2019

DRAFT CITY OF SHERIDAN, WYOMINGMINUTES OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING,COUNCIL CHAMBERS 5:30 P.M. January 28th,2019 1. Mayor Roger Miller called the meeting toorder at 5:33 P.M. 2. The Pledge of Allegiance tothe Flag was led by Mayor Roger Miller. 3. Themeeting was called to order with a quorum as fol-lows: Mayor Roger Miller presiding with Coun-cilors Rich Bridger, Thayer Shafer, Jacob Martin,Clinton Beaver, Aaron Linden and Patrick Hender-son. Members of staff present included City Ad-ministrator Mark Collins, City Clerk Cecilia Good,Public Works Director Lane Thompson, and vari-ous other City staff. 4. Councilor Shafer moved,seconded by Councilor Linden, to approve theagenda. Council then approved the motion for ap-proving the agenda: voice vote; unanimous. NewBusiness: 5. Public Works Director LaneThompson gave a presentation. Councilor Beavermoved, seconded by Councilor Shafer, for the Ap-proval of Selection of Wyoming Machinery for thePublic Works Lease-Option Acquisition of a MotorGrader. Council approved the motion: voice vote:unanimous. 6. Councilor Martin moved, secondedby Councilor Linden, to adjourn the meeting at5:39 P.M. Council approved the motion: voicevote: unanimous.Publish Date: February 1, 2019

Omarr’s Daily Astrological Forecast Jeraldine Saunders

BIRTHDAY GAL: Actress Zosia Mamet was born in Ran-dolph, Vermont on this date in 1988. This birthday gal starred as Shoshanna Shapiro on “Girls” and played recurring roles on “Mad Men” and “Par-enthood.” She’s also appeared on episodes of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “You’re the Worst,” and “The Simpsons.” On the big screen, Mamet’s film work includes “Under the Silver Lake,” “Dominion,” and “Bleed-ing Hearts.”

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Insisting on your own way can disrupt an important relation-ship. You might be entranced by someone new who is warm, willing and witty, but mundane matters might spoil your plans for a romantic rendezvous.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It might be difficult to defend your territory or stand up for your rights. Dispel the rumor that you are impractical. You may be needed by loved ones at home to deal with a leaky faucet, lost keys, or another minor crisis.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you’re lucky in love, there is very little else that matters. The pleasant hum of revolving

romantic wheels may be music to your ears. Look forward to hours of quality time spent with a very special someone.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Someone else may call all the shots. You must deal with the rules and be aware of conditions to improve income. If you follow instructions you might fatten your wallet, but it may be best to wait for better timing.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A crisis of faith may have a happy end-ing. You may feel isolated or left out of activities. Go out of your way to be extremely nice to those in your family circle and go to great lengths explain your actions and ideas.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t give in to an impatient thirst for excitement. If money burns a hole in your pocket put it bank in the piggy bank before you lose it. You have a support-ive friend who could pass along some valuable information.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Try to see the forest instead of just the trees. There is a big picture, which you must grasp in order to succeed with a financial scheme. You may be bogged down by petty family squabbles

and costly arguments.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): To

satisfy the desires of a loved one you must show you are willing to share the pain as well as the pleasures. Don’t be overly sensi-tive to slights or let tiny power struggles drive a wedge between you and loved ones.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t mistake togetherness for intimacy. Discussions will fare better than passions this weekend. Take plenty of time getting to know someone thor-oughly before hopping headlong into a new relationship.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Vulnerabilities leave you open to attack, so you may hide be-hind a defensive shell. You may be rigid about beliefs or refuse to cooperate. There is no reason to do something unless it fulfills your dreams.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The barrel at the back of the barn may develop a leak. Make a habit of checking your re-sources and assets on a regular basis. A lackadaisical approach to handling your piggy bank may result in losses.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Someone could take advan-

tage of your kind nature. You hope that others like you and sometimes try much too hard to seem agreeable, even when you shouldn’t. Your faith and safe assumptions might be chal-lenged.

IF FEBRUARY 2 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: Lay low during the upcoming five to six weeks. If you can be polite and patient, you can achieve your ambitions when the timing is better. Wait to make changes or decisions until you have gathered more experience and support. The answers to your most fervent prayers may arrive in March. You might not get what you want, but you will surely get what you need through an op-portunity or lucky break. Your street smarts and practical ideas might land you at the top of the heap in June so that could be a perfect time to change jobs, focus on moneymaking ideas or make your ambitions known. Gather friends close and make useful connections, too, while people view you as a worthy contact.

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GIRLS : Lady Rams are building trust in one anotherFROM B1

Tongue River head coach Ryan Alley said the team’s early energy and effort were high, but the team became rattled as the game went along.

He said the Lady Rams’ length and athleticism gave TR troubles.

“We can’t simulate that speed in practice, and so things that work well in practice just weren’t working,” Alley said.

Butler said the Lady Rams are building trust in one another as the season goes along. They played loose, free and with confidence, making extra passes and anticipating where their team-mates will be on the floor.

Butler said the team played excellent and showed signs of quality team development after suffering two losses last week.

“They looked themselves in the mirror and said, ‘Yeah, we can do better,’” Butler said.

Thursday night, that is exactly what happened.Both teams play nonconference home games

Friday. The Lady Rams host Buffalo at 5:30 p.m. and the Lady Eagles host Sundance at 5:30 p.m.

FINALTongue River…..8 5 0 9 — 22Big Horn……18 9 14 11 — 52ScoringTongue River — Reish 4, Tritschler 4, Pitman 3, Hutchinson 3, Carbert 3, Rosics 3, Sopko 2 Big Horn — Schmidt 14, Hutton 10, Cook 9, Frank 7, Davidson 3, Butler 2, Trabert 2, Lamb 2, Biegel 2, Wallach 1

Tongue River’s Addison Rosics (12) breaks down the court with Big Horn’s Jordan Frank (23) in hot pursuit Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019.

MATTHEW GASTON PHOTOS | THE SHERIDAN PRESS

The Lady Rams’ Jordan Frank (23) drives the lane for two and draws the foul Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. Big Horn won 52-22.

Varner hears the roars on No. 16, shares Phoenix Open leadSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) —

Harold Varner III overcame an early bogey with three straight birdies, moving himself in posi-tion to tie for the lead.

He earned it with a long putt and a dab on the loudest hole in golf.

Varner snaked in a long birdie putt on the par-3 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale on Thursday, capping off a 7-under 64 to tie Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas for the first-round lead at the Phoenix Open.

Varner set off the rowdiest roars of the afternoon with his 31-foot putt at the hole turned into a sta-dium, celebrating with the dab toward the sky.

“I love entertaining people and what better hole to do it,” Varner

said.Playing in pristine conditions

before storms are expected to hit this weekend, Fowler and Thomas made their way around the desert layout without finding much trou-ble.

Martin Laird and J.T. Poston were a shot back at 65 and four players shot 66, including two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson. Another 16 players shot 67 on a day when 70 players were under par.

Among them was Oklahoma State sophomore Matthew Wolff, who overcame some early nerves in his first PGA Tour start. The 19-year-old had a bogey on his sec-ond hole, the par-4 11th, but closed with five birdies to open three shots out of the lead.

Defending champion Gary Woodland and Phil Mickelson

each shot 68.Varner, who missed the cut at

Torrey Pines last week, blew his first putt past the hole on the par-4 second hole for a three-putt bogey, but bounced back with three straight birdies on the front nine. He had a two-putt birdie on the par-15 13th and got up-and-down from a greenside bunker at the other back-nine par 5, the 15th.

Following his dabbing birdie on No. 16, Varner missed two chances for the outright lead on the closing holes. He three-putted from 105 feet on the drivable par-4 17th hole and missed an 18-foot birdie putt on 18.

Even so, Varner carded his low-est round of the season and earned a tie with the two desert room-mates.

“I played well, drove it really well and had lots of opportuni-

ties,” Varner said. “I’m just excit-ed to be playing in this event. I love this event.”

Thomas opened 2019 with a third-place finish at the Sentry Tournament of Champions and was tied for 16th at the Sony Open with four rounds in the 60s.

Playing in near-perfect condi-tions in the morning , the 2017 PGA Championship winner start-ed on the back nine and went out in 2-under 34 with birdies on Nos. 15 and 18.

Thomas’ 9-foot putt on 18 began a string of six birdies in seven holes, including five on putts inside of 5 feet to shoot a 5-under 30 on the front nine.

“It was in control of everything tee to green,” Thomas said. “I didn’t necessarily get off to the greatest start score-wise, but I felt like I was playing playing well.

Those front pins were tucked pins, very hard to get to. It was nice to get finally get off to a good start at this event.”

Fowler, twice a runner-up at the Phoenix Open, also started on No. 10 and jump started his round with an eagle on the par-5 13th after knocking his 236-yard approach shot to 17 feet. He also two-putted from 45 feet for birdie on No. 3, but misread a putt on the par-4 ninth that would have given him the outright lead — and chance to trash talk his roommate for the week, Thomas.

“I was really hoping I was going to make that last putt,” he said. “We’re sharing a house this week, so I wanted bragging rights at din-ner tonight.”

Fowler with have to settle for a share of the lead with his buddy and the dabbing Varner.

BY JOHN MARSHALL AP SPORTS WRITER

Tokyo Olympic CEO says no need for Takeda to resign

TOKYO (AP) — The chief executive of Tokyo’s Olympic organizing com-mittee said Friday there is no need for another top Japanese official to resign despite being investigated in a bribery scandal.

Toshiro Muto defended Tsunekazu Takeda, who is the head of the Japanese Olympic Committee and a vice president of the 2020 organizing committee. Takeka is also a powerful member of the International Olympic Committee, and chairman of its marketing commission.

“As you know, Mr. Takeda is saying that he’s complete-ly innocent,” Muto said, speaking through an inter-preter.

French authorities suspect that about $2 million paid by the Tokyo bid committee — headed by Takeda — to a Singapore consulting compa-ny, Black Tidings, found its way to some IOC members in 2013 when Tokyo won the over bids from Istanbul and Madrid.

French officials are also investigating similar alleged bribes paid by Brazil’s bid committee that may have helped Rio de Janeiro land the 2016 Olympics.

“Tokyo’s bid was the best and that is why we won the bid,” Muto added.

Takeda last month acknowledged he signed off on the payments but denied corruption allegations. An internal report in 2016 by the Japanese Olympic Committee essentially cleared Takeda of wrongdo-ing.

The Japanese Olympic Committee report said it sought advice from Dentsu Inc., the powerful Japanese

marketing and advertising company, to evaluate possi-ble consultants. The report — citing Dentsu — said the Singapore consultancy was “an extremely competent Asian consultant.”

Tokyo is spending at least $20 billion to organize the Olympics, and Dentsu has been responsible for helping organizers land a record $3 billion in local sponsorships, more than twice as large as any previous Olympics.

The scandal has soiled Tokyo’s image, though its preparations have been called the best in recent memory by IOC officials.

Christophe Dubi, the exec-utive director of the Olympic Games, stood next to Muto at Tokyo’s headquarters and said the IOC had taken steps to fix its bidding process, which has been implicated for decades in various scan-dals.

He said the IOC had rec-ognized “that new rules, clearer rules were needed in a number of respects includ-ing in the bidding process.” He said those procedures were put into place after 2013.

He said the bidding process now “was absolutely trans-parent. ... The whole process itself is far more transparent and open, including to the media.”

The IOC last month said it was giving Takeda the pre-sumption of innocence and he remains an IOC member.

Dubi said the IOC was a civil party to the French investigation and said the IOC had acted “strongly. We need to have the infor-mation, the information in detail to act.”

The French prosecutor’s office has consistently refused comment and has declined to talk about details of the investigation.

BY STEPHEN WADE AP SPORTS WRITER

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