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From Our Early Files 10 Years Ago April 23, 2009 The residents of Upton probably don’t even realize that they have a powerlifting team. But the Upton Powerlifting team, though it may be young, is making a strong impact on the Wyoming lifting scene with four winners in their weight classes and four second place winners. Coach Randy Crain took eight power lifters to the New- castle Invitational on Saturday, April 4th. Team members include: Eli Brost, Caleb Thompson, Dain Parrish, Aaron Sadler, Keith Philips, Karl Paschall, Travis Moore, and John Ryan. Four Upton High School Choir members were selected to sing at the High Plains Music Festival in Chadron, Nebraska, on February 2nd-3rd. A.J. Remington and Dal- ton Latham were selected for the High Plains Mixed Honor Choir, and Brianna Hag- erman and Kate Hart were selected for the High Plains Girls Choir. The singers were accompanied to Chadron by their director, Randy Crain. The Upton Upton High School Prom will be held Saturday April 25 at the high school gym. The theme for this year is “Paris, A Night to Remember”. Attendants for this year are kindergarten students Blake Durfee, son of Chris Durfee of Upton and Jill Steeves of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, and Emma East, daughter of Josh and Amanda East of Upton. 25 Years Ago April 28, 1994 Mark Mitchell and his son Mark W. Mitchell, both won the overall state cham- pionships in the Wyoming State Archery Association for the 1993-1994 season. Both archers won three State Championships during the year; the state field, the state target and the state 3-D. Both also earned gold medals at the Cowboy State Games, which is a sanctioned tournament. This National Association of Collegiate Director of Athletics (NACDA) recently announced that Wyoming Cowgirl Erin Engle a senior track athlete from Upton, is one of 17 non-football finalists for the Fifth Annual NACDA/Disney Scholar-Athlete Post graduate Scholarship Award. Three Upton High School students are among the 126 students representing 13 Wyoming high schools who are attending Close- Up Foundation government studies program for high school students in Washington, DC this week (April 24-30). The three students are Jill Dillon, Donne Kenderdine and Dustin Strong. The students were accompanied by their sponsor, Betty Strong. 50 Years Ago April 24, 1969 The Upton Bobcat of the Week is the track team who got second place at Rapid City. They missed first place by 2 points. Upton High School News: Friday and Saturday the District Music Festival will be held in Buffalo. Those who are going for solos are; (vocal) Melvin Mathis, Shirley Knipp, Everett Kraft, Ed Rose, Dave Kimsey and Linda Singleton, (instrumental) Jo Larson, Jeff Alexander, and Rozanna Todd. Jerry Williams attended the Senior Class presentation of the play “Girl Crazy” Friday night at the Upton High School after which he was a guest at the “senior-plus- date” party given by Ron Materi at his home. 75 Years Ago April 20, 1944 Mrs. Monte Fesenbeck, Worthy Grand Matron of the Grand Chapter of Wyo- ming, Order of the Eastern Star made her official visit to Upton Chapter No. 32, O. E. S., at the Masonic hall in Upton on Monday evening, April 17th. Mrs. Emma Fraker presented the Worthy Matron with the money donated by the Chapter for the Blood Donors Bank, which has been their project for the year. Word was received that Winfield Douglas has recently been promoted to Techni- cal Sergeant. His address is: Tech Sgt, W. E. Douglas Co. F 2nd Bn. 8th Marines 2nd Marine Division % fleet P.O. San Francisco, Calif. A number of volunteer fire fighters did a very swift job of extinguishing a fire about 12 o’clock on Sunday night at the office of Dr. C. J. Reed. The fire was first discovered by Jimmie Norris who had just arrived in town from the midnight shift at the Wyodak plant. Fortunately, most of all the surgical instruments were undamaged being kept in a glass case. 100 Years Ago April 25, 1919 Issue not available. Page 2 - Weston County Gazette - April 25, 2019 [email protected] Local News Weston County Gazette Publication #USPS 680-800 Member WYOMING PRESS ASSOCIATION Published every Thursday at Upton, Wyoming 82730 SUBSCRIPTION RATES To addresses in Weston, Crook, & Campbell Counties: $28 - Seniors: $25 To addresses outside 827 area: $30 - Seniors: $28 Online Subscription: $25.00 or $5.00 to a current Print Subscription POSTMASTER: Please send forms 3579 to: Post Office Box 526 - Upton, WY 82730 The WESTON COUNTY GAZETTE is a Legal newspaper for all publications. Lisa LeVasseur: Publisher/Editor/Owner Nicholas Trandahl: Assistant Publisher/Editor Weston County & Town of Upton Reporter Brittany Trandahl: Graphic Design, School Reporter, Bookkeeping/Subscriptions. Elsie Woodard: Proofreading Sophie Claycomb: Volleyball/Basketball Sports Editor Aidan Coberly: School Correspondent Robin Rhoden: Intern DEADLINE FOR NEWS & ADVERTISING NOON ON MONDAY Phone/Fax: 307-468-2642 Email: [email protected] Website: westoncountygazette.com By Gazette Assistant Publisher/Editor Nicholas Trandahl This winter and spring, the county roads have taken a terrible beating, with some county roads even being temporary shut down. The Weston County Road & Bridge department, under the experienced guidance of Road & Bridge Foreman Rick Williams, has been doing its best to keep up with the damage. On Tuesday morning, April 16th, the Weston County Commissioners opened a Budget Amend- ment Hearing to consider moving $500,000.00 from a revenue account to an expenditure account called the County Road Construc- tion & Maintenance Fund. Commissioner Ed Wagoner moved to transfer $500,000.00 to the expen- diture account for county road repair. Commissioner Marty Ertman seconded but warned that the Coun- ty Road Construction & Maintenance Fund has State rules that the County must abide by when utiliz- ing those funds for projects. The County Road Standards Committee operated by the State of Wyoming oversees in de- tail how money from that fund is spent and that rules are followed. One of these rules states that if over $50,000.00 is spent on a project, the County must hire a contractor to do the work instead of the Road & Bridge department. In an emergency, however, a rule can be suspended by the County, and Commissioner Ertman opined that in the case of Weston County’s heavily-deteriorated county roads she feels it is an emer- gency situation. The Board has already designated approximately $900,000.00 from the County Road Con- struction & Maintenance Fund through the FY 2019 budget process for the re- placement of two bridges: one on Upton-Fairview and one on Lynch Road. Commissioner Ertman also stated that every dollar spent by Road & Bridge out of that expenditure ac- count must be very closely accounted for to County Treasurer Susan Overman. Commissioner Wagoner, the motion maker, agreed, stating that the county road expenses need to be very accurate. Commissioner Nathan Todd remarked that the issues on some of these county roads have been compounding. “Some of these roads needed gravel fifteen years ago.” Commissioner Ertman didn’t disagree, but com- mented that the current emergency situation has to do with the recent flooding. In closing, Commis- sioner Todd recommended that Rick Williams have discretion as to what roads are highest priority. When a vote was called, all voted “aye”, and the motion carried. Business Council offers Energy Efficiency Grants The Wyoming Busi- ness Council’s State Ener- gy Office will have com- petitive federal grant funds available for Wyoming local governments, public schools and small business- es seeking to improve their buildings while reducing utility costs. The money will be split between four programs. • Local Government Energy Improvement • Comprehensive Retro- fit Grant Available to towns, cities and counties for improvements and retrofits like installing insulation; adding weather sealing; purchase of Energy Star or solar powered appliances; upgrades of showers and faucets; or replacement of boilers, hot water heaters, HVAC systems, windows and doors. • Retrofit Grant (LIGHTING ONLY) Available to towns, cit- ies and counties to upgrade current lighting systems to energy-efficient systems, which may include occu- pancy controls and auto dimming according to nat- ural light. • Public School Energy Improvement • Retrofit Grant (LIGHTING ONLY) Available to K-12 public schools to upgrade current lighting systems to energy-efficient systems, which may include occu- pancy controls and auto dimming according to nat- ural light. Applicants must sign up for the Wyoming Energy Conservation Improvement Program by May 31, 2019, to receive a free energy as- sessment. The assessment must be completed before submitting the grant appli- cation. Grant applications are due July 31, 2019. • Small Business Energy Audit/Retrofit Grant Small businesses, non- profits and local govern- ments are all encouraged to apply to the Small Business Energy Audit/Retrofit Grant Program. Energy efficiency improvements are often overlooked as cost-saving and building-improvement opportunities. The program funds up to 75 percent of the cost of an energy audit and some energy efficiency improve- ments. Grants are not to exceed $5,000 to entities pursuing an energy audit and retrofits that were iden- tified in the audit. Residences and hous- ing units are ineligible. For additional infor- mation and to download an application, please visit http://wyomingbusiness. org/energy or email Sherry Hughes at sherry.hughes@ wyo.gov. ATTENTION The second half of the 2018 property taxes are now due and will become delinquent after May 10, 2019. All unpaid real estate taxes will be advertised for tax sale, which will be held August 26, 2019. For further information, call the Weston County Treasurer’s Office at (307) 746-2852. Publish: April 18 & 25, 2019. WYOMING COWBOY QUILT THIS WYOMING COWBOY QUILT HANDMADE & DONATED BY SANDY HART IS BEING RAFFLED ON SUNDAY, MAY 26. TICKET PRICES 1 for $3.00 - 2 for $5.00 - 5 for $10.00 Call (307) 746-8151 for tickets Upton 5th Grade Student, Nathan Sanderson is raising money to attend the Junior National Young Leader Conference in Washington D.C. County Commits Funds to County Road Maintenance S e n i o r C i t i z e n s L u n c h M e n u Senior Meals are for persons 60 years old or older and their spouses, served at 12 noon, Monday through Friday at the Upton Senior Center for the suggested donation of $4.00. If you are in the Senior Meals Program, we offer a free meal for your birthday sponsored by Arrow Service. A free meal is purchased the first Tuesday of each month by Joe’s Food Center. All guests under 60 must pay $6.00. For meal pick -ups, reservations or home delivery please call Deb Miller @ 307-746-5870, no later than 9:00 a.m. Monday, APRIL 29 Ham and Macaroni Bake, Brussels Sprouts, Tossed Salad, Peach Crisp Tuesday, APRIL 30 Hot Beef Sandwich, Mixed Veggies, Carrot-Raisin Salad, Mandarin Oranges Wednesday, MAY 1 Turkey, Stuffing, Gravy, Peas and Carrots, Cranberry Sauce, Pumpkin Bar Thursday, MAY 2 Swiss Steak with Stewed Tomatoes, Baked Potato, Brussels Sprouts, Tossed Salad, Pudding Friday, MAY 3 Cheeseburger with Lettuce, Tomato, Onion, and Pickle, Chips, Banana Split SPACE DONATED BY THE WESTON COUNTY GAZETTE
Transcript of Newz Group | Media Monitoring - County Commits …...date” party given by Ron Materi at his home....
From Our Early Files10 Years Ago
April 23, 2009 The residents of Upton probably don’t even realize that they have a powerlifting team. But the Upton Powerlifting team, though it may be young, is making a strong impact on the Wyoming lifting scene with four winners in their weight classes and four second place winners. Coach Randy Crain took eight power lifters to the New-castle Invitational on Saturday, April 4th. Team members include: Eli Brost, Caleb Thompson, Dain Parrish, Aaron Sadler, Keith Philips, Karl Paschall, Travis Moore, and John Ryan. Four Upton High School Choir members were selected to sing at the High Plains Music Festival in Chadron, Nebraska, on February 2nd-3rd. A.J. Remington and Dal-ton Latham were selected for the High Plains Mixed Honor Choir, and Brianna Hag-erman and Kate Hart were selected for the High Plains Girls Choir. The singers were accompanied to Chadron by their director, Randy Crain. The Upton Upton High School Prom will be held Saturday April 25 at the high school gym. The theme for this year is “Paris, A Night to Remember”. Attendants for this year are kindergarten students Blake Durfee, son of Chris Durfee of Upton and Jill Steeves of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, and Emma East, daughter of Josh and Amanda East of Upton.
25 Years AgoApril 28, 1994
Mark Mitchell and his son Mark W. Mitchell, both won the overall state cham-pionships in the Wyoming State Archery Association for the 1993-1994 season. Both archers won three State Championships during the year; the state field, the state target and the state 3-D. Both also earned gold medals at the Cowboy State Games, which is a sanctioned tournament. This National Association of Collegiate Director of Athletics (NACDA) recently announced that Wyoming Cowgirl Erin Engle a senior track athlete from Upton, is one of 17 non-football finalists for the Fifth Annual NACDA/Disney Scholar-Athlete Post graduate Scholarship Award. Three Upton High School students are among the 126 students representing 13 Wyoming high schools who are attending Close- Up Foundation government studies program for high school students in Washington, DC this week (April 24-30). The three students are Jill Dillon, Donne Kenderdine and Dustin Strong. The students were accompanied by their sponsor, Betty Strong.
50 Years AgoApril 24, 1969
The Upton Bobcat of the Week is the track team who got second place at Rapid City. They missed first place by 2 points. Upton High School News: Friday and Saturday the District Music Festival will be held in Buffalo. Those who are going for solos are; (vocal) Melvin Mathis, Shirley Knipp, Everett Kraft, Ed Rose, Dave Kimsey and Linda Singleton, (instrumental) Jo Larson, Jeff Alexander, and Rozanna Todd. Jerry Williams attended the Senior Class presentation of the play “Girl Crazy” Friday night at the Upton High School after which he was a guest at the “senior-plus-date” party given by Ron Materi at his home.
75 Years AgoApril 20, 1944
Mrs. Monte Fesenbeck, Worthy Grand Matron of the Grand Chapter of Wyo-ming, Order of the Eastern Star made her official visit to Upton Chapter No. 32, O. E. S., at the Masonic hall in Upton on Monday evening, April 17th. Mrs. Emma Fraker presented the Worthy Matron with the money donated by the Chapter for the Blood Donors Bank, which has been their project for the year. Word was received that Winfield Douglas has recently been promoted to Techni-cal Sergeant. His address is: Tech Sgt, W. E. Douglas Co. F 2nd Bn. 8th Marines 2nd Marine Division % fleet P.O. San Francisco, Calif. A number of volunteer fire fighters did a very swift job of extinguishing a fire about 12 o’clock on Sunday night at the office of Dr. C. J. Reed. The fire was first discovered by Jimmie Norris who had just arrived in town from the midnight shift at the Wyodak plant. Fortunately, most of all the surgical instruments were undamaged being kept in a glass case.
100 Years AgoApril 25, 1919
Issue not available.
Page 2 - Weston County Gazette - April 25, 2019 [email protected]
Local News
Weston County GazettePublication #USPS 680-800
MemberWYOMING PRESS ASSOCIATION
Published every Thursday at Upton, Wyoming 82730SUBSCRIPTION RATES
To addresses in Weston, Crook, & Campbell Counties: $28 - Seniors: $25
To addresses outside 827 area: $30 - Seniors: $28Online Subscription: $25.00 or $5.00 to a current
Print SubscriptionPOSTMASTER:
Please send forms 3579 to:Post Office Box 526 - Upton, WY 82730
The WESTON COUNTY GAZETTE is a Legal newspaper for all publications.Lisa LeVasseur: Publisher/Editor/Owner
Nicholas Trandahl: Assistant Publisher/EditorWeston County & Town of Upton Reporter
Brittany Trandahl: Graphic Design, School Reporter,Bookkeeping/Subscriptions. Elsie Woodard: Proofreading
Sophie Claycomb: Volleyball/Basketball Sports Editor
Aidan Coberly: School CorrespondentRobin Rhoden: Intern
DEADLINE FOR NEWS & ADVERTISINGNOON ON MONDAY
Phone/Fax: 307-468-2642Email: [email protected]
Website: westoncountygazette.com
By Gazette Assistant Publisher/Editor
Nicholas Trandahl This winter and spring, the county roads have taken a terrible beating, with some county roads even being temporary shut down. The Weston County Road & Bridge department, under the experienced guidance of Road & Bridge Foreman Rick Williams, has been doing its best to keep up with the damage. On Tuesday morning, April 16th, the Weston County Commissioners opened a Budget Amend-ment Hearing to consider moving $500,000.00 from a revenue account to an expenditure account called the County Road Construc-tion & Maintenance Fund. Commissioner Ed Wagoner moved to transfer $500,000.00 to the expen-diture account for county road repair. Commissioner Marty Ertman seconded but warned that the Coun-ty Road Construction & Maintenance Fund has State rules that the County must abide by when utiliz-ing those funds for projects. The County Road Standards Committee operated by the State of Wyoming oversees in de-tail how money from that fund is spent and that rules are followed. One of these rules states that if over $50,000.00 is spent on a project, the County must hire a contractor to do the work instead of the Road & Bridge department. In an emergency, however, a rule can be suspended by the County, and Commissioner Ertman opined that in the case of Weston County’s heavily-deteriorated county roads she feels it is an emer-gency situation. The Board has already designated approximately $900,000.00 from the County Road Con-struction & Maintenance Fund through the FY 2019 budget process for the re-placement of two bridges: one on Upton-Fairview and one on Lynch Road. Commissioner Ertman also stated that every dollar spent by Road & Bridge out of that expenditure ac-count must be very closely accounted for to County Treasurer Susan Overman. Commissioner Wagoner, the motion maker, agreed, stating that the county road
expenses need to be very accurate. Commissioner Nathan Todd remarked that the issues on some of these county roads have been compounding. “Some of these roads needed gravel fifteen years ago.” Commissioner Ertman didn’t disagree, but com-mented that the current emergency situation has to do with the recent flooding. In closing, Commis-sioner Todd recommended that Rick Williams have discretion as to what roads are highest priority. When a vote was called, all voted “aye”, and the motion carried.
Business Council offers Energy
Efficiency Grants The Wyoming Busi-ness Council’s State Ener-gy Office will have com-petitive federal grant funds available for Wyoming local governments, public schools and small business-es seeking to improve their buildings while reducing utility costs. The money will be split between four programs.• Local Government Energy Improvement• Comprehensive Retro-fit Grant Available to towns, cities and counties for improvements and retrofits like installing insulation; adding weather sealing; purchase of Energy Star or solar powered appliances; upgrades of showers and faucets; or replacement of boilers, hot water heaters, HVAC systems, windows and doors.• Retrofit Grant (LIGHTING ONLY) Available to towns, cit-ies and counties to upgrade current lighting systems to energy-efficient systems, which may include occu-pancy controls and auto dimming according to nat-ural light.• Public School Energy Improvement• Retrofit Grant (LIGHTING ONLY) Available to K-12 public schools to upgrade current lighting systems to energy-efficient systems, which may include occu-pancy controls and auto dimming according to nat-ural light. Applicants must sign up for the Wyoming Energy Conservation Improvement Program by May 31, 2019, to receive a free energy as-sessment. The assessment must be completed before submitting the grant appli-cation. Grant applications are due July 31, 2019.• Small Business Energy Audit/Retrofit Grant Small businesses, non-profits and local govern-ments are all encouraged to apply to the Small Business Energy Audit/Retrofit Grant Program. Energy efficiency improvements are often overlooked as cost-saving and building-improvement opportunities. The program funds up to 75 percent of the cost of an energy audit and some energy efficiency improve-ments. Grants are not to exceed $5,000 to entities pursuing an energy audit and retrofits that were iden-tified in the audit. Residences and hous-ing units are ineligible. For additional infor-mation and to download an application, please visit http://wyomingbusiness.org/energy or email Sherry Hughes at [email protected].
ATTENTIONThe second half of the 2018 property taxes are now due and
will become delinquent after May 10, 2019. All unpaid real estate taxes will be advertised for tax sale, which will be held
August 26, 2019. For further information, call the Weston County Treasurer’s Office at (307) 746-2852.
Publish: April 18 & 25, 2019.
WYOMING COWBOY QUILTTHIS WYOMING COWBOY QUILT
HANDMADE & DONATED BY SANDY HART IS BEING RAFFLED
ON SUNDAY, MAY 26.
TICKET PRICES1 for $3.00 - 2 for $5.00 - 5 for $10.00
Call (307) 746-8151 for tickets
Upton 5th Grade Student, Nathan Sanderson is raising money to
attend the Junior National Young Leader Conference in Washington D.C.
County Commits Funds to County Road Maintenance
Senior
Citizens Lunch Menu
Senior Meals are for persons 60 years old or older and their spouses, served at 12 noon, Monday through Friday at the Upton Senior Center for the suggested donation of $4.00. If you are in the Senior Meals Program, we offer a free meal for your birthday sponsored by Arrow Service. A free meal is purchased the first Tuesday of each month by Joe’s Food Center. All guests under 60 must pay $6.00. For meal pick-ups, reservations or home delivery please call Deb Miller @ 307-746-5870, no later than 9:00 a.m.
Monday, APRIL 29
Ham and Macaroni Bake, Brussels
Sprouts, Tossed Salad, Peach Crisp
Tuesday, APRIL 30
Hot Beef Sandwich, Mixed Veggies,
Carrot-Raisin Salad, Mandarin Oranges
Wednesday, MAY 1
Turkey, Stuffing, Gravy, Peas and
Carrots, Cranberry Sauce, Pumpkin Bar
Thursday, MAY 2
Swiss Steak with Stewed Tomatoes,
Baked Potato, Brussels Sprouts,
Tossed Salad, Pudding Friday, MAY 3
Cheeseburger with Lettuce, Tomato, Onion, and Pickle,
Chips, Banana Split SPACE DONATED BY THE
WESTON COUNTY GAZETTE
