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Regional archers compete in second annual Wyoming Open Archery Shoot
SHERIDAN — More than a year ago, several indoor archery league competitors at Rocky Mountain Discount Sports felt the spirit of the Wyoming archery scene declining. They wanted to change that. Thus, the Wyoming Open Archery Shoot was born.
“We just decided, ‘Hey, this has got to happen,’” co-founder Dave Thompson said.
The tradition carried on after that first year. This past weekend, Rocky Mountain Discount Sports hosted 35 archers from around the region for the second annu-al Wyoming Open Archery Shoot.
Co-founders Thompson, Sam Boyles and Tom Bennet started talking with store staff about hosting it. Store man-agement liked the idea, and it took off from there.
BY RYAN PATTERSON
City to make quick work of 2018 projects
SHERIDAN — Discussions about hree projects within the city of Sheridan focused on expedited schedules, fully-funded ventures and the restoration and relocation of a historic Sheridan sign.
Fully funded
To help minimize water-line shutdowns during Loucks Phase II construction coming up in 2018, the city of Sheridan will first com-plete the $832,106 water-line proj-ect on West Works Street.
City public works director Lane Thompson said a Wyoming Water Development Commission grant will cover 67 percent of the project cost. The other 37 percent will be funded through a 50 percent prin-cipal forgiveness Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan, with 2.5 percent interest for 20 years.
Wilson Bros. Construction out of Lovell will start the project in February 2018 and anticipates completion in July. The company will utilize both pipe bursting and pipe boring to replace any exist-ing pipeline in the area around Beckton Road and Leopard Street.
Restore and relocate
Sheridan City Council members approved restoration and relo-cation of the historic Sheridan Farmer’s Cp-Op sign. The sign itself, once installed, will be placed back from Coffeen Avenue on the existing property owned by the Co-Op.
BY ASHLEIGH FOX
Convicted child abuser receives 18 to 23 yearsSHERIDAN — Robert Clayton
Swett, the man found guilty for one count of aggravated child abuse in 4th Judicial District Court Sept. 21, will serve 18 to 23 years in prison for his crime. A 12-person jury, comprised of 10 men and two women out of
Sheridan County, decided beyond a reason-able doubt that Swett did intentionally or recklessly inflict serious bodily injury upon his then 5-month-old child.
The four-day trial included testimony from medical professionals, family mem-bers of the child, law enforcement and Swett’s Sheridan County Detention Center cellmates.
During the sentencing hearing, Swett said he loves his child. He said the grandmother
of the child left town with her boyfriend and “destroyed (the child’s mother’s) sup-port system.”
He mentioned his involvement with Boy Scouts of America, enlisting in the military and being raised by his mother while his father served in the military. Swett said he would do whatever it takes to make his child safe.
“That is all I have,” Swett said. “I just need another chance.”
Defense attorney Erin Wardell mentioned an honorable discharge from the military that seemed unclear in the presentence investigation report. She also said, realis-tically, Swett probably had a personality disorder and would need some assistance in addressing that and will do whatever he needs to work through that.
BY ASHLEIGH FOX
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A mock-up shows what the historic sign will look like at the Farmers Co-Op on Coffeen Avenue.
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Sadie Tesch aims down range during the second annual Wyoming Open archery tournament at Rocky Mountain Discount Sports Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017.
Ramie Haines pulls his shots from the target during the second annual Wyoming Open archery tournament at Rocky Mountain Discount Sports Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017.
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ARCHERS : Out of 35 people from Wyoming area, one-third call Sheridan homeFROM 1
The co-founders also talked with staff at archery ranges in Billings, Gillette and Casper, and discovered that the weekend of Dec. 16 and 17 was open on the area schedule.
The contest had six class-es: championship, male and female freestyle, male and female bow hunter, and youth. This year’s competi-tion saw an increase in total and local participants. Of the 24 archers last year, five hailed from the Sheridan area. Out of 35 people this year from Wyoming, Montana and South Dakota, one-third call Sheridan home.
From the six class win-ners, five came from Wyoming and one — Abby Fauber, the women’s bow hunter champion — was from Sheridan. Nearly $3,000 worth of prizes were awarded over the weekend, including about $1,400 in cash. Door prizes included hunting knives, rangefind-ers, alcohol, binoculars and sunglasses.
The contest used a Vegas 300 round scoring format, where shooters aim at a paper bullseye target 20 feet away. A bow in the center of the target is worth 10 points, with decreasing scores far-ther away from the middle. Every competitor shot 30 arrows on Saturday and Sunday for a total of 60.
With a maximum score of 10 per arrow, the highest possi-ble score was 600.
Fifteen-year-old Sadie Tesch from South Dakota won the women’s freestyle class with a nearly-flawless 596 points, the top score from the weekend.
Thompson, who started competing in tournaments
about six years ago, finished third in men’s freestyle with 588 points.
Gillette’s Jeremy Terhune won the champion class with 595 points. Terhune, an archery pro since 2010, said he travels about 30 week-ends per year to various competitions. He competed in Pocatello, Idaho, last
weekend and Salt Lake City two weekends ago.
Terhune participat-ed in last year’s Open Shoot in Sheridan and plans to return next year, as well. Terhune said a quality archer has to pos-sess a sense of calm. The close quarters at Rocky Mountain’s indoor range
tested his state of relax-ation, though. With 30 peo-ple standing mere feet away and watching his every move, the tension built.
“Nerves are a killer here,” Terhune said. “It’s such a small room, so it’s pretty easy to get worked up, because people can see what’s going on.”
Boyles agreed. Repeatedly shooting a paper target requires a unique focus.
“One of those type A, ana-lytical mindsets,” Boyles said. “You would think it’d be really easy, guys shoot-ing at that target every round, but it’s more chal-lenging than one thinks.”
Archers of all ages and skill level took part in the competition. John Waterhouse, an archery technician at Rocky Mountain Discount Sports, said that is part of the beau-ty of archery. Waterhouse has taught people ranging in age from 3 to 82.
One of the weekend high-lights was a 9-year-old boy from Cheyenne who compet-ed and surprised observers with his accuracy.
“Nobody thought he could shoot, then all of a sudden he’s pegging the target like there’s no tomorrow,” Waterhouse said.
The weekend went smoothly, but the found-ers hope to involve more women and youth in the future. They plan to host the competition during the third weekend in December for the foreseeable future and have it grow.
“Until all of us move away, or something bad happens, we’re going to try to continue to do this,” Boyles said.
At least in Sheridan, the Wyoming archery spirit remains alive.
JUSTIN SHEELY | THE SHERIDAN PRESS
Neal Ruebush sets an arrow during the second annual Wyoming Open archery tournament at Rocky Mountain Discount Sports Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017.
PROJECTS :North Main
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The sign will require no electrical service and no lighting. The sign stretches 20 feet into the sky with dimensions of 8 feet wide and 5 feet tall for the actual signage.
Full-speed ahead
A joint project between the city of Sheridan and Wyoming Department of Transportation far exceed-ed, thus far, the timeline for completion. The North Sheridan Interchange’s expected completion date moved up almost an entire year, WYDOT district engineer Scott Taylor said, with the end date now set for Oct. 31, 2018. The crews started construction in July 2016 and will resume in April 2018 following the winter break.
Scientists tune into brain to uncover music’s healing powerWASHINGTON (AP) —
Like a friendly Pied Piper, the violinist keeps up a toe-tapping beat as dancers weave through busy hospital hallways and into the chemo-therapy unit, patients look-ing up in surprised delight. Upstairs, a cellist strums an Irish folk tune for a patient in intensive care.
Music increasingly is becoming a part of patient care — although it’s still pretty unusual to see rov-ing performers captivating entire wards, like at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital one fall morning.
“It takes them away for just a few minutes to some
other place where they don’t have to think about what’s going on,” said cellist Martha Vance after playing for a patient isolated to avoid spreading infection.
The challenge: Harnessing music to do more than comfort the sick. Now, mov-ing beyond programs like Georgetown’s, the National Institutes of Health is bring-ing together musicians, music therapists and neu-roscientists to tap into the brain’s circuitry and figure out how.
“The brain is able to com-pensate for other deficits sometimes by using music to communicate,” said NIH
Director Dr. Francis Collins, a geneticist who also plays a mean guitar. To turn that ability into a success-ful therapy, “it would be a really good thing to know which parts of the brain are still intact to be called into action. To know the circuits well enough to know the backup plan,” Collins added.
Scientists aren’t starting from scratch. Learning to play an instrument, for example, sharpens how the brain processes sound and can improve children’s read-ing and other school skills. Stroke survivors who can’t speak sometimes can sing, and music therapy can help
them retrain brain pathways to communicate. Similarly, Parkinson’s patients some-times walk better to the right beat.
But what’s missing is rigorous science to better understand how either lis-tening to or creating music might improve health in a range of other ways — research into how the brain processes music that NIH is beginning to fund.
“The water is wide, I can-not cross over,” well-known soprano Renee Fleming belt-ed out, not from a concert stage but from inside an MRI machine at the NIH campus.
The opera star — who part-
nered with Collins to start the Sound Health initiative — spent two hours in the scanner to help researchers tease out what brain activ-ity is key for singing. How? First Fleming spoke the lyrics. Then she sang them. Finally, she imagined sing-ing them.
“We’re trying to under-stand the brain not just so we can address mental disor-ders or diseases or injuries, but also so we can under-stand what happens when a brain’s working right and what happens when it’s performing at a really high level,” said NIH researcher David Jangraw, who shared
the MRI data with The Associated Press.
To Jangraw’s surprise, sev-eral brain regions were more active when Fleming imag-ined singing than when she actually sang, including the brain’s emotion center and areas involved with motion and vision. One theory: it took more mental effort to keep track of where she was in the song, and to maintain its emotion, without audito-ry feedback.
Fleming put it more sim-ply: “I’m skilled at singing so I didn’t have to think about it quite so much,” she told a spring workshop at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where she is an artistic adviser.
Indeed, Jangraw notes a saying in neuroscience: Neurons that fire together, wire together. Brain cells communicate by firing mes-sages to each other through junctions called synapses. Cells that regularly connect — for example, when a musi-cian practices — strengthen bonds into circuitry that forms an efficient network for, in Fleming’s case, sing-ing.
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SWETT : Phillips asked for $6,255.44 in restitutionFROM 1
Sheridan County Deputy and Prosecuting Attorney Darci Phillips reminded the court of Swett’s full back-ground of confrontations with the judicial system. She played eight minutes of the phone call made by Swett to his partner and mother of the child on the second day of the trial. The phone call indicated Swett wanted to go away with his partner and
work on their relationship.Phillips also asked for
$6,255.44 in restitution for prosecution costs including travel, transcription prepa-rations and altered video technology for the trial. The altered video technol-ogy provided partial clips of interviews between law enforcement and Swett during investigation at the Sheridan County Detention Center. The prosecution used those clips as evidence
to show the jury during trial. She confirmed the state itemized the list of restitu-tion requests before the com-pletion of the presentence investigation report. Wardell asked the state not to impose the restitution.
The court finalized Swett’s judgment and sentence with an 18-to-23-year prison sen-tence with credit for time served and fees totaling $6,795, not including restitu-tion.
JUSTIN SHEELY | THE SHERIDAN PRESS
Getting readySarah Cote applies makeup during a stage makeup class at the Sheridan College Broadway Center Friday, Dec. 15, 2017.
US housing starts rose 3.3 percent in NovemberWASHINGTON (AP) —
Construction of new homes increased 3.3 percent in November — with the gain largely coming from sin-gle-family houses being built at the strongest pace in more than a decade.
The Commerce Department said Tuesday that builders broke ground on homes last month at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.3 million units. The increase marks a key
moment in the recovery from the Great Recession: Builders started work on single-family houses at the fastest pace since September 2007, which was just a few months before the start of that economic downturn.
Ralph McLaughlin, chief economist at the real estate company Trulia, said com-pleted new homes are likely to finish at a post-recession high, but completions are still just 65 percent of their 50 year-average.
Driving the rebound in home construction has been
a shortage of existing prop-erties being listed for sale.
Fewer people are putting their property on the mar-ket, despite healthy demand from buyers because the unemployment rate is at a 17 year-low and mortgage rates remain at attractive levels. New construction has filled some of this gap with starts on single-family houses rising 8.7 percent so far this year.
Still, not enough new homes are being built to totally end the supply squeeze. Over the past year,
the number of sales listings for the much larger market for existing homes has fall-en 6.4 percent.
The construction growth last month came from the South and West, while the Northeast and Midwest reported declines.
Builders are also backing away from the apartment rentals that until recently were a driving force behind the rebound in residen-tial construction. Ground breakings for multi-family buildings such as apartment complexes have declined 8.5
percent year-to-date.The move away from
apartment construction has corresponded with a shift by the millennial population toward buying homes, said Mark Fleming, chief econ-omist at First American Financial, a real estate transactions firm.
“The last two quarters have seen an increase, spe-cifically a shift from renter occupied to owner occupied households, as Millennials age out of rentership and into homeownership,” Fleming said.
Building permits, an indicator of future construc-tion, slipped 1.4 percent in October to 1.3 million. But the number of permits authorized so far this year has increased 5.8 percent.
Relatively low mortgage rates have helped would-be homebuyers, even as prop-erty prices have climbed faster than wages. The aver-age rate on 30-year fixed-rate U.S. mortgages was 3.93 percent last week, slightly better than the 4.16 percent rate a year ago, according to mortgage Freddie Mac.
BY JOSH BOAK AP ECONOMICS WRITER
Judge rules in favor of 2 immigrant teens who want abortionsWASHINGTON (AP)
— A federal judge on Monday ordered President Donald Trump’s adminis-tration to allow two preg-nant immigrant teenagers in U.S. custody to obtain abortions. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said the Republican administration can’t pre-vent the 17-year-old girls from exercising their right to an abortion.
Both girls arrived in the country as unaccompa-nied minors and are being held in federal shelters, though it is not known precisely where. The American Civil Liberties Union went to court on behalf of the two girls, as it did in the case of a third 17-year-old girl who was able to obtain an abortion in October following a high-profile court fight.
The current controversy stems from the Trump administration’s opposi-tion to abortion and its decision to change the pol-icy of the Obama adminis-tration concerning minors who are detained trying to enter the country. Earlier this year, the office in the Health and Human Services Department that oversees the shelters prohibited them from tak-ing steps to facilitate an abortion without its direct approval.
One teen is about 10 weeks pregnant, and the other is now about 22 weeks pregnant, Chutkan said. She “is quickly approaching the limit for
abortion in the state where she is being detained,” the ACLU argued in its lawsuit.
Lawyers for the govern-ment made clear at a court hearing earlier Monday that the administration would not allow her to have an abor-tion, Chutkan said in her ruling. The judge is giving the administration 24 hours to try to persuade a higher court to block her order.
As it applies to the teenager who is 10 weeks pregnant, the administration appealed the judge’s ruling to both the federal appeals court in Washington and to the Supreme Court. But it is not seeking to stop the teenager who is about 22 weeks preg-nant from having an abor-tion.
Scott Lloyd, the head of the HHS office that oversees the shelters, said in an email thatfacilities under HHS “should not be supporting abortion services pre or post-release,” but rather “life-affirming options counseling.”
Chutkan said the HHS office continues to claim “ultimate authority to unilat-erally veto the reproductive choices of the unaccompa-nied minors in its custody.”
Under Trump, climate change not a national security threatWASHINGTON (AP) — President
Donald Trump removed climate change from the list of worldwide threats men-acing the United States on Monday, a shift that underscores the long-term ramifications of the “America first” world view he laid out in his new National Security Strategy.
The document depicts Russia and China as combative rivals in perpetual competition with the U.S. But it makes no mention of what scientists say are the dangers posed by a warming cli-mate, including more extreme weather events that could spark humanitarian crises, mass migrations, and conflict.
It’s a significant departure from the Obama administration, which had described climate change as an “urgent and growing threat to our national security.” And it demonstrates how Trump, despite struggling to push his own agenda through a Republican-controlled Congress, has been able to unilaterally dismantle one of his predecessor’s signature efforts. As far back as 2003, during George W. Bush’s presidency, a report commissioned by the Defense Department said abrupt climate change threatened “disruption and conflict,” refugee crises, border tensions and more military conflicts.
Trump’s national security report, required annually by Congress, empha-sizes that economic security is national security for the U.S. It makes clear the United States will unilaterally defend its sovereignty, even if that means risking existing agreements with other countries.
The new document doesn’t eliminate references to the environment entirely. It “recognizes the importance of envi-ronmental stewardship” and says that “climate policies will continue to shape the global energy system.”
“The United States will remain a global leader in reducing traditional pollution, as well as greenhouse gases, while expanding our economy,” it reads.
But Trump, in a speech about the report, blamed past administrations for putting “American energy under lock and key” and said his approach “embraces a future of American energy dominance and self-sufficiency.”
“Our nation must take advantage of our wealth in domestic resources and energy efficiency to promote compet-itiveness across our industries,” he said. That thinking represents a rever-sal, not just from previous Democratic administrations, but from Republican as well, said Geoffrey Dabelko, direc-tor of environmental studies at Ohio University.
“Proscribing more fossil fuels rath-er than seeing that as a fundamental source of vulnerability that undercuts resilience ... that is definitely a depar-ture, in some ways turning the argu-ment on its head,” he said.
The last national strategy document, prepared by President Barack Obama in 2015, identified climate change as a national security risk alongside threats like the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and catastrophic attacks on the U.S. homeland.
Climate change, that document warned, was contributing to “increased natural disasters, refugee flows and conflicts over basic resources like food and water” and was already being felt “from the Arctic to the Midwest,” with rising sea levels and storm surges threatening coastal regions, infrastruc-ture and property.
Jamil N. Jaffer, founder of the National Security Institute at George Mason University’s law school, sees the broader new strategy as a shift “that reasserts America’s role in the world as a nation willing to assert its power and influence in its own interest, and as a nation ready and willing to engage in competition--and win--in areas rang-ing from economics to diplomacy.”
But Rosina Bierbaum, a University of Michigan environmental policy scientist, said, “Not including climate change in a document about securi-ty threats is putting our head in the sand.”
Climate change is “absolutely a secu-rity threat,” posing risks to U.S. coastal infrastructure, expanding the ranges of pests and pathogens, and fueling more powerful storms and wildfires, she said. Around the world, the changing climate threatens food and drinking water shortages that will boost mass migration and heighten international tension, said Bierbaum, a former asso-ciate director of the White House Office of Science and Technology during the Clinton administration who helped write the initial congressionally man-dated national climate assessment.
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Yellen’s economic legacy
One of Washington’s permanent parlor games is how much credit or blame a president deserves for the state of the economy. Inevitably, then, the ques-tion being asked now is whether Donald Trump
or Barack Obama created today’s strong economy. The correct answer is: neither. To the extent that personal responsibility can be assigned, the worthy recipient is Janet Yellen.
In practice, presidents’ influence over the economy is limited. If it were otherwise, we’d live in an eco-nomic paradise. Unemployment would always be low, wages would always rise, and recessions would never occur. No one has that kind of power. Presidents and their agencies can’t govern the business cycle.
The obvious qualification to this reality is the Federal Reserve. By regulating the flow of money and credit, the Fed stimulates or retards the economy,
though not always in predictable ways. There are regular collisions between what the Fed can actually achieve and what the public thinks it should achieve. Yellen has led it since 2014 but will leave early next year and be replaced by Fed gover-nor Jerome Powell.
Under Yellen, the economy has made huge progress. Here’s the record since she became Fed head in February 2014: Payroll employ-ment has expanded by nearly 10 million jobs; the unemployment rate has dropped from 6.7 percent to 4.1 percent; average hourly earnings,
uncorrected for inflation, rose from $24.32 to $26.55. (Corrected for inflation, the wage gain is about 4 per-cent — not great but not stagnation either. The pace, if maintained, would be roughly 10 percent over a decade.)
None of this was preordained. It’s true that Yellen followed the policies of her predecessor, Ben Bernanke, but these policies were not, as Yellen has repeatedly stated, on “automatic pilot.” They required much judgment. The problem faced by Yellen was to maintain a policy of easy money long enough to pro-mote the economy’s recovery but not so long as to feed either inflation or financial speculation.
It will be some years before a final verdict can be rendered on Yellen’s stewardship. Is the stock market overvalued? Did the Fed contribute to that? What hap-pens if stocks crash? Questions linger.
Still, for the moment, most of Yellen’s judgments seem on the mark. Bernanke’s Fed had adopted a policy of ultra-easy money. It had reduced short-term interest rates to near zero and, in an effort to bring down long-term rates, had purchased more than $3 tril-lion of Treasury and home-mortgage securities. (When the Fed buys securities, their price typically goes up and their interest rate goes down.)
Yellen has slowly been reversing this policy. Since December 2015, the Fed has raised short-term inter-est rates five times, including an increase last week. The so-called Fed funds rate has risen to a maximum of 1.5 percent. More increases are expected in 2018. Likewise, the Fed is reducing its holdings of Treasury and mortgage securities, putting upward pressure on long-term interest rates.
All this has gone smoothly — and that’s just the point. It wasn’t inevitable. The mechanics of raising interest rates from their ultra-low position involved new and untested procedures. There were dire predic-tions that things would go awry. They didn’t.
“The Fed was acutely aware that it had to be per-ceived as successful ... to have public support,” says economist Ken Matheny of Macroeconomic Advisers.
Given her reputation as a conciliator, Yellen may also have improved the Fed’s public standing. Remember: The chair can’t single-handedly impose policy. The Fed’s key decision-making body, the Federal Open Market Committee, has 12 members. Despite a tradition of deference to the chair, “you have to achieve a consensus,” says Matheny. “It’s not a dic-tatorship.”
Yellen leaves a solid legacy, built on professional competence, integrity and dignity.
Just what prompted President Trump to pass her over in favor of Powell is unclear. It’s not monetary policy, where both adhere to the present Fed consensus.
Trump’s decision flouts an informal custom, since the 1980s, to reappoint the Fed chair to at least a sec-ond four-year term. It may be that the president feels more comfortable with Powell. Or he may think (inac-curately?) that, if the economy weakens, he can more easily bend Powell to his will than Yellen.
Whatever the case, the irony is hard to miss. Powell’s performance, at least initially, will be com-pared to Yellen’s. It is a high hurdle to clear.
ROBERT J. SAMUELSON writes a weekly economics column for The Washington Post on Mondays. He has also worked as a columnist for Newsweek magazine, as a journalist on The Post business desk and an economics reporter and columnist for National Journal magazine. Samuelson is also the author of two books.
Collateral damage of ‘credibly accused’A
s the #MeToo movement gained momentum the past several weeks — and more than a dozen powerful men accused of sexual
misconduct were suspended, fired or banished into the outer darkness, it was reasonable to wonder where it would all end.
On Wednesday afternoon, it ended for Kentucky state Rep. Dan Johnson on a remote bridge, where he shot himself with a .40-caliber
handgun. In an apparent suicide note posted (brief-ly) on Facebook, he wrote: “GOD knows the truth, nothing is the way they make it out to be . . . I cannot han-dle it any longer. . . BUT HEAVEN IS MY HOME.”
Johnson was referring to accusa-tions published two days earlier by the
Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting that he had fondled a 17-year-old friend of his daughter during a New Year’s Eve sleepover in 2013. According to his accuser, now 21, a drunk Johnson slipped his hand under her top and down her pants as she was sleeping on a couch. She begged him to stop, which, ulti-mately, he did.
Assuming the woman’s story is true, Johnson’s actions were repre-hensible, made more so by the fact that the girl considered him “a sec-ond dad.” The betrayal of a trusted adult is a higher order of evil. The circumstances of the alleged event magnify the drama and invite con-demnation seasoned with relish. The woman, whose identity is being protected, said the incident occurred at the “Pope’s House,” a fellowship hall next to the Heart of Fire Church where the well-known Republican
was the self-anointed “pope” to his congregation.
Even with all of that, however, didn’t Johnson have a right to some sort of dispassionate hearing? It is convenient to think he was too ashamed to withstand what would lie ahead for him. Or, one could believe, as Johnson hoped people would, that things didn’t happen as described.
That’s the trouble with weighing allegations of years-old behavior in the court of public opinion. Given that the statute of limitations pre-cludes indictments in many of these recent cases, we’re left to decide for ourselves whether the accusers are telling the truth — or enough truth to be convincing.
An accusation isn’t a conviction or even an indictment, of course. Yet, the Draconian actions we’ve witnessed as each case comes to light have provided cause for con-cern even in the most despicable of alleged offenses. We’ve rather quick-ly moved away from a society that embraces the suspension of judg-ment pending a fair trial to one in which subjective opinion — or fear of financial repercussions — justifies harsh sentencing.
Why have a jury-trial system at all if we’re comfortable passing judgments derived primarily from common sense-based calculus. This we know about common sense: Everyone considers theirs to be of higher quality than mine or yours. During the past couple of months, we’ve all become rather expert in dispensing verdicts, which seem to go something like this:
When several women tell similar stories of sordid encounters with the same individual, then we deem the accusations true. This was the case with Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, who admitted to some of the charges. When only one accus-er is involved, we tend to give the accused some benefit of the doubt.
It’s when only three or four victims come forward with similar tales that we begin to hear terms such as “credible accusations” or “credibly accused.”
“Credible” accusations brought down Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore after The Washington Post conducted an extensive investigation into allegations against him. There’s no proof of anything, of course, but there was enough corroboration from other people interviewed to suggest a strong likelihood that the women were truthful.
Even if one believes all the women who have come forward thus far, there’s room for some self-doubt in our individual rushes to judgment, as well as our participation in social media’s ruthless, often-anonymous dispensations. We’re on new ground these days when everyone occupies a seat of infinite power. Thus, it may be impossible to mitigate the effects of a determined mob, especially given a zeitgeist poised to assume the worst of men and the best of women.
This shift in the balance of power may feel justified at some level, but this, too, should give one pause. Should every man who has ever made an unwelcome advance on a grown woman be ruined? In instanc-es of poor judgement or reckless behavior, is there no punishment short of firing?
It is notable that “shame,” so long out of vogue, is in these most modern of times making a comeback, indeed, with a vengeance. Johnson’s suicide reminds us that the best of causes conducted without the usual rules of law can lead to disastrous, even fatal, consequences.
KATHLEEN PARKER is a syndicated columnist of The Washington Post, a regular guest on television shows like The Chris Mathews Show and The O’Reilly Factor, and is a member of the Buckley School’s faculty. She won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary.
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PEOPLEFort Phil Kearny to host annual battlefield tourBANNER — Fort Phil
Kearny State Historic Site will host the annual anniversary tour of the Battle of the Hundred-In-The-Hand, also referred to as the Fetterman Fight, Thursday.
The event will begin at 10 a.m. at Fort Phil Kearny Interpretive Center and will include a brief intro-duction at the interpretive center and a tour of the battlefield. R.C. Wilson, retired Fort Phil Kearny superintendent, will lead the program.
The fight occurred Dec. 21, 1866, between the U.S. 18th Infantry Regiment escorted by members of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and members of the Lakota (Sioux), Northern Cheyenne and Northern Arapahoe Nations.
It was, at that time, the largest defeat of U.S. forc-es in the Northern-Plains Territories. This year marks the battle’s 151st anniversary.
Following the tour, hot drinks and snacks will be provided at the inter-pretive center with an opportunity for visitors to ask questions of the guide and view the museum. The complete program will take approximately four hours.
Visitors are reminded to dress appropriately for the weather and expect wind at the battlefield. Site fees have been waived for all visitors for the anniversary tour.
Fort Phil Kearny State History Site is located at 528 Wagon Box Road in Banner. For more informa-tion, call (307) 684-7629 or email the superintendent at [email protected].
FROM STAFF REPORTS
SHERIDAN — The annu-al Elks Hoop Shoot will take place at Sheridan Junior High School begin-ning at 7 p.m. Thursday.
The free-throw contest for children ages 8-13 will
give competitors a chance to advance and participate nationally.
For more information on the program, see www.elks.org/hoopshoot.
Sheridan Junior High School is located at 500 Lewis St.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Tickets for Big Horn Mountain Festival
now on saleSHERIDAN — Advance tickets are now on sale for
the July 20-22, 2018, Big Horn Mountain Festival in Buffalo. Advance special ticket price of $95 for the entire three-day festival is a savings of $10 over the gate price. Individual day tickets are also available at an advance discount. Advance tickets are on sale until April 30. Tickets for the festival can be obtained at Buffalo Chamber of Commerce and The Sports Lure in Buffalo, CB Music in Sheridan, Music Service Center in Gillette or online at www.bighornmountainfestival.com.
The Big Horn Mountain Festival will begin early Friday afternoon, July 20, and run until late Sunday afternoon, July 22. In addition to the band performances, festival participants can attend several of the perform-ers’ workshops.
The festival has once again partnered with the Bighorn Bluegrass Camp to present a bluegrass camp for kids, providing music instruction from camp band Horseshoes and Hand Grenades. The camp is set for July 17-20.
More information about the Big Horn Mountain Festival can be found at www.bighornmountainfestival.com or by calling the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce at (307) 684-5544.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Fryers celebrate 50 years of marriageSHERIDAN — Bob and Donna Fryer celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary Dec. 9, 2017.Donna (Raether) and Bob Fryer were married Dec.
9, 1967, at St. Mary’s Church in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They moved to Wyoming in 1992. Sheridan is their home.
They will celebrate this Christmas season when both their children, children’s spouses and seven grandchildren will be in Sheridan. They are then planning a trip to Germany in the spring to visit areas where they lived when they were first mar-ried.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
COURTESY PHOTOS |
Bob and Donna Fryer celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Dec. 9, 2017.
Elks Hoops Shoot organized for Thursday
Massive Southern California wildfire now halfway containedLOS ANGELES (AP) —
Firefighters took advantage of calm winds in Southern California to reach 50 per-cent containment of a mas-sive wildfire, officials said.
“We’ve had a very pro-ductive day,” said Deputy Chief Mark Brown of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protections. “The weather conditions were just right for us.”
Monday was the first of a two-day window of calm winds in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties where the so-called Thomas Fire has burned for two weeks.
The fire northwest of Los Angeles has now spread to about 423 square miles (1,095 square kilometers), making it the third biggest since accurate records were kept starting in 1932. The largest,
the 2003 Cedar Fire in San Diego County, burned about 427 square miles.
Officials estimate the Thomas Fire will grow to become the biggest in state history before full contain-ment, which is expected by Jan. 7. It was still threat-ening communities north-west of Los Angeles, where thousands remain under evacuation orders. The hot, gusty winds that caused a huge flare-up and forced more residents to flee over the weekend are expected to come back Wednesday.
The fire churning through brush in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties has burned more than 1,000 structures, including at least 750 homes. Some 18,000 more residences are still threatened. Michael and Sonia Behrman told KABC-TV they fled their
hillside home when heavy smoke blew in and returned to find it in ashes. “It’s just hard to put into words,” Michael Behrman said. “It’s where we live. It’s just smoke and ruin right now.”
The body of a firefight-er killed while battling the blaze was transported Sunday in a procession that rolled through five coun-ties before ending up at a funeral home in San Diego.
‘The Last Jedi’ is a hit, but how much did audiences like it?
NEW YORK (AP) — With glowing reviews from crit-ics and $450.8 million of worldwide box office in the first three days of release of “The Last Jedi,” all would seem to be right in the “Star Wars” universe.
But some audience reac-tion metrics suggest not all Star Wars fans are so thrilled with Rian Johnson’s eighth episode in the fran-chise.
While “The Last Jedi” sports a sterling 93 percent fresh Rotten Tomatoes score, the website’s users give it only a 56 percent score . A similar dichot-omy is also found on the movie review aggregation website Metacritic , where the movie has a score of 86 out of 100 from critics but earned a woeful 4.9 out of 10 from users.
The role reversal between critics and fans has caused consternation throughout the Star Wars galaxy. Could “The Last Jedi” be a critical smash and a dud with audi-ences? Is “The Last Jedi” more “Attack of the Clones” than “The Empire Strikes Back”? What in the name of midi-chlorians is going on here?
For starters, the responses on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic are to be taken with a Death Star-sized
grain of salt. They’re sup-plied by users to the web-site who can, by creating numerous accounts, vote limitlessly, and need offer no proof of having actual-ly seen the movie. Some believe a nefarious plot is at play, a theory backed up by the boasts of a few on social media . Similar ploys , after all, were used against the female-led “Ghostbusters.”
But why would anyone want to sabotage “The Last Jedi”? Well, there have been growing signs of rebellion against the galaxy far, far away.
Some conservative mov-iegoers have taken issue with the current trilogy’s embrace of multicultural-ism. Claiming an anti-Don-ald Trump agenda, some called for a boycott of last year’s spinoff “Rogue One.” Writer Chris Weitz noted the Empire “is a white supremacist (human) orga-nization.”
Politics have always played a role in “Star Wars.” George Lucas has said he wrote it as a Nixon-era parable for the Vietnam War, about how democra-cies turn into dictatorships. But in carrying those themes forward to today, “The Last Jedi” has — like virtually everything else — been fed into America’s combustible politics. Even Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) has volleyed with
Texas Senator Ted Cruz on Twitter over net neutrality.
“Similar to other movie sites, we’re currently expe-riencing a high volume of fan activity around ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi,’” said Rotten Tomaotes spokesman Tiyson Reynolds. “We’re closely monitoring all user review activity to make sure it’s valid.”
But their low ratings don’t jive with other, more scien-tific data.
Like “The Force Awakens,” ‘‘The Last Jedi” won an A CinemaScore, which polls audiences coming out of theaters. CinemaScore counted feed-back as 89 percent positive. ComScore’s PostTrak audi-ence survey recorded an average five-out-five star rating from moviegoers, with 80 percent saying they would definitely recommend the film.
And then there’s the mammoth box office. With $220 million in domestic ticket sales, “The Last Jedi” now ranks as the second highest grossing opening weekend of all time, after J.J. Abrams’ “The Force Awakens.”
Disney’s distribution chief Dave Hollis estimates “The Last Jedi” will have legs through the holiday season similar or close to those of “The Force Awakens,” which ultimately grossed more than $2 billion world-
wide. “The Last Jedi” is likely to eventually rank among the highest gross-ing films of all time, but it will depend on strong word-of-mouth and repeat viewings to sniff the realm of “The Force Awakens” or “Titanic.”
Yet regardless of any user scores, “The Last Jedi” has proved to be easily the most divisive “Star Wars” film. (Lucas’ second trilogy was too universally panned to be much argued over.)
Even many fans who gen-erally applauded the film have taken issue with its comic flashes, a Princess Leia moment roundly com-pared to Mary Poppins, and of the film’s treatment of Hamill’s Skywalker. (Cantankerous and ornery, he spends most of the film on an isolated island.) And by shifting the parameters for how the Force works, some have said “The Last Jedi” is, as Variety claimed, “making stuff up as it goes along.”
For its part, Disney has sensed the tremors of back-lash.
“Rian Johnson, the cast, Lucasfilm, they’ve delivered an experience that is totally ‘Star Wars’ but at the same time is filled with things that are unexpected and new,” said Hollis. “And in that unexpected and new, it’s going to have people really talking.”
BY JAKE COYLE
AP FILM WRITER
A6 THE SHERIDAN PRESS www.thesheridanpress.com TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2017
PAGE SIX10 things to know
1. HOW FAST DERAILED TRAIN WAS GOINGFederal officials confirmed an Amtrak train was hur-tling 50 mph over the speed limit when it careened off an overpass south of Seattle, spilling cars onto the highway below and kill-ing at least three people.
2. $1.5T FINAL TAX BILL SET FOR FINAL APPROVALRepublicans in Congress are set to catapult sweeping $1.5 trillion tax legislation through the House, rolling over a dozen GOP defectors from high-tax states.
3. WHO TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BLAMES FOR BIG RANSOMWARE ATTACKPresident Donald Trump’s administration is publicly blaming North Korea for a ransomware attack that infected hundreds of thou-sands of computers world-wide in May and crippled parts of Britain’s National Health Service.
4. WHAT MAY AID ASSAD AS HE EYES SYRIA’S IDLIBA recent wave of detentions and a spate of violence with-in al-Qaida have also raised fears of an all-out war between insurgents in the heavily populated province near Turkey as President Bashar Assad’s forces seek to reassert his authority in the only remaining prov-ince in Syria where they have almost no presence.
5. CHINA URGES US TO ACCEPT ITS RISEThe Chinese government is criticizing Trump’s decision to label Beijing a strategic rival and called on Washington to “abandon a Cold War mentality.”
6. WHY ORPHANAGES ARE EMPTYING IN SOME COUNTRIESFrom Eastern Europe to China to the African nation of Rwanda, intensive efforts are underway to get chil-dren out of orphanages.
7. HOW MANY MIGRANTS UN SAYS THERE ARE NOWA U.N. report says an esti-mated 258 million people have left their birth coun-tries and are now living in other nations — an increase of 49 percent since 2000.
8. SNOWFALL IMPACTS BOTTOM LINE FOR BUSINESSES AND OLYMPIANSWith winters growing warmer and ski seasons starting later, billions of dollars are at stake for the ski industry.
9. HOW MUSIC COULD DO MORE THAN COMFORT THE SICKThe National Institutes of Health is bringing together musicians, music therapists and neuroscientists to tap into the brain’s circuitry and figure out how.
10. LAKERS RETIRE NOT ONE, BUT TWO BRYANT JERSEYSThe Lakers owner explained the reasoning behind the team’s decision to hang two jersey num-bers for Kobe Bryant: “If you separated each of the accomplishments under those numbers, each of those players would qualify for the Hall of Fame.”
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Dec. 19, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, Gen. George Washington led his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to camp for the winter.
On this date:In 1813, British forces cap-
tured Fort Niagara during the War of 1812.
In 1843, “A Christmas Carol,” by Charles Dickens, was first published in England.
In 1907, 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
In 1932, the British Broadcasting Corp. began transmitting overseas with its Empire Service to Australia.
In 1946, war broke out in Indochina as troops under Ho Chi Minh launched wide-spread attacks against the French.
In 1957, Meredith Willson’s musical play “The Music Man” opened on Broadway.
In 1961, former U.S. Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., 73, suffered a debilitating stroke while in Palm Beach, Florida.
In 1974, Nelson A. Rockefeller was sworn in as the 41st vice president of the United States in the U.S. Senate chamber by Chief Justice Warren Burger with President Gerald R. Ford looking on.
In 1986, the Soviet Union announced it had freed dissi-dent Andrei Sakharov from internal exile, and pardoned his wife, Yelena Bonner. Lawrence E. Walsh was appointed independent coun-sel to investigate the Iran-Contra affair.
In 1997, a SilkAir Boeing 737-300 plunged from the sky, crashing into an Indonesian river and killing all 104 peo-ple aboard. James Cameron’s epic film “Titanic” opened in U.S. theaters.
In 1998, President Bill Clinton was impeached by the Republican-controlled House for perjury and obstruction of justice (he was subsequently acquitted by the Senate).
Ten years ago: President George W. Bush signed leg-islation increasing fuel-effi-ciency standards for vehicles and requiring wider use of ethanol. An explosion and fire at a chemical plant in Jacksonville, Florida, killed four workers. Rescuers found Frederick Dominguez and his three children, who had been lost in the mountains for three days during a snow-storm, alive in a northern California ravine.
Five years ago: Four State Department officials resigned under pressure, less than a day after a damning report blamed management fail-ures for a lack of security at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, where militants killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. Park Geun-hye (goon-hay), daughter of late South Korean President Park Chung-hee, was elected the country’s first female presi-dent. Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly was voted Associated Press coach of the year. Legal scholar and onetime Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork died in Arlington, Virginia, at age 85.
One year ago: A Turkish policeman fatally shot Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov at a photo exhibit in Ankara. (The assailant was later killed in a police shootout.) A truck rammed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin, killing 12 people in an attack claimed by Islamic State (the suspected attacker was killed in a police shootout four days later).
Thought for Today: “No space of regret can make amends for one life’s oppor-tunity misused.” — From “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens (1812-1870).
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOCAL BRIEFS |
WWA to host open house
SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Wilderness Association staff and board will open the nonprof-it’s office for a holiday open house Wednesday from 4:30-6 p.m.
Everyone is welcome to stop in for some seasonal cheer including cookies, refreshments and infor-mation. A YETI cooler will also be raffled.
For additional information, call (307) 672-2751.The WWA is located at 44 S. Main St.
Nominate local cowboys
for the hall of fame
SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame has inducted 195 people since 2014, 184 men and 11 women. Nominations are now open for the class of 2018. The WCHF nominations will remain open through Feb. 28.
Everyone is encouraged to nominate worthy indi-viduals who represent the true cowboy heritage of Wyoming, men and women who have spent their lives with horses and cattle pursuing and perpetu-ating the livestock industry that makes Wyoming great. Only people who have been correctly nom-inated will be considered for possible induction. Nominations may be submitted at www.wyoming-cowboyhalloffame.com/nomination. The WCHF website offers clear, easy to follow instructions, and photos can be submitted with each nomina-tion.
Nominees are inducted annually from 10 geo-
graphic regions across the state, having first been filtered and vetted by local committees after the nominations close, then further evaluated and selected by the WCHF board of directors in the spring. If you need assistance with your nomina-tion, board members’ contact information is listed at www.wyomingcowboyhalloffame.com.
Holy Name students
to perform in nativity play
SHERIDAN — Holy Name Catholic School stu-dents will perform in a nativity play at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the school.
All are invited to celebrate the season with the play, set to take place at the church.
Holy Name Catholic Church is located at 260 E. Loucks St.
Last minute shopping
event offered downtown
SHERIDAN — (Wise) Men’s Night Out will take place Thursday from 5-8 p.m. in downtown Sheridan.
A number of area businesses will participate and offer raffle tickets for a chance to win a TW1 Chablis by William Henry and a Howa Hogue Foxy Woods .243 Winchester.
Some participating businesses will also offer specials, refreshments and more for last-minute holiday shoppers. For additional information, con-tact the Downtown Sheridan Association at (307) 672-8881.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
WEDNESDAY’S EVENTS |
NATIONAL OBITUARIES |
TODAY IN HISTORY |
• 7 p.m., brewery bingo, Black Tooth Brewing Company, 312 Broadway St.• 9 a.m., Woodland Park December concert, Woodland Park Elementary School, 1010 E. Woodland Park
Road• 10 a.m., Holy Name Catholic School nativity play, Holy Name Catholic School, 260 E. Loucks St.• 1 p.m., Woodland Park December concert, Woodland Park Elementary School, 1010 E. Woodland Park
Road• 7 p.m., Sheridan High School choir concert, SHS auditorium, 1056 Long Drive
• 4:30 p.m., Wyoming Wilderness Association open house, 44 S. Main St.• 5 p.m., Business After Hours, Balanced Living Health & Wellbeing Consultants LLC, 1030 N. Main St.
Robert Wilmers, who
grew M&T Bank into
regional leader, dies
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Robert G. Wilmers, the longtime chair-man and chief executive of M& T Bank Corp., has died.
The Buffalo-based company says the 83-year-old banker died suddenly and unexpectedly at his New York City home late Saturday.
In his 34-year tenure, Wilmers oversaw the growth of the bank into one of the region’s largest, with 783 branches in eight states and the District of Columbia. Through 24 acquisitions, assets increased from $2 billion in 1983 to more than $120 billion.
Wilmers was also the co-owner of New England Newspapers Inc., which in 2016 purchased The Berkshire Eagle in Massachusetts and in Vermont the Brattleboro Reformer, Bennington Banner and the weekly Manchester Journal.
Wilmers’ involvement and
investment in Buffalo extended to the region’s cultural and educa-tional institutions, including the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
Hunter Harrison,
CEO of railroad company
CSX, dead at 73NEW YORK (AP) — Hunter
Harrison, the president CEO of railroad giant CSX, has died, the company announced Saturday. He was 73. CSX confirmed Harrison’s death in a statement, saying it was caused by “unex-pectedly severe complications” from a recent illness. His death in Wellington, Florida, comes only a couple days after the com-pany announced he was taking an unplanned medical leave of absence.
“Hunter’s burning passion, genuine humanity, and success helping countless connect with their fullest potential inspired a profound personal loyalty and devotion,” CSX board member Paul Hilal said in a statement.
“Combining these with his unique genius, he created a lega-cy of truly historic proportions. I have been humbled and honored to be his friend, and mourn along-side his extraordinary, loving family.”
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Harrison was a long-time rail-road executive who made his career turning around railroads. Before joining CSX in March, Harrison was president and CEO of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and the Canadian National Railway Company. He also was the head of the Illinois Central Railway in the 1990s.
“Hunter was a larger-than-life figure who brought his remark-able passion, experience and energy in railroading to CSX,” the company said in a statement.
He was hired by Florida-based CSX in March under shareholder pressure. But recently there had been concerns about his health. The Wall Street Journal report-ed in May that Harrison often worked from home and occasion-ally required portable oxygen.
JUSTIN SHEELY | THE SHERIDAN PRESS
Incoming!Ten-year-old Eliana Gibson, left, and Malachi Gibson, 12, play in the snow Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2017 www.thesheridanpress.com THE SHERIDAN PRESS A7
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SERVICE NOTICE | Marvetta Jean Crabtree
Marvetta Jean Crabtree, 79, of Sheridan, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2051 Colonial Dr., Sheridan. Memorial contributions may be made to the church or NE Wyoming BOCES, 410 N. Miller, Gillette, WY 82716. Online condolences may be written at www.championfh.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Champion Funeral Home.
SHERIDAN FIRE-RESCUEMonday• Rocky Mountain
Ambulance assist, 600 block Long Drive, 2:25 a.m.
• Activated fire alarm, Whitney Way, 4:47 a.m.
• Activated fire alarm, 1800 block Fort Road, 11:36 a.m.
GOOSE VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT
Monday• No calls reported.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN AMBULANCE
Monday• Reports not available at
press time.
SHERIDAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Monday• No admissions or dis-
missals reported.
SHERIDAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
Information in the police reports is taken from the SPD website.
Friday• Domestic, Marion Street,
12:21 a.m.• Alarm; burglar, Frank
Street, 12:39 a.m.• DUI, North Main Street,
1:26 a.m.• Mental subject, Long
Drive, 1:36 a.m.• Welfare check, North
Main Street, 7:36 a.m.• Suspicious circumstance,
Schiller Street, 7:48 a.m.• Lost property, Sheridan
area, 8:09 a.m.• Theft cold, Frackleton
Street, 8:13 a.m.• Careless driver, Sheridan
area, 8:47 a.m.• Suspicious circumstance,
Long Drive, 8:59 a.m.• Hit and run, West 11th
Street, 9:28 a.m.• Suspicious circumstance,
East Brundage Lane, 10:15 a.m.
• Alarm; burglar, Highway 14 West, 10:15 a.m.
• Dog at large, East Ridge Road, 10:29 a.m.
• Lost property, Coffeen Avenue, 11:41 a.m.
• Dispute all others, Big
Horn Avenue, 12:23 p.m.• Parking complaint, Fifth
Avenue East, 12:39 p.m.• Welfare check, Long
Drive, 1:26 p.m.• Cat trap, Coffeen Avenue,
1:50 p.m.• Hit and run, Sugarland
Drive, 1:51 p.m.• Dog at large, Sheridan
area, 2:21 p.m.• Welfare check, Airport
Road, 2:47 p.m.• Theft cold, West Loucks
Street, 3:07 p.m.• Accident, Coffeen
Avenue, 5:02 p.m.• Traffic complaint,
Thurmond Street, 6:30 p.m.• Animal found, East Ridge
Road, 6:40 p.m.• Public intoxication, Fifth
Street, 6:49 p.m.• Theft cold, Sugarland
Drive, 7:56 p.m.• Citizen assist, West 12th
Street, 8:39 p.m.• Trespass warning, Birch
Street, 9:01 p.m.• Suspicious circumstance,
Crescent Place, 9:26 p.m.• Civil dispute, Townhouse
Place, 8:55 a.m.• Fraud, North Main
Street, 10:53 p.m.Saturday• Accident, Main Street,
5:41 a.m.• Motorist assist, West
Loucks Street, 6:57 a.m.• Civil dispute, Townhouse
Place, 8:55 a.m.• Theft cold, Broadway
Street, 9:57 a.m.• Found property,
Broadway Street, 10:25 a.m.• Assist agency, South
Sheridan Avenue, 10:36 a.m.• DUS, North Sheridan
Avenue, 11:22 a.m.• Welfare check, North
Sheridan Avenue, 11:22 a.m.• Welfare check, Long
Drive, 12 p.m.• Parking complaint,
South Jefferson Street, 1:12 p.m.
• Motorist assist, North Main Street, 2:16 p.m.
• Disorderly conduct, Avoca Place, 4:22 p.m.
• DUI, citizen report, Brooks Street, 6:23 p.m.
• Bar check, Commercial Avenue, 7:29 p.m.
• Accident, North Main Street, 8:04 p.m.
• Suspicious vehicle, Coffeen Avenue, 8:14 p.m.
• Removal of subject, Broadway Street, 8:45 p.m.
• Careless driver, Brundage Lane, 8:46 p.m.
• Accident, 11th Street, 9:06 p.m.
• Motorist assist, South Thurmond Avenue, 9:14 p.m.
Sunday• Assist agency, Coffeen
Avenue, 2:42 a.m.• Mental subject, South
Thurmond Street, 2:56 a.m.• Assist WHP, I-90 west-
bound, 10:25 a.m.• Suspicious circumstance,
Townhouse Place, 10:39 a.m.• Accident, Coffeen
Avenue, 11:01 a.m.• Parking complaint,
Eighth Street, 11:24 a.m.• Barking dog, Parker
Avenue, 3:53 p.m.• Assist agency, West
Nebraska Street, 5:59 p.m.• Assist agency, North
Jefferson Street, 6:08 p.m.• Shoplifting, Coffeen
Avenue, 7:41 p.m.• Illegal parking, Emerson
Street, 8:36 p.m.• Welfare check, West
Fifth Street, 10:29 p.m.• Motorist assist, Burkitt
Street, 11:30 p.m.Monday• Family dispute, East
Sixth Street, 12:18 a.m.• Alarm; burglar, Coffeen
Avenue, 1:05 a.m.• Accident, Burkitt Street,
8:03 a.m.• Welfare check, Long
Drive, 9:24 a.m.• DUI, citizen report,
Sheridan area, 9:36 a.m.• Motorist assist, North
Gould Street, 10:23 a.m.• Parking complaint,
North Main Street, 10:35 a.m.
• Assist agency, West 12th Street, 10:38 a.m.
• Civil dispute, Sheridan area, 10:57 a.m.
• Accident, East Brundage Lane, 11:15 a.m.
• Lost property, Sheridan area, 12:48 p.m.
• Suicidal subject, Fifth Street, 12:48 p.m.
• Traffic complaint, Sheridan area, 1:30 p.m.
• Accident, Coffeen Avenue, 2:28 p.m.
• 911 hang up unknown, Jackson Avenue, 2:42 p.m.
• Hit and run, Sheridan Avenue, 2:57 p.m.
• Suspicious person, Thurmond Street, 4:03 p.m.
• Assist agency, Coffeen Avenue, 4:58 p.m.
• Stolen vehicle cold, Coffeen Avenue, 5:40 p.m.
• Barking dog, Wyoming Avenue, 6:27 p.m.
• Suspicious person, Big Horn Avenue, 6:38 p.m.
• Welfare check, Sioux Street, 7:22 p.m.
• Suspicious person, Sheridan area, 7:38 p.m.
• Trespass progress, Gladstone Street, 7:57 p.m.
• Deer harvest (4),
Sheridan area, 9:10 p.m.• Welfare check, Sheridan
area, 9:39 p.m.• Alarm; burglar,
Sugarland Drive, 11:15 p.m.• Suspicious circumstance,
South Main Street, 11:32 p.m.
SHERIDAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Monday• Alarm; burglar, Eagle
Ridge Trail, Dayton, 9:35 a.m.
• Malicious destruction, Dry Ranch Road, 10:23 a.m.
• Fraud, Coffeen Avenue, 11:01 a.m.
• Motorist assist, Coffeen Avenue, 4:26 p.m.
• Animal injured, West 17th Street, 7:38 p.m.
• Assist agency, Gladstone Street and East Heald Street, 7:45 p.m.
• Suspicious vehicle, Dayton Street, Ranchester, 11:10 p.m.
ARRESTSNames of individuals
arrested for domestic vio-lence or sexual assault will not be released until the individuals have appeared in court.
Monday• Kelly Paul Sondgeroth,
53, Sheridan, leave acci-dent/other vehicle, DUI, DUS, circuit court, arrested by SPD
• Hunter Dustin Ray Quarterman, 30, Sheridan, probation violation/revoca-tion, district court, arrested by SPD
JAILTodayDaily inmate count: 87Female inmate count: 21Inmates at treatment facil-
ities (not counted in daily inmate count): 1
Inmates housed at other facilities (not counted in daily inmate count): 1
Number of book-ins for the previous day: 3
Number of releases for the previous day: 0
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Stage
makeup
classKelsea Mayfield applies makeup during a stage makeup class at the Sheridan College Broadway Center Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. The theater students practiced their art for finals week.
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Big Horn
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Here are the results of Monday’s
lottery drawings:
Cowboy DrawWinning numbers:
18-28-30-33-44; Estimated jackpot:
$460,000
Lucky for LifeWinning numbers: 13-16-21-29-32-17;
Estimated jackpot: $1,000 every day for life
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BUSINESSWyoming
Downs moves to
new location
SHERIDAN — Wyoming Downs has moved its Sheridan off-track bet-ting and historic race wagering location to 1294 Coffeen Ave., the site of the former JB’s restau-rant.
“We’re excited to be in our new site, which is centrally located, very accessible and has good parking. It’ll be great for our customers,” manager Chris Macha said in a press release. “We’re easy to find and easy to visit. I’m looking forward to seeing all our players at our new home.”
Wyoming Downs opened its first Sheridan facility in 2013 at Rails, Brews and Cues. The current Sheridan operation is one of eight locations throughout the state where Wyoming Downs has an off-track betting facility. Other sites include Casper, Evanston, Gillette, Laramie, Rock Spring and two sites in Cheyenne.
In celebration of the new location, through Jan. 15, Wyoming Downs is offering $10 of free play to their existing Player’s Club members, as well as $10 of free play to those who sign up for the card. Additionally, they are offering cash drawings every day in January.
City of Sheridan
now taking
funding request
applications for
One Cent moniesSHERIDAN — The city
of Sheridan is now taking applications from organi-zations seeking to receive One Cent funding for the 2019 to 2023 cycle.
Previous funding has supported facilities and infrastructure repairs, economic and community development, heritage and history programs, water quality, pathways, recreation, public health, public safety and senior/family programs. Funding is contingent on the upcoming One Cent vote on Nov. 6, 2018. Previous breakdowns of allocations can be viewed at the city of Sheridan website at sheridancounty1cent.com.
Organizations that wish to apply can download the application at sheri-danwy.net/one-cent-fund-ing-applications-open.
For more information, please contact Cecilia Good at (307) 675-4214 or at
Audiologists
warn about loud
toys for childrenSHERIDAN — Just as
parents use sunscreen to protect their children from sun damage, they also must remain aware of loud and noisy toys sus-ceptible to causing hear-ing damage.
“Parents often fail to protect their children, and the result can be irre-versible hearing loss,” said Jackie Clark, pres-ident of the American Academy of Audiology .
The inner ear contains delicate hair cells that do not regrow. Once these are worn down by the noise, the result is perma-nent hearing damage.
“Hearing damage can be from a one-time exposure or cumulative exposures,” said Craig Kasper, a member of the American Academy of Audiology and an audiologist practic-ing at New York Hearing Doctors in Manhattan, New York.
The Sight and Hearing Association recently released their “Noisy Toys List 2017.” Eighteen of 22 tested toys fell above the recommended 85 decibel noise level when held up against an ear. When held 10 inches away, the noise levels dropped.
The total number of children with some type of hearing loss is unknown.
“A child with just minor hearing loss can be miss-ing 50 percent of the class-room discussion,” Clark said. “There are children who have been diagnosed with a learning disability when really what they need are hearing aids.”
Lack of hearing can lead to behavioral issues, lack of focus and even depres-sion in children. Children with hearing loss often don’t recognize that they cannot hear, and parents do not always know the signs.
“It’s important to note that the 85-decibel level threshold that the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recommends is for people with long exposure to the sound for eight hours or more,” Kasper said. “Parents and anyone buying toys for children need to be aware of loud noises, particularly toys that have loud bursts (like) cap guns, popping balloons, air horns, etc.”
Kasper advised his cli-ents to use phone applica-tions to test the sound lev-els of toys before buying them. He suggested not purchasing toys testing 85 decibels or louder.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
BUSINESS BRIEFS |
COURTESY PHOTO |
New members welcomedThe Chamber Ambassadors welcomed new Chamber members, Thrivent Financial, with a ribbon cutting ceremony Dec. 14. The business is located at 856 Coffeen Ave. Pictured, from left, at the ribbon cutting, are Chamber Ambassadors Sharon Southard and Jack Wood; Krista Huntley and Scott Bastrup, Thrivent Financial; and Chamber Ambassadors Jason Wille and Gail Symons.
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New ownersThe Chamber Ambassadors celebrated Sheridan County Title Insurance Agency’s change of ownership with a ribbon cutting during the agen-cy’s open house Dec. 13. Sheridan County Title Insurance Agency is located at 23 S. Main St. Pictured, from left, at the event, are Chamber Ambassadors Jason Wille, Jack Wood, Rosemary Garber and Tiffany McCormick; Sasha Johnston and Chris Johnston, co-owners of Sheridan County Title Insurance Agency; Samantha Heide, Ali Bertola, Jennifer Hando and Mandy Morris, Sheridan County Title Insurance Agency; and Chamber Ambassadors Bob DeFries and Brandy Campbell.
Jack in the Box selling Qdoba for $305 millionNEW YORK (AP) — Jack in the
Box is selling the Qdoba restaurant chain to private-equity firm Apollo Global Management for $305 million in cash. The chain of Mexican restau-rants has been a sore spot on Jack in the Box’s overall business, posting
same-store sales declines throughout the last year. The San Diego burger chain has been weighing its options with Qdoba for most of this year.
Chairman and CEO Lenny Comma said Tuesday the San Diego company decided that selling Qdoba was the
best thing to do.Jack in the Box Inc. has more than
2,200 restaurants, while Qdoba has more than 700 throughout the U.S. and Canada.
The deal is expected to close by April 2018.
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Tough crowdSheridan student Bridger Gransberry cheers on the Lady Broncs during their home opener at Sheridan High School Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. The SHS boys basketball team plays its first game in front of the home crowd Friday at 7 p.m. against Natrona. See the full local sports schedule for the week on B2.
Shooting for 2: Lakers retire Kobe Bryant’s 8 and 24 jerseysLOS ANGELES (AP) — Although Kobe
Bryant has been asked many times, he still isn’t sure who would win a mystical game of one-on-one between the young Kobe in his No. 8 Lakers jersey and his older self, who wore No. 24.
“I kind of go back and forth,” Bryant said with a sly grin. “But 8 has something that 24 will never, ever, ever have, and that’s the ability to grow hair.”
The Lakers couldn’t choose, either. So they honored both eras of Kobe’s incredible career.
In an NBA first, the Lakers on Monday night retired both jersey numbers worn by Bryant, the leading scorer in franchise history.
Bryant attended the Lakers’ game against the Golden State Warriors for a halftime ceremony at Staples Center, which was packed with fans eager to bear witness once again to the beloved superstar scor-er. Dozens of Bryant’s former teammates
showed up, including Shaquille O’Neal and Derek Fisher, along with the Lakers’ usual cavalcade of celebrity fans.
“I feel great,” Bryant said after entering Staples Center while pushing a stroller containing Bianka Bella Bryant, his infant daughter. “I’m very proud I get to come here with my family. It feels good as a father to have my family come in and share this.”
Bryant is the 10th player with a retired jersey for the 16-time NBA champion Lakers. His numbers were revealed high on the Staples Center wall, flanking the banner honoring Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn.
“It’s not about the jerseys that are hang-ing up there for me,” Bryant told the cheer-ing crowd. “It’s about the jerseys that were hanging up there before. They inspired me to play the game at a high level.”
Magic Johnson and Lakers owner Jeanie Buss gave brief tributes to Bryant at half-time, with Magic boldly declaring, “We’re here to celebrate the greatest who ever wore the purple and gold.”
Buss cleverly explained the reasoning behind the Lakers’ decision to hang two jer-sey numbers for Bryant: “If you separated each of the accomplishments under those numbers, each of those players would qual-ify for the Hall of Fame.”
“I thank you for staying loyal to the pur-ple and gold and remaining a Laker for life when it might have been easier for you to leave,” Buss added.
Along with Bryant’s 33,643 points, the five-time NBA champion and 18-time All-Star selection also leads the Lakers in games played (1,346), 3-pointers (1,827), steals (1,944) and free throws (8,378). Bryant is the third-leading scorer in league histo-ry.
He also was the first player to spend at least 20 seasons with one franchise, and he is widely beloved in Southern California, where he still lives with his family.
“He’s everything in this city,” said Lakers coach Luke Walton, Bryant’s teammate on the last two title teams.
“To play his entire career for one organi-zation, in modern sports, it really doesn’t
happen very often anymore,” Walton added. “To go through two different cham-pionship runs, I think the Lakers are such a huge part of this city that people feel con-nected to him. ... They feel as if they were on that journey with him, with us, and I think that’s why there’s such a connec-tion.”
The Lakers celebrated by closing down the street outside Staples Center and stag-ing a street fair dubbed “Kobeland,” com-plete with a Ferris wheel and many other games and attractions. Thousands of fans crowded into the downtown streets several hours before the game just to appreciate the atmosphere.
The Lakers typically only retire the numbers of players enshrined in the Hall of Fame. Bryant isn’t eligible until 2021, but the Lakers decided not to wait for that formality — and for Kobe, they doubled up the honor. Bryant switched jersey numbers halfway through his career, neatly dividing the eras of his 20 years with the Lakers.
BY GREG BEACHAM AP SPORTS WRITER
Barrie scores twice, Avs hold off Penguins for win
DENVER (AP) — Defenseman Tyson Barrie played heavy minutes in the absence of suspended team-mate Erik Johnson. Barrie made the most of the extra ice time, too.
Barrie scored twice, Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots — even getting a little help from the posts along the way — and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Monday night.
With Johnson serving the first of a two-game suspen-sion for boarding Tampa Bay Lightning forward Vladislav Namestnikov on Saturday, Barrie was on the ice for 24 minutes, 31 seconds and took five shots. He scored his first goal since Oct. 13 in the opening period. He followed that up with another in the second for his fifth career two-goal game.
BY PAT GRAHAM AP SPORTS WRITER
SEE RETIREMENT, PAGE B8
SEE AVALANCHE, PAGE B8
Weeklysportsschedule, B2
UW’s James named MWC
player of week, B8
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Gatlin fires coach, ‘shocked’ by newspaper allegations of PED useLONDON (AP) — World
100-meter champion Justin Gatlin fired coach Dennis Mitchell following an under-cover investigation reported Tuesday that appeared to show people linked to the sprinter offering to supply performance-enhancing drugs.
“I was shocked and sur-prised to learn that my
coach would have any-thing to do with even the appearance of these current accusations,” Gatlin wrote in a post on his Instagram account. “I fired him as soon as I found out about this.”
The IAAF’s Athletics Integrity Unit said it is investigating the allegations in conjunction with the
United States Anti-Doping Agency.
The report was published in Tuesday’s edition of the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
“These allegations are very serious,” said Brett Clothier, head of the AIU, “and strike at the heart of the integrity of athletics.”
IAAF President Sebastian
Coe said the allegations are “extremely serious.”
The Telegraph reported that Mitchell and a track agent, Robert Wagner, met undercover reporters at a training camp in Florida and offered to supply and administer testosterone and human growth hormone for an actor training for a film, for a fee of $250,000.
The newspaper said Mitchell and Wagner were secretly recorded saying the use of banned substances in track was widespread.
Wagner called the newspa-per report “deeply flawed” and said it was based on things he said that were not true.
“I made up the comments to impress them, led on by
a make-believe scenario,” Wagner said in a statement to The Associated Press. “It was just big talk. I did not actually source or supply the substances the report-ers asked for but stupidly claimed I could.”
Wagner also said he noti-fied the Athletics Integrity Unit of the situation four weeks ago.
DRS. OZ & ROIZEN Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Michael Roizen
DEAR ABBY Pauline Phillips and Jeanne Phillips
What do Charlize Theron, Jim Carey and Nicole Kidman have in common besides memorizing scripts, learning lines and making movies? They all have dual citizenship: Ms. Theron is a dual citizen of South Africa/USA; Jim Carey, Canada/USA; and Ms. Kidman,
Australia/USA. If you want to double up
your brainpower so you can memorize lines or just a shopping list, researchers at Johns Hopkins say dual learning is the key. Their recommendation: a program called “Dual N-Back” that strengthens your working memory by up to 30 percent.
Dr. Mike has long been a proponent of Double Decision, a brain game that improves brain-processing speed. (Research has shown that it can decrease dementia in 73- to 83-year-olds by over 33 percent when practiced for five weeks.) Dual N-Back is an excellent complement to that. It works on a similar principal of exercising your short-term memory and challenging your recall. As
you progress through Dual N-Back, the levels become more and more difficult, just like Double Decision, and your brain becomes more and more used to flexing its muscles in your prefrontal cortex.
So, to improve your sharp-ness and upgrade your exec-utive function (it manages learning and decision-mak-ing) check out these intrigu-ing programs. The demos for both are free, but Double Decision has a small main-tenance fee. You can explore it at www.brainhq.com. The Dual N-Back program carries no charge unless you want to contact the developers and customize your own scalable features into the program. Check it out at https://dual-n-back.io/.
DEAR ABBY: My wife, “Karen,” loves to sing kara-oke along with many others, most of whom are vocally challenged. Listening to some of them can be grueling when we go out. Karen knows many of these “performers,” and when they finish, she goes and tells them what a great job they’ve done. When I asked her why she gives the false compliments, she said, “I don’t want to hurt their feelings.”
Well, the same goes for Karen. The other singers compliment her to the point that she now believes she has a competition-worthy voice. In reality, while her voice isn’t terrible, it’s nowhere near what she thinks it is.
My wife is the love of my life and the nicest person I’ve ever known. I’m concerned for the future if someone should ever be honest with her about this because, so far, no one has been. Should I tell her the truth to save her from potential public embarrassment, or should I keep my mouth shut? -- COVERING MY EARS
DEAR COVERING: Unless your wife decides to audition for “American Idol,” the chances of her being booed off stage are slim. You don’t have to sing her praises, but I see nothing positive to be gained by diminishing her pleasure in performing. The word from here is: Keep your lip zipped.
DEAR ABBY: I have a won-derful, kind sister-in-law I’ll call “Margaret.” Our sons were born in the same year. She has chosen to keep her son home, while I am sending mine to day care. Both boys are toddlers now. The prob-lem is, my son is socialized, while hers is not.
Margaret’s son is mean and unwilling to share or play with my child. He lacks empathy and seeks only adult attention. Because of his lack of socialization and outright unsafe behavior, I don’t want my son around him. Am I wrong for not wanting him to be exposed to this behavior?
My husband says it’s good for our little one to learn how
to deal with mean behav-ior, since it will make him “tough.” However, I don’t feel it’s our child’s job to learn to be tough at such a young age. -- DAY CARE ACCEPTING MOMMY
DEAR DAY CARE MOMMY: Perhaps your son should see this cousin only when they will be closely supervised. Your child may learn to “toughen up” later, but at the age of 2 or 3, it’s a bit premature. The child who may be in for trouble is his cousin, because learning concepts like sharing and empathy enable children to successfully socialize with others throughout their lives.
DEAR ABBY: I know for a fact that gifts I have given to family members are often immediately given away.
Should I confront them about this? I’d like to suggest that instead of giving the gift away they please return it to me. Of course, I know I could just quit giving them gifts. But I’d like for them to know the reason, instead of appear-ing to be stingy. Anxious for your opinion. -- ANXIOUS IN FORT WORTH
DEAR ANXIOUS: This is a delicate situation, but it can be handled if you’re careful not to cause embarrassment when you tell your relatives you know what they’ve been doing with your gifts. Perhaps, rather than say you will just quit giving them gifts, you should offer to give them gift cards for a store they like. That way they can have something they will enjoy.
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Hints from Heloise Heloise
Decorating safely Dear Readers: Here are some CHRIST-
MAS DECORATING SAFETY HINTS, courtesy of the National Fire Protection As-sociation (www.nfpa.org):
* Look for decorations that are flame-re-sistant. This is important.
* Worn cords and loose bulbs are fire hazards.
* Never use indoor lights outdoors, or vice versa.
* Mount lights with clips. Nails can dam-age the cord.
* Real candles are dangerous. Look for beautiful flameless choices.
The NFPA reminds us to turn off all dec-orations and stringed lights at the end of the evening. Don’t go to bed with them on. -- Heloise
AVOIDING GIFT GAFFES Dear Heloise: I have some hints to share:
I save shipping and durable grocery-item boxes for use as gift boxes. The boxes stores provide aren’t very strong.
I put a lovely Christmas card in each of our neighbors’ mailboxes on Christmas Eve, along with some baked goodies.
On greeting cards that have the price on the back, I put a cute sticker over it. -- Ellen F., Manassas, Va.
APPLE SLICES Dear Heloise: For an on-the-go snack, I
place apple slices in a zippered sandwich bag, zip it closed almost all the way across, insert a straw into bag, suck the air out and close the bag the rest of the way. This will keep the apples fresh, cold and crisp a bit
longer. -- Janet Z., Devine, Texas POINSETTIA POINTERS Dear Heloise: I read your column in The
Delaware (Ohio) Gazette. Recently, I forgot to water my poinsettia plant for about a week! I then poured a cup of water through the soil several times. When the water didn’t run through anymore, about half an hour later, the plant started to perk up! -- Alice F., Mount Gilead, Ohio
Alice, these are hardy plants that can last well into the new year. The University of Illinois Extension has some hints for caring for poinsettia plants:
The plants need indirect sunlight for around six hours per day. Drafty spots in your home are bad for the plants. House-plant fertilizer, applied once every 30 days, will extend the life of the plant. When it’s in bloom? Don’t fertilize. Hugs! -- Heloise
SNOW COVER Dear Heloise: We are garageless, so snow
accumulation can be a problem. I take a tarp and bungee cords, and cover the car when snow is called for. When I need to get going, I’ll carefully release the tarp in the direction I want the snow to go. -- A Reader in New York
SOLAR LIGHTS Dear Heloise: We just had a power out-
age that lasted overnight. I noticed my LED solar walkway lights in my front yard. They are BRIGHT! I put these lights in containers and left them around the house.
This worked beautifully, and they are safer than candles and oil lamps. -- Kathy W., Lancaster, Calif.
Bridge Phillip Alder
THE VALUE OF HANDS IS HIGHLY VARIABLE
Throughout the history of bridge, play-ers have tinkered with hand-evaluation numbers. But the 4-3-2-1 count still rules because it is so easy. However, regardless of method, in any given deal the bidding can greatly affect the value of a hand. If you would like some good advice, buy Augie Boehm’s latest book, “Expert Hand Evalua-tion” (HNB).
Look at the North hand in today’s dia-gram and the auction. What should North do now? South’s two-no-trump overcall promised at least 5-5 in the minors, and his double indicated a strong hand.
The vulnerability is given, but for once it is irrelevant. Many players would pass, almost out of fright. But this overlooks that North-South have a double fit with at least nine cards in each minor. This means that East-West also must have a double fit in the majors. The basic rule on double-fit deals is to declare.
North should bid four no-trump to ask his partner to pick the trump suit.
Notice that both five clubs and five di-amonds are cold. South loses two heart tricks, but gets to the board with the dia-mond queen to take a winning club finesse.
How does four spades doubled get on?If North leads a club, South can cash out
for down one. But if North starts with a di-
amond, South must be careful. After taking the first trick, he must cash his spade ace. If instead he tries to win a second diamond trick, West can ruff, take two high hearts, ruff the diamond jack and exit with a spade. South is endplayed, forced to open up clubs or concede a ruff-and-sluff.
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Omarr’s Daily Astrological Forecast Jeraldine Saunders
BIRTHDAY GUY: Actor Bob Morley was born in Victoria, Australia on this date in 1984. This birthday guy has portrayed Bel-lamy Blake on “The 100” since 2014. In his native Australia, he played Aidan Foster on “Neighbours” and Drew Curtis on “Home and Away” as well as starring in the TV movie “Scorched.” On the big screen, Mor-ley’s film work includes roles in such films as “Lost in the White City,” “Blinder,” and “Road Kill.”
ARIES (March 21-April 19): An original sense of humor and a willingness to get your hands dirty will separate you from the herd. Your strength lies in your outgoing, friendly demeanor and an ability to adjust to quickly shifting scenarios.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Meet them and greet them. Interesting new contacts may give you a mental boost and their novel ideas may help pull you out of a rut. You may be restless for something more ex-citing than the same old routines.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Err on the side of generosity. You are likely to make errors just when someone is looking over your shoulder waiting to catch you making a mistake. Take it all in good stride and try to be as good-natured as possible.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Those little things you have left undone could catch up with you. Knuckle down and attend to a list of tasks. A minor disturbance over shared possessions or a breakdown in communica-tion will be settled quickly.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Procras-tination will simply make things harder for you since the boss may not be in the mood for excuses. This is not a good time to start anything of major importance.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If you start something today you might need to do it again. Errors can creep into any project or activity that depends on accuracy. Miscom-munications can lead to misunderstand-ings so be as clear as possible.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Sparkle and shine, but remember to toe the line. You can be friendly without being forward and businesslike without being brusque. Take care of responsibilities before you head off on a fun filled shopping expedition.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Grab the brass ring. Your network of business asso-ciates, co-workers or friends could undergo a subtle expansion. Introducing new people to a group might provide an opening, so you can show off your skills.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “What tangled webs we weave when first we prac-tice to deceive.” Although you may not de-liberately try to trick or mislead, it is wise to note that it is possible that someone’s suspicions may be aroused.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You might think your ship is coming in because you see something looming on the horizon, but it might only be a mirage. Don’t become overly enthused about something that isn’t
quite what it seems.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You can’t
escape on flights of fancy. Partners might start reminding you of your obligations. Take stock of what needs to be done and apply elbow grease to tasks that have been neglected over the past week.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Ample prepa-ration will save you from a panic attack in the end. You may be forced to paddle upstream but with enough forethought you will have allowed yourself plenty of time to reach your destination.
IF DECEMBER 20 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: Your life could take a dramatic turn in a fresh direction in April. You may be ex-posed to exciting new ideas and acquain-tances who will give you some beneficial assistance starting early next spring. You will have ample opportunities to break free of the past or embrace something ex-otic, different, or daring. You could even receive attention from the public if you are in the entertainment field. If you have some important financial plan to put into motion, wait for the best opportunities to make sound monetary moves in June. That is when you will have the most assistance from the universe in attaining any worthy objective. Major life decisions can be made in late September when good fortune smiles on everything you do. That is when the an-swer to your prayers could drop right into your lap.
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Superior Court of WashingtonCounty of Walla Walla
Juvenile CourtIn Re the Dependency of:WARRINER, Shailynn MichelleD.O.B.: 04/21/2015No: 17-7-00203-7
Notice and Summons by PublicationDependency
To: Matthew David Warriner, FatherA Dependency Petition was filed on Novem-
ber 21, 2017; a Fact Finding hearing will be heldon this matter on: January 30, 2018 at 9:30 AM,at Walla Walla County Superior Court, 315 W.Main St., Walla Walla WA, Department II.You should be present at this hearing.The hearing will determine if :your child is dependent as defined inRCW 13.34.030(6). This begins a judicialprocess which could result in perma-nent loss of your parental rights. If youdo not appear at the hearing, the courtmay enter a dependency order in yourabsence.
To request a copy of the Notice, Summons,and Dependency Petition, call DSHS at (509) 524-4900. To view information about your rights, in-c l u d i n g r i g h t t o a l a w y e r , g o t owww . a t g . w a . g o v / D P Y . a s p x .Dated: November 29, 2017
Issued by Petitioner:Kelly A.B. Stevenson, WSBA# 38895Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Publish dates: December 19, 26, 2017; January 2,2018.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THEFOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
WITHIN AND FORSHERIDAN COUNTY, WYOMING
In the Matter of the Estate ofRONALD JOHN ROBINSON, Deceased.Probate No. PR 2017-165NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR SUMMARY
DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTYTO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN SAID
ESTATE:NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Decem-
ber 13, 2017 Robert Robinson filed in the abovenamed court an Application for Summary Distribu-tion of Real Property and Personal Property to es-tablish all right, title and interest in and to that cer-tain personal property.
Persons objecting to said application shall filetheir objection with the District Court within thirty(30) days of the date of the first publication or beforever barred.DATED this 13th day of December, 2017.
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Proposal for SubdivisionS-17-003JM: Dunn Farmstead
Minor SubdivisionThe public is hereby notified that at their Regu-larly Scheduled Meeting on January 2, 2018 at9:00 a.m. the Board of County Commissioners’will consider a subdivision request by ExpansionDevelopments, Inc. to divide property located inSE¼SE¼ of Section 13, T57N, R86W. The prop-erty consists of 15.9 acres and is zoned UrbanResidential (UR). The proposed developmentwould be accessed off of Five Mile Ext. and wouldconsist of 3 lots.A Public Hearing on this matter will be held on theSecond Floor in the Commissioners’ Board Roomof the Sheridan County Courthouse, at 224 SouthMain Street, Sheridan, WY. The public is invited tocomment on this request. Questions may be direc-ted to the Sheridan County Public Works Depart-ment at 675-2420. Written comments can be sentto the Sheridan County Public Works Department,224 S. Main Street, Suite 428, Sheridan, WY82801.Publish: Tuesday, December 19, and Tuesday,December 26, 2017.
Notice to: Linda BradfordNotice is hereby given that JB Storage ontainersasserts a lien against property which the abovereferenced person(s) placed into the followingstorage unit:Unit Number: CIIU205816-5 20' Con-tainer
JB Storage Containers, Inc.1510 Industrial DriveSheridan, WY 82801
the following goods are s7buectt9JB Storage Con-tainers Inc. lien:All items in storageAll other items contained in the above referencedstorage unit.Notice is hereby given by JB Storage Containersthat these items will be sold by auction at theabove referenced address at 9:30 A.M. Decem-ber 22, 2017.Publish dates: Dec 12, 19, 2017.
PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE
AND FINAL PAYMENT AND SETTLEMENTNotice is hereby given that on January 30th, 2018final settlement will be made by the County ofSheridan for and on account of a contract withOedekoven Excavating & Construction, LLC forthe County Road Improvements Project – CountyRoad 77 (Little Goose Canyon Road). The abovework having been completed and accepted ac-cording to the plans and specifications of Sherid-an County Engineering and the above date beingthe 41st day after the first publication of this no-tice, and said Contractor will be entitled to finalsettlement and payment therefore. Any person,partnership, association, agency or corporationwho shall have any unpaid claims against saidContractor for or on account of the furnishing oflabor, materials, equipment, sustenance, provi-sions, or other supplies used or consumed bysuch contractor and/or subcontractor in of aboutthe performance of said work may at any time, upto and including the date of final settlement andpayment, file a verified statement of any and allamounts due on account of such claim with:
County of SheridanAttn: Ken Muller P.E.County Engineer
224 South Main, Suite 428Sheridan, WY 82801
Failure on the part of the claimant to file suchstatement prior to final settlement and paymentwill relieve absolutely the County of Sheridan, forall or any liability for such claim.
/s/ Steve MaierCommission ChairmanCounty of Sheridan
Published: December 19th, 2017, December 26th,2017, January 2nd, 2018.
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University of Wyoming’s Justin James puts up a shot over University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Broderick Robinson during the second round of the College Basketball Invitational last season at Arena-Auditorium in Laramie.
Wyoming guard earns Mountain West player honorLARAMIE (AP) — Wyoming
guard Justin James has been named the Mountain West Conference player of the week.
James recorded double-dou-bles in wins against Eastern Washington and Texas Southern
this past week.It is the first time in his career
he has earned the league award and the second time this season a Wyoming player garnered the acco-lade after senior forward Hayden Dalton was named Mountain West
player of the week on Nov. 13.For the week, James averaged
20.5 points per game and averaged 11 rebounds per night. James has recorded double-doubles in four of his last five contests, scoring 20 points or more in each game.
AVALANCHE: Head coach Jared Bednar thinking playoffs as team hovers on brinkFROM B1
“Obviously, you can’t replace E.J. and it will be nice to get him back,” Barrie said. “Everybody just has to step up, do the best they can and collective-ly we can try to pick up the slack.”
J.T. Compher also scored and Mikko Rantanen sealed
the win with a late emp-ty-netter as the Avalanche knocked off the Penguins for the second time in a week to sweep the season series.
“We’re a dangerous team when we’re playing on our toes,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said.
Bednar recently men-tioned a word to his team
he doesn’t usually bring up — playoffs. On the outside looking in at the moment with a 16-15-2 record and 34 points, a good stretch could help a team that mustered just 48 points all last season climb right back into the picture.
“Put a little pressure on ourselves to be good every night,” Bednar explained.
Chad Ruhwedel and Evgeni Malkin found the net for the Penguins, who finished a three-game trip with a 1-2 mark. Pittsburgh was a little unfortunate in the second period when Josh Archibald’s shot trick-led through the pads of Varlamov, clanged off the post, stood on its edge for a moment and fell down on the line for no goal.
“That’s an underrated play,” Penguins goaltender Matthew Murray said. “It probably doesn’t go down as a save, but he clears it out of the way so that’s a big play.”
Malkin lined in a shot just 1:25 into the third to make it 3-2. Ryan Reaves nearly tied it late in the third, but his wrist shot down low clanged off the post.
Compher took a baseball swing to knock in a puck out of the air to give the Avalanche a 3-1 lead late in the second. Earlier in the
period, Colorado capitalized on a cross-check penalty on Ian Cole as Barrie scored from the blue line.
All in all, a forgetta-ble middle period for the Penguins, who were outshot 15-6.
“We got outplayed in the second period badly,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “I thought they were hungrier than we were.”
Barrie staked the Avalanche to an early lead in the opening period when he scored his 50th career goal on a wrist shot over the glove of Murray. It lasted all of 5:35 before Ruhwedel’s shot hit Varlamov in the right arm, got lost in his jer-sey for a moment and then rolled in off Varlamov’s left skate.
“We had a little bit of a slow start, were a little ten-tative with the puck and we needed some big saves from Varly, but we had some get-
up-and-go on the offensive side of it,” Bednar said. “We’re growing as a team. We’re getting better.”
NOTES: Penguins RW Patric Hornqvist was sent back to Pittsburgh to be evaluated for an upper body injury, Sullivan told report-ers at morning practice. ... C Dominik Simon was a scratch with an illness. ... Avs F Alexander Kerfoot returned to the lineup after missing three games with a foot injury. He’s also wear-ing shot shields over his skates for added protection. ... The suspension will cost Johnson $64,516. “No excuse from my end — a danger-ous play I shouldn’t make,” Johnson said Monday morning. “It’s an expensive mistake.”
UP NEXTPenguins: Host Columbus
on Thursday.Avalanche: Start a two-
game trip Thursday in Los Angeles.
RETIREMENT: Almost identical scoringFROM B1
The No. 8 Bryant won three NBA titles, and the No. 24 Bryant won two more before retiring in 2016 with a stunning 60-point performance in his farewell game against Utah.
Bryant even scored almost the same num-ber of points in No. 8 (16,777) as he did in No. 24 (16,866).
When pressed to pick his favorite era of
his own career, Bryant reluctantly did it.“If 8 is playing 24 after he just ruptured
his Achilles, then it’s a problem for 24,” Bryant said. “If 24 is playing 8 when he tore his shoulder, it’s a problem for No. 8. so it depends. ... It’s really, really tough for me. I think 24 was more challenging, and I tend to gravitate to things that are harder to do, and physically for me, it was really hard to get up night in and night out. It was really a grind.”
Freeman, Falcons hold off Bucs 24-21
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Devonta Freeman rushed for 126 yards and a touch-down to help the Atlanta Falcons stay close in the tight NFC South race with a 24-21 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night.
Freeman scored on a 32-yard run midway through the fourth quarter, restor-ing a 10-point lead for the Falcons (8-5), who then bare-ly hung on to win for the fifth time in six games and remain one game behind New Orleans and Carolina in the division standings.
Freeman also caught five passes for a team-high 68 yards and had a first-half fumble recovered in the end zone by teammate Levine Toilolo for a touchdown. Matt Ryan threw an early TD pass to Justin Hardy and finished 17 of 31 passing for 212 yards and no intercep-tions.
Jameis Winston threw for 299 yards and three TDs for the Bucs (4-10), includ-ing a 16-yarder to Adam Humphries that trimmed Atlanta’s lead to 24-21 with 3:51 remaining. Winston, who also threw TD passes of 30 yards to O.J. Howard and 42 yards to Mike Evans, got the ball back with a min-
ute left and nearly sent the game into overtime.
The third-year pro com-pleted three straight passes to move the ball from his 29 to the Atlanta 36. Patrick Murray came on to try a 54-yard field goal to tie it, but the kick sailed wide right as time expired.
The Falcons play at New Orleans next Sunday, then close the regular season at home against Carolina — the two teams they’re chas-ing in the division race.
The Bucs have lost nine of 11 following a 2-1 start, taking a step back after fin-ishing 9-7 a year ago in their first season under coach Dirk Koetter.
BY FRED GOODALL AP SPORTS WRITER
Three claim final Olympic skating spots
KEARNS, Utah (AP) — Four years ago, Jessica Kooreman qualified for the Olympics on the first day of the team trials. This time, she went into her last race with everything still up in the air.
Kooreman clinched one of the final three Olympic team spots at the U.S. short track speedskating trials on Sunday. It’s her second straight Olympics after competing in the 2014 Sochi Games.
Kooreman joins Lana Gehring, who competed in the 2010 Vancouver Games, and Olympic rookie Maame Biney on the three-member women’s team.
It wasn’t exactly smooth sailing for Kooreman, who fin-ished second in the first wom-en’s 1000 meters race and led the second race going into the final lap. Then a collision with Kristen Santos led to a distant third-place finish.
“I went to battle this whole entire week and I fought through everything that came my way, every challenge,” Kooreman said, characteriz-ing the Olympic trials as one of the most stressful of her career.
“This definitely challenged me going into the end of my
career. I wasn’t sure if it was going to be over today or if it was going to be over after Korea. I’m just glad I fought through mentally and stayed strong. Now I get to finish my career where I wanted to (fin-ish).”
Thomas Hong and Ryan Pivirotto claimed the other two open spots. Hong and Pivirotto are first-time Olympians. They join John-Henry Kruger, two-time Olympian J.R. Celski and Aaron Tran on the five-mem-ber men’s short track speedskating team.
Kruger capped off a domi-nant weekend with victories in both men’s 1000 races. He held off Pivirotto to win the first race and edged Celski in the second.
“I kind of have a reputation for racing down and a little bit poorly at trials,” Kruger said. “I normally race better at the international stage, but I was able to transfer my interna-tional racing to home ice. I’m very happy about that.”
Kruger scored 5,440 points over three days and won at least one of two finals in all three distances. Celski fol-lowed with 3,472 points and Tran took third with 3,438 points. Celski did not finish the first men’s 1000 final after a crash late in the race.
BY JOHN COON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
