Headlines for January 26, 2012
Sellers appointed
If the list of individuals who expressed an interest in completing the unexpired term of Roger Hespe on the local hospital board is any indication, the election to fill three seats on the board later this year should be hotly contested.
The Board of Trustees for Weston County Health Services selected Jill Sellers to take over Hespe's seat until that election, which will be held on May 8, but it wasn't an easy process for them, as six people applied for the position. Hespe announced his resignation at the board's Dec.15 meeting, and they advertised for the position the following week.
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Mining ahead
The effort to raise public support for the prospect of rare element mining in northeast Wyoming brought George Byers and Linda Tokarczyk of Rare Element Resources Ltd. before the Newcastle City Council on Jan. 11 to talk to council members and others who were interested about the Bear Lodge Project 40 miles north of Newcastle, where 15 rare elements have be found in the ground.
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New warden: No escapes
The new warden at the Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp had his first meeting with the group of community members who were brought together three years ago to help provide a bridge between the facility and residents of Weston County, and he assured them that his primary focus as warden will be to minimize the possibility that inmates will slip away.
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Less smoke
Newcastle's mayor and city council have been issuing a proclamation in support of the Great American Smokeout for as long as anybody can remember, but when Weston County Prevention Specialist Kristi Lipp approached the council on behalf of the local RISK group in November, they requested that the proclamation take things a step further.
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Rates going up
The cost of electricity outside of Newcastle just got a little more expensive after the Wyoming Public Service Commission approved a Cost of Power Adjustment for Powder River Energy Corporation on Jan. 10.
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Drought ended
The Lady Dogies knew they had a tough task before them when they went into the Christmas break with games against the state's top three teams waiting for them upon their return, and after defeats at the hands of Wheatland and Douglas, they needed an adjustment to return to the form that resulted in three straight victories during the State Line Shootout before the holidays.
Although that adjustment didn't result in a victory over the third-ranked Trailblazers in Torrington Friday night, the Dogies did play much better in a 61-40 defeat than they had in the two previous weeks, and things really came together the following night when they rolled to an impressive 56-31 conference win in Glenrock.
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