Headlines for February 16, 2012
ER contract signed
Weston County Health Services Interim CEO Gary Bieganski was faced with a pair of pretty daunting tasks the implementation of Electronic Medical Records and a contract to provide Emergency Department staffing when he assumed his position at the local hospital last summer, both of which will require significant expenditures on the part of the hospital district.
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Preserving memories
Despite the best efforts of the Weston County Historical Society and the Weston County Historic Preservation Board, the Old Mill, which has cast its shadow across the intersection that contains Newcastle's only traffic signal for more than a century, is going to be torn down to make way for a new Maverick Convenience Store but that doesn't mean some memories can't be saved.
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Slot filled
The Weston County Commissioners failed to make appointments to a pair of county boards at their first meeting of 2012, but they were able to fill both of those vacancies at their Feb. 7 meeting.
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Dual degrees
Weston County School District #1 Superintendent Brad LaCroix and Newcastle High School Principal Tracy Ragland have long fostered the hope that local students could someday receive an Associate's degree on the day they graduate from high school, and Ragland updated the school board on progress being made toward that goal at their Feb. 8 meeting.
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Reward offered
A burglary occurred at the Country Corner in Upton on Monday, Jan. 16, and the owners are hoping that a blurred image of the culprit taken at 2:17 a.m. by the video surveillance camera at the store will lead to the identification of the perpetrator.
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Still wanted
Although the City of Newcastle is not a member of the Northeast Wyoming Economic Development Coalition, the group held its quarterly board meeting in Newcastle on Jan. 24. The meeting serves as a clearinghouse to discuss economic development in the northeast part of Wyoming, but the meeting also gave NEWEDC officials an opportunity to attract members of this community to join the partnership.
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Way to lose!
Athletic competition is valuable to youth because of the lessons they learn from competing, and the most important ones are the things they learn about themselves. Dogie junior Drew Carter, a first-year wrestler, got a chance to find out what he was made of in Douglas on Saturday, and while athletic greatness is generally the product of victories, he rose to the pinnacle of his sport in a match he chose not to win.
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Dogies drop Douglas
In the Dogie Dome on Saturday, the boys basketball team fought hard to extract a bit of revenge against the Douglas Bearcats, and enjoyed their first victory over a 3A East foe that doesn't hail from Worland in the process. When the Dogies played in Douglas (6-12, 4-7 3A East) last month, they allowed the Bearcats to rally late and steal a victory, but the Dogies kept the lead throughout the game at home, and emerged with a 47-44 win.
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