Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
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It may have been deemed unsafe as a voting location, but that doesn't mean the people of Beulah are ready to say goodbye to the old schoolhouse that serves as a community building. Several interested residents spoke with the county commissioners on Wednesday to start the process of deciding what to do with it. The commission became involved in the building's circumstances last month, when County Clerk Linda Fritz announced her decision to move the Beulah polling station elsewhere due to safety c...
Crook County and its four municipalities came together on Wednesday to agree that the Specific Purpose Sales and Use Tax (SPOT) should once again appear on the ballot at this year’s election. Representatives from each entity were in unanimous agreement that the revenue from SPOT is critical when it comes to maintaining infrastructure. SPOT, better known as the “sixth penny” or “one percent tax,” is an optional tax with a strictly defined purpose. SPOT has been used to raise extra revenue for counties and towns since it was authorized by the le...
Piles of snow have been waiting all week along Main Street, but that vital raw ingredient will transform before the weekend into obstacle courses that test the talents of skijorers and bar stool racers. Once again, the town will play host to the Sundance Winter Festival and attendees can expect all the same fun and entertainment they have grown used to. “It’s coming together just like it has in the past – if it’s not broken, I guess we’re not changing it,” quips organizer Reggie Gaylord. Th...
Several projects took a leap forward on Tuesday as the Sundance City Council began to prepare its construction schedule for the spring. Public Works Director Mac Erickson reported that the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has deemed the city’s application to open a new construction and debris pit “technically adequate”. Now starts the chain of advertising, sending letters and awaiting the issuance of the permit, he says, with the timeline now appearing to suggest that the pit can be open this spring. Meanwhile, said Karla Greas...
Rick and Shelby Gill of Sundance, Wyoming, and Loren and Marsha Barritt of Upton, Wyoming, would like to announce the engagement of their children, Madison Gill and Dillon Barritt. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Sundance High School and is currently a nursing student at the University of Wyoming. The groom-to-be is a graduate of Upton High School and is currently a petroleum engineering student at the University of Wyoming. An August wedding is planned for the couple....
Douglas Chester Engstrom, 70, passed away January 27, 2020, at Clear Creek Care Center, Westminster, Colorado of a long-term illness. He was born January 5, 1950 to Robert L. and Charlotte P. (Lamb) Engstrom in Newcastle, Wyoming. He attended Sundance High School. Following high school, he did a tour of duty in Vietnam with the U.S. Army. As a teenager he was active with the Sundance Boy Scouts. He worked several different jobs in the oil fields around Gillette, Wyoming. He was working as a truck driver when he became disabled. He is survived...
John “Bill” Whalen, 73 of Aladdin, Wyoming died Sunday, February 9, 2020 at his home. Arrangements are pending with Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel of Sundance, Wyoming...
1 Years Ago The Times February 11, 1920 The report so loosely made that the Sundance Hotel was under quarantine the fore part of the week proved to be utterly false. The public is entitled to know of any danger from contagious disease, but it does no good and is obviously unfair to have such reports gain currency without foundation. T.J. Vore of Redwater stated in the city last Saturday that on that morning his boys started the disc in the field as the opening of the farming season. The Hulett Community Association enters a protest against...
The Library will be closed February 17, for President’s Day. Library Programming: TODDLER AND PRESCHOOL STORYTIME on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. February’s themes: “Groundhogs”, “Valentines” and “Leap into Science/Wind”. There will not be Storytime on February 19, Miss Bonnie will be out of town. MAKER FRIDAY AT THE LIBRARY: Friday, February 28, from 1 to 4 p.m. for all ages. ADULT CRAFT NIGHT: stay tuned. UFOs AT THE LIBRARY: the last Monday of each month at 6 p.m. Bring any UnFinished Object to the library and work on it here. We have lots of...
Feb. 1 – House watch and business checks. Officer assisted EMS. Three bar checks. Six traffic stops. Feb. 2 – House watch and business checks. Officer assisted motorist with flat tire. Two traffic stops. Feb. 3 – House watch and business checks. Two traffic stops. Feb. 4 – House watch and business checks. Three traffic stops. Feb. 5 – House watch and business checks. Three bar checks. Three traffic stops. Feb. 6 – House watch and business checks. VIN inspection. Three bar checks. Eight traffic stops. Feb. 7 – House watch and business chec...
Speeding – Megan R. Potter, SD, 85/75, $90; Jacob A. Ware, UT, 89/80, $88; Natalie L. Kindsvogel, Gillette, 88/80, $86; Carole J. Maddox, Sundance, 86/75, $100; Bernadette M. Barnaud, SD, 80/70, $90; Daniel P. Goetz, NY, 89/80, $88; Renzo C. Conroy Cueva, CO, 79/70, $88; Elizabeth Castillo, MI, 85/75, $90; Rachel J. Evens, MT, 81/70, $100; Thomas G. House, Cheyenne, 98/70, $185; Chelsey M. Hilmus, MS, 82/70, $105; Michael S. Thompson, SD, 86/75, $100; Cheyenne L. Fisher, Sheridan, 92/80, $105; (truck) – Michael B. Crawford, Gillette, 86/...
Feb. 3 – Three VIN checks. Investigated animal complaint. Assisted motorist. Fingerprints for outside employment. K9 training. Feb. 4 – Vin check. Two paper services. Two EMS calls. Fire call. Project lifesaver device serviced. Search warrant executed. Attempt to located wanted person; no contact. Feb. 5 – Paper service. EMS call. Booked in new inmate. Investigated animal complaint. Assisted another agency. Investigated possible suicidal subject. Investigated fraud complaint. Feb. 6 – Three VIN checks. Paper service. Two EMS calls. Investigated...
Dear Editor: Reference Thursday, January 30, 2020 Sundance Times, page 3 article, “Time Reporter Recognized with Four State Awards”: Congratulations Sarah Pridgeon. Your work keeps us so informed and entertained. Sarah Pridgeon is a most capable and professional journalist. We are very privileged to have her working with our local newspaper. Her reporting is unequaled in northeast Wyoming, and perhaps the entire state. She writes clearly, gets the facts straight and spells the words correctly. I should probably congratulate and thank her sup...
“If you wanted to create an education environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like a classroom.” In his book, Brain Rules, author John Medina lays out the science and research to back up this statement—and he’s not the only one. A growing number of researchers, policymakers and educators, in Wyoming and across the nation, are speaking out about the need for change. Wyoming has responded in kind in several ways: Boot-Up Wyoming is Wyoming’s computational thinking and compu...
Greetings from Cheyenne! The 2020 Budget Session kicks off tomorrow. Fortunately, the legislature is now back in the newly renovated Wyoming State Capitol! For pictures of the refurbished House and Senate Chambers, you can visit the Wyoming Capitol Square Project Facebook page. The primary purpose of this session, which will last between 20 and 24 days, is to approve and implement a budget for the 2021-2022 biennium. This budget includes operating expenses for all executive, legislative and...
I have been living in fear for the last six weeks – terror that everything I know, everything I am, was about to be thrown to the wolves. This story has a happy ending, but it’s going to take us a while to get there. My torture began just before Christmas, when I sat down with a couple of friends for a festive meal and to swap gifts. As we dined on chicken and garlic potatoes, tinsel sparkling in the background, one of them placed a box in front of each of us. She’s one of those people for w...
CHEYENNE — With the state Legislature’s budget session set to begin this week, lawmakers will likely spend hours debating how to address the state’s projected revenue shortfall. Yet some state officials and lawmakers hope part of that shortfall can be addressed through work that’s already been done. For the last three years, the Wyoming Government Efficiency Commission has worked to find ways to make the state run more smoothly. Their work essentially wrapped up last July, when the commission sent 19 recommendations to Gov. Mark Gordon and the...
Injured ice climber rescued after fall CODY (WNE) — Search and rescue volunteers from Park and Big Horn counties rescued a fallen ice climber Saturday from an ice waterfall up the South Fork. The 42-year-old Billings ice climber was on the Broken Heart ice waterfall when he fell some 30 feet from the top of the third pitch. Richard James Dvorak was climbing with a party of ten when the accident happened, according to an SAR release. The Broken Heart ice waterfall is 38 miles up the South Fork, less than a mile north of the South Fork H...
CASPER — Hours into the start of the 2020 legislative session, the Wyoming House killed a bill Monday that would’ve set the stage for Medicaid expansion. The bill fell at the earliest hurdle in the House, with nearly two thirds of the body voting against it as part of the chamber’s consent list. It’s a swift end for the measure, which would’ve given Gov. Mark Gordon the ability to study expansion and move it forward, albeit under the eye of the Legislature. Jen Simon of the Wyoming Women’s Action Network said the consent agenda passed 59-0...
LARAMIE — At least 14 legislators are backing a bill that would prevent the University of Wyoming from regulating firearms on campus. As with other previous failed legislation, Senate File 88 would require UW to allow the carrying of concealed weapons on in campus buildings and at athletic events. The Legislature’s staunchest supporters of gun rights have again introduced a bill, Senate File 88, that would prevent the University of Wyoming from regulating the possession of firearms on campus. The 2020 version of the “repeal gun-free zones” bill...
GILLETTE — A Campbell County state legislator has withdrawn a controversial bill he’d proposed on firearms reporting for national background checks. Rep. Bill Pownall, a Republican who serves on the Judiciary Committee, has withdrawn House Bill 59 from consideration in the state Legislature’s 24-day budget session that started Monday. The bill and its sponsor have been the target of much criticism on social media since it came up for introduction. It would have had to receive a two-thirds majority vote in the House just to be considered, which...
The Brand Recording Unit recently completed address verification on all livestock brand records. As a result, there were some addresses on file that may not be the most up to date. You may receive an address verification letter in the mail asking you to verify your current mailing address. If you receive one of these notices, please review the information and make any necessary address changes and list all brands that need to be changed. Only the brand owner can authorize the change. Return the updated information to Wyoming Livestock Board,...
On behalf of Sundance FCCLA, Kate Sell would like to invite community members to donate diapers, wipes and baby clothing that will be given to the Bella Pregnancy Resource Center in Spearfish. There will be a drop off box at Vilas Pharmacy from February 12-26. The Bella Pregnancy Resource Center has an “Earn While You Learn” program where expecting parents can earn “mommy money” and “daddy dollars” that are used to purchase baby items that are donated by community members. The Resource Center also offers parenting classes, life skills clas...
Bulldog Boys The Sundance boys’ basketball team had a light week this past week, playing only one game on Friday, as they hosted the Eagles from Tongue River. The Bulldogs opened up the match with an intense half of basketball. The first quarter of play found the Bulldogs and Eagles evenly matched, ending the quarter in the Eagles favor 13-12. The Bulldogs were able to pick up the tempo in quarter two starting out with an 8-0 run. Tongue River called a timeout with the score 18-26 in hopes of s...
The Sundance Bulldog wrestling team took a contingent of five wrestlers to the 21 team Black Hills Classic Tournament this past Saturday in Hill City, SD. Pacing the way was Junior Owen Haiar who finished with a 4-1 record and a third-place finish. Junior Josh Pridgeon finished at 2-2 one match from placing. Others competing were Sophomore Leo Lyons 1-2 on the day, Junior Roman Hrek 1-2 and Freshman Gavin Mollenbrink 0-2. The wrestlers who are hoping to get healthier will have a busy week this week, as on Thursday they will compete in the...
