Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
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Sundance has a temporary new ambulance, leased from a Sioux Falls company as a “band aid” solution to the urgent issue of there being just one fully functioning vehicle left in the city’s fleet. However, at Thursday’s meeting of the Crook County Medical Services District Board of Trustees, it transpired that the new ambulance might not quite be what the board expected. The ambulance is a two-wheel drive Ford van, which the district is leasing for six months at a cost of $2500 per month. The board gave the go-ahead at last month’s meeting o...
This year, the Sundance Theatre Troupe (a.k.a. high school drama class) brought a number of acting and technical events to the Wyoming State Thespian Festival held at the University of Wyoming. Our acting events included both novice and varsity monologues and duets and the one-act proscenium (or traditional stage) play “Imperfect Proposal” by Lisa Parry. In the technical theatre department, we had a talented makeup artist and script writers galore. For a small 2A school, Sundance fared qui...
A steady stream of customers were still coming through the door of Sundance Post Office to pick up their Christmas packages as the week began. Angela Donner, Alissa Truax and Postmaster Heather Miller continued to whittle away at the piles on Monday morning, handing over boxes large and small. Now online shopping has become a common method for finding the perfect gift, the post office disappears under a sea of boxes throughout the month of December. This year, says Miller, the Sundance office broke its own record in early December when 643...
The Crook County Medical Foundation has hired an architect to design the new Hulett Clinic and will be starting the process with a clean slate, reported Judy Hutchinson to the Crook County Medical Services District Board of Trustees last week. The foundation chose an architect from Cheyenne, Hutchinson said. The alternative bid was from a Billings firm but there was “quite a bit of difference in price”, she said, explaining that this was partly to do with the breadth of services offered. “We are ready to begin planning,” Hutchinson continu...
Though the Sundance City Council and Crook County Medical District Board of Trustees previously appeared to have come to an amicable decision regarding the city’s ambulances, Council Member Joe Wilson approached the board on Thursday with a financial matter that still needs to be settled. Specifically, he proposed a rent agreement for the building in which the ambulances will continue to be housed. When asked at the beginning of December, the council agreed that the district may still keep its emergency vehicles in the city building, but no m...
Last week, Roger and Victoria Connett representing the Crook County Republican Party placed wreaths on the Crook County War Memorial. Wreaths were also placed at the Black Hills National Cemetery. Anyone wishing to assist with or donate to this project next year can contact the Connetts....
These are Pinochle average scores for individuals as of December 19, 2019: Gail Kaiser 3873 Larry Byrne 3820 Lyle Brunson 3640 Shannon Weaver 3360 Joann Salyer 3207 Vivian Brunson 3033 Jacquie McInerney 3015 Jennifer Adams 2960 Barbara Glick 2833 Carol Jordan 2830 Kari VanLuvan 2580 Barbara Byrne 2555 Jean Adams 2547 Mary Jayne Jordan 1430 These are Pinochle average scores for couples as of December 19, 2019: Jacquie McInerney and Gail Kaiser 6888 Lyle and Vivian Brunson 6673 Larry and Barbara Byrne 6375 Barbara Glick and Joann Salyer 6040...
1 Years Ago The Times December 24, 1919 John Nefsy of the firm of Nefsy& Nefsy, pioneer stockmen of Inyan Kara creek, was in Sundance a few days ago en route home from a trip to South Dakota in quest of winter feed and pasture for their stock. Mr. Nefsy stated that they had purchased a 2000-acre tract about 20 miles west of Pierre and would ship cattle and horses to the new location as rapidly as they could be gathered. Owing to the conditions of the past season, the Nefsy stock are not in the best of condition, and it is a considerable...
Marie peacefully passed away in Rawlins, Wyoming, December 18, 2019, at the age of 90. She was born on November 11, 1929, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Irish immigrants, the first of five children, all of the others being boys. They were all first-generation U.S. citizens. She met the love of her life, Billy Jackson, just after the end of WWII in 1945. Bill was in Philadelphia awaiting discharge from the US Navy where he had served for two years. Bill had dropped out of Sundance High in 1943 at the age of 17 to enlist.... Full story
Joshua “Josh” Michael Copus, scientific explorer, died unexpectedly on November 13, 2019, while exploring deep reefs off of Mborokua Island in the Solomon Sea. He was 39. Josh was born on March 5, 1980, in Phoenix, Arizona, to Carol (McRann) and Michael Copus. Raised for most of his younger years in Hulett, Wyoming, Josh later returned to Arizona where he graduated from Moon Valley High School. Having no prior experience with the ocean, Josh had a life-changing experience while taking a scientific diving class in Tahiti during his und... Full story
Due to the New Year’s holiday, we will be printing early. Deadlines for the Jan. 2 issue will be: Wyoming Pioneer, Fri., Dec. 27 at noon; Sundance Times and Moorcroft Leader, Mon., Dec. 30 at noon....
Thank You A hearty Thank You to Sarah Pridgeon of the Sundance Times for her thoughtful article about my novel, THE RIVEN COUNTRY OF SENGA MUNRO; also, to Nancy Bowles and Echo Bohl of the Hulett Branch library for hosting my book talk/reading on December 10, despite icy roads. The soup was delicious! Thank you to the intrepid souls who attended. Renée Carrier Thank You On December 23 at a few moments after 12:15 a.m. an explosion of lights woke us from our sleep. At 12:19 a.m. we called 911 to report the trash can in our alley had exploded...
If you are interested in making a Christmas donation to the library, we have a wish tree set up at the circulation desk. The ornaments on the tree have adult and children’s book titles on them that we would appreciate your help in purchasing for the library. The library will be closed January 1, for the New Year’s holiday. Library Programming: TODDLER AND PRESCHOOL STORYTIME on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. ADULT CRAFT NIGHT: stay tuned! UFOs AT THE LIBRARY: the last Monday of each month at 6 p.m., except for December!! Bring any UnFinished Obj...
A state of Wyoming veterans service officer from the Wyoming Veterans Commission will conduct community outreach services around Wyoming cities throughout January. Clifford Knesel is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs claims, or VA healthcare. Griffin can also help veterans and their families apply for benefits, file claims, or request healthcare. His office is located at 551 Running W Dr., in Gillette, and he will be available at the following l...
The story of our country is often told by the decades that define it. With the end of this decade so close at hand, it can often be tempting to imagine what the last ten years will be remembered for. Or for that matter, the last year alone. For me, 2019 will be remembered by the people I had the pleasure to meet, businesses I had the opportunity to visit and the projects I have had the privilege to work on. Between spending time in our nation’s capital and back home in Wyoming, I’ve been able to meet with hundreds of workers and families fro...
As has become my tradition, I took a few moments this week to look around at all the good things happening this season. Whether it made me laugh or smile, I’d like to share a few of them with you. You have to hand it to Mariah Carey, that’s a woman with a dream she’s not willing to let go of. I think my grandmother would have referred to her as “like a dog with a bone”. A quarter century after we all started singing “All I Want For Christmas” as part of our communal festive repertoire, s...
Sundance resident Amber Nehmer has been given a suspended sentence for charges related to an incident in which law enforcement was informed she was using and selling drugs while children were present in her home. On April 2, a Crook County Sheriff’s Office deputy executed a search warrant at a Sundance residence after receiving information about narcotic use and sales on the premises while children were present. On entering the building, the deputy reports he was able to confirm the presence of children and saw a bong on the kitchen table a...
A second Colorado man has been sentenced in association with a traffic stop that led to a sizeable cocaine bust on March 30. Paul Williams pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver; the other man, Aaron Gonzales, was recently placed on probation for the same charge. A Sheriff’s Office Deputy was patrolling I-90 on March 30 when he observed a red SUV with Colorado plates traveling at 97 mph and initiated a traffic stop. While he was speaking to the driver, identified as Williams, Gonzales allegedly began s...
Speeding – Travis J. Williams, UT, 85/75, $90; Heath A. Rose, Gillette, 83/70, $110; Jerry D. White, WA, 88/75, $110; Steven J. Przywara, Newcastle, 89/70, $140; Jason D. Burch, TX, 81/70, $100; Jose J. Lopez, AZ, 85/70, $120; Randy W. Turner, Gillette, 90/75, $120 Fail to Drive Vehicle Within Single Lane – Niman Aziz, FL, $75 Careless Driving – Blake T. Maxwell, Moorcroft, $273.41 Stop Sign Violation – Charles E. Irvine, SD, $135 Expired Temporary License Permit/Improper Registration – Edward Giles Painter, Moorcroft, $135 No Seat Belt (pas...
Dec. 16 – Seven VIN checks. Deputy assisted Superior Police Department out of Nebraska. Deputy investigated vehicle crash. EMS page. Fire page. Dec. 17 – Four VIN checks. Detention Deputy booked in new prisoner. Detention Deputy did fingerprints for outside employment. Detention Deputy did prisoner transport. EMS page. Fire page. Dec. 18 – Three VIN checks. Detention Deputy did fingerprints x2 for outside employment. Dec. 19 – VIN check. Three traffic stops. Deputy assisted EMS. EMS paged out two times. Fire paged out two times. Dec. 20 – Si...
CASPER — President Donald Trump signed a $1.4 trillion appropriations package Friday night, averting a government shutdown and saving health care for hundreds of retired coal miners in Kemmerer. Coal has been the critical economic building block for the southwest Wyoming community, where miners have labored at the open pit coal mine in Lincoln County for decades. They’ve contributed millions of tons of thermal coal to the nation’s electricity supply. For many miners, working at the Kemmerer mine was the only livelihood they ever knew. But l...
GILLETTE — It was a cold December morning, and Cody Nehl stood in a lot off of Little Powder River Road, waiting for a customer. A large pile of stoker coal was stored in the back of a truck, ready to be sold. After a few minutes, another truck pulled up and drove onto a scale. Nehl powered up a conveyor belt, which transported the coal and dumped it into the bed of the truck. The coal would be used to heat someone’s house and shop north of town. That day, Nehl, operations manager for GMHR LLC in Gillette, completed his first sale of sto...
CHEYENNE – Despite objections from Gov. Mark Gordon, lawmakers on the Joint Appropriations Committee approved a bill Thursday that would raise the salaries of the governor and the other four elected state officials beginning after the 2022 general election. The bill would raise the governor’s salary from $105,000 to $150,000, while the other four officials – secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer and superintendent of public instruction – would see their salaries jump from $92,000 to $120,000. The bill’s approval, which marks the...
Husband of Cheyenne mayor arrested on suspicion of domestic violence CHEYENNE (WNE) — Cheyenne Mayor Marian Orr’s husband was arrested Friday night on suspicion of domestic violence against her. Christopher Jimmy Orr, 54, was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic battery in the 3400 block of Warren Avenue, and is currently being held at the Laramie County jail. It’s unknown at this time who made the phone call to the Cheyenne Police Department to report the incident. Marian Orr wasn’t taken to the hospital for treatment of any injurie...
The Sundance boys’ basketball team made history this past weekend as they swept all the teams competing in the Stateline Shootout. The boys opened up play in Sundance on Thursday night, facing off against the Newcastle Dogies. The Dogies came out strong in the first quarter, behind their full court pressure and hot hand, Dylon Tidyman, who scored the first six unanswered points of the game. While the Bulldogs struggled to get the ball moving on offense, their full court pressure started to disrupt the Dogies flow into the second quarter and S...
