Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
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The Lord is his name, and he is a warrior! Ex. 15:3 CEV A warrior is a brave or experienced soldier or fighter. They engage in varying arenas of conflict for specific or multiple reasons, although there must be a sensible purpose for the interaction or weariness will set in. These battles cannot be only personal or singularly beneficial for the participant. They must go beyond themselves to have real impact. The ultimate Warrior is the King of King Himself, Jesus Christ and the prized position is to be involved in his encounters. All must fight...
Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory, but sometimes the truth is more bizarre than the hoax could hope to be. Such appears to be the case with a piece of “proof” that we are not alone in the galaxy, which turns out to have been entirely cooked up by one of my neighbors in London. I am referring to the footage of a supposed alien autopsy that caused uproar in the mid 1990s. If you don’t recall the film, it appears to show government pathologists dissecting an extra-terrestrial. The reason I as...
To the Editor, I just finished reading your article on the Military Veterans’ Memorial in the Court House square and want you to know how much I enjoyed it. I appreciate the good things you put in about our little town. Some of these treasures we have in our town help tell and show others, especially newcomers why we are a wonderful place to live. Where people are friendly and always ready to give a helping hand and cherish the things we have here. I have some good memories of this memorial from its beginning to now. So this is a little p...
I have a friend who grew up in a community that celebrated its European heritage to a greater degree than most. Let’s call her Beryl and, for the sake of protecting the innocent, let’s say the ancestors of her family and neighbors came over here from France. As my friend was growing up, her grandmother made sure to teach her lessons about her family history. She ate French foods, partook in French customs and marked French holidays, while living in a community that took its architectural cue...
Dear Editor and Taxpayers of Crook County: By now most taxpayers have received letter(s) from the Crook County Assessors office showing the estimated taxes for personal and commercial property for 2019. According to an article published on page twelve of the May 9, 2019 edition of the Sundance Times, taxpayers have been expressing concerns about increases in their taxes to Crook County Assessor Theresa Curren and Legislator Tyler Lindholm. Towards the end of the article the mill levy funding for the Crook County Senior Services was discussed. T...
By Karissa Niehoff, Executive Director of the National Federation of State High School Associations and Ron Laird, Commissioner of the Wyoming High School Activities Association We communicate on smart phones, drive smart cars, make purchases using smart cards and even drink smart water. But, really, how smart are we? Between college admission and internet privacy scandals, sexual misconduct investigations, stolen trade secrets and the growing concern about how we communicate and connect with each other, technology seems to be outpacing our cap...
My home town is abuzz with excitement to welcome a new eatery just in time for summer. Considering the town center is littered with fish and chip shops, kebab joints and burger takeouts, you wouldn’t have thought yet another food outlet would cause a fuss – but this one is different. This one…is American. Sure, we’ve always had Burger King ®, KFC ® and McDonalds ®, but those have been around for long enough that the shine has worn off. I can remember wanting nothing in this world more than...
Kayleigh Gould: Crook County Family Violence & Sexual Assault Services, Inc. (CCFV) officially began providing services to the public when it was established back in 1983. Throughout the last 36 years, volunteers have been working side-by-side with CCFV, donating thousands of hours providing services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. From 2017-2018 alone our volunteers have donated more than 1162 hours in the pursuit to one day end intimate partner violence. No two clients are ever the same. Each client and their situation...
Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are pure in heart. Psalm 73:1 Good. Not a bad word. It is better than average, although not great. It will put a smile on a face and later a frown from not achieving a goal. It is a normal for some people, work to obtain for others and can be both experienced as well as seen. It can be a shared event as well as a natural attribute. For God it is a part of His very nature not only to know, but to behold and experience. It is for all to find as well as rest upon. God’s goodness is intended for His g...
Ever fancied yelling at your neighbors to let them know the goings on of the day? Does your voice carry for miles and boom with the resonance of authority? In that case, you’d make an excellent town crier and should head to my home town next week for the Southern England Town Crier’s Competition. The contest promises it will be a “fine spectacle of dandy costumes, beautiful frocks, healthy lungs and a true display of British eccentricity,” so to be honest I’m not sure why you haven’t a...
is more prevalent than I can ever recall. More victims are finding a path to voice their trauma and, truly, that in itself is a victory. Still, the numbers haven’t shifted, the tide has barely ebbed. Knowledge is powerful…when it is implemented. So, what is holding us back from reducing these crimes more substantially in our county and culture? I’ve heard the argument that people are too sensitive and now everything has become sexual assault or harassment. I’ve heard that victims should learn to protect themselves. I hear anger towards the def...
A country with thousands of years’ worth of human infestation is bound to rack up ghost stories, from beheaded queens to translucent monks ringing bells that are no longer there. You can’t swing a cat in the UK without hitting a supposedly haunted pub, priory or stately home. You’d have thought that, by now, we’d have collected more than enough spooky legends to keep even the most avid ghost hunter occupied, but apparently not. I stumbled across a new addition to the haunted library this week an...
The Friends of the Library Open House Luncheon has been postponed. Keep an eye on our Facebook page and our Website for the new date! Library Programming: STORYTIME: Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. April’s themes: “Food Fun”, “Community Helpers with special guests: PAW Patrol!”, “Easter with an Egg hunt”. BLACK HILLS RAPTOR RESCUE will be visiting the library during Storytime on Wednesday, May 15. The public is welcome to come and learn about these fascinating creatures! COWBOY CARNEGIES: WY...
Editor: I’m writing in response to Mr. Reinhold’s letter last week in which he praises the generosity of liberals toward “the less fortunate.” Sadly, he’s not advocating giving his own money or those of his liberal friends as a charitable contribution. No, what liberals want is a LAW demanding that the government slice off some of everyone’s income and have it taken by force and redistributed. That is the liberal idea. Charity has always been a mainstay of the American ideal, not forced support for those we don’t even know. And Mr. Reinhold...
As a Navy veteran, I’m familiar with the heavy responsibilities and costs of making war. As an elected official sworn to uphold the U.S. Constitution, I’m also mindful that our Founding Fathers constitutionally authorized Congress to declare war, and Congress alone. Unfortunately, our federal government has strayed from that founding model during the interminable “War on Terror” in which we’ve been mired for nearly two decades, during which Congress has ceded its war-making authority to the ex...
achine in Gillette. The caller claimed they were from the IRS and said I was being charged with fraud. If I did not call the phone number they provided, my case would be brought to the courts. A few weeks later, I received another message supposedly from the Social Security Administration. Again, they said I was being charged with a crime and instructed me to call a phone number they provided. Thankfully, I knew both of these calls were not real and did not give any of my personal information. It is vital for everyone to know not to give...
It can come as a shock to realize your thoughts on a subject have been wildly different to those of your significant other for an entire decade, though the topic is so mundane that it’s never occurred to either of you that the other might think differently. The husband and I have picked our way through dozens of cultural differences, but every so often we stumble over a new one. The context of this disturbing revelation is that we are undergoing a renovation project. We’re moving entire roo...
Dear Editor, In last week’s Sundance Times (March 21), the Editor, in the column “Our View” first defines a conservative as someone who stands on his or her own two feet, who contributes to society, who earns his or her own living and who is fully independent, relying only on his or her own hard work. The author then points out that in Wyoming, because we have historically let energy companies pay for our government services, individuals, in fact, have reaped many benefits for which they have not worked. The fact is that the members of any f...
As long-time readers of this column may recall, I view the concept of space travel with appropriately starry eyes. To me, it is among the more vital components of our collective future that we explore those remote horizons and answer the question so many of us ask as we gaze up at the night sky: what’s really out there? The brave few who have looked down on this planet from above, and the ones who made it possible, are among my most beloved heroes. My reaction to an announcement from NASA l...
For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light. Psalm 36:9 Often in life you find yourself in places or positions you never dreamed possible. Some are most desirable and sought after and others are lowly and despicable. Regardless of the process you are always in or moving towards a destination. This is not limited to only the physical but involves your mental and spiritual nature as well. You are placed by someone, something and have been located somewhere. It is an absolute reflection of your being that cannot be denied. It...
By U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. The Green New Deal, plain and simple, is a pipe dream for forcing a massive expansion of socialist policies on the American people. Some might say this is an overdramatic statement, but this 14-page bill lays it out in black and white, written in plain English. There isn’t much ambiguity when you describe your legislation as “...a new national, social, industrial and economic mobilization on a scale not seen since World War II and the New Deal era…” What does it mean in practical terms? It means elimina...
When you're used to purchasing your favorite foods from a supermarket, it can sometimes take a while to cotton on to the idea that you could just make the thing for yourself. Consequently, I've spent the last eight years not eating crumpets and it has only just occurred to me that it doesn't matter whether I can buy them around these parts. I felt compelled to share this discovery with you so that you, too, can change up your lunchtime sandwiches or introduce a new family teatime tradition....
Dear Editor, March 18, 2019, I attended the monthly school board meeting held in Moorcroft. Attending the meeting was Jessica and Doug Donnell of Moorcroft. Mr. Donnell talked to Thayne Gray several days earlier and asked if he could address the board members concerning bullying, depression and suicide. At the meeting, Mr. Donnell was the first to address the board. The paper you sign up on says you have five minutes. Mr. Donnell introduced himself and he was told he had five minutes. It was like, “You have five minutes so hurry up”. Mr. Don...
Solving a complex problem is impossible without all the parts laid out on the table, in plain view. Considering we’ve all been under the impression that the bad times are coming to an end for the state’s rainy day fund, we’ve heard a surprising amount of fiscal discussion over the past couple of weeks. Consider, for example, Representative Tyler Lindholm’s words. We have been successful in shoring up the state budget using capital gains, he said in the March 7 issue, but what this actually boils down to is relying on a new unstable income...
In case it escaped your notice, the internet turned 30 years old last week, an anniversary for which I should obviously take some credit on the basis that the man who invented it lives in my home town. He wasn’t living there when the World Wide Web was born, but it’s where he cut his teeth. In fact, his home of choice both before and after his biggest achievement is just down the road from my mum and dad. They claim they’ve never met him, though my mum had no idea who he was until yeste...
