Last World War II Veterans Honor Flight on Tuesday

CHEYENNE – Honor Flight Wyoming will send  the final group of Wyoming’s World War II veterans on a two-day trip to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday and Wednesday.

This will be the sixth and final trip to the Nation’s Capitol sponsored by Honor Flight Wyoming, a non-profit foundation. A charter aircraft will carry more than 160 veterans, guardians, and staff to visit the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.

The public is invited to a community farewell ceremony for Wyoming’s World War II veterans at 7:45 a.m. on Oct. 11, at Cheyenne’s Ice and Events Center at 1530 W. Lincolnway.

Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen will speak.

The Cheyenne police will escort the veterans’ motorcade to the Wyoming Air National Guard. Veterans will be transported on school buses and trolleys, accompanied by World War II re-enactors in military vehicles and members of the Patriot Guard motorcycle group.

Partnering with the Wyoming Veterans Commission and numerous individual and group volunteers, Honor Flight Wyoming provided free trips to more than 600 Wyoming veterans. Guardians are matched with veterans on a 3:1 ratio in most cases and donate $800 to make the trip. The money goes directly to covering costs for the veterans.

The group will depart from Cheyenne on the charter aircraft from the Small Air Terminal at the Wyoming Air National Guard base.

The public is also invited to welcome the veterans home in the Cheyenne Regional Airport terminal at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

For more information, call the Wyoming Veterans Commission at 307-777-8152.

Joint Judiciary Interim Committee

Joint Judiciary Interim Committee

Senator Drew Perkins and Representative Kermit Brown, Co-chairmen of the Joint Judiciary Interim Committee, have announced the Committee will meet:

• October 13 & 14, 2011
• 8:00 a.m.
• University of Wyoming College of Law, Rm. 178
• Corner of 19th & Willett Drive
• Laramie, Wyoming
• Agenda

The purpose of the meeting is to receive testimony on issues concerning exemptions from execution and attachment, public records and public meeting statutes, failure to report missing children, the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act liability limits, wrongful death actions and other matters the Committee may consider.  The Legislative Service Office will distribute an agenda for this meeting at a later date and the agenda will be available on the legislative Web site at: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/.

Please direct questions about this meeting to Legislative Service Office Committee staff Lily Sharpe at:  (307) 777-7881.

Individuals who plan to provide written information to the Committee during the meeting should bring sufficient copies of the information for members of the Committee, Committee staff, and interested members of the audience.  In addition, please provide an electronic copy of the materials to Committee staff at the meeting.

All materials provided to the Committee in written form will be part of the official record of the Committee’s meeting and will be on file at the Legislative Service Office.  Minutes of the meeting will be available on the legislative Web site at:  http://legisweb.state.wy.us/.

Persons with disabilities requiring special accommodations to attend this meeting should contact the Legislative Service Office at: (307) 777-7881, or by e-mail at:  lso@wyoleg.gov, for assistance.

Members of the Joint Judiciary Interim Committee: Senators Drew Perkins, Bruce Burns, Leland Christensen, Floyd Esquibel, Larry Hicks; Representatives Kermit Brown, Joe Barbuto, Bob Brechtel, Richard Cannady, Matt Greene, Sam Krone, Bob Nicholas, Frank Peasley, Mary Throne.

Joint Judiciary Interim Committee

Joint Judiciary Interim Committee

Senator Drew Perkins and Representative Kermit Brown, Co-chairmen of the Joint Judiciary Interim Committee, have announced the Committee will meet:

• October 13 & 14, 2011
• 8:00 a.m.
• University of Wyoming College of Law, Rm. 178
• Corner of 19th & Willett Drive
• Laramie, Wyoming
• Agenda

The purpose of the meeting is to receive testimony on issues concerning exemptions from execution and attachment, public records and public meeting statutes, failure to report missing children, the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act liability limits, wrongful death actions and other matters the Committee may consider.  The Legislative Service Office will distribute an agenda for this meeting at a later date and the agenda will be available on the legislative Web site at: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/.

Please direct questions about this meeting to Legislative Service Office Committee staff Lily Sharpe at:  (307) 777-7881.

Individuals who plan to provide written information to the Committee during the meeting should bring sufficient copies of the information for members of the Committee, Committee staff, and interested members of the audience.  In addition, please provide an electronic copy of the materials to Committee staff at the meeting.

All materials provided to the Committee in written form will be part of the official record of the Committee’s meeting and will be on file at the Legislative Service Office.  Minutes of the meeting will be available on the legislative Web site at:  http://legisweb.state.wy.us/.

Persons with disabilities requiring special accommodations to attend this meeting should contact the Legislative Service Office at: (307) 777-7881, or by e-mail at:  lso@wyoleg.gov, for assistance.

Members of the Joint Judiciary Interim Committee: Senators Drew Perkins, Bruce Burns, Leland Christensen, Floyd Esquibel, Larry Hicks; Representatives Kermit Brown, Joe Barbuto, Bob Brechtel, Richard Cannady, Matt Greene, Sam Krone, Bob Nicholas, Frank Peasley, Mary Throne.

Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee

Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee

Senator Charles Scott and Representative Elaine Harvey, Co-chairmen of the Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Committee, have announced the Committee will meet:

• October 10 & 11, 2011
• 8:00 a.m.
• Game & Fish Regional Office
• 303 Energy Lane
• Casper, Wyoming
• Agenda

The purpose of the meeting is to receive testimony on assigned committee topics, including unemployment insurance federal compliance, regulation of insurance trusts, health insurance exchanges, effects of smoking on the Medicaid budget, community health centers, Medicaid cost study, Medicaid options study, at-will state employees, Healthy Frontiers and Department of Health changes.  The Legislative Service Office will distribute an agenda for this meeting at a later date and the agenda will be available on the legislative Web site at: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/.

Please direct questions about this meeting to Legislative Service Office Committee staff Gerald Laska or Lisa Jeremiah at:  (307) 777-7881.

Individuals who plan to provide written information to the Committee during the meeting should bring sufficient copies of the information for members of the Committee, Committee staff, and interested members of the audience.  In addition, please provide an electronic copy of the materials to Committee staff at the meeting.

All materials provided to the Committee in written form will be part of the official record of the Committee’s meeting and will be on file at the Legislative Service Office.  Minutes of the meeting will be available on the legislative Web site at:  http://legisweb.state.wy.us/.

Persons with disabilities requiring special accommodations to attend this meeting should contact the Legislative Service Office at: (307) 777-7881, or by e-mail at:  lso@wyoleg.gov, for assistance.

Members of the Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Committee: Senators Charles Scott, Dan Dockstader, Marty Martin, Leslie Nutting, John Schiffer; Representatives Elaine Harvey, Joe Barbuto, Bernadine Craft, Gerald Gay, Keith Gingery, Matt Greene, Hans Hunt, David Miller, Frank Peasley.

Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee

Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee

Senator Charles Scott and Representative Elaine Harvey, Co-chairmen of the Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Committee, have announced the Committee will meet:

• October 10 & 11, 2011
• 8:00 a.m.
• Game & Fish Regional Office
• 303 Energy Lane
• Casper, Wyoming
• Agenda

The purpose of the meeting is to receive testimony on assigned committee topics, including unemployment insurance federal compliance, regulation of insurance trusts, health insurance exchanges, effects of smoking on the Medicaid budget, community health centers, Medicaid cost study, Medicaid options study, at-will state employees, Healthy Frontiers and Department of Health changes.  The Legislative Service Office will distribute an agenda for this meeting at a later date and the agenda will be available on the legislative Web site at: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/.

Please direct questions about this meeting to Legislative Service Office Committee staff Gerald Laska or Lisa Jeremiah at:  (307) 777-7881.

Individuals who plan to provide written information to the Committee during the meeting should bring sufficient copies of the information for members of the Committee, Committee staff, and interested members of the audience.  In addition, please provide an electronic copy of the materials to Committee staff at the meeting.

All materials provided to the Committee in written form will be part of the official record of the Committee’s meeting and will be on file at the Legislative Service Office.  Minutes of the meeting will be available on the legislative Web site at:  http://legisweb.state.wy.us/.

Persons with disabilities requiring special accommodations to attend this meeting should contact the Legislative Service Office at: (307) 777-7881, or by e-mail at:  lso@wyoleg.gov, for assistance.

Members of the Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Committee: Senators Charles Scott, Dan Dockstader, Marty Martin, Leslie Nutting, John Schiffer; Representatives Elaine Harvey, Joe Barbuto, Bernadine Craft, Gerald Gay, Keith Gingery, Matt Greene, Hans Hunt, David Miller, Frank Peasley.

Grizzlies continue to stay active – hunters need to stay alert

CODY – State wildlife administrators are warning residents, visitors and particularly hunters that bears remain active and dangerous this fall.

On Oct. 3, two hunters in separate areas encountered grizzly bears; both suffered minor injuries. In each case, the hunters surprised a bear which then became aggressive.

Mid-November usually marks the denning period for grizzly bears, but until then, they will remain very active in their search for food.

According to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, a Casper hunter in the Dubois area chose to “drop and cover” when the bear charged. He was bitten on the buttocks and ankle and the bear left the area.

In a second encounter on the same day, an Oregon hunter near Meeteetse surprised a bear. It charged, knocking the hunter down and biting him on the hand as it ran past.

Game and Fish investigators determined that both bears were acting naturally. No attempt to capture either bear will be made.

When threatened, grizzlies generally exhibit one of three behaviors; grizzlies either run away, bluff charge, or charge with the intent of removing the threat, according to Dennie Hammer, Cody information specialist for the Game and Fish.

A bear that hears or smells something that it cannot identify may stand on its hind legs to get a better look or smell. That is typically not an aggressive behavior. A bear that runs toward you with its head up, ears erect, and stiff legged is probably bluff charging. One that has its head down and ears laid back, however, feels threatened enough to charge, Hammer said.

When there is not time to read the bear’s behavior or to use a deterrent such as bear spray or a firearm, the only viable option is to “drop and cover.”

Lying flat on the ground with your fingers interlocked over your neck is the best way to drop and cover, Hammer said.

To improve the odds of minimizing hunter-bear conflicts, Hammer suggests:

• Carry a bear deterrent and know how to use it. Many aggressive bears have been deterred through the use of bear spray and all hunters should carry it where it can be reached and know how and when to use it.
• Hunters should hunt with a partner and keep relatively close together.
• When using calls, pay close attention to your surroundings, not just the area within which the hunted species is located.
• Continuously watch for bear sign which includes tracks, scats, and diggings and for the bears themselves.
• Retrieve game animals as quickly as possible and watch for approaching bears when field dressing and quartering.
• If game must be left on the ground overnight, separate the carcass from the entrails when field dressing and place the carcass in an area that can be viewed from a distance.
• When retrieving game, make lots of noise; use binoculars to search the area for bears and to determine if the game has been disturbed by bears prior to walking in on the carcass.
• Bears often daybed near food sources.
• If a bear has claimed your carcass, leave the scene and report the incident to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

Enzi soda ash

‘There are additional policies that our government needs to continue to press that disadvantage U.S. exporters including China’s VAT rebate on soda ash. Wyoming soda ash producers can compete with the best but not when other nations stack the deck.’
- Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo.

Green River Drift criteria for National Register of Historic Places Program

A public meeting to discuss the Green River Drift’s criteria regarding the National Register of Historic Places Program will be held in Pinedale at the Sublette County Public Library, Lovatt Room, September 15 at 6 p.m.

The meeting will be hosted by the Sublette County Historic Preservation Board with members on hand from the State Historic Preservation Office.

The meeting will address how the Green River Drift’s historical significance effects property owners in the area including the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. This meeting will be an open forum for property owners and members of the public to ask questions and voice opinions.

The National Register of Historic Places is the nation’s official list of cultural resources worth of preservation. Authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Register is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate and protect our historic and archeological resources.

Listing on the National Register provides recognition of the property’s historic significance; however, it does not restrict the right of the owner to use, develop, maintain, or sell the property. Properties listed in the Register include districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering and culture.

The National Register is administered by the National Park Service, which is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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National Register of Historic Places State Review Board

CHEYENNE – The Wyoming National Register of Historic Places State Review Board is scheduled to meet at 12 noon, September 15, in Pinedale at the Sublette County Library, Lovatt Room, 155 S. Tyler Street.

The board will review three National Register of Historic Places nominations (the Trading Posts Multiple Property Documentation Form, the Kirby Jail and Town Hall located in Hot Springs County, and the Muddy Creek Site Complex located in Carbon County).  The State Review Board will discuss the eligibility of the properties and make recommendations regarding the nominations to the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO).

At 6 p.m., the Sublette County Historic Preservation Board and SHPO will hold a public meeting regarding a nomination of the Green River Drift to the National Register.  The SHPO will explain the National Register nomination process and the National Historic Preservation Act.  This meeting will be an open forum for property owners and members of the public to ask questions and voice opinions.

The State Review Board is comprised of individuals with expertise in historic preservation, architecture, archeology, planning, and history.  The board, which meets three times annually, reviews properties to determine if they meet the criteria for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.  The board also serves as an advisory group to the SHPO, assists with statewide preservation efforts, and reviews the State Historic Preservation Plan.

The National Register of Historic Places is the nation’s official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. Authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Register is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect our historic and archeological resources.  Listing on the National Register provides recognition of the property’s historic significance; however, it does not restrict the right of the owner to use, develop, maintain, or sell the property.

The National Register is administered by the National Park Service, which is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Capitol lighting to mark prostate cancer awareness month

The Wyoming State Capitol will be bathed in blue lights and decorated with a large blue “ribbon” during September to mark prostate cancer awareness month in the state. This is the first time the capitol has been decorated in such a manner to promote awareness of a health issue. An evening ceremony, featuring prostate cancer survivors, will recognize the occasion and provide information on the disease.

WHAT: Capitol ceremony to mark prostate cancer awareness month

WHEN: 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 1, 2011

WHERE: Cheyenne, Wyoming State Capitol, south steps

WHO: Expected speakers include Joe Grandpre, deputy state epidemiologist with the Wyoming Department of Health; Rep. Ken Esquibel, Wyoming Comprehensive Cancer Control Consortium co-chairman; and local men who are prostate cancer survivors.

NOTE: Outdoor capitol complex lighting is controlled by an automatic system sensitive to lighting conditions. Lights are expected to go on at dusk, and this event has been timed to coordinate with the expected sunset. However, there will not be specific moment when the lights will be turned on as part of the event.

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