Wyoming Tribune-Eagle back issues from February 2007:
Culinary classics [Derived headline]
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Stellar student [Derived headline]
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Shane L. Stanfield 1982-2007
Feb 01, 2007 ... Shane L. Stanfield, 25, of Jacksonville, N.C., died Jan. 23 inIraq. Mr. Stanfield was born Jan. 1, 1982, in Casper. He was an independent contractor for Blackwater USA. He married Cassidy Lake on Oct. 5, 2002, in Cheyenne. Mr. Stanfield was a member of First ...
Afternoon munchies [Derived headline]
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Local Briefs
Feb 01, 2007 ... Measure allowing credit reports to be frozen OK'd CHEYENNE (WTE) - Senate File 53, a bill that would enableWyomingites to freeze their credit reports in the event of identitytheft, passed the Wyoming Senate on its first reading Wednesday. The bill requires that any person who ...
Fire drill [Derived headline]
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Clash at The Pit Questions surround Cowboys after brawl at New Mexico
Feb 01, 2007; ... By Robert Gagliardi spt1@wyomingnews.com ALBUQUERQUE - The University of Wyoming made ESPN's SportsCenterTuesday night. Not for a spectacular play or a big victory, but for something sougly that it likely will cost UW its next game and have skeptics andcritics of the ...
Vandiver gives Cowgirls a boost
Feb 01, 2007; ... UW puts a four-game winning streak on the line this evening inLaramie against MWC rival Utah. By Robert Gagliardi spt1@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - Now in his fourth season, University of Wyoming women'sbasketball coach Joe Legerski has seen freshmen come in ...
Haskins' transfer 'devastating' At a glanceOn Sept. 16, 2001, an intoxicated Clint Haskins killed eight University of Wyoming athletes with his car. An Albany County judge sentenced him to 14-20 years in prison. Families of the students who were killed recently got a letter from the state informing them that Haskins will be moved to a minimum-security facility within the next 30 days.
Feb 01, 2007; ... By Cameron Mathews rep9@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - The memories are still fresh more than five years aftera drunken driver barreled into a sport-utility vehicle carrying eightUniversity of Wyoming students. Seventeen miles south of Laramie, the cross-country runners ...
Child-carefinancing movesforward
Feb 01, 2007; ... The Early Education Partnership has raised $1.4 million for theproject to date. By Jodi Rogstad rep7@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - Stacey Nelson and his wife are like many workingfamilies. They had to strike a balance between child care and theirwork schedules. ...
Lottery bill stays in the game
Feb 01, 2007; ... The measure, which would allow the Cowboy State to join a multi-state lottery, will advance to the House after getting approval froma committee Wednesday. By Jennifer Frazer rep8@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - Luck was with the multi-state lottery bill Wednesday,as it ...
Adult foster homes cut from bill
Feb 01, 2007; ... The homes were excluded from a measure that would help giveseniors more housing options. By Jennifer Frazer rep8@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - The Wyoming Senate voted Wednesday to cut nine out of10 proposed adult foster care homes from Senate File 89. The bill ...
Hathaway curriculum restored
Feb 01, 2007; ... The original success curriculum language was returned to thescholarship program and a rule on foreign language was added. By Kevin Wingert rep3@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - With a single vote on Wednesday, the Senate EducationCommittee restored the original success ...
Gas bills may take a tumble
Feb 01, 2007; ... By Jessica Lowell rep5@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - The tropical storms that were predicted in 2005 didn'tmaterialize. And for the most part, the winter has been unexpectedlymild. Those are the key reasons that Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Powercustomers probably will get ...
Bighorn sheep get new home in Wyoming
Feb 01, 2007; ... By Cara Eastwood outdoors@wyomingnews.com WHEATLAND - Six months of work. Eighteen hours of driving. It all culminated in about 30 seconds of jubilation Wednesdaymorning as 42 bighorn sheep bounded out of livestock trailers andinto their new home in the Laramie Peak ...
Our View
Feb 02, 2007 ... Smoking-ban bill needs to be heard House Bill 141, which would make public places in Wyoming smoke-free, sits on the desk of the House Labor, Health and Social ServicesCommittee, waiting to be heard. Unfortunately, that's exactly where it may stay through the restof this ...
Letters from Readers
Feb 02, 2007 ... Cut and run tactic is not the right approach to Iraq Joe Elkins Cheyenne John McBride, I read your mendacious diatribe in the Jan. 24 issueof the WTE and I'm compelled to debate your five suggestions. About your "phased withdrawal." You sound like John Murtha and ...
Donella McDonough tries unsuccessfully to replace letters on a Snyder Avenue convenience store marquee... [Derived headline]
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Compromise helps House bill Substitute child-care bill addresses concerns, passes reading
Feb 04, 2007; ... By Kevin Wingert rep3@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - It took an act of compromise to salvage the embattledquality child-care bill that finally emerged from the House onFriday. The House Labor, Health and Social Services Committee tried tooverhaul the initial bill but ...
Putting locals' honesty to the test We dropped 10 fake wallets with real money and real receipts around Cheyenne. How many would you guess were returned in their original condition?
Feb 04, 2007; ... By Shauna Stephenson rep4@wyomingnews.com If you lost your wallet in Cheyenne, do you think you would get itback? And if you got it back, do you think everything would still be init? During the last full week of January 24, the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle dropped 10 ...
Communications bill passes [Derived headline]
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Local Briefs
Feb 02, 2007 ... Bill that stiffens penalties for fetus-killings is revised CHEYENNE (WTE) - The phrase "or fetus" was added after the phrase"unborn child" in Senate File 118 on Thursday. The bill would make the killing of a fetus a separate crime fromthe murder of its mother, punishable by at ...
Colorful kids [Derived headline]
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Blotter Briefs
Feb 03, 2007 ... Recently arrested by Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were: 1 Daniel J. Greene, 20, of Rand, Colo., for DUI at 10:17 a.m.Wednesday on Lincolnway 30 at the Village Inn. 2 Denise F. Miller, 48, of Hermosa, S.D., for the sale anddelivery of marijuana at 10:31 a.m. Sunday at Wyoming ...
Local Briefs
Feb 03, 2007 ... Developments on the 19th day of the regular session of the WyomingLegislature, Friday, Feb. 2, 2007: REAL ID: A joint resolution asking Congress to repeal the creationof a national identification card and the implementation of the RealID Act of 2005 passed the House on its second ...
Local Briefs
Feb 03, 2007 ... Senate passes bill to protect pregnant women CHEYENNE (WTE) - Senate File 118, a bill that would make thekilling of a fetus at the same time as its mother a homicide, passedthe Wyoming Senate on third reading Friday 16-12. The crime would be punishable by at least 20 years in ...
Rep. Dan Zwonitzer, R-Cheyenne, collects his thoughts as he speaks in favor of House Bill 141... [Derived headline]
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MWC gets it mostly right
Feb 02, 2007; ... The Mountain West Conference and University of Wyoming now havedoled out their penalties for the ugly altercation involving theCowboys and New Mexico near the end of Tuesday night's 91-83 Loboswin. Sanctions were handed down to eight players in all. Juniors Brad Jones and ...
Brawl penalties handed down Wyoming suspends Taylor indefinitely
Feb 02, 2007; ... By Robert Gagliardi spt1@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - Members of the University of Wyoming's men's basketballteam have been given additional penalties in the wake of Tuesday'sbrawl at New Mexico. Junior forward Joseph Taylor has been suspended indefinitely bythe ...
Officials expected to unveil building sale At a glanceLt. Harold G. Henderson was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the receipt and possession of child pornography. Additionally, the Warren Sentinel, F.E. Warren Air Force Base's newspaper, is expected to report today that there are five more cases pending.
Feb 02, 2007; ... Mayor Jack Spiker may announce the possible sale of the HyndsBuilding in downtown Cheyenne during a news conference today. By Jessica Lowell rep5@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - The Hynds Building may be heading for new ownership. While a number of developers have ...
Local man died from exposure to weather
Feb 02, 2007; ... But investigators still haven't ruled out foul play as a possiblefactor in the death of a man whose body was found in a ditch east ofCheyenne. By Cameron Mathews rep9@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - Autopsy results show Darwin Gifford, the 20-year-oldfound dead Tuesday ...
Airmen facing charges
Feb 02, 2007; ... F.E. Warren lieutenant gets 12 years for child porn; additionalcases pending By Shauna Stephenson rep4@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - An airman from F.E. Warren Air Force Base was sentencedon Tuesday to 12 years in prison for possession of child pornographyin the U.S ....
Research facility may come with price tag for Wyoming
Feb 02, 2007; ... The state is being asked to contribute $47.4 million to a proposedsupercomputing facility, in addition to issuing $40.1 million inbonds to help pay for construction. By Jessica Lowell rep5@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - Officials who have worked to bring the largest, ...
House backs animal cruelty bill
Feb 02, 2007; ... By Kevin Wingert rep3@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - A divided House of Representatives passed a billThursday on third reading that makes the second offense of animalcruelty a felony. Under House Bill 49, the first offense of aggravated animalcruelty would be a felony as ...
Senate passes revised version of long-term care measure
Feb 02, 2007; ... More adult foster care homes were added to the bill, which seeksto give seniors more housing options. By Jennifer Frazer rep8@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - A bill that seeks to increase capacity and innovationin long-term care for seniors in Wyoming passed the Senate ...
Bill to help cancer patients fails
Feb 02, 2007; ... A committee rejected a proposal that would have forced insurers topay for the routine costs of cancer patients involved in drug trials. By Jennifer Frazer rep8@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - A bill that would have required major insurers inWyoming to pay for the routine ...
Spiker points to growth ahead
Feb 03, 2007; ... The Children's Garden, Olive Garden and a new spray park wereamong the upcoming projects highlighted by the mayor. By Jodi Rogstad rep7@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - Sisters Alyssa Hayes, 19, and Deni Hayes, 18, leftCheyenne when they were children. When they ...
silent witness
Feb 03, 2007 ... The Laramie County Sheriff's Department is seeking informationrelated to vandalism that occurred at 505 Williams St. Between 10 p.m. Jan. 30 and 7:30 a.m. Jan. 31, vandals broke outnumerous windows in the office of West Winds Mobile Home Park. If you have ...
a child waits
Feb 03, 2007 ... Alexander loves to be held and is an easygoing baby. He takes formula, and he is able to eat from a spoon. He has goodreflexes and he responds to sounds with lots of smiling and cooing. Alexander has attached well to his foster parents. He is in bothoccupational and physical ...
Base releases more names What is the difference between receipt and possession?According to John Powell, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney General's Office in Wyoming, receipt means there is evidence that a person has downloaded or received child pornography. Possession means the person has kept the material in his/her possession.
Feb 03, 2007; ... By Shauna Stephenson and Cameron Mathews news@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - The names of five airmen who have been charged withpossession of child pornography were released by F.E. Warren AirForce Base here Friday. This release comes three days after the sentencing ...
Proposed smoking ban dies
Feb 03, 2007; ... House Bill 141 was laid back in a House Labor, Health and SocialServices Committee meeting Friday. By Kevin Wingert rep3@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - From the beginning, a bill banning smoking statewide inpublic places seemed ill-fated. Pushed back to the final ...
Hynds building sold What's nextThe new owners say they will secure historic renovation tax credits and start work on bringing the vacant Hynds Building back to life in the next year.
Feb 03, 2007; ... By Jessica Lowell rep5@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - One short year from now, the Hynds Building is expectedto be open once again for business. On Friday, Stephen Caragol, president of Outback Investments, saidhis company bought the historic office building on West ...
House passes quality child-care What's nextHouse Bill 95 is headed for the Senate. That bill, which establishes the physical program behind the quality child-care project, passed on third reading in the House on Friday. House Bill 96, which funds the quality child-care project, passed second reading in the House. It will move on to third reading in that chamber.
Feb 03, 2007; ... By Kevin Wingert rep3@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - With little fuss, the House of Representatives passedthe quality child-care bill on Friday. With a vote of 42 to 17, House Bill 95 now moves to the Senate forconsideration. The bill is a substitute crafted during ...
OUR THUMBS
Feb 03, 2007 ... University takes right course of action To the University of Wyoming for its decision to deal harshly withits men's basketball players who were involved in a brawl Tuesdaynight at The Pit at the University of New Mexico. Starters Brandon Ewing and Brad Jones were suspended for ...
4 missing starters spells trouble Spencer leads a short-handed UW squad against AFA
Feb 03, 2007; ... By Robert Gagliardi spt1@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - It has been practice as usual this week for theUniversity of Wyoming men's basketball team as it prepared fortoday's game at No. 17 Air Force. UW ran its normal offense against what it expects Air Force to ...
Old rivals, new stage East's Belin and Central's Fearing now square off as sophomores
Feb 03, 2007; ... By Ian St. Clair spt4@wyomingnews.com Since the eighth grade, Jasmine Belin has had an awful taste inher mouth. Similar to bad onions and equally as bad garlic. One she never has been able to completely wash out. No matter whatshe does it just lingers - like a ...
Broncs fall at buzzer
Feb 03, 2007; ... Bruce Schmidt hit a game-winning layup for the Cyclones. By Ian St. Clair spt4@wyomingnews.com BURNS - A measly 3.6 seconds. That's all it took for the Burns boys basketball team toexperience the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. The Broncs went ...
Unruly UW students left unchecked
Feb 03, 2007; ... Someone in the university administration needs to speak up againstusing obscene chants at games. A little over a week later and University of Wyoming student fansstill show little creativity, class or civility. This I expected. But no one in the university ...
Lady Bulldogs win 15th straight game
Feb 03, 2007 ... CHEYENNE (WTE) - The Wheatland girls entered the half tied withvisiting Buffalo, but limited the Lady Bison to 13 points in thesecond half and took a 50-33 win. The win is Wheatland's 15th straight since it dropped its seasonopener. "We played with a little more excitement in ...
Another scorer steps up for Indians Central's Pete Schiel takes some pressure off Jason Moyte
Feb 03, 2007; ... By Jeremiah Johnke spt3@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - Following his team's 50-49 home loss to Sheridan onJan. 6, Cheyenne Central boys basketball coach Mike Jackson made apublic appeal for one or more of his players to step up. He wanted someone to take some of the scoring ...
Huddle up [Derived headline]
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Local Briefs
Feb 03, 2007 ... CHEYENNE (WTE) - Upcoming legislative committee meetings and billsto be considered are as follows. Meeting schedules beyond Monday aresubject to considerable revision: Monday HOUSE JUDICIARY - SF 12ENG Sex offenses by corrections personnel.SF 36ENG Sex offender ...
Wyoming State Rep. Ken Esquibel... [Derived headline]
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Session hits halfway mark, several bills are casualties
Feb 03, 2007; ... Legislators gathered to praise each other for the civil tone ofthe session and spirit of cooperation so far. By Jennifer Frazer rep8@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - A bill banning cell phone use in cars, one givingWyoming a one-weekend sales tax holiday and one raising the ...
Kiwanis propose spiffed-up entrance to Cheyenne Lincolnway exit already on WYDOT's improvement list
Feb 04, 2007; ... By Michelle Dynes rep2@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - Gene Burchett says a great city like Cheyenne needs anattractive entryway. But this isn't what visitors get as they exit Interstate 25 andturn onto West Lincolnway at the west end of the city. "That's the ...
All about delivery Johnson powers East with double-double
Feb 04, 2007; ... By Jeremiah Johnke spt3@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - Cheyenne Central's Pete Schiel released his jump shotfrom the free-throw line and had it instantaneously redirected byCheyenne East's James Johnson. East senior Chucky Wright scooped up the ball just as it ...
Carlson stepped up for the Lady Indians
Feb 04, 2007; ... By Ian St. Clair spt4@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - Rivalry games are distinct for their emotion, passion,excitement and rage. Games distinct for performances that players, coaches and fansalike will reminisce about for generations. Performances that just give fans ...
No stopping Air Force walkover No. 17 Falcons overwhelm the undermanned Cowboys
Feb 04, 2007; ... By Robert Gagliardi spt@wyomingnews.com AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - Three starters out because ofsuspensions and another out with an injury. University of Wyoming men's basketball coach Steve McClain said hehasn't experienced anything like it in nearly 25 years as a ...
Day to remember for 2 Pokes
Feb 04, 2007; ... Wyoming walk-on guards Louis Engels and Byron Geis got to playagainst one of the nation's best teams. There weren't many positives in the fallout from Tuesday's fightinvolving the University of Wyoming and New Mexico basketball teams. UW had three starters suspended. Guards and ...
Shorthanded T-Bird wrestlers finish 8th at Ron Thon
Feb 04, 2007 ... CHEYENNE - Out of 25 teams, the Cheyenne East wrestling teamfinished eighth at the Ron Thon Memorial Tournament on Saturday inRiverton. Joe Best (103 pounds), Bery Tack (140) and Jesse Masse (215) eachfinished in fourth place for the Thunderbirds. "We were kind of a short ...
Balanced attack gives LCCC victory
Feb 04, 2007; ... Ralph Woodson led the Eagles with a double-double. CHEYENNE (WTE) - The Laramie County Community College men'sbasketball team jumped out to a big lead and then survived a 62percent shooting effort by Eastern Wyoming and held on for a 76-67win Saturday. The Golden Eagles ...
County zeroes in on meth use More informationAfter a six-month study to determine the impacts of methamphetamine in Laramie County, the Cheyenne Meth Initiative plans to release its report during a news conference and public presentation Thursday. The news conference will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Cheyenne-Kiwanis Community House at Lions Park, with the public presentation to begin at 7:30 p.m.
Feb 04, 2007 ... By Cameron Mathews rep9@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - The Cheyenne and Laramie County MethamphetamineAssessment Report will be released at a news conference and publicpresentation Thursday at the Cheyenne-Kiwanis Community House inLions Park. Last spring, the Cheyenne ...
Glamour rules night
Feb 04, 2007 ... By Jodi Rogstad rep7@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - Armed with mascara wands, brushes and lipstick, theglamour squad was ready to make the Stars of Tomorrow shine. One of the first appeared in the doorway with his father. The boycarried drumsticks and wore a fedora with a ...
Woman takes on a grand role
Feb 04, 2007 ... Despite her age, Alice Carter has embraced her situation,providing kinship care to young children. By Michelle Dynes rep2@wyomingnews.com CHEYENNE - Her friends told her she was crazy. Alice Carter's three children were grown, and she was lookingforward to ...
Around Town
Feb 04, 2007 ... Items published in Around Town are for events open to the publicin Laramie County. Items should be submitted two weeks in advance tothe attention of Derek Krewedl at the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, 702 W.Lincolnway, Cheyenne, WY 82001; 633-3132; or by e-mail ataroundtown@wyomingnews ....