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Gillette Gun Club
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Friday, April 24, 4- 7 p,m.
Saturday, April 25, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Sunday, April 26, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m.
Gun show table rent $25, Admission $5, 12 & under FREE
Gillette Cam-Plex Central Pavilion
682-4668 • www.gillettegunclub.com
Wyoming Refinery
for your generous $10,000 donation to
the Weston County Library Foundation!
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Refining
Company
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Accident
Do you need assistance with past due
medical bills, dental work or glasses?
Contact lulie or Sara at NOWCAP,
307-347-6185, and ask about our
CSBG Emergency Assistance funds.
Six Appeal
Sunday, April 19
7:00 p.m.
Crouch Auditorium
Concert Association Mernberships:
$10 for Students, $35 for Adults or $75 for Family
Memberships available at First State Bank or A-1 Agency.
Or call Gary at 746-9954, Donna at 746-4411
or Mary Hart in Upton at 468-2348
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Beware little green gas cans
Denice Pisciotti
NLJ Reporter
To help community members create
a defensible space, the Weston County
Natural Resource District has begun a new
program to bring awareness to the risk of
having juniper trees near residential homes
because they add fuel to a fire quickly.
WCNRD District Manager Lacey
Gurien explained junipers are referred to
as "little green gas cans" in a fire situation-
because of the volatile oils in the tree,
and the dead material that builds up in o
underneath them.
"This is the first year that we are doing
this. Hopefully the word will get out and
people will replace junipers and make their
home safer," she stated.
To participate, Weston County residents
need to sign up for the program at the
WCNRD office and commit to remove
junipers located within 30 feet of their
home. Weston County Fuel Mitigation
Coordinator Carol Nicholls will visit the
applicant's home to talk about defensible
space and soil quality to determine which
replacement plants would work best.
WCNRD will be. providing fire resistant
potted replacements with a limit of three
per household, and they will be awfilable
May 11-23. Replacement choices are spirea
"snow mound", lilac, forsythia, choke-
cherry, and Cinderella honeyberry.
Thought and consideration were given
in deciding what trees to offer acknowl-
edged Gurien. A variety o1" size, light
needs, features and landscape uses were all
considered. She said all of the plants will
need regular watering and are more fire
resistant than juniper trees.
"The program is available to all resi-
dents of Weston County on a first come-
first serve basis. Only 50 potted replace-
ments have been ordered this year so don't
put off getting yours," Nicholls urged.
Denice p!sciott/NLJ
l.ocal fire officials are encouraging rural residents to remove highly flammable
junipers from the vicinity of their homes.
At the homeowners request, personnel
and crews will be available to remove the
juniper trees and plant the free replacement
vegetation at locations within 10 miles of
de city limits. Newcastle Boy Scout Pack
#66 and Newcastle Firefighter Explorer
Post #66 have volunteered to assist with.
the Wyoming State Forestry Division.
and the Weston County Fire Protection'
District's Fuel Mitigation Program for the
program being offered as part of Wildfire
Preparedness Month.
For more information call Gurien at
746-3264 or Nicholls at 629-1173.
Sir, yes sir!
Denice Pisciott/NLJ
Stan Carter, with Mastery Prep, gives 115 Newcastle High School and Upton High School
students tips on taking the ACT test. In the one day ACT Boot Camp session at Crouch
Auditorium, students learned tips, tactics and strategies to improve their test scores
through a detailed workbook. After practice tests, the students went over the answers to
learn if they were right or wrong, and how to cut the amount of time they use to answer
questions and complete the test. The workshop was designed by Craig Gerhing to be used
in the "final hours" before the test. All high school juniors in the state of Wyoming are
required to take the ACT test. NHS Juniors will take the state test on Tuesday, April 28.
Tax season means phone seams
As April 15 approaches, the
IRS warns taxpayers not to be
fooled by the tricks scammers
use to take advantage of those
they target. Scammers use fake
names, provide bogus IRS
badge numbers and alter caller
ID numbers to make it look like
the IRS is calling.
With the final two weeks of
the filing season underway and
millions preparing their returns.
taxpayers should be alert.
"This is no April Fool's
joke. Everyone should be on
the lookout for threatening
calls from people faking IRS
phone numbers and demands
for immediate payment," IRS
Commissioner John Koskinen
said. "These are seams. ! urge
taxpayers to stay vigilant and
remain aware of the constantly
changing tactics used by these
criminals."
As the filing season nears
its end, there has been a surge
6f phone seams where seam
artists threaten police arrest,
deportation, license revocation
and other threats.
They often leave "urgent"
callback requests and some-
times prey on he most vulner-
able people, such as the elderly,
newly arrived immigrants and
those whose first language is
not English. Scammers have
been known to impersonate
agents from IRS Criminal
Investigation as well.
Here are five things the
stammers often do but the IRS
will not do.
The IRS will not:
• Call to demand immediate
payment, nor will the agency
call about taxes owed without
first having mailed you a bill.
• Demand that you pay taxes
without giving you the oppor-
tunity to question or appeal the
amount they say you owe.
• Require you to use a spe-
cific payment method for your
taxes, such as a prepaid debit
card.
• Ask for credit ordebit card
numbers over the phone.
• Threaten to bring in local
police or other law-enforcement
groups to have you arrested for
not paying.
The IRS also does not use
email, text messages or any
social media to discuss your
personal tax issue involving
bills or refunds.
If you get a phone call
from someone claiming to be
from the IRS and asking for
money, you should call the IRS
at 1-800-829-1040. The IRS
workers can help you with a
payment issue.
If you know you don't
owe taxes or have no reason
to believe that you do, report
the incident to the Treasury
Inspector General for Tax
Administration (T!GTA) at
1-800-366-4484 or report it
online at the http://www.trea-
sury.gov/tigta/contact_report_
scam.shtml." If you've been tar-
geted by this seam, also contact
the Federal Trade Commission
and use their FFC Complaint
,,._s!.r! at FTC.gov. If the
complaint involves someone
impersonating the IRS, include
the words "IRS Telephone
Scam" in the notes.
Get iree
trees t nis
Arbor l)ay
National Arbor Day is Friday,
April 24, this year, and the Arbor
Day Foundation is making it
easy for anyone to celebrate the
annual tree-planting holiday.
Join the Foundation in April and
receive 10 free shade trees.
By joining the Foundation in
April, new members receive the
following trees: red oak, sugar
maple, weeping willow, baldcy-
press, thornless honeylocust, pin
oak, river birch, tuliptree, silver
maple, and red maple.
The free trees are part of the
Foundation's Trees for America
campaign.
"These trees provide shade in
the summer and vibrant colors
throughout the fail" said Matt
Harris, chief executive of the
Arbor Day Foundation. "Through
the simple act of planting trees,
one person can make a difference
in helping to create a healthier and
more beautiful planet for all of us
to enjoy."
The trees will be shipped
postpaid with enclosed planting
instructions at the right time for
planting in April or May. The
6- to 12-inch trees are guaranteed
to grow or they will be replaced
free of charge.
To become a member of the
Foundation and receive the free
trees, send a $10 contribution
to TEN FREE SHADE TREES,
Arbor Day Foundation, 100
Arbor Avenue, Nebraska City,
NE 68410, by April 30, 2015, or
visit arborday.org/april.
Money for
college
The Lambda Chapter
of Delta Kappa Gamma is
offering a $600 scholarship to a
Newcastle High School senior.
The recipient needs to be plan-
ning to have education as their
field of study as they go on to
college. Applications are avail-
able at Newcastle High School
or may be obtained by emailing
Jody McCormack at mccor-
mackj@wcsdl.org. Deadline
for receipt of the applications is
May 8, 2015.
Check your numbers on our website
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