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news letter journal ii
July 23, 2020—— ll
Ponderosa pine are
showing signs of stress
Across eastern Wyoming, from Cheyenne to
Newcastle, people have noticed high levels of
damage to ponderosa pine trees. Damage varies
in extent and intensity from partial yellowing of
needles to tree mortality. At this time, experts do
not fully understand all of the factors contrib-
uting to the condition of the trees, but Wyoming
State Forestry Division is working with the US.
Forest Service and the University of Wyoming
Extension on the issue, according to a July 16
release from State Forestry. Two factors which
explain some of the effects people are seeing
on ponderosa pine trees: winter damage caused
by desiccation (drying out of needles) and the
timing/fluctuation of cold temperatures; and
twig bark beetles. At the beginning of October
2019, Wyoming experienced abnormally high
fluctuations between daytime high and night-
time low temperatures. This combined with
a late spring freeze in early April of this year
liker damaged branch tips and more susceptible
areas of the trees, the release states. In May of
this year, high amounts of winter desiccation
were observed. Signs of winter desiccation are
needles yellowing from the tips back, often on
the windward side of the tree. Winter desic-
cation is caused by the trees losing water due
to warmer temperatures or high winds and
not having access to adequate moisture in the
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Through starting 7Cs, the
family has gotten to spend a lot
more time together, something
that Childress and Ellen said
worked in the logging industry
and had to mechanic through
that time too.
“It was one of those things
I could never get away from,”
Childress said.
Since his interest started
in machining work, Childress
dived into learning about it
— training online, with books
and more.
Moving to Newcastle
was important for the family,
Childress said.
“We moved here to support
local congregation of
they appreciate.
“I (can) be
many benefits
the
Jehovah’s Witnesses,” Ellen
said.
hour of hurling axes at the targets, and I fin-
ished the day hitting the bullseye five times and
came away with the highest score of the day!
Again, the axe throwing place was not busy,
so once again we had no worries about social
distancing while we had our fun.
All told, we probably spent about three and a
half hours bowling and axe throwing and, like I
said, neither activity is very taxing.
Because this is the case, I hate to admit how
tired I was on the drive back to Newcastle! We
arrived home at around 8 and I had to fight to
stay awake until 10 p.m.
in raising the kids and teaching
them,” Childress said.
Ellen said that one of the
business is “flexibility and
versatility.” Childress echoed
this sentiment, and he said he
enjoys working with people and
meeting their needs.
“We try to just go with the
flow,” Childress said.
Because Childress had been
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soil. Throughout the summer in multiple areas,
the release stated, forest service employees have
found increased evidence of twig beetles in
ponderosa pine trees affected by winter damage.
Twig beetles are a variety of small native bark
beetle species that primarily affect small diam-
eter branches in stressed or weakened trees.
Twig beetles bore into the bark effectively
girdling (killing) the ends of the branches. The
result is a complete reddish yellowing color in
affected areas similar to other bark beetle species
in ponderosa pine. This can appear as spotted
discoloring throughout the tree and examples can
be seen in the attached pictures. Twig beetles
have multiple generations per year and have the
ability to increase exponentially when conditions
are favorable. Favorable conditions, in this case,
are the abundance of stressed trees from winter
damage providing high amounts of food and
breeding habitat for the twig beetles.
Treatments at this time are limited and only
practical for high-value trees, the release stated.
Ensure yard trees are watered . when Winter
temperatures are above freezing and no snow
melt isn’t present. Insecticides are available for
twig beetle control, but only applicable in severe
cases. Wyoming State Forestry is continuing to
work on the issue and will be providing more
information as it becomes available.
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doing a lot of work for oilfield-
based companies, business
slowed when oil prices started
dropping a few months ago.
However, he’s optimistic that
Newcastle will recover and get
back to normal, and he said 7Cs
will be there when it does.
The family appreciates the
support the community has still
shown to the new business,
Ellen said, and they are excited
' to see where this goes.
“It has been a real adventure
starting, and we want to thank
Newcastle for the ongoing
support you have given us. We
truly appreciate it,” she said.
more involved
to owning a
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What was worse was that on Sunday morning
as I stepped out of bed, I was stunned to discover
how sore I was. Seriously —I was sore!
It was then that it really hit me that my
lethargy had reached the absurd. Not only have
I gained far too much weight during quarantine,
but my physical well-being is non-existent.
I decided right then and there, that it is
time to make a change. There is no longer
an excuse to lead a sedentary lifestyle while
eating Bon Bons and binging Netflix and
Hulu, because that will probably kill me long
before COVID will.
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They beat Spearfish 7-1, and
although they lost twice to
Wheatland, they were close
We’re young and we’re
state tournament. But he said
they’ll probably squeeze in a
few more games between then.
games, losing by only two runs . ,, The goal for state is to “go
in both games (12—10 and 7-5). (301111118 along play —— have fun,”
as well as
In the 7-5 game, Newcastle win the title again, Tystad said.
was in the lead during the —]ustin lj/Stad Even though they lost quite
seventh inning, Tystad said, 51; Ruth a few players from last year,
but they gave it up in the end.
However, on Friday, June 26,
they beat Buffalo twice in a row
with 11-0 and 10-3 victories.
“Good week, all in all,”
Tystad said.
On July 1, they were short on
players and lost
They have
REE T—shirts launched fro
doubleheader 1 1-1 and 13-1.
Tystad said, before heading to
Billings, Montana, and then the
the returning kids have done
a great job “filling the shoes”
and stepping up to the plate.
“We’re young and we’re
coming along,” Tystad said.
“We’re starting to improve
every game it seems like.”
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