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November 12, 2020
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COVID-19 numbers are up
I death reported cases Weston reports highest case rate in state
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NLJ News Editor
On Monday, the Wyoming
Department of Health reported the first
death related to COVlD-19 with Weston
'County totals on the department’s
website, although Weston County
Public Health Nurse Lori Bickford
said she was unable to confirm the
death, the specific location of the death,
whether the individual was hospitalized
prior to death or any other information
regarding potential COVID-19 deaths
until she received proper notification
from the department. That same day,
the News Letter Journal received an
obituary for Jim Shields reporting a
death linked to the illness.
As the county’s first COVID-19
associated death was reported, the state
also reports that Weston County now
has a case rate of 290.8 per 100,000
over the past seven days, the highest in
the state. Statewide, the rate 94.9 per
100,000 for the same period, according
Dr. Sara Thurgood with Monument
Health in Newcastle.
—— See COVID, Page 7
In short
supply
I Stock shortages hit
businesses due to pandemic
KateLynn Slaamot
NLJ Correspondent
While many people expected a somewhat difficult year
when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States in
March, just how people and industries would be affected by
this unprecedented time in United States and global history
was unknown.
While the pandemic has had a negative effect on the health
of many around the globe, impacts have also been seen in
the economy and in businesses, specifically small businesses.
Closures, stock shortages, layofi‘s and suspensions of services
have been widely observed in industry and manufacturing.
Kelly Wood, owner of Woody’s Food Center, told the News
Letter Journal about some of the shortages he’s experienced
since March. Just like many other stores in the country and
world, Woody’s first shortage was in toilet paper, paper towels,
Kleenex and other paper products. Cleaning supplies were also
a hard-hit commodity.
Subsequent, shortages included bread products, as well
as baking ingredients such as flour, sugar, eggs and yeast as
“Produce held out pretty good,” Wood. said. “Dairy, dry
goods and frozen products took the biggest hit.” Wood
explained that while goods aren’t as hard to keep on the shelf
as they initially were, some items are still difficult to come by.
Processed lunch meat is still in low supply, and Wood said that
‘ shortages come in somewhat of a rotation. Some weeks certain
products are doing well, and other weeks they take a dip.
“We’re ordering whatever is available,” Wood said, noting
that to deal with the shortages, the store is just taking note of
what they’re low on and attempting to get the product on the
shelf for the consumer as soon as possible.
The other grocery store in town, Decker’s Market, has
experienced similar shortages. Clint Mullen, store director, said
that canned meats, seasoning packages and rice were hard-hit
items. Like Woody’s, Decker’s perishable items, such as
produce, stayed pretty steady, but nonperishables, like canned
items, have been grabbed up quickly. Mullen said that short-
ages have been somewhat random for Decker’s too, and the
See Stock, Page 7
Homecoming royalty
Photo by Alexis Barker/NLJ
Newcastle High School seniors Claire Beastrom and Kayne Hinshaw were named
2020 homecoming king and queen at a
makeshift coronation ceremony on Tuesday in the Dogie Dome. After
postponing homecoming due to COVID-19 concerns,
the high school’s student council made the decision to move forward with
the event before the winter sports season.
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Alexis Barker
Kilpatricks get rightful recognition
Photo by Alexis Barker/NLJ
Local metal worker Joe Dlxon with JD Fab & Design created the
Kilpatrick Park sign that will welcome visitors at the center entrance
to the park at the Weston County Fairgrounds. The purchase of the
sign was made possible by the Weston County Travel Commission
and Nancy and Donley Darnell.
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NLJ News Editor
In 1935, the Kilpatrick brothers
of Beatrice, Nebraska, former
owners of Cambria Fuel Co.,
gifted Weston County a 36-acre
tract of land with the sole purpose
"of creating a local racing track,
according to the Nov. 15, 1935,
edition of the News Letter Journal.
“This tract of land, which has
been named as the ‘Kilpatrick
Park,’ will be used annually for
rodeos and other celebrations
which will be held in Newcastle,”
the story said.
It wasn’t long after that,
according to local history buff
Linda Hunt, that the name of the
parcel of land was changed to the
Weston County Fairgrounds and
the Kilpatrick Brothers lost the
recognition they deserved.
Hunt explained that through
research, including old papers and
Sunday Monday
Wndy Parlinloudy
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Who were
the Kilpatrick,
Brothers?
According to Wyohistory.org,
The Kilpatrick Brothers Collins
Were instrumental in establishing
Newcastle. The brothers opened
the business in Newcastle,
Kilpatrick Brothers Collins ,
Commissary. They also built a
large multipurpose structure that
temporarily served as the commu-
nity hall, schoolhouse 'and church.
Weston County commissioner’s
minutes, she discovered that the
commissioners accepted the land
on Nov. 5, 1935, and that the inten—
tion was for the tract to be named
for the brothers indefinitely.
— See Park, Page 2
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Food
drives
begin
Walter Sprague
Art and Culture Reporter
Thanksgiving is around the comer. With
all the turmoil that 2020 has brought,
food has become more important to many
people. While there are still plenty of
people who have not been hard hit by
COVID-19, others have lost jobs, had hours
severely cut or have been personally hit
with this virus. Many people are in want,
and that becomes even more severe as we
head into colder weather.
But others are reaching out, digging
— See Food, Page 2
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