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Variance of governor’s orders requested
Commissioners ask public health officer for lift of bar, restaurant curfews
Commissioner Marty Ertman
questioned the 10 pm. curfew placed
on bars and restaurants, stating that
they were “interesting” and that
fellow'Commissioner Tracy Hunt had
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number of variances removing public
health orders on a county level.
Jording has refused to sign all of
the requested county wide variances,
although he agreed to Send them
onto Alexia Harrist, the state health
officer.
warded to Dr. Mike Jording, the
county public health officer. The
10 pm. closure time was included
in Gov. Mark Gordon’s newest set
of public health orders, which also
included a statewide mask mandate.
The motion to approve the vari-
ance passed unanimously on Dec. 15
before a visit from Jording.‘During
a later discussion with Jording at
the meeting, the doctor said that he
needed to review the document before
he could provide an opinion.
The variance is the newest of a
Alexls Barker
NLJ News Editor
The Weston County commis-
sioners have approved a variance
allowing bars and restaurants to
. —— See Variances, Page 7
remain open past 10 pm. to be for-
Changes sought
in reporting of
drought areas
Alexis Barker
NLJ News Editor
Anyone who lives in
Weston County knows that
the amount of precipitation
received depends on where
you live and the year. It is
common knowledge that one
location in the county can
receive inches of precipitation
from a storm while another
area receives nothing.
According to Peggy
Livingston, the lack of con-
sistency, as well as the lack
of monitoring, greatly affects
the ability of local agriculture
producers to access funding
during drought situations. The
solution begins, she told the
Weston County commissioners
on Dec. 15, with looking into
placing a monitoring center
in the county. Livingston is
with the US. Department of
Agriculture Farm Service
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“The closest monitor site
to us is in Red Canyon, in the
Black Hills National Forest,
in South Dakota,” Livingston
said. “That is where the
drought monitor contractor
was pulling the data from for
Weston County in 2016, the
last year we had extensive
drought issues.”
The last time there was a
discussion among local agri-
cultural producers regarding
a weather station was‘ when
the Beaver Creek Water Shed
Study was completed a few
years ago, Livingston said.
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The work had been started, but
somewhere along the line the
“ball got dropped,” she said.
“I am trying to start that
over. I have been in contact
with Caleb Clark, the new
manager at the Weston County
Natural Resource District, and
he is working with the National
Weather Service to get the ball
moving,” Livingston said. “I
read that the risk agency is
asking for comments, and I
discussed with you guys
maybe formulating a letter of
that need.”
The program Livingston
is speaking of is the USDA
Risk Management Agency
on recommendations for
improvements to the Pasture,
Rangeland, Forage Rainfall
Index Crop Insurance
Program. The comment
period was recently extended
to Dec. 21, according to the
department’s Website, and
Livingston said the commis-
sioners could draft a letter
expressing concerns about
drought declarations locally.
“We didn’t get any kind
of designation for a while last
year and with a D2 drought
designation, it only helps ag
producers if it’s a consecu-
tive eight weeks. Our grazing
season is fiom May 1 to Oct.
15, so we only had two to three
weeks as a D2,” Livingston
said. “That did us no good.”
As previously reported by
the News Letter Journal, the
— See Drought, Page 2
KateLynn Slaamot
NLJ Correspondent
When 2014 Newcastle High
School graduate Kiana Ehlers was
in kindergarten, she wrote that she
wanted to be a doctor, according
to her parents, Troy and Melissa
Cade. Little did they know that
interest would grow in Ehlers’ high
school years into a passion to help
others. She is now pursuing her
degree in optometry at Midwestern
University, Arizona College of
Optometry in Glendale, Arizona.
While Ehlers has been interested
in the medical field for some time,
Submitted photos
Kiana Ehlers, a 2014 Newcastle
High School graduate, is
currently studying to get
her degree in optometry at
Midwestern University, Arizona
College of Optometry.
Merry Christmas!
areer as optometrist
she said, she wasn’t sure exactly
what career she wanted to pursue.
However, as someone who has
needed glasses from a young age,
her yearly trips to Dr. Carl Cottrell’s
office sparked an interest in helping
people with their vision.
“I love science,” Ehlers said. “I
love being able to help people.”
Ehlers also noted other benefits
to optometry, such as a more per-
sonal relationship with the patients,
—— See Ehlers, Page
V Submitted photo
Francie Gregory, Weston County Children’s Center/Region III director,
reads to the Cookie Monster class as they pre-
pared for the Christmas holiday. Look for more photos on Page 18.
Patterson
joins
Goshen
HELP
Alexis Barker
NLJ News Editor
Leslie Patterson, a case manager for
Northern Wyoming Mental Health in
Newcastle, has officially joined the Goshen
HELP board as the Weston County low-
income representative, after Director Kyle
Borger asked Patterson to join. According
to Patterson, she was happy to accept the
position because she respects the organiza-
tion’s goals.
See Patterson, Page
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