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Spread Cheer
The.»time has come, 2020 is winding down to an end
and we are all hoping and praying that this year ends
in a much better fashion than it has been. From the
COVID-19 pandemic to mass protests, it seems 2020 has
been difficult for eyeryone.
Here at the News Letter Journal we have done our be,st
to stay positive, to share the happiness that Newcastle
and Weston County have to offer and to encourage others
to do the same. As we move into the last few holidays of
this year, we hope to continue to spread as much cheer
as we can.
In upcoming editions of the paper we will provide a
look at all of the big news from 2020 and present to you
the nominees for the News Letter Journal’s Person of
the Year.
The people in this community always rally behind
each other and this is even more evident in trying times.
Let’s all come together these next few weeks and spread
as much cheer as possible. Let’s put our differences in
opinions aside and be thankful for the community, family
and friends.
One thing we all have in common is that we can’t wait
to say goodbye to 2020 and see the good things that can
happen in 2021.
From the crew at the News Letter Journal, Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year. We are thankful for all
of you, our readers, our advertisers and our supporters.
There is no way we could do this without you!
We can’t wait to see you all in 2021!
Find additional opinion pieces
at the newslj.eoin
The taste of real maple syrup and mOre fun facts
There are few things in
nature as sweet as real maple
syrup. Now, if you’ve never
tasted “real” maple
labeled table or pancake syrup.
Did You Know?
A tree needs to be about 40
years (10- 12 inches in
syrup, there’s no diameter) to be large
way to describe its enough to tap.
uriique'fl‘aVOr‘and ' A maple tree‘can
pure gdo‘dnESs.’ It’s "yield s‘ap (used for
a natural Wonder cf making syrup) for 100
the world! years. It takes roughly
The “syrup” 40 gallons of sap to
that I grew up with VIC, Human make one gallon of
was filled with Extension maple syrup. Maple sap
corn syrup and Notes is mostly crystal-clear
artificial “maple” . water with about 2%
flavor. Whether
you like it or not, it has never
met a tree.
History: It was the Native
American tribes of the north-
eastern United States and south-
east Canada who first showed
French and British settlers how
to draw the sap of the sugar
maple tree and reduce it into a
sweet, thick liquid known today
as maple syrup.
In order to be considered
pure maple syrup, a product
must be 100% pure. Products
containing other ingredients are
So what did you do in 2020? It was interesting.....
Despite the COVID- l 9
pandemic and the presidential
election, when I look back
at 2020, the digital news site
called Cowboy State Daily, of
which I am the pub—
lisher, dominates my
memories of the past
12 months.
I would
' encourage all of
the readers of this
column to give
yourself a holiday
treat — sign up for
the Cowboy State
Daily morning
newsletter. It’s free.
It certainly is not a competition
to the high-quality local news-
paper you are reading right
now. Wyoming has the best
newspapers in the country and
the one you are reading right
now is among the best.
Go to www.cowboystate—
daily.com and sign up for the
free daily newsletter. You will
not regret it.
What a year 2020 has been!
As a new company, Cowboy
State Daily faced the dual
calamities of the COVID-l9
pandemic and the decline in the
state’s fossil fuel economy. It
has been a devastating disaster.
Bill Sniflin
My Wyoming
sugar content. A typical
sugaring season lasts 4 to 6
weeks. A pattern of fi‘eezing and
thawing temperatures (below
freezing at night and 40—45
degrees Fahrenheit during the
day) will build up pressure
within the trees causing the
sap to flow from the tap holes.
Sugaring season ends when
the warmer days of late spring
cause the leaf buds to unfold.
All of the syrup is now labeled
Grade A, and there are descrip-
tors to help you understand
color and flavor.
And yet in the face of this, we
have continued to grow.
In my opinion, nobody
covered the COVID-19 story
better than we did. We pub-
lished over 800 news
stories about the issue.
Every day, a compre-
hensive map showing
all the counties with
all the cases, was
featured.
This two-year—old
daily digital statewide
news service contains
a web site featuring
constantly updated
Wyoming news and an
email newsletter called “coffee
break,” which comes out five
mornings a week.
We have been growing fast
all year — averaging 1,000 new
subscribers to our newsletter
each month. We encourage
people who subscribe to reach
out to their fiiends and get
them to subscribe, too.
The site is like a lot of
modern news entities — it is a
non-profit and donations to it
are tax deductible.
Key to the success has been
our small but very experienced
staff. Besides my 50 years of
Wyoming journalism experi-
‘Dfe’mocrat Amnesia
To Editor:
I don’t usually write to the News Letter Journal
this often, and certainly not in two subsequent
editions, but it appears we have a serious disease
through our community. I am sounding the
first alert. No, not the ‘China Virus,’ but rather
political amnesia.
It S¢¢ms to seriously mat
those with a‘ Democrat Party
i' pre—eXiSting condition. The‘ latest
.victim appears to be Professor .-
" Baird who is imploring our
congressional delegation to “Stop
the Madness” perpetrated by the
“madman Trump.” He says the
madness endangers our
democracy.
First, let me correct the notion that the US.
is a democracy. We are actually a Constitutional
Republic that chooses our representatives by
democratic means.
Second, what is more dangerous to our demo-
cratic elections than to allow non-citizens to vote,
to allow citizens to vote multiple times, to allow
the dead to vote, and to blatantly allow the disre-
gard of state election laws?
Professor Baird, for some reason, did not find
,it maddening that his political associates spent four
years claiming that the duly elected President was
illegitimate, claiming that he was a Russian agent
and then investigating his non-existent crimes for
three years.
Only later did we find out that the investigation
was based on a false dossier that the Democrat
Party bought from Russian agents and which
corrupt FBI leaders weaponized into an illegiti-
mate investigation.
@ IN @N ,
‘ Letters to the Editor .................................... . ..
side has established new rules for political engage-
ment and you are now reaping what you and yours
have sown. Don’t call for unity when you have
conducted a four-year campaign of disunity. Don’t
‘ call for civility when you regularly attack your
opponents as deplorables, racists, and xenephobes.
Enjoy China Joe and his corrupt family while you
can
v. '
a suggestion.
Next year, could you please note on the name
tag their age, size of clothing, items they need
and wishes for items they just want. It is hard to
but for a “boy 12” or a “girl 14.” In this manner
a child might get something they really want and
need.
I realize this is extra work for people who
already do more than their share of work for our
community. So let me say thank you in advance of
all your efforts to make Christmas a happy time of
year for all.
Sorry professor, for the past four years your
Nutrition: Maple syrup is
a high-calorie food. It has 12
grams of sugar in one table-
spoon. That tablespoon has 52
calories and 13 grams of carbo-
hydrates. The vitamin content of
I, .3“.
' '7 maple syrup lov’i
However, there 131mm.“ n
present in meaSurable quantities.‘
One tablespoon of maple syrup
contains approximately 33% of
your daily value of manganese,
.which is essential for healthy
bones. Other minerals found/"’7
in maple syrup include'rziiic,
copper, calcium, iron, magne—
sium, and-potassium.
Maple Syrup Classifications
To know you’re getting the
right level of maple intensity,
you’ve got to know which
grade to buy. Not sure? There
are two primary maple syrup
classifications, with additional
subcategories based on color
and flavor profiles. The grades
refer directly to the color and
taste of the sap. Syrup made
from sap collected early in the
season has a lighter color, while
syrup made later in the season,
ence, serving as the Cowboy
State Daily publisher, we also
have all-stars like Jimmy Orr,
Jim Angell, and Ellen Fike as
core staff.
Orr and Armaliese
Wiederspahn founded Cowboy
State Daily in January 2019.
Originally from Cheyenne,
Orr was the Managing Editor
for both the Los Angeles
Times and the Christian
Science Monitor. He also
served as a spokesman and
digital director for the White
House under President George
W. Bush and for California
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
In Wyoming politics, he
worked for US. Senators Al
Simpson, Malcolm Wallop, and
Gov. Jim Geringer.
Angel] is a former
Associated Press Cheyenne
office chief and was executive
director of the Wyoming Press
Association for 20 years. He
and his wife Mary also operate
the Wyoming News Exchange.
Fike is a long-time Wyoming
journalist and is a former
features editor of the Wyoming
Tribune Eagle.
The Cowboy State
Daily site also features a
slew of wonderful columnists
lo‘f‘an t9; j
when the weather is warmer, is
darker. The darker the syrup, the
stronger the flavor.
Grade A Golden Color,
Delicate Taste: This smooth
flavor.is»%r:e of the most delicate
cream and maple candies.
'\ Grade AAmber Color, Rich
"Taste: This maple syrup grade is
slightly darker than the Golden
Delicate and is known for its
smooth maple flavor. Its unique
and subtle flavor is most ofien
used for table syrup. This grade
of maple syrup is a little more
flavorful and works well when
cooking and baking.
Grade A Dark Color, Robust
Taste: Both the color and the
maple flavor are stronger and
more intense than the Amber,
Rich. It is best used for recipes
that require a heavy maple
flavor. Its strong maple flavor
lends itself to meat glazes,
cooking recipes, and atop of
waflles, pancakes, or oatmeal.
including Dave Simpson
and Jonathan Lange, plus
occasional columns by Rusty
Rogers, Foster Friess, Ray
Hunkins and others.
To many readers, the high-
light of the daily news is the
insightful report by Wyoming’s
best weatherman Don Day. He
presents an amazing report that
talks about upcoming weather
events.
Since it is a non-profit,
December is a big month for
donations and readers have
been really coming through.
And they are saying great
things. For example:
Joe Glode in Saratoga says:
“I sure like your daily news
feed. It sure beats Cable!”
Judy in Buffalo says: “I sure
enjoy the Cowboy State Daily. I
look forward to it every day.”
Dan T. of Centennial says:
“Your updates on the Mullen
Fire have been particularly
important since I was one of.
the people who got evacuation
notices. Thank God for the
snow. Keep up the good work
and I plan to donate annually.”
Mary Paxson made a nice
donation and said: “I love
the Cowboy State Daily. I love
the writing especially. I think r
The madness will continue, because Trump
FOCUS for putting out the Christmas trees with
the names of children who needed a little help
this year. What a great gesture. These Children
are deserving of a Merry Christmas like the rest
of us. It does take a little extra work and a little
extra effort for all of us to make this happen. So
please, understand, this is not a complaint, merely
aple syrup grad'es.- r Tfoodfr'nanufacturers.
is ideal for drizzling
“over wafiles,.15§i‘l’cakes, and
. French toast 'or making maple
I up images of pancakes being
penned a number of books
find volumes fiom his coflee
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new Resistance. ' ‘_~
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Dear Editor
I would like to thank
Alexis Barker
News Editor
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NLJ Correspondent
Sonic Kip
Sports Reporter/
Photographer
Hamil Em
NLJ Correspondent
Walter
Arts and Culture
Reporter
Ollie. W.
Slri Kan'
Amy Menerey
Ann Cottrell
WHAT
We strive to cover all the news
and entertainment important to
the people of Weston County,
From a Newcastle Citizen,
Bob Williams
Grade A Very Dark Color,
Strong Taste: Used primarily as
a commercial ingredient, this
dark Syrup Preseflts a Strong Wyoming. Our entire staff takes
maple flavor. This maple syrup part in thefdehclsion-making
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of maple syrup is very strong,
and probably best used as a
substitute for molasses and for
making maple-flavored candies.
Processing Grade Maple
Syrup: The processing grade of
maple syrup is suitable as an
ingredient in food products, but
may contain off odors or flavors
and cannot be graded as grade
A. It is not permitted for retail
sale.
Maple syrup ofien conjures
doused in the natural sweeter,
and for a good reason, they pair
exceptionally well together.
However, many don’t realize
pure Vermont maple syrup can
enhance beverages, desserts, and
endless dishes. Get cooking!
(Sources:.britannica.com;
United States Department of
Agriculture)
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the news along with the humor
of the delivery.”
Janice S. of Jackson heaped
a bunch of praise on Cowboy
State Daily. Part of what she
said was: "I have enjoyed the
daily briefings of happenings
around the state, which helps
me feel more connected with
the goings-on in Wyoming. I
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These are just five of so
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