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8 —— December 24, 2020
news letter journal Nevis
editor@newslj.com
Photos by Walter Sprague/NLJ
Tracy Hunt has served as a member of the Weston County Commissioners for
two four-year terms. He is retiring at the end of this term. On Tuesday, a
retirement party was held
for him at the Weston County Courthouse. Several people came into the
courthouse over a couple hours to express their gratitude to Hunt and to
celebrate with him. At left,
Hunt’s son, Rep. Hans Hunt, and his wife, Donna, enjoy his party with
him. On right, Weston County Clerk Becky Hadlock presents Hunt with a
couple plaques thanking him for
his years of service to the county.
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as well as the good hours that leave
time for family.
Ehlers completed her under-
graduate degree at South Dakota
State University before going on to
Midwestern University. During her
schooling, she has shadowed optom-
etrists and also worked as a fill-in tech-
nician for Cottrell one summer. Ehlers
said that those experiences solidified
her desire to be an eye doctor-u; ,',§i'r
“It has been awesome .;here
(college). I’ve learned so much,”
Ehlers said. While school has been
challenging, with classes eight hours
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a day, a lot of time spent studying and
an overload of information, the science
enthusiast said she has enjoyed all the
interesting facts she has learned.
“She’s always been kind of a
bookworm,” Troy said, noting that
his daughter has shown immense
dedication to studying while in school.
Melissa said that she is blown away by
the hours Ehlers spends in her books.
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towards others. Last year; Ehlers was
set to go on a mission trip to Mexico
to bring optometric help to those less
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fortunate, but due to Violence at the
border, the trip was canceled. Melissa
said that Ehlers was disappointed, but
not because she was missing out on
a great opportunity. She was crushed
that so many people who were looking
forward to being able to see better
would now not get that opportunity.
“She just wants to help people,”
Melissa said.
This past summer, Ehlers Std.
seeing patients for the first time “Ida
as a third-year student, she spends
half her time in classes and half in
clinic. Next year, she starts on rota-
tions, where she gets to put her skills to
work all around the country, including
at the Veterans Administration hospital
in Sturgis, South Dakota.
Set to graduate in 2022, Ehlers
said she plans to return to Wyoming to
work at a private practice somewhere,
and she hopes to eventually run her
own practice.
“I just want to make a difference in
people’s lives,” Ehlers said. '
Ehlers said that she couldn’t have
gotten where she is today without the
help of her parents and her husband,
Dillon Ehlers. Ehlers said that her
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Weston County
Health Services
support group has done so much for
her, encouraged her and been there
for her every step of the way. Melissa
added that Dillon has done everything
he can to help Ehlers get her degree.
“I definitely couldn’t be where I am
without them,” Ehlers'said. '
Troy and Melissa wish the best
for their daughter, and while they
said they hope she’ll be able to come
back to Wyoming, they hope she does
well in her career no matter where it
takes her.
“We just hope she has that enthu-
siasm during her career,” Melissa said.
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