From Our Early Files10 Years AgoApril 2, 2009

Tyrel Huckins placed first in this year’s Young Americans Creative Patriotic Art Contest. This contest is sponsored by the local VFW Auxiliary. Second Place was won by Matt Lougee and third was Kathryn Hart, all students at Upton High School. The first place artwork will now be sent for judging at the state level. Sixteen members of the Upton FCCLA, their advisor Mrs. Gould, and chaper-ones Mrs. White and Don Sharkey traveled to Cheyenne to attend the State FCCLA Convention which was March 25-38. Dylan Sharkey and Brynna Saddler competed in “Promote and Publicize” and received gold medals. Kevin Hart, Kayla Leingang, Tiffany Juhala and Kailee Loberg were in the senior team placing second and re-ceived silver medals. After more than 25 years, the Inyan Kara Bowhunters are still going strong. With more than 35 members, the local archery club is not only one of the oldest in the state, but one of the largest as well. The club has a new range this year, thanks to the Frederick families.

25 Years AgoApril 7, 1994

Seven Upton High School track athletes qualified for the state 2A Track Meet with qualifying times in the first meet of the year at Wheatland. Freshman Gina Hen-drix led the group by qualifying in three events, the 100m dash in the prelims with 12.72; the 200m dash in the prelims with 27.06; and the long jump with 15-8 in the finals. Other girls qualifying were Darci Cahoy in in the finals of the 1600m run with 5:45.50; and Phoebe Strong in the 100m hurdles in the prelims with 17.06. More than 100 youngsters participated in the Chamber of Commerce Easter Egg Hunt held in the City Park last Saturday afternoon. Chairperson Carmen Haynes re-ported that it took about five minutes for the candy seekers to clean up several thou-sand pieces. There were three age divisions competing for the tasty treat. Debbie Douglas, Upton Jaycee president, congratulates Bert Deglow for winning the Jaycee raffle for a free fishing trip to Pickerel Bay Cabins on Lake LaRonge, Can-ada. The fishing trip was donated to the Jaycees by Ray and Gail Twedt, owners of the Pickerel Bay Cabins.

50 Years AgoApril 3, 1969

Ten Weston County girls will be vying ‘for the title of Miss Weston County 1969 Saturday night at the pageant to be held in Newcastle. Contestants are Jo Ceille Larson, Joy Anne Larson, Joy Loraine Jones, and Linda Lou Singleton, all seniors at Upton High School, Miss Cecelie Rodgers Upton teacher, Rebecca Ruth Carr, Coleen Faye Yeager, Suzanne Siel, Susan Humes, all seniors at Newcastle High School. The State Science Fair was held at the University of Wyoming this past weekend. Upton had one first place winner, Reuben Ritthaler in Junior Zoology. He also won the Marine Technological Society Award. Ritthaler now advances to the Bi-State Sci-ence Fair in Boulder, Colorado, April 18 and 19. Mr. Lloyd Stavick will accompany him. A Rodeo Club organization meeting was held March 27th at the Western Café for the youth of Upton. Officers elected were President, Marvin Norris; Vice President, Rick Shannon; Secretary-Treasurer, Sandee Frederick.

75 Years AgoMarch 29, 1944

Contributions to the Red Cross war fund campaign from Upton and the commu-nity continued to be received here with funds up to this Thursday totaling $739.00. With this amount, this community already have more than topped their contributions compared with last years war fund drive. Around $600 was contributed here last year. Elbert Sheldon entered 8th grade Monday. He moved here with his parents from Hot Springs, S. Dak.

100 Years AgoApril 4, 1919

Notice is hereby given that Raymond W. Roadlfer, of Upton, Wyoming, who, on December 27, 1916, made Homestead Entry, No. 011476. Frank Burdick, editor of the Weston County Gazette of Upton, was a visitor in town Wednesday, trying to pick the trail of a good printer to direct the destinies of that paper, says the Sheridan Post. For nineteen years past Mr.Burdick has been "a resident of Upton and it was he who, along with John H. Skinner, a Black Hills printer who established the Upton News Letter. Mr. G. A. Ramsey and Jay Wellman have been breaking horses this week.

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Local NewsThe Postscript Expectation of Privacy

By Carrie Classon My friend, Andrew, will not use a credit card when paying for his grocer-ies. Andrew is a curmud-geon and has been one for years. He lives alone and has been a dear friend for almost all my life. “It’s none of their darned business how much broccoli I’m buying!” he tells me, as his reason for making these purchases in cash. My husband, Peter, and I pay for all our groceries with a credit card in order to get points. One year’s worth of groceries (and oth-er things) just about adds up to two airplane tickets to go on vacation, so we are fas-tidious about it. I have no concerns about the grocery store knowing how much broccoli I buy. (A lot, for those who are interested.) Of course, a person like me who talks about my business every week in the newspaper is not likely to be someone overly con-cerned about privacy. But I think the whole idea of privacy might be a bit overblown. When my mother was growing up, they had a party-line in the farmhouse and she says you could actually hear noises from the other listeners on the line. Any notion that your conversation was private was obviously an illusion. Information that wasn’t transmitted by telephone would quickly spread in church, a practice that continues to this day. When my mother’s brother started dating (in his six-ties—for the first time!) a woman he met in Califor-nia, all he had to do was to bring her to church and the information was instantly broadcast throughout the county. My friend, Andrew, also doesn’t participate in Facebook because he says it invades his privacy. As a result, he gets a lot more

reading done and misses out on all the latest cat videos. I cannot figure out what he has to be so private about—except maybe that he reads a lot and doesn’t care for cat videos. In a marriage, I’m not sure what a person’s ex-pectation of privacy should be. My husband, Peter, is a fairly private person, but we live in a small house and are together nearly all the time, so there’s not a lot of room for privacy. We have a sort of unofficial rule about not sharing bathroom-related events. But when we were recently ill, even that fell by the wayside. I lay in bed, listening to Peter’s stomach growl, then heard mine answer. “Stop it!” I told my stomach. It called again. Peter’s stomach answered. Our stomachs con-tinued to perform this call and response duet that sounded very much like the recordings of whale songs I have heard—just a lot less romantic. I have a memoir com-ing out in a couple of weeks and so I suppose my life is about to become less private yet. I really haven’t spent much time worrying about it. In the occasional moment when I think, “Oh my gosh! Everyone is going to know about… everything!” I usually calm

down by realizing that my “everything” is not so very different from anyone else’s “everything.” And, in reality, this is a big part of why I write. I find a lot of strength and encouragement hearing from people who say they have the same worries and the same concerns. They have experienced similar embarrassments and simi-lar heartaches. Sharing our stories is how we bond over our common experience of life. We realize that, even in our most private moments, we are not alone in the world. Except for Andrew—he’s pretty much alone. And he likes it that way.

Till next time,Carrie

Carrie Classon’s mem-oir, “Blue Yarn,” will be released next month. Learn more at CarrieClasson.com.

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