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A look at some winners
and losers under the
GOP tax plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Count President Donald Trump among the personal winners in the $1.5 trillion tax package that Republicans in the House passed early Wednesday morning and the Senate is expected to approve later in the day. It’s not only a political score for Trump but likely a windfall for his real estate empire, too.
Oil drillers would also bene-fit. So would multimillionaire and billionaire owners of sports teams. Companies would enjoy a bounty from permanently lower tax rates. Lawyers and accoun-tants will profit from the advice suddenly needed to guide clients through the tax plan.
The bill creates plenty of losers, too. An estimated 13
million Americans are projected to lose health insurance. Commuters will no longer receive a perk that has saved them money. Some residents of high-tax states like New York, New Jersey and
California will pay more in taxes.And more than half of
American households could face tax hikes in coming years. That’s because their new tax breaks are set to expire after 2025. And their taxes could creep up because the IRS has been directed to use a less generous gauge of inflation in adjusting tax brackets.
Republican lawmakers have sold their far-reaching legislation as benefiting everyone in the long run because, they argue, it will speed up economic growth. But most economists say that any boost in growth would be modest in the long term.
And most argue that at least some of the tax benefits will be undermined by the much higher budget deficits that help pay for them.
Among the tax plan’s winners:
THE TRUMP
ORGANIZATION
At least temporarily, compa-nies with profits that double as the owner’s personal income would enjoy a substantial tax break. Consider the Trump Organization. It consists of about 500 such “pass-through” entities, according to the president’s law-yers.
Rather than pay the top rate of nearly 40 percent, Trump would likely be taxed on these profits at closer to 30 percent.
The final bill also appears to specifically benefit the real estate sector, the bedrock of the Trump family’s wealth, with benefits extended to pass-throughs that own buildings but don’t pay wages to workers.
BY JOSH BOAK
AP ECONOMICS WRITER
Trump
SEE TAX, PAGE 3
Decision for Alger property’s future pushed to spring
SHERIDAN — The initial plan for Sheridan County to sell the property at 429 W. Alger St., formerly owned by the Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library, now remains on hold with direction to compile additional research on the proj-ect.
Discussions in October indicated the Sheridan County commissioners’ desire to sell the building after acquiring it from the library board of trustees.
Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library Foundation members presented prices from Fletcher Construction for both renovations and demolition of the build-ing that currently needs repairs to be up to code for potential renters, if kept. Renovations ranged between $20,000 to $25,000 and demolition of the building esti-mated at $17,500.
BY ASHLEIGH FOX
ASHLEIGH FOX | THE SHERIDAN PRESS
The building on 429 West Alger Street, owned by Sheridan County, sits unused. The county and library foundation board are working to determine the best future for the building. SEE LIBRARY, PAGE 4
Young talks college district’s five-year strategic plan
SHERIDAN — Why should students attend Sheridan College?
The question drives most of the college administra-tion’s long-term decisions. Some of those decisions were addressed by the Northern Wyoming Community College District’s strategic plan for 2018 to 2023.
The strategic plan addresses several improvement areas for the district as it deals with the shifting educational and economic landscape. The areas boil down to two main
components: increase student enrollment and increase the percentage of those students who earn a college degree.
“Historically, we would say, ‘You know what, the middle 50 percent of high school stu-dents, they’re not going to go to college; it’s only the top 25 percent,’” NWCCD President Paul Young said. “That doesn’t work anymore.”
BY RYAN PATTERSON
INSIDE
JUSTIN SHEELY PHOTOS| THE SHERIDAN PRESS
Students Amanda Williams, left, and Sonnet Romero walk across campus at Sheridan College Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017.
Student Matt Bebo studies for finals at Sheridan College Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017.
PLANNING AHEAD
SEE COLLEGE, PAGE 3
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Alleged sex offender changes plea
SHERIDAN — A young man changed his plea to guilty in a 4th Judicial District Court hearing on Dec. 19 for sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree.
Gordon Libby pleaded guilty in a change of plea, pursuant to a plea agreement. Per the agreement, the state suggests Libby receive a three-to-seven-year prison sentence suspended in exchange for four years of supervised probation. In addition to probation, Libby will receive addi-tional programming to address the sexual offense.
Court documents said the victim and the victim’s mother went to the Sheridan Police Department to report the sexual abuse on July 25, 2017. Libby, who was homeless at the time, was staying with the family in their home in Sheridan around July 21, 2017. The victim reported to offi-cers that she and Libby had sexual intercourse several times throughout the night of July 21.
In a recorded phone call with the victim and SPD, court documents said Libby apologized and pleaded with the victim not to tell anyone and stated he was afraid of going to jail.
On July 25, in an interview with police, the 20-year-old man admitted to knowing the victim was 15 years old and admitted to having sexual intercourse with the victim.
The court scheduled Libby’s sentencing for Feb. 15 at 9:45 a.m.
Couple allegedly attempts
creation of clandestine lab
SHERIDAN — A Sheridan couple faces a pris-on sentence of up to 50 years and fines of up to $55,000 each for allegedly creating a clandestine lab in Sheridan.
Melissa and Peter Brooks each face four drug-related charges out of 4th Judicial District Court: one count of unlawful clandestine labora-tory operations and three counts of possession with intent to deliver three types of drugs.
Court documents said on Aug. 1, 2017, Immigration and Customs Enforcement contacted the Division of Criminal Investigation regarding an intercepted package containing 2.05 kilograms of MDP2P — a precursor used in manufacturing MDMA, the scientific acronym for the street drug known as ecstasy, a schedule I controlled sub-stance.
Agents from ICE and DCI discovered six additional packages going to Peter Brooks, five from China and one from India. Melissa Brooks received three packages at the same address, all from China.
Upon investigating the residence, agents found substances including MDMA, ingredients to make the scheduled substances and parapherna-lia including mason jars filled with marijuana flavors, baggies, a glass pipe and beakers, among other items.
Court documents said the amount of marijuana seized totaled more than 3 ounces; the MDMA was 10.2 grams, and the MDA totaled 17.5 grams. Agents know that a typical dosage of ecstacy ranges between 80-100 milligrams, and MDA is known to be more potent than MDMA, with a typ-ical dosage between 60-100 milligrams.
Both Peter and Melissa Brooks pleaded not guilty to all four charges during separate arraign-ments in district court. The two face separate trials, Peter Brooks for three days, stacked No. 2 and Melissa Brooks for two days, stacked No. 4, starting May 14, 2018. The court set Peter Brooks’ pretrial conference to start at 9:30 a.m. April 12 and Melissa’s at 10:30 a.m. the same day.
The court removed the no-contact stipulation for the Brookses during her arraignment and lifted the no-contact for Peter Brooks’ during his arraignment, as well.
BY ASHLEIGH FOX
COURT REPORTS |
JUSTIN SHEELY | THE SHERIDAN PRESS
Finding the right oneA music student pulls her instrument out of storage before the Sheridan High School band’s winter concert at the Sue Henry Auditorium at SHS Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017.
SCSD1 board of trustees wraps up yearRANCHESTER — In a
lengthy meeting Tuesday night, the Sheridan County School District 1 board of trustees wrapped up the year and heard from a variety of voices.
At the beginning of the open portion of the meeting, the board approved a student suspension recommendation 3-2, which the board dis-cussed earlier in executive session.
Representatives from Carver, Florek & James pre-sented the school district’s 2017 fiscal year audit. Due to a previous incident regard-ing petty cash funds at Big Horn Middle School and High School, the auditors dis-cussed how to better oversee concessions, strongly rec-ommending that controls be put in place to ensure proper accounting of all cash.
Community member Danielle Arnoux spoke about former Tongue River High School student Jay Keo, who was denied eligibility to par-ticipate in sports this year. The Crow Tribe legal counsel is also considering appealing the ruling with the Wyoming
High School Activities Association.
Arnoux said “extenuat-ing circumstances” were involved for Keo, and Arnoux has heard multiple complaints about “multicul-tural sensitivity problems in the area.”
The situation will hopefully lead to more dialogue about Native American racial issues, she said.
Principals from six district schools gave data presenta-
tions related to student test-ing results, noting different areas of needed improve-ment, including overall student proficiency, middle school math proficiency, high school vocabulary and middle school and high school reading.
SCSD1 superintendent Marty Kobza presented an update on the district’s virtu-al school, an outreach effort for home-schooled students. The school will be func-
tioning better in January, Kobza said. Kobza suggested naming it the Cowboy State Virtual Academy but will hear more input before the board makes a final decision.
During board reorganiz-ing for next year, all posi-tions remained the same except clerk. Trustee Penny Barkan will take over the role currently held by Mary Schilling.
The next board meeting is Jan. 16, 2018.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
RYAN PATTERSON | THE SHERIDAN PRESS
Sheridan County School District 1 superintendent Marty Kobza, left, and SCSD1 clerk Mary Schilling participate at a board of trustees meeting Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017.
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TAX : Congress could decide years from now to extend lower tax ratesFROM 1
The president’s family didn’t receive every possible benefit. The estate tax on inheritances, for example, will stay in place, though it will apply only to the por-tion of a family’s estate that exceeds $11 million — twice the previous level — at least through 2025. And the alter-native minimum tax, which is intended to prevent the wealthy from exploiting loopholes to avoid taxes, would stay in place as well, though its higher thresholds would also be temporary.
ENERGY DRILLERSIt’s no longer off limits
to drill in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and natural gas. President Barack Obama had sought to protect the 19.6-million acres, a home for polar bears, caribou, migratory birds and other wildlife. But under the Republicans’ tax plan, fossil fuel companies could tap into oil and gas reserves. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and other Republicans insist that drilling can be done safely with new technology while ensuring a steady energy supply for West Coast refin-eries.
SPORTS TEAMSMajor sports teams will
still be able to build and renovate their stadiums with tax-exempt municipal bonds. The House version of the tax bill had initially scrapped access to this form of debt by sports teams, a provision that drew objec-tions from the NFL. But the final bill retains it.
Such tax-advantaged public financing should make it easier to have the Oakland Raiders, for exam-ple, move to Las Vegas and play in a new $1.9 billion dome. Forbes estimates the Raiders, owned by Mark
Davis, to be worth $2.4 bil-lion.
MAJOR
CORPORATIONS
The tax rate for most companies would drop to 21 percent from 35 percent. This is a permanent rate cut, which, along with a shift to a lower rate on some foreign earnings, could help boost corporate profits. Not surprisingly, the stock market has soared in part over anticipation of these lower corporate taxes. The Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index has jumped nearly 24 percent since Trump’s elec-tion last year.
TAX LAWYERSRather than close loop-
holes, the tax bill appears to create more of them. Tax lawyers and accountants will likely be besieged by clients looking for profes-sional guidance in restruc-turing companies and incomes to avoid taxes. In fact, tax experts and law-yers who reviewed a prior version of the tax bill out-lined a slew of loopholes in a 35-page report in which it warned that the bill would “allow new tax games and planning opportunities for well-advised taxpayers.”
At the same time, many individuals and groups are likely to be on the losing end of the tax legislation. Among them:
THE UNINSUREDThe tax bill removes a
penalty that was charged to people without health insurance as required by Obama’s 2010 health insur-ance law as a way to hold costs down for everyone. By eliminating this man-date, the tax bill will likely deprive 13 million people of insurance, according to esti-mates by the Congressional
Budget Office.The repeal of the health
insurance mandate will help preserve revenue to pay for the tax cuts. The gov-ernment would no longer have to subsidize as many low-income people receiv-ing insurance. This change would generate $314.1 bil-lion over 10 years, accord-ing to the Joint Committee on Taxation.
COMMUTERSIt could get more expen-
sive to ride the subway or park your car near work. Employers would no longer be able to deduct from their taxes the cost of providing parking or transit passes worth up to $255 a month to workers. Bicycle commuters would also lose their benefit from companies.
Technically, companies could still offer this bene-fit. But under the tax bill, they will lose the financial incentive to do so. Such a change could have the effect of reducing ridership on public transit and possibly increase costs for riders on rail and bus systems.
HOMEOWNER IN
HIGH-TAX STATES
The bill imposes a $10,000 cap on taxpayers who deduct their state, local and property taxes — and the cap isn’t adjusted for inflation. Currently, there is no limit on how much in state and local taxes you can deduct. Some Republican lawmakers in such high-tax states such as California and New York voted against the bill because their constituents’ taxes could increase as a result of the provision, but the measure still passed.
TAXPAYERS
AFTER 2025
Most Americans would
receive tax cuts initially. But the lower rates and a host of other benefits would expire after 2025. This effec-tively sets up an $83 billion tax hike for many millions of Americans in 2027. More than half of taxpayers would pay more in taxes that year, according to the nonparti-san Tax Policy Center.
What’s more, people’s
taxes could continue to creep up because the plan will adjust the tax brackets at a less generous measure of inflation than it former-ly did. The slower index-ing for inflation amounts to a $400 billion tax hike between 2028 and 2037 that would help finance the lower corporate rates, Lily Batchelder, a New York
University law professor and former Obama White House adviser, observed on Twitter.
Congress could decide years from now to extend the lower tax rates. But doing so would increase the deficit far more than the $1.5 trillion now being esti-mated by Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation.
COLLEGE : NWCCD has goal of awarding 1,000 degrees and certificates by 2020FROM 1
The University of Wyoming and state com-munity colleges have set an attainment goal of 60 percent by 2025, meaning that 60 percent of Wyoming residents ages 25 to 64 have a meaningful college degree, and 75 percent by 2040.
So how will the state edu-cational institutions achieve those lofty goals? Young said it starts with encour-aging younger students to consider college, beginning in middle school.
“It’s about getting the idea in students’ heads that, ‘Yeah, college really is for me,’” Young said. “It’s not just for people that are going to go on and be law-yers or engineers. It’s for people who want to have decent jobs in the econo-my.”
More jobs use some type of advanced technology, which require a college education.
“Every single industry is becoming more complex,” Young said. “Computers are involved in almost everything we do out here now … People my age and older don’t realize that it’s not the same work world as it was 30 years ago, and you just can’t do it with a high school education if you want to be globally compet-itive.”
The NWCCD more specifi-cally has a goal of awarding 1,000 degrees and certifi-cates by 2020. In 2013-14, it awarded 695. The number stood at 796 in 2016-17, so if that trend continues, the NWCCD will award around 900 degrees and certificates in 2020.
Young acknowledged the goal may not be met.
“The thing about goals, especially stretch goals, is you put them out there to
try and really make yourself reach,” Young said. “It may be that we come close and we don’t quite get there.”
Other district goals include improving student and employee satisfaction. Based on a 2016 student sur-vey, two NWCCD student satisfaction indicators are slightly below the national average: one regarding a sense of belonging and the other about enjoying the campus experience.
On the survey, students mentioned safety and secu-
rity as improvement areas, including a lack of lighting in parking lots. The district is also considering adding more surveillance cameras on campus, which received more attention after racial slurs were directed at two Native American students at Sheridan College this fall.
Another potential solution comes from the College Success Program at Sheridan College, which added two full-time staff members to help students dealing with challenges
outside of the classroom, like being a single parent or working a full-time job.
Students also mentioned quality food service as a sat-isfaction factor.
Young said the options needed improvement, which the district has addressed in recent years.
NWCCD students take the survey next in spring 2018, so the administration will soon have updated results to determine satisfaction lev-els. For NWCCD employees, the campus climate regard-
ing both change readiness and institutional structure are also below average when compared to 103 other colleges around the coun-try. Young attributed that primarily to the district’s compensation level for employees.
Two clear ways to improve employee salaries are enrolling more students and charging those students a higher price.
“We’re making students pay more, to be honest,” Young said. “We’ve raised
tuition. We’ve raised fees.”Tuition increased about 5
percent this year compared to last. Because the district is unlikely to receive money from local taxes, students will have to pay more in order to help the district deal with employee compen-sation, Young said.
Overall, if the NWCCD wants to have more students graduate, it starts in local communities.
“You take the people you have, and you get more of them to finish,” Young said.
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LIBRARY : Continue researchFROM 1
Beth White, chair of the foun-dation board, told commissioners that the foundation remained willing to take ownership of the property again.
“We would certainly be willing to take over the responsibility for it so there would be no bur-den on the library and there would be no cost to the county,” White said, “which I think is a much better option than you guys selling it.”
Sheridan County administra-tive director Renee Obermueller said the foundation acquired the building in 2001 and a quit-claim deed for the property in 2005 transferred ownership from the foundation to the county. Obermueller said she didn’t know the history of the quitclaim and why the foundation did not remain the owner of the proper-ty.
“I don’t know if there were some bylaw restrictions on own-ing property or assets by the foundation,” Obermueller said.
She said she needed to first consult the county’s legal team before transferring ownership of the property to the foundation.
White said the building was initially purchased by the foun-dation for future use and space for the library. Compass Center for Families occupied the space from 2006 until the organiza-tion received new facilities last spring.
“We don’t know what that future use might be, but it’s a
pretty huge asset to have,” White said. “It’s probably something we’d never be able to get back.”
White discussed options of pos-sibly keeping the demolitioned area as green space available for future library expansion or rent-ing the building out if the foun-dation again receives ownership and decides to renovate.
County Commissioner Tom Ringley suggested a quitclaim deed for the property to ensure the county will no longer hold any responsibility to the prop-erty. Obermueller reminded the board of commissioners of the demolition option, despite its political nature.
“If you’re looking at the future of the library and maintain-ing the property, it removes the liability of the building,” Obermueller said.
Obermueller said continued work on the building and main-tenance remains the county’s concern.
“$20,000 is going to put a ban-daid on what needs to be done,” Obermueller said. “It’s not going to solve the problem of that building.”
Ringley insisted continued research on the project include the library foundation and board of trustees and the burden not to fall entirely on Obermueller. Commissioner Terry Cram agreed with the idea to quitclaim a deed to the foundation to have it make the final decisions.
The commissioners set a time-line of discussing the project again in spring 2018.
ASHLEIGH FOX | THE SHERIDAN PRESS
The building on 429 W. Alger St., owned by Sheridan County, currently sits unused. The building requires $20,000 to $25,000 in renovations to meet current codes.
Senate Russia probe looking into 2016 candidate Jill Stein
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate intelligence committee has asked for documents from Green Party presidential candi-date Jill Stein as part of its probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, adding another new thread to the panel’s investi-gation as it heads into next year.
Stein said Tuesday that she was cooperating with the probe and providing documents to the committee. She has captured the interest of investigators part-ly because she attended a 2015 dinner in Moscow sponsored by Russian television network RT with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, Richard Burr, R-N.C., appeared to con-firm the investigation’s new focus on Stein on Monday. Asked what the committee wanted to know about from Stein’s campaign, Burr responded: “Collusion with the Russians.”
The request to Stein is more evidence that the Senate panel will still have much work to do in 2018. While the investigation has largely focused on both the Russian interference and wheth-er it was in any way connected to President Donald Trump’s Republican campaign, investiga-tors are following multiple leads.
Burr was coy about other cam-paigns the panel may be looking into. Monday, he told reporters that the committee has “two other campaigns that we’re just starting on,” one of which he
indicated was Stein’s. He would not answer questions from reporters Tuesday about what the other campaign is but hint-ed that it was Democrat Hillary Clinton’s by ruling out other can-didates.
The panel has already inter-viewed several Clinton campaign officials and has been investigat-ing a dossier of allegations about Trump’s ties to Russia. Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund that political research. It’s unclear if Burr was referring to a new phase of the investigation or work they have already done.
The top Democrat on the panel, Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, would not say whom the panel is investigating but noted on Tuesday that Stein was at the “infamous dinner” with Putin. Michael Flynn, who later became Trump’s national security advis-er, also attended the 2015 dinner. Flynn is cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into the Russian meddling and has pleaded guilty to a count of making false statements to FBI agents.
Warner also said Stein had said complimentary things about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who Warner said “clearly was being used by the Russians to take some of the hacked information and release into our political system.”
WikiLeaks released stolen emails from several Democratic
officials during the campaign. Assange denies receiving the material from Russia.
Stein ran against Trump and Clinton and received about 1 percent of the vote. She said in the statement Tuesday the documents show she “made the trip with the goal of reaching an international audience and Russian officials with a message of Middle East peace, diploma-cy and cooperation against the urgent threat of climate change, consistent with long-standing Green principles and policies.”
As the Senate investigation seems far from finished, the House Intelligence Committee is working to wrap up its own probe into the meddling early next year.
Investigators are talking to peo-ple this week in hopes that they will finish most of their inter-views before January.
A final report — or two final reports, if Democrats decide to write their own — could come in early 2018.
One of this week’s witnesses is Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, who talked to House investigators Tuesday as Republicans have charged polit-ical bias among the ranks of the FBI. They have focused on hun-dreds of text messages between an FBI counterintelligence agent and an FBI lawyer that show the officials using words like “idiot” and “loathsome human” to char-acterize Trump as he was run-ning for president.
High court fight over immigrant’s abortionWASHINGTON (AP) — A
potential Supreme Court con-frontation over the ability of a pregnant immigrant teenager in U.S. custody to have an abortion appears to be receding.
The Trump administration says in court papers filed Tuesday that it has obtained the teen’s birth certificate and it
shows she is 19 years old, not 17. The transfer in documentation
means she will no longer be in the custody of the Health and Human Services Department office that oversees shelters housing immigrant children. In March, HHS’s Office of Refugee Resettlement revised its policy to discourage and prohibit preg-
nant teens from having abor-tions. The administration said the woman would be transferred to Department of Homeland Security custody.
It’s unclear when she might have the abortion, but other federal agencies appear to allow women in their custody to have abortions.
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PEOPLEEnzi nominates
students for U.S. service academies
SHERIDAN — Sheridan students Samuel Boyles, Pippin Robison and Aeriana Roth made Wyoming U.S. Senator Mike Enzi’s list of nominees to the U.S. service academies for 2018.
Boyles received nominations to the Naval Academy and Military Academy; Robison received a nomi-nation to the Naval Academy, and Roth received nominations to the Air Force Academy and Naval Academy.
Enzi nominated 26 Wyoming students for the U.S. service academies for 2018. He recently announced his choices for the U.S. Air Force Academy, the Merchant Marine Academy, the Military Academy and the Naval Academy.
“Every year, Wyoming students demonstrate their patriotism and willingness to serve their country by applying to our service academies,” Enzi said. “Apart from a quality education, the service acade-mies open doors and provide a unique set of experi-ences that graduates will carry with them through-out their careers. It’s an honor to nominate these Wyoming students.”
Nominees are selected with the aid of an academy selection committee put together by Enzi. Receiving a nomination is the first step in the process of seek-ing an appointment to an academy.
Once the nomination process is complete, each academy will make a final selection. Nominees may also be considered for admission under other catego-ries.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
SHERIDAN — Tyler J. Smith and Mallory A. Siewell, both of Sheridan, are engaged to wed.
Smith is the son of Everette Smith of Sheridan and Tammie Godberson of Iowa. He is currently employed with Kiewit.
Siewell is the daughter of Sandie
and Troy Hinz of Rapid City, South Dakota. She is currently employed by the Sheridan Veterans Affairs Health Care Center.
The couple will wed May 26 in Story.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
COURTESY PHOTO |
Tyler J. Smith and Mallory A. Siewell, both of Sheridan, plan to marry May 26, 2018, in Story.
Smith, Siewell engaged
Meghan Markle joins royal Christmas
lunch at palaceLONDON (AP) — Actress
Meghan Markle has joined her fiance Prince Harry to attend the royal family’s pre-Christmas luncheon at Buckingham Palace.
Queen Elizabeth II tra-ditionally hosts a festive lunch for the family before leaving for her private Sandringham Estate in the Norfolk countryside, about 110 miles north of London, where she spends her holi-days.
Press photos show Harry’s car arriving at the palace Wednesday afternoon for the event.
Harry, 33, was driving, with 36-year-old Markle in the passenger seat by his side. The couple announced their engagement last month.
Review: Plummer rescues ‘All the Money’
from the dustbin
NEW YORK (AP) — Should Ridley Scott’s “All the Money in the World” be measured by the usual criti-cal apparatus or with a stopwatch?
If the latter, Scott’s movie wins the race, hands down. “All the Money in the World” has, with remarkably few signs of haste, accomplished its unenviable task of recasting Kevin Spacey’s role with Christopher Plummer. Plummer parachuted in a few weeks ago to shoot his nine days of work, and Scott has toiled around the clock to recut and remake his own movie. Like a bank thief covering tracks and wiping fingerprints, Scott has erased all trace of Spacey. That alone makes “All the Money in the World” a fascinating footnote in the larger ongoing drama of the “Me Too” reckoning. And considering the way things are going, Plummer should keep his bags packed. We may need his services again.
But was it worth the trouble? “All the Money in the World,” about the 1973 kidnapping of the grandson of billionaire oil tycoon John Paul Getty (Plummer), is, for better and worse, every bit a Scott production: a solidly built, no-nonsense drama, largely without surprise. But its saving grace isn’t Plummer. It’s Michelle Williams. She plays Gail Harris, the dis-traught mother of the kidnapped 16-year-old “little Paul” (Charlie Plummer, no relation). When Getty refuses to pay the kidnappers’ demands of $17 mil-lion, she’s left virtually alone in seeking his release.
BY JAKE COYLE AP FILM WRITER
The Year of #MeToo: A scoop, a tweet and then a reckoning
NEW YORK (AP) — It began with a news story, and then a tweet, and suddenly it seemed like everything had changed overnight. 2017 will forever be known as the Year of the Reckoning. Or, more precisely, the year of the beginning of the reckoning. Because at year’s end, the phenomenon of powerful men being knocked off their perches by allegations of sexual misconduct — in Hollywood, on morning television, in chic restau-rant kitchens, in the U.S. Senate — showed no signs of slowing. Each morning, we awoke to ask: “Who’s next?”
To that question, we should also add, “What next?” Because as the year drew to a close, many were also wondering just how deep and lasting the change would prove, going forward. Was this, indeed,
the cultural earthquake many have called it? Or was there a chance it might all eventually slip away? “We can’t be sure,” says Gloria Steinem. “But what I CAN be sure of is that this is the first time I’ve seen women being believed.” And that, says the feminist author, “is profoundly different.”
Whatever forces had been stirring under the surface, it all burst into the open with an October scoop in the New York Times, a story alleging shocking misconduct by Harvey Weinstein.
The powerful producer’s misbehavior had long been the subject of whispers, but it was actress Ashley Judd who finally gave a well-known name to the allega-tions — a crucial launching point for what followed. Her account of a hotel-room encounter in which Weinstein asked her to give
him a massage or watch him shower sounded familiar to many others, who were inspired in the ensuing days to come forward with their own allegations against Weinstein, from harassment to assault to rape. To date, some 80 women have come forward; Weinstein still denies all nonconsensual sex.
Then came the tweet heard round the world.
“If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote ‘Me too’ as a status,” actress/activist Alyssa Milano tweeted on Oct. 15, “we might give peo-ple a sense of the magnitude of the problem.” Then she went to bed.
“I couldn’t have been in bed more than eight hours, because I’m a mom,” Milano says now. When she awoke, tens of thousands had taken up the #MeToo hashtag.
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Silent auctionCapt. Matthew Morrow of the Salvation Army, center, Robert Kearney of the Powder Horn, left, and local artist Ed Hawkinson stand with this year’s painting for the silent auction benefiting the Salvation Army of Sheridan. The piece offered this holiday season is a 12-by-20-inch oil painting titled “Dawn at the River Cabin.” Bidding ends Saturday at 5 p.m. The winning bidder will be con-tacted by phone Saturday evening and will be asked to write a check to the Salvation Army for the amount of the winning bid. The painting will be delivered to the winning bidder and the check deliv-ered to the Salvation Army. The auction is located at the Powder Horn clubhouse and is open to the public. All proceeds go to the Salvation Army. This is the fifth year for this annual fundraising event. Over the years, the silent auction has raised more than $2,500 for the Sheridan Salvation Army.
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PAGE SIX10 things to know
1. US SENATE PASSES BIG TAX BILLJubilant Republicans pushed their deeply unpop-ular tax overhaul through the Senate, bringing the most sweeping rewrite of the nation’s tax laws in more than three decades to the brink of passage.
2. WHY SWEEPING TAX PLAN FACES WIDESPREAD DOUBTSDemocrats and most non-partisan analysts say the sweeping tax bill is unlikely to provide much lasting stimulus to an economy already in the ninth year of expansion.
3. WHICH SYMBOL OF THE CHURCH ABUSE CRISIS DIEDCardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbish-op of Boston whose failures to stop child molesters in the priesthood sparked what would become the worst crisis in American Catholicism, died at 86.
4. NEW BLOW FOR UBER AS TOP EU COURT SAYS IT’S A TAXI COMPANYThe decision that could change the way it functions across the continent.
5. HOW MANY NON-COMBATANTS DIED IN BATTLEThe battle to drive Islamic State group extremists from their largest urban strong-hold, Mosul, killed far more civilians than has previous-ly been reported.
6. PULP GIANT TIED TO COMPANIES ACCUSED OF FIRESDespite its denials, one of the world’s biggest paper producers has extensive behind-the-scenes ties and significant influence over wood suppliers.
7. HOW TECHNOLOGY COULD’VE PREVENT AMTRAK CRASHThe rush to launch service on a new, faster Amtrak route near Seattle came at a deadly cost — critical speed-control technology that could have prevented a derailment was not active before the train set off on its maiden voyage.
8. HOW TRUMP’S JERUSALEM MOVE IS PLAYING OUT IN BETHLEHEMPresident Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has hit Christmas festivities this year in the traditional birthplace of Jesus, but Palestinians plan to use the annual spotlight to broad-cast their own message to the world.
9. A JUDGE DISMISSED ONE OF THE LAST MICHAEL JACKSON SUITSThe dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a choreographer who said Michael Jackson molested him as a child, resolving one of the last lawsuits against the enter-tainer.
10. WHERE ANIMALS WERE ABANDONED AFTER A HURRICANE STRUCKIn Puerto Rico, pets have been tossed over fences, tied to gates and even left with a $20 bill under their collar — abandoned animals are overwhelming the island’s shelters.
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Dec. 20, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was com-pleted as ownership of the territory was formally trans-ferred from France to the United States.
On this date:In 1790, the first success-
ful cotton mill in the United States began operating at Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
In 1812, German authors Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of the first edition of their collection of folk stories, “Children’s and Household Tales.”
In 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union as all 169 delegates to a special con-vention in Charleston voted in favor of separation.
In 1864, Confederate forces evacuated Savannah, Georgia, as Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman nearly completed his “March to the Sea.”
In 1924, Adolf Hitler was released from prison after serving nine months for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.
In 1945, the Office of Price Administration announced the end of tire rationing, effective Jan. 1, 1946.
In 1946, the Frank Capra film “It’s A Wonderful Life,” starring James Stewart and Donna Reed, had a preview showing for charity in New York, a day before its official world premiere.
In 1963, the Berlin Wall was opened for the first time to West Berliners, who were allowed one-day visits to rela-tives in the Eastern sector for the holidays.
In 1976, Richard J. Daley, the mayor of Chicago since 1955, died in office at age 74.
In 1987, more than 4,300 people were killed when the Dona Paz, a Philippine pas-senger ship, collided with the tanker Vector off Mindoro island.
In 1995, an American Airlines Boeing 757 en route to Cali, Colombia, slammed into a mountain, killing all but four of the 163 people aboard. In Bosnia-Herzegovina, NATO began its peacekeeping mission, taking over from the United Nations.
Ten years ago: Police used chemical spray and stun guns on protesters outside a New Orleans City Council meeting where members unanimous-ly supported demolition of 4,500 public housing units for post-Hurricane Katrina redevelopment. Thieves broke into the Sao Paulo Museum of Art in Brazil and made off with two paintings, one by Pablo Picasso and the other by Candido Portinari. (The works were recovered in January 2008.) Utah opened the bowl season with a wild 35-32 victo-ry over the Navy Midshipmen in the Poinsettia Bowl.
Five years ago: The State Department acknowledged major weaknesses in secu-rity and errors in judgment exposed in a scathing inde-pendent report on the deadly Sept. 11, 2012 assault on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya. The National Hockey League, in a labor fight with its play-ers, announced the cancella-tion of the 2012-13 regular-sea-son schedule through Jan. 14, 2013. Michael Phelps was named The Associated Press male athlete of the year.
One year ago: President Barack Obama designated the bulk of U.S.-owned waters in the Arctic Ocean and certain areas in the Atlantic Ocean as indefinitely off limits to future oil and gas leasing. A deadly chain-reaction explo-sion ripped through Mexico’s best-known fireworks market on the northern outskirts of the capital, killing at least 36 people.
Thought for Today: “It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.” — Marlene Dietrich, German-born actress (1901-1992).
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LOCAL BRIEFS |
Elks Hoop Shoot set for Thursday
SHERIDAN — The annual Elks Hoop Shoot will take place at Sheridan Junior High School begin-ning at 7 p.m. Thursday.
The free-throw contest for children ages 8-13 will give competitors a chance to advance and par-ticipate nationally. Any boy or girl who did not participate in a Hoop Shoot shoot-off at school can come to the contest Thursday.
For more information on the program, see www.elks.org/hoopshoot or contact Gary Joy at (307) 752-9967.
Sheridan Junior High School is located at 500 Lewis St.
Munsicks to perform
in annual holiday concert
SHERIDAN — The Munsick family will return to the stage for the annual Christmas performance Friday. The show will begin at 7:30 p.m.
The family will perform old favorites and new songs for the crowd at the WYO Performing Arts and Education Center.
Tickets for the show cost $25 for adults and $20 for students and seniors. Tickets are available through the WYO box office.
The WYO is located at 42 N. Main St.
Fort Phil Kearny to
host battlefield tour
BANNER — Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site will host the annual anniversary tour of the Battle of the Hundred-In-The-Hand, also referred to as the Fetterman Fight, Thursday.
The event will begin at 10 a.m. at Fort Phil Kearny Interpretive Center and will include a brief introduction at the interpretive center and a tour of the battlefield. R.C. Wilson, retired Fort Phil Kearny superintendent, will lead the program.
The fight occurred Dec. 21, 1866, between the U.S. 18th Infantry Regiment escorted by members of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and members of the Lakota (Sioux), Northern Cheyenne and Northern Arapahoe Nations.
It was, at that time, the largest defeat of U.S. forc-es in the Northern-Plains Territories. This year marks the battle’s 151st anniversary.
Following the tour, hot drinks and snacks will be provided at the interpretive center with an oppor-tunity for visitors to ask questions of the guide and view the museum. The complete program will take approximately four hours.
Visitors are reminded to dress appropriately for the weather and expect wind at the battlefield. Site fees have been waived for all visitors for the anni-versary tour. Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site is located at 528 Wagon Box Road in Banner. For more information, call (307) 684-7629 or email the superintendent at [email protected].
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Cardinal Law, disgraced
figure in church abuse
scandal, dies
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston whose failures to stop child molesters in the priesthood sparked what would become the worst crisis in
American Catholicism, died early Wednesday, the Vatican said. He was 86. Law had been sick and was recently hospital-ized in Rome. Law was once one of the most important leaders in the U.S. church. He broadly influenced Vatican appointments to American dioceses, helped set priorities for the nation’s bishops and was favored by Pope John Paul II. But in January 2002, The
Boston Globe began a series of reports that used church records to reveal that Law had trans-ferred abusive clergy among par-ish assignments for years with-out alerting parents or police. Within months, Catholics around the country demanded to know whether their bishops had done the same, a scandal that was recounted in detail by the Oscar-winning film “Spotlight.”
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Getting readyMusic student Mallory Arneson rolls up her sleeves before the Sheridan High School band’s winter concert at the Sue Henry Auditorium at Sheridan High School Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017.
• 9 a.m., Highland Park Elementary School concert, Highland Park Elementary School, 2 Mydland Road
• 4 p.m., SHS wrestling match, Sheridan High School, 1056 Long Drive• 5-8 p.m., (Wise) Men’s Night Out, downtown Sheridan• 7 p.m., Elks Hoop Shoot, Sheridan Junior High School, 500 Lewis St.• 7 p.m., live music from Doug Andrews, Big Horn Smokehouse and Saloon, 158 Johnson St., Big Horn
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OBITUARIES |
Marvetta Jean CrabtreeFebruary 20, 1938 -December 14, 2017
Marvetta Jean Crabtree, 79, of Sheridan, passed away Thursday, December 14, 2017 at her home. She was born February 20, 1938 to Charles A. and Florence Irene (Nice) Dusenberry in Zanesville, Ohio.
Jean was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and enjoyed many church activities and working as the church librarian for
several years. She loved family gatherings, reading books, music, hummingbirds, and collecting bells. Her family remembers that she usually had Fudgsicles or Creamsicles
in her freezer for everyone to enjoy.Jean was preceded in death by her parents, and three
children, Donald E. Heitt, Jr, Clyde Samuel Crabtree II, and Leatha Rowena Crabtree. She is survived by her five children, Deborah Jean Hampton (Raymond) Monger of Gillette, WY, Ronald E. Crabtree of Billings, MT, Steven D. Crabtree of Sheridan, WY, Selina Hope Crabtree of Casper, WY and Shawn J. (Klaire) Crabtree of Sheridan, WY; and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
A Memorial Service will be held at 2:30 pm Thursday, December 21, 2017 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2051 Colonial Dr. in Sheridan. Memorial contributions may be made to the church or NE Wyoming BOCES, 410 N. Miller, Gillette, WY 82716. Online condolences may be written at www.championfh.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Champion Funeral Home.
Marvetta Jean Crabtree
Irvin L. McKimNovember 30, 1943 -
December 16, 2017Irvin L. McKim, age 74, passed away
peacefully, surrounded by his family and close friends, on Saturday, December 16th, 2017. He is survived by his loving wife, Kay, of 50 years, their two children, Brian McKim and Kylie Murphy, three grandsons, Drew and Liam McKim, and Hunter Murphy, and his brothers, Rodney Taylor and Joel Taylor. He is
predeceased by his parents, Katherine Taylor and Wilbur McKim of Worland, Wyoming; and his mother-in-law, Sunshine Clifford, of Sheridan, Wyoming.
Irvin was born November 30, 1943, and raised in Worland, WY, and earned his undergraduate degree in English from the University of Wyoming. He met Kay Clifford of Sheridan, WY, at the University of Wyoming, and they were married June 8, 1967, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Sheridan. Irvin went on to receive a Masters in English Literature from Penn State University. After graduating, he served two years in the Army and did a tour of duty in Vietnam. Shortly after, Irvin and Kay set-tled in Westchester County, NY, continuing their teaching careers.
Irvin was a devoted English teacher for over 30 years in the Hastings-on-Hudson Middle School in New York and was beloved by students and colleagues alike. He was a passionate educator, who used his creative teaching methods to inspire generations of students. Each year, he challenged his students to become authors, whether creating their own personal children’s story or learning how to write and re-write their first essays. He was also a mentor to younger teachers, providing support, advice, and an open ear. Irvin was a poet, a playwright, and an author. He wrote and produced the play, Shared Secrets, which was performed by the Hastings Middle School. He wrote volumes of poems; and in retirement, completed his first novel. He was a kind and gentle soul who cared for his fellow man, which was apparent in his daily life and shines through in his writing.
Beyond writing, Irvin had numerous passions in life. He adored spending time with his loved ones, traveling in
the U.S. and abroad. Some of his best memories were his summer travels with Kay, Brian, Kylie, and Sunshine. In retirement, Irvin and Kay spend half the year in Sheridan, Wyoming, and enjoyed socializing in Sheridan’s many restaurants, talking walks in the Big Horns, and appreciat-ing the cultural activities in Sheridan. He loved attending events at the WYO Theater, going to the rodeo each July and seeing the latest exhibits at The Brinton Museum.
He was a music enthusiast who loved listening to his collection covering many generations and genres. He also loved going to Broadway shows in NY with Kay and his closest friends, attending hundreds of plays and musicals throughout the years. He also enjoyed strolling through art museums and galleries, in NY, Wyoming, and during all of their travels.
Irvin cared deeply for animals, including the many Welsh Terriers he and Kay considered part of the family. Tobey was their most recent companion who they adopted from a shelter and was always by their side in retirement.
Irvin loved spending time with his grandsons, and he would always find ways to make them smile and laugh. He enjoyed playing board games, cards, reading, or just talking with them. The teacher in him was always present, and he passed along his many interests and kind ways.
A memorial service and visitation will be held at Flynn Memorial Home on Thursday, December 21, 2017 between 4pm to 8pm on 1652 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10710. Tel: 914-963-5178. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked for donations to be made to the Brinton Art Museum or the WYO Theater in Wyoming. Details for both estab-lishments are detailed below:
The Brinton MuseumAttn: Barbara Shuster
(307) 673-5933239 Brinton Road
P.O. Box 460Big Horn, WY 82833
thebrintonmuseum.orgWYO Theater, Inc.Attn: Pam Overton
(307) 672-908342 North Main Street
PO Box 528Sheridan WY 82801wyotheater.com/
Irvin L. McKim
SERVICE NOTICE |Andrew R. Bain
Andrew Bain, 73, of Buffalo, died suddenly on Dec. 15, 2017, at his home in Buffalo. Funeral services will be held Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, 1 p.m., at New Life Assembly of God Church, Buffalo, with his nephew, Bob Mitchell, officiat-ing. Donations in Bain’s memory may be made to Veterans of Foreign War in care of Harness Funeral Home, 351 N. Adams, Buffalo, 82834. Online condolences may be made at www.harnessfuneralhome.com
A quote in the Dec. 18 edition of The Press misat-tributed a quote about net neutrality and education. The 17th paragraph quote in the story “How net neu-trality repeal could affect schools” should have been attributed to the office of Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai. The Press regrets the error.
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SHERIDAN FIRE-RESCUE
Tuesday• Gas odor investigation,
300 block North Main Street, 5:14 a.m.
• Rocky Mountain Ambulance assist, 400 block East Brundage Street, 2:33 p.m.
GOOSE VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT
Tuesday• No calls reported.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN AMBULANCE
Tuesday• Reports not available at
press time.
SHERIDAN MEMORIAL
HOSPITALTuesday• Admissions — Jennifer
E. Jaeger, Sheridan; Madison Grace Jaeger, Sheridan.
• Dismissals — Jandee F. Reno, Dayton; Tristan Reno, Dayton.
SHERIDAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
Information in the police reports is taken from the SPD website.
Tuesday• Dog at large, Coffeen
Avenue, 12:05 a.m.• Citizen assist, West Fifth
Street, 1:06 a.m.• Welfare check, East
Burkitt Street, 4:20 a.m.• Hit and run, West 14th
Street, 8:33 a.m.• Alarm, North Main
Street, 8:45 a.m.• Removal of subject,
North Main Street, 10:19 a.m.
• Accident, West Fifth Street, 10:45 a.m.
•Suicidal subject, Crook Street, 11:14 a.m.
• Shoplifting, Coffeen Avenue, 11:25 a.m.
• Civil dispute, North Main Street, 11:39 a.m.
• Dog at large, Shadow Ridge Boulevard, 11:41 a.m.
•Animal incident, North Mountain View, 11:58 a.m.
• Welfare check, Huntington Street, 12:09 p.m.
• Dog at large, Smith Street, 12:19 p.m.
• Welfare check, Bender
Lane, 1:03 p.m.• Death investigation,
Sioux Street, 1:08 p.m.• Threats, cold, Avoca ave-
nue, 1:54 p.m.• DUS, Avoca Place, 2:09 p.m.• Accident, Turner Lane,
4:11 p.m.• Barking dog, Frackleton
Street, 4:15 p.m.• Attempt to locate,
Sheridan area, 4:32 p.m.• Dog at large, Florence
Avenue, 4:52 p.m.• Welfare check, North
Main Street, 6:10 p.m.• Accident, Sheridan area,
6:53 p.m.• Accident, Pheasant Place,
7:31 p.m.• Harassment, North Main
Street, 9:01 p.m.• DUS, Coffeen Avenue,
9:40 p.m.
SHERIDAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Tuesday• Abandoned vehicle, Main
Street, 9:32 a.m.• Records only, East
Montana Street, 9:37 a.m.• Drugs, Highway 14 West,
Dayton, 3:09 p.m.• Suspicious vehicle, Higby
Road, 8:59 p.m.• Motorist assist, Highway
335 and Powder Horn Road, 9:04 p.m.
• Traffic complaint, East Ridge Road, 9:41 p.m.
ARRESTSNames of individuals
arrested for domestic vio-lence or sexual assault will
not be released until the individuals have appeared in court.
Tuesday• Donna Lee Abel, 27,
Sheridan, DUS, circuit court, arrested by SPD
JAILTodayDaily inmate count: 87Female inmate count: 21Inmates at treatment facil-
ities (not counted in daily inmate count): 1
Inmates housed at other facilities (not counted in daily inmate count): 1
Number of book-ins for the previous day: 1
Number of releases for the previous day: 1
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Hello sunshine
Ilike to make an entrance on Christmas by serving a great dish to start the day. For years, I made surprise
muffins. Fill your muffin cups halfway, add a teaspoon of jelly or fruit, add a little more muffin batter, then bake. The surprise becomes apparent when you eat them.
I found this recipe on a Jimmy Dean sausage wrap-per and have tweaked it to make it my own.
SAUSAGE QUICHE
1 16-oz. package Jimmy Dean regular pork sausage, cooked, crumbled, drained4 green onions, sliced1 cup shred-ded cheddar cheese14 eggs
2 cups half-and-half or milk1 cup all-purpose baking mixToppingssour cream, chopped tomatoes,
salsa, etc.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place sausage in a lightly greased 2-quart round casserole dish. Top with onions and cheese.
Beat eggs, half-and-half and baking mix with a whisk until well blended. Pour over cheese.
Bake 45-50 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes. Cut into 8 wedges. Add toppings if desired.
You can also use a 13-by-9-inch baking dish rather than the 2-quart casserole dish. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
(Source: Jimmy Dean)Enjoy your holiday, and Merry
Christmas!
SUSAN WOODY has been a food writer for more than 25 years and is a member of the Association of Food Journalists.
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SERVE SPANISH-STYLE CRISPY POTATOES FOR NEW YEAR’S PARTY
The classic New Year’s libation is cham-pagne, but what to eat is a matter of broader choice. This year why not make it a tapas party — a feast of various little
bites? And, if indeed that’s how you choose to roll, one of those dishes should be these crispy baked potatoes with a garlicky red pepper mayo sauce.
Spanish Style Crispy Potatoes with Garlicky Red Pepper Sauce is a streamlined take on a Spanish classic called patatas bravas — deep-fried chunks of potato with a spicy tomato sauce and/or aioli — sort of like the Spanish equivalent of french fries. But given that most folks aren’t keen on firing up a big vat of boiling oil, I’ve engineered a baked version. It’s not quite as crispy as the fried, but it comes close.
How to make crispy potatoes without fry-ing? Here are a few tricks: First, partially cook the potato slices in simmering water with a bit of baking soda, which makes the exteriors of the potatoes slightly mushy and releases their starch and sugar. Then toss the hot potatoes in a bowl with oil and salt, which encourages a starchy film to accumu-late on the potatoes’ exterior. When the pota-toes are roasted, all of that starch and sugar on the outside helps to form a crispy brown crust.
As for the lip-smacking sauce — a mix of pureed red peppers, smoky paprika and gar-lic mayo — you can drizzle it on top of the potatoes or set it on the side as a dip. This dish of crispy potatoes and spicy dip pairs very nicely with bubbly wine or dry sherry, if you’re in the mood to salute the dish’s Spanish DNA. However, there’s no reason to reserve this recipe for a special occasion like New Year’s.
It will make a very satisfying side dish whenever you serve it.
SPANISH STYLE CRISPY POTATOES WITH GARLICKY RED PEPPER SAUCE
Start to finish: 1 hour 45 minutes (35 active)Servings: 6
For the potatoes:2 pounds medium Yukon gold potatoes, sliced
crosswise 1/2-inch thick1/2 teaspoon baking soda4 tablespoons olive oilKosher saltFor the sauce:1/3 cup mayonnaise1/4 cup chopped roasted red pepper2 teaspoons sherry vinegar1 teaspoon lemon juice1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika1/2 teaspoon minced garlicPinch of cayenne
Prepare the potatoes: Preheat the oven to 450 F. Adjust an oven rack to the lowest position. In a Dutch
oven or large saucepan combine the potatoes and baking soda with enough cold water to cover by 1 inch. Bring to boil, reduce to a simmer and cook until the exterior part of the slices has softened but the centers are still slightly firm when pricked with a knife, about 5 minutes.
While the potatoes are simmering, place a rimmed sheet pan on the bottom rack of the oven to heat up. Drain the potatoes and return them to the saucepan. Cook over medium heat a few minutes, shaking the pan until there is no excess water on the surface of the potatoes. Transfer them to large bowl. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons of the oil and 1/2 teaspoon salt; toss well to combine. Drizzle with another 1 tablespoon oil and continue to toss until coated with a starchy paste.
Carefully remove the sheet pan from the oven and pour the remaining tablespoon of oil onto it, tilting the pan to coat the bottom. Add the potatoes and spread them out in one layer (the end pieces should be placed skin side up). Bake until the bottoms are golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes, rotating the pan after 10 minutes. Flip the potatoes and brown them on the second side, 15 to 20 minutes. Sprinkle with salt to taste.
Make the sauce: In a blender puree the peppers. Add the remaining ingredients and blend, scraping down the sides several times, until smooth.
To serve: Transfer the potatoes to a bowl and drizzle with the sauce, or serve the sauce on the side.
Nutrition information per serving: 232 calories; 113 calories from fat; 13 g fat (2 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 3 mg cholesterol; 494 mg sodium; 27 g carbohy-drates; 2 g fiber; 1 g sugar; 3 g protein.
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SPORTSElite status
I’m a Husky, baby. I just want you to know.
OK, so I’m not a Husky. That was merely an excuse for me to morph
a Jay-Z line into an intro that segues into a column about the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team — the Huskies, a team I’ve written about numerous times.
I’ve written about their streak to 100 straight wins — improbable but not really. Prior to that, I wrote how a streak to 100, or even 70 or 60 or 50, meant positivity in the world of wom-
en’s basketball and brought to the fore-front what that kind of unmatched basket-ball talent can do for the game, even if it embarrasses a whole bunch of other teams along the way.
Now, though, I shift the focus to the head coach, who last night won his 1,000th game.
First, consider this: Only two other wom-
en’s basketball coaches have amassed 1,000 or more wins (Pat Summit and Tara VanDerveer). Only 65 coaches have more than 600 wins.
Along those same lines, because we like to compare and contrast, only two men’s college basketball coaches have more than 1,000 wins (Mike Kryzewski and Jim Boeheim). In fact, those same fellas are the only coaches above 900 wins, as Bob Knight stopped at 899 — for some unknown reason.
The point is, winning games as a head basketball coach is hard. Like, really hard. Going off of zero statistical backing, I’d say no other occupation has the turnover rate that coaching does.
If you don’t win, you’re out.On the other end, win, and win a lot,
and you’re locked in.Geno Auriemma has won all 1,000
games at UConn. Summit? All 1,098 came at Tennessee. Of the 65 coaches above 600 wins in NCAA women’s hoops, 31 are still coaching. Of those, 21 have been at their current schools more than 15 years.
This all brings me back to my point about the Huskies and all their tro-phies — 11 of them — and all their wins and how, no matter how lopsided many of them were, they were import-ant to women’s basketball.
Auriemma, who holds a .881 win per-centage, didn’t win a national champi-onship until 1995, his 11th year at the school. The program was only 12 years old when he took over, and he held a combined 43-39 record in his first three seasons — no tournament appearanc-es. Until that 1995 title? Just 192-81. Impressive, but human.
You know what happened in the 12 seasons before Auriemma came to town? The Huskies had one winning season, a 16-14 year in 1980-81. No coach lasted more than five seasons.
Success takes time. It took Auriemma more than a decade. It took him even more time and effort to maintain that success and even raise the bar to measure new successes that came along the long journey, a journey that just hit 1,000 wins.
To make the argument even sweet-er, on the same night as Auriemma’s 1,000th win, North Carolina’s Sylvia Hatchell also hit win 1K. ESPN report-ed you’re more likely to win the Powerball than two coaches becoming 1,000-game winners on the same night.
You’re also way more likely to be drafted into the WNBA. Well, unless you played for Auriemma. Of the past 15 WNBA champions, 11 have had at least one Husky on the roster. No wom-en’s Olympic team has been without one of Auriemma’s players since 1992.
Auriemma is recruiting the best basketball players in the world — his job. He’s also maximizing the potential of those players and sending many of them on to the greatest stage in the world — also his job, in a sense. But he’s doing it better than anybody else.
Maybe jealousy leads many to sour taste buds in regards to Auriemma and the Huskies. Maybe the dominance has become boring.
Maybe you’re not wrong for having those feelings.
But neither coach’s milestone landed in the top seven headlines on ESPN.com today. Instead, we were warned of Marlins Man’s concern with Derek Jeter.
Auriemma — and Hatchell — are tickling uncharted territory. Respect, and appreciation, are long overdue.
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MIKE PRUDEN is managing editor at The Sheridan Press.
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Sheridan’s Sam Lecholat sits on the ground after a trip-up while running down the court against Natrona at Natrona County High School Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017. The Broncs beat Natrona and will play the Mustangs again Friday at Sheridan High School.
Broncs and Mustangs set to do battle...again
SHERIDAN — The Sheridan High School boys basketball team gets an early taste of what conference play may feel like Friday night. The Broncs host Natrona in their home opener at 7 p.m., and even though the two teams reside in different conferences, the contest takes the shape of a mid-February game as the two clubs already competed against one another nearly two weeks ago during the Fremont
of Casper Invitational.The Broncs eased past the Mustangs
then, and it would be easy for Sheridan to overlook a team they had recent suc-cess against, but head coach Jeff Martini doesn’t foresee that being an issue.
“I think we’ll have an edge for sure, especially after what happened Friday,” Martini said, referencing a loss at Billings Senior. “I think the kids are excited to play a home game, finally in front of their own fans, so I don’t think we are too con-cerned about the turnaround time.”
The Broncs lay claim to a 3-2 record, most recently suffering a 58-55 loss at Billings Senior. Sheridan led for a lion’s share of the game and into the fourth quarter before coughing up the lead late and failing to regain it in the waning min-utes.
The inability to close a game could be an early sign that Sheridan lacks a killer mentality or a deeper-seeded issue, but the Broncs don’t appear too concerned.
BY BUD DENEGA
Pokes score individual upsets but fall as team to No. 3 OSU
CHEYENNE — The University of Wyoming’s wres-tling team won five matches, including four upsets Tuesday night, but dropped a Big 12 dual to No. 3 Oklahoma State 20-15.
Inside an electrifying Storey Gym, the Cowboys picked up three early wins from red-shirt freshman Sam Turner (149 pounds), senior Archie Colgan (157) and junior Branson Ashworth (165), as redshirt freshman Montorie Bridges (133) and senior Bryce Meredith (141) closed out the
dual with a couple victories for UW.
“This was entertaining and fun for everyone,” UW head coach Mark Branch said. “When looking at the big pic-ture, it’s all practice right now as it will count a little more later in the season. But this is step we needed. I’m happy for Cheyenne, as this was a great dual to watch. It may be a little bittersweet because of the over-all result, but we understand it can’t just be five guys. It needs to be the entire team. We prac-tice for every dual to be a team performance.”
To close the night, Bridges
defeated No. 3 Kaid Brock, while Meredith upset No. 1 Dean Heil to send the crowd of 2,580 home on a good note.
However, the defending Big 12 champions picked up three bonus-point wins during the contest to help take home the victory.
The loss was UW’s first in Big 12 action this season.
“Cheyenne showed up tonight and our guys could feel it,” Branch added. “I loved the way we started the dual, and it really showed we can fight and compete with the top teams out there. It burns because we were close. We have a number
of things to look at and go from there. Outside the loss, tonight was tremendous. It was great to see the hometown kid get that victory. The support this program gets from around the state is unbelievable.”
To begin the match, Turner, a Colorado Springs native, earned a 4-3 decision over All-American, and No. 10-ranked, Geo Martinez.
Turner overcame a takedown in the first period and a 3-1 deficit late in the match to pick up the biggest win of his young career.
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Pump of the fistSheridan girl’s basketball head coach Larry Ligocki, left, reacts after the Lady Broncs score late in the four quarter against Billings Senior High School at Sheridan High School Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. The Lady Broncs travel to Natrona Friday.
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DEAR ABBY: A year ago, my husband confessed that he was having an affair at work. Before it started, he tried setting “Velma” up with his twin brother, but she said she wasn’t interested. Their affair lasted for months, until the guilt “ate him up.” When he told me, I was devastated.
We agreed to get counseling and work on our marriage. Well, it turns out Velma was also seeing his brother while she was with my husband.
Oh! And she had a baby, and we’re not sure who the father is.
My brother-in-law claims he loves Velma and she loves him. I have been asked if I am willing to sit with her, my husband and brother-in-law to “clear the air.” I don’t think I can do it. Although I want my brother-in-law to be happy, at the same time, I don’t want to ever be near this woman. Please help. -- LOSING MYSELF
DEAR LOSING YOURSELF: Has your broth-er-in-law MARRIED Velma? If not, I see no reason why you should be forced to clear anything with her. If the two of them have tied the knot, then I can see a benefit for you in having a discussion. Of course, that discussion should be in the office of a professional mediator, and
you should first make a list of all the questions you would like her to answer.
At the top of the list would be why she was sleeping with your husband and his broth-er at the same time. Close to that one would be why she thinks you would ever want to have a relationship with her. Take it from there and add questions of your own.
DEAR ABBY: I am a Korean lady whose hus-band spends a lot of time on Facebook. He says it’s to promote his books. (He loves to write.) I think he does it to get recognition from his Facebook “friends.”
Well, that may be great for him. But my problem with him -- and Facebook -- is that sometimes he provides too much information about ME. None of it is positive.
We had a fight two weeks ago, and the next thing I knew, I was reading about it on Facebook, all from his point of view. Before that, he complained he only got a bowl of cereal for breakfast when he would have liked a hot meal instead. Excuse me, but what’s stopping him from making one for himself when I have to drop off the kids at school and go to work?
I feel hurt after read-ing what he’s posting and ashamed for not being a “good enough” spouse. Am I overly sensitive or should I confront him about this? I could use some wise advice. -- EMBARRASSED IN KOREA
DEAR EMBARRASSED: By all means talk to your husband about what he’s been doing, because if he has complaints, they should be directed to you rather than his Facebook buddies. If you feel compelled to defend yourself, you can always reply to his posts to set the record straight. If he contin-ues to publicly discuss what should be a private matter, you might be less embar-rassed if you read his posts less often or unfriend him altogether.
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HOT ON HIS OWN HEELS WITH MORE CRITICISM
Nearly three weeks ago, I reviewed a new book by Danny Roth, a Londoner. Hard on the heels of that comes another book of the same type but with a differ-ent publisher: “Outsmart the
Bridge Experts” (HNB).Roth sets 60 declarer-play and defense prob-
lems where he believes that the original writ-er’s analysis was inaccurate. I usually agreed with him, but not totally in this deal. Look at the North and East hands. The contract is three hearts. West leads the diamond queen. How should East plan the defense?
East could not open one no-trump, because it would have shown 14-16 points. South made a normal pre-emptive jump overcall promis-ing little more than a respectable seven-card suit. No one else had a reason to compete.
Roth, probably correctly, suggests that this is a constructed deal. If the defense begins with three rounds of diamonds, declarer ruffs and ought to draw two rounds of trumps. (Roth recommends immediately ruffing los-ers in hand.) Then, when South sees the 4-1 break, he plays a club to dummy and ruffs a diamond. (If East trumps in, declarer dis-cards his spade loser.) South continues with a club to dummy, a club ruff, a spade to dummy and the last club. If East pitches his final spade, declarer ruffs and loses the last two
tricks to East’s trumps.The best -- and winning -- defense is for East
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BIRTHDAY GAL: Actress Kaitlyn Dever was born in Phoenix on this day in 1996. This birthday gal portrayed Eve Baxter on “Last Man Standing” and Loretta Mc-Cready on “Justified.” She’s also appeared on episodes of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “The Mentalist,” and “Modern Family.” On the big screen, Dever’s film resume includes roles in “Detroit,” “Men, Women and Children,” and “Short Term 12.”
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Punctuality places you in a perfect position. You might not be able to hit all the high notes but if your timing is right no one will notice. Get a head start on a task and be sure to meet any deadlines before energies ebb.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are only human after all. Don’t insist on maintain-ing such high standards that no one, in-cluding yourself, is able to live up to them. Although you have made holiday prepara-tions you may still forget a small necessity.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Persistence may not be fun, but it will be worthwhile. It is in your hands to exert a little effort and achieve a big payoff. Because you are com-
pletely focused on success you will be able to bulldoze your way past obstacles.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. It is easy to be-come obsessed by an idea or a person that seems too good to be true. A solution to an ongoing dilemma may appear after the hol-idays if you remain patient.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Someone’s judg-ment, including yours, is possibly askew. Sit back and let time pass before making a key decision or accepting well-meant advice. Good friends may egg you on or en-courage you to take an unnecessary risk.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It is your good intentions that count. Don’t let last minute doubts and groundless fears put you in a tailspin. Don’t worry that your gift pack-ages aren’t wrapped with the trendiest paper or that your present is too small.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You can fool some of the people some of the time. People will think they are better, and worth more, than they really are. Likewise, you can eas-ily fool someone into thinking you are the romantic flavor of their dreams.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Money might be tight, but you will be alright. Job, career, or moneymaking activities could be in the spotlight but don’t be so busy you forget to get necessary rest. Social activities may conflict with your work.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Exert extra effort. Don’t be sidetracked by com-pelling temptations and avoid accept new responsibilities and commitments. If new obligations are foisted upon you treat them like a test that must be passed.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Ambition so thick you could cut it with a knife may give way to a more relaxing mood by the weekend. In the meantime, it is necessary to work hard and keep your nose pressed firmly to the grindstone.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Leave your piggy bank on the shelf. An opportunity that is presented now could seem attractive on the surface, but could have a hidden downside. Be content with what you have and don’t expect too much.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You might need a cuddle if your head is in a muddle.
You need to be ready, willing and able to answer certain questions. All the things you’ve learned by rote won’t help you if you aren’t sure of your facts.
IF DECEMBER 21 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: Avoid making important decisions or taking on extra responsibilities between now and the end of December while your judgment is temporarily out of kilter. You will be more sensible and practical during January. Put the results of your ponderings into action during February or early March when your creative and energy levels are high. In April you may be torn two ways about an important issue and may decide it is best to break off a relationship. During May your popularity can skyrocket and you can successfully interview for a new job or make a key change. Trust and that good friends and shrewd counselors will help you make a wise choice in June when business and financial matters are at the top of your priority list.
Hints from Heloise Heloise
This pecan pie can be mocked!
Dear Heloise: I have enjoyed your recipes for years. Do you have the one for MOCK PECAN PIE? I’ve lost my old recipe. -- Deloris E., Springfield, Mo.
Deloris, as a matter of fact, I have a wonderful rec-ipe for Mock Pecan Pie that you can find in my book “In the Kitchen With Heloise.” It’s easy to make, and here it is:
Mock Pecan Pie 1 cup cooked unsea-
soned pinto beans 1 1/2 to 2 cups sugar 4 ounces butter or mar-
garine 4 eggs, well beaten 2 tablespoons molasses
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WHEREAS, default in the payment of principaland interest has occurred under the terms of apromissory note (the “Note”) dated 12/23/2015 ex-ecuted and delivered by Richard Bradford to FirstInterstate Bank and a real estate mortgage (the“Mortgage”) of the same date securing the Note,which Mortgage was executed and delivered byRichard Bradford, A Single Person (the "Mort-gagors"), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Sys-tems, Inc., as nominee for First Interstate Bank,and which Mortgage was recorded on 12/24/2015,as 2015-724127 in the records of the office of theCounty Clerk and ex-officio Register of Deeds inand for Sheridan County, State of Wyoming; andThe property covered by said Mortgage is de-scribed as follows:THE SOUTH HALF OF LOT 5, BLOCK 31,SHERIDAN LAND COMPANY'S SECONDADDITION TO THE CITY OF SHERIDAN,SHEPARD'S COUNTY, WYOMING.
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSSealed proposals will be received by the City ofSheridan, Wyoming, at the office of the City Clerkuntil 2:00 PM Mountain Daylight Savings Time,January 4, 2018 for furnishing the followingequipment: One (1) Small 6000# GVWR 4x4 Ex-tended cab Pickup with Topper, in accordancewith specifications and bid documents on file atthe City Service Center, 1148 KROE Lane,Sheridan Wyoming 82801.At a meeting on the above date and promptlythereafter, all written proposals that have beenduly received will be opened and publicly read.All proposals must be submitted in sealed opaqueenvelopes and clearly marked as per item bid.Delivery dates listed in Bid Documents.The City of Sheridan reserves the right to rejectany and all bids and to waive all informalities orminor defects in the bids, to accept or reject anyqualified or conditional bid, and to accept any itemor combination of items in bid.Preference shall be given to responsible Wyom-ing bidders as defined by Wyoming Statutes,1990, Section 16-6-102 in the amount of five per-cent (5%) higher than responsible non-residentbidders.CITY OF SHERIDANDan Roberts, Utilities DirectorPUBLISH: December 20, 2017; January 3, 2018.
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Baker makes it officialSheridan’s Blayne Baker, seated — accompanied by, from left, offensive line coach Kevin Rizer, father Troy Baker, brother Bridger Baker and former head coach Don Julian — signed his national letter of intent to continue his football career at the University of Wyoming at Sheridan High School Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017.
UW: Big upsetsFROM B2
Martinez, also a native of Colorado Springs, scored a take-down early in the opening period, only to be followed with a Turner escape. In the final frame, Turner recorded an early escape and added a takedown with less than a minute to seal the victory.
No. 16 Colgan kept the momen-tum with UW with a 3-1 decision over Jonce Blaylock. After a quiet opening period, Colgan recorded an escape and a takedown in the second for a 3-0 lead. Blaylock added an escape, but Colgan pre-vailed with the victory for the Pokes and pushed their lead to 6-0 after two bouts.
Next up: Ashworth. The junior from Spanish Fork, Utah, no doubt kept Storey Gym alive. Ashworth came away with a 5-2 decision over No. 6 Chandler Rogers. After no scoring in the first period, Ashworth sandwiched a takedown in between two escapes from Rogers. All tied at two to begin the third, Ashworth broke out with an escape and takedown in the final period to seal it. The win was not only over the All-American Rogers, but also the first over a ranked opponent this year for No. 15 Ashworth.
UW senior Kyle Pope dropped an 8-7 decision to No. 10 Jacobe Smith, followed by UW senior Chaz Polson falling to Keegan Moore via another 8-7 decision. No. 4 Preston Weigel earned a 15-0 tech. fall over UW junior Cody Vigoren, while No. 8 Derek White also won with a tech fall over UW redshirt freshman Hunter Mullins. Wyoming sophomore Drake Foster fell to No. 3 Nick Piccininni, which marked OSU’s final victory of the evening. Oklahoma State held a 20-9 lead after their five-straight match wins.
Bridges brought home the thun-der in his upset over Brock. He helped the crowd to their feet with an 11-10 decision over the All-American. Using a takedown and four-point nearfall, Bridges held an early 6-0 advantage. Up 8-5 after the first period, Brock fought his way back to tie it at eight before Bridges used an escape to close the second frame.
Two more escapes from Bridges was enough as the Altus, Okla., native earned his first win over a ranked opponent this season. It also proved to be his first-career win over an opponent seated with-in the top 10.
Saving the most anticipat-ed match for last, Meredith, a Cheyenne native, fed off the atmo-sphere of Storey Gym to upset the defending two-time NCAA Champion.
The win marked the first for Meredith over the All-American and the first loss for Heil in 55 matches. Meredith, a two-time All-American himself, gave up an escape in the first period and followed with an escape of his own in the third. With less than 20 seconds left in overtime, Meredith picked up one final escape to hold on for the 2-1 victory. It was the third-straight win over a top-5 opponent for Meredith and the eighth over a ranked opponent this season.
Wyoming will take to the mat after the New Year at the North Carolina Duals. The Pokes are set to compete against North Carolina, Duke, Army and American on Jan. 5 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
GAME OF THE WEEK: Broncs defense held Natrona to season lowFROM B2
“I’m not putting a whole lot of stock into it, yet,” Martini said. “We have to learn to close games better, and that’s kind of one of the things we talked about — finishing someone when we have the lead. It’s some-thing we can work on, and it’s always good to have those learning experiences early on rather than later.”
Sheridan has already learned that any number of its players can take over a game and carry the Broncs. Tristan Bower was the unquestioned offensive leader ahead of the Billings Senior game. From his point guard position, Bower sported 36- and 27-point games during the season-opening invitational in Casper.
But Bower struggled this past Friday up in Montana, tallying a season-low seven points. Parker Christensen and Blayne Baker stepped up and poured in 15 and 13 points, respectively. Sheridan also boasts a slew of other players the have shown the capability of picking up a sizable scoring load in any game, making it quite difficult for oppo-
nents to key in on one player in particular.“Any night, we can have any guy that
could have 15 or 20 points. That’s what’s great,” Martini said. “Even the guys coming off the bench, they do a good job of contrib-uting. They step in ready to go. I think we are an experienced team, we just need to be able to put it all together a little better.”
The Broncs put together a pretty solid game against the Mustangs Dec. 9 in Casper. Sheridan seized a double-digit lead by the end of the opening quarter and extended that cushion in each period from there on out.
The Mustangs didn’t shoot the ball very well during that matchup against the Broncs, and Natrona’s 43 points scored were its fewest all season.
Martini expects Natrona to shoot a little better, at the very least, and said its athlet-icism can cause Sheridan some problems come Friday.
Natrona is still in search of its first 4A win. The Mustangs have limped out to a 1-4 record with their lone victory coming over Star Valley. Natrona is averaging 60 points
per game and allowing 65.4 points per con-test.
The Broncs, on the other hand, are aver-aging 64 points and only surrendering 56.8 points per game. On paper, it doesn’t appear as though Sheridan should have much trou-ble at home against a Natrona team that hasn’t finished a season above .500 since 2014-15.
But rest assured, the Broncs wouldn’t think of overlooking Friday night’s match-up.
“We are just going to go out and do what we do,” Christensen said. “I’m sure they are going to come in and have better insight of what it’s going to be like. It will be a tough game. It’s always tougher the second time.”
NOTES: The game has been deemed a “Silent Night Game” as the crowd is urged to remain silent until the Broncs score their 10th point of the night, and it’s at that moment where the crowd is encour-aged to erupt with “Christmas cheer.”... The price of admission is one canned food item that goes directly to People’s Assistance Food Bank and the homeless shelter.
Kiffin and FAU leave no doubt, beat Akron 50-3BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP)
— Lane Kiffin ended his first Florida Atlantic season with a flourish, with Devin Singletary running for 124 yards and three touchdowns as the Owls rolled past Akron 50-3 in the Boca Raton Bowl on Tuesday night.
Singletary finished with 32 touchdowns this season for the
Owls (11-3), who ended the year on a 10-game winning streak and matched the school record for wins in a season — set during the team’s run to the Division I-AA semifinals in 2003.
Jeff Driskel threw for 270 yards and two touchdowns, plus ran for two more scores for FAU.
The Owls had a massive turn-around in Kiffin’s first year and may have an even brighter future. Earlier Tuesday, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press that FAU and
Kiffin have agreed to extend his contract six more years through 2027.
Kato Nelson threw for 80 yards for Akron (7-7).
The game was a perfect micro-cosm of FAU’s season: Once the Owls got rolling, they never stopped.
And Kiffin held nothing back.FAU got three touchdowns on
fourth-down tries, unsuccess-fully tried an onside kick in the first quarter, went for a 2-point conversion in the third quarter to make it 36-3 and even tried a halfback pass in the fourth quarter with a 47-point lead. The Owls didn’t punt on their first nine possessions, getting seven
touchdowns and two missed field goals out of those.
Even on the last play of the game, FAU threw a pass — a 10-yard gain, one that gave the Owls a 582-146 edge in total yards. The Owls left no doubt: Only two bowl games since 2000 had a bigger margin of victory than FAU’s 47-point romp in this one.
Both teams missed field goals on their opening drive, and after that it was all FAU. Willie Wright’s 4-yard scoring grab got the Owls on the board late in the first quarter, and Driskel went in from 3 yards out midway through the second quarter to make it 14-3.
Spight sparks UNC to 91-84 win over UWLARAMIE (AP) — Andre
Spight scored 24 points and handed out 10 assists and Northern Colorado turned back Wyoming 91-84 on Tuesday night for its fourth straight win.
Jalen Sanders added 16 points and he and Spight each had four of the Bears’ 14 3-pointers on the night. Jordan Davis and Anthony Johnson both scored 13 and Roberto Vercellino added 11 points off the bench.
Justin James notched a season-high 25 points for the Cowboys (9-4), while Hayden Dalton scored 13 and Alan Herndon chipped in with 10 points and nine rebounds. Nyaires Redding and Louis Adams combined to score 21 off the bench.
Wyoming had a 54-34 advantage in points in the paint, but the Cowboys couldn’t keep up with the Bears from 3-point range, making just 3 of 9 attempts.
Wyoming got within a point seven times in the sec-ond half before James’ layup finally pushed the Cowboys in front 72-71 with 7:21 to play. But Vercellino hit two free throws and Spight hit two 3-pointers and scored eight in a 10-4 run that put the Bears back on top for good.
UNC won for the ninth time in 10 games, while Wyoming saw its three-game win streak end.
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SHERIDAN — Sheridan is a gift-giver’s paradise. Whether you’re chasing down cowboy tack for the buckaroo, or you’re after the perfect piece of art for your uncle Eddie the culture vulture, Sheridan’s shops, boutiques, gal-leries and outfitters have your holiday needs covered. And when you’re finished with everyone on your list, don’t forget to treat yourself.
Culture vultureSheridan is a small town
with a mighty art scene. Sonya Caywood’s canvases of playful, colorful cows and local scenery can be purchased at Gallery on Main in Dayton while Joel Ostlind’s western sketches adorn the walls at SAGE Community Arts. David McDougall’s bison portraits would make a fine addition to any fireplace mantel and are available at the Painted Skull Studio. Find more local art at Expressions and The Brinton Museum.
Fashion forwardShare the gift of style and
Wyoming pride with iconic bison ball caps from 307 or Surf Wyoming shirts, sweatshirts and ball caps emblazoned with fresh and artful graphics, available at Bighorn Design. WYO Rodeo gear can be found at Kilpatrick Creations and everything for fancy feet, from snow boots to slippers to cowboy boots, can be found at Foot of the Bighorns and Brian’s Boot & Shoe Co. For the latest styles in men’s fashion, try The Men’s Shop and for the female fashionista, shop the collections at Twisted Hearts, Over the Moon and the Bucking Buffalo Supply Co.
Razzle dazzlerSmall on size but big on detail,
give the gift of local jewelry and put a sparkle on the season. Find hand-crafted bracelets, buckles and earrings from Tom Balding
or hand-stamped jewelry from “Joy in the Morning” avail-able at Twisted Hearts. Bought Beautifully, a curated collection of artisan jewelry made internation-ally, is available at The Union at Montgomery.
Fur babyPamper your four-legged pal this
holiday season with locally, natu-rally made shampoos and scents from Weeping Willow Creations, available at Muddy Paw Prints. Or, leave it to the pros at Knotty Salon 2 to fully pamper your pet with a groom and style. Ensure your pup makes Santa’s nice list
with training classes at Petco.
Little buckaroosTransform your little one into
a real buckaroo this holiday season with cowboy boots, hats, chaps and stick horses from High Mountain Mercantile. For a great selection of children’s books, such as “Little Wyoming” or “Santa is Coming to Wyoming,” stop by Over the Moon and for pint-sized Pokes gear, be sure to swing by The Clothing Co. & Baby Too. For new bundles of joy, “Bighorn Mountains are Calling” and “Bomber Mountain Baby” onesies can be custom made by
Complements by Laura, an Etsy shop.
SongbirdsThe Munsick Family Christmas
Show is a holiday institution in Sheridan. Head over to the WYO to pick up a ticket for the night of Dec. 18. The Munsick boys’ music is all their own; crossing roots folk and country with many other genres, they interweave songs with spoken stories about family, the holidays and life out West. And if you’re looking for a gift for the musically gifted person in your life, visit C.B. Music, which offers a wide variety of different
instruments, as well as the knowl-edge to improve, maintain and repair them. Q Man Music, down the street from C.B., sells instru-ments new and vintage. If you’re looking for a retro guitar with some personality for the rebel in your life, Q Man is your man.
Healthy/healthful holidaysIf you’re looking for a gift to help
burn off that Christmas ham this season, go for a membership at PURENERGY Fitness. A member-ship includes access to a plethora of classes for all types — Zumba, cycling, self-defense lessons in the Israeli Special Forces’ Krav Maga, and, sure to make you sweat, the infamous boot camp, among many others. Speaking of sweat and infamy, if you’re looking for a gift that will truly shock your body into submission and change your life, think about a gift card at Cloud Peak Crossfit. Crossfit will pair well with a New Year’s resolution, because you’re going to need some serious resolve for this one. But health isn’t only measured in buckets of sweat. Sheridan is home to some pre-mium health food stores offering good eats, naturopathic remedies and supplements. Check out The Health Nut and Golden Rule Grocers downtown for all gifts feel-good and fresh.
Social butterfliesThere are few Christmas gifts
more likely to entertain friends and family of all ages than a truly hideous Christmas sweat-er. Though the fad has made its way to Wal-Mart, take a tour of Sheridan’s many secondhand stores to find the real deal. Proceeds from local thrift stores typically go to valuable communi-ty programs and organizations, so an ugly sweater purchase can dou-ble as a Christmas good deed. The Green Boomerang on Main Street has a wealth of sweaters and tchotchkes, as does the Holy Name Thrift Store, The Red Door at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church and the Salvation Army.
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It may take some time to rummage through what’s on display, but there’s sweater gold in them hills, be assured. If silly sweaters aren’t your thing, fear not. A gift card for a night at Escapade, Sheridan’s local puzzle escape room, is a sure way to entertain your loved ones this holiday sea-son. Buy a few gift cards and go as a group; you won’t regret it. Gift cards can be pur-chased online at escapadewyo.com.
Self-pamperersWhether you’re planning on romancing
yourself this Christmas, or some other lucky schmuck, a massage is the surest way to pamper that special someone and alleviate any stress associated with the sea-son. Maven Massage is above Java Moon on Main Street, and, along with expert massage therapy, also offers Yoga + Wine nights (also not to be missed). Meadowlark Massage is also a sure bet, as is Majestic Mountain Massage, which offers Reiki treatments. Therapeutic Day Spa LLC in the Holiday Inn also provides all sorts of preening and pampering: massage, ear can-dling, waxes, facial treatments, raindrop therapy, reflexology and more. For the final touch, check out Sheridan Soap Company, a family-owned and operated business, which specializes in delectable small-batch soaps, body creams and lip-balms, all non-GMO, using only organic and fair-trade ingredients. It’s time to treat yo’self!
Connoisseurs of the obscureWe all know one — a quirky oddball with
a taste for the uncommon things in life, a bon vivant who is exceptionally difficult to shop for. You take pride in finding this person the most unusual gift — last year it was a watch made from his own cat’s fur; the year before that, it was a hummingbird feeder face mask. This year, you’re ready to take your gifting game to the next level. A papier-mâché bull’s skull would look fab-ulous on the wall in their home office; pick one up at The Union at Montgomery. Know someone who likes to pour their apple juice into crystal decanters? Check out the beau-tiful antique drink carts at Little Willow Traders. Sheridan’s many shops are filled with little gems, like moose poop choco-lates, cowgirl bandages, classic topographic maps of the Bighorn Mountains and so much more.
Kings of craftThe culture of craft is as quintessentially
Wyoming as long days on the ranch, buck-ing broncs and snow-capped peaks. Black Tooth is Wyoming’s largest craft brewery, with growth spurred by a fundamental dedication to producing top-quality beer with the finest possible ingredients. A special edition of 1314 was recently bottled in honor of the brewery’s seventh anniver-sary. The Koltiska Distillery produces a handcrafted Koltiska Original Liqueur and Koltiska KO 90, the main ingredients in the legendary Koltiska Mule (purchase your hand-hammered copper mug in the tasting room). Weston Wineries crafts tremen-dous wines from West Coast-grown grapes sourced from the finest producers along the Pacific. Each of Weston’s 307-brand wines are an exercise in local vintnering wizardry and an homage to the legends and outlaws of the state of Wyoming. Luminous Brewhouse is a purveyor of malty gold that has carved out a niche as a bespoke brewer of unique beers, and while they don’t bottle or can, they do offer deals on their excellent mug club.
Adventure junkiesWyoming is a vast state of great plains,
rolling hills, and epic mountainscapes – the sort of place you want to find yourself getting lost as often as possible. It’s easy to
gear up for the great outdoors in Sheridan, whether you’re a doomsday prepper or an ultra-marathoner looking to keep your kit light. Know someone testing their mettle in the 2018 edition of the Bighorn Mountain Trail Run? Start training this winter with a snowshoe kit from The Sports Stop (rentals also available). Have a friend planning to summit Black Tooth next summer? Keep them safe and comfortable with a tent and survivalist kit from Big Horn Trading. Keen to keep the weekend warrior in your life looking good? Check out the fly threads at the Fly Shop of the Bighorns. For gear they’ll never forget, shop Sheridan Tent & Awning’s tents, bags and outdoor kits.
WanderlustersFor the globetrotter obsessed with
crossing counties off their list, consider a set of classic topographic maps from Sheridan Stationery. Head to The Sports Stop to stock up on backpacking essen-tials for holiday hikers, and shop for new wheels for the gravel grinder in your life at Sheridan Bicycle Co. and Back Country Bike & Mountain Works. The Fly Shop of the Bighorns features tons of great fishing gear and pulls double duty as one of the top outfitters in the Mountain West — consider booking a fly fishing retreat for your spe-cial someone (sending them up the creek without a paddle carries an additional fee). If you’ve had it up to your ears with winter, consider jetting off to someplace warm via Fly Sheridan — child fare discounts make it easier than ever to escape (if only for a little while). Book your vacation package with Brittain World Travel.
BookwormsPack your beloved’s book nook with a
selection of great titles from Wyoming authors. Sheridan’s literary legacy has been shaped by the Bighorn Mountains, endless acres of ranchland, cowboy culture and tumultuous frontier history. Stories told by the likes of Craig Johnson, C.J. Box, Sam Western and Sam Morton offer a thrilling glimpse at life in the American West. Sheridan Stationery often features signed first-edition books by these and other Wyoming authors, while Ye Old Book Nook carries difficult-to-find and out of print titles from Wyoming legends. Kickstart your bookworm’s nascent writ-ing career with a special Wyoming Edition Field Notes notebook, available at Bighorn Design.
Rustlers at heartHandmade in Downtown Sheridan, a
King’s Saddlery saddle with a custom-made mohair cinch from 3/307 Cinches will be the highlight of one cowboy’s Christmas morning. A freshly oiled King’s Saddlery headstall will pair nicely with a Tom Balding bit and will appease both the cow-boy on your list and his equine counter-part.
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Monthly box loversGive a gift that gives all
year long with a yearly mem-bership to the Luminous Brewhouse Mug Club or unlimited car washes with the monthly membership at Let ‘R Buck Car Wash. They say practice makes perfect and a 30-day punch card to Rocky Mountain Discount Sports’ archery range makes a great gift for the aspiring archer on your list! Either way, they’ll be thanking you for many days to come.
Holiday feastersChristmas morning comes
way too early after an event-ful Christmas Eve. Share the gift of energy with Roast! locally roasted coffee or locally made confections from The Sugar Boot or the Chocolate Tree. Add a little spice to Christmas morning with Sackett’s Red Grade Rub or their Big Horn Range Seasoning. Wyoming Buffalo Company’s Johnny Midnite Madness steak sauce is avail-able at Sagewood North Café and makes a smokin’ hot gift for the steak connoisseur on your list. For high-qual-ity, unique cooking oils, Verdello is your one-stop shop. Silicone-based cooking utensils or locally roasted Black Mountain Coffee from Cottonwood Kitchen are spot-on gifts, too.
HomebodiesIf you’re shopping for
someone that is hoping for a white Christmas, treat him or her with a warm robe and slippers from Side Street Bed & Bath. If you want to give a more sentimental gift, break out your knitting needles and create a warm sweater from silky mountain merino wool from Mountain Meadow Wool. Custom-made throw pillows by local com-pany This Joyful Home help create the perfect setting to snuggle up by the fire this chilly Christmas season.
Stocking stuffersWe spoke to Santa to help
you out with stocking stuffer ideas and we thought we made great suggestions. Infinity scarves found at Crazy Woman Trading Co., a gift certificate to The Paint Post and cast-iron steak brands from High Mountain Mercantile were at the top of his list. King’s Saddlery caps have been spotted atop the crowns of icons like Johnny Depp, Henry Cavill, and Santa Claus. They all agree that there’s nothing else they’d rather find in their stocking on Christmas morning.
Calendar quirk, Amazon, put pressure on retailers to deliverNEW YORK (AP) — A calendar
quirk this year and Amazon’s sev-en-days-a-week delivery capability are building pressure on retailers to deliver.
With Christmas on a Monday, most retailers have one less day to get packages delivered on time. Some are pushing up their dead-lines for standard delivery or free shipping. And after promoting the convenience of buying online with store pickup, retailers are also trying to satisfy lots of customers coming in to collect their orders.
It’s especially important for retailers to hit the mark after some missteps earlier in the sea-son, and because online leader Amazon has the advantage of delivering on Sundays. Research firm StellaService says Dec. 19 is the most popular cutoff date for retailers, two days earlier than last year. Amazon Prime mem-bers, meanwhile, get same-day delivery up until Dec. 24 in 8,000 cities.
Retailers have been trying to speed up delivery as they try to replicate the service offered by Amazon. But UPS said this month that some package deliveries were being delayed because of a surge of orders from online shoppers after Thanksgiving. And Walmart said around the same time that more online buying created delays in some orders.
Holiday spending is turning out to be stronger than expected, put-ting more pressure on stores to get it right.
“I am not very impressed,” said Sheryl Matson of Mount Gilead, Ohio, who has run into problems twice already.
She ordered a PS4 game console on the Kohl’s website two days before Thanksgiving, and the next morning received an email that her order was canceled. She got on the phone to resolve the issue and got Kohl’s Cash, similar to a gift card, for her troubles. A few
days later, she ordered four items on the Kohl’s website for in-store pickup at two places. At one loca-tion, one of the three items was missing; at the other store, the product — a digital coin collec-tor— was the wrong color. She says she spent two hours on the phone and $20 in gas money to try to get it fixed. She had to keep the incorrect color, but did receive another $20 in Kohl’s cash.
Now, she’s buying the rest of her gifts at stores: “You see that the merchandise is actually there, instead of relying on their sys-tem.”
Kohl’s has actually carved out space for Amazon shops in some of its department stores, where shop-pers can find Amazon devices and return items they bought from the online retailer.
Overall, retailers are wrapping their arms around e-commerce ful-fillment but “are still struggling,”
said Alex Vlasto, vice president of marketing at StellaService.
The company found a marked decrease in how quickly retail-ers responded to queries from customers via chat message or phone during the first big shop-ping weekend of the season. For the 30 retailers it monitored from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday, the average response time from a live customer service repre-sentative was more than three minutes, compared with less than two minutes a year ago. Responses via chat took nearly two minutes, compared with just over a minute a year ago.
Shoppers seem ready to spend. Government data shows U.S. con-sumers went on a shopping binge last month as the holiday season began, with big increases among online retailers, electronics stores and furniture stores.
Technology firm First Data
says that retail spending, which excludes grocery stores, restau-rants, auto parts merchants and gas stations, rose 5.4 percent for the period Nov. 1 through Dec. 11, compared to last year’s growth of 2 percent.
Adobe Analytics, the research arm of software maker Adobe, says online sales have soared nearly 15 percent this year, reach-ing $65.15 billion from Nov. 1 through Dec. 5.
Delivery has been one of the big-gest battlegrounds as online shop-pers seek speed and convenience.
Target said this week it is pay-ing $550 million to buy Shipt, which charges members $99 a year and sends people out to choose and deliver groceries from stores, after earlier this year buying a delivery logistics company to offer same-day service to in-store shoppers in New York City.
Amazon has long invested in an infrastructure to do Sunday deliv-eries, relying on the U.S. Postal Service and its own network of local couriers.
For Amazon’s same-day deliv-eries for Prime members, it uses local couriers, the company said. Vlasto says the decision by most retailers not to do Sunday deliv-eries comes down to cost and the limits of their current logistics.
Many retailers are making more of their online items available for shoppers interested in picking them up at the store. Walmart says it expects demand for in-store pickup of online orders to double during the final two weeks of the holiday season.
Donald Morgan of Pittsgrove, New Jersey, doesn’t plan to be among those customers. He’s going to a mix of stores and using Amazon after having to wait 15 minutes in line to pick up online orders at Walmart, Target and Best Buy last holiday season.
“It’s more aggravation than it’s worth,” Morgan says.
Armie Hammer, Kyle MacLachlan and other celebs talk holidaysNEW YORK (AP) — Christmas at Miranda
Cosgrove’s house will be all about Penelope, her dog. Armie Hammer’s holiday wish list is directly from the heart: Some quality family time with his two kids. And when it comes to the real tree-fake tree debate? Well, celebrities are just like us.
We asked a range of stars from film, TV and music to share their favorite holiday tradi-tions and they were happy to oblige.
Cosgrove, the “iCarly” and “Despicable Me 3” actress, said Penelope was a Christmas gift five years ago and now she’s the beneficiary of some wrapped-up toy largesse under the tree.
“We’re going to watch her open them, so it’s just funny,” Cosgrove said. “I’m sure she’s going to be happy.”
So will Hammer once he settles in with his family for the holidays. The plan for the “Call Me by Your Name” co-star is simple.
“Family time. Just family time. As long as I get family time, I can deal with anything else,” he said.
Tatiana Maslany of “Orphan Black” is from Canada. She’s trying to wrap her head around a California Christmas this year. Then there’s the thing with the stockings involving her Welsh hubby Tom Cullen of the History chan-nel’s new “Knightfall.”
“I’m not going to see snow this Christmas, which is like a new tradition,” she said. “It’s weird to think December is coming up and I’m in a T-shirt. Yeah, I think we’re going to have to make some new traditions.”
Cullen added: “Tat’s family don’t really do
stockings. That’s a big family tradition of mine, so.”
Maslany: “We do do stockings. Not like you guys. They do stockings that are like this big and full of more presents than I have ever given in my whole life.”
Cullen: “And oranges. Lots of oranges.”Maslany: “Yeah. Lots of oranges, yeah.”Kyle MacLachlan of “Twin Peaks” and
“Portlandia” fame has some Christmas stock-ing issues of his own. They’re the focus of his memories of Christmas Past.
“Mostly just to do with Christmas stockings and old Christmas stockings, and strange things that you can find in a Christmas stock-ing. I have two brothers, so you never know what’s going to happen,” he said. “Coal is a very popular item in my family. And we all seem to have earned that, my brothers and I. And I’m not going to explain why or how that’s happened, but suffice to say, it’s happened.”
And the tree debate?Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney of the country
duo Dan + Shay are on the same page there.“I am a fake tree kind of guy,” Smyers
said. “My wife this year wants to get a real Christmas tree and I am like ...”
Mooney: “They are so messy.”Smyers: “I know. And we have three dogs,
too, and they are going to be shoving the pine needles all over the place. We have a good fake tree. I am pushing to make that our mainstay still. We moved into a new house.”
Mooney: “A fake tree is the best, dude. I got one of those trees that has the white, fake snow
all over it, and so I was pulling it out of the basement and it was just stuff everywhere. Just leaving remnants. It was awful. I was like, this is probably worse than a real tree. But that’s OK. It’s easier to keep up with than a real tree.”
Smyers: “Dark times.”Mooney: “It doesn’t die.”Hillary Scott of the country trio Lady
Antebellum may be tree jumping this year.“My whole life, growing up in the South, we
did a fake tree,” she said. “And my husband is from upstate New York, Albany. So they would go out, pick their tree, cut it down, do the whole thing. So that was a tradition that we started when we got married. He said, ‘I will not have a fake tree.’ I said, ‘OK, then you get to take care of it, because I have never done it before.’”
Fellow band member Charles Kelley may just be ready to try a real tree. He’s allergic, but the group is taking some time off so, “If I break out in hives, it will be a memory.’”
Salma Hayek misses one explosive New Year’s Eve tradition in her hometown of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico.
“They make a fake man with clothes and everything, and they stuff it with fireworks,” she explained. “And at midnight, the whole town has like a competition — outside of the house, everybody is burning the old man, rep-resenting the old year. And I remember this tradition very clearly because it was so loud and so scary. But I always remember it with a smile in my heart.”
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