EWC cancels June community roundtable

TORRINGTON – The June edition of a regularly-scheduled roundtable discussion about Eastern Wyoming College has been cancelled.

Eastern Wyoming College President, Dr. Lesley Travers, will not be on campus Thursday, June 14. The Community Roundtable scheduled for that date has been canceled. The next roundtable will be from noon to 1 p.m., July 12 in CTEC room 218.

The July gathering will be the final roundtable of the summer. Beginning in September, Travers will again host the Community Roundtables on the second Thursday of each month.

Tournament registration open

TORRINGTON – The Eastern Wyoming College Foundation is currently accepting entries for its annual golf tournament, scheduled for Saturday, June 16, at Cottonwood Golf Course in Torrington.

Registration deadline is June 14. Entry forms are available at Platte Valley Bank, the Cottonwood pro shop and the EWC Office of Development.

The tournament is a four-person scramble format. Entry fee of $300 includes one team mulligan, barbecue dinner and a Calcutta. 

Dinner and Calcutta is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Friday, June 15. Tournament play begins at 8:30 a.m. on June 16. The tournament awards include gift certificates and various hole prizes.

Proceeds of the tournament benefit EWC students and help fund scholarships, grants and other EWC Foundation activities. For questions, call the EWC Development Office at (307) 532-8397.

Deadline nears for applications

WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 14 is the deadline for students who will be juniors in high school during the 2018-19 school year to apply to become a page in the U.S. Senate for the fall term.

Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) invites all eligible high school students to apply.

“The page program allows students to have a front-row seat during debate in the U.S. Senate,” Enzi said. “The program will provide unique experiences participants will carry with them forever.”

Page duties consist primarily of delivering correspondence and legislative material at the Capitol. Other duties include preparing the Senate chamber for sessions and carrying bills and amendments to the appropriate people on the Senate floor. 

Fall page eligibility is limited to high school juniors for the 2018-2019 school year who will be 16 or 17 years old on or before the date of the appointment. Applicants must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0.

Pages live in Webster Hall located near the Capitol and receive a stipend to cover the cost of the residence. Breakfast and dinner are provided each day.

The fall session runs from Sept. 4 to Jan. 25. Applications and additional information can be found at https://www.enzi.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/page-applications. Questions may be directed to Dianne Kirkbride in Enzi’s Cheyenne office at (307) 772-2477 or via email to Dianne_Kirkbride@enzi.senate.gov.   

AARP event in Torrington

TORRINGTON – The Wyoming AARP and state president Kate Sarosy of Casper will present a program, titled Disrupt Aging, at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 14 at the Senior Friendship Center, 216 East 19th Ave., in Torrington.

A free lunch for all attendees will be served, sponsored by AARP Wyoming.

The Disrupt Aging movement has been alive and well since AARP’s CEO, Jo Ann Jenkins wrote the book, Disrupt Aging, in 2016. The book would go on to be a national bestseller and changed the conversation around aging. It challenging outdated beliefs by detailing how to embrace opportunity and change the way society looks at getting older.  

“It is my hope that this presentation helps those in attendance to reflect on their own beliefs about aging,” Sarosy said. “This event is meant to be interactive and I really look forward to learning how the residents of Goshen County can inspire me to continue to disrupt aging.”

The presentation will include discussion on common stereotypes of aging, taking control of your health, choosing where you live, making your money last, putting your experience to work and more.

The Disrupt Aging presentation is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Anne Gardetto at (307) 532-5966. The program is sponsored jointly by the Goshen County AARP Community Action Group and the Senior Friendship Center, in conjunction with AARP Wyoming.

Author-Historian Hedren 

presents at Fort Laramie

FORT LARAMIE – Commemoration activities for the 150th Anniversary of the signing of the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie continue on Sunday, June 17 at 2 p.m. with noted historian and author Paul Hedren’s presentation of, “Spotted Tail, Buffalo South, and the Fort Laramie Treaties” at Fort Laramie National Historic Site. Following the program, Mr. Hedren will be signing books available in the Visitor Center bookstore.

The nationally significant 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie brought a close to years of conflict on the Northern Great Plains. Unfortunately, the Treaty—which intended to bring an end to years of bloodshed and guarantee indigenous hunting rights—began the era of the Reservation System.

By all appearances the eventual outcome of the Treaty seems at odds with its original intent. Or was it?   Answers to this difficult question will come to light during Mr. Hedren’s illuminating presentation. 

Paul Hedren is a retired National Park Service historian and superintendent. After a long career, including a tenure at Fort Laramie in the early 1970s, Mr.  Hedren has become one of the leading authorities on the Northern Plains Indian Wars. He is the author of numerous books on the subject including: Fort Laramie and the Great Sioux War; Powder River: Disastrous Opening of the Great Sioux War; and others. Many of these books are available in the bookstore.

HELP board to meet

TORRINGTON – The Board of Directors of Goshen HELP will meet at 6 p.m., Monday, June 18, at 2741 Main St. in Torrington.

The board will discuss its grant application status and how to proceed to open in October.

Immigrant history topic of lecture series

TORRINGTON – The history of Mexican immigrants in eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska will be the topic of a series of lectures by University of New Mexico linguistics professor emeritus Eduardo Hernandez Chavez.

Chavez will be in Torrington at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 28, at the Goshen County Library to talk about how immigrants from Mexico who came to the region for the sugar beet harvest adapted to life in the United States in the early 20th Century.

The Goshen County talk is just one in a series. Chavez will be at Fairview Cemetery, 4109 5th Ave., in Scottsbluff, Neb., at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 27, where he will dedicate his book, Elvira: A Mexican Immigrant Woman, 1909-2012. The book chronicles the life of his mother, Elvira Hernandez, who fled her homeland to escape the violence of the Mexican Revolution. The book dedication will take place at her burial site in the cemetery.

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