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Wednesday, July 23, 1 986 B6 Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. 'Good morning, gentlemen' Dan Taylor presides over timed events at Frontier Days Group will study Indian water rights SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) The Western Conference of Attorneys General, meeting in Santa Fe, has adopted a resolution by Idaho Attorney General Jim Jones to study Indian and federal water rights negotiations. The Shoshone-Bannock tribes are currently negotiating with the state of Idaho and federal government over water rights established by an 1868 treaty that was struck earlier than most of the claims held by Idaho irrigators. Tribal representatives said in March that they are laying claim to 782,000 acre-feet of Snake River water in present and future water rights.

Jones said it is critical that the states become well-versed in water riehts litigation. to compete during the rodeo final Sunday. Taylor said there is virtually no use of illegal drugs in rodeo, compared to other sports, "because the rodeo cowboy is an individual. He's on his own. If he doesn't win, he doesn't make any money.

He knows he's got to be in shape to win." Each ride be it on bull or bronc takes intense concentration. Taylor says the use of drugs would drastically impair a cowboy's ability to concentrate, and to win. Taylor, whose timed events come out of "Chute 9" says he is concerned that rodeo may be adversely affected by the crisis in American agriculture. "Generally speaking," he explained, "the majority of rodeos are located in agricultural areas. Rodeo is family-oriented entertainment.

If our farm and ranch people who are the backbone of this nation don't have money to take their families to rodeos, then rodeos could be in trouble, too." The man known simply as, "Dan" to thousands of rodeo cowboys, wears his jeans tucked By DONELLE FENWICK Star-Tribune correspondent CHEYENNE Each morning during Frontier Days, cowboy Dan Taylor climbs over the arena fence at Frontier Park. As he lands on both feet, he exclaims, "Good morning, gentlemen!" The gentlemen in question are the hundreds of cowboys entered in timed events at the rodeo, and Taylor has been climbing over the same fence and extending the same greeting for more than a quarter century now. Taylor, this year's president of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, travels to Cheyenne each year from Doole, Texas where he raises Brangus cattle. He first came to Frontier Days as a contestant in 1944, but began working behind the chutes at the rodeo in 1949. This year alone, the 62-year-old rodeo veteran has overseen 772 cowboys entered in timed events: calf-roping, steer-roping and bull-dogging.

Each of the cowboys "contest twice," meaning they have two opportunities to place in their event. Of those, Taylor has scheduled 45 finalists DAN TAYLOR Out of Chute No. 9 inside his cowboy boots, in the style of rodeo contestents from long-gone days. He is on his second "Heel" identification badge. Heels, the volunteer group who are the backbone of Frontier Days, are provided with brass name badges.

Taylor says his first badge, "wore out." Humanities Council meets in Saratoga SARATOGA The Wyoming Council for the Humanities' quarterly meeting will be July 25-26 at the Saratoga Inn, according to a council news release. National Endowment for the Humanities Program Officer Brian Mitchell will address the group. For more information, call the Humanities Council office at 766-6496. Sullivan says build existing strengths CASPER Saying "there are no 'quick fixes' to Wyoming's dramatic economic decline," democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Sullivan last week delivered his three-pronged economic message at a campaign-sponsored forum. I i message, Sullivan said he will provide support to existing business, market Wyoming as a wonderf ul place to work and raise a family, and SULLIVAN create a joint public-private sector group to chart a course for the state, according to a campaign press release.

"We cannot go outside Wyoming and buy economic strengths," Sullivan said. "We must first build from our existing strengths by supporting Wyoming business." Hamburg agrees with Simpson on MIAs TORRINGTON Democratic candidate for governor Al Hamburg said he agrees with Sen. Alan Simpson's recent remarks that hearings before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee did not provide proof that prisoners of war are still alive in Vietnam. "I think it's time to tell those who keep claiming they have proof of American POWs being held in Vietnam to put up real proof or shut up about it," Hamburg said. Hamburg, a Vietnam veteran, said he can't believe anyone could survive very long in a "jungle cage being eaten by bugs and eating rats and berries like some of those jungle people lived on." Heritage Foundation to sponsor debate CASPER The Wyoming Heritage Foundation will sponsor a televised debate between the Democratic and Republican candidates for governor after the Aug.

19 primary. The debate will be live, and will feature questions from panelists representing print, radio and television media, according to foundation President John Wold. Subjects debated will include the environment, public lands, agriculture, education and economic development, he said. V-r 1 Goodenough issues challenge to debate CASPER Gubernatorial candidate Keith Brian Goodenough has challenged his democratic opponents to a debate to be held in Casper three days before the primary election. ''The common people of Wyoming deserve to know exactly where each candidate stands on all the issues," Goodenough said.

"A debate would do exactly GOODENOUGH that." Goodenough also criticized his democratic opponent Mike Sullivan for being "unwilling to inform the voters of Wyoming of his opinions." "1 suppose he thinks that he can win just because he's rich and a lawyer," Goodenough said. O'Connor would end employee evaluation CROWHEART The state should drop the recently instituted employee evaluation system, Fremont County state Senate candidate Hoard O'Connor says. O'Connor called the system which requires supervisors to regularly evaluate their employees' job performance "non-productive paper-shuffling." As a Fremont County legislator, O'Connor said "1 would attempt to remove this well-intentioned but onerous, costly, time-consuming procedure from the books. O'Connor hopes to run against Democratic incumbent Sen. John Vinich.

Libertarians set meeting July 26 CASPER The Wyoming State Libertarian Party will hold its annual meeting for election of officers July 26. The meeting will be held in the Sullivan Room at the Natrona County Public Library starting at 10 a.m., Libertarian Party State Chair Margaret Dawson said. The agenda will include discussion of ballot access efforts during the past year. Mrs. Dawson added that anyone who is interested in self-government as a political alternative is welcome to attend.

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