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Monday, December 23, 1974 Star-Tribune, Casper, Wyo. Laramie merchants note steady Christmas sales identified and who did not want the name of his store published said items under $20 are selling the fastest and his store's sales are just "holding even with last year." Dean Johnson of Dean's Music Box also reported that the sales of color television is down, about 10 per cent, although he said his stereo sales "are up a little." "The young people don't have as much money this year," Johnson said. "There's more shoplifting." "We've been watching national trends" and been trying to adjust accordingly," Johnson said, explaining that he won't be over stocked at inventory time. Dorothy Waggoner, manager of Boyd's Stockman a Laramie Western clothing and gift store said that warm work clothing is selling the best for her with sales down in ladies wear. Ladies' suits are last minute items, Mrs.

Waggoner said, explaining there will be a final rush by men to pick up gifts for their By DAN PARTRIDGE LARAMIE Merchant! here report that Christmas sales are running about the same as last year with items under $20 doing the best. "Our sales have been real good," Dick Piatt, manager of Laramie's Gibson Discount Center said, explaining that he is doing about (1,000 more business per day than this time last year. "I came down drastically on toys," Piatt said, explaining that such children's gifts and Christmas decorations are selling the best. He said his business has increased significantly the second week of this month. "The big stuff (television sets and stereos) is dead," a manager of a Laramie pharmacy and gift store said.

"It (Christmas sales) is not up to what we wanted." The manager who did not want to be wives. Sh explained that some of her less expensive gifts are sold out. "People are spending more money for practical gifts." Leo Nosicka, manager of Laramie's Hested's store reported. "The foot traffic is good," Nosicka said, adding that a good crowd is needed for sales when shoppers are spending less money per person. "The closer to Christmas the less money conscious poeple are," Nosicka said, adding "than in January they'll cry that they spent too much In December." Kassis clothing store manager Ken Craven reported that he won't be overstocked at the end of the Christmas season because he adjusted for a slight decline in salary when he ordered his merchandise for Christmas.

He said his sales are down, but he said he could not put a percentage on it. -rmmmm. i I' Ml VP yt r. ft 1 tp Stockmen bring film to industry meeting If if 1 ll S3 1 1 v. it Downtown THE SITUATION for business people Who go to work in the canyon-like atmosphere of Chicago's State Street is a far cry from the wide open of Wyoming.

But residents here are hearing more and more of Wyoming's energy resources and accompanying boom. (Picture by Russ Fawcett) NEWCASTLE "Supply and demand are the best governors of the beef industry," according to consumer films viewed here Tuesday night. A film, "What's Your produced by the Wyoming Beef Council in cooperation with Panhandle Eastern Pipeline and a slide presentation, "Cattleman," produced by the American National Cattlemen's Association, were shown to a gathering of Weston and Crook County ranchers and cattlemen from Montana and South Dakota. Although -V What's Your Beef?" was filmed in Wyoming in 1973, the cost quotes are already unrealistic, officials said here. For instance, the film quotes a $350 investment in each 750-pound yearling steer when in reality the investment is over $400 now, cattlemen said.

Cattlemen also commented that although the film shows only one large operation rather than smaller and different types of beef operations, it does get across to the viewer the investment, risk and hard work of the beef producer. The Wyoming Beef Council has sent 35 of these films to a national distribution system to be shown in Eastern schools. The films could also be used on Mineral activity puts Wyoming on the map for more easterners ewer hookups ready educational T.V. and network T.V., the officials said. The "Cattleman" was critiqued by the cattlemen who viewed it as a presentation that stimulates discussion about problems of the Industry Including beef boycotts, price controls, unrestricted beef imports and environmental concerns.

The slide presentation notes the variations in ranching operations across the U.S. caused by differences in terrain and weather. Cattlemen also agreed that "Cattleman" gets the fact across that 900,000,000 "useless" acres in this country can be used by cows because they are capable of eating roughage man can not consume. Critics noted that although the slide presentation claims only 16 per cent of a family's income is spent for food, this amount applies only to the "average" family of 3.4 persons! For larger families the amount spent on food is, of course, greater. John Pearson, Executive Secretary of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, Cheyenne, said this slide program is available to civic and consumer groups from his office and is a good presentation of the economics of the beef Industry.

from Mrs. Marian F. Henderson for annexation of her property on Block 117 in West Laramie to the city making possible for her to tie in to the sewer system. In other business Tuesday night, the council referred to City Attorney Tom Smith a request by the University of Wyoming stock farm to connect to the West Laramie outfall sewer. Under a city ordinance the1 University would have to pay seven tenths of a cent for each acre of its property for the sewer service.

A total of 185 acres is involved and City Manager Harold Yungmeyer said the resulting price "is probably not feasible." The ordinance at the present Yungmeyer said, does not include any exceptions for the University. But one possible approach to the problem, he said, is to charge the University only for the 3.8 acres which the sewer would serve. University officials explained that the sewer connection is needed primarily to serve the 19 people who live near the farm. They also explained that a line would be carrying livestock waste only certain weeks of the year. Councilman Ted Gertsch suggested that perhaps the city could allow the sewer connection in trade for some land along i.

the Laramie River which the University owns and which the city could use for a park. "We would end up with some park land," Gertsch said, "and the University could tie on with no outlay in cash." Smith and City Manager Harold Yugmeyer will either recommend a change in the ordinance or work out another agreement with the University subject to the approval of the council. I i 4 At' I -A By RUSS FAWCETT State Editor GILLETTE 1974. It may go down in history as the year Chicago discovered America. A Wyoming town, for the second time in as many months, has made page 1, column of the Chicago Tribune.

This time, Gillette. First it was Bill, hamlet and home of three midway and alone along Highway 59 between Douglas and Gillette. The report of Gillette, in contrast with the account of Bill that dealt with isolation and stagnation tells of the energy boom. The stories, authored and by-lined by Anne Keegan of the Chicago Tribune Press Service, show an interest in the Equality State that evolves from America's sudden hunger for energy fuels. As the copyrighted story of Dec.

18, 1974 says, Gillette was once a small cattle town. But all that is changed now, the story says. For its secret is fuel. The contrast of this interest in Wyoming now is striking for one who visited Chicago in 1969 to meet people on the street who said, "Where you from?" "Wyoming." "Oh," came the inevitable reply. "Isn't that somewhere close to Texas?" But the Chicago people this fall, on another visit, responded with knowledgeable questions about the state.

In an airport limousine, the driver said, "You people are going to pull us out of this energy crunch. Right?" On the streets, in restaurants, and even Within the hallowed halls of corporate industry, the question arose again and again. Wyoming Supon is picked for director post CHEYENNE Frank Supon has been named director of the State Department of Education's licensing and certification services unit. In making the announcement Friday, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Bob Schrader said Supon will succeed Dr. Elmer L.

Burkhard, who is retiring, on Jan. 10. Supon, who has been with the department since 1971 as director of Title ESEA, was superintendent of schools in Pine Bluffs for 29 years. He also has served as a high school and elementary school principal and taught English, social studies, history and coached in Sundance and Pine Bluffs. He is a past president of the Wyoming School Studies Council, the Wyoming School Administrators Association and the Wyoming High School Activities Association.

FRANK SUPON Director Commissioners push application RAWLINS The Carbon County Commissioners have sent a letter to the State Engineer's office seeking to delay cancellation of the application for the Savery-Pot Hook water project-Commission chairman John Niland said the commissioners learned of the possible cancellation through a letter to the Snake River Valley Conservation District. The letter stated if plans and timetable on the Savery Reservoir were not delivered to the State Engineer's office by Dec. 31, the project application would be canceled. The commissioners, in their letter to the State Engineer's office, stated the application had been on file since 1955. said Congress in 1961 had given its financial backing to the project However, a federal agency has had the funds frozen since that date.

The commissioners said such a cancellation would result in irreparable harm to the Snake River Valley and would be a setback for Carbon County. The State Engineer's office cited other projects of a smaller nature which concerned water rights in the Snake River Valley that must be acted upon. The commissioners said when all is resolved the food production would transcend all other needs for the water except that for drinking. Papers donated LARAMIE A former Assistant Secretary of Interior has donated his personal records to the University of Wyoming. William E.

Warne, a water resources and reclamation authority for some 30 years, gave his collection of reports and articles on conservation, reclamation, irrigation and water resources to Conservation History and Research Center at UW, a spokesman said. "You are going to mine that coal out there, aren't you?" One corporate executive inquired if the coal could be taken without undue damage to the living conditions of the people in the West Like Tribune readers, people throughout the city were aware of Wyoming's wealth in coal, oil, and nuclear fuels, and many even reflected an awareness of the environmental concerns iQf the state's longtime citizens. Often the comments and questions about energy development were followed by another, "It must be an exciting time to live in Wyoming." That sentiment was relected by Gillette Mayor-elect Mike Enzi, in the Tribune story, where he was quoted as saying the city and its government must change meet the changing times. And Gillette people, Judging by a recent visit to the city by the Star-Tribune, reflect the feeling of challenge that comes with living in a changing city. Yet there are things the Chicago readers will not know if they depend for their entire knowledge on the story in the Chicago Tribune.

Though the report says the oil boom began four years ago, oil industry sources reveal the first boom hit Gillette nearly 10 years ago, leaving lasting lessons for some who feel the city can better handle the boom today. It was then the town population jumped from 3,000 to 7,000 people, and sparked a transformation that continues today. The change was from a dusty cow town to an industrial town with occasional hints of a modern small city to come. Like Children's Center Director Mary Ann Wiesz, who sees promise in growing taught at the James Moore Career Complex while -the remaining degree requirements will be at CWC. Regular tuition of $112.50 for 10 hours or more plus fees will be required with an additional $25 lab fee accompaning the cost of the Auto Mechanics or Food Service class, the college spokesman said.

Auto Mechanics classes for spring semester will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. and again from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. five days a week. The classes which can accept only four students each (for a total of eight students will be on a first-come-f irst-serve basis. 1 There will only be one Food Service By DAN PARTRIDGE LARAMIE Paid up West Laramie residents on South Pierce Street can now connect to cfty sewer faciliteS.

The Laramie City Council at its meeting here recently amended an ordinance Introducing earlier this month and then passed it on an emergency basis allowing residents on Block 118 in West Laramie to connect to city sewer facilities at a cost of 19.1 cents per square foot of area served. The action cleared up confusion over council action earlier this month concerning who would be allowed to benefit from the new ordinance. With the amended ordinance only those who have paid the city the 19.1 cents per square foot fee will be allowed to connect to the sewer. But City Manager Harold Yungmeyer explained that those residents on Block 118 on Filmore Street who want sewer connections in the future may now have to pay a higher price for them. "In effect," Yungmeyer said, "we kinda have to leave the people living on Filmore Street out on a limb." He explained that enough residents on Filmore Street will have to agree to pay for sewer connections to even make it economically feasible for city to make sewer lines available.

The original ordinance called for making sewer facilities available to three residents on Filmore street. But Mayor Richard Weeks said those three presently 1 are not in a position to pay the city fee so 1 the future of sewer connections for that street will remain undetermined at this time. In a related action the council also passed on an emergency basis a request. jiff human services in the community, many other civic leaders see promise for the future, their comments indicate. Chicago Tribune readers didn't learn the town has recently gained the services of some seven new doctors, nor that the Water in Gillette today is better than it was, 20 years ago.

The water then created thirst, rather than slaking it for the stranger, and produced other more or less interesting side effects. Today, the city uses an electrodialysis machine to remove some of the chemicals that used to make the water react on some like a dose of epsom salts, and new wells in recent years have been drilled intentionally into reservoirs of soft water to balance the hardness of older water supplies, city officials reported to the Star-Tribune. Legislators from the area, like Sen. John Oatl'ind, now are advocating use of taxes from the expanding mineral industry to enhance the hope of Gillette and communities like it to grow and improve with industrial impact. The Chicago Tribune readers didn't read of this, nor of the recent creation of Wyoming's Department of Environmental Quality.

Nor did they iearn of the Wyoming government's tendency to stay close to its people, as demonstrated in the policies of the expiring Hathaway Administration and by Ed Hersdhler in his close-to-the-people campaign characterized by numerous meetings with groups In communities across the state this fall. Yet comments from the people of the Windy City on the shores of Lake Michigan today and nearly two decades ago show they are discovering at least- that Wyoming exists. class spring semester to be scheduled from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. five days a week. This class will be able to accept from 10 to 15 students, college officials said.

The Auto Mechanics classes for the certificate will incorporate shop safety, tools and equipment, specifications and manuals, use of a micrometer, engine types, operating prinicipals, engine construction, electrical systems, diagnosis and trouble shooting, fuel systems, exhaust systems, emission controls, and radiator and cooling systems into the two required classes. An Additional year will complete the requirements for the AAS, officials said. jeweling tree ornaments for the building's Community Room tree. The Towers' first and second floor lobbies also feature festive-looking trees, decorated by the building's residents. The Towers' spacious Community Room is frequently the scene of activities planned for the building's residents, as well as for Senior Citizens residing throughout the community.

The facility, located in downtown Douglas, is within easy walking distance of stores, churches, the theater and medical facilities. CWC to offer new programs RIVERTON Central Wyoming College in cooperation with School District No. 25 announces the development of two new degree programs. According to Jim Lamprecht, Dean of Special Services at CWC, both certificate and AAS (Associated in Applied Science) degrees will be offered in Auto Mechanics and Food Service classes beginning this spring semester. The certificates can be earned with one year of study while the AAS degree will require two years of training, according to college officials.

specialized five credit unit classes in Auto Mechanics and Food Service will be Apartment residents hold party By PEG LEONARD DOUGLAS A holiday 'first' was observed in Douglas as 42 "Irwin Towers" residents attended the apartment complex's first annual Yuletide Party. -According to the project's executive director, Mrs. Izetta Foster, all 50 apartments in the new, five-storHiigh rise which opened last February, are now occupied. "Applications, however, are still being accepted with eligibility limited to persons 82 years of age, or handicapped, for whom the complex was erected. Highlighting the holiday party was a carry-in dinner, followed by an exchange of gifts, Mrs.

Foster said. An impromptu visit by a group of community Christmas carolers, invited in by Towers' tenants to join in the festivities, sparked an old fashioned carol-sing which concluded the evening's informal program. Recent among activities at the Towers, said Mrs, Foster, were some special crafts sessions during which a number of the residents worked, voluntarily, at hand- If DWIGHT Brunsvold of Gillette reports Erm this 16-inch Pronghorn he bagged this fall COlH near clark scored 83-two-eighths points, which qualified it for a listing in the Boone and Crocket Record book. iv..