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Motherhood, a broken leg its all part of the challenge COMPLETE CNFR COVERAGE INSIDE i Irani how to make mouths water see B4 A T71 A 3 Ji Iv Wednesday, June 13, 2007 WYOMING'S STATHWI I)H NHWSPAPKR tibraie Two more join race Lummis, Asay bring field to seven Hobart hits a blooper Agencies fear Rockies' beer appeals to kids ti rrimiTI li'Hm r' "i'i I I' x3' w-- -I'-'jj T. hi -wi 1 -j By JOAN BARRON Star-Tribune capital bureau CHEYENNE Two more Republicans, both veterans of statewide campaigns, said Tuesday they will be candidates for the U.S. Senate. Cynthia Lummis, 52, former two-term state treasurer, an attorney By TOM MORTON Star-Tribune staff writer Hobart's Duckbill Draft pleases the palate with its "crisp body and light malt sweetness," according to the Casper Rockies Web site. and rancher, and But Duck bill Draft bearing the picture of the fun and furry purple platypus mascot Bruce Asay, 57, a Cheyenne lawyer who ran for the U.S.

House in 2004, are the latest entries. They bring to seven the number of candidates who have announced they will apply to the GOP to be considered for the seat opened by the June 4 death of U.S. Sen. Craig Thomas. Lummis said her strong points are her experience in public office and her Wyoming roots and "deep love for the Jared Miller, Star-Tribune has left a bitter after taste with Lynn Curtiss of Burns hold a photo of her son, Army Staff Sgt.

Brian M. Long, who died in an explosion Sunday in Iraq. Soldiers remembered Senator replacement timeline Monday: Wyoming GOP Chairman Fred Parady announces he will accept applications for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the late Sen. Craig Thomas.

Applications each must have a completed application form, a cover letter expressing interest in the office, and a resume. 5 p.m. Thursday: Deadline for applications. Friday: Copies of applications made available to the party's Central Committee and the public. Parady will release names of applicants every morning until then, too.

Sunday: Candidates forum set for 1 p.m. at Casper College's Gertrude Krampert Theater. 8 a.m. June 19: Central Committee opens nominating meeting to select three candidates in Casper at a place to be announced later. Meeting is open to the public.

June 20: Deadline for Central Committee to report three finalists to Gov. Dave Freudenthal for consideration. June 25: Deadline for Freudenthal to appoint new U.S. senator. For more Candidate profiles A5 Thomas bills may survive B1 Loss of son, husband, father leaves family devastated vwsi v' people of the state." Lummis also served in the Wyoming House and Senate.

Asay said he believes his 32 years of military service in the Wyoming National Guard and as assistant adjutant general for air distinguish him from the other candidates. "Given that background in light of where we are, I think that's going to be seen as very helpful," Asay said, referring to the war in Iraq and the problems in Afghanistan. The five other Republicans who are candidates: former U.S. Attorney Matt Mead, state Sen. John Barrasso, Casper; Rep.

Colin Simpson, Cody; Tom Sansonetti, former state GOP chairman, Cheyenne; and the Natrona County Prevention Coalition, which opposes underage drinking. "Hobart beer appeals to small children," said coalition Chairwoman Melissa Stahley-Cummings. Rockies games are community and family-friendly events, and coalition members aren't against serving beer at the games or even promotions like "Thirsty Thursday." Tying Hobart to beer, though, went over the foul line, she and other coalition members said. But the team's general manager for marketing wondered why the coalition is venting its outrage a week before opening day, June 19, since the Rockies have been serving Hobart's Duckbill Draft for a year, Matt Warneke said. "We don't market this to anyone under 21," Warneke said.

"It's just adds to the fun, the entertainment." The Prevention Coalition isn't laughing. Stahley-Cummings wrote to the Rockies managers, telling them of their plans for a community effort to dump Hobart's Duckbill Draft. The coalition also made available a form letter for its member agencies to send to the Rockies management, urging the team to follow the national Beer Institute's self-imposed guidelines opposing marketing alcohol to children. Or else. "We, (Agency Name), will not support the Casper Rockies until Hobart beer is removed and all marketing use of Hobart for the purpose of selling alcohol is eradicated," the form letter stated.

Late last week, the Natrona County Public Library severed Please see HOBART, A5 Photo courtesy Miller family Scott A. Miller, 20, of Casper, was killed Saturday in Iraq. He graduated in 2004 from Natrona County High School. Aheartjustasbig as Wyoming' By JARED MILLER Star-Tribune capital bureau CHEYENNE Before Sunday night, Lynn Curtiss could turn on the TV and know that somewhere among the images of death and fighting in Iraq was a little bit of goodness. "My son was trying to help the people over there," Curtiss said.

"He wanted their lives to be better." Curtiss's son, Staff Sgt. Brian M. Long of Burns, died Sunday in an explosion in Baghdad. He was 32. Long leaves behind a wife of eight years, Brenda, and the couple's three children: Sydney, 9, Shelby, 3, and Sage, 1.

It was clear from a young age that Long had a good heart, his family said. Having no father around, he was quick to stick up for his younger sister, Kristina Sheets of Cheyenne, and help his mother. When his mom, a retired waitress, ran short on cash for presents one Christmas, Long was the first to comfort her with a big hug. "He gave me a hug and said, 'Don't worry about it, Mom. Everything is going to be Curtiss said.

He also loved sports, and he started wrestling as a boy. He was competitive on the mat, but he was also compassionate. Please see FAMILY, A5 former House Speaker Randall Luthi, now deputy director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The candidates have until 5 p.m.

Thursday to get their applications into the GOP office. The 71 members of the Republican State Central Committee will ballot for the three top contenders June 19. Gov. Dave Freudenthal will then have five days to appoint one of the three to the U.S. Senate seat until the November 2008 election.

At that time Wyoming voters will elect a candidate to fill out Thomas's term, which runs through 2012. Two other potential candidates state Senate President John Schiffer of Kaycee and Please see SENATE, A5 sparkling or twinkling, I knew he had thought of something that had to do with good-humored mischief," said Janet Dawson, Miller's senior year English teacher at Natrona County High School. In his short life, Miller made a strong impression on Dawson and others. "My heart's just broken," she said. "I know other people are Please see HEART, A5 By JOSHUA WOLFSON Star-Tribune staff writer Scott Miller had cowboy style and a heart "as big as Wyoming." The 20-year-old Casper soldier, who died Saturday while on foot patrol in the Iraqi town of Baqubah, was a burly country boy who liked hunting and good-natured pranks.

"He had great big brown eyes and clear from the back of the room, when his eyes really started Western governors: Global warming poses political risks tions such as proving advanced coal technologies. "I think the political challenge is how to convert this (climate change) challenge into an opportunity," said Christopher Field, director of the department of global ecology at the Carnegie By DUSTIN BLEIZEFFER Star-Tribune energy reporter DEADWOOD, S.D. -Changing climate conditions are expected to significantly shrink water supplies in the West, reduce snowpack, alter wildlife habitat and threaten the mineral- and tourism- Nature Conservancy, wrapping up the final day of the Western Governors' Association's annual conference. Ritter, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal and other governors said they feel the urgency to take action to minimize the effects of climate change, but said they don't feel the federal For more Govs target climate change B1 Freudenthal takes gavel B1 government is ready to take on greenhouse gases or put its financial resources behind ac to address these things in Colorado, but we need a bigger national push," Colorado Gov.

Bill Ritter said. Ritter and other Western governors on Tuesday discussed political and scientific issues surrounding climate change with experts from the Carnegie Institution and The based economies of the region. But implementing tough mitigation policies at the state level is a proposition that several Western governors say comes with too big of a price tag both financially and politically for them to go it alone. as a governor, can do a lot The Weather Grouch ft 77 Low: 50- 'V r- tf I -ft Index Advisers A11 Casper A3 Classified C1 Comics AS-9 Enjoy! B4-5 Markets A10 Movies A11 Obituaries B3 Opinion A12 Puzzles Weather B8 wmr Riding the rails Adults and members of area Boys and Girls clubs dine on the railroad. See A3 Getting ahead Iceberg lettuce producers make heads appear like baseballs to garner a wedge of the market.

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