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Gisper StaiVIYiLnnie Sunday, July 18, 1999 DO Glenrock man qualifies in top 10 at cutting horse finals rv By PATRICK BEGLEY staff writer Man fights fringed-flag court 'fraud' Legal experts call ideas giuueribii, S. i t- i i i i W. WIS ir 0 I i fit s-m -Ma Jerry McMackin warms up his cutting horse, 'Brownie' at his home in Glenrock before heading DAN CEPEOAStar-TrlbuM off to a competition. I ztt: Star-Tribune GLENROCK As the sun rose Friday morning, Jerry Mc-Mackin was busy fastening a breast collar and tightening his saddle cinch to begin another day doing what he knows best training cutting horses. Throwing the reins over the horse's mane, McMackin, a 31-year-old Wyoming horseman from Glenrock, straddles the saddle and rides to the steer pen.

After opening the gate, a herd of 10 or 12 Brahma-cross roping steers charge Into the center of the arena while his horse, Dox Rough Lynx, chomps at the bit awaiting his call. Using the reins to guide his horse toward the chosen steer, McMackin wields the horse just enough to separate the steer from the rest of the herd. Once a steer is alone, McMackin places his hand on the horse's mane. This is the signal that the horse is now In charge. With a fascinating display of athletic agility, balance and determination, the horse and rider dance in sudden, yet subtle movements to keep the steer at bay and the rest of the herd together.

It's called "cutting." "There's nothing like the feeling of seeing a foal walk Into the arena and six months later walk out with the ability to cut," he said, while petting his horse for what he considered a good performance. But training Is not the only part of what McMackin calls his "hobby." "It Is my hobby, but fortunately my hobby pays," he said. Using two horses that he personally trained, McMackin, qualified in the top 10 in the nation at the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Western National Championships in Ogden, Utah In May. The Western Nationals Championships brings together the top 10 open horses and top 10 nonprofessional riders Cutting up Some of the areas where Losing a cow credit is earned: Changing cattle after Herd work making a commitment to Driving a cow one Setting up a cow Failure to separate a Work in the center of the single cow after leaving the arena heard Amount of time devoted to Losing the working working a single cow advantage Amount of courage shown Reigning or giving the by both horse and horse visible cues rider Quitting a cow which has Degree of difficulty in all of not turned away the above Scattered cattle Some of the situations where Reigning after a cow is cut penalties are incurred: Spurring in the shoulder DAN CEPEDASUrTrlbun Jerry McMackin gives his son Ryan, 1, a close look at one of the other horses between practice sessions. modern sport that emerged from the ranches of the Old West.

The art of cutting was born of necessity on the cattle drives and working ranches of the 1800s. Individual cows had to be isolated or "cut" from large herds for branding, medical treatment or sorting. Certain specially trained horses showed an uncommon ability for separating cattle from the herd. These were the 'gobbledygook' By TOM MORTON Star-Tribune staff writer CASPER By late September, all gold-fringed flags across the country will come clown and be replaced by what David-Wynn: Miller says are the real no-fringe flags that declare America a sovereign nation. Miller and a few others instigated the language changes and international events that will alter the face of every public building in the nation, he said Saturday.

It's mostly a secret, because the upheaval would traumatize America If the truth is known, he said before he spoke to approximately 20 people in Casper who paid $150 each for his "law procedure seminar." But experts in law and language scoff at Miller's ideas about new language construction, fringed-flags turning government buildings into foreign powers and the conspiracy theories that accompany those ideas. The Milwaukee-based Miller's seminars, notebooks and videos have quietly made their way through the loose network of freemen, tax protestors and other groups around America, said Mark Pitcavage, manager of the "Militia Watchdog" Web site. Miller dismissed the criticisms because he said they come from people who don't know law, the right use of language, or those who want to perpetuate the fiction that courtrooms in America are legitimate, when they really operale under a foreign power. Nor are the critics, or nearly anyone else, aware of recent behind-the-scenes events from Russia, to The Hague, Netherlands, to the United States, or as he calls it in his seminar notebook, "of the Unity-States of the America." Those events are coming to a head in September near the 70th anniversary of the 1920 stock market crash when the United States walks away from its bankruptcy status with Great Britain, and after a World Court ruling last Tuesday that upheld a sovereign American court ruling in a Russian courtroom under the fringe-free flag that declared fringed-flags fraudulent, he said. Miller knows the people at the World Court behind this decision, but they don't want to talk, he said.

The U.S. government is quietly preparing for a change in its bogus fringed-flags because it doesn't want to be the victim of numerous lawsuits claiming that the courts are fraudulent. lie counts himself among the leaders who run the other 07 percent of the population, he said. "The other 3 percent don't watch TV, and they're always out there proving, learning, searching, correcting and being part of keeping this planet running." Miller's chief contribution as a consists of creating a mathematical relationship to language that is slowly rewriting contracts, money, trusts, legal briefs and other documents. Show him any court order, and he will correct the language that makes it a fraud, said David-Wynn: Miller, who punctuates his name with a hyphen and a colon to show that his whole name is a noun.

Beyond local court orders. Miller said the Bill of Rights is a fraud because it is written as a past tense adjective making "tights" a verb, not a noun. Even the Lord's Prayer, as a contract, has been written incorrectly by all the scholars who've studied it over the centuries, so he and some clergy have rewritten it, he said. Capture the flag Miller's language notions are bogus, said Bruce Richardson, associate dean of the I'niversitv Ploase see FLA(l B2 based on earnings at championship cuttings held throughout the year. To qualify for such an event, McMackin said the top 10 riders from all over the U.S.

are taken from each area. McMackin competes In an area that includes Montana and Wyoming. He competed in two novice categories, which Include horses that made less than $3,000 and $10,000 respectively. 3 Central Wyoming Fair Higher prices a pleasant change for and Rodeo youths at livestock sale first cutting horses. Under NCHA rules today, horse and rider have 2 12 minutes to demonstrate their ability to cut a cow and keep It separated from the herd.

Contestants typically cut two or three cows before their time is up. They are Judged on the quality of their cut, not the number of cows separated before their time runs out. Results Results for overall grand champion and reserve grand champion live animals. Sheep: Grand Champion Kolby Burch Reserve Grand Champion Jerod Parker Swine: Grand Champion Kolby Burch Reserve Grand Champion Kaycee Auen Beef: Grand Champion AJ. Warren Reserve Grand Champion Andrea Stevenson Rabbit Grand Champion Janel Kennedy Reserve Grand Champion Robin Bacus Chicken Meat Pen: Grand Champion Jeremy Edwards Reserve Grand Champion Mike Weigand Turkey Meat Pen: Grand Champion Jessica Black Reserve Grand Champion Rebecca Stewart Results for overall carcass animals.

Beef: Grand Champion Devonie l.indsey Reserve Grand Champion Ben Baures Lamb: Grand Champion Kim Carter Reserve Grand Champi Ed Campbell Swine: Grand Champion Serena Huf Reserve Grand Champion Chris Juarez He finished 13th in the category and 10th in the category. In 1989, he finished top 25 In the world on a mare named "Peppy Snippy." McMackin may be seen at the Wyoming State Fair In Douglas, Aug. 19 and 20, at 8 a.m. What Is Cutting? According to The NCHA's interactive website, cutting is a TT M. I-" TM cises the animals by taking them out for a walk or working with them in the pen.

When it's all said and done, one to three hours each day are spent working with the animals, he said "I've done this every day since I purchased the animal last spring." he said. The daily routine does not include the amount of time spent working with the animal lor the various showmanship competitions held throughout the course desk (3M7) 2fFS2 or (K)) 442-6916: 7 1 i wet. Vw. i yF By PATRICK BEGLEY Star-Tribune staff writer CASPER After an exhausting week of competition, local fair participants were rewarded for their efforts with high prices and words of praise at the junior livestock sale Saturday at the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds. Mobile Concrete of Casper was the highest bidder with purchases totalling $10,721, part of $209,423 spent on swine, beef, sheep, poultry and rabbits.

Last year's purchases totaled $166,000. Twenty-year-old Brian Coates, a Future Farmers of America member, said in light of last year's sale he was happy. "Last year, the beef projects were initially selling for $2 to $1.70 per pound, which were good prices. But midway through the sale, prices dropped to $1.15 to $1.30 per pound because many of the buyers left. "This year the beef stayed consistent, which probably had a lot to do with the sale getting started on time and having lunches provided to the buyers," he said.

Both 4-H and FFA members agree that a good sale is important because it helps offset what they paid for the animal and other expenses, such as a year's worth of feed and vaccinations. Thirteen-year-old Kim Carter's grand champion carcass lamb sold for a pound, which she says is not as much money as last year, but enough money to pay for the lamb and the feed. "It's nice to know people are willing to pay for the amount of effort you put into the animals." of the year. And with all that work comes the final reward when the buyers purchase the animals. Most of the animals are purchased for meat, although some may be used for other purposes.

The higher prices usually correspond with how well the animals place in the showmanship competitions. "The buyers are the most important part of the fair." Kler said. "If you have no buyers, you have no fair." email newsatrib.com: fax (307) 2664ri68. DAN CEPEDAStar Trlbun Mike Karaouni and Jessica Black take Jessica's turkeys out of the pen after they were sold during the junior livestock sale Saturday morning at the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds. Black's three turkeys fetched an unusually high $120 each.

said 12-year-old Bryce Carter, whose carcass lamb sold for $7 per pound. To explain how much dedication is involved with a 4-HFFA project, 18-year-old senior swine showman Spencer Kler said his daily routine starts with waking up at 6:30 a.m. to feed the animals and clean the pens. He then checks on the animals throughout the day to make certain they have plenty of water and are staying out of trouble. In the evening, he exer For information, qm-slions ami comments alxnit this page, call the news.